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Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-26
WESTERLY BOY SCOUTS ALERT
Plan Moving Pictures Demonstrate Scouts Actyy-Ca- Smith Engagement Announced-Record Christmas Mail Handled Expeditiously.

friends at Christ1nas and, of course the letter carriers.
 Donald CottreIl, senior at Har- yard is at his home in Westerly for the holiday vacation.
 William Sloan. student at the Mass achusetts School of Technology. IS at his home in Westerly.
 Miss Laura F. Mcintyre. teacher in the West terly High school is at her home in Portland, Maine
 Henry Bradfoot, teacher of sciences at the high school in Merriam. Mass, is with his parents in Westerly for the holidays.
 Walter Flynn. son Of Councilman Maurice ". Flynn, who is studying at the Albany Law school, is home for the holidays.
 Insofar as went street appearance and general happenings Christmas was very like unto the ordinary Sunday of the quietest kind.
 Westerly merchants say that their Christmas trade was fully up to the standard and their receipts are not in- dicative of hard times.
 Louis W. Arnold, IT,, son of Sem ator Arnold. law student at the New York university, is at his home in High street for the holidays.
 Miss Rachel Burdlck. daughter of Rev. Clayton A. Burdick, of the Paw catuck Seventh day Baptist churclas is home on vacation from Alfred univer- sity.
 Raymond Hiscoz, student at the New York university, is spending Christmas vacation at the home of his parents, MT. and Mrs. Gurdon His COX.
 The Christmas services in the Epis- copal and Catholic churches were largely attended. Liberal contributions Inaculate Conception and St. AIichaeIs s church for the support of the pastors. Postmaster Charles J. Butler is en- ants in their really efficient work at Christmas time, when more mail mat ter was quickly handled than ever before. The postmaster made personal delivery of parcel post matter during Thursday afternoon. Mir and Mrs. John T Carr, of East avenue announce the engagement of their daughter, Mary Helen Carr, to Farquhar Smith, the marriage to take place at an early date. MT. Smith Is manager of the Reuter- retail flower store Miss Carr is bookkeeper at the | office of the Westerly Light and Power company.
 Rev. John M. Collins, pastor of the Second Baptist church, North Storing ton. will preach at the morning service attend Sunday school at o'clock and assist in the distribution of Christmas nresents to the children. He will preach at White Rock at o'clock in the afternoon and at Cla<Hville, Paw catuck, Sunday evening.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-26

The Westerly troop of Boy Scouts is among the most active in Rhode Island and just at present the mem bers are arranging for a pubic exhib1- ton of moving pictures which will DOT try the usefulness of the scouts in the worlds activities. They will meet at headquarters Monday evening and listen to talk by pr. Edwin R Lewis on birds and their protection in the winter. Arrangements will also be completed for the endurance hike that is planned for Tuesday. The older boys. accompanied by Scout Master Wye and Assistant Scout Masters RoS- CTS and Fowler. will start on an endur- ance hike of about thirty miles. They will start from headquarters at eight o'clock Tuesday nlorning and walk down the Shore road to the Old Indian church in Charlestown, then to Wood River Junction and home by way of Alton, Burdickyille and Bradford.
 The scouts who do not participate in the endurance hike will go out for the day, under the leadership of Scout Master Utter and Assistant Scout Master Burdick, fully prepared for the the days outing and to do their cook ing. The boys will be instructed in features Of Scoutdom that will be for their personal benefit and for the good of others in an emergency.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-26
IMPRESSIVE MIXTURE OF
 WAR AND RELIGION
Witnessed by an Associated Press Correspondent, at Furnes, Flanders.

