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Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-17
FIRST DEGREE CONFERRED ON. ELEVEN CANDIDATES
Special Meeting of White Cross coun- ! Gil Held to Admit Members. :.ri

. The large number of applications for membership that are being received made it necessary to hold a special meeting of White Cross Council No 13, Knights of Columbus, Sunday after noon for the purpose of initiating a class of candidates eligible to mem bership in the order.
 The meeting was presided over by Grand Knight, John H. Carney and the first business transacted was the, ex- Republication of the first degree upon eleven, candidate These exercises were in charge of the regular degree tam of the order. Several new apph- cations for membership were received during the business session which fol- lowed the exenpliication.
 The committee recently appointed to arrange for a campaign in Norwich for the Knights of Columbus war fund an . nounced that the week of January 1 4th to the 10th had been decided upon as the date for the local drive. As a preliminary to the campaign there will be an open meeting in the council chamber on Friday evening December 2Sth, at which time William J. Mulh- gan of Thompsonville, National Di- rector of the order and State Chair man in charge of the work of raising Connecticdt's allotment of the War Camp fund will be in attendance and explain the plan upon which. the cam paign in Norwich will be conducted.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-17
LOCAL DECORATOR RECEIVES
 COMPLIMENTARY LETTEi
Food Administrator Hoover Com mends o. J. Hinchey for Excellent
 Economic Display.

Daniel J. Hinchey. store decorator of The Porteous &c Mitchell Company, is in receipt of the following letter from United States Food Administrator Hoover. MT. D. J. Hinchey, Porteous & Mitchell Company,
 Norwich, Connecticut: ;~s:
 My, Dear NJ. Hinchey:zThe3 Dry Goods Economist has sent to the Food Administration a photograph of the excellent display which your company exhibited and entered in the food con servation window display contest re- gently conducted through the Econo- mist.
 r., We are glad to have this photograph tO add to our permanent collection and thank you very sincerely for the patri- otic spirit which prompted its install 1ation.
 The great problem which the Food Administration has to solve is the edu- cation of the peop1e;. and the retail merchants through their display win dows and various other forms of .ad- vertising, have a wonderful opportun- ity to carry the food message direct to the consumer. It is indeed gratifying to find them so uniformly eager to- en- list their unusual facilities in our ser vice.
 Faithfully yours. E Herbert Hoover.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-17
SECOND PART OF
 IMPROVEMENT CONTEST HELD.
Raymond Heebner Wins First Prize for ts All Around Athletic Work.

, Saturday morning in the Y. M. C. A. gym the second part of the improve were decided. There were three sets of prizes for the contest, which in ciuded work on three pieces of appara- tllS-horizontal ba.s, parallel bars and horse The first set. of prizes was awarded at the beginning of the con zlsst on Nov. Is. They were. awarded as follows First. Raymond Heebner, -5S3; second Harold Sullivan, t23; third. Philip bfcNamara. -690. The sec ond set of prizes was awarded Satur- day for the best work then and they went to first, Raymond Heebner, SOo; i; second, Everett Gee. 759; third, Roland
 Harris, TIT. The third set of prizes was also awarded Saturday for the greatest gain between the other two contests hand they were awarded, first,
 Bynen Jenig, 100; second, Everett Gee, So; third, George Clement, 54. There were A boys in the contest, which was hotly contested from start fo finish.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-17
BARGAIN WAR FAIR ii
PROVED succEssFl
Proceeds Will Be Devoted te Ent'
 taininq Soldiers and Sailors.

The Y. M. C.. A. bargain war fair closed Saturday with large attend ance present who kept all the attend ants in the booths busy from the opening of the sale until the goods were all sold, which event. took place some time before the time set for the closing of the sale. The fair was one
 of the most successful events that the Ladies' auxiliary has ever under taken and a good sum was realized. This sum will be devoted to the rum ming expenses of. the Auxiliary during the winter and also to whatever spGsE- Iof the program for entertaining the soldier and sailor visitors in the city during the winter is assigned to the auxiliary. There were no moving pie lures Saturday, but instead an electrl- cal theatre was in operation In which electrically operated figures acted cut the familiar fairy story Of Snow White." The fair was under the gen eral charge of Mrs Henry E.. Church, with members of the Ladies auxiliary serving in the booths. s7
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-17
ALL TELEPHONE EMFLoYEs
 GIVEN INCREASE IN PAY
New Ruling. Effective Eren, E. Deeen,-
 her. 1oth. Affects About SO in Nor
 wici1 Division. N->,


