Norwich bulletin., 1913-12-18
But James DaVern Failed to Come
 Back to Waiting Child.

That comment about a thing being as easy as taking candy from child was subjected to a slight revision and put into practice by a man who re- lieVed the g year old daughter of MT. and Mrs. Charles AIdrich of Providence nesday afternoon while the little girl was going to a store with the bill to get it changed. Noticing the child passing along the street with the money in her hand, the fellow ap- preached and asked where she was go- ing. Her truthful reply was that she was going to get the money changed for her papa. Learning this the man offered to take the money and get it changed. He got the bill, but failed to come back, so the matter was re- ported to the police. Acting on some information that came to him, Cap tain Murray arrested James DaVern early in the afternoon and locked him up at the police station. The captain also has complaint that Davern got a quarter from man who is on the black list to buy liquor for the fellow, but Davern did not deliver the goods. The case against Davern will be dis posed of in the city court this morn ing.
 Officers of Cornerstone Lodge.
 Cornerstone lodge. No. s122, A. F, and A. M, of North Grosvenordale, / has elected the following officers: W. M, Edmand $. Backus; s. w. Charles J. Knight; J. w, William Pattison; treasurer, J. B. Tourtelotte; secretary, Fred 0. Stone; $, D., George D. Eos ter; J. D.. Gottfrid Freudenthal; s. S, John 4. Skedgel; J. S., Richard Bar ton; chaplain, Ernest G. Gustavson; marshal, George w Baker; tyler Ed ward H. Stone. The officers are to be installed at the first meeting fin Jam nary
 Earnshaw- MacdougaI Episode of Local
 Interest.
 There was special interest here We'd nesdaN in the stories carried in the New York papers of the day relative to the episode in which Miss Marion occasional visitor and Dr. Geoffrey MacdougaI who is represented as be- ing her fiance and the son of a former governor of the province of Manitoba, are principal figures,
 The gist of the stories is that Miss Earnshaw and Dr. 1Gacdougal were ar rested at the Hotel Aldine in New York, where they were located by Burns detectives, after having been missing since the night of Dec. [, when they slipped out of a LenOX avenue restaurant, where they were dining with Miss Earnshaw's father, their escape being made while MT, Earn shaw stepped into g telephone booth to call his wife. Miss E2arnshaW's s age is given as IS. pr. MacdougaIs as 35, The couple were visitors here last summer.
 According to the newspaper accounts the warrants for the arrest of the couple were issued after a magistrate had heard the story of their slipping away from the restaurant, Miss Earn shaw was held without bail as an in corrigible. while the doctor is held on a charge of abduction and under bonds of g, 500.
 Elmer F Earnshaw. father of the girl who is extremely mOdish and or striking appearance. is the secretary treasurer of big drug concern in New York.
 Extra PuIlmans for Pomfret Students.
 That the students of Pomfret school. many of whom live in New Y ork and cities in that vicinity, might return to their homes in comfort for the Christ mas recess, extra Pullmans were added to the westbound express Wednesday and an additional big locomotive put on the train, that it might be kept up to it's fast running time. Leaving Put nam. the train stretched away to the length of some freights Wednesday morning another train. a special made uD of Pullmans, passed through this city. New YOrk-bound, carrying stu dents from St; Marks school at S0uthboro. Mass, these bows also on their way home for the holidays, New Law Reduces Number of Mar
 riases.
 The number of deaths was high-17 and the number of marriages re- duced in Putnam during November, ac- cording to the figures in the scurrent bulletin of the state board of health, the reversal of averages being due at least in part to the restrictive effects of the new marriage law that became effective Aug. 1, shutting out many couples from other states, for numbers of s1Ich have been in the habit of com-