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PARTLY CLOUDY TODAY; FAIR TOMORROW FULL ASSOCIATER PRESS DESPATCHES Thoe Builztin Nozwich, Thursd: \»n’l’:'[. 1922, WEATHER Conditions pressure continues low over dian maritime provinces, the Rio nde valley and the far west and s high over the northern states m ihe Great Lakes westward to Rocky mountain Temperatures were ng Wednesday states. the above normal in the Atlantic General rains have fallen with. 24 hours he Ohio val- Tennessee and west gulf Heavy local have again in Texas, Worth the the last was 10.6 he last 5 the ra.ns Fort n 48 he Middle New England stat part cloud egnerally Atlantic States and the weather will cooler Thursday and cool Friday. Winds 7 of Sandy west winds fair Sandy Hook fresh nor and Nort Hook—Fresh north- weather Thursday. Hatteras—Moderate shifting northeast wea Thursday Forecast England—Partly clou- ooler on the mainiand; g thern New s in Norwich n's cbservations show the nges in temperature and anges Wednesday Thar. Bar. n 44 29,60 a 70 2950 Ly $0 20.40 4, Comparisons 1 ns Wednesday—Cloudy, er—Fair, warm- s e ligh water 1t s low water, which is followed by fiood tide, TAFTVILLE A Middictown news item sta‘es that 1 daugh Rev have ma 1d the experl . Renevelent socic'y of th s hosstal . dent et Masn The Circus Barker and Ye Old Towne Crier adver- tised by word of mouth. We have faith in that meth- too, ler: but the whirl of times, especially small profit which on our individual ts and standard fur- shings, demands the use this modern vehicle for r story to the greatest numbers of people, the shortest time possi- ling o We must sell.quantities in ler to give more for less; and we do it Think! L. BENOIT, Manager THE LIVE STORE IN NORWICH AND NEW LONDON 115 Main Street Grand lodge officers, district offi- cers and 2 delegates from fourteen lodges in the district made up the 28th annual convention of the I O. O. F. Manchester Unity, which was held here Wednesday in Steiner hall, with a morning session that opened at 10 o'clock and an afternoon ses- sion that closed at 5:30. Grand officers present included Jo- seph Armstrong of Philadelphia, grand master of the order in the United States; J. S. V. Clark of Fall River, grand secretary; George Lord, Prov- idence, grand treasurer; P. G. Louls Clark of Pawtucket. provincial trea- surer of the Rhode Island district; and P. G. M. John D. Blggs of Norwich, Wilfred Skewes, Hartford, P. D. G. M.; Charles Wright, Bridge P.T. The following officers were elected at the morning session: P. G. M.—William Oliver, Hartford. P. D. G. M.—Joseph Coleman, Hen- ry_D. Brenton, Bridgeport. P. T.—Henry Stevenson, Hartford, for the 27th consecutive time. P. E. R. Secretary—Charlie' Wright, Bridgeport. Auditor—Edward, Crooks, Norwich. Trustee—Ernest Wood, Waterbury. Book Examiner—P. A. Massey, Wil- limantic. P. D. G. M. John D. Biggs and P. G. Fred Bentley were elected delegates to the next Grand Lodge convention to be held in Boston the first Tues- day in September. Edward Crooks of this city was chosen Connecticut rep- resentative on the bvard of directors f the grand lodge, and the invitation i | MANCHESTER UNITY CONVENTION HELD . HERE WITH 14 LODGES REPRESENTED to hold the next annual district con- vention in Waterbury was accepted. Indorsements for grand master of and Lodge were given Alfred n of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Jo- seph Coleman of New Haven for dep- uty grand master as weil as to J. S. B. Clark of Fall River for grand sec- retary and George Lord of Providence for grand treasurer. The convention in 1924 was voted to be held in Kearn- ey, N. J. In the address of Grand Master Biggs many recommendations which he made were acted upon especial interest at- taching to the new ladies lodges in the district of Connecticut. | At the close of his term the conven- tion presented him a past provincial grand master’s jewel in recognition of his worlk in the office. The presenta- tion was made by Grand Master Arm- strong. Dinner for the delegates was served at noon under the direction of Mrs. Carl Berkoff. The