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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-17
Toys Csc, Soc 4 81

Choice Largest and Best CoIp dbe Doll GoCa Metal Rim Drums
Toy Trunks Reed Rocking Chairs Tool Chests Desk B2ards Oak Rock
ing Chairs Walking Dogs Toy China Sets Mechanical Trains Mechanical
Boats Boys n Veopde Express Wagons Magic Lanterns Shortly
Double Horses Stables with Horses Picture Blocks Boys and Girls Sle
ehana Automobiles Tengn Plush Horses and Wagons Upright Pianos Dol
White Enameed Beds springs Imported Printing Toy Work
Basket stand; Nest Of Cood Blocks Color Boxes Revolving Desk Chairs
Games of all kinds etc, etc. .-er..
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S. Sets $3.50
For Tomorrow Only

This is the Palais Royals Fa-
nous SIS Set-reduced to $500.
1t will wear better than sterling sill
yer, because it will not dent, break,
or discolor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-17

Make a selection tomorrow and
profit by the complimentary prices as
ISOLATED with the "Opening"-pay
1925 for a $3.50 Bag, or buy 60 90
q 1915 bag for. OAsCC
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90 90 and $4.98 for elaborate one
0CsCC of-a-kind large pieces. very
suitable for Christmas presents; val
ues to $40 are here. Look for them in
Tiffany Room" first floor. northeast
corner.
Make selections tomorrow-and ar
range for initials or monogram to be
engraved. Note that our artist Is not
later in the week he will be. Save him
and yourself.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-17
Wells

Shadow Mesh Wells. all the new q
est shades. IN yards long ...... u
La Tosca Net Mourning Wells, I,
and row ribbon border, IN q
yards long NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. u
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1911-12-17
Hosiery

Hosiery-Onyx, Hermsdorf and Ma
CO Yarn Hose. Isle, cotton: some with
white and split feet. pairs G1
Onyx Pure Silk Hose, double soles
high heels, and garter tops; CT
black and colors .................. W.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-31

me with a thin, long face, say that am looking
 better than they have ever before. and father and mother arc so pleased to think have got to look So well and weigh so heavy for me- g
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-31
CLAY JOHNSON says:

father and mother arc so pleased to think I have got to look so well and weigh heavy for me- !" CLAY JOHNSON says:
 Please send me another ten-day treatment. am well pleased with Sargol It has been the light of my life. I getting back to my proper weighed l3s pounds. and now. four weeks later. weighing 1j3 pounds and feeling fine. 0 used fe fo haqa at @ aood m M @e Tna as to put on about fve pounds of flesh and that will be all l Want-'
 F. GAGNoN writes:
 Here is my report since taking the sargol treatment I 2 67 years of and was all down to the bottom I had to quit work. as I was so weak. Now. thanks Sargol. I lock like new man I gained g pounds with g days treatment cannot tell how happy feel All my clothes getting too tight My face has good color and I never was happy in my ufe.''
 MRS. VERNE ROUSE says:
 -sarsol is certainly the grandest treatment ever used. It has helped greatly. could hardly eat anything and was not able to sit up three days out of week. with stomach trouble. thing and it don't hurt me and I have more headache. My weight 126 pounds and now l weigh 140 and feel better than I have for five years. am now as feshy as want to be. ano shall certainly recommend Sargoi. for it does just exactly what you say it will do.
 You may know of these people know some- body who knows them. We will send you their full address if you wish. so that you can find out all about SargoI and the wonders it has wrought. Probably you gre now thinking whether all this will send absolutely free. a package of the most wonderful tablets yon have seen. No mat ter what the cause of thnness is from Sargoi makes thin folks fat but don't ask you to take eur NeFd fer it simply cut the eou3on below and pcnses and Uncle Sara's mail will brin. you the most saluahls package you ever received
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-31
IN AND ABOUT WESTERLY

Workman at Station Falls Twenty five Feet-Twenty- six Foot House be Moved Through Twenty Foot Street-Evidence of Malicious Mischief on Norwich & Westerly Road-Death of Mrs Samuel B. Wheel CT. of North Stonington.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-31
Local Laconics. poyt T1raS6ox

