Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 20, 1922, Page 5

A s s Aneican ol s e Ske Télls How She Keeps Her Boys At The Head Of Their Classes During the Winter | A;F il it i HOME-MADE YOU CAN 40 Franklin St. ) GOVERNMENT ment with the Mex- ntemplates th. exlcan foreign explained by representatives with 2 possi- soon as he re- 1 in the official pa- decree to be sign- men can start arranzements Banco Nacce- nal De Mexico against foreign indebted- is aleo expected that terms of New York bankers the publication of the eil decre department was with regard to the issuance of bonds for of the debt created dur- administration, salaries of federal the govern- This sum is¢ said to approximate will “be “liguidated bonds, which are to hé alstri- retained by falled to recelve full salary under Car- The government nrges the holders not bonds for redemption on dates specified. STER OPERATED FOR APPENDICITIS —Frederick F. of this city, financlal, vachts- former director and Hartford rail- upon for appendi- Haven hospital early | was taken Il sud-! All the diamonds of the world go in an eight foot cube. VICTIMS OF INFLUENZA Those Who Are Weak and Run-Down Easy Prey to Wide-Spread Epideniic Doctors agree that people who are weak and run-down are the earliest influenza epidemie, ravages are assuming serious proportions in New England and New taking Father John's you buiid newl Medicine at rtrength to fight off the grip. ¢ because the pure food elements old-fashiened, ¢ is meade are easily some body-buii taken up by the system and turned into vital, resisting energy; giving HUNT—In Norwich, Peb, 19, 1923, Jo! oLr ward the : 2o, 1922, —_— e 'VARIOUS MATTERS Light vehicle lamps at 5.56 o'clock | Rev. this evening. ¥ ig It with influenza, but 1s improv- Re: E 5 Elks! Lots of fun at the club Tuesday evening. Remember last year?—adv. ' 'At Canterbury Plains, Bdward Fast- lund Is instaling @ new water’ wheel at his mill, ‘The Old Lyme Gun club plans an open sheot, Washington's birthday at G. 8. Perkins' range. 2 » At Voluntown, Willlam Bitgood and Charles Barber have finished cutting the cedar on Clark Congdon’s lot. 4 A number from FEastern Connecticut are in'New York to attentd the seven- teenth annual Motor Boat Show. At the Home-Time In the Communtty house at 6.30 Sunday night, Rev. Charles H. Ricketts addressed the young people. During Sunday afternoon Miss Ida H. Leffingwell had charge of the reading room at Otis library. There were ‘103 visitors. : . The person who Is stealing magazines known.—adv. The govirnment crew of gypsy moth specialists, who have been at work in ‘Willington were at Charles Korner's on the. ricer road. There was a flurry of light snow, early Sunday morning, followed by a little hail, so that the walks Were made rough enough to be safe. This Is the month for trimming apple trees the speclalists say, and where the weather is favorable some of the “wise ones are at work. & Tte wWeather moderated Saturday aft- trnoon in a degree which greatly-helped the Dollar Day trade, bringing the crowds from all directions. Elks! Don't forget the Frolic at the club Tuesday evening at 9 o'clock. Lots of fun!—adv. Mr. and Mrs. George Dresser, of Thompson, lost a Boston terrier last Monday, valued at $2000. It was a champion ~and very intelligent. Shoppers ~ in crowds boarded cars and trains north and south, ‘Saturday evening and each passenger was heavi- fy freighted with Dollar Day parcels. Steamer BEmpress of Scotland, on which Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Wood- muff. of Neptune Park are passengers, was reported at Gibraltar, February 16. A new anthem by Spence, “Let the People Praise Thee, O God,” sung by Park Church Quartette Sunday, offered a pleasing bass solo for William A. Lund. At Trinity FEpiscopal church the flowers for the altar Sunday were given Py Mrs. Elizabeth R. Norton, in memory of her sister, Mrs. Annié Meech Waik- er. - Elks! Get ickets from J. E Fitzgerald. at . Rubber Co., for the Frolic Tuesday evening.