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Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
PERSONALS

Thomas J. Donovan is spending a two weeks vacation at Block Island Miss Evelyn whipple of Ledyard is | at Danbury Normal school for the summer term.
 c. R. Johnson has returned to Hart ford, after spending the week in New | London and this city.
 MT. and Mrs. Aaron Gordon of Nor l wich visited at Maurice Germains in | East Killingly recently. Miss Alice Smith of Boswell ave- ! nue is in Hartford, the guest of her | sister, Mrs. Arthur Allard Miss Carrie B. Farnham is enter taining as her guest, Mrs Arnold Thompson of Pittsfleld, Mass. MT. and Mrs. Carl Gallup and chil- l dren of Ekonk were recent vallers at Supt John B. Stanton's in Norwich. MDss Jessie Gibson, matron at the County Home on Smith avenue, spent several days in Providence this week. Prof. J. H. White of Church street is spending the month of August with friends in New Haven, Conn.,. and Beverley, Mass.
 Rev. Hugh Treanor of the Sacred Heart church. Waterbury, is in town lO dlleI1u the funeral or SOlG- man of Sachem street.
 T. Parker Lathrop, of Canterbury, formerly of Norwich, one of the first to volunteer in the naval reserve, has been heard from in France.
 Mrs J. B. R. Finley of Charleston, s. C., is visiting her sister, Mrs. William $. Doty, of No. fl Cliff street. During her girlhood she lived in Norwich.
 Mrs. John Taylor and daughter Isa- bel, who spent two weeks visiting Mrs. Taylor's son, Al Craig Taylor, of Un- ion street, have returned to their home in Montreal.
 Mrs. Charles c. Pettigrew is enter taining Mrs. Alice Burlington and daughter, Phoebe, from Fall River, Mass, at her summer camp at Win tergreen Point, Quaker Hill.
 Mrs. Frank Tolhurst and Florence Coleman, of Hartford. formerly If Norwich, has been visiting her par ents, MT. and Mrs. E. N. Coleman. at Gales Ferry, driving down in her own car.
 George M. Scott. clerk at the Wau- regan hotel. has returned from an automobile tour through the Adiron- dacks, White Mountains and Canada While in Canada, MT. Scott visited St. Anne de Beaupre, Que.
 Former Engineer E. N. Coleman and Mrs Coleman, of Sprin gfield, Mass, formerly of Norwich, are at their Gales Ferry cottage and have recently had as guest, Mrs. Coleman's mechanic of the Passaic, N. J., rubber works.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
MALTBIE TO SUCCEED
 JUDGE J. p. FUTILE
Executive Secretary Appointed to Su- perior Court Bench By Governor.

Governor Marcus H. Holcomb has appointed his secretary. William NJ. Maltbie. to succeed Judge Joseph P. Futile on the superior court bench. His term will begin on August 31 when the resignation of Judge Futile becomes effective and will continue until the third Wednesday of the Gen era1 Assembly of 1919. when the leg islature upon nomination of the gov ernOr, will elect a man for the re- mainder of Judge Tuttle's term, which expires in 1921.
 MT. Maltbies advance in public life has been rapid. Born in Granby March 10 1880, the son of Mir. and Mrs. Theodore NJ. Maltbie he received his early education in the Granby public schools following which he was grad uated from the Hartford Public High school in 1897, from Yale university in 1901 and from the Yale Law school in 1905. He was admitted to the bar in June. 1905, since which time he has practiced law in this city. In 1913 he was elected to the house of repre- sentatiVes from the town of Granby and he was made member of the committee on constitutional amend mentS. Four years ago States Attor- neY Hugh M. AlCOrn appointed him to succeed Theodore G. Case as ris as- sistant, which place he still holds, and the following year Governor Holcomb selected him to be executive secretary Judge Gardiner Greene in the superior
 
 member of the grievance committee of the bar to succeed the late William Waldo Hyde, an unusual recognition for young a member of the bar Mr Maltbie has filled several minor of fees among them the cIerks1ip of the statute revision commission crSated by the legislature of 1915.
 The vacancy which Mir. Maltbie is to fill was caused by the resignation of JudgeTuttle a result of the failure of the recent session Of the legisla- ture to increase the salaries of su- perior court judges from $7,500 to s. 900 each, Judge Futile having written in his resignation that he could not support his family with his present salary Judge Futile is a democrat | and is already being mentioned as a 1 possible candidate for the democratic | of governor in the fall of | next year. MT. Maltbie is a republican, |
 As MT MaItbie will not begin his | judicial duties for nearly a month he | will continue to act as executive sec retary for a time. Governor Hol- comb has not yet decided upon his successor.
 Much of Judge Tuttle's time. in the future at least. will be oc- cupied by service on the district board of draft review, t owhich he was re- centv appointed by President Wood row Wilson upon nomination of Gov ernor Holcomb.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
WILL TEST SUB GUN IN SOUND.
Five Flying Boats Are to Be Eouippcs1 With the DaVison Non RecoiI Type.

