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Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-23
CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
 FORMED AT MAck's MILL
Descendants of Old Families Came
 Together There on Sunday.

There was held in the old burial ground at Mack's Mill in Mantle on Sunday veritable religious service in that the people came together to honor their fathers and mothers.
 The old families. to a great extent, have dwindled or disappeared and the greater part of their ancient holdings are absorbed in the Morton F. Plant estate or the Yale school of engineer ing; but the gathering on Sunday was for the purpose of keeping green their memory and honOring their graves.
 The moving spirit in this undertak- ing was Mrs Lydia Beckwith of New London. She offered a generous fund for the purpose if others would con tribute as they could. The response to this offer was as hearty as could be asked. Under the shady maple trees a group of about 20 persons organized as the Mack's Mill Burial Ground as- sociation, elected officers, planned the work necessary to a. restoration of the ground to an orderly condition and for its perpetual care.
 A working bee was arranged for at which the men would relay the wall and clean the surface of brush and weeds, while the woman would pro- vide a good luncheon. A committee was appointed to raise money for put and plans made for investing and safe guarding Mrs. Beckwfth's gift as a permanent fund. It is hoped that be- sides money for present use, someone will be glad to join her and increase the amount of the fund
 | Time was when Macl<'s Mf1l with | its twin community, Westinghouse Hill was considerably ahead of either Mi antic or Flanders in wealth, popula- ton and culture. As their names show | they enjoyed the two prime necessi- ties of earlier times, mill and meet inghouse, besides store and saw mill
 They had school of music, too; not mental music under the capable in-
 struction of Major Banning. From the boys, custom of walking home be- hind the girls. rather than beside them. wlnistling to show some spark of courage. came the derisive name oi
 titled farms, too. schoolhouse full
 of children. and 8 community of that
 fine old Puritan stock which the his torian, Bancroft. says was never sur.
 passed in the world.
 1 As early as 1878 one James Huntley took up the great section known as
 Huntley Hollow, and here his numer.
 ous descendants lived for generations 1 In 1875 Joshua Powers bought o; Edward Powers for 40 pounds sterling
 "one certain grist mill called Powers
 mill. that Is standing and being nea,
 South Lyme in Chesterfield society, i
 being the same mill that William Ro. Hand built" From this section wen
 mary of the pioneers who migrated
 to the new lands in New Hampshir'
 and Ohio, and tte names that appea'
 in the old burial ground--Gee. Mack
 CTS. watrous--are the same that ar,
 common in Marlow, N. IL, and New Lyme, Ohio.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-23


 -s2 Mrs. s. Diamond, of woodstock ave- nue. has just arrived home from Lem- burg, Austria, not far from the Rus sian frontier in the heart of the war belt. Mrs. Diamond stated Tuesday that words could not describe the hor- health but it was plain from her man. ner that she was more or less un- nerved by her trying experiences and could do little but exclaim. Tt was terrible, terrible. I cant begin to describe it to you-
 lives in New York, left last July to visit relatives in Austria and Russia. The latter they didn't see, although they were within an eight hours trip from their home The voyage across was uneventful, and they arrived at their destination. Brody. Austria, their first stop with relatives. They re- mained there. for two weeks.
 First Heard of War.
 The first they heard of war was in Brody where 1t was learned that the Russians had begun to mobilize. Im- mediately people began to leave the town, scattering in all directions. Mrs. Diamond and her sister left for Lem berg and the following day the Rus sian soldiers entered Brody and the town was practically destroyed.
 Their first experience in Lemberg was not out of the ordinary. but along about the second week a feeling of unrest and uneasiness grew and grew Food prices took jump and meat and butter became luxuries not often seen upon the table. Potatoes were deemed a fine dish and it was ar event to have them, as the men had left for the front and the potatoes were left for women and children tc dig.
 Near the end of the fourth week the town was closed up tight and money moved from the bank The inhabitants were told they could do as they pleased but were advised to flee. Mrs. Dia. mond and her sister decided to leave They had already communicated witt the American consul at Vienna ana were informed that all possible would be done for American citizens.
 The ladies went to the railroad sta
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-23

