Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, April 9, 1921, Page 5

‘TRY THIS TO BANISH ALL RHEUMATIC PAINS People who have been rheumatic! pufferers for years—yes, even 86 arippled that they were unahble to help themselves—have been brought back to robust mighty power of Rheuma. heuma acts with speed; 2 brings in only a few days the relief you have longed for. It helps antag- onize and drive from the syStem the oisons that cause agony and pain n the joints and muscles, then all soreness’ should completely -disappear. It is' a harmless, inexpensive rem- edy, but gratifying and quick-acting, and is the one discovery that has forced rheumatism and schatica to yield and disappear. It's only necessary to try ome 75- cent ttle, and 1f you "do néet im- mediately. begin to get the jeyful re- lief you expect your men%t' will be gladly returned. Lee & good al- ways have a supply of Rheuma and guarantees it to you. POLICE OFFICIALS FIGURE IN AUTO-CONSPIRACY CASE Detroit, Mich., April 3.—Advisability of issting subpoenas for certain ' police officers of New York and Bridgepert, Conn., was under consideration by gov- ernment officials conducting th etrial here of five fen charged with conspiracy te violate the Dyer act through,an alleg- ed international automobile theft ring, it was announced at the end of the federal court session today. Adjournment was laken until Tuesday. The government's principal witness, Almltnfl C. Basden, a confessed partici- pant' in the alleged conspiracy, has giv- en the officers names of persons in the east “who, he declared, knew of the al- legdd plot. . a2 ¢ R Today's witnesses gave testimeny de- signed chiefly as the foundation for. ew- idence the prosecution announced weuld be presented next week to show that factory numbers on ,qnénsive .awtomo- biles had .been changed and.that the.ma- chines had been reported stolen here. Love that makes the world go reund often prevents the income from going more than halfway. 'COMES TO OUR SHOP can be sure of courteous treatment. She ¢an be sure of more than that. Our service in shoe repairing guaranteed service. Whatever wrong with these 'shoes of yours, we ‘make it right. We help you! SHU-FIX Franklin Square health ‘through. the | it ofteni|- Norwich,'Saturday, Aprll 8,"1921. VARIOUS MATTERS ni}l“‘.‘m vehicle lémps st 651 this eve- The April moon was mew Friday, at 405 e mi w 3 Up at;East Killingly, Almend Bartlett is the ! first b.m‘&l lawmn-mower. At Ledyard, Judge §. E. Heldredge al- ready has a quarter of an acre of straw- berries planted.- Y The advance of 1321 is indloated ‘by the fact that G. A. R. posts are already making plans for Memorial day. - Fish sale: shad 15¢ Bb.; fancy eorned ‘beef, 3c; plate beet, 3c; plenty .lobsters and round clams at Church Bros.—edv. = MISS MYRELE . AT THE DAVIS, ALL NEXT WEEK Shea’s News Burean MAGAZINE SPECIALIST UNION SQUARE Nickel Plating UNITED METALS MFG. COMPANY, Inc. Norwich, .. ... « Conn. COAL GOOD: 3 CLEAN COAL Prompt Delivery# Give us a trial, and we know you will be People’s Coal Co. 74 THAMES STREET NORWICH, CONN. Since' the-close of Lent the’daily. par- ish: mass in.'St. Patrick'’s church ' each morning is. at 7:e'clock instead. ef 8. The Moosup girls' club has contributed $25 each’ to the' Aldrich ‘Free public li- brary and-the ‘Meosup Fire Department, Nol 1. 0> So far this spring Postmaster John P. Murphy -has received - no government seeds for free distribution frem the Nor- wich - office. 5 An Essex correspondent noaes that Themas Dickinson, ' of Mystic, is visit- ing at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Martin Wright. Mr. and Mrs, Wm. P. Barstow have sold their house in South Windham and will meve to Mrs. Barstow's house west of -the railroad at Phainfield. { City people are coming inte Cennecticut in _search. of farms much earlier. than usflal this year, the back-to-the-land im- palse appearing extra strong. A correspondent at Dayville mentions that Mr.'.and Mrs. A.J. Lathrop are en- tertainmg the former's mother, Mrs. P. L. Lathrop of North Coventry. At. 2 teachers'- meeting this week at Tolland, .inethe Hicks Memorial School, work . in -teacher training was discuss- ed by Superintendent ‘Leon C. Staples. Spécial for Saturday. Native shad, 1h. 25c: large Nova: Sootia lobster, b, 45c. Broadway Fish Market, 40 Broad- way.—aav. g Chiéf Howard L. Stanton. of the Nor- wich fire department addressed a com- munity meeting at Colehester Wednesday evéning- on the fire prevention needs of any village. