Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, December 19, 1922, Page 6

NORWICH BULLETIN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1922 mewest resident of Killingly to appear o the town court to be assessed ror Xeeping imtoxicants with intent to sel:. His appearance followed a raid m witich state police officers seized 40 gal- lons' of cider that was too hard to be comsidered as non-intoxicating. He was fined on two counts, a total of $160 n fines, and cests, which he paid. Mre. Abby Hopkins, 76, widew of Frank H. Hopkjns, died Monday morn- ing at her home oen North street. She leaves seven all by a former ma: Sl el e G nam, Mrs. Fred Mason of Ballouville and Mrs. Harvey Nelson of Danielson. Also three brothers, E‘hml Blanehard of Dayville, IAh‘y Bllnchufl of Danisison of Hope, R. I, lnl s slate‘r. Mrs. S’tmu!l Armington - of - Attawavgan. death of Prudemt t his home in m& He was 62 vears of age and a native of Canaga. 'Mr. Brodeur for years was engaged . as'a mason. He leaves a The f , #re the newly elected officers - of the Club Spcial President, Miss Marie Jeann vice presi- dent, Miss Blanchy cas; secretary, Miss ' Beatrice Ma: i treasurer, Miss Blanche Bousquet; chairman amuse- ment committee, Mrs. Sarak Pechie; as. sistants, Mrs. Martin T: Burns, Mrs. L. J." Fournier, Mrs. A. Bernier, Mrs. J. S5 4e Dér ichanoss’for recovery. Bousquet; Mrs, C. Fortin, Misses Lena Jéssph Reguier of Attawaugan Is he"Rubolte. Rose . Benac, Alce Caron, * ERFERT T HEALTH P{efle Boull.hle Mrs. L. I Fournier, Mr! John . Lucas, Mrs, F."I Racine. Stomach and-Liver In flml'. Thasks to “Fruif-a- lfhfillh‘flshflyw‘ddhdldly the local public will at least look flu'nnth Danielson stores before going elsewhere -to' buy, they, in most instances, will confer a favor not only on themselves .but also upon the mer- chants who through their Wctive efforts .| havg made this suéh an attractive shop- ping center. Danieison's® Ciiristmas stocks hold many pleasing surprises for all. They are fresh and extensive and priced more moderately than is general- ly the rule in the large city stores. There is not only the aquation of loval- llolBu_Sr., Laxzrozr, N.H, [ty involved in giving the home 'town “I realize that T have reached the | merchants first call. bhut also the very wge. (65) when one often requires | CSSCDt3l matter of being . posted on €xing up. My - digestion- was not right and trouble with my Liver and Bowels caused considerable distress. Last fall, I began taking “Fruit-a- _tives” or “Fruit Laxo Tablets”, and after using them for a short time, I eould sec that they wers just what my system required.” My Liver became active and improvement in every way was apparent”, .F. R. ADAMS, x 4 50¢ & box, 6 for $2.50, trial size; 25¢, Atdealers or from FRUIT-A-TIVES Limited, oenmmm. N.X. -Numbered ampng these who are se- ricusly ill at tWls time is Mrs. Emeline Tourtsllotte of Riverview, mother of Camsius Tourttllotte. -Mrs. Tourtellotte -m reach her 95th birthday on Chrise mms day. Her cordition was so criti- cal Monday that apprehensidn was felt what one can do with a dollar in town before taking it elsewhere. Why ot put. the local merchants on your Christ- .mas list—they to have your trade as a mark .of your confidemce in them? Judge W, Fenmer W, ard, whe has been' seriously ill the past two wWeeks, was reported Monday as im- proved and now slowly recovering. Heavy malls were the rule at the Danielson postoffice Monday, when the rising ‘tide of Christmes packages was flowing through. b Hundreds of memberships -Jnady have been taken out in the 1923 Christ- mas ‘clubs being organized by Dantel- son’s banks. The auction sale of toysk watches, crockery and merchandise at Witter's ‘anction rooms will, take place again on ‘Wednesday eveming! of this week. A fresh supply ‘of Christmas novelties just arrived from the Connecticut Mills Community Shop.