tion at 10 o'clock in the morning. Here they began to realize the horrors of the war. Trainload after trainload of wounded soldiers came in. Young fellows with arms or legs gone, heads
 bandaged, and the dying were all about. The fleeing people were in a stampede at the station and women
 and children were trampled under foot. Many of the women carried small chil- dren on their backs, making a sort of hammock with sheets. Supplied with a loaf ofs bread and a bottle of water, these frantic people were striving. to get away: whither they were going they did not know, nor ,care; they were obsessed with the idea of get 1 ting away.
 Stood for AS Hours.
 It was 8 o'clock in the evening when the train came in and again there was l a stampede. It was the survival of the fittest, the weak going down un- der foot. Mrs. Diamond and her sis ter managed to get aboard All had to stand. that more could be taken.
 The two ladies got crowded into a l toilet and here they stood for 48 hours with no nourishment except an .oc- casional glass of water that they were able to buy at five cents per glass. The train proceeded slowly and often stopped. If wounded soldiers were met en route. some of the passengers were forced to get off to make room for them. No lights were lighted during the two nights on the road,
 children were crying. as were many
 of their elders; all were frightened
 and the groans of some wounded sol diers added to the horrible situation
 When Vienanna was finally reached
 Mrs. Diamond and her sister were in
 an exhausted condition.
 Americans Forwarded.
 | In vienanna at the Imperial hotel a committee was at hand to look out for Americans. None had money to
 any great extent, but tickets were fur
 nished to Berlin. At Berlin another
 committee furnished tickets to Rot (terdam and from there to London and thence to Liverpool the Journey con jtinued. Crowds were here waiting fol passage. Mrs. Diamond and her sis ter got passage on the Megantic tC Montreal. No lights were lighted or lship board and all portholes were tcloSed. The ship took a northern lroute and at one time encountered z field of ieebergs, 1s in number. ana the passengers became greatly alarm. ed and talk of a petition to have the lcaptain stay on the bridge all nigh land to proceed slowly prevailed among lthe passengers, but did not material
 ize.
 I Butter $1 Pound.
 As at Brody, so at Lemberg, tn, 't day after Mrs. Diamond left the Rus
 sians entered the city, Firing hat
 been heard the day before, but tn } troops were not seen. Bread was 5
 cents loaf, butter a dollar a pount
 land cheap cuts of meat sold for q
 cents pound. "But I am home saf
 and sound. thank God" said Mrs. Dia
 imond. land it all seems like horribl dream. I could not get to my rela tives at Kieve over the Russian borde although it was only eight hours ava,
 and I know nothing of my relative in the war-infested country. I am s glad to be home and 1t all seems s
 see it all as I saw 1t and I don
 think you'd want to-
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-23
MoosuP MAN BRINGS
 SUIT FOR sso,ooc
John Miller Lost Leg in Railroad Aeci- dent Near Station
Especial to The BuIletin.l

VOPSOIdI IO
 Providence, R. l., Sept. 22.-Johp
 Miller of Moosup entered suit for $30,-
 900 against the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad company yes
 terday in the superior court. claiming that he was hit by a locomotive at
 the crossing near the Moosup railroad station April 22, 1913 and permanent ly injured. The plaintiff says that he was walking as he approached the tracks and looked in both directions without seeing or hsaring the ap- preaching locomotive.f He alleges that the engine was going at great speed
 and that his left leg was crushed and had to be amputated.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-23
PUTNAM
,(icontinued from Page six)

Ssetts, also of Wellesley college. At s16 years of age she taught in coun- Strv district school After her graduia-
 tion from Wellesley. she was offered Ia position in the Arms academy. She taught successfully for four years in sthe Putnam High school. Her work
 as a teacher was thorough, conscien- @tious and efficient. " Mrs Barber carefully considers all sides of a question and while tolerant
 of and receptive to the ideas of. others,
 having once formed her opinion will
 stand firmly by her conviction of what c is right
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-23
Lodged in JalI.