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Branche and Mr. and Mrs. William Stinson motored from | Norwich to- Lord's - Point - recently - and were dinner guests of Charles H. Collirs at the Athol. At the request of Mrs. Peter Q'Neill, a memorial, mass for her brother, John Mahoney, whe disd n Ireland, was sung In St. Patrick’s church Friday at 8 o'- clock by Rev. Myles P. Galvin. B An Ekonk man, John Tanner, pur- chased ‘a-fine pair of oxen last week. He took them to a blacksmith’'s and one was choked to death 'in the sling that was used while it was being shod. = The- seventy-fifth anniversary celebra- tion of the Central Village Congregation- ‘al church, also a. meeting of.the South ' Windham six church conference will be ‘held at Central Village Tuesday, April 19. N Sunbeam Pure Foods, the werld's best. Ask your grocer for this brand.—adv. A freight car at Sterling railroad sta- tion was relieved of two cases of cloth belonging to; the United States Finishing Company_the other night. The cases con- tained gOods valued at from $1200 to $1500. . Don’'t forget, the Baked Bean and salad supper, tonight, from 5 to 8, in the L O. O..F..Hall. 35c.—adv. At the new cottage of the superin- tendent of Nerwich: State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, Dr.. Hugh, B. Campbell, the grounds have been'graded and decora- tive evergreens have: been set out this spring. - The Brooklyn Woman's club has elect- ed_the following officers: President, Mrs. S. "Irving: Frink; . vice. president, Mrs. Henry, W.. Maine; secretary, Miss Fran- ces: L." Palmer; .treasurer, Mrs. J. Dyer Potter. . E s | The. United States civil service com- mission - announices « an . examination - for shop apprentice: boys, 167 to’ 18, for va- cancies- in® the bureau‘ of standards,. de- partment of commerce, Washington, D. C.,'at $720 a.year. .: c Noted = test medium, Mre. Billings, Spirtual Academy, Sunday.—adv. The records show that in 1630 the rate of wages for agricukural labor was " Mra John A Sissenof -Westerly visiting relatives & Nerwich. Edward . Blackburn of Dayville has sperit several days in Nerwich. : Henry Oatley and family of Bast Kil- lingly were recent visitors in Norwich. Mr. and. Mrs.-S. W. Leffingwell of East Great Plain, Norwich, were at The Ref- uge, at Lord's Peint, recently. Mra. James H.' Sistare of Stenington visited her sister, who is a'patient in the Backus hospital in Norwich, Friday. Mr. ‘and-Mrs. John Foeter and daugh- ter. Mabel of Franklin.were . guests the first of ‘the week of Moosup, relatives, i Supt. John B. Stanten and family ef Norwich-and Mrs, Nettie Jerome and son of Lyme -were visitors at the Stanton homestead at 'Pkonk early in the week. Mrs. Thomas Hynds has resigned as bookkesper .at . the - grovery store of A. ‘Thatcher Otis, where she had filled the Position for seventeen years and has been succeeded by Miss Bishep. —— e CAPE COD CHARACTERS 24 -PORTRAYED BY AUTHOR An aundiemce of 300 emjoyed:the read- ings and . character sketches of Cape Cod folk’ by Joseph C. Lincoln, author of the famous Cape:Cod stories, at the Hugh Henry Osgood Memorial parish -house Friday "evening. Mr. Lincoin ampeared under the auspices of the Parish House Association. . of - Park - Congregational church. The ‘reader was introduced by Mrs. Al- bert M. Van Wagenen, president of the Parish House Association. After his pre- liminary remarks which were = inter- spersed with-a number of humerous ster- les, Mr. Lincoln spoke briefly of the dis- coyery and early history of Cape Cod. He then gave.character sketches of the old time sea captain. In the old days, al- most without exception, every Cape Cod man went to sea. They started as cabin boy at the age of 11, were mates at 18 or 19 and eaptains at 21 er 22. They ‘Were staunch patriots, - After illustrating with humerous stor- fes the quick wit of the old Cape Codder, Mr. Lincoln describeq at some length the old sea captain’s home. The houses were white' ‘and fnvariably .the blinds were painted green. . There was generally a large front door.with brick walks lead- ing from the street, but the front door was hardly. opened more than onca or tiwice' a year. as callers always used the side’ door. The frent door opened on a small hn‘l which led to the “holy of hol- les” the' best fromt parlor. The ‘“best front parlor” was seldom used 'exeept for weddings and funerals. In connection with his description of the old sea captain’s heme the author read one of his' own poems, The Best Spare Reom. Tnis was followad by noems entitled Matflda’s Beau. When the inister Comes fo: Tea and others. Mr. Lincoln also_read selectiong from several of his short stories.: Following the readings a reception was held in the parish housy .parlors at