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Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06


 William Manning, Fred Verr and Emelied Socouzky appeared in court Monday morning to answer to the charge of intoxica ton. Leconsky, who was arrested by Officer Palhus Saturday afternoon, and Manning, who came to the police station Sat urday night in an intoxicated condi- ton entered pleas of guilty to the charges against them. The former was fined one dollar and costs and paid the bill. amounting to $7.60. The other man had a thirty day sentence suspended with the understanding that he would get out of town as soon as possible. In an endeavor to get money enough to take him out of the city he was shoveling walks about town during the day.
 Verr was found in an intoxicated condition in the hallway of the Ar hold Block Sunday night and was brought to the station house. As the man was in no condition to come be- fore the court Monday morning, his case was postponed until this morn ing. The woman with whom the ac- cused boards was in court and stated that she wished that some arrange ment could be made whereby the man would have to find another boarding place.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
MOOSUP
Surprise Party for Miss Mildred Whitehead-Masked Ball Next Week Snow Discourages Motorists.

Snow DlScourages Motorists. Mildred Whitehead Saturday evening at her home on the Moosup and Gen. tral road. Games were played and songs sung during the evening. Re- treatments were served. Those present included Miss Winifred Flyers, Miss Jennie Williams, Miss Gladys Tucker man, Roy Flyers and Richard Daggett.
 Masked Ball Planned.
 The Bachelor Girls and Boys are making arrangements to give a mas querade party at Milner hall next week. The Ideal Singing orchestra of Webster will furnish music.
 Game With TourtefIotte.
 The Plainfield High school basketball team is to play the team representing the Tourteliotte Memorial High school Wednesday evening in Moosup. Tour tellotte gave Plainf1eld a hard game last Friday evening. The lineup for Plainfield will probably be Potter, Martin of Dayville will referee.
 Edgar Dupius of Providence spent the week end at his home here
 Miss Ethel Parkhurst, Miss R. E.. Jordan, Miss May Waters and Harold Burgess were recent visitors in Nor- wich.
 At the evening service in the Meth odist church Sunday Miss Ethel Park hurst sang a solo, The subject of the evening was My Attitude Toward My Interiors.
 Snow Drifted.
 Few automobiles were taken out of the garages Monday because of the fierce snow blowing, much of it mak- ing high drifts.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06

A small sized blizzard Monday &a~ footed the traffic on the railroad Azaa trolley lines to some extent, Ehe trains arriving during the AfoAlncon and evening were away rF Sahed- ule. the train from Hartfora which Is supposed to arrive herr al -hont o'clock was reported & being one hour and a half ,ate fr%zn New Brit ain It arrived here over two hours late.
 The trolley company had their blow at work on the South Coventry line during the afternoon in an endeavor to keep this line open. The regular trolley was running some minutes late and had Q new crew on it, the regular crew working on the snow blow.
 Superintendent J. s. Sullivan had a force of men at work keeping the gutters free from the fast falling snow and shoveling crosswafzs on Main street. The small blow was sent out during the afternoon in or der to clear up the sidewalks and the gutters. Tn some places on Main street where side alleys run onto the street the snow had drifted to a depth of foot and more. The walk on the High street side of the town had suffered from the drifting of the snow to a great extent The walk was cleaned off at noon but at O. clock the snow had drifted to a depth of over a foot.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06

Monday afternoon Dennis Griffin fell from a scaffolding on the barn in process of construction on the As pinook grounds. He was nunabsd with cold and made a misstep. fall Ing about four feet to the ground His nose was split open the entire length, one wrist was Sprained and thcre was bad cut on one leg. There are no internal injuries as far as is known. but he is confined to his bed.
 Great at-arandmothers for Sponsors
 Roy Mason Jeffers, the seven months old son of MT. and Mrs. Clar- ence Jeffers. was christened at the His two great-grandmothers were the spouSors-Mrs. Edmund Wood and Mrs. J. s. Jeffers. Mrs. Clarence Jeffers united with the church by let- ter at the same service
 Severest storm of the Season
 The worst storm of the season swept over the town Monday. The ground was covered with several inches of snow in the morning. and real smart people patted themselves on the back because they cleaned the walks so early. But it showed some that is, this applies to a few, for the majority of people do not clean side walks-and then about 1 o'clock. a small blizzard set in. and business ter went down rapidly. Trolleys and trains kept their schedule all day.
 Going to Backus Hospital.
 Henry Mclaughlin. who has devel- oped typhoid fever. is to be taken to Backus hospital today.
 Brevities.
 Milo Appley of Athol, Mass, spent Sunday at c. F. Gardner's.
 Mir. and Mrs. Jewett Collins of Moosup spent Sunday with MT. and Mrs. George Moe1ler.
 Rev. Albert Donnen of1ciated at a funeral service in Salem, Mass, Mon day.
 F. H. Gilbert has been suffering from the effects of the weight of an unruly telephone pole, which rolled onto his foot, crushing several toes.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
RUSH OF APPLICANTS FOR
 NATURALIZATION PAPERS
From German and Austrians in Courts
 at Chicago.