Five flying boats left Huntington, l.. l.. al | 30 Friday and arrived about 3.30 Friday afternoon at the plant of the New London Ship and Engine com pany at Groton. They are to be equip ped with the Davison non-recoil sub marine gun. Officials from the navy department at Washington and officers of the General Ordnance company of Derby, of which Gregory c. DaVison is to Fishers Island sound, where the guns will be tested.
 The submarine gun if proven a sue cess will revolutionize the war against the submarine menace. It is claimed that the gun can shoot a projectile into the water for a substantial dis tance without def1ection. The theory of the non -recoil phase of the gun is patterned after the Davison aeroplane gun which is being used with success on the battlefelds of Europe.
 The submarine gun is carried abo%rd the planes, which fly at a height where the shadow of the submarine can be discerned. The observer points the gun and fires at the shadow and if the shot hits its mark the plate of the sub craft Is rendered helpless and probably will sink to the bottom.
 The gun is the only one in existS>lce q s far as known that will shoot for any distance, it is claimed, through the water without def1ecting.
 The planes are large affairs. much bigger than any of the flying machines heretofore seen in this vicinity. Their speed on the water is extremely fast and swift launches following them are left quickly in the rear.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
JOHN L. DE SAULLES SHOT
 BY HIS DIVORCED FIFE
Result Of Quarrel Over Custody of
 Four-Year- Son.

New York Aug. 3-John L. De Saulles, former United States minister to Uruguay. was shot and killed at his home at Roslyn, Long Island, late to- night by his divorced wife, who was Miss Blanquitta Errarzuriz, of Santia- go, Chile.
 Mrs. De Saulles fired four shots from large calibre revolver into MT. De Saulles' back He died half an hour later in the Mineola hospital The shooting was the result of a quarrel over the custody of their four years old son. Under the divorce decree the child was to spend alternate months with his father and mother. The boy was taken today to his fathers home for his usual month s visit. A family party in honor of his Saulles drove up in a motor car about ten o'clock. Going up to the Veranda of the house, she asked MT. De SaulleS to let her take the boy back with her. He told her he could not consent.
 Mrs. De Saulles insisted but her former husband was firm in his re- fusal. Then there is but one thing left to do" Mrs De Saulles cried.
 Before she could be, restrained she drew revolver from her handbag and fired at Mir. De Saulles as he turned to enter the Ahouse. She fired four shots in rapid succession. Phy3lcians were summoned and the mortally wounded man was removed to the hos pital.
 Mrs. De Saulles was taken into GUS tody immediately and was arranged before Justice Walter R. Jones at Hampstead, charged with murder
 A referee who heard the divorce proceedings instituted by Mrs. De Saulles recommended last December that she be granted a decree.
 Mir. De Saulles, a Yale quarterback, met his wife who is a niece of l former president of Chile, when he went to that country in 1910 to pro mote railroad enterprises for the South American Concessions company which built the Trans -Andean Railroad. He met his wife at her mothers home near Valparaiso after her return after a long stay in Europe. They were married in Paris in 1911.
 MT. De Saulles organized the Wood row Wilson College Mems League in 1912 and the following year was ap- pointed minister to Uruguay. He sent his resignation to the state depart ment on June 1, 1914.
 Mrs. De Saulles began her divorce following month a referee was ap- pointed to her the case. Under the cree granted he( the son, John l.. De Saulles, Jr.. was to be kept in the United States until the end of the war as the court did not consider it safe for his mother to take him to Chile under the pesent perils of navigation.
 MT De Saulles had been in the real estate business in this city the last feW months.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
LEGISLATORS TO
 HOLD ANNUAL EVENT
This Years Reunion Is Slated For the
 Fifth of September.

