Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 1, 1921, Page 12

PROBABLY IA!&' TODAX Rl CLOUDY TOHOB_BOW WEATHER Conditions The coast storm has moved east- northea ard and Wednesday night center was south of Newfound- rains cent cather have fallen in Texas 1 Mississippi Villey. was the rule. elsewhere, remain above.the nor- s over the United States. ntic and New Eng- the weather will be mild ¢ cloudy, on Friday. In the tes the weather will be cloudy Thursday 2 n gulf states, ‘ 1d the Ohio valley cast and mild Lotal and the probably becoming outh At- mild and Ten- with Thursday night and on region of the Great Lakes veather will be cloudy followed n Thursday night or ay and ower temperature Friday in the ake re Hook to Hatteras—Moderate winds and generally fair day Forecast moderate F v cloudy temperature, Observations in Norwich MRS. JOHNSON TR ~ the disease has cut the death 'rate D1 Iu £ £ in two, leaving just half the 1 es from the White Plague which After Th (n’\pnfl Sh: Tock| Vinel Which Quickly Re- stored Her Strength MANY SUCH CASES HERE MRS. G. A. JOHNSON n, Ohio— 1 un-d “The grippe left me | own, no strength, and as I am a_ farmer’ keep about, although 1 was not| f do so for much of the time. Doctor recommended Vinol for lition and it helped me right reased my appetite, built up increased weight, s recommend »wu.-., the < lin elemanits of OMI-¢akhioned’ God Tver OiL out oil), also iron and beef pep- r h are the best blood and bédy building tonics known, Price $1.00 per b Buaranteed. THE DIME SAVING BANK OF NORWICH The regular Semi-Annual Dividend has been declared at the rats of 4 per cent. a year from the earnings of the past six months, and will be pay- able on =nd after November 15, 1921, FRANK L. WOODARD, Treacurer, le, | berculosts society, vi: her of eleven children, I} Before Judge George E. Hinman and a jury in the superior court here Wed- nesday morning the trial was begun in the suit of Charles E. Gates of Water- ford against Nathan E. Geer and wife, for damages because of the alleged crip- pling of the plaintiff's right arm in ‘an automobile and motorcycle accident in ths earyy evening of Dec. 3, 1918, on the road opposite ‘'the Jordan school house in the town of Waterford. The plaintiff claims that his right arm was broken, that the bone has never knit and that the arm is practicaliy use- less as he is not yet able to 1ift much with it. He sues for $10,000 damages with treble damages under the statute. The paintiff was riding, in the side- car of the motoreycle, driven by his son, Harold F. Gates, and he claims that he was run info by the Geer' automobile, thrown out of the sidecar and had his 'right arm broken and was badly bruised and injured otherwise. Hp makes the claim that the lights on the Geer auto- mobile were not burning and that Mr. Geer failed to give any warning with his horn and failed to. give the motoreycle half the traveled highway, Attorneys John C. Geary and Arthur T. Keefe afe counsel for the plaintiff. Attorneys Arthur M. Brown and C. V. James for the endant. In onening the case for the plaintifft. vil Engineer George K. Crandall ex- plained a p'an of the‘road in Watertord where the collision happened. He was followed on-the stand by Har- ola F. Gates, who was driving the mo- torcycle, and by Frnest Opperman, who testified to facts in the case. Charles E. Gates, the injured plain- tiff, gave testimony as to the collision and to the medical treatment which he has recelved since then in tha effort to restore right arm to usefulness. Dr. Daniel Sullivan of New Iondon, who had treated Mr. Gates, testified that the bones had never knit and that they could not be made to knit without an operation by taking a plece of bone from the shin to graft m where the break in the arm is. John- Charles Lay waq followed on the stand by Dr. E. C. Chapman of New London, who eaid he ‘arrived at the ne- cideht elzht minutes after he got a tel- ephona and the lights on the Geer automobile were not lighted when he got there and. he spoke to Mr. Geer about it, The doctor described the briqien arm and other injuries to Mr. Gates and related sthe treatment