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Norwich bulletin., 1916-08-21
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Norwich, Monday Aug. 21, 1916.
THE WEATHER.

The winds along the north Atlantic coast will be moderate northeast; 1; middle Atlantic light noEheast, be- coming southwest. Conditions.
 Fair and warm weather continues in the majority of districts. A gen. era1 fall in pressure has set in over northeastern districts and pressure is rising over the western Atlantic. East of the Appalachians fair wea- ther with moderately high tempera- lures will continue Monday and Tues day.
 south New England coast. Wireless reports indicate that a dis turbance is central over the Atlantic about west longitude 71 and north lat itude 37, apparently moving toward New England coast. Caution vessels sailing in those waters until more de- finite advice can be furnished.
 Forecast.
 New England and Eastern New York: Fair Monday and probably on Tuesday; continued warm.
 Observations in Norwich. The following records, reported from Sevin's pharmacy show the changes in temperature and the baro- metric changes Saturday and Sunday: Saturday.
 Ther. Bar. ' a. m. ......... GA 30.24 12 m. so 3O.22 6 p. m. .............. "A 8O.22 Highest 91. lowest 62.
 Sunday
 : a. m. ................ 64 8o.2O 12 m. ............. S5 3O.22 6 p. m. ................,. "A 30.17 Highest 92, lowest 59.
 Comparisons. Predictions for Saturday: Partly cloudy.
 Saturdays weather: Fair Predictions for Sunday: Partly cloudy.
 Sundays weather: Fair.
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The Misses Harrington leave toda, (Monday) for Hartford, after spend, ing @ week with the Misses Hyde O Washington street
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Gueat at Pofnt Rreeze.

Miss Marion Palmer of Vergason avenue was the guest over Sunday of her aunt, Mrs. Shepard Palmer at her summer home on Point Breeze.
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Mrs. Kinney, who is at Crescent Beach for the summer, spent part oi the weekend with her daughter, Mrs William Bottomley of East Town street.
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c. E. Douglas, day dispatcher of the Shore Line Electric Co.,, is on his va cation and his place is being taken by John Kinney
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Elwood G. Thompson from Water. bury came Saturday to visit his. sis- ter, Mrs. Robert G. Staplin of Bliss Place. leaving here for an outing al Noank
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Personals and Notes.

Mrs. John Gleason and daughter, Katherine, have returned to their home on Seventh street after spend ing two weeks at The Wiers, N. H.
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Raymond Ewing of Elm avenue is spending some time at Eastern Point.
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Miss Gladys Hyde of Hampton, Conn.,, spent the weekend as the guest of Mrs. c. H. Standish, Jr., of Prospect street
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H. M. Moore of West Bridgewater, Mass, and MT. Morse's cousin, L. B, callers recently at the home of MT, Thurston B. Barber on Peck's"Corner
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largest Catch of Season.

One of the largest strings of bass caught in the Shetucket river fell to the lot of George w. Weller and F. w. Warrington Friday afternoon. The string consisted of four bass whose total weight was seven pounds. One of the fish weighed over two pounds and measured nearly eighteen inches.
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Patrick F. Bray, End, has returned from two weeks stay at the New National Hotel at Block Island
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Walter and William McCIimon and Alfred Evans have returned from a two weeks camping trip at Mum ford'S cove
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Frank Leonard and John Reardon leave today for a weeks stay at Pleasant View.
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John Gleason of Seventh street is spending two weeks at Pleasant View.
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Miss May Nolan is spending a weeks vacation at Pleasant View.
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Mrs. Charles Parke of Fairfield, Me, is the guest of friends on Washington street.
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Miss Lillian Durr from Fort Point is passing a week vacation at her home on Town street.
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Miss Bessie NJ Grant has returned to her home on the Scotland road af- ter weeks visit with friends in New Haven.
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Joseph Portelance and family are at Pleasant View for the remainder of the season.
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Miss Hattie Thurston of Springfield Mass, was a week end visitor with
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Workmen are engaged in repairing the bridge at the Warner Arms Co.
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TRAVELLERS DIRECTORY

her sister. Miss Ida Thurston of Tow street.
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GREENEVILLE