—ady Truck with license number 15,399, Con-, necticut registry, violated the state law hy running past a standing trolley car near the Norwich Gold club, Saturday afternoon iversary high mass of requiem Theresa V. Falion, sung in St. church. Saturday at 8 o'clock hy Rev. Myles P. Galvin, was attended by relatives and family friends. he Sunday papers devoted sbace to w hook, Prime Ministers and Pres- by «Col. Charles H. Sherrill, of New York. who married Miss Georgs Barker Gibbs, formerly of Norwich. At the Saturday matinec at the Breed thea the new propriefors gave away neariy 100 pounds of candy to the twe bundred or more chiliren who were prompt in attendance for the free dis- tribution. In the three sewing classes at No. 9, hington street, and the-one at the club maintained by - the United cers and supervistd by Miss Alice well there are over 200 girls varties that were forming. a'r because the snow siumped. Einstein’s magic transformed the B. S. fmto a S. R: W, which carries ten coupies, gives time for scenery. Call 917-2 and | be happy t—adv Supday at 630 p. m. at the Central Bamtist church B, Y. P. U.; the topic was “The Sources of True Happiness.” The leaders were Seniors, Douglas Hunt; for Intermediates, Mildred Pecdkham and Courtney Pitt. From temperature readings of 10 and 12 degrees below zero Saturday morn- Ing, the mercury rose Sunday afternoon to 44 degrees and strollers ' in the streets began to ask for ice cream soda and Eequimo ple. The large auxiliary fishing schooner Valentinne has been sold by Captain Henry Longworthy, of Neank, to John Tuld of New York. The vessel has been at the North dock, Noank, fitting out for a fishing trip. Relatives have requested an anni- versary mass at St. Patrick's church Tuesday for Richard Gorman, a native ¢f Norwich Town, but at his death prominent in business and civic affairs in the city of Putnam. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mlls are again at their homé on West street, on Thomp- son Hill, after a stay at the Vernsn Stiles inn during the remodeling of their residence which makes it pessible for them to spend the winter in Thompsen. Referring fo English enthusiasm over the famous “Blue Boy” picture, a New York eritic declared Sunday that Amer- ica has just as meritorious Blue Boys of her own, and cited among splended paintings the work of John Trumbull of Lebanon. Rural route No. 1 from the Lyme post office hag heen extended from Gras- | &y hill corner~ to the residence of Miss Nellie Peck, in Laysville, and from Plerson’s corner in Sill lane, to'the res- idence of Mrs. John Moors on the New London Toad. ‘The United States Clvil Servica com- mission announces that examinatifns will be held March 8 for master machinist, inside and outside, and master electri clans, men, under 65 years of age, for vacancies at the T. S. Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawall at $10.96 per afem. SNEAK THIEVES GOT $5,000 WORTH OF JEWELEY Cleveland, Feb. 19.—Fred Long, mem- ber of a Newark, N. J. firm of diamond mercharnits, reported to the police today that he had been robbed of §5,000 Worth of jewelry. Sneak thieves ‘entered his hotel room during his absence,” he de- clared. i A¥ ELECTRICAL STORM PUT nearly one hour tonight. The transtorm- er at the water worms canght fire ana| POLICE IN CAIRO ARBE NOW CARBYING RIFLES London, Feb. 13.—A despatch to ths Daily Mail from Cairo says that a proc- lamation hag been ' issued” w martial law - ordering all ‘possessors ef firewrms to surrender: them ‘within four days. T case of'refusal 1o do 50 pérseng firearms ' are subjeet to court” e penalty'on- ¢ the ‘city was In virtual derkness for a considerable time. The stor mappear:| ed to be local. A ton of soft coal produces 10,000 feet of illuminating gas. 1 DIED Lewis Hunt, aged 74 years Notioe of finaral bereafier, Dr. Louis T. Cassidy has returned, af- ter & trip to Washington. Mr. and Mrs, Winfréd R, Dawley, of are passing some time TWILL WK Norwich Town, OR JE Following a meeting to be held at the town hall “tonfght (Monday) at which werking plans will be made for the Nor- Wich committee in the paign for Jewish relief in Europe, the Norwich' campaign for the quota of $25, 000 will be actively underway. ‘"After General Chairman A. W. verberg had recelved notice that George the ~state director, to tome here again work, and would have with him one of the prominent New York workers, per- mission ‘to use the town hall meeting was secured. inary meeting last Monday night at the time of the .B'nai Brith dance at the ‘Wauregan house there has been active preparation for the launching campaign. One of the important ‘accom= plishments has been rooms for general headquarters, in the “so-calied Young Franklin square, where a room on the second floor has been nated by Carl M. Welte, who has charge A large sign which had donated by Henry A. Vignot of Charles E. Lamb of Pearl street is on & business trip to Florida, in the in- terests of the firm which he represents. George Coyle, S. J., Cross College, Worcester, Mrs. Fosdick Harrisen of Woodstock | Willlam H. Keanedy 3t church Sunday. Misses Rachael and Betsy Larrabee of Groton, are to entertain the members of Anna Warner Bailey chapter, ‘D. ‘A. R., at their home on B: nesday afternoom. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ames and fam- ily,” Mrs. BEmelfne Rix' and Miss Luoy Saunders of Norwich Town ‘atterded ths funeral of Mrs. Henry Young in Volun Mrs. Young was assisted Rev. St.° Mary's Broad street, Wed- town, Thursday. niece of Mrs. Rix. In celebration of his thirteenth birth- arshall, Jr., son of Since the prelim- day Benfjamin “T. Mi President and Mrs. shall of Connecticut college, entertained a party of his friends at & dance at parents' home in Mohe; day evening, Herbert L. Crandall London, who is spending the winter in and Mrs. Katherine Livington Eagan, honorary ‘state Florida D. A. R., ‘were hostesses tea, given recently” v hotel in St. Petersburg, in honer of from the Otls library reading room le|Notel in St D“‘mm.“!- Benjamin T. Mar- gan avenue Fri- of the building. the Manhattan FUNERALS Zerah C. V. Lamphers, The funeral of Zerah C. W. Lamphear, of Mystic," was held Saturday afternoon G. Osborne, pastor of the Union Baptist church officiated. The services were private. at 2 o'clock Rev. The burfal service at Elm Grove chap- el was in charge of the officers of Char- ity and Rellef lodge, No. 21, F. and A. M., and was largely attended by mem- bers of the fraternal bodies of which Mr. Lamphere was 2 member, the town of Groton and friend Mrs. George 'W. Wheeler The funeral of Mrs. Genrge' W. Wheel- er was heM on Saturday ‘afternoon at the mortuary parlors of €. A. Gager, Jr., at 70 Franklin street with a largs number of relatives and friends fn attentianos. There were many handsome floral tributes. The services' were conducted by Rev. Henry T. Arnold. Friends acted as bearers ‘and burfal will take place in ) cem. etery at the convneince of the family. John C. Morgan Funeral services for John C. Morgan were held on Saturday afternoon a: his late home at §3 Washington strest. There was a lange attendance of business associ- ates, relatives and fricnds. many handsome floral tributes. Rev. Robert | of Trinity Methodist conducted the service and dehivered the eulogy. The bearers were Frank R Den- ison, Adelbert Winchester of Salem, Geo. A. Stanton and Dr. Vernon Hiscox. 4 eom- mittal service was also conducted by Reiv. Burial will be in the family lot in Yantic cemetery at the convenience of the family. The Henry AMen and Son company had charge of the funeral arrangements. —_— e e PARE CHURCH CHOR AT BACKUS HOSPITAL A programme that gave a delightful hour Sunday afternoon at the hospital was provided by the Park - Congregational members are Mrs. Mrs. E. A, Harris. contralto, Eben and William A. Lund, The programme anthems by the choir, The Lost Chord A. E. Story, There were Roberts, Ph. D., pastor and Like as the with a duet, My Faith Looks Up to Thee (Snacker) by Mr. Dr. Roberts. s Annie L, Taft, piano, Miss Hel- violin, and Mr. Learned To, formed a trio which added to the en- the afternoon With several Mendelssohn’s selections that in F, Rosaline, Godard and Serenade by Victor Herbert. Watrous—Whipple. There was a very pretty wedding last Thursday evening at the home of Allen edyard, when his daugh- ter, Jane E. Whipple and George H. Wa- trous, son of Jared Watrous, were unit- The parlor was prettil decorated with crepe paper, which se ed as a canopy under which the voung couple stood during the ceremony which was performed by Oakley, pastor of the Old Mystic Bap- There was a goodly num- ber of friends present and a bountiful chicken supper was served and’ enjeyed The newlyweds ‘will reside on MAYOR LEROU PHARMACY ATTENDING COMMITTEE MEETING Mayor and Mrs. Herbert M. Lerou are J. Whipple in is to attend the executive com- mittee meeting of the National Board of started for the of Springfield. in in marriage. Sunday by way Lerou is vice president of the national board, which holds its executive commit- tee meetmgs in the LaSalle