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Try This Free An‘l to Any Rupture, are on the Romd Convinced Thausands. Sent Free to/Prove This Anyone ruptured, ‘man, wol child, should white at once. t Rice, 1032 Madn St., Adams, N. ing_application. rupture and the mmscles tighter; they begin to bind so thai the opening closes nat and the need bf a support cent, Large or !m#" lnt?fiu ! S MATTERS Light vehicle lamps at 7.46 o'clock this vening, certaih period this year. Cases of incubator chicks continue to be forwarded through the Norwich post or| office qaily. « S| There ., torra | bi) Tree’ trial of his wendertul Atimulage | rpeTid Just put I‘t”:n the w%a o Ty | bers Wwill be an addition to all water after the 20th.—ady. “Thunder; hot and dry weather,” Da- boll's Almanac predicts for the remainder of the week. Canterbury Grange has Invited mem- of Brooklyn Grange to visit the for- or appliance is then dome away with.|mer grange July 20. Don't neglect to. send for -thi trial. Even if your rnptm‘t- bagher you what is_the "fi ing_supports all your i 0; suffer this nuisance? risk of gangreme and . uch ture, the kind that has thrown sands on the operating tal la ? of men ind women are hurt por prevent them ‘rom around. “r(e at omce for this trial, as two fists. e dangérs from a small znd innecent mug rup- “thou- sihiing| such risk because their ruptun- o not £l is certainly a_ywonderful thing and has aided: in the ecure of ruptures that were as big as a man's| , .)t _York this week for the lace and erchief auctions. . Cedars of Lebanon is to be effected this (Thursday) evening at New London. A Moosup young man, Leo Grenier, left Ne- York_recently, hoping to ship fa in the Merchant Marine servics, _Miss Mabelle P. Gager of Somers, is aking & secretarial course in the sum- er school at Columbia university, New k5 Fast Central Pomona grange, No. Wil hold-jts fleld 4ty and picnic with the coupon below. FREE FOR FUPTURE Try and write at once, using| & ‘oventry grange, Wednesday, July 27 at Grange hall. The White Ribbon Banner notes that W. S. Rice, Inc, 1032 Main St, Adams, N. Y. Yru may eend me entirely free & Sample Treatment of your stimulat-. ication for Rupture. Address. . ioss SRR S ST State...... ’ the Stafford W. C. T, U.|recently voted 19,86nd. &, hox of magazines to the Sea- men’s Home. 1 E. V. McAndrews, of the Franklin Arms hotel at Fort Myers, Florida, i5 this season managing the Munnatawket hotel, Fishers Island. E. K. Devitt, D. D. G. M, of 0ld Lyme, :mmpln!ed by several members of Eeetal lodge, L O. O. F, made an of- visit to Niantlc lodge Wednesday evening. Married st Methodist Parsonsge. The marriage of Miss Miy J. Smith both of New Lon- place at the Methodist parson- Myron The young:coupie will reside Charles Raphael, age, Mon E. Genter. New London. rnoon, by Rev. DISAPPEARED When He Tried “Fruit-a-fives” or Fruif Liver Tablets Movust Beixxar Horer, Laxerorr, N.H. “ At 70 years of age, chronic Constip- ation was causing me to suffer with distressing Headaches, Dizziness and Indigestion. ‘ 1believe I have taken more medi. tine than any hal-dozen peopls in town ; but nothing did me good until 1 tried ‘Fruit-a-tives". Right away I could see their good effects. After taking them for three months, my bowels wers and the other ailments disappeared”., FRANK A. HALE. 0e. 2 box, 6 for$2.50, trial size 258 At dealers or from FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited. OGDENSEURG. N. Y, Foreign Exchange ALLHIS AILMENTS In the middle of the afternoon Wed- Desday the mercury had reached 88 de- grees and there was much humidiy. Then came the sudden daily shower and the temperature lowered. 1 Lobsters, round clams, long clams and little necks, A good variety of fresh fish_this week. Broadway Fish Marke, 40 Broadway.