Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 20, 1920, Page 6

VICTOR RECORDS She’ll remember you gratefully every time the records are played. We have wrapped them in a tasteful Xmas pack- age, without advertising, tied with red ribbon. Curland’s Xmas Package No. 1, for Younger People JUST LIKE A GYPSY -MY BIMBO FAIR ONE $5.60 Curland’s Xmas Package No. 2, for Older Fo ANNIE LAURIE MY LOVE LIES DREAMING WHEN | WAS SEVENTEEN CHILE BEAN WHISPERING GEMS FROM MARY DARLING NELLY GRAY | OLD FOLKS AT HOME $7.35 Curland’s Xmas Package No. 3, for Anybody ? BLUE DANUBE WASHINGTON POST MARCH EVENING CHIMES $5.10. NOTE :—Any records, in our gift packages may be ex- changed for other records if returned before Jan- uary 1st. OPEN EVENINGS UNTIL 9 O’CLOCK The Talking Machine Shop 24 FRANKLIN SQUARE Victrolas $25.00 Up—Convenient Terms of Payment WHISPERING HOPE ALOHA OE POET AND PEASANT WESTMINSTER New York of Mrs. A. T. MacLeod exhausting trin remain there some time for special treat- She is very grateful for the kind- nesses of many friends here while she has of hielp beyond human . life's sorrows ion of the church v were made for the public Christmas festival usuai Christm: morning worship. s eve, Friday. The pastor’s wife, for several weeks a member of the invalid corps of Westmin- st the Life of the World broken arm. caused hy a fail on the ice, honorable discharge there- from before the close of December. ise Rosenzweig, who was home ill with a severe cold, has re- turned to Danielson. 3 James Coulter also Trenor Rice, who had erip. {eys lost Monday beiween Fred Mcad's Wastminster - were ‘read and | have nof beer foy was proposed resigned be- schoolhouse s been for three 3 ton Iron works. home to farm is employed Storrs college. member at its| A smail party at his home was held to son - Wednesda ublic schools of the town closed | most of them | Rosenzweig. Har | Oswald Olsen, Miss Machonald. te ROAD SOCIETY Mrs. Horace Fi Sheff of New York was a reeemt imkApent Wednesday in Byron Billings h her parents ins) ' women of the church church parlors Wednesda also elected officer Home and Foreign ind brotner, Miss Alice 1d tied com- Norwich the first | Miss - Hattie t of Home Missionary society and M and treasurer: he Foreign, Mrs. Seth Noyes, secretary and treasurer. ves of Providence spent here with his father. Kellogg occupied the pulpit Sunday. Mrs. Noves Palmer entertained at whist at her home Wednesday. liams of Worcester was at Wheeler's Monday. inspector and spector ‘have heen Charles SsNaves, Jr., was in Hartford' on jury duty Tuesda son Norton accomsanied him. Sunday twelve friends and relatives of Mrs. Horace Frink: called at their Home. Mrs.. Noyes and Xew Britain.—The cif tal. the City” hosnital gion, a tthe town .farm, admitted its first patfent Thursday and received two more newest hospi- 20 treatment for cases of conta- inneapolis, Minn. MACPHERSON “FOR QUALITY” GIFTS OF FURS BRING CHRISTMAS HAPPINESS THEY ARE CHOSEN BY PEO- PLE WHO ARE IN SEARCH OF A LASTING GIFT, ONE THAT MEANS COMFORT AND PLEAS- URE FOR MANY A SEASON. J. C. MACPHERSON QUALITY CORNER ©fP, CHFLSEA SAVINGS ' DANELS®N No uncertainty was fel: here Sumday as tothe ffuture of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber company of-Akron, 0., and, incidentally, the Goodyear Cotton Mills, Inc.. with a. big . plant at Goodyear in this town, the local® company being one of the principal- subsidiaries of the par- | ent concérn, Press despatches i published -Sunday | told of a suit filed by Frank S. Monneit | of Columbus, former attorney general of Ohio, against the Goodyear Tire and up .the borough's streets in the course of carrying out necessary work: have not lett the streets recently in as good con- dition as they have found them, in some piaces. Excavations that are made and later filled in without due allowance for the settling of the ground eventually re- sult in depressions in the street sur- faces and make travel dangerous. Many of Danielson's stores are keep- ing open evenings this week. 3 