 The Christmas season brings joy to II employees of the Southern New England Telephone company, since the officials have announced a general in CT ease in pay. effective from Decem : berS 10th. s'S V
 This. in way. takes the place of the annual berus. generally under stood to be equivalent to about 10 per cent. = Z-3
 However, the new ruling does not affect special wage rewards to fndi- vfd,Ial employees whose particular ef1- c!ency merits extra reccgnitio Or for other req sons Such valued members of the big force. will receive. extra ctjmp ton, toset}ler. with the gen eraE wage increase from Dec. 10.
 As matter Of course, all employees connected with the Norw fch division are feeling in good spirits over the pleasing news, especially as. tie sea son has been sa very busy ana a very taxing one for all telepfaon workers. About 90 in the Norwich division are affected by the advance and the cour- teous. lfveswire, efficientse excha nge rnanaser,.J. Nelson weynoslth. Of S1a- ter avenue, took special pleasure in announcing the sreeable news toe his force. = - ,t+s
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-17
TRIPS
 FOR STEAMER CHELSEA
Might Be Possible. # Government Tug Could Be Secured to Maintain Chan

Although the ThamesY Yri<r is frozen Lo the big bridge, Steamer Chelsea of the Nefwlc!l+ and New York Propeller company made her way. up to her wharf Saturday. The trip from New London. which generally takes but an and sone-haif hours anas this. was q half hour better time than Captain Martin Colberg's. boat made on her Thursday trip.
 Coming up Thursday. the steamer hadfto nose her way through ice near ly five inches thick: but as this chan mel froze; over with clear ice, she found an easier path when Headed up stream Saturday. ..--
 Sunday. afternoon the steamer did not risk waiting too late, but start ed of@ her eown-trip to New York at enc o;clock. .sinstead Of or , as in regular .seasons. 7 Agent I'radericI. Y. R. sKnouse said yesterday that it was tic desire of the Propeller company toc<l>e ep the. steam CT on regular. schedule throughout the entire winter if. possible ; and this could. be. accom- plished if a government tug. could be secured 60 keepl the ice in the channel broken up. sSueh a tug is f.tsI to buck asaiust fVe cakes and would make an sessy task of what the Chelse;1 found, difficult to do.
 The advantage of having the Nor wich steamer running up from New York eev4'y second day was. never so vital as this season. with shortage of sugar tsait.> flour and the, like. es- pecially due to railroad e,noargoes and congestion. The. Chelsea. running regularly the entire. wnltzr would insure a hopeful shuttle, of trade. back and forth; keep ing Norwich and towns north con- nected with the. Metropolis in a most ladvanta geouS way =
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-17

and clear. Those Of us who were off duty spent, our time in a thorough in spection of the new trenches. These were exceilent1y built. .Ehey were very dry and had more head cover than the old trencnes up in Sanctuary Woods. The fire stcr was quare and solid and not crunlbli.ig away as i.1 many of the other trenches we lad taken oyer. The general system consisted. of two lines about twenty-1ve wards apart = the front line contained the fire bays Sepa- rated. by ileavy traTefses to .Ioca1ize the effert of .i direct hit. The second line contained all the dugouts, and It was here thai the men remained when not actively on duty ir the front line. Three communication trencheSS joined these two. lines on our compdn% frontage. The second line was snlore or less straight trench without any. hays or fire steps and it was rea54ys-lsed as communication trench tosynoye the men from one part of the front line to an other without the necessity of their passing along the front line. The brigade Inacbi1e gun company; had it's guns mounted in excellent ep1place- TneEts- commanding our front and also the gap on our right which separated us from the second division, and which was patroled only at night.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-17
Temporary Station Opens ThissMorn.