Wednesday, September ,, was set as the date for this years reunion of legislat ative clubs at a conference of a sub- committee Of the executive committee of the Legislative club of 1917. held Thursday at Momau- guin, Cosey Beach.
 Reunions of legislative clubs are always looked forward to by politi- clans and prospective candidates as occa sions for the thorough discussion of the political situation in the state. It is then that the ambitious ones confide in their friends that they are in the field for governor. or lieuten- ant governor or any of the other of fees for which votes are sought in the state convention. Past perform ance has proven that the strongest play is made for the nomination for governor and, as only one such nom- ination Is dealt out by each of the major political parties, those who have a candidate get in some hard work a t the reunions.
 At least one candidate Is already in the field for a place on the re- publican state ticket. Senator John H. Barnes of Norwich having made it known some weeks ago that he sought the lieutenant governorship.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
Y. M. c. A. WORK AT
 THE SOLDIERS CAMP
Secretary Hill of Local Association Is in Charge of Headquarters at Mantle.

The Y. M. c. headquarters at the soldiers camp at Mantle is most cer- talnly popular center for the brave boys who have enlisted for the de- fence of their country. The followin g companies are located at the camp: Cavalry Go. L, Cavalry Co. M, Cavalry Co. B. Battery F, Battery E, Colored Infantry. Connecticut Ambulance Corp, Hospital Corps and Sanitary Corps.
 The association headquarters are located in two sections of the large mess hall and the Y. Nj c. A. au- thorities have had the place wired for electric lights and the result is these quarters are by far the brightest on the grounds and in addition a large electric light directly over the Y. M. C. A. sign outside the building leaves no doubt as to where the association is holding forth. The men visit the 'Y' in large numbers. especially at night and the piano which was in stalled on Wednesday is a source of great pleasure and it is common thing to see large group of the sol diers gathered around the piano sing ing for an hour at a time
 There are several checker boards and these are popular. The number gently fully 500 were written in about six hours time and the paper, en- velopes, pens and ink are furnished free from the Y. M. C. A. war work
 
 On Thursday night Secretary Hill of the Norwich Y NJ. C. A, who is in charge of the Mantle work, ar ranged to have the company of col ored infantry give a fine program and the crowd was so large that the piano was moved outside the building where vocal, quartet and solo music was rendered and each number brought forth enthusiastic applause.
 Three of the company gave an ex- ho crowd of four or five hundred sol diers simply went wild with delight
 Thursday evening two members Of the ambulance company gave a fine exhibition of wrestling in the pres ence of a large crowd.
 On Sunday evening a religious ser vice will be held in the Y NJ. C. A. quarters.
 Many expressions of praise for the Y. M. C. 4. are heard from the sol diers, who give abundant evidence of their appreciation of the efforts put forth by the association in their be- half
 It has not yet been determined how long the soldiers will remain at Mantle. but without doubt the Y NJ. c. A. will remain in camp until the soldiers leave. Secretary Hill will be in charge of the work until August 11th and probably longer.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
TWO HELD FOR CRIMINAL COURT
L. Dachs and Irving M Feaherman Charged With Theft of $932 From Mrs Emma Medley-Probable Cause Found by Justice Bakeslee and Bail Fixed $1,oOO in Each Case

l.. Dachis and Irving M. Featherman nave been bound over to the criminal term of the superior court by Justice Joseph B. BIakeslee of Lebanon on the charge of theft of s932 from Mrs. Emma M Medley of Lebanon. Bail was fixed at s1,000 each, which both men have secured. Saul Wachel went surety for Dachis and Abraham Filler and Solomon Isenberg for Featherman.
 According to the testimony brought cut at the hearing before Justice Blakeslee, Mrs. Medley, who owned a farm in Lebanon on the Village Hill road, sold it to Featherman and Dachis on June 18th of this year. On that day about 930 o'clock in the morning she was at the town clerks office in Lebanon. and there were also present MT. Medley, Dachis and Featherman, Charles Cohen and a MT.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
MADE DEFENSE COUNCIL
 COMMITTEE HEAD
Stanley K. Holmes Will Guide Work
 of Alien Population.

Stanley H. Holmes of New Britain has accepted the chairmanship of a committee which the Connecticut State Council of Defense is organizing to work in the interests of the alien population of Connecticut. MT. Holmes has won the confidence of the alien population of New Britain by his administration of the school system of that cosmopolitan city, and the state council of defense feels confident that he is exceptionally well fitted for the York which will be as siened to this committee.
 Similar committees have been formed by the councils of defense in othe rstates and much good work has been accomplished notably in New York and Rhode Island.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
Addressed Naval Reserves.