convention was preceded Tues- day evening by a supper and enter- tainment heid at St. Andrew’s .church } guila room and given the past grands’ lodge of this city for the dele- gates grand officers and visitors. The guests inciuded Rev. F. W. Williams and Mrs. Williams. Covers were laid for 70 and P. G. Albert Hilton, presi- dent of the past grands’ lodge was the | presiding officer. There were solos by Miss Faith Hartley, Albert Hilton, jeorge Holiingsworth and William Mather, following which a fine chick- en pie supper was served by Mrs. Ber- koff. SOME GOOD DEMOCRATS LEFT OCT ON FEES Democrat lawyers in var! sections of the state are I armoil e A resuit of the recent disclosures in The Hartford Courant of those of the lawyers of their party who were considercd “‘deserving” )iz wounsel fees Wilson administrat 1 cuses operty disosed of by the alisn srop- orty custodian Some of those. particuiarly in Hartford vere whe homage to Wilson have & overed that wl n Homer S. Ci acy were bean cratitude, they were handi vignt and left to dsmocrat hkd clri he party It was pointed ovt nnon tiem ylums rs who far the greatest parcentage of ihe than $100,000 counsel fees paid to O ticut lawyers, went to Faivfield c ips of Stamford 1913° to 1915 £18.000 and there amination of the Reilly of New Ha the old warhorses of better rart ows mo sig whora g of others w ard for the a hir me the diina whole lis! | FIREMEN'S PENSION FUND i 1 GAINS $2.718 IN YEAR | with Mayor Herbert M. Lerou at the | mayor's office the court housa. Mayor | l.erou, who the chairman of the commis- L. Stanton and ity Treasurer | H. Reeves. the other twe mem-| the fax nn the fremena paz has brought | up to $8,952.40 a against 36 increase een in- The com- | n n . bought $3,-| 69742 worth of third Liberty loan 4 1-1 | per cent bonds, which mature In 1928. At | the rresent time there is no one dra yension from the fund. street is confined to her home by a sprain ed ankle, caused by a fall. Arthur Dupont. Who has been wrending | o weeks in the village, has left town. Mr. and Mrs. William Lepine have tak- | en a house on South Fifth avenue, Joseph Petelle of Terrace averie, hus sold_his property on the Bundy Hill road, Ligben to Thomas Mish of Occum, who In- tende to orcupy the property. Mr. and Mrs. John Houston and family of Scotland. have come to this country to_make their home on South B stres:. Waeklv collections are still being made in the village for the sudport of the tex- tile strfiers in Rhode Isiand, Massachu setis and New Hampshire Mr. aua Mrs. George H. Young Miss Gertrude M. Young of North 8! syenue, spent Wednesday ter in New Haven, The weather being favorable for the trarsplanting of evergreens. a number o: residents are setting out small plne and epruce treey. = Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kilpatrick and Mrs. Edward Poyerd. who have been guosts of Mr. and Mrs. Hormisdas Gladue of Providerce street have returnad to their homes in New Bedford, Mass, A number of the Freach Cunadian resi- dents ore investing part of ther saving ‘v the honds of the Dominion of Curada, be- ing floated in this country by J. P. Mor- gan & Co.. and other grominent banking houses Rev. Fdward P. Ayer of Montville w occupy the pulpit at the Taftville Congre gation church next Sunday mcrning. Rev Mr. Aver is the chaplain of the state leg. islature and a number throuehout the state have commented on his eloquence. Dr. Frank Bunnell of the F. A 1 address the cLb in 1he the even! Pesting charge of the evening s: e invited tha congregation of ths church to hear him. WILL DISCUSS PLANS FOR SALVATION ARMY CAMPAIGN Preparing for the Salvation Army cam- in Norw which i§ to start May ? raising $3,500, all o with the hope of I be for loca! work, a meeting dvisory board is to be held Fi nd means Lo aign and meet the e work done s from June 1, 1921, | Saivation Army ai money £ given was | ten mont 1. 