which. many of those present greeted Mr. Linceln personally.. s Mr. and Mrs. Henry A, Tirrell. Mrs. ATbert. M. VanWagenen and .Miss Louise Fowe. assisted Mr. Lincoln in receivine. Refreshmeénts wers served.under the di- rectibn of Mrs. Frederick T Sayles, Mrs. ‘l;'. T. Phillips and Miss Dorothy Phil- The - meneral committes in charge of the evenine commrised Mrs. Afhert M. Van. Wazenen. Mrs. Henrv -D. Johnson, Mrs. William F. Collins, Mre. Henry A. Tirrell, Mrs. Fraderick T. Sawles. Mrs. A. A. MacDiarmid, Mise Hannah Crow- ell. Miss Jane Bill. Miss Louise C. Howe. Mrs, George T, Jnealls. Mrs. W. Tyler Browna and Mrs. Bdward J. Graham. George L. Ingalls and William Cal- ling were in chargs of the tickets. " John S. Blackmar. M. D.. was. in charga of the nushers whn were Frederick W. Cary, Manley Eastwood, Henrv D. Tahnsem. Henrv D. Johneon. Tr.. Harold Prentice and Benedict C..Pullen. COMMON PLEAR FASE OVER AUTOMOBILE TRANSACTION Judze C. B Waller took the papers in the case of A. Frank Greene cf this vs Ferdinand Gagnin' of Putnam the case had been hezrd™in th> mon pleds ccurt here Frilsy. The suit 's over ar'unpaid nore*for $1,000-th a Put- nam berk. | g > in' tiie summer of 1919 Greenme, it is/| claimod solq Gagnon an automoblie truck for %4263, receiviag a’ used fruck for waick he allowed Gaomn $1,590 and Uie balance in ' notes.. The note for $1,000 remained unpaid and was adjusted by Greeéne as he had endorse the note when ade by .Gagnon. Greene claims the ruck taken in trade was was net worth $1,500 and that when he seld it he enly receiveq $500 for it:which he applied te after fixed at 8 1-3 ‘cents a day with board,|'Part payment of the nete. or 16 2-3 cents -without board, the lat- ter-being also the harvest field rate. In 1633 farm laborers were paid 11° cents a day with board. The best got 25 cents without board; mowers were paid 41 cents a day. < A protecting wire . guard, - stretched about the excavation at the rear of the new Schwartz. property on Main styeet, bears a - warning to people using‘ the Roman Steps to keep awav from danger. Friday was a good example of the in- ferior brand of drizzly weather which April can furnish when it tries—although grass and feliage appeared te.like it. ‘WEDDING, MiTler—Rebertsen. At the parsonage of the Grefqueville tienal * church, Friday, at 12.30, Rev. C. H. Ricketts united in marriage Leslie- A. Miller of ' 20 Penobscot street and Miss Venna Robertson of Jewett City. They were unattended. The groom is employed in the U. S. Finishing Co., as a eolor' mixer. The bride is the daughter of Robert Rebertson and An- nie Hopper. N Luek Fishing Fer Tromt. Lerey Walker and Earl Herrick were ameng the lucky trout fishermen on Fri- day, each returning with several fish average about three-fourth of a peund in weight. Directors Met. The directors of the chamber of com- merce held a meeting Friday aftermoon at the reom on Shetncket street. OER WIFE MURDER' TRIAL UNDER WAY IN NEW HAVEN New Maven. Comn., April $.—Harry J. Orr, of thif eity, was plaeed on trial be- fore Judge Avery and a jury in superier court teday, charged with the murder of his wife, Margaret, 19, near ILake Whitney en March 21, 1920. The jury was was quickly selected and taking of | testimeny started. The trisl will be re- The jury is as sumed next Tuesday. follows: Gagnon claimed he- only knew of the note being unhaid when suit was brought and that he did -not get any notice from the bank when it was due. The case hinged on the value of the used car and the agreement as to the way it entered into th etransaction. The witnesses in- cluded State Treasurer G. Hareld Gil- patric of Putpam and .others. - The law- yers in the case are Torrey of Putnam and Stewart of Nerwich. WILL DIG TEST PITS . ON NEW THEATRE LOT Moses Klingon, of Colchester. who is to build a mew theatre on the so-called Shields lot on Broadway in this eity, has had the blue-prints completed and s so0on to have test pits dug on the lot to determine what the conditiens are: as to putting in the foundations for the buildinz. ‘When Mr. Klingen starts to build, he experts that work will be strted first on the rear of the lot, leaving the stores =nd offices in the building mow on the street front undisturbed as long as possible, ' Weekly Morbidity Repert. The following was the weekly morbid- ity report by the state board of -health for the towns in' Eastern Connecticut: Diphtheria—Plainfield, 1; Thompson, 2; Tolland (T.). 2; state total, 51; last week, 52. The following diphtheria car- riers were reported: Berlin, .1; New Londen, 1; Saybrook, 3; Waterbury, 2. Scarlet fever—New Londen, 3; Mans- field, 1; Putnam 1; Thompson, 1; Willi- mantic, 1; state.total, 105; last week, 165. ‘Whooping ten (berough), 1; New Londen, 3; state total, 46; last week, 65. 