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Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-08

Miss Hope Comstock of Montville is visiting her cousins, MT. and Mrs Fitch l.. Allen, of Town street.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-08

Mrs. < John TDenker has returned. to her home onxWest Town% street after three weeks visit at her former home in New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-08
MYSTIC

WiIco3a- Wheeler Engagement An nounoed--Eve ring of Cards at the Countrys Club -sReoital-Church In- terests.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-08

Mir. and Mrs Joseph Kennedy of New .Llondon have returned after a. few days v1Sftswith Mrs. .Kennedy's sister, Mrs C. M. Welte, of East Town street.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-08
BOUGHT HAT AND SUIT IN WESTERLY Y
Man Killed By Automobile at Apponaug Identified Through Local Purchases-U. S. Engineer Tobn Aiding New Highway Commission-Chief Brown and Two Patrol men to Testify at Somerset.
Local Laeoaies.

this matter, and for .the=best interests
 of the town.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-08

evening theme will be A Nations Pa thetic Cry.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-08

Little Miss Doris Rose of, Wauregan s:visiting her grandparents, Mr; and Mrs. Frank Rose, of Wauwecus Hill.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-08
COLCHESTER
Five Year Old Daughter of Postmas- ter Sullivan Lights Match and is Badly Standardization Was Burned While Trying 10 Save Her-.Boys Club Managers Meet.


 Mildred Sullivanm aged 5. daughter of Postmaster '. J: Sullivan, was se- riOusly burned Thursday afternoon. She was going out to a, swing in the yard and saw a match lying on the ground and drew it across a stone to see if it was a, good one. It flashed up and set her clothing afire. She drew her hat over her face and ran, screaming, to the house Her mother sat by the window, sewing, and hear ing the screams ran out to see what the trouble was and seeing the chiId's clothes af1re, ran to her and threw her apron over the little ones face and stripped off her clothing. Having a quantity of olive oil in the house she poured it over the burns and tele- phOned for a physician. The little one is badly burned about the body was burned about the hands and arms. The chtld's presence Of mind in pulling down her hat saved her life undoubtedly preventing her swallow ing any of the flames and smoke.
 Borough Briefs. Gilbert o. Hall was visitor in Norwich Thursday.
 Samuel Mcdonald has moved his portable sawnill from Salem to large tract of woodland north of the G. D. Harrington of Wi1Iimantio was Q caller here Friday.
 At the Colchester Baptist church on Sunday morning at 1O.45, Rev. B. D. Remington, the pastor. will take as his subject. The Day of the Lords Re- turn and What It Means. Sunday school at 12 noon, Young Peoples Union at 6.15 D rn. Evening praise and worship at 7.3o o'clock. Subject. The Question of the Hour-The Li- censed Saloon.
 Edwin Turner of Bridgeport is a guest at Rev. and Mrs. B. D. Rem tugton's.
 F. H. Bartlett of New Haven was calling on friends here Friday.
 David Carver of Hebron was 8 vis- itor here Friday.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-23
COVtR IS LIFTED FROM TOWN WHICH CLAIMS TITLE OF
'ClEANEST CITY IN AMERICA" AND SCENES OF
lNlQUITY ARE REVEALED
SAY POLICE ARE ENTANGLED IN NET
Charges Are Made hat Officers Are In League With Booegqers
and Keepers of DsorderIy Houses Whom They "Proect
Sergeant of Police Forced Resign Following Raid