1922 272: number of meals sunplied, 423 ; lodgings given, 56; number Iaents given ™ of | gven garmen ber of p shoes given et of families re- ceived grocerie : number of families eived med aid, 6; number of fami- coal given, 2,000 ics relieved by | persons in | : of persons | ber | D WCODLAND IS SWEPT BY BIG FIRE es started Tuesday ned through the nigit | still rag.ng in some sections Ay, swept over -1 eral les of the town of Wa- | terford rmin dents of thai| section were thrown into a somewhat panick te at times. An area ex- tending from the Golden Spur in a ortherly, and no:thwesterly direction beyond Butlertown was § red area was rough (o and fed over, and t ed Wednesd section of Ches- re Warden the Lakes Pond information that o ef | | ken undertook to_burn over of the pasture. It was re- ported that Mr. Truken had started a f.re to burn up some brush. The flames quickly spread to the adjacent wood- | h is saf to be owned by Mr. | cont: been HAGBERGS 310 MAIN STREET ~NORWICH, CONN. Very Moderately Priced Suits and Coats for Spring in a Variety of Models. BLOUSES Exclusive l?enigns in SILK AND COTTON Truken, and quick got beyond his 1. A hurry call for help was sent out, but the dry The flames took a northerly and westerly course through the thickly wooded section on that side of the highway running from the Hartford turnpike through to the Golden Spur and was soon bevond control. The burned area was scon extended acros the divid:ng line into the town of East Lyme, where the worst damage was reported. In the Flanders section of E: Lyme, Fire Warden Filosl, with every available man whom he could muste: up. fought the flames Tuesday and all night, quitting at 4 a. m. Wednes- day morning for something to eat ed that several mil burr of country had considerab’e Alfred Palmer, superintendent of the anwaring aved much of that remaining. squad of men, Pal- mar removed much that was endan- gered and checked the flames threa ening other quantiti Wednesday afternoon, it was report- ed that the blaze was going as s as ever, and District Fire W Herbert H. Leland and a number of his assoclate wardens were out with squads attempting to check the flames. District Fire Warden Herbert H. Le- -SPECIALTY SHOP Where Quality and Low @Pnrice Predominate quality and highest 74 Main St. The popular per: ot s o S ot always con- REBUILDING SALE NOW GOING ON Only 3 Days More Today—Tomorrow—-Saturday Our price reductions are not as large as some you'll see quoted, but they are au- thentic, are based on extremely low for- mer prices, and apply solely to brand new 1922 merchandise of the finest character. SATURDAY EVENING AT 10 P. M., WE WILL CLOSE OUR SHOP FOR 4 OR 5 DAYS. ANNOUNCEMENT OF - RECPENING IN NEXT THURSDAY’S BULLETIN. Phone 715 Norwich underbrush quickly | |fed the flames, Which spread rapidiy. | jand then went back to their task. In|land, with a ol G Taber of families coal | that section of East Lyme, it was stat. | fought the blaze from the Gilead end, l “Ask for a Dark One — They Are Swreeter” CIGARS D UL Cics MYSTERY OF BEING. When 1 reflect that, wnce man' yea Not one of Has flick. orie v { his by utmos: cast of thous 4 the outer rim of that m. sought— The Mystery of Being on this WAl here, “'he!elhv so fraflly clings, yet has - car. Into the aeon's dizzy proviem eaught As'midges In 2 web, the suen bt Soas’ Of search. or of research, #o oom dear— Then 1 crr out on this our Fuman Mis So wiiling. yet s0 weak ita fiber That dor- at this roint o8 e - Than tho-. in thelr own dust Jong A Yet, shut of grasping and - mportana. 1 something seem to know, when least sirive to know. Oh. can it be a nrescience we And deenly know, but know no g. when ‘tis set r high »e efore us, woul} we But be 1} there come a day. past m; days, When Man. the Searcher. shatt afl seare orhear, And S ofer his curious prying wa all hone no more, and I no mer eapair But, then. his weary eyelids he &k raise And i Open Secret, ances ¥ery Edith M. Thomae. ew York Hera's THE APRINGTIDY. now i= the Springtige, now earth Ne e hoiding With the eyes of a jover, the faee « the sun Long lasteth The daylight. and hope enfolding STeen-sTowing acres with imereas begun Fair now is tae Springtide, now earth lis beho Love wcighing On thy heart or mrine, where all sorrow is healed From