The temporary stations Of the post office opens this morning in, the Thay- CT building and will be open all week for the receipt of parcel post pack ages, and if is urged that all mailing be done as early in the week as pos sibIe. as parcels not mailed till Friday or Saturday. arc liable not to be de- livered by Christmas, as for three days during the past week the mails were from ten to thirty-six hours late and with the extra heavy holiday mail they will be still Iater.s Mark your package Not to- be opened till Christ : mas and mail it early. Station will be open from g a. n.. till s ?. m.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-17

companied by. his adjutant, Captain Symons and all the company com nlanders, had gone over the whole line and each knew thoroughly the peeu- liarities of the parts of the line with which they had most to do. A non commission officer from each company, the machine gun section. etc, had also gone in ahead to take over trench stores. CA supply of such articles as shovels, rubber boots.- wiring gloves. ammunition, hand grenades. etc) Thus everything was in readiness for a quick relief when we arrived. .., e,.s "Reiief Completed"
 In our part of the line we were met by our company commander, Lieuten- ant ~Cockshutt, and our company ser geant major, who superfntended- the distribution of the men and arranged nlsp was shown his alarm post. and at tlieSe particular points every man Stood to- while the relief was going on. At length the message Relief Conpleted' was passed, down the line and the men of the Seventh battalion heaved a sigh of satisfaction and left the -trenchEs. After a final inspection by the company commander, the order Stand Down" was given, and all but the sentries ON duty. the trench officer and trench non H-com9issioned officer sought out spot in a ldugout or q hole in the side of the support trench in which to stretch their weary legs.
 An Elephant Dusout.
 Our home. which was known as an elephant dagout, was about eight feet square and was roofed over with very heavy corrugated steel in the form of an arch, each 'cofrugatiou being. about eight inches broad. This steel roof was very strong and served, to support a large amount of earth and sandfnss covered with a detonat ting layer of broken rock so that in case of a di- rect hit the shell would explode on -he outside rather than the inside of the dugout.
 The door consisted of a wooden frame sunk in. the wall of sandbags which closed the entrance. At the top hung a blanket soaked in chemicals and roll ed up in a. convenient position to be dropped to close the door in>cases of a gas attack. '- - ---r-. -@
 Inside there was just room to stand up. There were two beds made of wire netting stretched over. a wooden frame. In the center was a small, rough table, where we did all our work and ate our meals sitting on the edge of the beds. It was the first time we Ina q had such a good dugout and we took great pride in hanging up our equip ment on nails driven into the sand bags which closed up the far end of the arch. There was plenty of room, as on this last tour of the trenches there were only three officers in 4 ompany-Lieutenant CocEsuhtt. Lieu- tenanS Wells and myself. One was always on duty. SO that the other two Q little very necessary sleep. s- .-f II.
 The morning. of tune r broke bright
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-17
Whiz- Bangs Disturb Sleep.

Whiz- Bangs Disturb Sleep.
 While Investigating these InaehiSe gun emplacene ents I discovered Lieu = tenant A. D. Slime, of the English Brigade Machine Gun company, who had formerly .been with rue> in the Thirty-F'ifth Battalion. This was the first time we had met since leaving England and we had many things to talk about. We sat down in a sunny spot of the trench, .Dropped our backs against the parados. filled our pipes and enjoyed a pleasant half hour. The day was very quiet. Nothing distl>:b- cd HIS except an occasional salvo of xhiz- bangs witch are :.s harmless as a bottle of milk if you stand fiat against the front face of the trench. They arc very annoying, however, if you are Irving. to snatch a little sleep in YoIIr.- dugout. =
 Talking of sleep reninds me Of an in cident which happened one time when we were m the old trerches at. the Ap- pendiX. Tho officers Gugout consisted of a fire bay roofed over with piece of corrugated galvanized iron sprin.ted witt, about two inches of dirt. The -paraDet. which was our only protection from frontal fire, was hardly bullet proof. The roof leaked like a sieve and one of E'ritz's hands grenades thrown into No Mans Land shook so
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-17
: Poicorto Bound Over.