Many. attended the Christmas Sunday services at churches in the town of Kil- | lingly. Rubber company and all of ‘its directors ! Henry McDermott of Providence spent and subsidiary companies, domestic and | Sunday at his home in Danielson. foreign, asking for an accounting and | | the appointment. of a receiver. Mr. ! Monnett is a small stockholder, owning | adv. only 45 shares of the preferred issue of | the company. He charges the directors with mal- | The main burden of | feasance in office. the petition ie placed upon the organiza- tion of the (Goodvear Investment com- pany, which Mr. Monnett states is own- ed by the diréctors and members of the executive committee of the . Goodyear Tire and Rubber company and which he alleges has been used as'a means of making enormous profits. He claims that the company has bought properties ‘at. excessive prices in various parts ‘of the country and has suffered immense losses on transactions, fixing these losses as high as $32,000,- 000. “He also claims that the 2 1-2 per cent. dividend that the company issued this past fall was sent out when there was no surplus to pay the same; that the company derived funds through- borrow- ing money through: the sale of stock. Mr. Monnett algo’claims that in July of this year the company issued a 150 per cent. stock dividend ‘of ‘in "excess of $51,000.000, in common stock, and states that there was ‘no legal authority for such an' issue ‘as “‘the cempany was without a surplus _to authorize -the same. A despateh from Akron that appear-| od on Sunday describes the Monnett pe- tition as- a. “spite” vaction -against the rubber - company. the president of Good- | vear Tire and Rubher. F. A. Siberling, declaring that his concern “is. absolute- 1y solvent, having not only»sufficient as- sets to pay’every dollar of its entire outstanding preferred _stock, leaving many millions of dollars for the common stockholders. . Like - many other -of . .the country's large industrial concerns, the Goodyear Tire and Rubber ' Company. has felt the need for ready cash because of the pres- ent curtailment of credit and a tempor- ary depression affec'ing business. gener- ally. As’a méans of meeting this pres- ent situation .and with fhe nrurpose of caring _ for its present obligations and providing for its permanent financing, a plap has been worked out to the entire satisfaction of its officers. which will be presen‘ed at a. special meeting of the stockholders already called fer Dec. 24, 1920, 1f this plan be adopted by the stock- holders, as we fully expect it will, the officers and directors believe the future stability and prosperity of the company will be assured and the interests of all its s'ockholders, both common and pre- ferred.” fully ' protected. “It seems to vs that tho instigators of thls action had a deliberate purpose | in view to embarrass the company in its efforts now being made, as above stated, to protect the. stockholders:” “The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Com- pany will, as soen as the court can hear the same, and -at the earliest possible time. mov: for a dismissal of this un- warranted action.” Mrs. James Gordem. who has been: from Providenca to an- brought ba Swer to a charge of kidnapping, is held at the jail in Brooklvn in the custod; {of Deputy Sheriff’ Charles E. Aver.| [There is to be a Hearing of her case| before ‘Jus'ice Frank M. Pedard of the ! town' of "Brooklyn next Wednesday af- trenoon. © The action against Mrs. Gor- | don grows out of her coming to Broo in, November and. taking pos- session of ‘her 8-year-old daughter, Vera, | #nd taking’ her out of this -state te| Rhode Island. ' The thild was in the pus- tody of Anna Witter Mofli‘t of Brook- Ivn as guardian. by. approval of Broeklyn probate court. The body of Antow place Sunday morning to Mount non, N. Y., where services will be heid and burial will take place. ~ Mr. Rug- gerio died Saturday evening after being |turer, Henry Tewgood; secretar: Il with lockjaw which developed after ! Mildred Keliey: treasursr. D. he