Six hours after high water it is low tide which is followed by flood tide.
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At the close of the 35th annual tournament of the National Roque as- sociation at the courts on Rockwell street Saturday night Eddie Clark of Sprinfield won the national cham pionship title for 1916, having made a clean sweep with a record of sixteen games won and none lost. Last year Eddie was tied with his brother, Har- old for the honors and in the toss-up Harold won out.
 Second place in the first division this year goes to EX-Champion Harold Clark who lost but three out of six teen games.
 Winning all o fetght games played George Huot of ChiCopee Falls took the championship title in the second division with George L. Hewitt, of Mansfield, second.
 Honors in the third division go to Richard Peale. son of Secretary Ar thur L. PeaIe He lost but one of eight games played. Second honors in this division were won by Dennison CowIes, Brattleboro, who lost two in eight.
 Saturday morning saw a number of games unplayed in the first division. The courts were occupied the greater part of the day and at the close of the days play there were still several players who had not finished. Some were unable to remain and thus for feiued their games to their opponents.
  Saturday in the first division, two in the second and one in the third. Eddie Clark added three more victories to his record by defeating E. W. Robin son, Fenton and his brother, Harold. The latter won four games. defeating Brassill, F. w. Robinson, Webb and Williams. The games played on Sat uTGay were as follows:
 First Division.
 Webb beat Rodman.
 Williams beat StOClIweIl. 1T. Clark beat BrassiIl.
 II. Clark beat E. w. Robinson. F. Clark beat F. w. Robinson. FCss beat StOcIzweu.
 BOsworth beat Fenton.
 Kirk beat Brassill.
 Webb beat Stockweu
 Eenton beat w. L. Robinson ROsworth beat Williams. H. Clark beat Webb.
 Webb beat Brassill
 E. W. Robinson beat FentOn. F. Clark beat Fenton.
 POdman beat w L. Robinson. r. W. Robinson beat Miner. StOckwell beat Miner. Rodn1an beat W. l.. Robinson. F. ". Robinson beat Miner. StOckwell beat Miner.
 tStockwelI beat Williamson. Stockwell beat BOsworth. k. Clark beat H. Clark.
 II. Clark beat Williams. FentOn beat Toss.
 Williams beat F'OSS.
 Second Division. Hewitt beat Willard.
 Hewitt beat Sullivan.
 Third Division. Hopkins beat Pratt.
 The final standing follows:
 First Division.
 W. L. Eddie Clark. Springfield ........16 0 Harold Clark. Springfield ......1S 3 Harold BOsworth, New London Ill 4 'C. G. Williams, Washington, D. Gil 4 IT, C. Kirk, Philadelphia ........ g 4 F. H. Foss, WillimantiC ........11 5 IT. T. Webb. Westchester, Pa. 8 6 ". C. Rodman, Philadelphia .... 8 8 L. I-l A-c.,.- -srL, E
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The grass on Lowthorpe Meadows is cut and ready for harvesting.
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A large number of local people took advantage of the good weather Sun day for an outing to Watch Hill.
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TAFTVILLE

Trapshooting Club Elects Officers Old Fashioned Danoe-Outing at Wildwood Park - Personals and Notes.
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Mr and Mrs. Allan Bogle are visit ing with MT. and Mrs. William BrierIy of New Bedford.
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Noted Here and There.

Katydids were heard Friday evening uptown.
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Ernest Pollard of Hartford is at his home here for a few days.
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Plans for the dedication of the new Sacred Heart church have been com pleted and will take place next Sun day
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Miss Florence Weller has returned to her home after spending two weeks vacation at Block Island.
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Hector Catcher of New London spent the weekend with his parents here.
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Thomas Greenwood, James Hanlon, Leon and Archie Mueller attended the Jewett City-Bear Cat game at Jewett City, Sunday.
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Lee Heap and daughters. Ruth and Elsie spent Sunday at Block Island.
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Sun, Moon and Tides,
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Saturday night saw the players de- parting for home and at o'clock there were but three or four on the grounds. The players before leaving expressed over the success of this years tournament and nearly all ex- pect to return here next August for tha 1q17 tOurneY
The day book., 1916-12-11

