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Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-15
RECREATION CLUB
PLANS GROUP GAMES.
Series to Be Played Between Four
Teams for Six Weeks.

A series Of group games has been
arranged for the weekly meetings of
the Ladies' Health and Recreation club
by the club director. o. H. Nickerson,
and the first of the games will take
place at the meeting this wednesday,
evening The members are to be di-
vided into four teams, to be known as
the Red Sox, Blue Sox, No. 1 team
and No. 2 team, and each team will
choose a captain. There will be two
group games each Wednesday evening
ers six weeks as follows:
Dec. 15-Red Sox VS., Blue Sox, 8
Indian club relay; No. l team VS.. No.
team. basketball hustle overhead.
Dec 22-No. 1 team VS.. No. 2 team,
8 Indian club relay; Red Sox VS.. Blue
Sox, basketball hustle overhead.
Dec 29-Blue Sox VS.. No. l team,
medicine ball race; No. 2 team VS.. Red
Sox, wand relay.
Jan. 5-No. 2 team VS.. Red sox,
medicine ball race; No. l team VS..
Blue Sox, wand relay.
Jan. 12-Blue Sox VS.. No. team,
standing broad jump; Red Sox VS.. No.
1 team, running high jump.
Jan. 19-No. 1 team VS.. Red Sox,
standing broad jump; No. team VS..
Blue Sox, running high jump.
A Meriden paper, in its statistics on
permanent street paving, has Norwich
/ nthe list for $1.75 a square yard, in
elusive Of excavation, claiming Meri-
den averages $1.25, not including the
excaVating.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-15
3. p. Bishop Will Describe Trip.

At the meeting Of the Mems club Of
Park Congregational church Friday
evening B. P. Bishop will tell the
members of his recent trip across the
continent to California. where he at
tended the Panama exposition. His
trip took him not only to the EXPOSE
ton, but also to the Yellowstone Park
country, where he had a number of
interesting experiences. Refreshments
will conclude the evening.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-15

cially as the former owners were will
ing to take a large block of the new
stock. On the first of December he
assumed command, having previously
secured a contract from the Reading
railroad to build six seagoing coal
barges, the construction of which IS
now going on as rapidly as the timber
and the men can be gotten together.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-15
Passes Dental Examinations.

DR.. John F. O'ConnelI of SO Roath
street has successfully passed the Con-
necticut state board of dentistry ex-
aminations. He is now in Springfield,
having passed the assachusetts ex-
aminationS also.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-15
Invited to Bridgeport.

epublicans in this part of the state
have received invitations to the din
ner which is to be given by the
Bridgeport Republican club in that
city Thursday night in honor OF John
T. King.
Norwich bulletin., 1915-12-15

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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-09-16
Off For Washington D. c.
Department of Tenn. Grand Army of the Republic
Extracts from Gen. Orders Etc.

The Forty-Ninth National Encamp-
ment of the Grand Army of the Re-
public will be held in Washington, D.
c., beginning Monday. Sept. 81, 1915.
Headquarters for the Department
G. A. r., w. r. C. and Daughters of
Veterans-will be at the METRCPOL-
ITAN HOTEL, Pennsylvania Avenue,
N. W., between Sixth and Seventh
Streets.
The National G. A. r. Camp, in En-
DRY Building, is situated in the block
bounded by B and C streets and First
and Second streets, four blocks east
from Metropolitan Hotel.
A meeting of the representatives
and all who are entitled to seats and
votes in the National Encampment
from this Department will be held at
Hotel Headquarters on Tuesday, Sep
TENDER 2Sth, at o'clock p. m. All
Comrades are requested to register
at Department Headquarters ard re-
ceive badges.
Comrade James Turner, Post %,
has been appointed Flag Bearer for
the parade September 29th.
Comrade o. r. Goan, Post 1O6, has
been appointed to carry Tennessee
Banner in parade, September 10Th.
The following named comrades who
are entitled to seats and votes in the
National Encampment, will call at
Department Headquarters Tuesday,
Sept. 2S, at 8 p. NJ, and receive
badge: Commander T. NJ. Under
wood; Senior Vice Commander w. r..
Mitchell; Junior Vice Commander
VIM. E. Rhasness; Assistant Adjutant
General and Quartermaster General
B. F. Rashar; Delegate-at-Large I. b.
Ziegler; Representatives H. A. Moo
dy Chas. Matthews and F. NJ. Fes-
sender; Alternates-at-Large, j. r.
Kennedy, John C. Warwick, o. r.
French and D. H. Belcher.
PAST DEPARTMENT COMMAND
ERS--Wm. Rule, A. H. Pettibone. A..
j.. Galagan, w. f. f. Milburn, w. H.
Nelson, H. Crumbliss, NJ. NJ. Harris.
T. A. Hamilton. W. w. French. John
Y. Wilder, w. A. McTeer, S. w. Tin
dell, d. Minor Stewart, Ignaz FAM,
/ c. Fl. Flournoy. A. NJ. Gamble, W. d.
Atch!2y, d. d. Nicholas. National
Council of Administration: Newton
Hacker.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-09-16
Southern Railway
Grand Army Train