Chicago, Feb. 5.-There was g rush of applicants for naturalization papers at the offices of the clerks of the cir cult and the supericf courts and nine ty per cent of the applicants were Germans or AustrianS. Seventy eight men declared their readiness to for swear allegiance to the emperor of Germany or the ruler of Austria in the superior court. and 63 similar similar statements were presented in the circuit court.
 Fifteen or twenty applications is the usual daily number.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06

on sales of more than 25 per cent of the whole days trading, infusing strength to many other industrials. Bethlehem Steel Gold stock) gained 15 points, with a setback of 3 1-2 for the new shares, the rights to the latter, however advancing points.
 Coppers also served to stabilize the general Iist, with Central Leather, In- dustrial Alcohols shippings and over a score of miscellaneous uncassified stocks. Late price were mostly 1 to 2 points under the top, with strong close.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06

Fairfied-The ta1lest man in the world will be examined today Clues day) before Judge Bennett for ad- mittance to citizenship. and if pass ed, will renounce his allegiance to Great Britain and swear fealty to the United States. He is Captain George Augur of Fairfield whose extreme height has made him in great de- mand as a vaudeville performer He was born in Wales and heads the list of PIP applicants for naturalization.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
.YANTIC
Wor7an's Guild to be E1tertained- Jitney Supper and Rag SociabIe Nets S35.

Mrs. ". Kempton and Mrs. William Counterman are to entertain the members of the Yantic Guild Wed nesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. kempton on Schoolhouse hill.
 Emo Kisro1e arrived here with his household goods from Tabyan, Conn. Thursday. He is occupying one of the village tenements on Main street.
 Frank Curran of Holliston spent the weekend in town with MT. and Mrs. George w. Taylor.
 Cleared $35.
 The Jitney supper and Ray Socia- bic held in the fire engine hall last Thursday evening for the benefit of Grace church netted $35.
 Pickerel fishing through the ice is a favorite sport just now with local men and good catches are seen.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
DUPONT COMPANY ANXIOUS
Appeals for Protection of Authorities
 Carload of Dynamite on Way.

The agents of the DuPont company that are in this city received a tele- gram from headquarters Monday af- ternoon telling them to consult with the sheriff and if necessary place guards about their plant in North Windham. The plant in question is a powder ma gazine and in it is stored considerable dynamite It has also been learned that the company re- gently shipped from a plant in an- other city ten tons of dynamite which constitutes a carload, to the North Windham plant. This ship ment has not arrived at it's destina- tion yet.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
LEADER MANN
 OPPOSED TO SPECIAL CENSUS
Of Marriage and Divorce Statistics
 Would Cost $20o, o,ojo.

Washington, Feb. 5.-Republican Leader Mann opposing in the house today a bill that involved $200,000 for a special census work on marriage and divorce statistics declared that we know in all probability we will soon be called on to appropriate huge sums of money" and we should draw the line on all appropriations we can do without" :"
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
Sent to County Home.

Judge James F. Toomey of the pro- bate court committed Emily. aged s, and Heh Florence aged 10. of Scot nam, Monday morning. William De Loss Love of Hartford. connected with the humane society of the state, brought the cases to the attention of the court and he was present Monday morning. It was due to the poverty of the parents rather than neglect that the conditions existed.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
Stands Ready for Duty.

Burt C. Warner of this city receiv- ed orders Saturday to report in Hart ford to. do duty with the naval mtli- tia, in which he is an engineer. He immediately went to Hartford where he stayed over Sunday helping in the preparations of the militia. returning to this city with orders to keep him. self prepared to be called for duty.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
Brief Mention.