—adv. Dr.” Hugh Camgpbell of Norwich will be in Danielson this (Tuegday) morning to copduct: a. clinic. for' tuberculer - pa- Hents' at the health station In the town hall buiMding, Walkter W. Murphy hes resumed. his position as manager of the Attawau- gan hotel for W. 8. Brown. On account of copgested conditions in the first grades of the Danielson and Goodyear schools a part time - aftend- ance plan will Ybe inavgurated when For Men ~Of all the gifts men like - to-- get, .Socks lead the list. Not the kind’ that are made for. .holiday selling, but the real honest - to goodness .socks that he wears every wéek dunngil\eyear . SILK'SOCKS . ¢ of ‘Pure Silk—Black, Navy. ~.and Cordovan *INTE!WOVEN SOCKS of Lxslc, Sitk: and Wool 400 75¢ $1.25 hnportedl;lutlmMmhms Clnckedorth SILK SOCKS (Extra'Fine: Quality M HEAVY INGRAIN SILK SOCKS $1.65 HEAVY: BRUSHED WOOL GOLF HOSE 1 sessions are resumed om January l. at- ter the holiday recess. Attorney E. L. Darbie in all Nkeh- hood again will ‘be : a “member of the Judiciary committee - when the: legisia- vare of 1923 is organized during the coming month.’ Attorney Darbie ~'is &’ representative-elect from Kilingly. Comfortable closed car service ~te Frovidence or any other point by ap- pointment. Day and night “service at réasonable rates. Harry Warren.—adv. Mrs. M. V, Woodworth had the mem- bers of -the Ladies' Reading Cirele at her home for a meeting Monday after- noon. < The Windham County National bank is acting as' collecting agent in .this vi- cinity, without charge, for the hoMers of War ‘Savings Stamps,, Series of 1318, which mature on January lst, 1923. The ‘Windham County 'National Bank is also accepting for deposit in their savings department all Viewgry 4 3-4 per.cent Liberty loan. bonds, irrespective . of whether they are called or not,,another example’ of the service which this .ol institution offers without . charge to the cltizens of this and surrounding towns. —adv. 2 PUTNAM George Chaffee was being held at the police station Monday for examination by physicians who were asked -to.determine his merital réesvonsibility. - Chaffee fiad prepared to hang himself.in his.cell at the police. station just before . 1. o'clock Sundax noon when Officer . Johp - Ryan came ‘in and ‘frustrated Chaffee’s activi- fles. Chaffee had kmotted his suspenders about his neck and rigged up a2 *4oop that had the appearance of being able to with- | stand the strain. that would have. béen put upon it by the weight of his body. | 'He had mounted his bunk and’ apparent- 1y was about to make the suicide attempt just as Officer Ryan arrived,. took,in -the situation 3t a glance, and instanthy acted to_stop Chaffee from taking.his own life. “There is nothing to. live for, anyway,” Officer. Ryan quoted Chaffee”as ,saying when asked why he was arranging. to commit ‘suicide, and. the prisoner. is cred- ited with having repeated. this sentiment Monday morning wheti he was subjected to further Guestiomng ~ relative to .the affair. Chaffee. ‘2 man in'his.carly. 30s, ‘was agrested. Stinday. while intoxicated -and creating a’ disturbance. “He ‘had = been incked ‘up onfy ‘a short time when‘he took the ‘action” intended to end his life.” ‘He has been & familiar figure about Putnam for a.long-time and, when not indulging in drink is rated as having a pleasamt ‘personallty. " Sthce his attempt at suicide he Fas besn kept under close watch, so'as to prevént further opportuinty of doing away with { himself. Men and women—wateh yopr Pocket- books! Four of the devices. for carrying about money have disappeared . .in this city, during. the past few days.so as.te arouse in police circles the suspicion that a pickpocket may be operating in Put- nam during the Christmas shopping peri- od. Two men and two Women have re- | ported “missing their pocketbodks . but none have beeri able to tell the officers just how or where' they lost them. It is this fact that leads the police to suspect that a pickpocket may be operating here. One resident reported that he lost a pocketbook containing between $35 and $40. and other sums lost ‘were of suffi- clent ‘importance to warrant, the police Delieve, issuing a ,warning to all to be extra’ caréful during the present week. Of interést to Putnam ‘is the snmounece- ment this morning that the People's