Furnes. West Flanders, Thursday, Dec. 24, via London, Dec. 25.-Whiie waiting for an automobile to take him to the battle front, correspondent of The Associated Press entered at dawn today the church of St Nicholas. the great clock in the beIfry of which lowered above the historic square il, Furnes. Instead of the small group of villagers that he expected to firid listening to the Christmas masses, he saw 1000 soldier cyclists bivouacled on the floor.
 Around the dirnIy lighted altar !n the apse, a pathetic family group was gathered about the coffin of a small child. While the clergy .intoned. the funeral mass at the side of the church a special mass for soldiers was being ce' ebrated with rows of undiscovered men fro mthe trenches kneeling before the altar.
 Down the. center of the church a long row of bicycles were stacked, some of the owners of which busied themselves in repairing their battered machines. Most of the men in the church. however, slept, huddled for warmth in a thin layer of straw coV- ering the stone Tagging of the floor. apparently undisturbed by the sonor- ous notes of the great organ which now pealed through the church A few soldies had procured their morn ing ratfons and they ate their break lasts of black bread oblivious of their unusual surroundings.
 The scene was almost overpower- ing'y impressive in its mixture of war and religion and yet their existence side by side in this region where re- ligion in the historic. past has been So intimately connected with war, did not seem incongruous- The great tapers at the altars provided the oaken doors and the ancient gargoyles on the open beams were lost in obscurity. One al- tar was decorated for Christmas with it's images of the stable of Bethlehem arranged about it and here the young CT Belgian soldiers gathered in rev. erent groups while a priest chanted g Christmas mass "of peace on earth good will to men,
 Priests came and went, townspeO. pie hurried to early mass and ther away to their work, while the ex- hausted soldiers slept on. Now and then a nom n-commissioned officer woL'd arouse a few men and they would slip quietly away with theil bicycles, one one of those expedition: which for daring has made the cyclist corps the most famous section of ths Belgian army.
 As the rising sun drove the deeI shadows fro mthe church the roar oi German guns beginning an attack or l Nieuport awoke the sleepers and the great church became an animated | scene of military activity. The re ligious services, however, went on aS before
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-26

Rome, Dec. 20-A company of Ital- ian sailors today occupied Avlona, a seaport of Albania, on the Adriatic sea.
 Recent despatches from Athens, by way of Paris, said that anarchy reign ed at Avlona and that the region around the Albania seaport was a prey to civil war. Partisan sof Renal Bey last month forced the government to haul down the Turkish flag and hoist the Albanian colors. Essad Pasha, the commander n-chief of the Turkish forces in Albania, then sent 500 sol diers to Avlona and they disarned the inhabitants and restored the Turkish flag.
 Italian naval forces occupied Avlona on Oct 26, but the expedition was in the nature of a relief and sanitary or ganization which purposed to aid the large population which had taken refuge in the city to escape the perse- cutions of the insurgents. Everythirz was done by the Italian government to remove from the expedition anything savoring of political or territorial occu- patton. Pains were taken to show that the steps taken by Italy were merely for the purpose Of seeing that the decision Of the London conference creating an autonomous Albania was carried out.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-26
DONOVAN CONTESTS ELECTION OF HILL.
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Washington and the other filed with
 the secretary of state in Hartford.
 These statements are sworn to by
 MT. Wheeler as political agent for
 MT. Hill. It is alleged that the state ment filed in Washington is not a complete one; that many of the items
 of expense in the statement filed at
 Hartford were illegally made under the law.
 Alleged Illegal Use of Funds.
 It is claimed that the payment of
 $34S25 by Wheeler as political agent,
 to himself as treasurer of the repub- lican congressional committee for the fourth district. was illegal; that the
 appointment of Wheeler. a personal friend. as his political agent, was a means taken by MT. Hill to evade the
 law in regard to securing contributions and making of disbursements. It is
 claimed that various disbursements
 reaching $6,465 to two committees of
 the district were collectively and in-
 dividually unlawful and were in vto- lation of the corrupt practices act of 1909.
 Claims Statement of Expenses Defec-
 The payment by Wheeler to J. H. Roraback, chairman of the republican state central committee of $1,000, is alleged to have been wrong and that it twas made with Hills knowledge and approval in violation of the same act of the legislature" Another claim is that Wheeler's statement of cleo tion receipts and expenses is defective in that it fails to disclose names of persons receiving money and the pur- poses of such payments.
 Acted in Dual Capacity. Another paragraph sets forth that
 Wheeler in the dual capacity of politi- cal agent and treasurer of a commit tee paid out S9,67S.94 to aid Hill in his candidacy, a sum which is gross ly in excess of the amount candidates
 for congress shall by law expend.
 Charges Statement Filed Was incorrect It is further alleged that the state l ment filed by Wheeler is incorrect and misleading, that 1t is insufficient and does not specifically describe all ex- penditures and that 1t was filed in
 manner by Wheeler to evade the stat | utes. It is claimed that money was l improperly collected and money was improperly used to influence the cleo 1 tion in the fourth district; that much | of the money contributed came from | private corporations through persons acting in behalf of corporations and l for the benefit of those corporations, i that corporations in other states and other districts were contributors and that some contributions were from
 persons not citizens of the United l States, such contributions being in vio- 1 lation of the law.
 MT. Hill received his copy of the | complaint in his mail delivered on Christmas eve. As he had set aside
 political and business matters to enoy | to the full the oys of the holiday Mr. Hill had no comment to make.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-26
MILITARY CHRISTMAS
 IN GREAT BRITAIN Everywhere Men in Khaki and Blue Were Objects of Admiration.