had mangled his hand while operat- | |ing a woodsawing machine. He leaves his wife and ten: children. He had been a resident of Brooklyn for several years. A number of relatives and companied the body to New York. Pretty Christmas cards of a religious nature distributed to hundreds who at- tended masses at St. James' chureh on Sunday brought greetings from Rev. M. J. Ginet, M. S, the pastor, Rev. John Roux, M. S.. and ReV. Auguste Chapig- nac, M. S, his assistants; also a remin. der that this Christmas season marks the silver anniversary of the coming to this parish of tha Missionary order of LaSalette. During the 25 vears of the administration of "the parish under the direction of members of 'this order some have been brought about rectory and a new convent property valued' today at abput $1060000. A new cemetery, .Holy Cross, was acquired and developed and many improvements ‘made | to St. -James' “parochial school and the | property on Franklin and Water streets. Nutwqhstznding ' the .unuswal, expendi- tures in connection ‘with ‘the development of the parish property: it ‘is“all free of debt, and the parish now in position te undertake at_an early date other, devel- opment work, ‘which- will include the erection of a parish-building, which willI occupy -a site ‘at ‘the -westerly corner of Franklin and ‘Water streets, this- site the zift of the Quinebaug company, J. Artiur Atwood. Basketball fass saw a hetly cemtested | g game in the town -hall Saturday evening { when Connecticut Mills‘ just nosed -eut a4 victory -over .the - Sowth -+ Man | tedm, ofie of the fastest seen here in a ' injury | hester | |long time. Were it not for the to "Rusbell, one of ‘thé South Mancl Join Today! -The Christmas ciub at the Windham County National bank.— Chief Josaphat Hebert of the police at West Warwick, R. L. came here to take into custody Edouard Caron, who had been held at the police station’ since Thursday afternoon by Chief John Me- Fraland, who arrested Caron at the re- quest of ‘the Rhode Island officer. Ca- ron, Who lived here for years, i want- ed in West- Warwick to answer to a non-support charge. E. 0. Wead is reperted g restin comfortably following an accident in which he was knocked down, in Main street, at Davis park, early Thursday evening as he was alighting from a 'bus. Mr. Wood' was struck by a touring car driven by Miss Mary Billings of Day- ville. Mr. Wood's-leg was bruised and he was otherwise slightly injured and shaken up. His violin case was broken, but the instrument no: damaged. Join the Windham County National bank Christmas ciub for 1921 today.— adv. Edward Adams of = Revnolds street says that a car that figured in a recent accident on Water stree:. was not his machine, as has been reperted. Mr. Adams declares that his car has not been out of his garage for two weeke past and that,in the meantime he has been at Willimantic. « Daniel Ratty, who has been engaged in business in Pawtucke: for the past few months, has returned ao Danielson, Mr. Batty, whose family has remained here, was formerly with the Danielson Cotton company and the Paco Manufae- turing company. Fellowing are the 1wly elected offie cers of Kilingly Theft Detecting soe cie; Presiden, A. B. Simmons; - vies president, Robert Smith; clerk and treasurer, Walter F. Day; executive committee, W. F. Day, John H. Perry, Louis S. Barstow, John Chase, Martin Fitzsimmons, James W. Burlingame, Robert Smith, Charies Young, Jr.: audi- tors, Louis- S. Barstow, S. B. Shippee, George L. Chase; pursuers, John H. Pérry, W. Burlingame, Charles Young, Jr, F. S. Kennedy, W.-D. Cogs- well, ‘Fred C. Bellows, A, B. Simmons, George L. Chase, Louis S. Barstow, Martin. - Fitzsimmons, H. S. Franklin, Charies E. Ayer; collectors, W. F. Day, Géorge L. Chase, John LaBelle. The so- ciefy has a balance of $750 in i's treas- ury. The “trade at home” slogan is, ap- parenily. being better observed this year than hae been the rule for some time past in Christmas season. The averags buyer need not be told than money spent for carfares will buy many pretty and practical holiday gifts . this vear. There may be a lesser flow of money this year than during the war period Christmas seasons, but what is being spent is disbursed with more care |and thought. reasens why -people are trading in their home town stores. ory goods in gets and separata pieces Come in. Mose the Druggist, the Rexall store.