Mrs. John Atwood of Pleasant street is seriously i'll at her home.
 Chester W. Bell of Norwich was the guest of friends in this city Sunday.
 Miss Fife D. Christie of Boston is spending some time with her parents in South Coventry.
 MT and Mrs. John Hillhouse of this city are guests of Mir. Hillhouse's brother, Willima in New Jersey.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
Has Letter With Local Postmark.

The attorney for the defense in the trial of Dr. A. O. Robbins in Provi- dence has in his possession a letter concerning the case which bears the postmark of Willimantic.- It is not known what the letter contains but it is thought that it may have a bear ing on the trial. The letter was sent to Mrs Florence Hughes. who is con cerned in the case.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
Rod and eun cIub,s Election.

The Rod and Gun club of this city held a meeting in the Moose Home pm Pleasant street Sunday afternoon and elected officers for the coming year. The result of the election is as follows: Arthur Racicot presi- dent; Daniel Ryan. vice president; Francis White, secretary; Edward PeIoquin, treasurer. Abraham Ro-
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
Towed Lifeboats.

Southport-Hard coal is selling at $105o a ton in Southport when deliv- cred by the dealers, but at the wharves where the oyster. boats tie up, the same grade of coal is offered at S6, the buyer to do the cartins. The oyster men have been busy dur ing the last few weeks salvaging the cargoes of seven barges that went down near Penfeid Reel in Novern- Der gale. They have brought up a big quantity of coal that had been abandoned. and local residents are getting the benefit Of the surplus
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
Meetinn Deferred. .

The meeting of the Chamber of Commerce which was to have been held this evening. has been postponed in view of the fact that the Woman's Club will hold Gentlemen's Night this pyening
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
1s MEMBERS OF CREWS
 LEAVE GERMAN SHIPS
They Took Advantage of Privilege
 Accorded by U. S. Government.

New York, Feb. 5.-Only IS mem bers of the crews of the German ships here who are now held aboard the vessels by the federal authorities, took advantage today of the privilege accorded them by the government of leaving the vessels by applying to the immigration authorities for admission
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
woman,s Club to Entertain.

In the parish house of the Congre- Eational church this evening the Woman's club of this city will hold Gentlemen's Night. A quartet from out of town will be present to fur nfsh music throughout the evening and will sing plantation melodies.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
FUN ERAL.
James w. Beckwith.

The funeral of James w. Beckwith was held from his home in South Windham Monday afternoon at O. clock. Rev. A. P. Blinn of Norwich off1ciated at the services. Relatives acted as bearers. Burial was in the Windham Center cemetery under the direction of Jay M. Shepard, funeral director
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
City Lahnr Paxroll.

The city labor payroll for tho past week totaled $897.66 It was expend- ed as follows: Street department. lice, $157 a4, fire department, S2; maintaining sewers, $31; foot bridge, $4: ice account, $4S5.75.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
OBITUARY

Mrs. William N. Cleveland.
 Mrs. Ester Cleveland, S4, widow of William N. Cleveland, died at her home in Andover Sunday night after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Cleveland, who was born in Clinton, had been failing in health for some time.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06

Ansonia-William A. Nelson, preBi- dent of the Savings bank of Ansouih, has left for Florida where he eNpects to spend the remainder of the winter at Daytona.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
What |. Goina On Tonight.

St Jean Baptiste Hociety. St. MaryN hall. Val.sy street.
 WilIimantic WDrnan's Club, Main Violet Reeetnh lodge. No, ss. Main gtreet
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
DETAILS OF SINKING OF
 STEAMER HOUSATONfc
Commander Took Camera Pictures of
 Vessel as She Sank.