Bernard GonsaIves of this city was taken into custody on Monday by Dep- uty Sheriff George H. Stanton on a body warrant and was lodged at the 5eil in this city. In a case fin which 1ie was defendant in the common pleas court he had agreed to pay s2 weekly for the support of a child, and 1t was charged that for some tirne he had not been keeping this agreement,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-23
Game Hsre by Auto.

MT. and Mrs George F. Bemis and son Perley, of Chesham, and James here in their touring car by way of Springfield. Hartford and Willimantic to visit Mrs. Bemis' brother. Horace W. Smith, at the home of Edwin R. Smith on West Pearl street. They noted the large fields of tobacco, onions and tomatoes and the beautiful seen cry from Mt Tom and other places on the way.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-23
APPOINTED TO sToRRs. Professer and Assistant Professor of
 Poultry Hashnndry.

The state civil service commission
 has been notified by President Beach of the Connecticut Agricultural ooI- lege at Storrs that David p, Warner of the state college of Pennsylvania, and Leslie B. Card of Ithaca, V. Yn have been appointed professor and as- try husbandry at the experiment. sta ton of the college. These appointees
 were taken from the eligible list oerti- fed to by the civil service contmis- sion
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-23
Norwich Amatsur Press Club,

The first meeting Of the Norwich Amateur Press club was called to or der at 8 o'clock at the residence of Prsstdent o, Benjamin Morgan iR the ehair, The treasurer's report showed that the club was in 8 good fHaHeial condition and plans were Haads fer the eeMing year.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-23
Committee to Condemn Lend.

At Hartford Monday Judge Joseph E Futile ef the superior court named F. Miller of Avon and Owen are Ha- vens of Rocky Hill te condemn lands owned by E. A, Richards of Canton and Stephen H, Dowd and Elizabeth wanted by the board of water com missiepers for the Nepaug reservoir
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-23

High school has arranged for a dining tent at Hyde park the three days of the Rockville fair. The proceeds will be added to their Washington trip fund.
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-23
0. Albert Thompson to Exhibit Paint.
 inrs

G. Albert Thompson, & former di- rector Of the Norwich Art school, is to have an exhibit of his sketches and studies from Thursday to Tues day next. in Mystic, where he has been painting for several years,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-23

6avhreok-Tile Sunday trains ea the Valley branch from Hartford to Fen. wick and return made the last trip of the season Sunday night, with heavy train of raSsenRers-
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-23
Road Contract Awarded.

The following contract has been awarded by the state highway oom- missleners Town of Norwich. for 6,650 linear feet of trap rock resurfacing to William B. WILCOX of Norwich for s5,e7o,
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-23
WOhIEN'S FALL SUITS AND COATS

Smart Fall Suits display in a wonderful variety in both Women's and Mssess sizes While we neglect the better grades You should showing of Suits at $2750 to S3500 Particular attention is given to Suits for large ;xvomen-sizes 39 to 47 bust
 The nsw Coats for Women and Misses more at- tractve than before The materials Baby Lanb Piush crushed Plush Bayadere, Arabian Lamb Zbernes and Stylish Mixtuss-pries range $7.50 to $35.OO
 Our showing of Women's Serge Dresses, includes previous showing The satin and serge combination is particularly astraetveprice range $65o, $750, $9ss and up to $17.50
Norwich bulletin., 1914-09-23
HOME FROM AUSTRIA.

Mrs. s. Diamond unnerved by Hor- ribIe Sights and Hardships of War Relt-Flisht from Prussian Frontier Described.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-29
Proposed Decrease in Salary.
of Mayor and City Counsel
Is Likely to Be Dropped