1 Election next Tuesday. John w. Conant is on a visit to rel atives at Martha's Vineyard.
 Tire new Welch building has had tendency to divert the traffic in Broad street.
 A glider is being constructed by two Westerly young men who have aerial aspirations.
 Daniel suily. the erstwhile Cotton l king, is with his family at his Watch | Hill cottage.
 John J. Carney. water commission CT and assessor of the town of West erly, is seriously ill. Bids for the construction of the new town hall and courthouse will be opened November 30. Frank F. Dodge and Harold D. Liv- ingstone have gone to Saco, Me, to ! attend the Che sley- Wheeler wedding.
 If stone cutters in Westerly are idle the coming winter it will be from choice, for there is ample employment. Surface indications denote a one sided fight in the liquor license ques- i ton in Westerly, with clergymen in the van.
 The board of canvassers will meet this (Tuesday) afternoon to complete the voting list for the election next Tuesday.
 Several employees of the New Eng land granite works went to Eastern Point Monday. on work preliminary l 10 building an addition to the Nor ton F. Plant mansion. A large picnic party from Ashaway
 and Westerly spent Sunday with Mir. and Mrs. George N. Burdick at their 1 Watch I1ill cottage. The trip was made in special trolley cars. Deputy Sheriff William H. Casey
 summoned fifteen with esses to Nor wich Monday, in connection with the petition to have the vote in the town election in Stonington, or a part of it, ! declared void.
 A new blacksmith shop has been built at the red stone quarry of the New England granite works, to re- place the one recently destroyed by ire. The present structure is farther removed from the compressed air plant in order to lessen danger spreading in the event of fire. Rev. William Krause celebrated the
 mass of requiem Monday in St. Mi chaers church, at the funeral of Mrs. Mary Donohue. Burial was in St. Mi chaeFs cemetery; the bearers were John Shea Michael Sullivan. Patrick Donohue, Michael Neville, John Mack
 and Dennis Shea. While excavating a stump of a tree
 
 Monday. the big brass bolt that holds
 the steam shovel crane to the car broke, and the mammoth shovel was
 put out of business for the day The broken bolt was three feet long and
 three inches in diameter.
 Mrs. Mary E. Baldwin Wheeler. in
 her S1st year, widow of Samuel B.
 Wheeler. dieti fsfoIItiay morning at her
 home in North Stonington, after brief
 illness. Mrs. Wheeler was daughter of
 David and Mary Brown Baldwin and
 was born in Preston, September 1,
 1881. Since February II, 1879, when
 she married Deacon Samuel B. Wheel CT, she has resided in North Stoning
 ton.
 There is trouble brewing over the right of way of a laneway that leads from Mechanic street to the Pawcatuck river, claimed to be the property of Joseph E. Eaggs. and which adjoins the property of the Lorraine Manu- featuring company. The Lorraine company has opened up a gateway and MT. Bags objects to the use of the laneway as public thoroughfare. Unless amicabie arrangement is reach ed the matter will be taken to the courts.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-31
STONINGTON.
New Deacon Chosen at Baptist Church Local People Going to Fellowship Meeting at Ledyard


 At the meeting of the First Baptist church held Saturday, evening James Daily was chosen deacon to fill the place made vacant by the death of w, G. King
 Going to Fellowship Meeting. The first of the fellowship meetings of the I911-1912 series will be held Wednesday with the Ledyard church at Ledyard. The Stonington delega- ton will leave on the 8.23 a. m car and take the Norwich trolley. and then go to the church by carriage Rev. $. M. Cathcart will preach the sermon and Deacon BIZ. Williams will be the moderator. The discussion in the aft ernoon will be on Gods Gifts and Mans ResponsibilitIy.
 News from the Fleet. The smack Robert, Capt William McDermott, returned from a fishing trip Monday with many flatfish The Stonington fleet, had a fair load of blackfsh and maekerel.
 Herald Towed to Stamford. Tne schooner Herald, which ran on the reef south Of here last week, was lowed from New London to her des- tination, Stamford, Conn.,, Sunday
 Kitchen Dance
 Saturday evening kitchen dance was given MT. and Mrs. E. c. Cushman at II. A general good time was enjoyed.
 About the Borough.
 The '. F. $. c. F. of the Second Congregational church is to hold so- cial i'll the parlor of the church Fri day evening.
 MT. and Mrs Richard Armstrong have moved into their neY home at Grand View park.
 MT. and Mrs. Harry Doty and his mother will move. from Main street to the house occupied formerly by Mrs. Vickery, near the park, as soon as the house is ready
 MT. and Mrs. William Beeman have returned to West Upton, Mass, after a visit with MT. and Mrs. T. W. Hyde Judge Wirt A. Breed was in Nor wich Monday
 The case of the state vs. Martin will come up today, Tuesday, at S.30 a. m. in the town court.
 