given the broken arm. The bome refused to unite after long treatment and the. patient was turned over to Dr, Sullivan for an op- ration. This was the only c#e Dr. Chipman had ever had in his experfence where a bone refused to knit, he told Attorneyi Brown on cross examination. With a! SEEKS $10,000 FOR INJURED ARM ——— fibrous union a man might get 10 per cent. of the use of his arm. N Detense Testimony. mobile dealer, was the - first witness called by -the defense. He testified to visiting the sdene on the night. of the accident and seeing the motorcycle up against a sione wall between the wall and a teegraph pole on the south side of the road. The auto's right front fen- der was ‘bent and there were spokes out of ‘the right front whesl. ‘The machina was facing towards- New London with /the right forward wheel on some turf to the right of the macadam and the right rear wheel was on the macadam. The sidelights on the car were lighted. Tha front wheel < of ~the motorcycle Wwas smashed and the right hand front end of the sidecar was smashed. In the ‘sidecar, the witness sald. he found two dinner hoxes and a broken whiskey bottle. He produced the neck of the broken bottle in court. There was the smell of whiskey on the bottle when found. he said. There were emp- ty coffee hottles in the dfnner boxes. but the witness ald he found no vanilla Dottle or ‘any .other bottle in the side- car, On cross examination by Aftofney Geary the witness said he was examin- ing the sidecar hécanse someone told him the man driving the motoreycle was drunk. He could te'l who told him this except that it- was some bystander. Nathan E. Geer of Waterford, a car- penter, testified that he was driving the automobile at & rate of about 12 or 15 miles an hour. When he first saw the motoreyele It was on its right hand side of the road, but 'suddenly it lurched across the road in front of the Geer au- tomobile. When the automobile hit the motoreycle there was no one in the side- car, the witness said. He had been trav- eling on the right side .of the road be- cause traffic was heavy. Mr. Geer said the motor cycle was on his right hand side of the road before it was hit by the automobile. He testified he had had the lights of his automobile burning since he left the Golden Spur, The witness denied that Dr. Chipman said anything to him about the lights on the car. He. sald the lights did not 20 out after the collision nor did he prt them out: Court adjourned for the day with the paintiff still on the stand. The jury in the case i Henry Me- Nally, Horace H. Woodimansee, George H. Loring, Norwich; Daniel Lynch, Al- len B. Burdick, Preston: Benjamin R. Yorke, Lebanon; John E. Fargo. Boz- rah; C. Huntington Lathrop, Luther Holton, Frankiin ; Elias F, Carey, Sprague; ‘Francis H. Johnson, Lisbon; Leonard B. Kinne, Voluntown. CHRISTWAS SEAL CAMPAIG FOR ANTI-TUBERCULOSIS WORK Throughont Connecticut the annual Christmas Seal campaign wifl be launch- ed on Thursday, December 1. From the 1 |office of the state tuberculosis commis- |sion in the capitol, the state headquar- ters, the organization of the movement has been perfected and it Is .estimated that five thousand rolled in £100,000 local persons will be en- the effort to raise the sum of which the commission and its azents, the city and town anti-tu- herculosis organizations must have to support the community warfare agaimst he disease. Last year $79,000 was se- u and the previous year $82.000, a |per capita of about 6.5 for Connecticut. Only half a dozen states have an equal record in raising thelr community mon- ey. T crease commission states that the de- in death rate from the disease which has been secured with annual repi- tition, camriot be maintained unless the Christmas Seal sale succeeds. From this fund the tuberculosis nursing, the free clinies and material aid to sufferers from the diseaze are made possible. . There is no fund for their support except the Seal sale. The commi: established ission has twenty-five free clinics for the treatment of the cases, which the nurses and tu- berculosis workers can discover in the tenements, factories and schools. Every