2 Discussed Hospital Water Supp! Matters relating'te the water supnly at the Norwich state hospital were discus- sed- at the meeting of the trustees there Friday. Dinner was served at the home, of Dr. Franklin S. Wileox, the superintendent. Trustees attending the meeting included H. H. Gallup, Dr. J. J..Donshue and At- torney Arthur F. Libby of Norwich. C. Orr was arrested ' in San ' Franmcisco about & meonth after the murder. He. hdd enlisted in the United States tramspert serviee and was about to board a steam- er for: the Philippines. Judge Munger of Ansonia is assistant public defender for the - defense. . PRESIDENTY DESIGNATES “FOREST PROTECTION WEEK” ‘Washington, April -3.—The week of May 22 ‘wa'sdesignated, in' a proclamation by “President , Harding today as “Forest Proeteaion 'Wesk™ ‘étirlng - which' govern- ors ‘of the-; ‘states ‘were asked to arringe’ educatiemal and instructive ex- ercises to place: before the people the need- for - preventing unnecessary. woaste by forest fires. .~ B. Pimmey of Stafford Springs, and Dr. F. E. Wilcox of Willimantie. INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY Miss Isabel H. Mitchell.is spending a week in Englewood, N. J. . Mrs. Franmk A. Mitchell has been In Hartford for several days this weak. Mrs. Richard R. Graharh entertained a few friends informally Thursday after- noon for- Mrs. Edward H. Linnell. The Wednesday club met this week with Miss Adelaide Butts, whe read an interesting paper em . Indian. lore an life. i JesepHi- Lincein, the writer, whe enter- tained a large audience at Osgeod Mem- orial Friday. evening, with readings from his own books, was the while in town of Mr. and Mrs. Henry A. Tirrell, who ‘like , him, are summer residents at Harwichport, on Cape Ced. If you see a man making love to & woman in- public it's'a sign she isn't his wite. % ! tnree-quarte) AGCEPT PLANS FOR WEST SIDE SCHOOL +The plans of William Thomas Towner of New York, an architect who submitted ] for the new schoel building on the est Side, were accepted by the school board on Friday evening at a special meeting held for the consideration of the plans. The 1 board .has n con- sidering - the* of several” itects, 12 -having- submitted plans, and Friday evening it was voted to accet the plans of the New York architect. The plans chosen were considered the best .submitted and were as near as pos- sible to the .idea of the local committee for a school building. - The: plans.are for a 16, room building . with .auditorjum. This building will be of ‘modern fireproof type with a' frontage on Elizabeth street. There will be two entrances, one, for the girls and one for the boys.. -These en- trances will lead into the floored’ corri- dors. Opening from these corridors will be the domestic science and sewing rooms for the girls and the manual training and suitable floor covering. machine shop for the boys. Going down several steps, thére will be the auditori- um, 42x75 feet, with the ceiling 16 féet from the floor. located the class rooms, each room to ac- commodate 40 pupils. The corridors will Bein tile and the floots in the class rooms concrete covered On. the next floor will be irs concrete with the with battleship llnoleum or some other b The exterior fin- ish. i to be in selected brick with lime- stone trimming and the interior finish to be oak.-The-roof- will be slate with copper finishings. Ir fhe rear there is to be a 'platform and under this platform’ will be located ‘the heating planf and ‘the coal hunkers. : ’ The committee on Friday evening said that the cost of the building will" be well within the appropriation for a new. build- ipg. . Work on the new building will start as-soon as possible and it is hoped that it will be compléted in timy for- occupa- tion by next year. . . AUTO TRUCK CEASHES k ¥ INTO DR. WILCOX’'S AUTO Dr. Franklin S. Wilcox, superintendent of the Norwich stafe hospital, and four of the hospital trustees who were riding in the doctor’s new Hudson sedan. received cuts and bruises Friday morning about | 11 o'cléck when C. B. Bromley & ‘Son’s ton auto truck ran into the octor's automobile on the road near the _.ate hospital. v Costello Lippitt, H. H. Gallup, Dr. J. J. Donghue and Arthur F. Libby were the trustees in'the superintendent's car, of whom Mr. Lippitt suffered the worst, receéiving cuts on the face, :neluding one over the eye that had to iave stitches taken in.it” Mr. Gallup had 4 -ut in his wrist that was closed with' stitches, and