—adv. Heary shipments of cotton that have been arriving the past week for some of Killingly's mills indicate greater activ- ity for the plants in the no: distant fu- ture. It is true that several .plants in Killingly own much cotton bought at prices much higher than those now be- ing quoted. Here is one of the losses that the mills are takinz. and a remin- der that the manufucturers. like the on- eratives whose wages are to be reduced, sre getting ‘their humps in the read- Ver- | has elected the followi | en: friends ae- | e ‘Alicb Terwilliger ; justment procéss. Promise of good -bus- the | inesg in the mear future, however, light- { ens i i Ruggerle, 49, of | Brooklyn, - was forwarded from this| the migfortunes of all in‘erested m cotton manufacturing industry. Highland grange of Somth Killingly ing vear: Master, Milan P. Whitta- ke overseer, Jacob L. Spalding; lec- Miss williger : steward, Hollis Young; assist- an: steward, Harold Woodmancy: lady agsistant steward, Florence Woodman- cy; chaphin, Francis Upham: gatekeep- Earl Phillips; Ceres, Katherine Ter- williger ; Pomona, Myrtis Young; Flora. member of executive committee for three years, A. A. Til- linghast. ¥ Christmas chab checks of any bank if deposited on or before December 20 draw ‘interest from December 1. De- posit today. Windham County a- tional bank.—adv. At the merning merviee a‘ the Con- gregational church Sundav. Rev. W. B. Williams preached a CF g mas sermon, Christmas hymns and cu.ois were sung iand thers was a svecial program of fes- remarkable changes and great progress|tival music. At the vesper seryice at 5 A new chureh | was. erected, twenty years ago; a new | o'clock Miss Emma A. Burbank sang O, Little Town of Eethlehem, with - violin {obligate by F. C. Bernhardt, who also played other numbefs during, the ser- viea. South Kiflingly children are in a highly expeciant mood: over the an- nouncement that Santa Claus is to make a call there next Tuesday even ing when a community Christmas tree party is being held. If. any person in town doubts that the young people of Killingly, bave ponies and pony carts less than the young peovle of other years let him giance over the list of over . 300 youngsters who are out getting votes in the pony through‘mmtavst under way here. Roeland H. Gray has: been seuected to ] the vacancy in the court of burgesses ‘W.. Atwood. The appoiniment of Mr. approval by. the public. 3 Members of the,Danielson Girls' ciub 3" a meeting Sunday afterncon for th players, who threw out a hip Guring the | p, < i contest this being a recurrence of an old .injury, the outceme of the game might-have been different. As it~ wae Conn. Mills won out by a score of 28 | urpose of rehearsing carols that .will be sung.as they go-about town Christ- mas eve, much the same a5 they did last year. A number of Dan'elson tneat r- to 2. Manager Robert Pellerin has the | tj, e & e Crescents < of Norwich, ' another fast| team, scheduled fer an early appearance ! here. Being unable te get the steam derrick unloaded here last week under the Cot- tage street bridge, the Connecticut com- | pany, which is te haul the derrick over its line to East KiHingly and thers de- s have made trips to Providence the past week to see the production of Mary, at the Schubert-Majestic theater, New Idea Store, opposite Orpheum the- jatre, - is selling ladies’ comfy Christmas lippers, all colors. at $1.75. The kind you pay $2.50 to §3 elsewhere.