Probable cause being found by Judge Colt in the New London police court Saturday morning, Nicolo Pol
 corto, an Italian, 21 wears old. accused
 of an assault with intent to kill as a result of shooting affair in his home in Shaw street on Saturday might, Dec 1. when Mrs Rosie Petrizzi. his "a .aotfler- -in-Iaw was hit in the right hip from a bullet discharged from q 2 caIibres revolver in Polcorto's pos session, was bound over to the next term of the superior court, under bonds of S750 which were furnished.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-17
MYSTIC MERCHANT. DIES
 SUDDENLY IN STORE
Herbert sS.T .Ther4asz is At.se seI<ed by Heart TroubIs While at His susi- ness. ; ...;1.s s.sss.-s..

ness. ; -ssss.-e-... s5,. Herbert Thomas. member of the firm. of Thomas A George, furriturc dealers in Bank Square, Mystic, drop ped dead Saturday .fternoon in < his store. He had :Jast come from Conrad KretSer's store, where he 7 had been engag ged in converse tion and seemed Perfectly welE He had been a suf- ferer from iIeart trouble butt lately had seemed particularly. well. 4Esstss
 He was E7 years old on Friday and was a native of Ons rga. III. He was Che son of Caleb IF Thornas. who scrviyes him. as .do1s d sister, Mrs. John McGregor of. Mystic, ,g and three brothers, Charles S.a of Lawton. Okla, Frank H. Of BrookEeid Mass, and Lnnis J. of. Austin, Tex. The ds1.eased was at one. time for. some years cap tain of the nenhatfen steamer F. H. BeckwiIh, but had been engaged in the furniture business for some time.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-17
neina Sneeiai. Duty.

George Ray of New London. and. AlT bert McN a1ty~ of Nonw ichs employees of assigned to. special duty, taking a trafiic survey in New sLoadon, making notaiions of stheS incoming and out going cars. This record is kept dur 6 .and g in the morning. ana between 4 in the afternoon; and ss at night.s
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-17
sixteen Join Polish Army.

The 16 Polish residents of New Lon don who left Saturday for: Hsrt ford, at which place they will enter the Polish legion which is being formed in Canada for service across the wa ter, were given "a patriotic farewell at the Polish church.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-17
Recruitina Officer Here.

IA recruiting officer of the U. $ navy will be at the Norwich post of flee this week to give all who desir, to. enter the navy information and, al so accept all found qualified for ef' listment.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-17
By Lieut.. J. HARVEY DOUGLAS

= Canadian Mounted Rifles
 Canad ffeer Who Hands of the
Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-17
Forty is Twenty Minstes.

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Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-17

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Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-17

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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-21
Advancement Of Christian
Principles Issue in War

Nampa, Oct. 13.-Upon the success
of the allies in their war against Ger
many depends very largely the ad-
vancement of Christianity, or at least
this is the opinion of the Rev. Martin
Damer, rector of Grace Episcopal
church in this city. In commenting
upon the war and it's results Mr.. Dam
er said Upon the success of the al
lies In their war against Germany de-
Ponds largely the advancement of
Christian principles. AS a vindication
OF this. two things are to be consider
ed: first and foremost the world has
too FAR gone away from God, which Is
not only vitality wrong, but madly fool
ish. How much German infidelity has
contributed to this, by playing upon
the unstable in giving them a kind of
good natured deistic rule of the uni
verse, we little know. Moreover, the
strong and conscientious, more or less
unable to avert the insidious attacks,
have not been helped by this subtle
unbelief. The manner by which the
good will be accomplished Is in bring
ing these self conscious people not
only to their own senses, as to the ut
ter emptiness OF this span of exist
ence for creatures constituted as we
are, but also those whom they have
been signally instrumental in misguid
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-21
TOBACCO
HABIT

very interesting book has been published
on tobacco hablt--how to conquer it quickly
and easily. II tells the dangers of excessive
smoking. chewing, snuff using, ETC., and ex.
plains how nervousness, irrtabilty, sleepless-
ness, weak eyes, stomach troubles and niimer.
ouH othcr disorders may be eliminated through
stopping sclf-poisoniug by tobacco. The man
Who has written this book wants to genuinely
help all who have become addicted to tobacco
habit and says there's no need to suffer that
awful craving rcstlessness which comes when
one tries to quit voluntarily. This is no mind
cure or temperance sermon tract but plain
common sense, clearly set forth. The author
Mn send it free, postpaid, in plain wrapper.
Write, giving name and full address, post
card will do. Address: Edward ]. Woods.
Eos, Station F, New York City Keep this adj
Hertlsement, i is likely TO prove the best news
yon ever read in this Journal
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-21
NEW MODEL MAXWELL
SURPRISE OF SEASON
IN THE AUTO WORIC