Startling revelations Of vice cond-
tions in dry" Topeka, Kansas, which
advocates of prohibition claim is the
Cleanest City in America" were made
recently when women Of social promi-
hence entered the underworld to o.
tain evidence against bootleggers.
In reporting the result of their &C
tivities the Kansas City Post says:
Topeka police power is shaken to it's
very seat. An official shakeup is under
way and was felt first yesterday when
Sergeant Lon Sauls resigned under
pressure. More designations are ex-
pected hourly. And society Of the cap
ital is agog.
For women Of the upper strata-so-
c'c'y--descended into the red light
district and lifted from it the veil Of
secrecy. Living in the confines OF the
restricted district by day and spying
on it's habitues by night, the women
have revealed to the city the vice
which honeycombs the city
With the unmasking came charges
from the officials untouched by the
revelations, that police authorities
have been in league with bootleggers
and keepers Of disorderly houses. 1t is
charge4pSthe police have collected a
egufafSstipend to overlook the sale Of
liquor and conduct Of resorts.
Officials long have known there has
been vice existent in the city, but it
only came to light through occasional
arrests. Then the defendants only
drew light fines or were discharged
for lack Of evidence
Women Start Investigation.
But with the new administration
came a change. And the Purity Squad
was called upO. to aid in cleaning uD
the city. Four wOmen-they are left
unnamed by the league because Of their
high social anding-volunteere for
service. Down in the tenderloin they
went; down where night is day and
sin is business
Many weeks they lived there as hab-
ttues. They laughed as loud as any
and seemed to drink as deeply. Their
light burned as bright and as far into
the night, did those of the society
women gone aspying on the under
world.
And when arrests were made down
in the bottoms" there was evidence
to substantiate the charges. The in
mates soon began to squirm at the
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-23

regularity with which their secret
caches for liquor and private channels
OF trailicking were uncovered But
they couldn't find the leak"
"FroIics" Are Interrupted.
All about them sympathized and
danced gaily to the din of the pianos.
All cursed the impudence of the law,
paid to keep away for the frequency
with which it interrupted the night
time frolics.
The climax arrived. 1t came when
Mary Chesney, one Of the leaders of
the underworld of Topeka, was ar
rested and confronted with a noun
tain of cOnvicting evidence
She was given the alternative OF
paying q. fine and quitting the city, or
serving a term in the penitentiary
She has yet to decide.
'Tis whispered member Of the Pur-
ity Squad lived in her house for sew
eral days.
And the city authorities announce
caustically that the power of the un-
derwOrld has been broken But the
Women-the women Of society who
shattered its grip-still go unnamed
Liquor in Plain View
The Topeka Kas.) Capital in tell
ing Of the revelations says:
Lon Sauls, who resigned last week
as police sergeant, believes that an in
Justice has been done him. Sauls was
the officer in charge of a raid on Mary
Chesney's place the same night that
Kathryn Tassell was raided. He re-
ported nothing doing" at the Chesney
place and did not arrest the woman.
Last week girl who said she was in
the Chesney place at the time Of the
raid, testified in police court against
the woman. She also said that SauIs
made a joke Of the raid; that there
was liquor in the room in plain view
and Sauls failed to see it,
Mayor Jay e. House said:
Before the raid on Chesney's place
which was made on my orders, I had
issued instructions to the police TO
bring IN all suspects, no matter wheth-
er discriminating evidence was found
or not Sergeant Sauls led the raid on
Marys place and came in without her.
The reason the raiding party found no
llquor was because they failed to look
IN the bookcase. In raiding a Joint II.
IS always advisable to inspect the
bookcase"
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-23
HUGHES LABOR RECORD.

When Mr.. Gompers, remembering
only that he is Democrat and forget
tlng That he Is 4 leader Of organized
labor, Vcntured to assert that Mr..
Hughes IS unfriendly to labor because
he concurrcd in the unanimous decf-
sion In the Danbury hnttcrs' case. he
ventured on very thin ice The Chicago
tribune promptly reminds him that an
honest judge must apply the law as he
thinks 1t Is, not as he thinks It ought
to be, and asks him to tell those who
look to him for political advice some
thing about the record OF Mr.. Hughes
as governor Read what the Legislative
Labor News, the official organ Of the
New York Federation Of Labor, said
editorially when Mr.. Hughes left the
governors chair at Albany for his
place on the supreme court Here It Is:
NOW that Governor Hughes has re-
tired from politics and ascended to a
place on the highest Judicial tribunal
In the world, the fact can be acknowl
edged without hurting anybody's polit-
ical corns that he was the greatest
friend OF labor laws that ever occupied
the governors chair at Albany. During
bis two terms he has signed hfty-six
labor laws, including among them the
best labor laws ever enacted In this or
any state.
lie also urged the enactment Of
labor laws in his messages to the legis
lature, even going 50 far as to place
the demand for a labor law In one OF
his messages to an extra session Of the
legislature.
"Only 1872 labor laws have been en-
acted In this state since it's erection In
1777-in 1873 years. One third Of these.
exceeding In quality all Of the others,
nave been enacted and signed during
Governor Hughes term OF three years
and nine months"
Let organized labor take to heart
what the Chicago Tribune says on this
point: "Mr. hughes Is no demagogue
and no visionary. He is q man of cour-
age and conscience, and If labor can.
not confide its cause to his rock bot
tom Amcricanism there is something
wrong with it's e."-Boston Her.
aid.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-23
Telling Tariff Points