—auv. Richard A. Rice of Providence was a visiier with friends in Danielson Fri- liver it to the firm that is te tear up the | day. | Providence and Danieieon line, changed | its plans and the derrick was hauled ; across the New “Haven tracks at the|and foodstuff Main street crossing: Sunday on rails|Kets for the needy famiies of Daniel- | temporarily put down for the purpoese of | son. getting it across. Public service corporations who dig * | answer to rui bR GRS S ) the: Ladies' Rexdmg circle scheduled te be held with Mrs. A, C. Greene this . IF NOTHERS ONLY KNEW 75 bow msiy chdren we tume plainiig of headsche, fevernins troables and | Raew what Mother Gea o for. their children ne family wonid ever be withoat them. These powsers are so easy and Pleaesuit otk avd 20 edeckive in thair action thzt motliere who onee nse hem eif other motkers about them. fln,dn._ The Danielson Henevoient associa- tion is asking for donations of memey to @i Christmas bas- Tris good werk lus been carried on for. ysars in this tewn. Christmas quotations will be given in call at the meeting of Monday) eftemoon. 3 Quantities of white birch are being } consnnied “as . fuel hereabouts - this sea- son. Mnuch of this materiul is . readily ;available and the fact is being . taken advantage of by many persons. Magistrates in England in - the - 16th- century had eertain powers with regard to fixing wages and hours of laber. Let us show vou a real display of jy-| £y {erims. Fridav evening was designated | Paren®e’ Nizht by the Parent-Teachers' ble| The pa- | weant was public and the High School for two months. The evening was also the « officers for the | E. Ter-| There was only 6ne éase before Judge Geissier Saturday. mérning, that' of Ed- ward Gay, charged with stealing < $10 trom . Franklin’s Lunch ‘cart,. Livery street. The robbery was committee more han & year ago, but Gay escaped and hak ! been living in. Massachusetts. He told the court that he was out of work, and had a wife and a baby two months old to support. Judge Geissler gave the man thirty days in Brooklyn jail, but sus- | pended "sentence “for six months, pro- vided the man borrowed or earned ten dolars to replace the.amount stolen. Captain Bulger anmeumced Saturday afternoon that he has got into communi- cation with the Jordan Hardward Co.. of Willimantie, in regard to the repairs to the railing on Grove strest, nearly opposite the 'S. N. E. Tel. Co’s office. The car, driven by some one connected with_the firm, crashed-through the rail- ing Thursday of last week and knocked several large stones: off from the wall upon which the railing is built. . The three foot drop over the wail, appar- ently didn’t hurt the car any for it pro- ceeded without notifying the local police of the accident. . Sonedne told.the cap- tain the number on the car. however, and he has heen endeavoring to ‘get in com- munication with the owners since the ac: cident. . At last he has succeeded. and the company has assured the local police that it will settle for the damage done the fence. About three o'cleck Saturday afternsom the Putnam inn got rammed-by 4 flivver, registeration number Conn. $7-188 How it happened is no known; but while the driver was bucking around in the square by ‘the station.and the Putnam inn, he .apparentiv. pressed -the wrong pedal. and instead of: going frotwards in a hurry the Ford started to go back- wards at the same time. Tt kept going, and banged. Into a pair of doors in the hotel, opening . them ‘and damaging them slightly. The flivver got. bent fenders, and a broken tail lights A Buick touring car. 085, which re- an ‘accident in . the. southern. mart of the county, has been brought to Putnam for repairs. The left fender ‘is badly ben and nearly, torn’ off. the left wheel smas ed. front axle damaged. and the wind- shield and top demoiished. The 10 a. m. train tfom .New London Saturday was over .an hour and a half latr. Trouble With the enzine was the canse of the tardiness. - The stores Saturday began . te. show signs of brisk Christmas shopping. Mot of the colleges and premaratery schools have™ closed' for the Christmas recess and the sttdeénts nre returming Lo their homes. "~ Among those returning to Putnam are: Themas Dobsoh. who is taking a four yvear course at the Spring- field