hotel Tues- and Thursday of this On the return trip, which will both Mayor and Mrs. Lerou expect to stop at Detroit. During the absence of Mayor Lerou Alderman Arthur Peale will be acting mayor. William = B. tist church. Cooper—Barnes. The marriage of Miss Madge Barnes of New TLondon. daughter of Mrs.” Will- Influenza at Submarine Base and Thomas Twelve cases of influenza are remorted at the Submerine base ani the number of new cases is increasing daily, accordinz to statements made at the Base Saturcay. fam Barnes Beresford Cooper, of Aliyn street, took place Saturday - afternoon at in the parsonage of ‘the First Congregational Rev. I. Romeyn Danforth, pastor of the church, performed the ceremony in the presence ¢f a small gathering of friends Bursting Water Front Brings Fire Alarm An exploding hot water kitchen range at No. 11 Mechanic staeet about 11 o'clock Saturday morning resubted in a bell alarm from box 15, Asylum and The department made Barnes wore a traveling of dark blue tricotine with hat to match |11 and carried violets and roses: West Muinisinogs, a quick response in spite of snow Following a short honeymoon Mr. and make thefr home where the former is emploved New ‘London Ship and Engine Co. The bride had made her home for a nnumber of ‘years in New London with and held ‘a posl- M oo & iy There was no fire damage, but the stove was wrecked by the explosion. The house is owned by Max Clark and is ocoupied by David Lazeroff and Joseph Sack. Two Arrests Close Together. A Norwich man who was fined $5 and costs in the police court Saturday morn- F. C. Chidsey in the Chidsey store. SAYS WINE IS RESPONRIBLE FOR HIS EXCELLENT HEALTH Proper food, of longevity, $13.50 and departed from the court room. He was back in a cell Saturday after- neon, having been arrested again for in- toxication. When he was arrested Friday night he was In Franklin square and had probably been drinking Jamaica - ginger, as he had a full bottle in his pocket as & provision for further liquidation, New York, Fab. cludinz wine, is ‘the Seorat according to Dr. Stephen Smith, founder of the New York state and national hoarg of health and one of the east's best known physicians, who today celebrated his 59th n particular, Wwas responsible for his eceltent health te- @ay, declaring that it corrected digestive troubles of his youth. “It was during x visit to Paris.” plained, “that T learned to drink wine, 2sult that ['have been ‘well ever since. At 2 banquect 1 sat next 16 a tamous French physician whom I ‘told “about my unfortunate handicap. ~ He advised me to drink wine between courses,’ saying would digest the “food 1 Had “eaten. followed his advide anid did not experfence any further discomfort.” 2 Dr. Smith declared’ work was the sec- ond chief essential to ‘the emjoyment 'of “thg brain Celly nesd The 'aged physician Is natlomally re- nowned for his work in establisbing the fact that protection of the publc health is & vital function of government. naive of New York states and from a New York medical school in 1851. —_—_— Trelley Car Split Switch, The trolley car leaving the city line 10.45 Saturday night 8plit” the switeh and got off the track as it was about to cross over the seuth to The wrecking car was brought from the barn ‘at Greeneville to get the car back on the tracks, at Greeneville at Food Sale Proceeds. A food sale held in the Pendleton store on Broadway by thé Woman's auxiliary of the Y. M. . A. netted: between §40 | and $50. It was in charge of Mr John E. Hawkins nad Mrs. Edwin Hill. old age, saying the stimulation.” C. E. Carpenter Treasurer. C. E. Carpenter Manufacturing company, has been ap- pointed treasurer of the Turner & Stanm- ton Company. —_— CHURCHES OF NEW YORK TO COMBAT UNEMPLOYMENT 19.—The Protestant the Carpenter- NEW HAVEN ROAD CLERKS DISSATISFIED WITH RULES 19.