—ady. Bverett Smith and Wallace Newman, of Tolland, who enlisted in the navy some months ago, have received honorable decreasing the number of service men. Mayor E. Frank Morgan has been no- tified that the famous schooner yacht America may be expected to call at New London some time in September on her proposed last voyage from Boston to Annapolis. Many jnteresting fiews items in all de- partments of The Bulletin cannot be used because correspondents are careless when writing personals, in stating the towns from which visitors come or those to which tourists are going. Hartford residents, Mrs. Fmma Hall «nd_ children, Mrs, F. E. Bowen ana daughter, Marion, also Myrtle Graene, ittle’ daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Greepe, are spending the summer at the Jared F. Hall farm, in Sterling. The handsome residemce facing the seawall at Neptune Park, sold recently by H. C. Hine, of New Britain to Mrs. W. L. Ellwood, of Chicago, has been leas- ed for the season by Col. William H. Hall's tamily, of South Willington. At a dance held at Pine Grove pa- vilion, Niantio, under._the supervision’of Fred G. Prothera, of Norwich, the danc- ers, who included military men from the state camp, contributed $100 toward a new float to be launched July -27th. There is a hint to farmers in the in- formation received by the United States Bureau of, Markets and Crop Estimates from different parts of the country that there will be a comparative scarcity of beef cattle for the markets next fall. Nominatiang petitions for two women members of the New London school hoard Money Orders, Travelers' Cheques and | are in eirculation. One is for Mrs. Don- Steams P Tickets for al! parts of the | ald G. Mitchell and one for Mrs. Edward World. Real Estate and Insutance. P. Eggleston. Both candidates are-spon- MICHELE FORMIGLIO PARTOS, Agent, | sored by the League of Women Vot- 280 Franklin St Phone 13235-5. Norwich, €4 MEET ME AT THE G. & T. GRAND, Inc. THURSDAY, JULY 28th OPENING OF NORWICH’S NEWEST STORE 5¢, 10c, 25¢, $1.00 DON'T MISS THE WONDERFUL VALUES ! G.&T. Grand, iljc: Franklin Norwich, Conn. ers. ‘That_splendid charitable organization of Norwich, the United Workers, betomes more active with increasing years. The executive committee meets each month ‘with the excention of August and during 1920 the average attendance was eigh- teen, Norwich Universalists learn that the suecessor_at Danbury of Rev. Elliott B. Barber, Rev. Willlam P. Farnsworth, minister of the Universalist church, ten- dered his resignation Sunday to take ef- fect . Septembor 1. He has made no plans. % Although Rockville mflls have been a little slack, due to the general depres- sion of business. there has been an in- crease of more than a half |million Sav- ings banks deposits during the past year. The bank has a total of 8,421 \deposit accounts. The United States Civil Service com- mission announces that applications will be received umtil Avgust 9 for assistant director of educational work. There are three vacancies in the Public Health Service at salarles ranging from $2,800 to $4,500 a ypar. Mrs. John Rossnagel, Jr., and danghter, Miss Elaipe F.. Rossnagel, of Milanock- o, Maine, are.at Coventry, muests or Mr, and Mrs. Charles H. Schell at Brook- mead farm. Mr. Rossnagel was a form- er .pastor. of. the, Second Congregational church at Coventry. Mentioned amonz guests at the wed- ding Tuesday at 1 o'clock of Miss Edith | Starr, Afiller and Lord Queensboro, at | the town-house of the bride's parents, 1048 Fifth avenue, New York, was Miss | Elizabeth Lynch whose summer residence n the Pequot colony. Nickel Platirig UNITED METALS MFG. COMPANY, Inc. Norwich, .. . Conn. &-qt. Convex Kettles, COVEr ,....: MConvuKzfllu, Gmpfmhbrt...mm The Household 74 FRANKLIN STREET Telephone 531-4 BULLETIN BLDG. T von lu.l—llu .nu "’i‘.u. TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION k3 ly faf 4] " Announced among teachers of the pub- llc. schools fn the town of Plainfield for the, coming school vear are, at Moosup, Room 1V—Nellie Driscoll, Yantic; at Plainfield, Room IIL—Mary E. English, Normhlah; at Watregan, Room I—Mabel . Frink, Jewett City, Rev, Myles P. Galvin and Rev. Philip J. Mooy, of St. Patrick's church, were at the Norwich State Tuberculosis San- nlorlnm the past week, to hear the con- fessions of and give Holy Communion to the: Catholics amonz the 150 patients ay that model institution. S. S. Emperor of India, on which Lew- in A. Storr and danghters, Marabeth and Una, of Neptune Park,, and Walter H. Tenigon -of Groton are passengers, arriv. ed.in Bergen, Sweden, the 16th. Mr. Storr, purchased the summer residence of the Iate J. B. Shannon, of Norwich. Commuters on ferry Fairhaven, between New, London and Groton, . cxpressed pleasure Wednesday when they discover- .