Norwich bulletin., 1914-06-10
COMPELLED CIRCUS PEOPLE
 TO GIVE PARADE,
Norwich Officials Insisted on Parade lf Afternoon Performance Was to Rs Given.

No parade, no afternoon perform | ance-was the dictum that Mayor T c. Murphy, President James c. Mac- Of Trade, First Selectman A. w. Lil- libridge and Town Counsel Thomas w. Shields issued to the Barnum &
 Bailey corcus management of the
 greatest show on earth Tuesday after
 noon, after an announcement had been 1 made here shortly before noon that there would be no parade of the cir GUS.
 After a session in the tent at the fair grounds, where the circus was tC show, which was not without some exciting moments in it, the circus management capituIated and agreed to give the parade.
 This was necessarily somewhat ab- | breviated because of the lateness of the hour, but it came through the
 streets about 3 o'clock with three bands of music a number of riders on horseback. a dozen camels and q elephants in line, and was seen by big crowds on the streets who had been waiting for it
 Because of the late parade the aft elnoCn performance was also late as il was held up until the parade returned in order not to detract any from the opening grand march of the circus pa geant.
 Norwich has never had such turn out for circus day as appeared on Tuesday when it seemed that all the surrounding towns must have emptied themselves to pour thousands of peo- pie into the streets of the city. When the men named learned that there was to be no parade, they went to the fair grounds in H. F. DawIey's Ia, ,1tn " thav ir1I fch o- phauically to the circus management that the parade must be given or the license to give the afternoon perform ance would be revoked, although the evening show would be permitted. When the Norwich men reached the tent the circus management were not going to allow anybody but Selectm In Ltllibridge and Town Counsel Shields to attend the conference. but the other
 men insisted, and when the may or threatened to call Constable Myer Blumenthal the circus management weakened and allowed all to attend. The Norwich men stated that thelr position was that it was wrong to have the visitors and the city disappointed
 about the parade. which had been ad- vertised, rain or shine, and had been
 the means of bringing many people to the city for all day.
 In the afternoon and evening per-
 fornances the circus had a full tent at
 6aCh ana gave 8 me ana NdTleu per formance up to the Barnum standard
 The trolley company handled the traveiing crowds with about 30 extra
 cars on duty.
 The police department had a full quota of officers on duty Tuesday. There were regular day officers, the night officers and many supernumera- ries. Officer Myron o. Morgan was as- signed as traffic officer at the junction of Main, Broadway and Shetucket streets, while on Franklin square were
 Officers Smith, Jacob Vetter. Charles s. Ebberts, Patrick Murphy, Peter Dombrowski and Charles Perry. Officer Ralph Devito took care of the Thames
 National bank section. Officer John Donovan was at the Merchants Nation al bank section, Officer Thomas Mur-
 phy was with Officer Frank Tender son on West Main street, and Officers Edmund Maloney, R. Cowles, Henry B. Fenton, Patrick Murphy, Charles McFadden and Timothy Driscol1 were doing yeoman service during the rush, Second Sergeant John Kane assisted at the bank corner during the rush hours and had general supervision of all on duty. Officer Michael J. Carroll was on duty. both on his motorcycle