Leaves. Sept. 25. Rate.
Memphis-7:45 p. m. -................$2S,25
Corinth-10:23 p. m. .................. 1926
Leaves. Sept. 26. Rate.
Decatur-l:10 a. m. ..-..,..,...........
Steyenson-3:35 p. m. ................
Chattanooga-10:45 a. m. ..........$l9.35
Athens 1926 p. m. -...............-.. 1866
Lenoir City-1;39 p. m. ..,........... 1870
Knoxville: p. m. ................. 1900
Morristown-3:45 p. IN. .............. 14.75
Greeneville-4:49 p. m. ............... 1870
JOHNSON CITY, $3.50 p. m..$14.30
MEMBERS MOUNTAIN BRANCH
SOLDIERS HOME ..............-.$ sos
All to arrive at Washington at 1880
a. M, Monday, Sept. 9th.
Dates of sale of tickets-Sept. 25th,
26th and 9th; limited to return until
October 18th.
RESERVATIONS in Sleeping Cars
should be made at an early date by
applying to ticket agents.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-09-16
Important

All who have not made provision
for quarters while in Washington
will do well to do so at once by APP
plying to DIR. w. 0. WETMORE, Cap
ital City Sanitarium Hotel, Fifteenth
Street and Ohio Avenue, N. W., with
whom negotiations have been made
for members of the Home and others.
The Hotel is in the heart Of the city
one-half square from the Treasury
Experimentation story brick build
ing, fire escapes. hot and cold water,
baths and toilets ON every floor, with
elevator. Everything new. Rates
One dollar and seventy-five cents per
day per person lodging and meals).
Lodging alone, one dollar per day;
meals to order, twenty-five and thir-
ty-fve cents. Write or telegraph at
once and send deposit to secure ac-
commodations. According to all ac-
counts. accommodations will be in
great demand -more so than at any
other Encampment of the G. A. r.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-09-16

sell or donate the grounds and build,
ings Of the University of Dixie loca'
ted in Cookeville, Putnam County
Tennessee, for school purposes, pro-
vided, the debts owing by said Uni.
versity are paid and settled.
Be it further enacted, that all laws
or parts of laws in conflict with this
Act be and the same are hereby re-
pealed and that this Act take effect
from and after its passage, the pub
lie welfare requiring it.
Passed May II, 1915.
ALBERT E. HILL,
Speaker of the Senate.
VIM. P. COOPER,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
Approved May II, 1915.
TOM C. RYE, Gov.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-09-16
CHAPTER NO. 1856.
Senate Bill No. 1920.
(By Mr.. Worley.)

(By Mr.. Worley)
AN ACT to repeal sections 3, and
of chapter 1873 of the Acts of 1871,
entitled an Act to prescribe the
terms and modes of admission OF
patients into the Tennessee Hos
pital for the insane" and carried
into Shannon's Code at section 2618
and sub-sections l to 3 inclusive.
Section /. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Tennessee, that sections 8, and S,
chapter 1873, of the Acts of 1871, enti-
tied "An Act to prescribe the terms
and modes of admission of patients
into the Tennessee Hospital for the
Insane" and carried into Shannon's
Code at section 2618, and sub-sec-
tions 1 to 8 inclusive, be and the
same are hereby repealed.
Passed May Is, 1915.
ALBERT E. HILL,
Speaker of the Senate.
VIM. P. COOPER,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
Approved May II, 1915.
TOM C. RYE, Gov.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-09-16

that publication issue for said non
resident defendant, requiring him to
appear before the Judge of our Law
Court at the court house in Johnson
City, on or before the third Monday
in October next and make defense to
said petition, or the allegations there
of will be taken as confessed and the
cause set for hearing ex parte as to
him.
1t is further ordered that This pub
lication be made in The Comet, a
newspaper published in Johnson City,
Tennessee, and be inserted for four
consecutive weeks.
j. L. Hilbert, Clerk.
By ]. Stanley Barlow, D. C.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-09-16
CHAPTER NO. 1877.
House Bill No. 1891.

