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South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-02
Washington Hears China
Returns to Monarchy

Yuan Hung by the military dictator.
Gen. Chang Hsun. demanding his
immediate resignation. At the same
time IL was announced that the
Manchu emperor. Hsuan Tung. had
been restored 10 The throne.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-02
GERMANS DENY SUCCESSES.

international News Service
LONDON July p. Following
many months Of inactivity the Rus
SLAMS have finally opened an often
sive and today stern lighting was re-
ported from both the eastern and
western front.
Adyices from PeTograd said that
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-02
Call Out Militia
To Quell Riots
In "BIack Belt

International News Service:
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill, July q
Two Negroes were shot and killed
here this afternoon i'm the race riots
following their attempt TO kill Will
liam Keyser. a local hardware mer-
chant. Kcyer was shot and seri-
Ously wounded.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-02

WASHINGTON, July 2.-WheeIs
Of the great machine which will
turn out the new national army Of
the United States began to move to-
day
Sec'y Of War Baker ISSUED the
rules Of regulations prescribed by
Pres't Wilson for local and district
boards. for the drafting Of the new
national armies Of the United
States.
The only provision for the ex-
emption of industrial workers is the
act of congress which authorizes the
president 10 exclude or discharge
persons engaged in industries. in
Guiding agriculture. found 20 be
necessary 20 the maintenance Of the
military establishment. or the eff
fective operation of the military
forces. or the maintenance of ma
tional interest during the emery
ency."
No Glass Exemptions.
There are no special class ex-
emptions. Glass exemptions apply
only 20 officers Of the United States
and the several states. ministers.
students Of divinity persons I'm the
military or naval service Of the
United States. subjects OF Germany
residing i'm the United States. and
all other resident aliens who have
not taken out their first papers.
Upon application TO the local
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-07-02

CONTINUED on PAGE EIGHTY
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-12-06
THE THEATRE
The Idlehour.


The attraction at the Idlehour for
Sunday is Maxine Elliott, the noted
stage beauty, in Fighting Odds" by
Irwin S. Cobb
On Tuesday Douglas Fairbanks will
be shown in Double Trouble" This
is the first of the Reissues Deluxe
of all the pictures Douglas Fairbanks
and VIM. S. Hart made for the Tri-
angle Distributing Corporation.
These productions were so good that
Triangle have had new editions made
Of them all. so the films will be new
and in perfect condition.
Douglas Fairbanks has some excel
lent comic as well as serious effects to
display in Double Trouble As one
personality Fairbanks has to be timid
and retiring. His fear of his stenog-
rapher or the girls at a Sunday school
picnic is laughable This is when he
is Florian Amidon. Hit on the head
with a club, in the hands Of thug,
Fairbanks becomes another person
atty AS Brassfield he is aggressive
and ruthless. He attains a leading
position as an oil man in flourish
ing boom town called Bakerstown. lie
j. very lively and popular and be-
comes candidate for mayor.
Fairbanks awakes suddenly after
tive years, this time becoming Ami
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-12-06

don. He cannot understand why he
owns such sporty clothes He does
not know what he may have done
while wearing those loud checks. Re
solving to satisfy hls doubts. he goes
in the person of Amidon TO a trance
medium.
He is transformed again to Brass
field. Such are his disclosures in re-
gard to his corrupt business deals
and numerous affairs of the heart
that the clairvoyant turns him back
to the religious and respectable young
banker, but he is failure at the big
business built up by Brassfeld, and
he is again TRANSFORMED TO that char
aCter.
As fhis latter Fairbanks is aggres-
sive and expeditions in business, but
he is without scruples in regard to his
dealings with his fiance and other
women and in politics he is not above
bribery. He sends poor man to Jail
for daring TO oppose him and he near
~ breaks his sweetheart's heart
The clairvoyant turns him back to
the good young Amidon for the sake
Of his fiance and the public just as he
has been elected mayor. II appears
that the two characters, one good but
rather weak, and the other strong but
corrupt, will gradually merge into one
character which will have all the good
points of both with none Of their
shortcomings. Thus all ends happily
Advertise in the Record.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-12-06

girl for general house
work; four in family; steady posi-
ton Apply Albert Frevert, Alma,
Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1917-12-06