Y. M. C. A. school. Mr. Dobson was graduated from Putpam High schoo! last year. He was & member of the champion- ip basketball “team which = Putnam turnad out Jast vear. He is the guest of his mother during the Christmas re- Miss Tdith Gilson from Wi imantia parents for the holidays. Charies Maher, a student at Norwich the holidays. Misses Sylv students at maks recess. v bolidays. Sessions nwhose homes lie in that direction. n cast of over sixty High.School stu rommemoration of the three hundred anntyersary - of the landing of the P! association and was considered a = time to present the pageant. olayers have heen rehearsing for date of. the ‘presentation of memor | to Marv Eden Ttatem. and to Ellswor! Hopking Sabin, who w =eneral averaze, and has shown the m b tion with the Ellsworth Sabin Pic some stories about the historic stone. sodes. The first represented The | DIED of William Warner Oreutt. 1920 Sh son of © cently -suffered -considerable damage In/ Normal school - is at -the- home of her university, at Northfield, Vt., is heme for and Elizabeth Whealock, Simmons college, Boston. are at their parents’ home fo rthe Christ- Pomfret school closed Thursday for the be resumed aft- er three weeks' vacation. Thursday. Jan. 3. 1921 There ‘were-three parior éars jcn the wesi-bound express. Thursday morning to accommodate the student Before a crowded hall Friday eveming. dents npresented a Pilgrim pageant in |tion is_to Be held in this killed Oct. 4,|oMce o by an electric shock Mise Child deliv- rred an address on Miss Tatem, whose | death occurrcd in 1915, Miss Tatem was | of high literary tastes and the income| | from the fund established in Her mame| | Will be used to buv hooks forthe mem- ber of the High -School graduating class who for the last two years of his or her high sehool course has had the best | interest in American literature. George Child of the senior class.. delivered a ef address of presentation in connec- memorial. tures were shown illustrating the hardships of the first winter. and showing many of the old residents in. New Eng- land. Plymouth Raock was shown ana Principal Snow. of the Hizh S¢hool told The pageant proper was in five epi- s rst Land-| carrying. | ing of the Pilgrims and the successive episodes depicted The First Winter, The —— ORCUTT—In North Coventry, Dee. 17, 1920, Ella Florence Hammond, widow RAVNER—In Springfieid, Mass., Dec. 18, don P. Ravnes, aged .38 years, H. Raynes of Norwich, Conn. Funeral at his late: hgme, 23 Summer terrace, Springfield, Dec. 21, at % ». m. —_— e RESOLUTIONS; Whereas. God in H: hae removed from our classmate, Martin Samu=l Peterson. in_his demijs ily_and relatives; ‘be it family their heartfelt sympathy in thi hour of ‘trial. i 2 CLASS OF 1816, N. F. A - Nerwich, Conn.. 18, 1920, CARD .OF THANKS 1 all_those who sent beautiful floral forms. our. memories. Dated, Dee. 18, 1820. - i i { Church & Alien | Funeral i Directors i —AND— 1 Embalmers Lady Assistam Telephone 323-3 WENRY E. CHURCH WM. SMITH ALLEN | infinite - wisdom idst our belovéd Whereas, We feel a deen nersonal loss ise. and a desire to help lifc the burden of grief -that rests upon his fam- Resolved, Therefore, That the Class of 1916, Norwich:Free Academy, send to his * We wish to express our. aypréciation of kindness of the manv .neighbors and friends who so frequently visited my wife i and _mother .during her iliness, ‘bringing | flowers. and in other ways, mn?;fesung {cauised by the recent death of Clinton | ZIPYLrur chureh ama for the acie. i | gation’ of the-Immergruen Lodge, and to chester | Gray has been received with wiu‘eopreulgfim‘e friends -who acted as bearers, and to | These acts of kindness will ever ll_i\ger in! MR.'CARL MEYER AND DAUGHTER. £ “ToDAY TUES. and WED. MAN, GIRL AND - LION ' Short Subject MATINEE... 2°: NIGHT.. 