The new model Maxwell touring car
made its debut on the streets a few
days ago and embodies all the re-
qutsites of the up-to-date automobile
The car has wonderful lines and a
new type stream line body. The
wheel base has been heightened to 100
inches and the rear springs lengthen-
ed to SO inches, being of the under
slung semi-elliptic type and is con-
sidered the last word in easy riding
construction
The chassis has a 6-inch channel
frame of enormous strength, the run
ming boards are wider and to offset
the appearance of the car. full crown
one-piece tenders are used. This type
tenders appears only on cars selling
at $500 and over.
A brand new feature Of the Max
well is an automatic lock on the
starter pedal which prevents stripping
of flywheelS as the starter cannot he
engaged while the motor is running
An extra demountable wheel is in
cluded in the equipment, making a
completely equipped car in every
sense of the word.
How car can be produced at the
price the Maxwell sells for embodying
the best in motor car construction has
been the topic of much discussion
along automobile row. w. ]. La
Casse, Pacific Coast supervisor of the
Maxwell Motor company, with head
quarters at San Francisco, in speak
ing of this latest Maxwell product.
says: 1T is just the car we have
been waiting for and is the result OIL
years of study on the part of our en-
sneers and designers to give the pub
tic the car they want at the right
price. Our last years model proved
tremendous success and we predict
greater success for the present model,
which in my estimation is the greatest
motor car value on the American
market"
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-21
ROSklNS WANTS A RIFLE
you DON'T KNOW HIM BUT READ THIS STORY

He Is standing on the deck above
the throbbing engines watching the
sun play on the gently rolling swells
of the Atlantic-the Englishman is.
Beyond suit of khaki, an Enfield
rifle. bayonet and a heavy pack
await him. Beyond is the thunder of
belching howitzers, coiling trench sys-
TENS, mud. trench raids. death ready
with handshake. Beyond is the Eng
lishman's future-and with it alI-with
the peril, with the hardship, with the
intimacy with death--the Englishman
Is happy. He has found his soul.
Until few days ago the English
man was an Akronite. He was a quiet
unobtrusive fellow who answered to
the name OF Alfred HosSins, and when
he swore he swore softly and used
such unfamiliar slang as Brighter"
and his superlatives were limited to
Bully" He was a character for Jo-
seph Conrad, this Englishman was.
He ran away from London because he
did not want to go to war. He thought
a lot of life. Any sacrifice that might
take 1t away from him was too great.
HE COMES TO AMERICA.
Alfred Hoskins climbed stealthily
aboard ship and came to America.
He left his two brothers to do the
fighting for the family. He left his
mother to cry and weep scalding tears
of humiliation. He LEFT his father
angry and brooding. OF course, his
conscience bothered hint behaved
abominably-but it would wear itself
out. A few months in America and all
would be all right.
Two years Alfred Hoskins roamed
the American continent, but the con-
science did not wear itself out. II re-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-21
new project of American engin-
GERS Is giant canal ESQ miles long IN

connect the Arctic ocean and the Bal
TIC sea. extending from Kandalaska. on
the White sea, to Tornea, near the
swedish frontier on the Gulf Of Fin
land The cost Is estimated at
$3.50. 1000.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-21

ing. Men will find their need of Coz
ana Christ when they see the ravages
OF sin in the devastation of homes. Sc
condiy, Germany by her association
with the vilest forms of government as
Wei as with preposterous monarchial
claims, will doubtlessly take up a gov
eminent which is not only in conson-
ance with the highest civilization. but
winch Is in accordance with hiblicaI
principles. Despotic government is op-
posed to the scriptures. Though ac-
guessed in and afterwards acknow-
lodged by the Bible, 1t is plain and self
evident that such government Is con-
trary to the Divine mind The Israel
ties by their sins and wickedness
brought upon themselves autocratic
and kingly rule.
The prophet in his religious poetic
way gives the key to the situation by
expressing 1t thus succintly: I gave
thee (2.S to the Israelites) "a king in
mine anger, and took him away In
my wrath. (Has. IBID The divine
right of kings Is no more a part of
Coos work, or of the highest form of
civilization the two always go hand in
HANDY than a belief In God Matched
solely out OF the insane and absolutely
inadequate mind OF man, that will In
all things stand the test. The only
God, is the God of Revelation"