city and “most of the large towns has a public chnlc and nurses doing preven- tive tubereulosis work, and the seal fund has given an emergency -sum to be de- voted to needy cases of the disease, eith- er through nutritional help, or in rare cases, in a sanatorium treatment. In every city and large town in Con- the local campalgn units, a tu- ting nurse or pub- will set the seal under way. The Christmas it, will be perpetuated In a warfare agninst disease, and the Increase = of $21,000 over last year's fund is eagerly hoped for by the commission to allow for the expension of its work, and that of the local health and community unlts. Thera are 1,500 fewer deaths in Con- necticut. from tuberculosis annually than there were in 1884. The warfare against 3 recorded when the campalgn start- thirty-seven years ago. The state tuberculosis commission firmly believes that the death toll will he continued if the disease can he hemmed in by the tubereul experts, sanatoria, clinles; and nurses. Dr. Stephen J. Maher, chafrman of the commission, said Wednesday that he hop- ed than both the financial and the educa- ional campaign would anpead forcibly to | citizene of the state, and would enlist their co-operation and support. osis GAS AND BRASS TRIOS SING FOR ROTARTANS Tith only three members®absent, the ich Rotary club held a well at- ed meeting Wednesday noon at the Wauregan ‘hotel. Lucius Brizgs, preei- dent, presided at the mesting and iater ed the meeting over to Eben Learn- Mr. Learned introduced Frank T. local entertainer, who gave sev- one a.sketcn n Rip Van Winkle and the other The Hypocondriac. ‘Mr. Maples was given a ing Vete of appreciation. At fhe business session two assoclate members were extended the right hand of Rotafy fellowship, The musical part of the meeting was taken care of by | William G. Park, song leader and Henry 1. LaFontaine, pianist. One of the fea- tures of the singing was a selection by wm Gas Trio, with James L. Case car- 1g thé solo part and C. W. Taggart 1 Mayor Lerou supplving the harmony. Brass Trio, featuring Charles F. . supvorted by two members of the Bristol Brass company, rendered several metallie selections. The meeting closed” with the singing or the Star Spangled Banner. | Norwich Sphinx in Hartford Temple. e Sphinx which figured prominently in the Shriners’ parade, tome weeks ago, been removed from _ this to Hartford where its permanent home will be in the Sphinx Temple. The framework of the’image was made in the TU. 8. Finishing .Company and the modelling was done by Kirk F. Ricketts. Buy Farm For Wood. NEW COMPANY FORMED TO RESUME TROLLEY OPERATION The report that a new company has been formed to operate the Shore Line trolley from New Haven through Say- brook and Chester has been officially confirmed. The Shore Line Traction Co. has been incorporated and will take .over the assets of the old operating company, the Shore Line Electric company, in the territory to be served. Under present plans service will be maintained from 6 a. m. fo 10 p. m. on a one-hour sched- ule. Ford, Bacon and Dav specialists in the installation and man- agement. of public utility corporations, will superintend a'l operations. In their report they estimate that it will require at least four months and possibly as | long as slx months to put the road on an operating basis. Under the direction of these engineers the company and people whom it will serve are assured maxi- mum efficiency. The work of rehabi- tation of the line, which has not been In operation for two years, involyes the installation of new power house equip- ment, the overhauling of all rolling stock, and the cleaning and repairing of track and working equipment. The cost of t work has been esti- mated at approximately $300,000. To se- cure the capital the company has pro- vided a million dollar issue of first mortgage seven per cent. gold bo with a 30-vear maturity, The capitaliz- ation of the new company is less than half that of the old one. The latter earned all of its fixed charges and car- ried a substantial amount of surplus during ' favorable years. With a sub- stantial reduction in the burden