township (o township, o'er Gows and by tilage Falr, far have we wandered and Jong was the day But now cometh eve at the end of the er the gray wall the chureh riseth gray There ta wind in the twilight: 8 the white road befors ue The straw from th about The moon's Hm us, e vane on the spire-top is swing. ing in doubt s rising, a star ghtt And squad of assistants, | Herbert M. Lerou will issue a procla- mation asking the people of Norwich (o observe the week by cleaning up their premises, getting rid of rubbish, cleaning field, Mass. Games were played, singing and dancing were enjoyed w in the vicinity of the Peabody, Whit- man and Watrous farms, us.ng pumps were served by Miss Zelz, assisted Carl Button at the piano. Refreshments Down th bhrides The brook that runs on to the Thames and the sea Draw closer. my swee ar hizhway, towars the i we are lover anl GET OUR PRICES NOW ! by : a ” his eve art thou given to - damage to st The flames | Lurnisiied by the state for drawing the |up thelr buckyards, cte : Miss Alice Casey. s ev G zeen o g were said to be traveling rth. | water from brooks for the water pails| It is proposed lo get after violators —William Morris in Indiandhelis News el the Spur. ee far[used by the hand brigade. Back fires|of the health laws and if any \((:Lli‘.u,-ml Report Jotor Vellichs Acch s S the H | were buiit, an c vire [are found steps will be taien to reme- G Hepmrny W ne Gioro S o \% | were buiit, and workers with wire [are ; e i A firoush he e e ot ,N";“nm, and fire shovels succeeded in|dy conditions. The teachers of the 10- | yined the Joeal police thAL & week's o HUMOR OF THE DAY milarly damaged a year ago. checking the blaze before it reached 1 schools and the Boy Seouts will be | catjon of all aceldents is be made “I thought you sald Dick's gir] was not of the trees were, therefore. of | the farm bui s. The Kfog Plain-Gil- to co-operate in the movement the fature ard asks that cvery mishan in | ref-headed ively recent growth and tt lead fue w born one to fight —_— | which a person 1s 1 a rohucte sald 1 would not eall mage wil give that seciftp |bUrning over upwards of 30 acres of Pleasant Surprise Party. a6 theiaie Do reported | sd. - Bostol’ Trans it setback. woodland, and causing damage esti-] A very pleasant surprise party was|to the commission. M5 LAA=TE v sauibial & 8 avy cloud of black smoke hung|mated by Mr. Leland to be in ex-|neld Monday evening at the home of st over that section of the c.ty’s environs | ess of $1,000. The flames at times shot | Aiss Alma Zelz in honor of her cousin,| The man with the largest I Mra. Cie—Bevni? i s DEE A sterday, said to have heen due to|up more than ien feet into the air|jre Anna Beckman Glander, of Pitts’ |usually has the least time to re: all over the house'—London Answers flames getting into the mountain |and workers were driven back Dby it aa aatarn SN S owe 'ur?gml country to the|the excessive heat. Most of the val- '”-‘h:; ‘h{x.m»' e um)n:r, h:_, ward of Chesterfield, while re- |uable timber trees in that section were o e P oo ming in stated that a similar |runed, while the folks residing about e T e s & conflagration was In progress in (hu!lhc)\]‘(vmm.un 1y wercigivenia md:c:\g. I o s B SLS Gianis' neck section of the town of| The origin of the fire was uncer- . B s 5 ¢ Lome, i © 1oWn Ofl ain and was reported to have been biack e . Topica of the Day Pl <derable damage to cordwood, | first noticed by Fred Carlough about “Oh, 1 just bust a lookin' glass. T\ S s O | 10 orclock. Tuesday, in the direction 1 CARLOAD DGORS AND FRAMES going to have seven years' bad lud ¥ wooded areas swept by the severallof the ice houses The general belief 1 CARLOAD WINDOW FRAMES o Ldomt believe that, ‘cause & frie. 3y fives was noted. In the Golden Spur|of the farmers thereabout was that| mine bust one an’ she nes 1 ned by Mrs. Selden B. Manwaring , sponsible for the damage ays 1 as kiled § extending o] of Oswegatchie were consumed and | : — Full line of Lumber, Nails, Wallboard, etc., always on hand || sxpiosiom o! worry about etic work on the part of | xonwICH CLEANUP W t 5 S