| #d that the wiring of ,the ferryboat for electric lights was under way. Since the Fairhaven neplaced the Gov.. Winthrop. the commuters, have had to-get along with ol burning lamps. Lyme Art Association Exhibit. The,20th annual exhibition of the Lyme Art association will be open Aug. 4 and laat one month.. It will he held in the pew. $25,000 exhibition building of the artist, calony.. . . Wilson, first, wife of ex-President ‘Wilson. was a member of the n the year. it was organized, had some of her canvases on dis- play at the first annual art exhibit. — For Tour of Europe. ) 'y of New London Xl ittt g:“.f ity tondin 8 wve sailed for & tour of nmrp-. Haying weather is proving a pretty un- from Connecticut have been ip _Organization of a local forest of Tall charges on account of the governmemt | Miss Anne O'Neill of Norwich has been ihe guest-of relatives in Now on. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Cain, Raymona Cain and Miss Irene Cain of CIiff place are in New York for a fewgdlays. Miss Bdith. Austin_of Old Mystic is visiting her -aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. William Austin of Fort Point. Miss Marion Bliven of Norwich ar- rived in Groton to yisit Miss Gladys Chester of Broad street for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Harlowe Willis of Man- chester are spending the week at G. E. Willi' cottage at Lake Wangumbaug, South Coventry. Miss Adelaide E. Brown of the As- pincok office force of Jewett City is spending_her wacation with relatives in Springfic¥], Florence and Boston. Dr, and Mrs. A. J. Sinay and son Ralph, are motoring to Maine where they will spend a three weeks'. vacation at Crystal Spring camps, Relgrade Lake. Mrs, George H. Partridge and. grand- son spent the day with her daughter, Mrs. Fred Lamb who is at the draw- bridge for the Summer from Woodland, Calif, Mrs. Fred Lamb of Weodland, Calif., and Miss Bly Partridge spent the week- end in New Haven, the guests of their sister Miss Eva Patridge, who is attend- ing the Yale summer school. Arthur Aldi, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jo- seph Aldi, hag returned to his home on Chestnut street after fiftren days at the Backus hospital where he was cared for after a Fourth of July motorcycle ace cident. e Rev. Danfel F. Sullivan, an assistant at St. Patrick's church, who, was grant- ed six weeks' vacation to recover from a neryous breakdown, has been in Nor- wich for'a-few days, returning Wednes- day 1o his home in New_ Britam. RALPH DIVITO SENDS CARD FROM GIBEALTAR Police Chief George Linton has re- ceived a postal card from Ralph Divito, a former officer of the Norwich force, Who sailed on June 15 to revisit his old home in Italy. The card Wwas mailed at Gibraltar on June 27, stating that the trip had been a pleasant one 8o far. OBITUARY Lewis E. Manchester. Lewis E. Manchester, a lifelong resi- dent of Norwich, died about 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at his home, 44 Coit street, following a period of ill health of about two months. ~Although not_confined to bed until about a week ago, Mr. Manchester had been in failing health for some time. He was born in Norwich on Oct. 4, 1871, the son of Eli H. and Emeline S. Manchester. He received his education in the schools of Norwich ang when a young man became engaged in the theat- rical business, playing the comedy . parts in several plays of that day. While with the theatricl companies he toured the ited States and Canada, and it. was while in Canada that he was united in marriage with Miss Louise E. Vetter of Norwich. _/ter leaving. the theatrical company he settled in Norwich and in his younger days was known. throughout New England as a ball player. He play- ed with various professional and. seml- professional teams in New England. In 1904 he purchased the bicycle and sporting goods business_ of Richard. B. Tracy located at 10 Broadway. He con- tinued in this Business for a number of years and in 1910 moved his store to 55 Franklin Street. After retiring from the bicycle business he went into the autor mobile business and of late vears has conducted a public servi® bueiness, run- ning, here in the summers and in Florida during the winter. He was a member of Norwich lodge of EJks, No. 430. He is survived by his wife and one son, Leslie V. Manchester, and an adopted daughter, Mary Louise Manchester, He also leaves one brother, Joseph T. Manchester, of this city. Papl Kirschsieper. After an illness of about 80 days with appendicitis and . complications, _ Paul Kirschsieper of Stonington died in. this city on Wednesday. He was a weaver and had been employed in Stonington, He was unmarried. The body was taken to Stonington