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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-11-01
CHAPLIN DIES.

Revere, Mass, Nov Rev. James
Lee, chaplain of the Ninth Massachu-
setts regiment during the Spanish
war, died at his home here yesterday.
He resigned as chaplain In 1911, aft
err 81 years service. Father Lee had
been pastor of the Immaculate Con-
ception church here for 20 years. He
was born in Ireland in 1852.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-11-01
TO HEAR TEDDY.
Members of Local War Bureau to
Occupy Reserved Seats.

Mayor George A. Quigley an.
nounced today that reservations will
be made for the local members OF the
War Bureau at the rally under tho
auspices of the State Council Of De.
fence IN Hartford tomorrow evening.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will be
the principal speaker and q big crowd
Is expected to listen to his remarks
relative to food conservation and
other war measures.
Mayor Quigley went to Hartford
this afternoon to confer with those
IN charge OF the rally ana to secure
the seats. 1t Is probable that every
member of the local bureau will make
the trip.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-11-01
RECEPTION TUESDAY EVENING.

Rev. and Mrs. Harry I. Bodley and
Rev. Samuel Sutcliffe to Be Guests.
Marks parish house at o'clock next
Tuesday evening In honor Of Rev. and
Mrs. Harry I. Bodley and Rev. Sam
uel sutclifre. Rector and Mrs. Bod
ley have been closely associated with
the members and friends OF st.
Marks church during the past 10
years of the formers pastorate. Rev.
Mr.. Sutcliffe as the assistant rector
at the church. ~
All members and friends Of st.
Marks parish are invited to attend
the reception. T.,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-11-01
NAMED DELEGATE.

William H. Caldwell OF this city was
yesterday named by Governor Hol-
comb as a delegate to the annual Ma
tional Harbors and Rivers Congress to
be held in Washington, D. c., Decem-
Der s, 6 and Z.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-11-01
City Hall, West Main St.
MONDAY, OCT. /, 1911

and every day - thereafter during
October, except Sundays, for the pura
pose Of receiving said lists. sf
once Hours from a. m, to p. nj
and Monday, Wednesday and Satuf3
day evenings from to p. m. 5s
N. B.-All persons owning houses
or land are requested to give a fuA
description of the same on back o.
their lists. Blank lists can be prog
cured at the Assessors Office, City
Hall. .@
ATTENTION is CALLED TO TIN!
FOLLOWING STATUTE:
Each resident and every corpora
ton of any town liable to give IN
list and pay taxes thereon, shall on
or before the first day Of Nove1n4ef,
in each year, give I'm his list, med
and sworn to as hereinbefore pre-
scribed; and IL he shall neglect q
refuse to do SO the assessors shall n
out a list for him. putting thereon an
property which they have reason toj
believe is owned by him. liable q
taxation. at actual valuation therent
from the best information they can
obtain, and add thereunto 10 per cenk.
of such valuation"
AUGUST BURCKHARDT,
JAMES J. WATSON, s&
AARON DANIELSON,
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-11-01
DeMARS SELLS OUT.
Daniel HI. Coughlin Purchases Hard
ware City Mercantile Agency.

Daniel H. coughlin, for eight years
a manager for the National Biscuit
company and later a representative of
the American Sugar Refining COM
pany, today purchased of Archie De-
Mars. the Hardware City Mercantile
Agency, and took possession at once.
The new owner is we'll known here
through his business connections.
Mr. DeMars, who retires from the
business, has conducted the agency
for the past three months, succeeding
Louis l.. Lloyd. He is preparing to
enter into some other line Of business
In the near future.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-11-01
ID. A. r.. MEETING.
DIR. Ettelson, of Hartford, to Speak
Hero Tomorrow.

Hero Tomorrow.
Esther Stanley chanter, D. A. r.,
will hold it's first meeting Of the sea-
son Friday afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock
at the home Of Mrs. T. w. Wilbor on
Franklin square.
Dr. H. w. Ettelson, of Hartford,
will speak on the Challenge Of tho
Present Crisis" DR.. Ettelson is in
tensely Interested in Red Cross work
and Is donating his fee to the local
Red CROSS chapter.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-11-01
City Advertisement !.
To Tax Payers. |
ASSeSSOrS'NOtiC

All persons in the Town Of New.
Britain, liable to pay taxes are heret
by notified and requested to return
to the Assessors on or before the ,hrst
day Of November next, list Of all
property owned or possessed by them
on the first day of October, 1917. The
ASSESSORS will meet in their Office.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-20

two subdivisions of motor. vehicles
 1-Jitneys
 2-Other motor vehicles used to so- licit and receive passengers upon any public highway and carry them for an individual fare.
 The department rules that a titney is any motor vehicle running upon a regular route and carrying passeu- gers between the terminal. or any in- termediate portion of that route at n regular stipulated individual or per capita fare.
 The test to be applied in the case of any other motor vehicle than jitney, in order to determine whether it does or does not come within the definition, is to whether the ve- hicle in question IS used for solicit tatfon and reception of passengers up- on the public highway, and for car rying them to their destination for an individual fare.
 The whole test must be applied and the vehicle must be used to conform to the whole definition in order to be included
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-20
JEWET CITY
Strawberry Bed Netted Good Sum
 Reliance Lodge lnstaIIs Officers.