—New working New York, Feb. church of New York have united to combat unémployment, was “announced today, and will oven a bureau where all applicants may seek | New Haven, Feb. rules ‘for clérks employed by tihe New New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad do not meet with the approval of the Brotherhood of Rallway: Clerks, it was sald after a meeting of officers of the brotherhood in a hotel here today. W. W. Warley, chalrman, and D. H. Dealing, secretary, said they had been authorized by the spokesmen of the or- ganized clerks from ail parts New Haven system to protest to the of- ficials of the railrea the new sohedu! The bureau will be organized supervision of the New York Hederation It I8 proposed, it was said, to have amployers who ate members of Protestant churches provéde jobs for the unemployed in_their own congregations. Among the Heedie® who hawve suffered through Jack of work, the federation's of- fleials said, were many men and women ‘who have never been idle and therefore faqund it diffioudt-to ‘get ‘position. Women of refinement. particularly, they stated, re- quired special attention. ' Cooperation with various relief agencies, labor ‘uniens, the Young Mens Christian pssfciation mnd ghe (Young © Womenks Ohristian essaclation, is being planned. TWO SISEERS CANDIDATES FOR CONGRESS THIS YSAR Ashland, Okla,, Feb. 19, —Provably for the Brst-time i bi ‘two' - alaters of Churches. company againat The new regulations went inte effoct Saturday or shert notice. ish sick leave with pay, Saturday half holidays and pay for holidays or vaca- It 1s s&id nearl four thousand OGDENSBURG, N, Y, IN DARKNESS | clerks on the New Haven road and'the Opdensburg, N. Y. Feb. 19.—A ge-| Central’ New England railwa; vere electrical storm raged here for|feécted by the order. o " cuntizaien for yoar. They are Mrs, Irene prosecutor of Ashland and i meyer of B Pe. acht Eleanor. dren. Mrs. Harrison's mother is a res- ident of Ohio, Harrison, of Yantic, and besides his sis-/| ter, Mrs, Adams of Norwich, haz a brother, J. W. Harrison, in Hartford: the New London and Nerwich Sign Co, |Flis father was for many years pos: was hung on the side of the building | Master at Yantie. o Saturday afternoon. ‘The room, which Mrs. Oscar Williams. will be used as headquarters is a front The death of Mrs. Hannah Willlame, room at the cormer. Max Hanover, | widow of Oscar Williams, socarred chairman of the executive committee of | year Friday merning at the home of the Jewish organization for the drive,|her sister, Mrs. Mary E. Perkins,- is giving a personal guarantee that the|North Stonington. Mrs. Willlams was room will -be returned to the owner in|for many years a resident of Old Mys- as good condition as it was recelved.|tic and later of Mystle, ‘leaving there fo rthe place has been newly . painted | about a vear ago to make her home with and papered- in -preparation for renting. | her sister. The funeral was held Sun: Mayor H. M. Lerou has been ap-|day afternoon at 2 o'clock in Elm Grove pointed on the executive committee of | chapel, Mystic, in charge of Rev. Mr: the Norwich organization. Officers of | Newton of the Old Mystic Methodist the local organization expressed thank-|church of which Mrs. Willlams had long fulness and appreciation in the warm-|been a member. = rro;m: s;mday night to the pastors of Mrs. N. W. Edson. churches of all dennmma'uons for the "The death®of Mre Fiinice” Barnes Bd- support “that they had given the ‘cam; | oS CRC0 % el a5th year, ocourred ::lt;“nlziy:-nakmg EOHE aznonncements | 5 o'clock Sunday morning &t her home, The appeal for the Buropean reller| S, Washington street. She had been in ailing health for a long time, not having was spread broadcast by wireless Sun-| @ "8 TCRTE 108 B TR L T boat day night when Louls Marshall, na-|oon “0'° fo leave e 418 lock 2t e Heven ¢ s | poirm. Bzon was the daughter of Asa put on the wireless there and picked up | b men i ANSY Gallup and was born by’ Bumberieas sitations.. v UPjin Preston March 26, 1837. She taught in Preston and Norwich schoole and -_— | married Rev. M. G. Smith, pastor of the NORWICH DOLLAR DAY WAS SUCCESS FOR STORES Saturday proved ome of the most suc- cessful Dollar days Norwioh has experi- enced since the Dollar day plan was in- augurated in this city several years ago. All the Dollar day stores were crowded from morning until closing time at night and the streets were thronged with peo- ple from villages and towns 'throughout the eastern part of the stats, nearly all carrying bundles of all shapes and sizes. Bargains as advertised were found in all the stores and the clerks were kept busy supplying the many wants of their So busy were the clerks in one store that luncheow was providad the management. as it was found practi- cally impossible for the clerks to-enjoy their usual-hincheon hour. Extra trolley service was provided by the Connecticut company to