Jenzance. England, Feb. 5, 4:56 D. m.-Captain Enzen of New York, mas ter of the American merchantmen
 Housatonic, today gave The Asso- ciated Press the following account of the sinking of his vessel, taken from his log:
 At 1O:30 o'clock on Saturday we saw a submarine, flying no colors, about 250 yards astern. She fired two ! ship and striking the water just ahead. We stopped the engines and then reversed them. We were ordered to take our papers aboard the sub ! marine. [, Boarded the Submarine. ! When I boarded the submarine the | commander at first spoke in German, but being told that it was not under stood spoke perfect English. He said T find that the vessel is laden with | sink her. I protested vigorously. The commander at first took no notice and then explained You are carrying food stuffs to an enemy of my country,
 and though I am sorry. it is my duty | to sink you
 T asked to be lowed 1andward, but the commander said it was impossible because the vicinity was full of British purpose, against the sinking of the l ship, saying it was a deliberate act againt a friendly power. He was in- different to my protests.
 Signal to Abandon Ship. He then gave the signal to my crew to abandon ship After this signal was answered from the ship he hoist
 ed the German flag for the first time. He kept the ships papers. Then his third officer boarded the Housatonic, descended to the engine room and with a hammer smashed off several seacoclzs. After removing sev- eraI hatches he ordered all on board to take to the boats. Before he return ed to the submarine I asked this of- Ecer to use his influence to induce the commander to tow us toward the land. He agreed.
 Towed Iifeboats.
 "The ship was torpedoed at 12:30
 o'clock on the starboard side, the
 commander taking camera pictures as she sank. He then threw us a tow line
 and lowed us to the northward-
 The Housatonic disappeared in 20
 minutes. The submarine lowed us un-
 til o'clock when we approached a
 British patrol boat. The submarine
 disappeared after attracting attention
 to us by firing a shot"
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
WILIIMANTIC

, barge. Adelard Berard and Edward Peloquin were appointed 0 commit
 tee to make arrangements for an old fashioned dance to be given by the club.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
Goes over to Mex. Week.

The directors of the United Chari- tiea who were to meet Monday even inG postponed the meeting until next weak
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
.JEWETT CITY

Dennis Griffin Injured by Fail From ScaffoIding Two Great Granel- mothers Sponsors at Baby's Chris seninp-Henry Mclaughlin Ill.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
sroRM EELAYs TRAFFIc

Trains Laes-TroIieys Keep PresTy We'll to Schedule-Snow D-ssss in Places.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
CITY COURT CASES

Week -end Spree Costs s7.5o-one Prisoner Shoveis Snow to Get Out Of Town-An Undesirable BoarIer.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
BALTIC.

Discomforts of Munday's Storm-So- ciaI PIanned-Week- end Outings.
The broad ax., 1917-08-25
The MIGHTY Amazon.

The Amazon, which flows through
Brazil from west to east, is the might
lest river In the world. 1t rises in the
Andes, and its course to the Atlantic
is over 1000 miles. 1t has more than
LOO tributaries, the chief being the
Madeira, which is 1900 miles long, and
the Rio Negro, 1850 miles lcng. The
extent of the waters of this majestic
river is the largest in the world, over
10000 miles of its surface being of a
navigable natur- 1t drains nearly
100000 square miles Of territory.
There are something like 1000 differ
ent kinds Of birds which are exclusive
to the valleys Of this wonderful river
and thousands Of varieties of animal
life which are unknown in any other
part Of the world. The soil Of the
basin Of the Amazon Is so rich that for
every bushel of maize planted it Is es-
timated that 800 can be harvested.
The broad ax., 1917-08-25
The Misunderstood Shark.

There seems to be some misunder-
standing concerning the way in which
sharks attack victims. Some claim
that they turn over as they attack so as
to bite more readily with their reced-
ing underjaw. Others claim, accord
ing to the Popular Science Monthly,
that they attack head on, swimming
to their victim in a straight line. Ac-
cording to J. E. Williamson, whose
work in photographing the shark un-
der water for motion picture plays
has been notably successful, the ''head-
on" description of attack Is the correct
one.
81 can prove by my pictures that a
shark does not turn over to bite"
states Mr.. Williamson. eff a shark
wants to pick up anything from the
bottom of the sea he goes right down
to it as a cat pounces on bone and
picks it up. A shark does not turn
over to bite any more than any other
fish does"
The broad ax., 1917-08-25
Qrinin of the Matinee.