'If necessary to shoulder a gun, may l be the man ready to do it." said Prof
 Benjamin T. Marshall, the new presi- dent of the Connecticut College for Women, in his talk to the naval re- serves al the state pier in New London Friday at 12.30 o'clock. Professor Marshall was introduced to the boys, who had just finished eating their lunch in the mess hall, by HuntinSs On Gilchrist, a secretary of the Interna- tional Army and Navy association, at the state pier. As he stepped to the platform. college cheers burst from one end of the hall to the other. He was no stranger to a number of the boys who had met him in their college life.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
OBITUARY.
Frederick Morgan Smith.

| Frederick Morgan Smith, an old res | ident of New London. died at the Law renee hospital in that city Friday morning Mr Smith went under an 1 operation a few days ago, but his con- | dition was such that his recovery was always in doubt
 Frederick M. Smith was born in New London in 1S47. He attended Dr Fitch's school at Windham and was turn to New London he engaged in business with his father, N. D. Smith, who was then manufacturer of melo- deOns. The store was located where the Crown theatre now stands. At the death of his father Ahorn F. Smith, a brother. became a partner, and for many years the firm conducted a piano and organ store. First it was N. D. Smith &, Son and later Smith Bros. 4 few years ago Aborn F. Smith retired ducted by Frederick Smiths son, Rich- l ard B. Smith.
 AIr. Smith was descendant of dis tinguished men prominent during the Revolutionary period in this country. He was a direct descendant of Col Olin Smith, who was an aide to General George Washington at Valley Forge during that famous winter in history. Colonel Smith later became head of the Eighth Connecticut regiment of the Continental army.
 Nathaniel Tanning who was a mid shipman in command of the main top under. John Paul Jones, was also an ancestor of Mir. Smiths. The U g. submarine boat destroyer Tanning is named after Nathaniel Tanning. Mid slipman Tanning later in his life be- came commanding officer at the Caro- lima navy yard
 Frederick NJ. Smith during his many years in business in New London earned for himself an enviabIe repu- tation among his fellowmen. His circle of friends was unusually large and be- cause of his genial personality and sympathetic manner he won the esteem of all who had the pleasure of meeting him. MT. Smith was of a retiring dis position and never took an active part in politics.
 He is survived by his wife and four children, Mrs. Hugh T. Cuthbert of Arizona, Richard B., Nathan H. and Henry H., all residing in New London
 Miss Mary Jones.
 The death of Miss Mary Jones oc- cured in this city Wednesday after noon following an illness of two weeks duration. She was 24 years of age and resided at ss High street She was formerly a resident of New London, but for the past eight months has re- sided here. She leaves a number of relatives, some living in Richmond, Va.
 John Johnson.
 John Johnson. who died Wednesday afternoon in Hartford, leaves five sis ters and one brother. The sisters are Mrs. Lulu Thompson, of Norwich, Mrs Aargaret Green of Norwich: Mrs Ida Mason, Mrs. Betsy Taylor and Cath crime Jones. There are also nieces and nephews. He was a good Chris tian and a member of the Union Bap- tist church, Beaver Dam, Va While in Hartford he attended the Shiloh Bap- tist church, Rev. w. B. Reed pas tor. He was 47 years of age having been born October il, 1870.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

Filler and Filler's son in law The deed was made at the town clerks of- fee and the sum of s932.50 was passed FeatherInan gave the money to Mir Abeu and he gave it to Mrs. Medley She put the bills in her pocketbook with the agreement, but did not put the 50 cents in the pocketbook.
 Upon arriving home she placed the S932 in a basket on the sewing ma chine The next day when she opened the pockstbook the money was gone Dachis and F7eatherman were both about the place on the day of the sale and the day after. Suspicion was di- rected at them and they were appre hended. At the hearing before Justice BlakeSlee probable cause was found and the men were bound over to the criminal term of the superior court, which opens next month.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
of Mems Suits

near here, was killed late today Lieu tenant l.. Freyc, a mem ber of the British royal flying corps, detailed as an instructor at the school was ac- companying Lambert and sustained injuries which it is believed will prove fatal.
 Because of the comparatively low altitude, 1t was explained tonight. lf was impossible for the two men to volplane to earth when the machines motor stopped.
 Frey was taken to a Wheeling hos will die.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
Writes That Huns crueified canadiar