all received minor bruises and contusiens. - Dr. Wilcox had come to the city to take the four local trustees to the hospital for the quarterly meeting, and was on :he right of. the road, just about to turn into the driveway at the hospital, when the Bromley, came into sight from the oppo- site direction and traveling at from 30 ta 40 miles an hour, according to what some of the men in the doctor's car said. When the Bromley truck was within a few feet of the Wilcux automobile, the truck suddenly swung to the left sharp- ly ‘across, the road, registering a square hit near the door on the left side of the doctor’s car. NORWICH FISHERMEN SEE PICTURES AT ANNUAL MEETING Over 00, igcluding & number of wom- en, attended the annual meeting of the Norwicli Fishermen's association at Y. M. A. hall Friday evening, where a fea- ture’ of the meeting was the showing_of sets of moving pictures of hunting and fishing scenes. These included sword fishing. at Catalina, a turkey hunt, de- coying Canadian geese, Mr. B. Bass on the Potomac, moose hunting in New Brunswick, duck hunting in Virginia, and scenes at the Connectleut state game farm at Madison. . President A. C. Brown conducted the business meeting, in which Secretary W.| W. Ives made his annual report and spoke of the promise of a limited supply of small-mouth black bass and fingerling trout ‘to be used for stocKing in this sec- tion this year. The name of changed to Norwich Fish and Game asso- |ciation g0 as to include hunters as well Bromley truck, driven by voung Charles | as fishermen in its membership. It was voted to join the State Fishermen's asso- clation and Mr. Ives was made the vot- ing delegate from Norwich to attend the convention in Meriden. The matter of buying black bass fry for stocking in .Gardner lake, and Long pond was left to the executive commit- tee. | The officers were re-slected as follows: the erganization was QUEER STORY TOLD BY . HARRIS OF ELWELL MURDER Buffalo. N. Y. Anril £—Roy Harrls, who confessed on Wednesday night that he was one of the princinals in the mur- der of Joseph B. Eiwell in New York last June, will be taken to New York city, probably on Sunday. it was said tomight by Harry P. Oswald, of the Met- ropolitan Detective burea: Oswald said that th as some points In Harris' story remaininz to be checked up here and that the work prob- ably wonid take all of tomorrow. The detective-refused to say whether the da- cision to take Harris to New Yok in- dicated a wbellef that there was a bas- in of ‘trith in the prisoner's story of the Elwell: murder. That Harris is mentally and phrsical- v ‘normal was the oninfon exnrefsed by Dr.-James W. Putnam. alien'st, whe made a’ second examination of Harris to- dav. The examipation was made at the re- quest of Detective Oswald who Indicated his belief that Harris' story was the work of a' disordered brain. Oswald questioned Harrls at length tedar without develop- Ing, he sald, any substiptial chanze In the pritoner's story of how he and a companion were hired by a woman to kill Elwell. Oswald sald Farrls told a “quesr” story of what became of the 2500 he clalms to have recelved from the mys- terfous “Mrs. Falrchfld” in part ment for the murder. Harris told the ting on the horse Man o War. When Oswald exnressed skentlclsm, Harrt plained that he bet on the horse lose.” The rest of the money. Marrls told the detecttve, he lost in a moker wame, nlav- *d in & wacant stors In New Tork. “to knew them onlyv It was after their first ring pames. this storr that Herris by an allenist When told teda not gullty: Juet and said: wife sald: crazy. thinks T have a room or two for rent I nmy upver story. llef that T am light in the head on t¥ fact that some time agn 1 wrote her mental.” 27,964,399 FOR RETIRING ALLOWAN New York., April pay- detective he lost £300 of the money het- ex- There were fourtesn other plavers. but he Oswald asked for an examination of “He's Harrls smiled She bases her he- a few letters in which T got a bit senti- CES FOR CHILDREN 8.