House Bill No. 1891.
(By Mr.. Miller of Lauderdale.)
AN ACT to extend the time from the
first Monday in June to the frs,
Monday in July in which the trus-
tees of the various counties of the
State shall advertise and sell the
real estate ON which the taxes for
1914 have not been paid.
Whereas, by an Act passed March
oath, 1915, and approved by the Gov
ernor on the LIST of April, 1915, this
General Assembly extended the time
of payment of taxes for the year 1914
from the LIST of March to the 1st of
May, 1915. And whereas, no extern
sion was made by said act within
which the real estate upon which the
taxes remained unpaid after the LIST
of May should be advertised and sold.
Therefore, be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Tennessee, that the trustees of the
various counties in the state are Civ
en- an extension of time from the Is
Monday in June to the first Monday
in July to sell the real estate upon
which the taxes remained unpaid for
the year 1914 as provided by law.
Section 2. Be it further enacted
that this act take effect from and af-
ter its passage, the public welfare re-
quiring it.
Passed May H. 1915.
VIM. P. COOPER,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
ALBERT E. HILL,
Speaker of the Senate.
Approved May II, 1915.
TOM C. RYE,
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-09-16
STkTE LAWS.
(ConHnued From Last Week.
CHAPTER NO. 1853.
Senate Bill No. 1896
(By Mr.. Ingam.)

(By Mr.. Ingam.)
AN ACT to create a Criminal Court
for Roane County and to provide
for a Judge and Attorney General
holding said Court.
Section /. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State OF
Tennessee, that a Criminal Court is
hereby created and established for
Roane County, Tennessee, to be
known as the Criminal Court ci
Roane County.
Section 2. Be it further enacted
that said Criminal Court herein es
tablished shall have general common
law and statutory jurisdiction over
all criminal cases arising in said
County of Roane to the same extent
as is now or hereafter may be con-
ferred upon the Circuit and Criminal
Courts of this State under the COM
mon law and statutes,
Section 3. Be it further enacted
that the time for holding of said
Court shall be as follows:
Fourth Monday in April.
Fourth Monday in August.
Fourth Monday in December.
Section 4. Be it further enacted
that the Circuit Court Clerk OF
Roane County, Tennessee, shall be
the Clerk of said Criminal Court and
shall perform the same duties and
receive the same compensation as is
now provided by law.
Section 5. Be it further enacted
that the Attorney General of the
Fourth Judicial Circuit shall per-
form the duties of Attorney General
of the Criminal Court of Roane
County as herein provided.
Section 6. Be it further enacted
that the Judge of the criminal anc
law court for the counties of Han
cock, Claiborne, Scott, Morgan and
Anderson, known as the criminal ano
law court for the Second judicial
Circuit of Tennessee, being House
Bill No. At, Chapter IS, of the Acts
of 1913, of the General Assembly OF
the State of Tennessee, shall hold
said criminal court for Roane county
Tennessee. as herein provided.
Section T. Be it further enacted
that all bonds or recogniZances here
tofore or hereafter taken, or all pro
cesses heretofore or hereafter issued
shall be made returnable under sale
criminal Court at the time fixed by
law for holding said court.
Section s. Be it further enacted
that all Acts in conflict with this Act
be and the same are hereby repealed
Section 8. Be it further enacted
that this Act take effect from and af-
ter its passage, the public welfare re
curing it.
Passed May IL, 1915.
ALBERT e. HILL,
Speaker of the Senate.
VIM. P. COOPER,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
Approved May Is, 1915.
TOM C.. Rye, Gov.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-09-16
W. J. MATTHEWS, NJ. d.
Physician and SurgeC

Phones: Office 29S; Residence. 2OS
Office: No. 255 Main st. Johnson City
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-09-16

CONTINUED Next Week.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-09-16
CHAPTER NO. 154.
Senate Bill No. 1347.
(BY Mr.. Hill.l