Advertise in the Record.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-21

where and sleep but there was no hope of that.
 All night the train crawled along. About 4 a. m. it stopped for some time in q large city in Belgium, where
 a few men, judged in a dying con- dition were put off. We could see the stretchers being carried along the pI 4tforrn This was the first indica- ton we had that there were other wounded prisoners on the train. Cold and hungry. we watched the dawn break. As we lay on sldlnS m different towns we saw tralnlo3dS or troops guns, and ammunition on theII' way to the western front. Had we not been so weak and tired we might have taken a great interest in all we saw; but. as it was, we sat most of the time with our eyes half closed, en-
 during our pain as best we could.
 Comfort on Concrete Floors. After what seemed an interminabe journey, at 4 D. m. we were ordered out of the train. We were lined UP and counted. Wells and l, being the only officers, were placed at the head of the party, which numbered about forty. Like a funeral procession we moved out of the station to building close at hand which turned out to be a hospital for German wounded, We were guided down the stairs to two rooms in the basement. One was de- void of any furniture and had win dows, while the other had one small
 
 single wooden bench. The floors in both rooms were concrete, and on these we were invited to make ourselves comfortable.
 The first thing I did was to ask one of the guards if it were possible to buy any cigarettes. He said it was, so
 Wells and I checked up our accounts and found we had about thirty francs
 between us. We subscribed ten, and
 told him to do the best he could. He
 got some one to relieve him and short
 ly returned with about six packages of the flthiest cigarettes I ever smoked. and everybody was happy once more. It was here we saw the first signs of the German Red Cross. The men of this branch of the German army wear a distinctive uniform of a peculiar dark gray color with the usual red cross on the arm. Most of them are kind and as sympathetic as a Boche can be. Two of these Red Cross men came in to see us and noticed our lack of com = fort. They at once secured stretchers on which the more seriously wounded could lie During the next four or five hours they brought several more stretcherS, so that eventually most of us were lying down. It was a great relief
 (Continued Tomorrow
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-21

The Rhode Island legislature, which assemblies annually, will open session next month. and already the anti saloon leaguiSts are agitatinE action at the January session on the question of nationwide prohibition, with the idea of having Rhode Island the first in the galaxy of states to approve con- gressional action. Although no state election is to be held until next No vember, there is already inquiry as to where the Westerly delegation stands the people of Westerly are not in fla vor of prohibition by their action in voting for liquor license for a number of years past, but it is now argued that this matter will be the special issue at the next election when the question is before the electors.
 The law prescrtbes that a vote on the liquor license question shall be taken on the same day with the state election, and while there are annual sessions of the general assembly the elections are held bienniaIly. So the license question is decided for two years and the delegation from West er1y to the legislature T. is elected for the same period.
 The present delegation is composed of Senator Albert H. Langworthy and Representatives Francis G.. Haswell and Samuel H. Davis. Of these, only Mir. Davis is an out-and-out prohibi- tjonist, although elected as republi- can. He was formerly secretary of the And-Saloon league of Massachusetts was official lecturer for the Connecti- cut Temperance union, and is a con sistent total abstinence advocate. So there is no doubt as to where he stands
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-21
Local Laconics.