for burial. FUNERAT, Henry T. Frost Funeraj services for Henry T. Frost were heil on Tuesddy afternoon from the mortuary chapel of Church and Allen with an attendance that included rela- tives and friends. The services -were conducted by Rev. Frederick A. Lusan, pastor of the McKinley Ave. A. M. E. Zion ohurer. Burial was in the Asylum street cemetery. Mrs. John Welch ‘The funeral of Mrs. Mary Welch widow of John Welch, was held on Wednesday morning at the parlors = of Hourigan Bros. The large attendance included many relatives and friends, from Buffalo, Boston and this city. There were many floral tributes. The bearers wers Chas F. Lee, Andrew W. Deneff. Jorn P. Cor- coran and James J. Casey. At the services in St. Patrick’s church, Rev. Philip J, Mooney was celebrant of the mass of reuiem. Burial was in St Mary's cemetery where Rey. M. H. May conducted a committal service. Private Edward C. Dow. The funeral of Private Edward C. Dow, son of Mrs. Agnes J. Dow of Crouch court, New London, who was killed in ¥rance during the World War, was held Wednesday afternoon at 2,30 at the First Baptist church in New London. Rev. Joseph A. Elder, pastor of the Huntington Street Baptist church officiated. The bearers were members of the John Coleman Puince post, American Legion. A squad of regulars and a bug- ler from Fort H. G. Wright escorted the body: to the grave in Cedar Grove ceme- tery, where taps were sounded and a valley fired over the grave. WEDDING., Torrance—Kelley. Russell H. Torrance of 97 Clft strest and Miss Mary Madeline Kelley of 24 CIff street were married Tuesday after- noon at 4 o'clock at the home of Wil- bur A. Chappell at 97 CIMff street by Rev. George H. Welch, pastor of the Church of the Good Shepherd. The attendants were Roger Blake, Paul McGuinness and Miss Viola Cousins. The bride wore gray Canton crepe and hat to match and _carried roses. . Her maid wore brown Canton crepe with hat to match. The bride Is the datghter of the late Arthur and Mary Wolfe Kelley and was born in Norwich where. she has always made her home. She has been employed by the Max Gordon Corp., in charge of the real estate of the firm, The .groom. is the son of; George JH, and Mary Quinlan Torranes and was born in Plymouth, Mass. He has heen employed as a motorman: for the Con- necticut company for. the, , past two years. This.is. his.second marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Torrance Wwill reside at 97 CIift street. —_— Boy Caught 1 1-2 Pound Bas Ronald Burke, seven-year-old son of Bernard Burke of ,Waterbury, who is staying in the “Camp Smiles” bungalow at Gardner's lake, was a proud boy this week when he caught a pound and .a half bass, which is one of the good sized fish so far registered at the lake this season, ; Norfh Cape Party at Edinburgh. The steamer Emperor of India, on hich a party of tourlsts, among whem is Daniel L. Brown of, this city, has been making the, North Cape cruise, reached Edinburgh Tuesday, according fo motices bsued s the tourist company mln;glnt‘l special musical act. mm’m flR | Hérbert L. Harris, who suffered the t;;x;;nns of the ymm..fl “of the v-lue'nt loms of his house, and otier bullliEs (o) Fong,” o it iy liabis, for the de- the North Stoninston sodd by re on {he | siruction”of thls. property of she deiena: aternoon of July th, has brought suit|ant” for damages against Mrs. Sarah H. Midg. King, his housekeeper, who claims she set the house on fire. She is now in jail in this city to awail the Sepember term of the criminal . superior _coust, before Which she will be presented. Damages of $2.500 are claimed by Mr, Harris, the in the suit having been filed Wednesday with the clerk of the superior_court by Telley E. Baboock, at- tomey"for. r." Harrie. The compaint reads as follow, “The defendant on July 6 124, set fire to the, plaintiff’s. house.in Norwich, on. the North Stonington road,. so-called, U Dank Account Attached. A savings bank Saccount of $29 the. name of Mrs. Midgkins has tached. The house was found empty by the first people who arrived there when the ‘fire was discovered, ana the cause of the fire remained a mystery until Mrs, Midgkins appeared at the Norwich police station the same night and accused her- self of having set the fire by starting a blaze in a eloset and leaying the place to burn. Knowiedge. that she was to be re- placed as housekeeper by relatives of Mr. Harris, she said, was what impelled her