impos- ed on the company in the form of fix- ed charges success in practically assured. The net revenue from operations it has been estimated will exceed ' $110,000 a year. According to statéments madé public by Investment bankers of New York who are interested in the financing of the company a large part of the bond issue has already been subscribed for. by many indlviduals and corporations ‘whose homes or husiness properties will be served by the line. of New Haven, CHARLES NILLMAN STRUCK BY AUTO IN BROADWAY While crossig Bronadway in front of the City Tmnch about 11 o'clock Wed- nesday morning Charles Hillman of No. 15 Bushnell place was hit and knocked down by an automobile owned and driv- en by H. H. O'Nell of New London. Dr. Louts T. Cassidy was called to attend the man and had him removed to the Backus hospital. It was found that hix injuries consist of a slicht contusion. of the head, torn nall on the thumb of the left hand, abrasions on both knees and lacerations on both legs and.left hald. After his Injurles had been dressed Mr. Hillman ‘was removed to his home. Mr. Hillman, who is a Wwell known former hack dmwer, was walking up Broadway on the westeriy side. When in front of the City Lunch he stepped from the curb to walk across the street. Mr. O'Neil, who is a shoe salesman, had just turned into Broadway with his Ford sedan. Mr. H'llman saw the machine coming and thinking he did not have time to get across stepped back, right in front of the machine. - He grasped the hood of the machine and fell, landing face down between the forward wheels. The ma- chine was instantly stopped. Mr. O'Nell made a report of the ac- cident at the police staticn. SAVES FOUR MILES ON NORWICH TO HARTFORD | The new trunk line highway between Hartford and News London which is to be opened today, December 1st, by the state highway department, will mean a saving of four mlles for Norwich au. toists making the trip to Hartford trom this city. To reach the new road from Norwich autoists must drive through Yantic and Fitchville to ' Colchestter ‘where they will branch onto the trunk line. highway. . The new road is so constructsd that bad turns, narrow. ridges, and danger- ous crossings are practicaliy eliminated, | There Is but one grade crossing on the entire route. City Purchasing Manages City Manager J1. E. Barlow of New London has annourced the appointment of Thomas Muelier and Dwight Kinne, formerly of Montville, now of Norwich, have purchased a farm woodlot one mile from South Windham _station where they will meve 80 as to cut the wood. Charles B. Gilbert as purchasing agent for the. city. Mr. Gilbert has agreed to ac- cept the appointment, and the ciy ecun- cil Monday evening established the saiary of $2000 a year, Clinton Kenyon, a New London auto-} Lchfld should white at once to W.rS. 'l'ry ’l'lus l"ree ! A Rupture, Old or Ap;ly Ay Convinced . Thousands. . Sent Free to Prove This 7 Anyone ruptured, man, woman orl Rice; 131-A Main St., Adams, N. Y. a free trial of his' “wonderful stlmulu-l ing application. ‘Just put it on the| rumure and thé muscles begin to tighten; they begin to bind together ! 80 that the opening closes naturally | and the need of a support or truss or appliance ic then done away with. Don’t neglect to send for this free| trial. Even if your, rupture doesn't bother you what is the use of wear- ing supports all your . life ? Why suffer this nuisance? Why run the risk of gangrene and such dangers from a small and innocent little rup- ture, the kind that has thrown thou- sands on the operating table ? A host| of men and women are daily running such riek because their ruptures do not hurt ‘nor prevent them from getting around. Write at once:for -this free trial, as it is certainly a wonderful thing and has. aided in the cure of ruptures that were as big as a man’s two fists. Try and write at once, using the coupon below. © FREE FOR FUPTURE ‘W. S. Rice, Inc, 131-A Main St, Adams, N. Y. You- may send me entirely free a Sample Treatment of your stimulat- ing application for Rupture. Nam AdAress...osseeissannssaisnsanenss State. EMINENT LEGAL TALENT TESTIFIES IN PLANT CASE | The trial of the Morton F. Plant es- tate case was resumed in the superior court at New London Wednesday before the Hon. Allyn L. Brown, judge. The three executors that were active in the administraticn of this estate were George L. Shearer, -Francis deC. Sullivan and the United States Trust Co. The estate has been in process of sejtlement since Novemiber, 1918, and it id stated will take another year before a complete set- tlement and full distribution of all the property can ta lace. The estate in- ventoried about thinty-three million dol- lars and the debts and cutlays of the es- tate amount to about seventeen millions of dollars. The charges of the three ex- ecutors for their services for the three years past are three hundred thousand for each executor in all nine hundred thousand dollars. The pending trial and contest is over the amount of the charges of the executors for their services, the heirs of the estate claiming that those charges are exorbitant and shouid be re- duced by the court. Many witnesses call- ed in behalf ¢f the executors and tle ex- ecutors themeelves testified that the S e e e e = onths. Mr. Farrell is to be transterred charge of $300,000 for each execrtor was | o iy o = - 3 o o just and reasonable considering the cons | to the New.London division as chief, tak D YOU KNOW~ fused and entangled situation of the prop- erty of the estate. Many other witnesses were called for the heirs who testified that the charges were unreasonable, cessive and should be cut down. The witnessos called by the attotneys for the executors in support of the fees claimed were Geprge L. Shearer, F. deC Suliivan, Frederick Tavlor of ‘Stamford, ex- an ex-prcbate judge, M Fenn, of the Connecticut Insurance Co., one of the managing directors of 3 ited States Trust Co., ex-Judge Henry B. Stoddar: of New Havén. Juuse «. i \ aller, Pro- bate Judge Nelson J. William H.- Shields, dent <f the New London county bar, and others. On behalf of the heirs opposing the fees witnesses included. ex-Governor Mareus H. Holcomb of Soutkington; ex-Judge Ponald G. Warner of Salisbury, ex-Judge Silas A. Rebinson of ~ Middletown; ex- Judge John M. Thaver of Norwich, ex- State's Attorney Charles Phelps of Rock- ville and others. 4 : F. deC. Sullivan, one of the exscutors, testified more than $36.000.000 had passed through the hands of the executcrs since Mr. Plant’s death. He said that the gains trom the sales of assets to the estate amounted to $1,172,775.59 and that the Josses amounted to §1.126.508.07, making a net profit to the estate of §46, Mr. Sullivan aleo citéd instances cf stocks which are being held by the execu- tors which have appreciated since Mr. Plaint’s death to the amount of $416,430. The witness said that Mrs. Hayward, who is-Mr. Plant’s widow and one of the executors, never went to the estate office except to attend meetings but that he had often gone to her home and reported the activities and policies of the executors. Mr. Sullivan testified that he thought $300,000 was a reasqnable fee for his services, Under cross examinaticn by Attorney Hadlai A. Hull Mr. Sullivan admitted that as the man in charge of Mr. Plaint's fin- ancial affalrs, he was Informed as to t- condition of the Shore way Co., of which he w: ector, and that he knew about the investments and condition of companies in the south in which Mr. Plant was interested. You didn’t have to search muech to find out about the condition of these com- panies, did you, Mr. Sullivan?” inuirede Major Hull and Mr. Sullivan admitted that he did not. “Mr. Plant had no office other than the one which is now the estate office did he?” asked Attorney Hull. “No™* was tha answer. Mr. Sullivan admitted that securlties of the estate were at the office and tHat ng of this eity, all other stocks and bonds of the ula(ei A were in that office. ! “It didn’t require much search around to find them @id {t?” the witness was ask- ed and he replied that it did not. Mr. Sulllvan admitted that the United States Trust So. as a trust company was one of the executors kept in touch with the market regarding the securitles of. the estate and he also admitted