Whether or not we have to look back
to the fifties for the first matinee. there
is at least little doubt that the invention
had not attained any general popular
ity when the seventies were reached.
i am reminded that the Bancrofts, who
were responsible for many innovations
that have since become the vogue, did
not institute afternoon performances
until 1876, after they had been in man.
agement eleven years. The Bancrofts.
If not the inventors of the matinee.
were certainly the first to pay full sal
aries to those who took part in them.
Not until 1878 did the matinee be-
come a fixed and regular feature Of
even the Bancroft management. 1t
was a byproduct of Diplomacy" the
success of which made any means of
providing additional performances &C.
ceptable. Sir Squire Bancroft has put
1t on record that at the beginning tho
matinee was a much more costly affair
than it is now, as frequent and sepa-
rate advertisements and announcements
were necessary to make it known
Westminster Gazette.
The broad ax., 1917-08-25
CareIessness and Fires.

Little Horace, whose father thinks
he is a second Edison, and his mother,
who would like to use electricity for
everything from curling her hair to
stoking the furnace, do more to keep
the fire engines busy than mice ever
did In all the years they chewed
matches.
Washington Devereux, chief Of the
electrical department Of the Philadel-
phia Fire Underwriters association,
said $4,000 fires were caused last year
by overheated electrical devices. The
fault wasn't with the devices, he said,
but with the human equation-the wo-
man who turned on the Juice" in her
electric iron and then went out for a
social afternoon without turning it of.
He made the statement that no father
had q right to buy his ten-year-old son
q ten cent book on How to Wire the
House In Your Spare Moments" unless
he was prepared to see the place go
up in smoke some bright afternoon
Philadelphia Ledger.
The broad ax., 1917-08-25
The Girl Who Fuses.

The fussy girl sat next us in the car
this morning. And she fused and she
fused and she fused. She settled her
self three times, hunched up her right
shoulder, took off her right glove and
patted her hair, pulled the back of her
collar into shape, shrugged up her left
shoulder, pulled off her left glove and
patted her hair, pushed her hat little
more to one side and put on both
gloves, patted her hair and crossed her
right ankle over her left, squared both
shoulders and patted her hair, settled
herself in a new position and pulled
her coat down at the waist, patted her
hair, surveyed her nose in the tiny
glass at the bottom of her bag and pat
ted her hair, pulled her hat wee bit
more to one side and reversed her an
kles, then began at the top of her pro-
gram and repeated it.-Worcester Post
The broad ax., 1917-08-25
A Defect In Higher Education.

1t must be said that the higher ed
ucation Of the United States is at pres
ent in a condition where it may read
lily drop backward rather than improve.
The college student Of today and In
some cases even the university student
Is permitted to sprawl over so large
and so varied an area Of intellectual
interest that he loses the discipline I'm
concentration, in hard work, and In
the mastery of some relatively small
field that comes from pursuing a bet
ter and older method. There is Just
now. however, a marked tendency
among the better colleges to aid and
to guide the student toward concentrate
ing his interests and his energies upon
small group Of subjects that have
some common center of interest and
some well marked relationship. This
movement is q sound and hopeful one
and should be encouraged and aided
President Butler In Youths Compan-
ion
The broad ax., 1917-08-25
Tone Quality In Music.

Tone quality is a great factor in
music. Vibrations in their multiples
and relations determine tone. Various
instruments vary in tone quality just
as does the human voice. A bell, once
cast, remains the same in tone, somber
or clear, to the end Of its usefulness
A violin is more than a bell, and on
fine violins the most subtle nuances
Of tone quality can be produced. The
higher the harmonics, or overtones, the
higher the multiples, and the more
elaborate and delicate the combinations
the more exquisite the tone quality of
the instrument.
The human voice is greatest in tone
quality, excelling the instrument, be-
cause the singers harmonics are based
not alone upon physical proportions,
but also upon the heart and soul Of the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The broad ax., 1917-08-25
DEALING In Diamonds.

There is no other form I'm which hu-
man wealth is so compact and so dura-
BILE as in diamonds. A paper three
inches long and an inch and a half
wide will hold a kings ransom in a
form that a million years will not
harm and that not even fire itself, eX-
cept the heat of the electric furnace
and of the BunSen burner, will de-
stroy. You would think that anything
so precious would be hedged about
with a host of precautions. Just the
opposite is true. Men go into the of
fees of wholesale diamond dealers, slip
packages of uncut stones worth thou
sands of dollars into their pockets and
go away with no record Of the transac-
ton except a memorandum" Half
the business of many dealers in pre-
cious stones is done by letting goods
go out ION memorandum" The one
thing that the men in the trade guard
more carefully than their diamonds is
their credit-Youth's Companion.