to_fire_the house, which she could ot bear to see occupied by anyone else as long as she could not live there. .50 in en at- and burned the house, barn, shed and at- tachments of the yalue of $2,( 00. “This fire at the same time burned the PROMINENT PLAYERS ENTERING - FOR NORWICH EOQUE TOURNEY The annual tournament of the National Roque Assoclation will be' held on the historic, Norwich courts duing the week of August 15th the title play, to begin on. Tuesday, Aufust, 16th.. Entries for this National event are already in_the hands of Secretary Arthur L. Pealé of this_city and include-gome of . the coun- try's best roque players. Charles — G. Williams of Washington, an ex-champion, and several other Washington and Phil adelphia players are to be here for the tournament. F. Baward Olark,of Springfield, present title-hoider, will defend his tifle against the field. ~National Chamvion- Clark s at present at Chicago where he is a cunner-up in the American Roque League and will come east as soon as that tour- Dament has been closed. Noticss of the tournament have been sent out to thé: various-roque clubs in the eountry and™a large entry list is expected. The grounds have been thoroughly gone over and banks repair- ed so that playe this vear will be as fast as , any in previeus seasons. The usual Van Wickle medal play and the BANKERS' COMMITTEE FOR - KELLEY TIRE STOCKHOLDERS A committee of bankers from Hart- ford, New Haven _and Waterbury has been appointed by the stockholdérs of the Kelley Tire and Rubber Co., Inc., to act as a stockholders’ protective committee to take any action necessary fon the pro- tection of their individual interests as stockholders in the company, which is now in the hands of a receiver. A rep- Tesentative, David C. Nelson, has been appointed to receive all stock certificates and subscriptions to the general fund. Benedict M. Holden of the firm of Holden & Peck said Wednesday that there were over 2,000 stockholders in the company in Hartford and the neighbor- ing towns, with holdings of $1,500,000. The majority of the stock is in the hands of small holders in the country towns. A large block of it is held in Rockville, Mr. Holden said. He would not divuige the names of the committee of bankers. On June 1 the corporation went into the hands of- the receiver, Judge John W. Banks of the superior court of New Ha- ven having appointed the City National bank of Bridgeport ‘temporary receiver. The Kelley Tire and Rubber Co. was orig- Adams Mallet play fosether with tne|inally capitalized at $1,000,000 in Con- play for .the nationa] title avill. take | necticut. Later it became incorporated, place. Many attractive features for the |under the laws of Delaware as a $5,000,- programme have been arranged. The officers of the association are:, J. D. Miner of East Greenwich, R.. L, pres- ident; Arthur L. Peale, of Norwich, sec- retary ; James L. Case, of Norwich, treas- urer. 000 corporation. In March last James Martin became president and the affairs ot the original company were put in the hands of a holding company called the Martin Tire and Rubber Co. According to Mr. Holden the corpora- tion has never operated for long under the name of Martin, but is still known and still transacts business under the name.of Kelley. “Martin is out of the concern,” said Mr. Holden, “and I be- leve fl’\‘?t hEfl!‘(t‘l, the vice president. has of Srain, farm implements and - other | assumed charge of affairs. The company farming Sibplies is evident, fram ihe, re.|N4S @ Dlant in New Haven and what ports being made by representafives of | VOIk they do is done there” . the Connecticut _Agricultura), Exchange, | Officials of the Kelley company claim The, he are. outing. the biate i ing | that business is going on as usual and Iniarests” ot Ghls . fHuaers orsanimatios | that: the receivership is merely to pre- Teatn (o b R A om: | serve the assets and that it will be v iy ihat tarmers Al the Tovenht’| cated by Aug. 1. The board of directors thoroughly aroused over the subject of of ,the Kene.y earpOTE o, Sfter »fi'l: last co-operation. E!hZflS!, consisted of James Martin, pres- While the list of county ,representa: |ident; Charles ortell, Jr, vice presi- tives is constantly being enlarged, some | dent: C. C. Perking of New London, sec- of those in eastern Cohnecticut who have | F{ary: J. K. Smith of Waterbury, con- Sreaty B Haemntaicut 29 NYe | tractor; T. Binanuel Ankus of New York, Toyement, exea dl&l‘“:";”)"eil’! ago the company was or- (o Tonon Colats-iaties GIRBAM. | pootes” S e ot coroorations Avery, North Stbfli“ibfl. £ authorized to issue capital \!ock of $1,- Toilind | County Bt 4. Sikds, Eiiing-| 000:000. A large block of\stock was ton Dr. A Brise, Somera: Willm & | k8, By (Re prometers and an e~ien Hall, South. Willington; Charles Thomp- | 30VeTtsing campaign was carried on in Som, Milrocs . Oscar Labnara, Folland. ., | Syorel Siates for the Durpese of celling ufl?