—Distribution of “My little girl 6f six years caught a severe cold which | was afraid would turn inte whooping cough, but after givi her Father John's Medicine for a few days the cough disappeared and she is now very well. She gained weight while taking the medicine and is now back at school looking wonderfully healthy, with her rosy chesks back again. | really couldn't resist the temptation to write) you of how glad | am that baby is better.” (signed) Mrs. Julienne Epp- ler, 127 Stanley Ave., Yon- kers, N. Y. Babies thrive on John's Medicine. Father It contains no alcohel or dangerous drugs. — e “She probably ien't the'only ana who | Teachers' Insurance and Annuity assoeia tion. The actual work of the foundation has been divided into thre. branches—one for completion and liquidation of the old system of paid up pehsions, one for de- velopment of the contractual insurance and annuity plan. and another for prose- cution of significant studies and reperts through the division of educational in- quiry. Mr. Lippitt, who was on the rear seat at the right in the doctor’s machine, was| W. thiown ap und ferward on io Mr. Galup who was next to Dr. Wilcox on the front Mr. Lioby, whe was on one of hc disappearing seats m’ the autamobi first out of -ae car after .re aceilen ard helped Dr. Donohue lift out Mr. Lir- pitt and release crushed down by the weight of the/man on top of him. Dr. Donohue had been on the back seat next to- Mr. Lippitt and Mr. Libby had been sitting on the side of the machine where the auto truck hit. Mr. Lippitt was dazed for a few min- utes and his face was covered with blood =0 that those in the machine thought heé had been very seriously injured. He was given first aid treatment by Dr. Donohue and was then taken to the state hogpital Gallup, where both were at- tended by Drs. Bryan-and Burdsall of the hospital staff. Mr. Gallup was able to stay to the meeting of the Yrustees. but Mr. Lippitt._ was brought to his home in the automobile of H. F. Dawley, who was seat. with Mr. who was at the Dawley lumber vard at Fort Point. Young Bromley, who was driving the truck, was catapulied ‘through the wind- shield of his machine, but escaped’with | cuts on his hands and bruises. He walk- ed to the hospital and was given attention by Dr. J. H. Allen. : According to Attorney Libby. he asked the truck:driver, immediately after the ac- cident what” he was trvihg té do and yvoung Bromley said his windshield' was all covered with mist so that he could not see anythinz. The attorney upbraided v | Bromley. for driving at such speed with- out being able to' see what was ahead of him, and Bromlev thenclaimed that he had put on his brakes but the truck had skidded, il Both machines were bidly damaged. The front wheels, Windshield, driving gear and other parts of the front of the truck were broken and knocked in. | The body of the Wileox car was badly dam- aged and the windshield broken. PASTOR MAKES APPEAL FOR MT. CALVARY CHURCH By contributing te our cause the elti- zens of Norwich will not only be helping us but will also help in beautifying the eity, as the.raising of.$4.000 will mean that we will be able to remodel the pres- ent hundred year old structure, Mt* Cal- vary Baptist church, said Rev. E. E. Jackson, pastor of the church. Friday evening. P Rev. Mr. Jackson made this statement in connection with an appeal for support from the public of Norwich. The cam- paign launched recently by the colored people is evidently not meeting with the suceess expected by those in charge. The colored people take great pride in their churches, said Rev. Mr. Jacksonm, and they are struggling te raise thre necessary money to make badly neel-d repairs to the Calvary. Baptist ecuurch. Speaking of the campaign, Rev. Mr. Jackson #aid: We are meeting with med- erate euccess and are receiving a number of small donations. for which we are thankful. 1 am appealing tc those who are approached by our caavassers'io b- as generous as thev ean and nat to furn our canvassers away irom their doors empty handed. Y BATTERY B DANCE AT ARMORY WITH 600 PRESENT Battery B, C. A. C, C. N, G, held another successful dance Friday evening at the armory. The attendance num- bered about 600. Danz Jazz band of New Londen furnished the music. The dance was in charge of the Dattery dance com- mittee. With camp but eight weeks away the officers and men of the battery are hard at work getting everything ready for the date of departure for Camp Devens. The battery’s artillery equipment and motor trucks are expected ‘to arrive within a week or two. . There is still room in the battery for 22 recruits and the ‘combat train needs five more men to bring it up to full ‘strength. If the weather is fine today: (Saturday) the first tryout for the battery baseball team will be held at the Mohegan Park diamond. UNTVERSALIST UNITY CLASS MET AT HARRIS HOME The Unity class of the ‘Church of the Good Shepherd, Universalist, held an in- teresting meeting. Friday. evening. at . the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rolle Harris. No. 11°'Church strest. 