20c-25¢ STRAND. "EDITH DAY : Star of “Irene” NEW YORK’S BIGGEST STAGE HIT, IN “CHILDREN NOT WANTED” GOT A CHILD? STAY AWAY. GOT A POODLE? WE'VE GOT JUST THE APARTMENT FOR YOU. SEE THIS PHOTOPLAY CAN YOU GET ? “THE MOON RIDERS” TUES. AND WED. COME RIGHT IN, > First International Treaty, The First Thanksgiving and Pilgrims of a Later Day. The Hizh School orchestra played several selections. ‘The challenge which Tourteliotte Mem- orial High school recently issued for & typewritting contest has been ac epted by Killingly and Putnam High Schoois. The contest will be held at a meeting of tne Parent-Teachers' Association during the winter or Bpriaz months. hawrence Perkins, of Pomfret left Fri- day for Alberta, Alabama. where he Wit spend. the holidays with- his brother, Rus- seil Perkins. whose summer home is in| Pomfret. Mr. Perkins has a shooting | place on the Alabama river. ' Mins Florence Sargent of Worcester, is at the home of Mr. and Mrs. tem for a short visit. The Dean pin factorw en Mechanic | street, announces that beginning today (Monday) the plant will be closed for one week! From this time until further notice the pin factory will run only évery other week. This mill has been running five days a week until thi change. 4 In a recedt advertisement in Spring- field papers. appears the protograph of Miss Alice Adams. of this ecity. but a student at. Bay Path Institute there. Miss Adams recently passed a typewriting test entitling Her to a gold medal and to a certificate of membership in the Order| of Accurate Typists. Miss Adams also won a medal in typewriting at the Put? nam High school from which she grad uated las vear. Joseph Rita, after an absence of fo years has returned to Putnam. He was| in the Italian army for four years. serv- ing throughout the world war. Ha-w; not wounded, though his brother, Charles, | who came to Putnam several months ago, received numerous rThrapnel wounds. Mr. Rita formerly had a stand at the rail- road station. If he can find a job, he intends to remain in Putnam Fishing - through the ice usual but theré beiing no ice this extraordinar- ily pleasant December, and West Thompson fishermen are ing out a new stunt—fishing for roast beef. and are § king a great success of it. One man c Thompson Friday morninz and other fishermen had aimost equally good luck The answer to what here, this that when ( city was ruck by a1 train and thrown into the river at West Thompson, | Wednesday afternoon, a fine load of dressed beef and other prov to the bottom of the river. ons went The water of the stream bNng less| han one-half of one per cent t w irons were gotten out a'id the “fishing for the sunken provisions undertaken. Fishermen: have been on the job ever | since and have made some good hauls. | Today (Monday) the meeting of the associaa. ity in the | the clerk of the superior court | Proyisions are to be made for the ar-| rangement and indexing of books in the ! law libraries in- Putnam and Williman- Windham County Bar Library tic. according to the notices sent out by Clerk Edgar M. Warner. The sudden death in the Chickering| hotel here May 23, 1915, of John Kil-| sourn, a traveling salesman of Oswego. N, Y. is recalled by heading held here this week in connection with an investiga- | tion being made by representatives of the lers’ Mutual Accident | assaciation, in which Mr. Kilbourn was| Commercial Trav: sured, and heirs of his estate The heirs, who were represented here by a‘tornmeys. are Jordan R. and Milder v claim thatt 16 snd they are| -ompany pay bourn was It is understood that the eom- per. of Mexico. N. Y. Th Kilbourn's death was due to a fall res ing in a fractured sk asking that the insurance the policy of $5,000 that pany is contesting payment on the ground that Kilborn's death was due to natural causes. D. J. B. Kent, medical sxaminer, who viewed Kilbourn's hody in that capaci- ey, was one of the witnesses called to give testimony here the past week and| William O'Brien, who came to know Kilbourn during the time that the sales- man was a guest at the Chickering ho- tel, then being pperated by Mr. Hart. Kilbourn's death has been asterted to Le due te a fractored skull, which claimed he received n he fell in room ad struck hi heart troucle induced by