Let these telling points on tariff
ana protection in the speech by
Charles Evans Hughes, the Republic
an candidate for President. deliverad
IN the Salt Lake Tabernacle, be fixed
permanently IN your mind and
memory during the remainder of the
campaign:
we are desirous Of having strong
ana sure the foundations of our na-
tlonal greatness in this pursuit Of COM
petltlon among the nations which Is
sure to follow the cessation Of the
present struggle
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-23
BEING A SHERIFF
IS A TOUCH JOB
Anyway, 1t Is In 'Dry" Wash
ington State, Says This
Officer

The following Is from the Anacon.
da (Wash.) Standard:
The job Of being sheriff In any
county in the state Of washington In
not an easy one, according to Sheriff
Barnes OF Walla Walra county, who
is In Butte awaiting developments in
the hunt for ]. w. Wilson
The search and seizure feature of
the Washington law, whereby any per.
son making an affidavit of knowledge
and belief, can force an officer to
search the home Of person sus.
Dected OF having liquor above the at
lotted amount, s disagreeable fea-
ture OF the law, and there Ia no come
back Tor the person whose home Ia
raided, although no liquor may be
found there. Some cases have been
observed in the search and seizura
feature and a Washington man under
suspicion Is liable to be awakened at
9 a. N. and his premises searched,
II any enemy will take the trouble
to swear oat an AFFIDAVIT.
The Washington law allows a given
amount OF liquor to be shipped In
every 20 days On permit, but many
washington people who do not like
to go to the county auditor, who is
referred to now as the county bar
tender, get friends who are not 30
careful about their regulations as
drinkers to get the permits in their
names and then transfer the uouor
to the person who wanted It, but
hesttated to ask for the hermit. SnN)
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-23
LIQUOR IS SMALL
FACTOR IN CRIME
Asserts Prosecuting Attorney
Who Was Elected On
"Dry" Ticket

10 you believe that LIQUOR is the real
cause Of crime? Prohibitionista .x
1t Is; liberal people say it isn't. The
io'io"lng view OF Prosecuting Attor
ney Henry Simms, OF Huntington wv
Fa), VINO was elected on "Drv"
''chel' was expressed to the Hunting.
Ton Herald-Dispatch. West Virginia in
prohibition state:
Liquor cuts a smaller figure In
CRIME than most persons believe. In
e'shly per cent OF criminal cases in
Cabell county, liquor had no connec
tloh' crime has increased since the
Yost prohibition law went info o,oct
,'" 'no ponce and prosecutors offloe
nave had more to do since that time"
Prosecuting Attorney Henry Simms
liaue this statement to the Herald.
Dlspatch, but adjured his interviewer
not TO feel that he was drawing anv
conclusion.
Inc conditions are simply facts.
not deductions," declared Mr. Stmma
lhey stand for what they are
worth"
Mr. Slmms declared that criminals
are born In eighty per cent Of the
cases instead OF being made by enyi.
ronment or other outside causea
lhere should be a remarkable de-
crease IN crime, according to tha
statements Of some persons reeardins
the prohibition situation, but the fact
remains that there is no such reduor
ton"
mere are now eighty-one prisoners
IN county jail, Mr.. Simms stated. Tho
number Is the largest ever confn.d
IN the county bastile. The taII az.
pense for feeding prisoners ia forty
dollars day. or $4,000 per year. No
previous year, Mr.. Simms believas
mas anywhere near equaled this neura.
There have been no liquor crimes'
III huntington for sometime" con,
cluded Mr.. Simms
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-23
MR.. HUGHES ANSWERS.
Those Who CIamored For His Views
Are Hearing Thorn.