&i‘,’f‘nfiifi“'p@mfi;. Bl iatmett:| "4 factory constructed in New Haven, E. C. Rogers, Putnam, representing an outlay of perhaps $350.- The, cxsentive. comimities .of ,the x| 190, Was the only tangible evidence in ciiangs “mecilye cqemitlee of the .| Maren of the company's operations. At Thomes s Hle il dimes. Siley, i | that fime not”a single ‘tire had been the general manager s E.,B. Mitchell | {063 Ut of the factory. The Riverse Trust company has been 3 mane trustee for the reecipt of fands for | “ICHTNING KILLS ONE % the exchange. OF PARTY OF THIRTEEN il (Special to The Bulletin) SELECTIVE DRAFT NUMBERS Putnam, July 20—In te micst of the = 5 merrymaking at & party = held Tuesday FhEig ) & PG i A% |misht at the Tome of Ars’ Francis Dodge, drawing of the selective drafe mumbers | toes s poaleY, 4 Bolt of lightning en- was started and.was finished: at 218 0 | o Ciietor imqind silled the hostess clock. on, the. morning of .the 21st which | tpictecn yomole sashe mouse 1e tre tore a3 3 Saturday.. The firal number drawn it was struck, but aside from being stun- bl L e ';;:: ned nobody except the young man was third number was 458 that of Walter, P, | quoress (The Dolt entered through a Moran. Mr, Moran was one of the. first | irngy, besitle which Dodge was stand- of the Norwich contingent to.be callea, | 15 He died almost instantly while his ::: :’;‘: flc;‘stm'\eorflv::h ;fy"‘gv:;!m‘:;‘; guests looked on in horror. Among the i g : e Dodze home. o e e Aty *ale|In_atriking the house, the lightning set e nreds ol esirs Soples Aomg anlien ey | e roof on fire, and this burmed as the so Ereat was the-interest to know the | PANIC Strickam gibupt bebw stood by results of the drawing. % two overwhelmed to move. David Brock- way, one of the guests, soon realized what was happening and ran to the attic to extinguish the flames. The Dodge house was struck by lightning less than two weeks ago in a thunder s;ower that passed over this part of the county. The house is' located in Woodstock Val- lay, close to. the Eastford town line. Mr. Dodge Is survived by his mother, two brothers, Eben and Dwight, and t:ree sisters, Ruth Ellen and Eisie, all of ‘Woodstock Villey. FARMERS OF STATE ARE JOINING CO-OPERATIVE EXCHANGE That the farmers of .Connecticut are displaying a lively interest in the move- ment,_for co-operative buying and selling TRINITY METHODIST PICNIC GOES TO OCEAN BEACH Trinity Methodist . Bpiscopal Sunday school enjoyed lts annual picaic Wed- nesday zoing to Ocean beach by special trolley car from here at 9.15 in the morn- ing, The car was filled to - capacity while others went by automobile, making & party of about 100 who gathered at the beach. At noon the picknickers en- Joyed a basket lunch. ‘The party reach- *d this city on the Teaurn trip at 7 o'- clock. Assistant Superintendent David H. Pur- vis. was in.charge with Harry Eastlana, Robert Gray and E. M. Newbury as the committee. STEAMER CAPE COD LOSES PROPELLOE BLADE Steamer Cape Cod of the Taames Riv- er line has had its service interrupted by throwing a blade off its propellor when this side of Execution light on its trip Tuesday night. The boat has been put in dry dock for repairs and will probably not be off the dock until Monday. In order to make the speed for its trip to BIock Island, a new propellor blade was added an dit is this which was thrown off in some way. In addi tion to replacing. the blade ,some repairs and strengthening are to be done around the stern post before the boat comes out of drydock. Meanwhile the managers of the line are trying to charter a boat to keep up the Block Island and the local service here. Thre Block Island passenger bus- Iness, it is reported, is building up in fine shape as New York people are find- Ing this a most convenient way to go to the Island and are well satisfied with the service which the boat gives. g - ot SAILOR PUTS UP FIGHT AGAINST BEING ARRESTED A sailor, who was crazy-drunk, put up a fight against arrest by Officer Daniel Coughlin :-Wednesday night about 8.30 o'~ clock at Shannon's corner but was landed at,;police station with the help of Earl Christman, Joseph J. Fields, and a Provi- dence policeman by the name of Braxton, who happened to arrive on the scene. The officer got the leaders on the sallor's Wrists and. the other men got hold of his lezs.