Light | and Power company of that place is to pass into the hands,of the Eastern Con- nectfent Power company, which in the spring of this year took over the control of the Putnam Light and.Power. com- Pany. . The new deal brings the electric lighting and power systems of all east- .ern ‘Windham -county into the control:of the Eastern ConnecSicut Power company, which has its; headquarters at Norwich and ‘which has_high- tension’ - Jines all through this territery - in . addition’ .to -power plantd -at Mechaniesville_and at Danielson and, Plainfield. though the Flainfield station has not' been'in-use for some time, o A Mondsy ‘morning. rush at the Loffice’ would :tend to indicate’ that mary Putnam. people devoted a-goo6d’ portion of a stormy and disagreeable Sunday to wrapping” Christmas- packages ‘that they ‘might ‘be - ready -for - mailing “Monday morning. - In any -case, the ‘lobby of .the postoffice - héld ‘a contingeént of package- lader Ten and women, anxiots to get'the’ parcels on their way:-to™ their -destina- | tions at the earliest - possible moment. Mailg generally became hegvier than mnor- mal Monday and are e 4 to increase in volumie' until the peak of: thé Christmas load is reached on Friday and Satorday. Postmaster - ‘Archibald +Macdonald - _has made all -iiie ‘arrangements necessa; prompt-and’ careful handling: of-the holi-. day. rush of business and .promot :deliv- erles ~are.assured- in-afl the - lermm’l served by the Putnam office. At Txbridge, Mass. Toudore ‘Galfbentt ‘was held without:bail ‘for ‘the gramd: fury after:he had béen 'présented’ in“court. to answer to a charge’ of murder-in:connec- tion ‘with the. shooting at- Mfln on Thanksgiving eve ‘of -ATbért Touchétte/.a brother of Speeial ‘Officer Origene Touch ette,.of “this city. ~Guilbault ‘waived ex- amination. " 1t was. statédithat mfl'e isfa Gumsuu and \ Established 1860 _I_)AIHE.LSON more cattle_for his. Mantup.ferm, now one of the most heavily =tocked of any in this corner of the state. Crews of men were out sanding walks in Grove and other streets Monday morn- ing. Walks-in a greater part of the city were coated -with ice, making walking HOUSE 'PASSED $325,000,500 NAVAL urwmA‘rm\ BILL ‘Washington, m ll—’l\e navel ap- propriation bill carrying a request that the president negotiate with foreign pow- ers relative to_limiting construction of something more difficult than it is as an war craft under 10,000 tons wwas paseed ordinary process, Special Deputy William Jarvais of the cowmission on domestic animals spent the week end at. hin home after being en- gaged the past' week in -prosecuting vio- lators of the-dog laws in. Salem and other ! towns in that vicinity. 'his, is the week for remembering the | kiddies at the connty home for children They. are hopefully looking forward to-a shower: of gifts from the Windham coun- ty public, and_may . ‘they not be disap- pointed. Miss - Natali Dion .2 teacher in 'the Istael. Putnazs school. will smend _the Christmas vafation with relatives in New Jersey. AN EYE WITNESS. TELLS OF SHOOTING AT HEERIN EIOT Marion, -Ilis., Dec. 18.—(By the A. P.) —Dr. O. F. Shipman testified today at the trial of five men in connection with ‘the Herrin riot that.he had been an eye- witness of thé shooting. down of six un- armed men by a mob in front of the Her- ri n cemetery the day of the killings. Two other witnesses Mr. and Mrs. George Nelson, 'testified . that they had seen a crowd of armed men drive 30 or 40 .unarmed" prisoners from the ‘strip” mine, where the trouble started, past their farm near the mine. R. O. Greer, former mayor of Herrin, also. testified that he had seen the prison- ers brought from the mine and that there. were 48 in.the group escorted by 25 or 30 armed men. He said there were sev- eral hundred spectacors about the mine. Dr. Shipman’ tesufied that he had fol- lowed the mob and its bleeding, pleading captives 2 mile un da half through the streets of Herrin- to the cemetery that there had been a volley of shots and that he saw the six prisoners drop to the dusty road. The witness testified that a man he did not identify stood over the prostrate victims and emptied contents of-two volvers.into teir les. He swore that Joe Cafnaghi, one of the defendants had fired into the prostrate body. of Howard Hoffman, one of the 20 non-yhion men killed during the riots, that blood spurted into the air as tbe builets struck. “ ‘Oh men, men what are you doing,’ ” the witness quoted Hoffman as saying. “If_you have ever said your prayers, say them now ,d— you, for you won't have much longet.’