London, Dec. 25, 645 p. m.-Christ- mas of 1914 will long be remerr cred in Great Britain as a military Christ mas Everywhere throughout the is land men in khaki and in blue were the object of attention and admiration.
 There was a great decrease in the customary railway crowds of civilia~ $ visiting their homes for family re- unions, but almost the usual number of trains were running. The cars were filled with soldiers and sailors talk ing a brief leave to visit their fam lilies and all were travelling on free rasses. Many thousands of volunteers from the training camps and con siderable contingent from the continent and the fleet had two or three days whole country seemed to swarm with uniforms
 London Full of Soldiers.
 London particularly was full of sol diers. Conspicuous among them were several thousand Canadians from Sal isbury Plains. Christmas in London is Sabbath-ike because all the the atres are closed and the hotels and public houses keep Sunday hours. The few hours of daylight. however. were almost bright, which is a rare phe- nomena in an English winter and the soldiers and sailors appeared to find amusement in tramping the streets and the parks from the fashionable West End to the suburbs.
 Family parties taking an afternoon stroll, generally had youth in l1hak' or blue as the central object, escorted by admiring relatives. inner in the large hotels was notable for the pres | enCe of the military and an unusual feature was the presence of men in non -commis ssioned uniforms, even pri- yates mingling with officers. Troops Loaded with Presents. All ranks of the troops at the front
 and in the home camps were loaded down with presents. Princess Mary's fund for Christmas gifts amounted to nearly SS00.000, while there were nu- I merous funds for tobacco, buildings and other luxuries raised by news papers and societies
 German Military Prisoners Remem-
 bered.
 Even the German military prison CTS and civilians in the concentration camps had Christmas trees and gifts | from home and from wealthy Germans
 in England. The German Young Mems | Christian association and the English | Quakers devoted special care to the 1 prisoners
 Christmas Dinner for BeIaians. Hundreds of British and Belgian wounded in the hospitals were the re- l cipients of many attentions. Three
 thousand Belgian refugees in the earls | court exhibition buildings were given | Christmas dinner and at night a huge | Christmas tree was presented to them | by Lord Salisbury. Twenty-Five hum l dred of them in Alexandria Palace | had similar celebration.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-26

Sodo1n school closed Thursday af- ternoon for ten days vacation. The following programme was given by the pupils:
 Shepherds Watched Their Flock by Christmas. Annie Honaicz; A Christ mas Carol, Percy Robinson; 0 Little Town of Bethlehem, Olive Ladd; On Santa Claus, Alfred Brown and Vim cent Perlzowslzy; solo. Old Santa Claus Claude Robinson: Colonial Christmas es, John k. McHaIe: As Joseph Was A-Walking Frances Perkowsky; If You're Good. Vincent Perkowsky; Jest Fore Christmas. George Kripps; 4 Christmas Eve Thought. Felix Per kowsky: Christmas Carols. Catherine Murphy: solo, Christmas Bells John I2. ArcHale: Kris Kringle, Joseph Per- kowsky; The Christmas Tree. Hazel Miner. Leroy Miner and Alexander Honnicz: Christmas at Mir. Wardle's, Claude Robinson: The Fire Tree, Marion Wickwire; The Night After Christmas; solo, Christmas Has Come, George Kripps: The Golden Cobwebs, Percy Robinson: The Modern Santa Claus, Ernest Sherman: December, Fred Ladd and Olive Ladd; Christmas at F'ezziwig's Warehouse, Catherine Murphy; White Stars of Christmas Shine, Alexander Perkowslky: The Chr1Stn1aS Story. frances PerkOWSky; Who Is It? John R. McHale. Jr.
 Then Santa Claus arrived with big pack on his back and distributed pres ents to every child. A huge Christmas tree gaily decorated by the children and laden with presents was unloaded by Claude Robinson, who distributed calendars and match scratchers to the twenty guests present.
 Some of the guests provided candy canes, candy baskets lollipops Christ mas candy, fancy cakes and handker- chiefs for the children. who thought it was the best Christmas they had ever enjoyed.
 Holiday Guests.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Lamoine spent Christmas day with Mrs. Lamoine's s parents. MT. and Mrs. B. Smith of Norwich.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Brown and sons Alfred and Leslie, and Mrs. M. Holt, spent Christmas with MT. Browns parents, MT. and Mrs. N. $. Brown of Norwich.
 James Rennie is spending the holi- days with relatives in DanieIson.
 Albert Brissette of HolIiston is spending ten days in town, the guest Of his parents, MT. and Mrs. John Brissette.
 Mir. and Mrs. C. S. ArcHale and cl1iI- dren Eileen, Dorothy and Christopher. of South Manchester. spent Christmas with the Misses AIcHaIe of Oakland avenue.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-26
STRUCK WHILE HURTING
 TO CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES
Auto Hit by Train-one Man Killed
 and Four Injured.