'ANer a brief business gession, the evening Vs devoted to so- clability, Pt Miss Mary Rogers and Mrs. Rello Har- ris. were in charge of.the refreshments, ‘which consisted of Welsh rarebit, cake, and coffee, Samuel Antis in Bankraptey. Samusl Antis, who has been. engaged as & shoe dealer and ciothier in. New Lendos, has filed a.voluntary petitien in:bankruptcy. -The application was filed Saturday, April- 2,.'and gives liabilities as $6,974.32, with .assets -of. $4,200.. The largest. creditors are: P. S. Rubber Co., Boston, $1,164.74; F, H."&’A' H. Chap- pell Co., ‘$1,160\; L. Merran, $208 ; Schwartz Furniture Ce... $170; Hopson, Chapin Ce.,- $500; Electric - Contracting Co., §19; Standard Netion Sp. Co,, ‘Worcester, " $129.52. And the wise theatrical =manager hitehes his wagon to a star rather than to a girl in the chorus. o : President, A. C. Brown; vice president, Joseph L. Oat; secretary and treasurer, W. Ives; exetutive committee, E. Lewis Young, Otis B. Hall, Louis Ort- mann. When the business session adjourned a “fisHerman’s’ lunch” of cheese and crack- ers, sliced meat, doughnuts and coffee was served under the direction of Viee President Oat. Many renewed {heir membership during the evening and a number of new mem- bers were received. The, officers will en- deavor to incfease the mémbership list to a large extent this year. - HOLDS FAET TO LEAD IN POPULARITY CONTEST leading in the popularity contest at the Owlg bazaar in Olymwic hall. Her total votes as turned in at 9 o'clock Friday night numbered 8,750. Sophia Highsand holds second place with 7,350 votes. to her credit, while third place is held by Anna Brown who has 3,250. All votes turned in Friday counted double. The standing of the contestants Fri- a Loshe, Anna Brown, 3.250; Anna Doyle, 3,100; Mary day night was as follows: L 8,750 ; Sophie Highsand, 0 Gibson 1,050. ‘The contest will close at 8 o'clock this ; at which time the results will-be announced ard.the prizes (Sdfurday) evening awarded, FIREMEN TO ATTEND || YANTIC CHURCH SERVICE The fire ‘companies ‘of Norwich and Yantic will .attend. .the service at the Grace Episcopal church on Sunday morn- ing at 1045 oclock. Rev. M. McLean Goldie will deliver a special sermon on the occaston. Plan Tatge Grain Elevators. Plans, which are under consideration by the Stite Farm Bureau Federation of New England. for elevators in New BEngland, were expained to a meeting of the Fairfield County Farm Bureau di- rectors and members this week by Dr. Walter 'C. Whed, of New Canaan, presi- dent of the Connecticut State Farm Bu- that one of these elevators be Igcated in the Housatonic Valiey, one in the Naugatuck Valley and the third at some point near redu Federation. It i= proposed Boston. for the purpose of han, in large quantities, with facili grinding, milling and mixing zrain and re-distributing it among the farmers. The state federations are working in co-operation with the national federation of farm bureaus in bringing the matter about, and it is expected that the first step in the direction of carrying out pro- po€ed plans will he made at a meeting of the New England state federations in Boston next we T Rammage Sale by Heme Chapter. A successful rummage sale was held in the Shields building en Broadway on Friday by Home chanter of the King's Daughters. This sale was the second in a series for the purpose of raising money for the installation of electricity in the Johnson home. Attorney William H. Shields during the day made the chapter a generous gift of money for the fund. The committee in charge of the sale was Mrs. William Risley. Mrs. Albert Smith and Mrs. Earl Christman. Farewell Party for Mrs. Mellor. Mrs. J. Albert Mellor, who is shortly to leave Norwich to'make her heme in Bridgeport. was pleasantly surprised on | Friday evening when a party was given in her honor at the home of Mrs. F. E. Hadlyburton at 41 Fourteenth street. Music and games ware enjoyved during the evening and refreshments were served by the hostess. Mrs. Mellor received many wishes for happiness and success in her | new home. Trelley Struck Automobile, -An automohile driven by Clinton P. McKinnon of Old Lyme was struck by a trolley car Friday afternoon at the co ner of Boswell avenue and Roath street Mr. McKinnon reported the accident at police headquarters. Looks For Temchers Here, Claude C. Raussell, formerly Greene- ville: school principal and now suparvisor of schools in New Haven. was a visitor inthis elty Friday in a search to engage teachers for the New Haven schools. Pens Up Five Inches. Charles Brayman of 5% Baitic street reports that he has peas that are up to a inches. The peas were planted early and no to date hold the height of five record: for size, as far as has been re- ported, HELPED HER LITTLE GIRL Children need alk