take care of the unusually large traffie. Preston City Baptist church. He later HEAVY FOG ARRIVED had pastorates in St. Albans and Rich- EARLY SUNDAY EVENING | ford, Vt. his death occurring in Preston A dense and heavy fog settled down |in November, 1875. His widow resided over eastern Connmecticut early Sunday |in Saxton’s River, Vt., about eight years evening and comtinued heavy during the|and was married to N. W. Edson of greater part of the night. The fog was | Binghamton, N. Y. There for 14 years s0-denee in many places, especially along | Was Edson was assoclated with her hus- the New London road, that it was Im-|band in the supervision and management possible to see over 10 or 12 feet in front [of the Susquehanna Valley home for of the britant headlights of automo- |children. Sinoe Mr. Bdson's death in biles. People driving over this and other | 1901 Mra Edson has resided mostly in roads took extraordinary precautions and | Norwich. drove very slowly, the only way being| She was an earnest worker in the Cen- to keep olose to the sides of the high- |tral Baptist church of this city untfi her Wways and use the gutters as a gwide. health made it impossible for her to The e€now disappeared even faster than | leave home, and she had been an aetive, it would have done under a driving rain | living foroe in every church of her af- and ‘the city this ‘morning will be very |filiation. Her interest and sympathy in free from snow. The temperature during | human activities was of world-wide the night did not drop below the freezing [ Scop® and was maintained umtil her point and with a warm day today it will | death. She was of unsparing devotien to be only a short time before the ground | her friends and to every " worthy “em- will ‘be bare agaiz. deavor. Mrs. Edson was of Colontal and Revolutionary ancestry, being a descend.- T ant of Capt. John Mason of Indian war OBITUARY fame. Her grandfather, Andrew Gallup, Mrs. Natban A. Gibbs, was a defender of Fort Griswold whe, Mrs. Emily Reynolds King Gibbs, wife|l¥ing wounded, witnessed the killing of of Nathan A. Gibbs, for many years|Colonel Ledvard by h#s own sword in 2 resident of Norwich, died at her|the hand of the British officer to whom home at Gales Ferry late Saturday eve- | h¢ had surrendered. ning. Mrs. Gibbs had been in poor| Mrs. Edson is survived by four chil- health for some time, following an au-|@ren. Ernest G. Smith of Providence, tomobile accldent in which she suffered|Gilbert N. Edson and Miss Cora Edson a broken hip last fall but had almost|Oof Scranton, Pa., and Mrs. FL L. Brooks recovered until about a week ago when|O0f Lynn, Mass. She aiso leaves eleven she was taken ill and confined to her|nePhews and nieces. ::::e,“t::cgg:z eritically fIl within thel | o e She was born in Ogdensburg, N. Y., HARDING ADMINISTRATION on June 24, 1857, the daughter of the| Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 19.—The late Charles Jackson and Charlotte | pillars” Ransom King. She came to Norwich with her family when a young woman and the greater part of her life has been spent in this city.” She was unitad in marrlage with Nathan A. Gibbs many | ard are using its great powers, both in vears ago. She was a devoted member| domestic and foreign policy, to protect of the United Congregational church|and extend their énormous wealth,” and was affiliated with many of its or-| Senator Robert M. Lafollette today told ganizations being an active and earnest|z meeting in commemoration of Gen- worker in the interests of the church. eral Frederick Von Stuben, the revolu- Besides her husband she is survived | tionary leader. by two children, Miss Natalie Gibbs and| The Washington conferece, which he Mrs. Carleton P. Browning of Brittania |declared had only one primary objective Beach, B. C. Mr. and Mrs. Browning, |“to make the world safe for imperial- who had spent the summer With Mrs.