.” he testified an un- identified leader of the ‘miob.told the, pris: ‘oners just_before they. were. shot down. Asked if he coul tell who did. the &hoo! naghi-and .Leva Mann, two/of. the de- fendants now .on- trial, and-Percy -Hall and Jim-Galligan, who have beenindicted but who are not défendants in the present case. . The name. of. Peter Hiller,- another. of the. defendants .now- on. trial who was married” in . the jail , tonight to Anna Campbell,. 18 years, old of Marion, was brought into the. evidence for the first time today, Hiler ,was the fifth and last defendant who has been mentioned in the testjinony as having been scen with guns during’ the rioting. ‘Under .the , longest ud pevarest cross- mm\nzfion,.nr Shipman . said, thit. he replied that identified “the Mltt.hflm‘Jmt re- mwmnm Hedefileduueln bad_ told any any ope that he was. going wnanklllmu'udaflcndlnemeo- .sayings. Dr. Shipman named Joé -Car-’ late_today by the house. The. bill which carries a total of $325,- 000,000, 5tood ‘up precisely as framed by | Chairman_Kelley’s ~sub-committee, and |provides for an enlisted naval force of 86,000, the same as fied last scar. { ‘There was a flurry of talk over the provisions under’ which the president is { acknowladged .to_négotiate with Great Britain, Japap, France and Italy, but in the end an.effort to change the language wa sdropped in the face of overwhelming opposition to any alteration whatever. An amendment to strike out the sec- ‘non,v offered by Representative. Logan, democrat, South Carolina; was defeated and finally Representa‘ive Lineberger, re- publicah, California, withdrew his ame i ment ‘suggesting to the president the de- sirab | tiations with other powers as soon as he may deem it Chairman Butlet, of the naval commit- Itee, and’ Representative Byrnes, "South Carolina, ranking democrat of the Kelley sub-committee, attacked the Lineberger proposal. “Let it remiain the Kelley amendment,” Mr. Butler shouted and it did. | Représentative Mondell, Wyoming, the republican leader, in supporting the bill's provisions -as to negotiations, declared men were going over the country “try- Ing to create the imprcssion that the pavy was being neglected” and that talk Ly those urging great naval epansion was | responsible for incorporating the request into the naval bill. Advocating any method of cutting down expenditures, Representative Bourke Cochran, democrat, New York, asserted that the omly construction to be placed upon the recent speech of Mr. Bonar Law wa sthat Great Britain could not pay the United States unless France paid Great Britain, adding that it was a “con- fession of bankruptey.” “We must put away arms if the world is'to live,” Mr. Cochran explained. Just. before the gnal paragraph was {reached the house halted for twenty min- utes to pay_tribute, to. Chairman Kelley, who Tretires’ next March. S made by leaders on both sides and when they concluded evetybody rose but Mr. Kelley. Summing up the testimonials, | Representative Garrett, the democratic leader, declared-the country had a pro- found admiration for Mr. Kelley's charac- ter, ability and labor, and that the coun- try was_ indebted to him for his eervices 1 regent yearsin framing the navy bills. GENERAL DENIAL MADE BY ‘ MRS, BRUNEN AND BEOTHER Mount - Holly, N. J,: Dec. 18.