The community tree to be erected in Wilcox park is of red cedar and about ! 35 feet in length.
 Major Bourdon A. Babcock of West l erly has been transferred from Fort Kearney to Fort Creole. | There will be a session of the Third district court, Judge Oliver H. Will l Hams, in Westerly today. 1 Nearly 1900 members have been en- rolled in the Red Cross at Westerly during the present week. There is difficulty in getting help to Junction, the source of Westerly s supply.
 Arthur NJ. Cottren has been appoint ! ed chairman of Westerly and Pawca- | tuck district to stimulate the purchase | of government thrift stamps. | Those selling Red Cross seals are doing a thriving business in Westerly under the direction of Mrs. Edward B. Coy, a former resident of Norwich. I Miss Mary Scanlon, daughter of Dr. and Mrs NJ. H. Scan1on, student at
 Notre Dame college: Roxbury, Mass, is home for the Christmas vacation Miss Margaret Higgins, now of
 Cleveland, O., will arrive today and spend the holiday season with her
 mother, Mrs. Mary Higgins, in West Broad street.
 Farquhar Smith is known about this time as the Evergreen King of Westerly. He cornered the market kAt did not raise the prise of the Christ mas essentials.
 Nearly all the members of the West erly constabulary, now special town constables, have signed applications for enlistment in the proposed pro- visional home guard Rev. Samuel M.SCathcart of wester- ly officiated at the funeral of Eme- line A. Morgan in Old Mystic Thurs day afternoon Miss Morgan, who was 79 years of age, formerly resided in Westerly.
 The Westerly town council win take action this evening .on two appfica- tiOns fer liquor license. One from Luigi Brugno for 49 1-2 Pierce street and the other from Santo Sposato at 47 Pierce street.
 William J. Stevens. who has been in charge of the equipment of the West eriy Automatic Telephone company. temporarily, has returned to New London He will be succeeded by Iau- renee s. Purti1l of Buffalo formerly of
 Westerly.
 There was a near fire in the largest store in Pawcatuck Wednesday night, cite being thrown in corner of the
 basement A broom took fire and the basement was filled with smoke before
 the blaze was e1tinguishedL
 Corporal Elliott Raymond Thorpe of
 Westerly, 18th company, coast artil- iery defense, Narrasansett bay, and
 Private Rouse Babcock Wilcox of
 Stonington borough, 10th company, are
 to try for commissions at the officers
 training camp at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga,
 commencing Jan. 5.
 At a meeting of the creditors of Peter Lupinazzo held Thursday in the
 Third district court room, Nathan w.
 Ltt1eheld, referee in bankruptcy, pre-
 siding, Attorney A. T. l.. Ledwidge
 was appointed trustee. The appraisers
 are Attorney George R. McKenna
 Russell l.. Slocum and William B.
 Dolan.
 with Rack from Hell War Mes
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-21
Stoninqton Pointers.
USOUEPAUCH
William Sutton Dies SuddenIy-Was
 Civil War Veteran.

William Sutton died very sudden ly Saturday evening and went home which is only short distance from the post office. He complained of feeling badly and called Dr. Kenyon, but he only lived about an hour. The funeral services were held at UsQue- paugh church. Wednesday, at 1 D. m. He was a native of England but came to this country when young and serv- ed in the 1Civi! war. He was in his 7et.l year. He leaves his wife and a brother.
 Mrs S. c. Webster, Jr., and Miss Mildred Webster are visiting Dr. and Mrs. Kenyon.
 c. c. Kenyon and R. l.. Knight, were callers at Hope Valley, Monday.
 Mrs. Helen Carpenter of New York is visiting her parents, MT. and Mrs. J. $. Gauulfond.
 c. D. Kenyon has purchased q new truck.
 Mrs. F. F. Simmons, who works at Kingston, is with Mrs. William Sutton for few days
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-21
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dishes and the food appeared. We were to have our first taste of German war rations- We discovered that there had been no reason to get excited over it. Each man was given cup of acorn coffee without sugar or milk. Of course, and a srpail chunk Of black soggy bread. it was the first food we had had in thirty hours and we were ravenous. I sympathized with the poor chap with the shattered jaw. but that didn't appease his appetite. What wouldn't he have given for an eggnog and a straw!
 When the banquet was over we all searched our pockets for cigarette. Those who had thepa broke them up into two, or even thFee pieces, so that every one might have a smoke. racked my brains and at lengt hpro-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-21

and for the first time we were able to look around and see who were with us. Sitting next to me was an officer of the First c. M. R. who was badly wounded in the head. On the other side was Wells and not far away, Barclay, whom I had not seen since shortly after the mine went up. Across the table was a. man with his jaw badly shattered. They were sad looking crew, covered with bloody ban dages and very pale. Nobody spoke much They were all thinking to hard of how different it might have been. It was midnight and if they had been picked up by Canadian -stretcher bear CTS, by this time they would probably have been in England.
 German War Rations.
 Soon there was a chatter Of tin
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-21