| j was condemned by the senator, Gibbs, had only returned to Britannia|who attacked the administration of Beach a few weeks ago. President Harding for what he called its Mrs. Gibbs was very gracious In man-|attempt to encroach upon the congres- ner, and as her health permitted de-|gsional prerogatives to hampex the agri- lighted to -have her friends about cultural bloc and to thwart passage of dispensing hospitality in her pleasant | (yo soldier bonus bill. home with cordiality and charm. Sha| rTp. people of the United States must was most earnest in her efforts for all| getermine, Senator Lafolletts declared, that pertained to the welfare of the . crether they will return to the funda- Second Congregational church, Whers | manta] principles upon which their gov- her parents had for years been promi- ernment was established and devote nent, later transferring her interest to|their Jives and energies to building up its successor, the United church. Her|, prear people; or whether they wiil fol- sympathy with and generosity to all| oy the path along which Woodrow Wil- worthy movements continued to the|gon and Warren G. Harding have at- last. tempted to lead them, of becoming a Mrs. Thomas C. Leffingwell. great weéstern empire, a party to the Mrs. Thomas C. Leffingwell died at|world's Intrigues, hated by all peoples her home in Leffingwell early Sunday|and respected by none. “twin of the American nation—free- dom and independence—are today being battered down by the “vandals of priv- ilege and monopoly Who have secured control of every branch of government morning after an lllness of thres| ‘President Harding, it would seem, months- during which she bore her suf-| either did not take the meaning of the fering with patience and fortitude. last election seriously to heart, or has She was born March 2, 1875, at East|forgotten it altogether, for on July 12. Great Plain, the daughter of William A.|1921 when the bill to provide compen- and Augusta Morgan Gallup, Her earf-|sation for the yeterans of the World ly education was recelved in East Great|war was under “consideration, he so far Plain and at the Norwich Free Acad-|over-stepped the prerogatives of his of- emy. On August 24, 1904, she was|fice as to appear before the senate and united In marrfage with Thomas C.|argue against the passage of the pend- TeMngwell. She has made her home|ing measure.” » in Leffingwell since her marriage. She Turning to a discussion of foreign will be greatly missed in her home and| policies, Senator Lafollette sald that in the community where she has always|the lesson of the defeat of the league of been an earnest worker In all good | nations by congress had apparently works. She was an accomplished mu-|been lost on the present administration sician and has been organist of the|or else “the forces which controlled First Baptist church for 10 years, When | President Wilson and also control Pres- she was a girl she united with the|ident Harding are so powerful that they Broadway Congregational church, but|both prefer political extinetion to resist- joined the Leffingwell church after her|ance of their dlctates marriage at the time her husband be-| “The ink !s hardly yet @ came a member there. She Is survived|ator said, “upon the signatm by her husband and daughter, Mildred | delegates of the United States to new Florence., and two brothers, Fred A.|treaties and a new alllance which In Gallup of East Great Plain and William [ many respects are more iniquitous and M. Gallup of Woedstock. fraught with greate rperils to the Unit: Mrs. Avery D. Wheeler. ed States than was the treaty of Ver The long and model life of Mrs, Av-|Sallles. ery D. Wheeler, widow of Avery D. “The foar-nower treaty’ is mnothing 2 s | more or less than a binding alliance e, A o ey o2 S 2, " | with the three great imperialistic na- Sunday morning, about § o'clock. She | £ R S had been in fafling health for a number the United States to place all her re o enen amd - serbauiy UMl for the past | Sources of men and women-at their dis- five months at the W. W. Backus hospi- [ P9Sal Whenever they are attacked tal. Mrs. ‘Wheeler had made her home at 35 Park street. i HOW THE TOTALLY BLIND She was born on Aprfl 29, 1850, the MAY READ NEWSPAPPRS daughter -of “the late Tsaae and Maria 2 REeb {atE Davis Gallup. both natives of Preston.| New York, Feb. 19.—Ravs of light residing in Poquetanuck. She recelved|CORverted into harmonious musical her education in Preston and at the sri\mdg1 were today d-mn‘nv'r:!fld to be Norwich Free Academy. She was mar-|? medium by which totally bind persons ried’on Nov. 2, 1870, to Avery D. Whee. [ 04Y read newspapers, magazines and : ooks. “;i’rfae:xhe: s;’;‘-: '"§q"r’.""v%f..,'.