HOBO COLLEGE GIVES STOCK
YARDS WAGES THE LAUGH
Health Com. J. Dill Robertson got
a new loOk-in on stockyards wages
when he spoke at International Hobo
college last nightD of the packers
blaming lack of labor for dirty streets
in packing district.
"They say they are willing to pay
So and 81 a day for laborers, - was as
far as the speaker got.
After the worIingman had their
laugh they told the commissioner
they got % cents an hour when they
worked for the packers.
The day book., 1916-12-11
HATEs PUBLICITY, So DROPs sun

This Chicago vaudeville artist won
considerable fame by fling suit
against Arnold Zumstein, wealthy
Detroit real estate operator, for $685.
900 for breach of promise, immedi-
ately after the girl Zumstein married
was arrested in TeTre Haute on a
bigamy charge, because she under
stood wrongly that her first marriage
had been annUlled.
Now Miss Wohlford has asked to
have her suit withdrawn.
Under the shock I acted hastily" /"
she says. 81 thing too much of 'Zum-
my to sue, and besides, I dislike pub
Hcity!" F~
The day book., 1916-12-11

M. O.. Walsh lectures tonight on
the American labor movement from
colonial times to the present" The
Knights of Labor, the American Fed
Grafton of Labor, Industrial Workers
Of the World andN Socialist party will
all come in for the analytical search
light from Walsh.
Geo. W.>WateTman, attorney, lee
lures Tuesday night on Common
Law" Mary 0'Reilly will lecture
Wednesday night on "How to Use
the English Language"
Nine autos stolen yesterday.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-03-16

would be three socialist speakers here
in April, who would appear at the
Majestic Theatre on the first, second
and third Sunday of the month at
three o'clock in the afternoon. The
speakers will be George Kirkpatrick,
Ray Walker and Emil Siedel, the lat
ter an ex-mayor of Milwaukee. The
public is invited.
Director Scholtz, of the State farm
markets bureau, made brief talk
showing benefits derived from the es-
tablishment of the public market in
Boise. He claimed the farmers had
received many extra thousand of good
dollars for produce by the establish
ment of the market, while the con-
sumers have saved from s.. 500 to So
GOO on meat alone. There has been
sold are the market 10000 pounds
of meats during the winter, and the
price of meats had been forced down
and the local markets even cut the
prices on market days. He stated
the farmers are asking for the union
/ label and otherwise assisting organ
lied labor and labor should stand by
! them.
A communication was read from the
B. &. L. Textile company, of Cohoes,
New York. advising that Mcleod &
Johnson. of Boise, were handling their
line of label underwear.
The Boise Commercial club ack-
nowledged receipt of the letter from
the council urging united effort upon
the part of our citizens of home in
dustries. and pledging cooperation.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-03-16
TO HOLD CONVENTION
A. +. Of |. to Organize State Federation in
Boise, Monday, March 20

Monday, March goth, will be a red
letter day in the history of the labor
movement in Idaho. On that day
there is to be organized in Boise the
State Federation of Labor and repre-
sentatives will be here from all the
labor centers of the commonwealth,
including delegates from Wallace,
Lewiston, Twin Falls and Pocatello.
There will be mass meeting in the
evening at Moose Hall, corner of Ida
no and Sixth Streets to which all
union members in the city are invited
and urged to attend.A union card
will secure admission and the call to
order will be promptly at o'clock.
Bring your wives, sisters ana sweat
hearts with you.
There will be musical program
speeches and banquet all to conclude
with grand ball.
This meeting should be the most
successful and largest attended of any
labor convention ever held in Idaho.
and every union member of Boise
should cooperate to this end and to
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-03-16

give the visiting delegates such a
glorious time that it will recall pleas
ant memories as long as life may last.
c. Q. Young, the national organic
er OF the A. F. of L., for the Inter-
mountain district including the State
of Idaho will be present and will have
charge of the proceedings. Mr..
Young has an established reputation
as speaker on economic questions
and those who attend may antici-
pate genuinely instructive and in
teresting treat from him.
The occasion will mark a new era
in the onward progress of the labor
movement in Idaho. With a State
Federation there can be more GER
tain harmonious action by all the
forces of labor and a wide awake and
up-to-date propaganda in the field of
Legislation, municipal and State, for
the advancement of all those meas
ures of vital interest to labor and
which now appeal to every enlighten-
ed thinker and well-wisher of the
race
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-03-16