Inquisitive Young Daughter—<Papa FIRST WEEK IN MAY what do you do all day long at the of. ignated Cleanup Week H) F. & A. . Father (not paying much attemtien and in common with other New Engl to the question, as he is busy reading cities the week will be Telephone 62 NGORWICH, CONN. | i7. cvening papers—-On. nothiag Norwich. It is understood that Mayor Daughter (not to be discouraged) THE PERFECT CORRECTIVE SHOE Nationally Endorsed A Constant Delight and Comfort UEEN QUALITY “Osteo-Tarsal” shoes are specially designed to promote the natural, flexible action of the foot and by restoring its normal functions to make the whole body. correspondingly comfortable and efficient And withal they are stylish shoes, conform- ‘ing beautifully to the lines of the foot while aiding wearers to restore and enjoy real com- fort in their everyday activities. Let us show you their features today — the flez- ible arch, the patented “Arch Guide” heel of hard- and-soft rubber, the broad “tread,” and the “straight inside line” construction which strengthens and guides the foot correctly ; the glovelike fit at every point, and the shapely, stylish lines of each last and patern. THE GEO. W. KIES CO. 118-120 Main Street ~ Crawford Block QOsteo~Jarsal The Supreme Walking, Shoe Esoecially indorsed by the. Hational . ]’(fi}/.um/ Sdueaiion Board W Full Tread Arch . Sall % High Stroight Meyer Inside Line 3 Point Bearing Distributes Patent Arch Guide Rubber Heel \ Soft CorrectlyGuides the Toot Special Demonstration of QUEEN QUALITY OSTEO- TARSAL SHOES at THE GEORGE W. KIES COM- PANY, this week, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, by Mr. M. W. Murdoff of the THOMAS G. PLANT COM- Well. how do you know when you are through "—lllinols Life Bulletin. Curidus—“What went wrong at the wedding? Did the bride faint™ Sarcastic—No—the license expived” —Dayside Tales. Edith—Why Is Alice always so short of money: didn’t b father leave her a lot? Madge—Yes, but you see she's mot to get it tiil she's 30 and she'll never own up to that.—Boston Transeript. lost all your money, ¢h? You sheu'd have Invested it In a going conesrn.” “I dld—it went to the wall"—Bosen Transeriy KALEIDOSCOPE A cycione moves at the rate of §8§ yards a sgeond. A synthetic coal, costing about half the market price of ordinary coal to produce is sald to have been made by s Bern chemtst The proportion of men to womes suicides in the United States is mors than two to one. With the men shoot ing is the favorite means, while the majority of women suicides use poi- won. The meaning of a word in Chiness is indicated by the musical tone in which it is uttered. One word may have as many as five different tones, each of which when sounded, gives the word an entirely different meas- ing. The population of the province of Brit- sh Columbla in the 1321 census is &n- nounced by the Dominion bureas of sta- tistics as 523,369, an increase since 1911 of 130.288, or nearly 33 per cent. The poputation of Victorta is returned at 34, 096 an increase since the lasm census 7.036. The finger print system has been adap: ed by a leading dressmaker of Paris to prevent her customers from capying her models and selling them. Every medel that she produces will hereafter bear her siznatura her finger print and a mum ber that will enable the model 10 be traced to the person who bought it A London journal says that Quees Mary is not spending more than $1.508 year for her clothes nowadays and this total about two-thirds is required for the nmecessary state gowns. The way in which the quene keeps down her dress bills to 5o low a figure Is by having her pre-war dresses altered, and in Some cases even dyed, to avoid the expemse of buying new gowns. CUT THIS OUT—IT IS WOETH MONEY Cut out this siip, enclose with G _and mail #t to Foley & Co., A';;., Cmeuoi i, writin address clearly, turn a package containing Foley' and Tar_Compound for coughs, croup: Foley Kidney Piila. for pains in 2835 ShefMeld sides and back, rheumatism, i d bladder aliments, and “"‘:"';".‘"".”r....l“‘ Cathartic ’ ng Sk Dlopsmens: Beadaches, buweis. Lee & Oscood Ca