Those Who CIamored For His Views
Are Hearing Them.
Those friends Of Democracy who
clamored SO loudly for MrsffIughes
opinions upon current issues while he
still held the high office Of justice OF
the supreme court are now fully an
sWered by the private citizen, '-ho sur
rendered his judicial position to accede
to the wishes of a majority Of the
people as expressed through their In
structions to their delegates to the Re-
publican national convention.
Mr.. Hughes has not disappointed
those who have reposed confidence in
his character and judgment. In his
speech Of acceptance he has clearly set
forth the vital issues upon which the
Republican party proposes to conduct
the campaign this fall On the plat
form he is telling the nation wherein
the present administration has been at
fault and what is necessary to be done
to restore the United States to the
place Of respect and honor to which
1t is entitled in the eyes Of the world.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-23
Captain D. w. Shaffer and Sanuel s
Fulker Form a Partner

Announcement was made this morn
ing that Captain d. W. ShAffer and s.
>. Felker, who has been living for
some time in Parkersburg but has re-
turned, had formed a partnership and
Will engage in the real estate and in
surance business with Offices in the
George A. Kershner builing, 2O3 West
King street.
The gentlemen stated that in ad-
dlt1on TO handling county and city
property they would always have on
sale some desirable property in 9TH
er parts Of the state In the insur-
ance department they will represent
the best fire, life, health and accident
companies, and will be in a position
to write any risk.
Both gentlemen are we'll known in
the city and county and need no in
PRODUCTION.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-23
Il t. + \ f i. i. i! Il /. i. X J. i. !. J. -
EMPTY PHRASES INSTEAD
OF CONCRETE ACTION

+ Not once has President Wilson .
+ squarely placed before tho Amer .
+ lean people the question which .
+ Abraham Lincoln put before tho .
+ American people in 1860, What .
+ ls our duty2 Not once has no /.
+ appealed to moral idealism, to .
+ tho stern enthusiasm of strona .
: men for the right. On the con- .
+ trary, he has employed every .
: evolutionary device to IuII to .
: sleep our sanse Of duty, to mako :
: US oontenestth words instead :
: OF deeds, to mako our moral .
: idealism and enthusiasm evap- .
: crate In empty phrases instead t.
OF being reduced to concrete ac- :
t'on.-From the Speech of Colo L.
: mel Theodore Roosevelt, Deliv- &.
: cred at Lewiston, Me-, in Behalf {.
: OF Charles E. Hughes. i.
" + + 4 4 t: !. + !. Il i. i. !. f. j. >,
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-23
I. i. + j. i. i. + + i. + !. X + !. !. :. .
WOMEN SHOULD BE FOR
CHARLES E. HUGHES,
SAYS ROOSEVELT.

Mr.. Hughes has unequivocauy
+ taken the right position. and as
+ regards all other positions he,
+ and not his opponent, is entitled
: to the support Of both men and :
+ women. and therefore the wom-
+ Ell In the enfranchised states
+ who do not In this election sup
+ port him forfeit the right to say
+ they have done their utmost for
+ their sisters In the non-cnfrnn-
chised states."-From n Letter Of .
+ Theodore Roosevelt to Miss Alice .
Carpenter. .
i. !. i. !. j. j. i. j. j. f. f. j. j. !. !. j.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-23
tsauk City (Minn.) HeraldJ

ISauk City (Minn) Herald.J
For the life Of us we cannot under
stand why the prohibitionists selected
the camel as its totem. It has a dis
position like sour cider; is the only
beast in the animal kingdom, except a
man, that will eat tobacco, drinks
booze by the washtubful and can go
for a month without water.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-23
HIGH LIGHTS OF HUGHES
ADDRESS IN CHICAGO.