that ap- praigers had been hired and pald to ap- praise the estate at Eastern Point and New York. There was much discussion over the New York rule that standardizes there the compensation of executggs at 5 per cent of the inventory. On the New York rule the executors’ fees in the plant es- tate would amount to $1,650,000 on .ihe 35 million dollar inventory. It was ad- mitted’ that the New York ruia is not binding in the state of Connecticut, al- though if Was strongly invoked as aiding In fixing the compensation where the rule Is a just and reasonable charge Yor:the services actually rendered in the manage- nt and settlement of the estate. A Great Pre-Christmas Sale of Leather Goods BEGINS THIS MORNING result. India Calfskin. Bags Gray, tan and brown selling for $4.98— ~ . SPECIAL !—100 VELV of latest styls, which in black, brown or tau Sale Price 89c 50 CHIFFON VELVET BAGS—We have had the same bags in stock at $2.98. Black, brown or taupe, fitted with mirror— N 50 LATEST PILGRIM BAGS—Made of genuine selling for $3.50, and they were considered a good value at that price. We show them in black, tan, brown and gray— Sale Price $2.89 PILGRIM BAGS, in regular Calfskin. been selling for $2.98— Sale Price $2.15 100 GENUINE CALFSKIN HAND BAGS — : Sale Price $2.19 inexpensive Christmas gifts. Sale Price $1.75 such as we have been which should Were $1.00 Were $1.25 Have Were $1.75 Bags which have been Wors toos ET HAND BAGS—Bags will make beautiful and You can get them pe— inside, frame purse and kd books— Were $1.98 .. prove attractive— 25c¢ to $2.50 GENUINE CALFSKIN VANITY BOXES, BEAUTIFULLY FITTED— WERE $10.00 LLERY ALLYN NAMED FOR REVEN the ‘The appointment will be e ing the place of John F. Murphy. ‘William C. Atwood of Hartford promcted to the office of cashier and be will be succeeded as chief of the tobacco department by A. J. Priebe. appointments effective December 1 were announced as follows: To be zone deputie: . OFFICE Internal Ravenue Ccllector Robert O. Haton announces Capt. W. Ellery Allyn of Waterford to the office of chief field deputy of the depart- ment. Dec. 1 and Captain Allyn will William H. Farrell of New London, whose assistant he has been fcr the past several advancement succeed Bight other Edward Dowding of Rockville, succeeding, Catherine Curran: Genevieve Donovan of Mer succeeding May H. Burke; J. F. of | 0f Bridzeport, succeeliing L. J. ffective Matthe Woll. Arthur H. Keeney of South Manchester, filling a vacancy caused by the resignation A e, of J. Henry Ma the sales tax division. shkegettmgbuktooldhmestoseethepncuwem -bletomnkthumo.td- tractive holiday ,merchnndne Of course we had to buy a considerable qln.nfity of these bags to get the price down where luhouldbe—butwed:dlo, and here is the BLACK, BACK STRAP PURSES—Two values ssesess... SALE PRICE 68¢ BLACK LEATHERETTE SHCPPING BAGS— It's amazing how many parcels can be stowed away in one of these bags. You will need one this Christmas— Were 50c .. .« SALE PRICE 450 SALE PRICE $1.29 . SALE PRICE $149 SALE PRICE $1.69 . 50 NOVELTY HAND BAGS—Some handsome Hang Bags in Velvet, Duvetyn and Moire Silk of very late design, and really worth, sent values go, $5.00. side purse and mirror— Sale Price $3.50 s proe They are fitted with ine CHILDREN'S HAND BAGS AND PURSES w Wk-t little girl would not like one “like Moth- " We have them to -u:t all tastes and poo- SALEPR!CEM is to become chiet e e RS mind *~ is to be W HY GIRLS LEAVE A man might just as well make up hi € zirls, bes ! -—use he is going to be anyhow. Honf? TELEPHONE 213 LADIES’ SUITS VALUES FROM $26.50 TO $35.00 REDUCED TO §19.50 SPECIAL SALE LADIES’ SUITS VALUES FROM $36.00 TO $49.50 REDUCED TO §25.00 A FEW SAMPLES OF HIGH PRICED SUITS AT §35.00 NOTICE | White Star Clothing Co. 147-153 MAIN STREET NORWICH, CONN. January Prices Now 30 DAYS AHEAD OF ALL OTHERS Luxurious Fur Collar Suits, Coats and Fur Coats Reduced SPECIAL SALE 6y This is virtually our January Sale. It hasbeen movedq]\ead thirty days or thereabout, to prove how anxious we are to give what women are waiting for. ‘We are also giving a 109, reduction on all COATS, SUlTs, DRESSES, AND FURS.