Writers for the labor and progress
sive press of this country have long
known that there is an advertising
blacklist.
Henry B. Joy, President OF the
Packard Motor Car Company, has let
the cat out of the bag.
The anti-union boss raises howl
when the union endeavors to bring
him to time and tries to force him to
give fair treatment to his employees.
Certain employers are wise enough
to treat with the union because they
know that union members are the
most proficient workmen.
The labor union, in return, endeav-
ors to have its members patronize
this employer.
When the labor union asks its mem
bers to be fair to the union employer
it also asks them to be fair to the
non-unon employer that is to refuse
to patronize him and to tell others
not to do so.
The non-union boss sorely feels this
power.
He calls it blacklist, though he is
at all times ready to blacklist-to tell
other employers not to employ men
and women who are true to the prin-
ciples Of unionism.
He goes farther: he wants an adj
vertising blacklist
Joy declares that business men
should not advertise in publications
which "are advocating uusound eco
nomic doctrines and impossible theo-
ries which, if adopted, would lead in
evitably to slaekened industry and
decreased opportunities for labor"
/ Every labor publication would be
considered an advocate of unsount
doctrines by Hennery Joy.
Every liskspittle sheet which viii
fled the working class movement anC
every forward step made by the peo
pie would be considered "a construc
tive medium"
/ Firms, at least, which cater direct
liy to the needs Of the masses know
, that there is another side to this ques
tion Of advertising.
Firms Need Labor's Patronage
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-03-16
AT TRADES COUNCIL MEETING

The regular meeting of the Boise
Trades and Labor council was held
Wednesday evening in Labor hall,
with a good attendance and the prin-
ciple topic of discussion was the pro-
gram for the organization of the State
Federation of Labor on March 2Oth
in this city
A letter was read from c. o. Young.
district organizer, and dated at
Cheyenne, Wyoming, stating he
would eudeavor to be in Boise on
Saturday March 18th, to assist in the
arrangements for the State Fedora
ton convention.
The street car men offer a trip
around the city or plunge at the Nat.
for the visiting delegates.
The convention will probably last
several days and will be closed with
smoker On Monday the proceed
ings will start at Moose hall, with a
muscial program and speeches, a sup
per and dance, to which all union
members are invited.
In the report on conditions in the
various trades there was an optimistic
note. which shows times are getting
better The printers are busy; tailor:
report more work; stouecutters vel
employed; musicians report busines:
good; printing pressmen find times
fair; book binders also report con
ditions fair: carmen. conditions good
and the grange members report thei
busy season opening with
look
A. II. Dalgren announced Their
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-03-16
By JUDGE HENRY NEIL, Father
of the Mothers Pension System.

Two hundred years ago in Eng
land it was the law that children con-
victed of stealing should suffer the
death penalty.
At that time there were no free
public schools or public schools OF
any kind. All schools were privately
operated for profit.
The cost to the parents of send
ing their children to those private
schools Conducted for profiD was
so large that men who worked for
the ordinary wages of that time were
not able to send their children to
school at all.
Most of these children grew up IL
literate, but thousands of them were
caught stealing and many were hanged
till dead
1t was discovered that children who
we're educated did not steal and get
hanged An agitation was started to
school all children at public expense.
This was bitterly opposed for longer
than 100 years.
In 1920 in the city of Philadelphia,
the city of brotherly love, the home
Of the liberty bell, some public spirit
ed citizens attempted to organize a
meeting to promote the idea of free
public school. to be supported by gen
cral taxation. They were set upon
by the police beaten thrown into
prison. called anarchists and undesir-
able citizens.
Some property owners said it was
confisication to tax one mans prop
erty to educate another mans chill
dren. They said that each man should
pay the schooling Of his own children
or their children should go unschooled
and that it would pauperize parents to
educate fheir children at public ex-
pense.
People who opposed this idea OF
free public schools said, that if parents
who were poor were relieved of pay.
ing for the schooling of their owr
children. and relieved of this respon
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-03-16
MOTHERS PENSIONS
AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS

sibility, these parents would become
lazy and shiftless.
Last year in the United States over
seven hundred and fifty million dol
lars, raised by general taxation. was
spent on free public schools, and the
taxpayers are prouder of and more
satisfied with this expenditure of pub
lie money than with any other.
Previous to 1911 in the several
States, it was the law that mothers
who were too poor to provide for
their own children had their children
taken away from them by the Ju-
venle Courts and sent to institutions.
which institutions were supported by
general taxation.
Tens of thousands of children were
separated from their mothers in this
way in the United States during the
years from 1898 to 1911
In 1911 the State of Illinois enacted
the first statewide Mothers Pension
law, which law authorized the pay
ment of sufficient" money to moth
ers of dependent children to enable
these mothers to take care of their
own children in their own homes
this money to be collected by gen
eral taxation.
Twenty-six States now have this
law and this year more than twelve
million dollars will be paid to those
mothers under this stystem.
This is known as the Mothers
Pension System for abolishing child
poverty For FIVE years have been
making and am still continuing tc
make nationwide campaign to ex-
tend this Mothers Pension System
into every State in the Union and
to expand its provisions so that II
will abolish child poverty in the same
way that free public schools have
abolished illiteracy. During the year
1915 I crossed the continent six times
from ocean to ocean and campaigned
in every large dity in the United
States. I propose that the Mothers
Pension System and the Free Public
School System be combined. They
are one in principle and should be one
in administration.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-03-16
ABOUT THE DAY BROTHERS
OF NORTH IDAHO

The Day brothers, of North Idaho,
to whom the writer is in no way re-
lated either by birth or acquaintances,
seem to be of the right sort of Dem
ocrats and their great wealth seems
not to have effected their genuine
spirit of Democracy. A mans Amer
icanism is not measured by his accu-
mutations and the possession OF
wealth by a genuine Democrat is
something that may be an asset for
the public good, as witness the case
of Henry Ford. This is not a boost
for the Days in any sense as the writ
er is not in any way acquainted with
them and has never seen or convers-
ed with them. But was much im-
pressed with their sort of politics as
played before the state central COM
mittee in the fight for a preferential
primary. endorsed by the Baltimore
platform and in full operation in
many state where progressive Dem
ocracy is the strongest I am not
making any attack upon the integrity
OF the state committees attitude to-
ward the primary because there may
be reasons why it will not be practi-
cal to put into operation but the rea-
son offered that the Days will buy
up all delegates and elect themselves
to offices wanted by them is too thin
to receive moments consideration.
This was simply a plausible excuse
offered by enemies of the Days III
want of more consistent one. That
sort of Democracy which fears the
reople smacks more of Republican
ism in the Eastern states than it does
progressive Democracy and the re-
suIt is generally incompetence in Of
fee and subserviency to forces which
work against the public welfare. VIZ
have the positive proof in the various
states that where government is clos
| er to the people it is both more eff,
cient and less expensive than in thos,
states where legislatures are in pos
! tion to defy or disregard the people,
: wishes. This is not an untried the
E CRY but proven fact which I will
: submit later regarding taxation rate
: md various other improvements il
e Oklahoma, Oregon and other state
: where direct legislation is in full op
t Grafton.
e But the same idea applies in appli
c cation to national offices and one c
: the surest ways of making a begin
n ming in getting honest service is t
J. put men in office who edo not nee
e the money"
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1916-03-16
JOY AGAINST LABOR PRESS

They know that without the work
ers and their hard-earned dollars no
manufacturer, no merchant, no one
who has anything to sell, could exist.
They know that the refusal on the
part of the workers to patronize them
would mean bankruptcy.
Cne might paraphrase the heading
Of Joys article and say, support the
u:t chant who supports you"
Carried to its logical conclusion.
this would mean that the worker
would partronize only those places
which employ union labor, sell union
goods and advertise in his own press.
An ever-growing number of mer-
chants and manufacturers are coming
to see that labor means business.
They see further in the distance
than Henry B. Joy
They want the patronage OF the
workers and they advertise in the
workers press
Support the press that support:
you" is a good motto.
Every worker should also ponder
over it.
He should support his OWN press
not the press Of Henry B. Joy.-De-
troit Labor Press.