 There are more than S00,000 miles of pole line in operation in the United States and 32,000,0 600 poles.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-31
MYSTIC

Change in Express Aeents--Mother and Six Children III With Typhoid Fever.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-31
F. GAGnoN writes
MRS. vERNiE ROUSE says:

You may know of these people know some- body who knows them We will send you their full address if you wish. that you can find out all
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-31
NOlNk
Delegates to Norwich Convention Miss Arnold Closes Bungalow for the Season.

Delegates from the Noank Baptist church to the missionary convention held in the Central Baptist church, Norwich, on Wednesday are: Mrs. Jane Palmer, Mrs. Mary Chesebro, Mrs. Anna Smith, Mrs. William Spicer, Misses Miriam and Ruth Evarts
 Mrs. Anna Wilbur of Fishers Island is visiting her mother, Hrs. Lucy E. Daboll, on Pearl street.
 The Ladies Aid ssciety is to meet in the parlors of the church this (Tuesday) evening.
 Howard Durfee Of Prospect street is spending a few days in Fall River.
 D. w. Chester returned Monday from a long visit in Maynard, Mass.
 Fred Spencer has returned to his
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-31


 Dudley CottreH, agept for Adams Express company for the past three years, has resigned, and has purchased of Vera Lamphere the express truck ing business and good will, also to car ry the United States mail between the Mystic station and the postoffice. Fred Godfrey, who las been express me,- senger on the train between New Ha- ven and Boston for the past two years, came to Mystic Monday and took charge of the Adams Express office. He will move his family here this week.
 Seven III in One Family.
 The condition of the family of Nich- olas Duerr grows more serious. At present the mother and six of the chill Gren are i'll at their home on High street with typhoid fever. They arc attended daily by the village nurse and everything is being done to make them comfortable. Just what the cause is cannot be asoertained, as much of the same trouble has been in the village, the Jeri1ins and Gift families having had five i'll at one time. and now are just recovering.
 Heard and Seen.
 Rev. Elmer Lamphere of Baltimore, Md, is the guest of his mother, Mrs. George H. Lamphere.
 Fred Douglas is confined to his home with blood poisoning in his hand.
 Roscoe Burrows has returned to Boston, after having spent few days with his family on Willow street.
 MT. aNd Mrs. James Mullen have re- turned to New Brit lain, after a visit to the latter's moth ar, Mrs. George L Wilcox.
 St. Marks Episcopal church, on Pearl street, is being painted.
 Mrs. Alfred Sanders has returned rom 8 weeks StaX in Chester
 Miss Gladys Wilcox has returned to Willimantic, after a visit to her par ents, Mir. and Mrs. George W. Wilcox.
 Mrs. William Douglas. Misses Doro- thy Purdy. Florence Brown, Lottie Hatch, Lila Douglas and Mrs. A. AI Purdy spent Monday at the Purdy bungalow at Lords Point
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-31
home. in stonington, after a brief visit

home. in Stonington, after brief visit in town.
 Captain Henry Specht has returned to Bayonne, N. J.. after a short visit to his family on Spring street.
 Mrs. Walter Rathbun is visiting friends in Boston.
 Miss Leona Elliott has returned to Holyoke, Mass, after spending Sunday with friends in the village.
 Miss Ella Sutherland is confined to her home on Main street by illness.
 George Capwel1 of New London was a recent caller in town.
 Captain Arthur Rafuse of Boston is spending a few days in town.
 Miss Harriet Arnold has closed her bungalow, on the West Side. and re- turns Tuesday to her home in New Jersey.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-31
CIGARETTE SMOKER
 CREMATED IN HIS BED
MarbIehead Man Went to Sleep With
 Cigarette in His Hand.