‘:§ n,',:;:.: Descrihing the test which took place in away on June 15, 1916, She was a|J°rsey City, the New York Wold declar- member of the Home Chapter of the|®d that Mise Margaret Hogan, a ®lind Ring's Daughters alto Faith Trumbun | =irl. read the front page of a New York Chapter, D." A. R. having Revolution- | ¢WsPaper by means of an “optophone, ary ancestry from Col. Benadam Gal.|the invention of Professor E. E. Fourner lup and Capt. Isaac Gallup, Sr. She|D'Albe. former instructor of phrsics was a member and regular attendant|Aat he ¥niversity of Birdmingham, Eng- of Trinity Episcopal church. land. A She s urvived by two. children. Mre,| TN Years have elapsed since Professor F. Teon Hutchips and Touis A. Whee.| D/A®e first brought his optophonetic ler, and also two brothers, Henry m.[!deal “;ffi" the ‘Md": 'f-wlflramw;n;-;‘n- on. It was announced today that Miss g:‘.!:‘.‘chfnd haes DOOUIY A o] ey 1t nioved the peacticahlity of Mrs. Wheeler was a woman of sterl.|h!S machine. ing qualities, who always llved accord-| ,The obtophome projects light by means Ing to her hellef as a woman of trus|0f & tny c lens through Christian prineiples. * She was a devoteq | fiV® rows of oblong perforatlons in a mother and sister and not only in tha| T°VOIVINg disc and reflects it back to be home will she be missed but In the com- | (Fansformed into sound by selenfum cells munity where she had many fmm! TDese days of light, to the untech friends. - chserver, appear as the five parallel hars Mrs, Charles Louis Harrison. el s \ypsncing fas’ they pass over each letter, five notes of the A telegram received in Norwich Sat- urday afternoon announced the death at Newton, Mase, of Agnes A. Traver, wite of Charles Louis Harrison. News|that even the smallest of type can be had been received earlier in the day by | read. Mr. Harrigon's sister, Mrs. George W.| Explaining her Impressions of the opto- Adams ‘of 65 Willlams street, that Mrs.|phone. Miss Hogzan sald that when she Harrigon ‘was ill, later advices bringing first listened to the sounds she thought the weord that she had died Saturday | (hem beautiful but could not interpret noon, them and became discouraged. Finally, Mrs. Harrison was a native of Ohio,|she said, she reallzed that she was dis- but had lived in Norwich for some time | tinguishing the sound characterizing the before: her marriage with Mr. Harrison; evory time she heard It. they ‘would ‘have celebrated their silver she continued, “I began to Wedding in July next. Both were mem-|distinguish othet soundg and soon tried bers of the party which went around the [to read a paragraph 1 wrote on my World with Mr. and Mrs, Willam A, Braille typewriter as 1 listened and latgr, starting from Norwich n}*w:flfinmmmm on a her key. So Gelicate is the registration made Mr. Harrison continues E ST T l F ‘ s manager of the Slater estate with ) ridy offices in Boston. They have mo chil- K . / 3 Much sympathy. will be felt for Mr. Harrison in his bereavement; he is the | ! b - 4 son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel —THE Porteous &ifitchell COMPANY New Arrivals In SILKS Amongst the Silks, Taffeta is considered the leading Fabric for Spring Dresses. We are showing a good line of Taffeta Silks, as well as other fashionable fabrics : AT $1.19 A YARD We are showing an excel- lent quality of Taffeta Silk, 36 inches wide, in black, Copenhagen, rose, red, navy and brown. AT $2.75 A YARD Skinner’s Taffeta, a well- known make, guaranteed for wear, in black, brown, light and dark navy. 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Frank Hempstead, Treasurer me that I had made several mistakes, but hod recorded the full gense of the sentences. “Soon I could take fifteen wordg & minute. “I believe that anyone could be taught to use the optophone, It ig a God send for the sightless.” DECLABRES SIX-HOUR DAY FOR MINERS IS “UNTHINKABLE® Fairmotnt, W. Va., Feb 1%.—Geargr S. Brackett, secretary of the Northers West Virginia_Coal Operators’ associa- tion, today gave out & statement iy which he described nthinkable” by the operators, the move for a six-hour work day, as vided for in a resolu- tion adopted by‘the United Mine Wark- ers at Indianapolis yesterday. The statements “the miners have | made a ‘move which adds to the difficul- |ty of obtaining a reasonable and equit- able settiement of conditions in the coal industry” and adds: “For the operators to consent to such plan Is unthinkable. 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