-and arms, half carrying him along until he was subdued enough to walk.. The sailor was locked up withont giving his name as he was too stub- born to tell what it was. Joseph F. Irons and Georze F. Red- dick, gailors, from she. submarine base, Who were with him when arrested by Officer Myron O, Morgan, on the chargs of breach.of the peace and interfering With an officer. TUESDAY NIGHT'S RAIN MEASURED 1.52 INCHES The sudden downpour of Tuesday night which began about 10 .o'clock gave a rainfall of 152 inches as measured by Supervisor, Charles W. Burton of the water. department. After, a fine day Wednesday there was a ‘sudden drop in temperature of about 10 degrees about 5 o'clock and a short pouring rain about 20 minutes later which lasted for nearly half an hour. By 7 o'clock the sky was clear and the rest of the n!ght ‘was moonlight. BOAT COMES ASHORE. BUT BUBTON LOOMIS IS MISSING Hopes that Burton E. Leomis of Sonth- wich, Mags., is - living were abandoned late Tuesday atternpon when the rowhoat in which be started from Poverty Island to the mainland Saturday night was found by beys oft. Chapman Beach, about five iniles west of Saybrook, The boat was about one-fourth.full of ‘water, .and -the oars, anchor and a grap- pling anchor and about 75 feet of rope were still in it. DANCING CARNIVAL HELD BY SUBMARINE FLOTILLA Richard's grove on.ths Thames had a thronz of merry makers there Wednes- day. evening for the hig dancing carnival given by the, submarine flotilla. . Music was by the Danz Jazz band. with:spot dances. in which prizes were awarded as the features and.the event was one of the social successes of the season. Tarly Native Sweet Carn, Silas Whipple,: the Leffingwell Farm. er, has been gathering, ribe sweet, corn for three or four days—two weeks earlier than ysual: This corm was planted in April and,is of &, new, hardy strain with Which The anur has been experiment. ing. - Ears shown ,Wednesday, averaged 18 to 20 rows to an ear;.and what.is L —— Takes ¥ood Only in Liquid Form. The eondition -of George Ward of Elev- onth street, Norwich, who received a broken back while diving at Ocean Beach Ejsuudl‘:'. Lemmu llnc)l:n"‘ed ln‘d erite £aid ta: e, rocord price for aweet | 1621 8¢ the Lawrence and Memorial As- corn, brought $1 a dozen. .W‘ny &:‘Qzlgatlon showed a broken ver- 3 e e s tebrae. He ¢an take no food except in liguid form. Mr. and Mrs, Henry Wheeler have re- turned from. their loneymoon trip. They went withythe Frank I. Murphy show in s of postage &gwm ‘“:l:t stuck on them- OPPOSE SALARY INCREASE FOR DEPUTY CATTLE COMMISSIONER ‘Opposition developed Wednesday at tne|" meeting of the state board of control at Hartford. to the proposed increase in the salary of the deputy cattle commissioner, Corwin from §2,500 to $3.- The increue was voted after a pro- longed discussion on the condition that $1,000 ofvthe amount of the increase for two years shail be transferred from the appropriation of §10,000 allowed the de- partment for veterinary assistance to the salary account of ghe deputy. The matter. came before the board of control on_the favorable report of the board of finance. Frank E. Healey said the. policy of i creasing the salary of the deputy on his appointment to an.amount greater than that which his predecessor, who had pe formed the duties in a very satisfac- tory manner was vicious. Governor Lake sald he would not vote for the increase except on the under- standing that it did not add to th Denses of the State and: that would be avolded by making a transter of $1,000 from an appropriation for veterinary services to the salary account of | CONDEMNED METIODS OF. DETECTIVES 1N MINGO co. Biiiivnatone Washington, July = 20.