Writes That Huns crueified Canadian.
 One of the most narrowing of an the stories of German cruelty and ruthlessness is told in a letter from Henry c. Evans. of Baltimore. who is now in France with the American Field Service.
 "A Canadian officer" he writes told us that the Germans had cap tured his younger brother and cruel fed him above the trenches in plain sight of the Canadians. The officer took a gun and shot his brother dead 10 put him out of his pain. That Ca nadian regiment has not taken German prisoner since They treat :hem with their own medicine"
 According to Mir. Tvans. the Avia- ton Corps is the most attractive branch of the service. The men ii this unit, he writes, receive eight months training before they are ai- lowed to meet a German machine. They receive S6O month and all ex- penses while they Ire being trained, and at the end of the training course most of them are made Heutenants ar S250 a month. He also describes some of the country evacuated by the Ger mans. One sees town after town with hardly anything left standing: beau tiful old churches with their spires shot off or riddled with bullets, and everywhere barbed wire entangle- ments. The whole of Northern France, he says, Is covered with barbed wire.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
Capt. Fred A, Fox Resiqns.

The resignation of Capt. Fred A Fox of Company I, Home guard of Norwich, has been received by Col. E. T. irkland of the Thirl regiment, Con- ecticut Home guard, and will be for warded to the headquarters at Hart ford to await action.
 Captain Fox has been captain of Company I since its organization and the members will regret losing him.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY


 Mrs. Richard Lewis and two c1il- dren have returned from a visit in Pawtucket R. I.
 Mir. and Mrs. Frederick H. Cranston are visiting MT. and Mrs. Frank A. Lester in SlaterviIle, R. l.
 Mrs Courtland Beebe has returned to Newark, N. J., after a weeks visit with her mother, Mrs. Henry E. Has l1ell, of Broadway.
 Mir and Mrs. Carleton Perkins Browning (Mary Gibbs) have reached their home at Britannia Beach, British Columbia after a Honeymoon trip across the continent.
 Mrs. Francis Hillhouse and Miss Marjorie Hillhouse. who are passing the summer at Harwichport, Mass, have been guests of Mrs. Hi11house's sister, Mrs. William R. Jewett.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
Unclaimed Letters.

The list of unclaimed letters in the Norwich, Conn. postoff1ce for the week ending Aug 4. 1917. is as follows: Fred Charles. M. E. M. Fuller, Herbert Eiil- Hspie. Samuel Napthe, MT. and Mrs. George H. Roberts.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
MOTOR OF AIRPLANE
 STOPPED DURING FLIGHT
c. B. WeIch, a Student at West Vr-
 ginia Aviation School, Killed.

Weusburg w Va. Aug. B. When the motor of his airplane stopped 300 feet above the ground during his first flight, c. B. Lambert of Welch, w. Va. a student at the West Virginia avia- ton school at Beech Bottom, w. Va,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
NORWICH WOMEN HAVE
 SIGNED HOOVER PLEDGE
But Response Is Not As Great AS
 Carvassers Had Hoped For.

About 25o women have signed the Hoover pledge in this city to date. This is not as large a showing as the canva ssers had hoped for. The wO men of this city as is the case in many other cities do not seem to un derstand just what the Hoover pledge is.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

Fighting is hot work anywhere, and any time, and this is particularly rue in France at this time of the year All excess baggage is got rid of whenever possible and this includes the hair on the top of Tommys head. Our picture shows Canadian soldiers giving each other a close shave.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

The Amsterdam Telegraaf learns that a fine of 5.0O00 pounds has been imposed by the Germans on Antwerp municipality for disobeying an order to rebuild the quarters devastated by the war.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
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Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04
AMERICAN MISSION TO
 RUSSIA HAS RETURNED
Reached a Pacific Port Last Night
 En Route to Washington.

A Pacific Port, August 3.-Ths American mission 10 Russia headed by Elihu Root reached here tonight ea route to Washington.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

At Lyme, William H. Maynard died at his home Wednesday afternoon aft CT a few hours illness from heat prostration. Herbert Maynard q brother, died at Memorial hospital New London, Wednesday morning.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

Emaron J. Eaton has sold to New ork men seven to eight acre tract with water front north of River side park on the Thames river. It is reported that the property sold for a hnI1t mn
Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-04

County Agent John E. Clifford ac- companied by Prof Sims of Connectr- cut Agricultural College, has been in Union. in the interests of introducing thoroughbred stock, especially pure bred swine.