over-induigence. Though nearly four and a half years have ¢ apsed ‘since his death, the Com mercal Travelers' Mutual Insurance sac ssuel to Kilbourn as a protection a go for buria it was exhumed, that a careful examinaation might be Bade of the head injnry. The reduction in wages te cotton mill operatives announced in notices posted in various mills hereabouts Monday of last week will bacome effective today (Monday): -The few days since the no- tices of the uction wers posted have brought no developments to indicate tHat the cut in rates will create any disturb- ance in the cotton industry hereabouts. I'npleasant. gs¢ the reduction is go the workers who still have employment even on_parl timeé. it is regarded as preferable to idle piants and no work to do and no money, coming in. January holds a prom- ise for much better business, it is claim- ed by s=ome catton manu urers, and it the lower wmage sca bring a re- vival of industry the will hate been some compensation. Mr. and Mrs. Georre Burelll, irho live | at Kast Putnam, observed (b wedding anniversary last week. Commandant John Slater of the d 181 visional headquarters at Hartford spoke | here Saturday and Sunday evenings at special meetings arranged by the Salva- tion Army. The Spirit of Generosity was the sub- ject and Mrs. G. C. S. MacKay the leader at the Young People's society meeting at the Baptist church Sunday evening. Distriet Peputy Edward W. Mullan ane suite will be in Darielson Tuesday even: ing to. confer the third degree up a class of 15 candidates of Rose of Lima council, A number of members of Car- gill council will attend the degree. which will be the last of the year in this vi- cinity. David Smith of Worcester was a vis- itor here Friday with Mr. and Mrs. Hyde Smith. 3 Rev. Frank Bigelow of Christ church. Pomfret, conducted a four days’ preach- ing mission that ended Sunday at St Alban’s church, ir Danieison. Ice hockey s entirely out of the ques- tion _for the Pomfret school students THEATRE ¥ TODAY AND TUESDAY BEBE DANIELS “YOU NEVER CAN TELL” The:story of a very unusual girl who had a very common grievance—shs wanted some new clothes. CHARLES RAY ‘““HOMER COMES HOME”’ A picture filled with fun and love and hcart-tug. A ro- mance fine and human clean B. Ta-! hasi many devotees about this time of year.| NEWS WEEKLY The Home of Paramount and Artcraft Breel) THEATRE TODAY AND TUESDAY ALICE LAKE In the Greatest of Her Sensational Triumphs “BODY AND Mechanicsvile | aght two quarters of fine dressed beef in the river near West may seem like the after-efforts of a jakey jag, as set down gnen’s truck of | quickly established that the meat y\r'vh‘»‘ ably hadn't been spoiled. so grappling | SOUL” A DRAMA OF THE LATIN QUAR- TER OF PARIS, THING MAY HAPPEN AND EV- ERYTHING DOES. “TAILS WIN” Century Comedy PATHE NEWS S WHERE ANY- THIRD COMPANY DANCE AT THE STATE ARMORY NORWICH, CONN. NEW YEAR’S EVE DECEMBER 31st, 1920 MUSIC BY HUMPHREY’S NOVELTY ORCHESTRA With all the popular Jazz Music of the Day. Dancing From 8:30 to 2:00 Novelty Dances, Confetti, Serpentin: Rolls, Whistles, Paper Hats, Balloons Gentlemen 85¢c — Ladies 55¢ INCLUDED —_———— 2.1 on the marble clab of a wash stard and it also has beea claimed that death was due to ation has not paid the pelicy it had nst accidents. It is recalled that after Kilbourn's body had been taken to Oswe- while near the December continues. Women of St in conducting a and food sales_to accumn are to be used for Christmas time. An examination of motor truck the crossing nesday afterpoon spring. weather of ti some periofis of the Danbury.—A trade teachers, wh tunity for skitled m teaching their trade their natural parish are er series of whist ds tha haritable purposes at the vehicle shows struck by a t West Thompson last wes badly damag- school and Wood basketball tea ng of the year on an interesting nis 2} mecial evening cotirse for ci will offer an dpgor- anies interested in others to improve 11 be CASTORIA For Infants and Children * InUse For Over 30 Years Always brars the Signazure of