—Aroused by a description of_miethods used by private detectives. in obtaining information. about activties .of ‘unién miners, Senator Mc- }ellar at today’s hearing before the com- [ estigatis.. disorders. in _ the Va., field, declared it was not Tight: lur men to work themselves into the confidénce of union officials and then 19 geportio &toolive agencies as to what C, L. Lively testified that while a ‘mémber of the United Mine Workers e Sirved os a Baldwin-Felts agency op- erative in bebalf of mine owners. < Dur- nine years he said, tended union. meetings, was vice presi- 1 and attended convent © all the while making ler_roper(s 1o the detective agen k it was Tight and proper Lively replied he thought,it was e senator asked sctings if they had known he The sum of $20,000 was voted to the state board .of agriculture to meet the expenses attending the getting market reports. under the provs law passed at the recent session. be taken out of t propriation of $50,000 to meet which had been overlooked. The sum of $32 was voted to & farm for women for expenses. On the motion of Attorney Healy an_appropriation of $22.13 made to Thomas Fitzgerald of Norwi on account-of an accident on a highway. ed me over to the under- money. is to kept the fact he'was t both from coal op- MICHAEL LAPOUCH ARRESTED IN CLOTH THEFT CASF Michael Lapouch of Greene: was wanted a number of wecks connection With the arrests for the police had visited hi¢ hou found stolen property there, was arrc here Wednesday night at a North Main street near Sixth stree is said he has been in Brooklyn an come back to this city Wednesd Sergeant John H. Coughlin, with Officer John to identify the man, made tha arrest he was locked up' for appearance-in the police court in the morning. The man's wife was arr | the goods were found in was released on her own recogn order that she might care for Later when the bound over to the super she could not furnish ba ]all leaving the town to take Burglary In New London, Burglars got into the home of 126 Mohegan avenue, getting away London, late Tuesday, a valuable stick ch, two Colvmbian half dol some old silver coin 3 ed through a collar window one of the family was at home Installed Encampment Officers. District_ Deputy ward Kinney of Norwich o the, officers of No. 4, L 0. O. F., at l(s meet in New London Tuesday n IN SOCIE and Mrs. -George A. bey at their cottage at-Gales Ferry. Mr. and Mrs. A. N. their home on Rockwell Terrace, after o week’s) visif with Mrs. Henry B. Day ‘Wianno, Cape Cod. :a Suire of Shirley, Mass, has been visiting her sister, Squire of Williams street. Malcolm Austin and friends are in camp at Gardner Lake. and Mrs. Jacob Munz and Mis: Helen Munz are at Crescent Beach fo; H. Vaughn dré at cluding the de 'W. Norman Holmes of New York the week-end Charles H. Prentice, where Mrs. Hol: has been a guest for several weeks. Senator Allyn L. Brown is in town for a few days from Block i Brown and their spending some time at the Mrs. Thomas B. Trumbull her house on Broadway, éd from South Africa, been for the past two years. Mrs. Cyril Davis of Eresno, Cal, is wi her for the summer. A M. T. HERRICK MAY FIND HIMSELF HOMELESS IN PA the Americaq y to find himself homeless af tober 1, unless he has the good meantime to find time before the amb: large enough to Herrick's fam- with no roon < Ambassador Herrick, nial calls on has to make cerem the caancellery was met by Premier Briand at the s on his arrival embarassed on being ‘asked could take him. only be asked to be dri ment of one of the attaches of tt When he une Mr. Herrick w Mr. Herrick bas a number of per searching for quarters adequate fo: representation of the United the lodging crisis makes it J not impossible to find just what i PRAT Y q' REAPPORTIONMENT BILL i HAS BEEN AGREED vrox| Liil Washinston, ment legislation providin; representatives of 460 members as co pared with the present membership of was agreed upon tonight house census. committee. gel was ordered to report out such a bill as sgon as possible. INCEMENT : ;i\gés Mhin| | or a house of Chairman Sic- iting of all ‘forms of Insur-|§ west rates ob-| m reputable com: Torrington.—The Sisters of Mercy of convent have been in re- Josepk's _seminary at S e St. Francis' treat at Mt. St. Hamilton Heights, Hartford, ance, at thc Io be our endeavor to and we will be \nry it igeat servie |‘h Salad arious forms of cov- ist you on all insurance We will-handle Real Estate busi ness, including reating of property and solicit Acmuntmg and | and all work in connection 'ALBERT S. COMSTOCK (Mrs.)) HATTIE JEWET'I' COMSTOCK Dcing Business as THE COMSTOCK AGENCY LOLLYPCP DANCE GRANGE HALL, LEBANON FRIDAY NIGHT, JULY 22 HUMPHREY'S NOVELTY, Shea’s |

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