Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1909-10-06
DECLARED ILLEGAL.
Sixty Nine Snide Ballots OF Which
Democrats Knew Nothing.

There was a mighty sore aggrega-
ton of democrats in Putnam Tuesday
because of one of the incidents OF
Mondays election. The incident re-
suited in sixty mine of the party tick
cts being declared illegal as far as the
names of the candidates for schooi
committee were concerned, The dem
ocrats were not kicking any Tuesday
because the ballots were thrown out,
but because of the manner In Whicn
the illegal tickets were prepared and
finally found themselves in the hands
Of the voters.
A member of the democratic town
committee said Tuesday that the bal
lots were printed without the knoWl-
edge or consent of the committee and
that he had learned they had been run
through the press some time between
midnight Sunday night and 6 o'clock
Monday morning. These tickets car
ried the names of Eric II. Johnson and
| Joseph Lapalme for members of the
! school committee for full terms and
| the names of Charles P. Thurber to
| I'LL vacancy for one year and John
| w. Walker to fill h vacancy for two
years as members of the town school
committee.
Neither Mr. Thurber nor Mr. Walker
| was nominated in the party caucus nor
were their names placed upon the
| llCk6L Dy aulHpIlly VI Tie OCiiipSAhtiN
| town committee. Nevertheless the
| ballots bearing the names of the four
| gentlemen mentioned found their way
| into the booth at the polling place be-
| fore voting commenced. Before the
| error was discovered sixty-nine OF
them had been deposited. The remain
| der were destroyed.
T. 1t is said that the ballots could have
been declared entirely illegal. but in
asmuch as they did not affect any OF
the republican candidates for Office
they were allowed to count except fol-
the candidates for the school commit
tee.
Twenty Seven Arrests During Septem-
Der.
The police report for September
shows twenty-seven arrests. There
were eight arrests for drunkenness, one
for larceny, three as incorrigibles, three
for breach of the peace, four fol
drunkenness and camping, one for ille-
gal sale of liquor, five for sales t
minors. one for carrying concealed
weapons, one for keeping disorderls
4 house.
The cases were disposed of by send
ing@one man to the county jail TIVE
: boys to the state school one girl to thu
! industrial school for girls, nine casei
were continued, one dismissed, clever
! persons FDelOIt the tOdit ms btA'
month have fines to pay.
! The reports show 299 lights out |
total of 7S5 hours. This was due to ;
breakdown at the lighting plant.
Unclaimed Letters.
} Letters addressed as follows are un
! claimed at the Putnam postoffice: Mis-
Ida Brownie. Miss Lille Landry, Mrs
, On Ross, Mrs. J. F.. Buck, George W
! Farrell, Thomas Fuller, Clarence II
Hearst, II. M. Hedges, John Lucke, i
: III. Moran,
To Sarsnac Lake.
Prosecuting Attorney Huber ID. Car
will leave Putnam today "wednesday
for vacation trip of a. month or NOR
: at Saranac Lake.
! Accident to Water Wheel.
The breaking of a water wheel a
the mill of the French River Textil
company at Mechanicsville necessitat
Z ed the CLOSING of the plant Puesda
III afternoon until repairs can be made.
5 Lighting Contract Expires.
The contract for lighting the street
I existing between the city of Pntnar
and the Putnam Light and Powe
company has expired. The. renewal G
v the contract is under consideration.
: Last Week of Bar Harbor Express.
The Bar Harbor expresses are nor
on their last week of running for IN
present season. The northbound trai
will make its last trip Saturday nigh
| and the train making the last south
n bound trip will pass through Futnar