Cincinnati, Ohio. Dec. 25.-While they were hurrying home in order to participate in the Christmas festivi- ties tonight. an automobile in which four persons were riding was struck by the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day ton Indianapolis Flyer" at the Cole rain avenue crossing. The machine was tossed against the house of the station master, killing him and injur- ing all of the occupants of the car, two of them fatally.
 The dead:
 William Geisman, 4S.
 The injured:
 Daniel Gall, S9, compound fracture of the skull, will die.
 Charles Klein, 1e. skull fractured, will die.
 Stanley Gall, 32. brother. fracture of the leg and internal injuries. serious.
 John E. Klein 5S, broken leg, not serious.
 The man killed and those injured are local residents.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-26
siIk Manufaeturer sufeIdes.

New York, Dec. 25.-Louis Katzman, a silk manufacturer, 5S years old committed suicide in the bedroom of his home in an upper West Side apart ment house tonight by shooting him. self in the head with a revolver. Just before the shooting Katzman had been talking with his wife and a number of friends in the parlor of his home. Relatives said Katzman had suffered from cancer and had undergone sev- eral operations.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-26

roll P. Staples: gate keeper. Charles H. Strong; Ceres. Miss Alice Mahoney; Pomona, Miss Nellie Gray; Flora, Miss Mir aie Scotland; lady assistant stew ard, Miss Nettie Symmes: member of executive committee for three years, Myron R. tAbel
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-26
COLCHESTER

At the meeting of Colchester grange officers for the ensuing year were elect ed as follows:
 Master, Frank H. Browning; over seer, Clayton G. Miller lecturer, R. A. Storrs: steward, Frank E. Foote; as sistant steward, Dr. F. c. Young: chaplain, James R. Dutton; treasurer Miss Belle L. Strong; secretary, Car
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-26
Roundhouse and Engines Ruined.

Duluth, Minn., Dec. 25.-Two IocU- motives were disabled, four of them destroyed and the Duluth roundhouse of the Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific railroad here was wrecked by fire to- day The loss is estimated at s15o,- 900.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-26
$500, GOO Fire at Calumet, Mich.

Calumet, Mich, Dec. 25.-Destrlc- ton of the stamp mill of the Isle Ro- val Copper Mining company by fire early today will not cause suspension of mining, it was stated today. The rock will be sent to the Centennial mill, this city. The loss Is close to $Soo.o0o. The origin of the fire is un- known.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-26
SPECIAL TO WOMEN
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A soluble Antiseptic Powder to be dissolved in water
 ae needed
as needed.

As medicinal antiseptic for douches in treating catarrh, inflammation or ulceration of nose, throat and that caused by feminine ills it has no equal For ten years the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Go. has recommended PaxtinR in their private correspondence with women, which proves its superiority. it is worth its weight in gold At druggists. soc, large box. or by mail The Paxton Toilet Co.,. Boston. Mass.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-26

Local Laeonics. On account Of Christmas there was no session in Westerly Of the Third district court.
 Even the police were remembered by
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-26
CONDEMNED CREEK
 NOT NAVAL ATTACHE
A Petty Officer Who is Acting As an
 Attaches Orderly.