That the proposed plan to decrease
the salaries of the mayor ana city
counsel after January ] mas peen
dropped by the Republicans was the
animation given at the finance COM
1nittee meeting of the Common Couh-
ell last night by Alderman Charies
w. Littlefield, leader of the minority
When the question of raising the sal
aries of the thirty City Han employees
was taken up by the committee, Al
German Littlefeld opposed the plan,
money is tight" he said. we
eborld nroceed with caution Some
of those asking for an increase are
deserving, but others 1 woulo not
yo,ch for The incoming admlnistra-
tion will play fair with everyone anu
if raises are needed l am sure 'heS
viii be forthcoming. Mn,
After these remarks John r heiily'
chairman of the finance COMMITTEE
asked Mr. Littlefield how the hepupIl-
cans could grant increases III saia az,
when the pay of the mayor anu CITY
council was to be reduced.
MIR. Littleheld said: wen, we 70
thinking about asking the mayor 70
lower his salary, and we dld tahe
stems to bring it about, but | guess
a is all" He did not finish tne
sentence, but exclaimed II salary IN
creases are needed those deserVihs
will receive them.
other rumors dropped by the re
nuhlican aldermen seem to SHOW tha'
Inc matter has been finally dropped
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-29
OCEAN FREIGHT
RATES CALLED
UNREASONABLE
Redfield and McAdoo, in Report
to Senate, Charge Figures
Are Exorbitant.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 29.--Increases
in ocean freight rates since the be-
ginning OF the European war are
characterized as having been In many
cases unreasonable and exorbitant,"
notwithstanding the extraordinary
conditions, by Secretary Redfield and
Secretary McAdoo in a preliminary
report on shipping conditions sub
mitted today to the Senate.
The report declares that in ship
ping circles generally 1t is estimated
that 30 per cent. of the ships have
been eliminated Through the tying
up of the German and Austrian
marine and through the commander
ing of such large part of the British
marine by the admiralty. On account
of the large purchases of war sup
plies and the great profits which can
be derived from shipments to Euro
pean ports, there has been a CORE
spending increase in the demand for
ships for cargo purposes. The in
eyitable result has been a steady in
crease in steamship rates.
The increased rates, the report says,
| have in many casese been speculative,
and the larger increases have been to
| European and Mediterranean ports.
| The general level of rates to South
| America, South Africa and the Far
East, the report declares, has re-
manned fairly consistent" with the
exception of surtax of rs per cent. to
South America and 20 per cent. to
| South Africa.
A more complex report will be made
| later.
| THE only remedy for the presenl
| situation" the report says, lis to in
crease the available tonnage in order
| that the increasing demand for cargo
space can be partially satisfied"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-29
"SEvEN SISTERS"
ACT IS INVOKED
Contractors Defense to Be
Heard in U. S. District Court
on January II.

The firm of O'Gara & Mcclure,
Inc. contractors. at 127 Frelinghuy-
sen avenue, has invoked the aid OF
the "Seven Sisters" act in a suit over
the price of bricks, commenced by
the Metropolitan Paving Brick Com
many. of Canton, o. On October 70
1913, the Metropolitan Company, 1t Is
claimed, contracted to deliver &c.,
900 bricks to the O'Gara & Mcclure
firm, In South. Amboy, at $50 per
1000
The bricks were deliverd, 1t Is sal9
and q. bill for S27,74S was submitted,
SIS, 900 for the bricks and the o pa
for freight. The firm paid 81 ,2S9 ano
tendered n check for S251.70 to hqui-
date the balance. The offer was re-
fused by the Metropolitan Company
on the ground that an unpaid balance
of Sc. 459 remained, and not the SZol'"
acknowledged by the contractors.
suit was brought for the balance
claimed in the United States Distrlc'
Court and yesterday Judge Relistat
anpointed January IL as the day Wner
he would hear the contractors de-
Tense.
Through counsel, O'Gara & Nc.
CURE, Inc, assert that brick was sole
them by the Metropolitan Company
to be delivered in Newark at the rate
of s2s per 1000, and that the price foi
the South Amboy consignment was
agreed to because of the representa-
ton that the freight rate was differ
ent. The same rate exists between
Newark and Canton and South Am
boy and Canton, the firm declares
and to impose an additional charge
on the claim of increased cost Of
haul is in fact a discrimination Of
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-29
CLIQUE FIGHTING
PRINCIPAL WIENER