The young Rhode Islanders selected for service as the last increment of tne first draft will form the nucleus for the new 31st and 32d coast artil- iery companies being formed at Fort Getty, where the 18th company of Westerly IS stationed. The 31st will Ee under the command of Captain Francis Cove, and First Sergeant James A. Donohue of the 18th has been transferred to the new company, as has also Mess Sergeant Edward Chase of the same company. Captain Ehrenburger will command the 32d company, and Chrystie Mcconnell of Westerly will be lieutenant. Frederick Eaton of the 18th has been transferred and will serve as supply sergeant. First Pendleton and Hollis Bromley of the 18th have been transferred as corpor- als to new companies at Fort Adams.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-21

duced the sentence "Durfen wir cig- aretten kaufen?" (May we buy some cigarettes?O but gathered from the reply to this that the cigar stores of the town didn't stay open all night, so we settled down to await the next move.
 Fortunately. we did not have long to wait. A German Deidwebel (sergeant rnaiorl appeared in the doorway and shouted .'Engtander herals' (English- men come out) Our little party was loaded into one car, d1Inly lit by a Ian tern. Down one side was a narrow passageway giving access to the etern- al wooden bencb--tl1i5 time, however, with back to lean against. Every seat waIs so ful! tfaI we had to sit up perfectly straight We were awfully tired and wanted to curl up some
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-21

urday.
 The R. F. D. carrier Route No. has had to make his trips with a horse, and sleigh for a few days, on account of the recent snow storm.
 Mrs. Nettie Harrington of Daniel son visited her parents, Mir, and Mrs. Thomas Bates, Thursday
 Mrs. Elisha T. Soule has returned from visit with her brother, Stephen Hawkins and wife, in Webster.
 Misses Louise Miller and Ada Shippee were in Norwich Saturday
 MT. and Mrs. P. A Aldrich and daughter. Olive, were at the Day Kim ball hospital in Putnam recently to visit Miss Etta AIdrich, patient there.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-21

sage for America, Rev. Samuel Gran Ston Benson, a converted pacifist preacher, related his experience to a fair sized audience in High schol hall Thursday evening. He told of his am bulance experience in France and of what he saw in Belgium under German rule. He also told of being arrested by the Germans in Brussels as a spy. and said that he was threatened with death by the same body that sen fenced Edith CavelI to be shot,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-21
from Preston for the week end.
 Dance in TnMn Hall

A dance was given in the Bolton town hall Saturday evening, the Tenn DO orchestra providing the music.
 The Bolton schools are to close this week for the Christmas vacation
 Miss Lauania c. Fries was a Man chester visitor Tuesday.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-21
BOLTON
Perfesaux- Dewey Marriage Boy
 Breaks Wrist by Fali

Miss Mary Ella Dewey, daughter of MT. and Mrs. George T. Dewey, form er1y of Bolton, now of Goshen, and Louis Maurice Perregaux of Goshen, were married Wednesday, December 12th.
 Broke Wrist.
 MT. and Mrs. Andrew E. Maheggia's s youngest son, Thomas, fell while go- ing from the hay mow to the barn floor last week Thursday evening and broke
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-21
STONINGTON
Relief Corps Elects Officers-Grand List Shows $267, ,1s7 Encrease-Sun1 of $180 For Food For French Hos pitai Patients.

 At the annual meeting of j. F Trum- bull Women's Relief corps, officers were elected as follows: Mrs. Lucia T. Gager, president: Julia Sheffield, vice president; Mary E. Brayton, vice president: Charlotte q Josephs. sec urer; Sarah Holmes chaplain; Esther Ide, conductor; Gertrude Duntran, as sistapt; Lucy Browning, guard; Ida Chespro, assistant; Jennie Babcock, press committee; Annette Lillibridse. musician; Anna Bailey, Marguerite Thompson. Hattie Main, Jennie Bab- cock, color bearers; Gertrude Dunilam delegate to state convention; Esther Ide, alternate.
 Grand List of the Town. The assessors have completed the abstract book of taxable property and filed same with the town clerk The grand list is s6,60S, ,419, an increase of s267, ,187. The resident list is $3S41,- 71O. an increase of S144.935, and the non n-resident is s2,757, ,709. an increase of $113,252- The taxable list for stores, increase of s5,43s Automobiles and motor trucks are taxed for s162, 750, an increase oE S66.16 There is an in crease of s2,000 on farm implements $14,000 on goods in trade The value of mill property is s1 ,03S,S20 an in crease of $170,750. Houses lots and buildings are taxed for sS06,242 an in crease of $25,462.
 Stonington Pointers.
 Government scouts have 1beer una ble to locate gypsy moths after 9 three weeks search in Stonington
 Miss Civeta Spencer in recent talk at the library told of the need of food for the so!Niers in French hospitals, as a result the sum of s1S0 has been collected for that purpose. The sub s-,r ~iyAf 1S1T1S U-or I1vv lTT-r- al lie TrumtulI and the books are still open.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-21
his wrist. Dr. D. c. Y. Moore of South | Manchester attended the boy.
Going to Florida.