London. Dec. 25, 6.1o p. m.-ReGter's correspondence at Athens transmits an announcement made there today that the Greek who was sentenced to death by a court martial in Constan- tiuopIe is not the naval attache of the Greek legation, but is a petty naval officer who is acting as the attaches orderly.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-26

Fire Damage to Steel Plant s1oo, 900.
 Pittsurgh., Dec. 25.-F'ire originating in an electric motor today damaged the plant of the Superior Steel com pany at Carnegie, a suburb, $1o0,oo0
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-26

An Athens despatch on December 1T said that a Greek naval officer at- tached to the Greek legation at Con- stantinople has been condemned to death on the charge of spying, par ticularly in connection with the de- parture of steamships from Constan- tinople. The Greek minister of Tur- key demanded taht the condemned man be turned over to the Greek le- gation.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-26

The superdreadnougat California" to be built at New York navy yard, will be the first American battleship to be driven by electric motors.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-26
YANTTC

Kris KrineIe, with Pack Of Toys, Vis- its School at Close of Term Thurs day.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-26
ITALIAN SAILORS HAVE
 OCCUPIED ALBANIAN SEAPORT, Avlona, on the Adriatic Sea, Where
 Anarchy Has Reisned.

Rome, Dec. 25.-A company of Ital- ian sailors today occupied Avlona, a seaport of Albania, on the Adriatic
Norwich bulletin., 1914-12-26

THERE In no adxertiHlnw medium fin Eastern Connecticut equal to The BuI- ettn for business results.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-27

campaign toward Mexico City, even if
the conference were arranged. San
Luis Potosi, it was understood, would
be the Constitutionalists' next goal,
with the investment of Aguascalientes
in sight.
Press dispatches from the south in
dicated that Carranzas instructions to
his agents bearing on the proposed
conference might reach Washington
to-day. The Constitutionalist leader
was in Monterey, where he had been
enthusiastically acclaimed.
Officials Silent
Administration officials were silent
on suggestions that they would con-
tlnue to bring their influence to bear
on the Constitutionalists for settlement
of the Mexican problem by diplomacy.
1t was said the United States might
withhold promises of recognition if
further fighting in the southern repub-
lie were not averted and terms ar
ranged for the restoration of peace.
Amazing details of the fighting at
Zacatecas, in which Villa triumphed
against apparently heavy odds. were
widely discussed here to-day. There
was much speculation over the effect
that the Zacatecas victory might have
on attempts to bring representatives
of the warning factions together.
While in some quarters it was held
that the Constitutionalists would be
satisfied with their showing and be
willing to enter mediation, elsewhere
ii was suggested that results of the
fighting might make the revolutionary
leaders even more eager to take the
capital of the republic by conquest.
IT was recognized, however, that the
point would be settled only by word
which was awaited from Carranza.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-27
Mas Discusses Defense
of San Luis Potosi
BY Associated Press

Mexico City, June 27.-General
Joaquin Mas, commander of the
government troops at San Luis Potosi,
arrived here yesterday to confer with
President Hureta and Minister of War
Banquet on plans of defending San
Luis Potosi against the Constitution
alists.
General Luis Medina Barron and
the remnant of his troops, who evacu-
ated Zacatecas. arrived safely at
Aguascalientes yesterday.
Minister of War Banquet said it
was untrue that the Federal garrison
at Cuernavaca was bottled up, by Con-
sttutionalists. He added that Gen.
eral Ojeda, who left the capital a
few days ago with a strong column,
was expected to arrive at Cuernavaca
at any moment to assist in repulsing
Constitutionalists who had been at
tacking the town.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-06-27
y. S. Auto Company Sues
Rebels For Money Due
on Armored Automobile
By Associated Press

can automobile company instituted
suit against "the Constitutionalist
party, army or government of Mex
leo" to-day in local court. The sum
alleged to be due on armored auto
mobiles purchased by the Mexican
Constitutionalists is demanded.
The automobile which was used in
the battle of Torreon was purchased
by one of General Villas officials. it is
alleged. At the time of the insti-
tuition of the suit the funds of the
revolution on deposit in a bank here
were held by Carranza pending a dis,
position Of the suit.
General CarranZa is named in the
suit as we'll as three of Villas military
and civil officials.