South Side and East Side High schools
also are conducted in manner that
shows the school authorities here rec
ognize that different types of young
: people need different types OF teach
ing to prepare them for life work.
Other praiseworthy features of the
schools mentioned in the report are
the fact that all four. high school
buildings are modern and adequate IN
architecture and equipment and are
favorably located geographically.
Despite these attributes of the
Newark high schools, though, the
Public Welfare Committee takes oc-
easion to find fault with what 1t calls
a lack of harmony in the high
schools. The report of the committee
suggests the schools are working
more or less at cross purposes. NO
attempt is made to define the cause
of this lack of harmony, but the
Board of Education Is urged to lay
out a definite policy of actual CO.
operation which will be vigorous
enough quickly to nullify such dis
cord as now exists"
Also the committee asserts that
although an admirable amount Oh
freedom is permitted the teachers and
principals in laying out their course
of study, there Is no way OF ascer-
tanning from a central source the re-
suits of the experiments that are
made.
The committee also recommends
that copies of reports of the work OF
high schools in other cities be dis
tributed freely among the principals
end teachers for their guidance.
Another suggestion Is that way
be devised to make new students In
the high schools more at home after
leaving the elementary schools. AT
present, the report says, the pup is
feel strange, and take considerable
time to accustom themselves to the
high school environment.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-29
UNDERTAKEN IS
HELD AS FORGER
Frank Hoops Is Accused in Con-
nection With Death of
Baby.

Frank Hoops, of 561 Market street,
is being held in 81 900 bail today by
the prosecutors office on a charge OF
forgery. In the warrant issued for
Koops's arrest it was alleged that he
had forged the name of Harry L,
Huelsenbeck, an undertaken and al
derman-elect, of 3e9 South Tenth
street, on a death certificate, which
was issued for the funeral of an in.
FAINT. 1t developed today that Hoops
did not sign Huelsenbeck's name to
the certificate, but that Ira B. Young,
an assistant of Huelsenbeck's had
made the signature, having been
given permission by Huelsenbec.i to
use his name when he desired
Hoops was arrested last night by
Plainclothesman John Miller, of the
Third precinct, on a warrant charR-
ing him with forging the name of
Huelsenbeck on the death certificate
of Ellinie Van SICKLE, of IA Fillmore
street.
Hoops, ii is commended, off1ciated as
undertaken at the funeral, and it was
thought he had forged Huelsenbeck' s
name because his own license as a
practicing undertaken had been re-
voked following his conviction in
1909.
Hoops was arraigned before Judge
Hahn in the Third Precinct Court
this morning and held in $4,000 bail.
Assistant Prosecutor Mott reduced
the bail to $1,000 after hearing the
story told by Young and Huelsen-
beck. 1t was said that Hoops would
probably be bailed out late this after
noon.
According to the story told by
Hoops, and confirmed by Young, the
father of the Van SICKLE girl came
to Hoops and asked him to take
charge of the funeral. Hoops noti-
fed Young, who prepared the body
for burial. The only part Hoops
took in the matter was in making
the arrangements for burying the
body.
Young, who has an undertaking es-
Enlistment at 1850 Clinton avenue
Irvington, and who often does work
for Huelsenbeck, he claims, signed
Huelsenbeck's name to the death
certificate, according to his own ad-
mission. Huelsenbeck admitted that
he had given Young permission TO
use his name in signing death GER
tificates.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-29
Wilson Expects Entire
Legislative Program to
Pass at This Session

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2s.-President
Wilson expects his legislative pro-
gram, consisting of the shipping bill,
the Philippine bill. the conservation
bills and the appropriation bills, to be
passed during the present session of
Congress, and without an extra ses-
sion. He told callers today that
other proposed legislation had been
met with predictions that 1t would
be impossible to pass.
The Pres dent said he expected the
income of the government to exceed
the expenditures during the present
fiscal year, and that he was doing
everything possible TO bring apout
that result. He said he was taking
no personal part in the fight over the
immigration bill in the Senate, but
added 1t was well known that he was
opposed to the iteracy test.