—Mrs. Doris ‘Brunen and her brother, Harry C. Mour, charged with- the killing of “Hon- ost” John -T..Brunen, circus owner, de- nied on the witness stand today that they had:any part:in the slaying of the show- man. Charles M. Powell, confessed slayer, teutified last week’ that he had shot Bru- nen. as he sat at the window of his home in Riverside;' N. J.on' March 10, .at the instigation of Mrs. Brunen and Mohr. Batbing- cirivbleively; /Mexl - Rggen sai have -never in my life taiked abaut killimg my. husband. I loved him.” Mohr,- who ' precedéd- showman's widow on‘the stand,” made an emphatic denial of every allegation of: Poweil and the ‘other witnesses' for the prosecution Invdvhg him ‘ in theé shooting. ‘never urped. hired or suggested to Powell that he kill B‘!‘u and I never mlind him' money ' to- Kill “him,” he W'hen the - th nopenod today wnnlel .m:ouih the tm ‘against Mrs’ Bru- m QOSCUTSAWS Snonds&Alhm TH.BMGE of entering into further nego- | | BRrREED) THEATRE T ODIA Y — Her Love Was Only His Business STRAND TODAY—WEDNESDAY Mabel “MOLLY O~ THE SCREEN SENSATION OF THE YEAR IN 8 MARVELOUS ACTS. A DRAMA OF YOUTH AND OPTIMISM. COMEDY AND NEWS Thursday, Friday, Saturday A MAN’S FLAMING ANSWER TO “THE SHEIK” “Burning Sands” WITH Wanda Hawley-Milton Sills BROADWAY TODAY—LAST TIMES WALLACE REI™ IN A “GHOST BREAKER” —ALSO— ANITA STEWART IN “ROSE O’ THE SEA™ BROADWAY Wednesday Night, Dec. 20—8:15 C.N. G. {| The Forex;ulnt Qrgnnizntion Wednesday Nite Dec. 20th ' e gl INF|L O'BRIEN IMINSTRELS Gl e s 7 _ances The Traditional Firs. Part Melody, Jakz Step ing, Humor. A World of Entertz iment Crowded Into One Performance PRICES 50c, $1.03, $1.50 plus taxes SEAT SALE NOW HER HUSBAND TRADEMARIS @ Paramonn! Pictere’ Her style and beauty were put on §| parade to make him look success- || ful. He never stopped to think that she might attract other men too much. A gorgeous picture of fashion and married life. Set in New York and the bandit haunts of Mexico. PATHE NEWS DANCE! STATE ARMORY Willimantic Auspices Co. C. 159th Inf. i B nen was scant, it was the duty of the; jury to pass upon her innocence or zuilt. | “Do You remember the position in wuich your husband was: seated? Mrs. | Brunen was asked in a series of ques- | tions about the cvening of the slaying. | “Yes,” he answered. “He was reading | about a murder in California and said: ‘Mother, I don't believe that woman knows anything about that murder. . Those were the last words my husband ever ittered.” Mrs. Brunen denied she ever called her | husband a brute or that he was cruel o | her, “except when he was Intoxicated.” She admitted having: had trouble with him. The witness said she had forgiven Hazel Brunen, her stepdaughter, for what she had said against her when she testi- fied for the prosecutios. Monr gave a detailed account of what he did on the day and evening of the killing. At the time of the shooting, Mohr said. he was in Philadeiphia. and it was not until the following morning that he saw Powell. Powell testified that he had joined Mohr a little while atter tLe shooting, night, there had been a discussion a# to whether the meeting, today was aimed to recruit members for a wo: 's politi- cal party. to be independent of all oth- ers, but -those interested in the meet- ing denied that such was the intent. The meeting at the Lawn. &lub was preceded by a luncheon and was tollow- ed by an organization meeting, the ob-. ject being to formulate a little later a programme for action before the in- coming legiglature. Miss Pollitzer |of Charleston.. 8. C., Miss Emily Pierson, now studying law at Yale, Mrs. Gutzen Borglum of Stamford. Mrs. John Rog- ers, Jr., of New York, and Florence Rogats, a law student, were among the announced speakers. MEETING OF EQUAL SUFFRAGE WOMEN- IN NEW HAVEN New Haven, Dec. 18.—Many women of the state who have been identified with" the equal suffrage movement and later with woman organizations within the political parties, met here today to hear a discussion on the matter of working for removal of all laws which deprive their sex of equality rights. Prior to the meeting, and for a fort. A firm of Berlin engineers have con- structed an apparatus for recordips telephone conversations. The messag® {is taken on a wax cylinder in the ab- sence of any person and reproduced by the phonograph stylus when wanted . 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