Garden City, N. Y. Oct. so.-Edward Fleet, a mechanic employed at the Nassau Boulevard aviation field, was burned to death in bed 1t his hotel to- day. He had been reading and fel! asleep with a lighted cigarette in his hanG The destruction of the hotel was averted by the quick action of em- rloyes. but they were too late to rescue the sleeping cigarette smoker.
 Fleet was employed by Phillips W. Page, an aviator from Boston, and lived in Marblehead, Mass.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-31
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..Nikclo Tripoli, one of the large force of vorkmen employed in the railroad improvements near the Westerly sta- ton, received severe injuries and there is doubt as to his recovery Tripoli stepped upon the end of q loose plank and fell to the ground, a distance of -5 feet. and was rendered unconscious. Reetoratives were applied, and Tri- poli was conveyed to the office of Dr. Michael H. Scanlon, where he was SIy- en treatment.
 Two Of Tripoli's ribs were broken and he received other internal injur- res. besides exterior cuts and bruises. He was taken to his home in Pierce street where he is receiving the pest or care and medical attention. This IS the first accident since the exten- sive work has been commenced.
 The so-csiied Holt house in UnIon street. sold to Charles Goldberg to ise removed 10 a site in Main street, to make way for the new court house and town hall. is twenty-six feet in width At the foot of Union street, .fhere is a width of twenty feet from pole to pole" according to the West ,rry man that did the pacing off on Non6sy. He is at Q loss to under Ifaud how house twenty-six feet -ids car be moved through q space
  ated his tale of woe to town off nal. the only reply ae received was, Leave that little natter to Goldberg, who knows better than to buy a pig n a bag
 There was a deliberate attempt at .ar swrecking on the Norwich and Westerly Traction co-1pany's road, Sunosy night In passing a point lbouf midway between the North Stonirgton station and Lantern Hill he car jostled over the road fof a .siacrt distance. which gave the pas seneers quite a fright and a. general shaking up. The car was stopped and -he rot~rnaan and conductor. and two of the passengers went back to ascer- tain the trouble
 It was discovered that spikes had been removed from the ties and the rails for a distance of several feet, enc that the bolts had been removed from the flshplates that held the ends ef the -=siE together, and that the bond wire had also been removed. A piece Of wire cable had also been laid aeross the track, showing unmistake- able evidence of malicious attempt to 6s serious damage to car and ro1dbed and to cause loss of life or serious in jury to passengers and employees.
 When the car reached North Ston- fnEto<1, the circumstances were report cd by telephone to the company's of- Gee. and in c short time the site was RxAmsned by Superintendent Cousins,
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-31

At the meeting Of the First Baptist church held Saturday evening" James Daily was chosen deacon to fill the place made vacant by the death of w
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-31

This is an initiation that thin woman can afford to ianore We'll tell you why We are going to give you wonderful discovery that helps digest the foods eatthat puts good, solid flesh on people who are thin and underweight. no matter hours and blood in fogrthat the red corpuscles in the blood. winch every thin sadly needs How we do this? We will tell Science has discovered remarkable concentrated treatment which increases cen growth. the sub that makes indigestion and other stomach troubles disappear as by magic. and makes old dys- tslity feel like old. This treatment. which has proved 2 boon to every thin person. is a-o-l.' Nothing like 1t has been produced before. It is a revelation to women who have never because of their thinness. It is godsend to man who is under weight or is lacking in rounded figure Of symmetrical proportions. which you can feel justly proud-n you want body full pany. 5502-k. Herald Bldg. Binshamtou, N. r., today. and we will send you. absolutely free. 5Oc box Of Sargol that will prove all we claim. Take ono with every meal and in five minutes after you take the first concentrated tablet of this precious 1t has by actual demonstration often increased the we, weight 1 at the rate of % one pound day But you the statement of those who have tred-who have been eonvinced-and who will to the virtues of this marvellous preparation.
 REV. GEORGE W. DAVIS says:
 T have made faithful trial of the sargol treat-
 mellt and must say it has brought to life
 and visor. l have gained twenty pounds and now
 the days of my boynood It has been the turn
 ing point Of my life. My health is now fine I
 don't have to take any medicine at all and never
 want to again"
 MRS. A. l. RoDENHEisER writes:
 T have gained immensely since took Sargo,
 it. and weigh iso pounds so really this
 looking better than before and now ' carry
 rnsy cheeks which is something could never say
 before.
 My old friends who hare ben used to seeing
Norwich bulletin., 1911-10-31

and the repair gang soon had the roa1bed at that point in the usual good condition. The affair has been re- ported to the police authorities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-08
PARTY HAS LOST ITS
POWER: Mr.. PlNCHOT