AN ACT entitled an Act to empower
the Board of Trustees of the Cen
trail Hospital for the Insane to de-
stroy, expunge or obliterate all rec
ords showing the admission into
the Hospital which have been
placed there by mistake.
Section l. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Tennessee, that the Superintendent
or Board of Trustees of any of the
Hospitals for the Insane established
and maintained by this State, or that
may hereafter be so established or
maintained, be, and they are hereby
authorized, empowered and directed
to destroy expunge or obliterate all
records showing the admission into
the hospitals under their control and
direction of any person who has been
placed in such hospital by mistake,
error or otherwise, where it shall be
ilduC W appear W TIC odIioidCtioh VI
said Superintendent or Board of
Trustees that such person has at all
times been sane and has never been
insane. Provided, however, that said
records shall not be disturbed, or al
tered in any way except at the writ
ten request of said person so COM
mitted, in person or by his duly au-
thorized attorney or agent.
Section 2. Be it further enacted
that all acts or parts Of acts in con-
flict with this Act be and the same
are hereby repealed
Section 3. Be it further enacted
j that this Act take effect from and af'
ter it's passage, the public welfare re-
curing it.
4 Passed May II, 1915.
ALBERT Z. HILL,
Speaker of the Senate.
VIM. P. COOPER,
Speaker OF the House of Representa-
tives.
Approved May II, 1915.
TOM c. RYE, Gov.
CHAPTER NO. 1856.
Senate Bill No. 1898.
(By Mr.. Gore.)
AN ACT to authorize the Board of
Trustees of the University of Dixie
to sell or donate the grounds and
buildings of said University.
Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of the State of Tennessee,
that the Board of Trustees of the Uni
lversity of Dixie, be and they are
hereby authorized and empowered to
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-09-16
TO ". A. KILBY.

In the Law Court at Johnson City,
Washington County. Tenn.-Edith
Kilby VS.. W. A. Kilby:
In this cause it appearing from the
allegations of the petition, which is
sworn to, that the defendant, w. A.
Kilby, is u nonresident of the State
of Tennessee. and cannot be served
with process, it is, therefore, ordered
Evening star., 1915-04-13

porters of and workers for the success
of Mrs. Story's candidacy are the fol-
lowing:
Mrs. George C. Hall, Delaware; Mrs.
George n. Sternberg. District; Mrs.
Mary S. Lockwood, District: Mrs. Julia
c. Burrows, District: Mrs. Edward Or
ton, District; Mrs. J. V. Allen. Ala
bama; Mrs. Winfield Tarbell, Colorado;
Mrs. John L. Buell., Connecticut; Mrs.
Frank Greenawalt, District; Mrs. Glen
vile Frissell. Florida: Mrs. Walter
Glore. Kentucky: Mrs William w.
Wallis, Louisiana: Mrs. Hazen, Yer
mont: Mrs. William McCleary, Missouri:
Mrs. Edward Vanostrand. wisconsin:
Mrs. George o. Jenkins. Massachusetts;
Mrs. George c. Squires. Minnesota: Mrs.
Mark S. Salisbury. Missouri: Mrs.
George w Gebney. New Jersey: Mrs.
Willard Augsburg. New York; Mrs.
Kent Hamilton. Ohio: Mrs c. H Bow
en-. Rhode Island: Mrs. George w. Bax-
ter. Tennessee: Mrs. J. H. Maupin, Vir-
ginia; Mrs. William H. Smith. West
Virginia; Mrs. Henry B. Patten, Wyom-
ing.
Mrs. Story has her headquarters In
the Burlington, is busy with details
of the congress and with plans for
her campaign for reelection. She and
her campaign aids have arranged FOR
number of committee meetings, and
plans are also being whipped into shape
for the proper reception of state dele
cations.
Among the organization leaders who
are aiding in the work of planning the
campaign of Mrs. Guernsey, in addition
to those whose names were made pub
lilo earlier. are Mrs. Matthew T. Scott
Of Illinois, who was Mrs. Story's prede.
cessor as president general, and Mrs
Donald Mclean, who is the head OF the
New York state chapters Of the D. A. r
Evening star., 1915-04-13
After the California Expositions
take a Little Sea Trip