their strength- for growing. A lingering eold weakens them so that the systerh i= open to attack. by more serious sickmess. Mrs, Amanda Wint, Route 4, New Phila- delphia, O., writes: ‘“Foley’s Honey and . Tar .cured my Mttle girl of the worst tickling.cough. T had tried many thinge and. found nething to ‘help un- ti1 T ‘got .Foley's Honey. and Tar." Gives'immediate relief from distressing xhfli. tearing, coughs. Lee & Osgood l {ment. A retirement reserve fund consist- Friday night Lena. Loshe was etin] | contractual forms of insurance and old $7.964,399 for retiring allowances and pensions ot 909 persons have been made through the Carnegie Foundation for the advancement of teaching during the last fifteen years, according to the annual re- port of the foundation, made public to- ay. ' Total resources of the foundation were listed as $24.623,730, of which $15,192,000 belongs to the permanent general endow- SETTLE CONTEST OVER WILL OF THEODORE P. SHONTS New York, Aoril 8.—The the will of Theodore P. Shonts, New York traction magnate, was settled lat today when his widow withdrew her ob- jection to probate of the instrument ané with it all her allezations eoncerming Mrs. Amanda C. Thomas, to whom tfe bulk of the estate was left. After the petition withdrawing the ob- jections to the will had been entered the will was admitted to probate, formal- Iy terminating the contest which was in oontest over ing of $7.571.000 is set aside to be ex- pended during the next sixty years for relief of teachers in associated colleges. A fund of $1,250,000 is held for the di- vision of educational inquiry, and $390.000 5 oii to aid universities and colleges o adopt | Fauy o o> M Shonts. D T a new Ipan of contractural annuities. . i : In her petition, Mrs Shonts daclared This plan provides for development of | (' yne'is convineeq that her objections cannot be sustained and band possessed the mnfcemsary jmenl capacity to execute the document and that it is a walid and legal instrument. She als> filed a deposition retracting all age annuities through the policies of the that her hus. New Asgistant Secretary Of The Treasnry ‘?:or::; she hag made against Mrs. There was nothing in the papsr t fadi- Eliot Wadsworth, of Boston, Mass., who has been selected for the post of Assistant Secretary of the Treas- ury. He will have charge of foreign loans of the United States. During the World War Mr. Wadsworth was Vice-Chairman of the American Red Cross. appeals to every eye. lets, otc. LEE CLEGG YOUR JEWELER 327 MAIN STREET NORWICH NEAR POST OFFICE BIG SALE STILL GOING ON OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF REMNANTS, YARD GOODS AND DRY GOODS MUST BE SOLD AT SACRIFICE PRICES—COME AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN SAVE. + 87 FRANKLIN STREET Opposite Providence Bakery. TEMPESTA — CASTANEA BRILLIANTS Even those who shun the “conspicuousness” of jewels are fascinated by the dazzling displays in our windows. Women cannot resist the charm of our magnificent s2t stones in rings, necklaces, lavallieres, brace- cate on what basis the contest was made. the settlemént o W. E. Lord, twenty-three vears eld. captain of a steamship of the Balti- more Steamship (ompany, is one of the youngest skippers on the Atlantic coast. Captain Lord is a native of Springfield, Mass., and first went tc sea when he was sixteen years old. ) MARRIED. In Nerwich, March 7, 1921, by Rev. Myles P. Galvis Nunzio Tempesta of 39 Fountain street and Mrs. Rose Castanea of 51 Thamet street. FOR °* COLDS In Search of Health When you are in Search of Health— Don't go North—Dont go South ~— Don't go to Europe—Don't go to the Springs—Don't go to the Baths — Don't get despondent—Send a post carc for Dr. Humphreys' Book on Diseases of “Every Living Thing"—mailed free “77" for sale at all Drug and Country Stores. Humphreys’ Homeo. Medicine Ce., 156 Willilam Street, New York. OFFICE OF BOARD OF WATER COMMISSIONERS City Hall, Norwich, Conn. SPRINKLING NOTICE, All persons. whether owner or tenant wishing to use water for sprinkiing pur poses, must have a written permit from the Board of Water Commissioners, un less water is taken from metered servies Unless notice to the contrary he siven at the Water Department Office the City Hall, all bills iseued for spriokling | last year will be considered payabie again this year. Owners should notify this offics in ease of change of tenants who have used water for sprinkling purposes and been responsible for same Sprinkling season is from April 1st te Sept. 30th. SPECIAL! 3 DAYS ONLY 26 PIECES OF ROGERS’ SILVER $13.50 The Wm. Friswell Co. 25/'and 27 Franklin Street