+ "As was 100 per cent judge !
+ became 100 per cent Candidate"
+ Tho most serious charge
+ against tho present administra-
+ tion is putting incompetent men
+ into important positions.'
+ 81 propose that when a man
+ goes to represent the American
+ people he shall be looked upon
+ with respect and esteem"
+ Nobody has the right to pay
! political debts with the good
+ name and the honor Of the Unit
+ ed States"
+ :" propose to have no more
= kiss me and l'lI kiss you ap-
: propriations in Congress-"
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-23

President Wilson is now anxious to
have 1T thought that there was no
withdrawal Of troops from Mexico at
the request Of Carranza. Why not 20
one better and declare that we never
had any troops In Mexico to withdra W 2
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-23

1t was stated that the president
would work on his acceptance speech
during his week end trip on the May
flower. Among the salt billows there
should be some inspiration for ringing
sentiments on naval preparedness.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-23
"WORD3 OR DEEDS7"

1f anything in this campaign
is real it is that we are now
facing the question whether we
want words or,whether we want
deeds; whether we want that
which is written and spoken, or
whether we want American ao-
ton in the interests Of the Amor
lcan people, worthy Of the Amer
'oan name, maintaining the
American honor and buttressino
the prosperity of the United
States" - From MIR. Huahes'
Speech at Chicago.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-23

Those Canadian sentries who sen rch-
ed the car Of Mr.. Hughes for explo-
slves missed the bombs he has ready
to drop into the Democratic camp
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-23

The New York Sun says that Dan
1els IS the issue, but our opinion is that
the Democrats will, in company with
several other SO called issues, duck
this one. Daniels is too difficult a
proposition to defend.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-23

Instead of getting those Danish is
lands at q bargain, marked down
from $25,000,O0O to S5,0OO,OOO," we're
going to pay n twenty million bonus
on $5,OOO,OOO value.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-23

women are for Mr.. Hughes because
tue great human values in this country
are still to be welded politically into
lts national ufe.-Frances A. Kellor
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-23
THE FUNNY SIDE
OF PROHIBITION
tGrape Juice Extra. ]

" O'f-E TO 1TNO 7 z II
KNOXVILLE Journal and Tribune.]
1t has been long time since Will
liam Jennings Bryan has been able to
get up anything in the nature of a
thrill.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1916-09-23

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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-25

A child suffering from adenoids
often complains OF earache. and ear
ache means that the child II in
danger Of getting a running ear.
How can you teI II your child
has large tonsils and adenoids7
Watch carefully m see n 'hs
child takes cold easily and has sore
throat often or complains % 're.
quent aaraohe
II you find that your child has
dlficulty In breathing through its
nose. have the ,onsils and adenoids
removed Immediately Don't delay
thinking they will get better as The
child gets older
They won't They will only get
worse and every day you delay will
retard the physical and mental
growth ~ your child.
The reason some children are
backward az school and unable Il
keep up with their classes Is be-
cause iaey have adenoids which has
lnterfsrad with their proper pbysi
cal development and consequently
Win thgtr neUsd srpn N as wciL {.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-09-25
Why Not This Kind of a
School Building For All?

St Paul has Just completed school building
In class by itself II is a one-story building.
this Randolph Heights school. There are eight
classrooms auditorium. offices. rest rooms,
all one floor.
There il a door opening outward from each
room, and the building is freproof
visitors principal impression Is LIGHT
one Is overwhelmed By the abundance OF day
light which has banished every dark corner.
This light all comes from overhead skyights.
which almost make the building into one huge
photographers studio. This light and modern
construction gives air Of coziness 20 the
school. somewhat like the coziness OF modern
bungalow.
The assembly hall may be turned into a play
room OF gymnasium az a moments notice
There are rest rooms for teachers, something
greatly needed In every school BY the way. And
each cloakroom is equipped with foot warmers
for the children.
In the center OF the building are two well light
ed, well ventilated toilet rooms Six shower baths
inolossd IN beautiful marble slabs ad!oin the
swimming pool. which automatically cleans II
self
And there isn't sharp corner inside the
building The conjunction Of the floors and the
walls has been rounded of and dust-catchers
avoided
This school f. said 20 surpass the famous one
story school buildings Of Rochester, y, Y. where
the idea originated.
1t cost 100000.