Chicago, Dec. S.-Gifford Pinchot
last night told the members of the
Chicago Press club that party had
lost its power because a greater than
party is here" He defined the
greater" as the issue of social JUS
tice. Earlier in the day he told a
gathering of progressive republicans
that Senator Robert La Toilette
would be nominated and elected
president and defined and praised
progressive movements. His talk to
the press club also contained the
statement that party, as previously
understood, was not what separated
men politically today. Good repub-
licans and good democrats look
very much alike to me-" said Mr..
Pinchot, "and the enemy of both is
the money power in politics." Sena-
LOT RQlliEeZ might t..-haYs- --~bsAn~ths
nominee OF the progressives, had he
lived, said the speaker. Theodore
Roosevelt still would be, had he not
refused to run, he added, and he
told the newspaper men he was in
a position to know the former presi.
dent meant what he said.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-08

latter testified. Bell corroborated Mo
torman Gloss as to Yarbrough being
on a Chicago trolley car the night Of
May "a. Under cross-examination Bell
contradicted his testimony in Lee
O'Neill Brownies trials. Bell also ad-
mitted he had fixed the date In his
mind by talking with Gloss before he
went on the stand at the second
Browne trial.
John ]. O'Keefe, Chicago police
man, who had White in his custody
in the early part Of August, 1910, testi.
fed: White told me if Browne was
convicted Lorimer would be unseated
and States Attorney Wayman would
be governor of Illinois, and he expect
to be made warden of Joliet peniten
tiary. He told me to keep my mouth
shut and I'd not have to stay in the
police department. O'Keefe also said
White told him President Wright of the
Illinois Federation of Labor had
brought word from Governor Deneer
that he need not be afraid Of being put
in Jail for any testimony he had given
| also that White admitted to him hs
had sworn falsely against Browne"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-08
PASTOR is ACQUITTED
OF A CHARGE OF FRAUD

Chicago, Dec. 8.-Henry Scotford
pastor Of Hamilton Park Congrega
tional church, West Seyenty-drst
street and Normal avenue, for the
last II years, was acquitted of g
charge of defrauding through the
mails by a jury in Judge Lands
branch of the United States district
court yesterday. The minister, who
is so years old, was arrested several
months ago after the Offices of the
National Patent and Investment
company, 1S4 LaSalle street, was
raided by agents Of the department
of justice. He was charged as pro.
prietor Of the business with exact
ing fees from inventors by the use
of the mans without rendering an,
service.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-08
commensurately punished for their

commensurately punished for their
crime
The labor leaders assert that they
either federal or state courts may un-
dertake." The statement was signed
by every member of the Mcnamara
committee, except F. NJ Ryan, presi-
dent of the International Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers union.
DENY KNOWLEDGE OF GUILT.
AS to their knowledge of the crime
to which the McNamaras confessed,
the members Of the committee assert:
I'VE here and now, individually and
collectively, declare that the first
knowledge or intimation of their guilt
was conveyed by the press in their
| confessions of guilt.
From the outset we assured all
contributors and the public generally
that We would publish an accounting
of the moneys received, from whom
received, and to whom paid. A re
port In full will be made first to the
| executive COuuCll VI IHo AlueilCdL
Federation of Labor at its meeting to
be held at Washington on Jan. Z
1912"
organized labor Of America" the
statement continues, has no desire t.
condone the crimes of the McNamaras
1t Joins in the satisfaction that the
majesty of the law has been main
tained and the culprits commensurate
ly punished for their crime"
/ The statement says, however. in. tht
following breath: 'And yet it is al
awful commentary upon existing con
ditions when any one man among al
the millions of workers can bring him
self to the frame Of mind that th'
only means to secure justice for labol
is in violence, outrage and murder.
While not defending the crime Of tht
McNamaras, the committee denounced
the kidnapping" Of the McNamaras
who, they say, "were arrested in Rus
sian style, not American" In th'
| method of arrest they find high hand
ed irregularity and tyrannical lawless
ness" and w. ]. Burns, the detective
is severely criticised.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-12-08
EMPEROR DELAYED:
RAIL CHIEF A SUICIDE

Victoria, B. c., Dec. s.-Giving his
life as atoneInent because the emperor
of Japan was forced to spend an hour
delayed in a common waiting room,
Moji Rhijiro Shimidzu, train superin-
tendent, threw himself under train,
according to adyices brought by the
AVA Maru. Shimidzu was in charge
of arrangements for the emperor's S
journey from Kyushu, where he wit.
messed big army maneuvers, and the
imperial train was delayed as a re
suit of the derailment due to a mis-.
placed switch. Shimidzu left a letter
saying he considered 1t his duty to
give his life to pay for the emperor's
embarrassment. The emperor was
much distressed when the incident
was reported to him.