Here's the idea. 90 our 10 California iy
y@y of Denver. Colorado Springs, Pixies
rcak. the Wonderful Royal Gorge and Salt
LAKE Ci'y AL This by daylight and. with
"Gt extra charge, provided you travel
RE Burlington Route &c. p. & Q r. r.,
Which has through service from Chicago and
-. Louis.
After thai 10 California and the E1
--,sitGns and iEen take one o. those Mag
nihceut new Great Northern Pacifc Steam
sAips the finest the Pacirc-from San
Francisco no 70 Portland. oregon. Then.
homeward hound. srop al either Glacier Ma
tional Park or Yellowstone Park-the won
, ders OF the world.
Now VIII you allow me 10 help you plan
tor such trip That's what I m here for.
fon are planning TO spend a sum that en-
titles you to the best scenery in the
West. Give idea OF when you want
10 go, bow long you can stay. ETC.. snd
I VIII plan trip especially fitted 10 your
time and needs-also send you without
charge such pictures, maps and printed de-
-cripdve matter will aid you de-
termine the hest thing 10 do Write call or
telephone. Let help.
YIN. Austin. General Agent Passenger
Dept. e.. X. 4 Q. r. r. Co, $50 Chestnut
ST.. Philadelphia. Advertisement.
Evening star., 1915-04-13
SUSPENDS RIFLE TESTS.
U. S. Army to Await Developments
of the European War.

In the midst of experiments with an
automatic rife, which promised to be
as far in advance of the present army
shoulder piece as that was of the old
Springfield single loader. the army
ordnance department has suspended
operations to await the developments
Of the present war. The gun under
trial is constructed on the lines of the
automatic pistol which the army now
uses. SO that 1t is unnecessary for the
soldier to pull the loading lever or even
to press the trigger for each separate
shot. 1t has been urged. however, that
while that weapon is almost the
impossible to supply the Individual SOL
dier in the trenches with ammunition
to meet it's rapid rate Of consumption.
Evening star., 1915-04-13

child. N o Gould and wife. Mrs F.,
Cossum. E. G. Weakly. J. Singer. Mrs.
lie Perry and children, II. e. kudien-
widt Mrs. H. l.. Beckjord and children.
Miss c. Butterfeld, Mrs. J. W. Conger.
Mrs f Holland. Mrs. C. w. Rosen-
stock and child, +. NJ. Jones. l., l.. Mer-
rill. wife and children. w. Benson, wife
and child Mrs /. Trott A. h. Cober
J. H. Merriam. c. r. Bennett. Mrs. II. e
Reed, J. Florida, F. Warner. Mrs. J. c.
Datty. I. Ward, Mrs. II. f. Marchant
and child. Mrs. f. A. Hitchcock Miss
Hitchcock. L. I.ouvean. L. A. pe Laura,
A. Setback and Miss c. Rhodes
Evening star., 1915-04-13
MINNESOTA PASSENGERS
ARRIVE SAFELY AT KOBE
Taken Off Grounded Ship by the
Oanfe-Germans Are Al
lowed to Land.

KOBE. April 13-There was no panic
on board the steamship Minnesota
when she ran on rock off 1wajima
at the entrance to the inland Sea OF japan
Sunday night, according to passengers
brought here by the steamer Oanfa
The night was calm. but the weather
was thick and foggy.' when grating
sound was felt at S:45 pm. 1t was
found that the vessel had grounded
three miles out of her course.
Some OF tho women aboard became
hysterfcal, but excellent order was
maintained. and many Of the pas
sengers even returned to their berths
upon the assurances of the officers
that there was no danger. The Oanfa.
which the Minnesota previously had
passed. arrived about / am. to render
aid in response to distress signals.
Passengers Transferred.
About one hundred passengers were
transferred to the Oanfa without acci-
dent and arrived at Kobe today
Among them was Mrs. Francis Burton
Harrison. wife of the governor general
of the Philippines. who said they had
suffered little inconvenience as the re-
suit Of the accident. She spoke in the
highest terms of the kindness of the
Oanfa's officers and crew. who placed
the entire vessel at the disposal of the
Minnesota's passengers and did every
thing possible to make them comfort
able. The German governess of the
Harrison children was detained aboard
the Oanfa with two other German pas
sengers because of the war regula-
tion which requires special permits
for Germans to enter japan.
At the request of the American en-
bassy. however, the foreign office has
granted permission for the governess
of the Harrison children to land, and
the other German passengers also will
be permitted to do so IL they desire.
Yakima Standing By.
Fifty steerage passengers still are
aboard the Minnesota. with the va
kumo standing by to give assistance II
it is needed. The persons who were