his wrist. pr. ID. c. I. NOUre UI NOuIH Manchester attended the boy.
 Going to Florida.
 Mrs Ruby Miiburn Ward of Hart ford. formerly a resident of this town, is 10 leave in company with Miss Mar garet Ward of Manchester for F1ori- da. where they, are to visit Mrs. Wards s sister, Mrs. Raymond $. Yeomans. Keeney Hutchinson of the navy is home on a weeks furlough.
 Charles R. Warner has returned to his home from Manchester, where he has been working.
 Miss Annabel Post was a recent guest of Miss Mary E. Scanlon in New Britain.
 Miss Josephine Mathein was home
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-21
EAST KILLNGLY

Kenneth Burlington of Canterbury visited his parents, MT. and Mrs. AL len Burlington, Sunday.
 Mrs. Fred Wade and daughter. Jes- sic. called on Danielson friends Sat-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-21

By this method the store sustained nc loss and t!le boys escaped undesir- able pubaiciSy that would have tended to ,Eette-ial.y mar. their futures had they been arrested and prosecuted in court.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-21
MATTERS INTERESTING WESTERLY
Looking Forward Vote Prohbition-Boys Who Enter Store Make Good for Thefts-Twenty-fve Foot Com munity Christmas Tree in Wilcox Pare-Over 1900 En- roll in Red Crosslcemen Unable to Get Help to Store Crop.

on nationwide prohibition and Just
 Eow he will vote on the question
 should it come before the incoming
 session of the legislature.
 Senator IangwOrthy and Reprc1et.t- alive HaSWell since their entry into
 the political game have never given
 public utterance to just where they
 stand on the liquor question, but at this distance they will be required to show their hand before next election day comes around. There is practical and this issue as we'll as all others will be decided by members of the same political party.
 The Westerly Historical society has invited Mayor Ernest E. Rogers of New London to read a paper at it's next meeting on any historical sub ject he may select, but it is suggested that the paper refer to the Naval Of hcers of Revolutionary Times. Mayor Rogers served several years as preSi- dent of the New London County His torical society and years ago secured
 documentary proof of a naval war of flee and that it was located in New London.
 Two young chaps employed in a local store entered the establishment after closing time by, the back door
 transom route and distracted $S4 from
 the cash register, appropriated a couple of wrist watches and electrical flashlights. They were detected, but the store management was lenient and decided not to prosecute when the loss
 was made good. The parents came to
 the rescue and no arrests were made.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-21
By Lieut.. J. HARVEY DOUGLAS

Mounaed
 4 Truea ThriiEn the of canaaia ofHeerW MIntot the Handsef of the
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-21

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The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-06-06
SHIPMENTS Of Wn|SIEY
TO WASHINGTON CEASE
Despite Reported Referen-
dunn Petition, Traffic Is
Stopped.
NO OFFICIAL REPORT
Express Companies, in Ab-
sence Of Instructions, Re-
fuse Liquor.

II the petition for a referendum in
the state of Washington on the bone
dry law passed by it's legislators at
the last session has gained sufficient
signatures to keep the law from going
into effect today. the local offices Of
the express companies have not heard
of it. Last night they stopped the ship
ment of all Intoxicating liquors into
Washington from Missoula firms. They
were forced to turn down many pack
ages, because they were consigned to
cities which would not receive them
until late today, and the law forbids
the companies to accept such ship
ments.
If the referendum is called for. the
law will not take effect and the ship
ments will proceed as in the past, but
local expressmen are waiting for Or
ders to that effect before receiving any
more liquor for Washington cities.
Even if the Washington law is held up,
the period of liquor shipments will be
short lived, for the federal law, pro-
hibiting the shipment of liquors into
dry territory, goes into effect July l.
July !.