Mrs. James Crary is still gathering the finest of strawberries. Last year she set out 800 plants and this year has cleared S4S on the five rows. They have been very large in size and ex- cellent in flavor
 Attended Funeral in Hartford.
 Dr. and Mrs. G. H. Jennings will be in Hartford today to attend the fu- neral of Miss Grace Greenwood, who died Tuesday. Miss Greenwood, who was a teacher in Canada, has been a yearly summer visitor at the home of pr. and Mrs. Jennings. There remains of her family her aged mother and sis ter, Cora Greenwood, of Hartford; two brothers, Dr. Allan and Dr. Carl Green wood, of Boston, and a sister, Mrs. G. H. Jennings. of this place.
 Mrs. M. E. Turner and sons, Max we'll and Goodwin. of Warren, R. l., are guests al Mrs. Turner's daughters Mrs. Perle Whitford's.
 Invitations have been issued by Mir and Mrs. Adelard Dufresne to a party
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-20
JITNEY DEFINED
 BY OFFICIAL RULE
Copies of Ruling to Be Furnished All
 Police Authorities.

After consulta tion with Attor- ney General George E.. Hinman, Robbins B. Stoeckel the commissioner of motor vehicles, gave a ruling re- garding public service motor vehicles in which jitneys and other motor ve hicles used to receive paying pas sengers are defined. The commits sioner will furnish the state and To- cal police authorities with copies of his ruling for their guidance. The ruling is as follows:
 The term Public Service Motor Vehicle as defined under the law of 1917, includes any motor vehicle op- erated as a jitney and any motor ve- hicle used for the purpose of solic- iting and receiving passengers upon any public highway and carrying such passengers upon the payment of an individual fare. (Omnibuses running regularly between railway stations or boat landings and hotels are specifically excepted.)
 The scope of the definition covers
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-20

to celebrate the coming of age of their son Emeliau.
 InstaIls Officers.
 stalled to serve Reliance lodge, No. 2s for the ensuing six months The cere- mony was performed by District Depu- ty Grand Master Fred Williams of Willimantic. He was assisted by the team from Willimantic lodge: D. D. c. w. Charles Thompson. D. G. G. S. Wal ter Thompson, D. D. G. T. Charles Beebe, D. D. G. NJ. Loyal Plaisted, D. D. G. M. c. L. Clinton. The new offi- vice grand. Thomas Gray; recording secretary, P. G. E. M. Blake: financial secretary, P. G. H. c. Wilcox; treas urer. G. W. Robinson: trustee. P. c. J W. Potts; janitor, P. G. Francis Camp bell; warden, P. G. John Potts; con ductor, P. G. David Boutwell,; outside guardian. F. l.. Whalley; inside guard : ian; P. G. Henry Davis; R. s. N. G., P. G. s. A. Thompson: L. s. \. G., C. Jeffers; L. S. S.. P. G. c. W. Jeffers R. S. " G., Herbert Gray; L. s. V. G., E. E., Gilbert: chaplain, P. c. C. H. Thornton: $. P. G., P. c. G. A. Haskell; ; director, Adelbert Babcock P. G. John Potts; D. D. G. NJ. Fred Williams of Willimantic; com the sick G. A. Has kell, Thomas Gray, H. G. Wilcox, Fran cis Campbell. John N. Lewis: relief W. Jeffers: finance. S. A. Thompson, G. A. Haskell, Francis Campbell; re- ception. H. G. Wilcox C.. w Jeffers, J. P. German. S. A. Thompson. G. A. trustees. G. H. Thornton John Potts and D. A. Boutwell,
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-20
MYSTIC
Odd Fellows Held Successful Dance
 Williams Place Sold.

 John W. Phillips has sold for Mrs Mary Ella Gary the John F. Williams place on Gravel street, to Samuel Ha- ley of New York Mir Haley is tc make some improvements to the place and use it for a summer home.
 Mrs. John G. Wheeler has heen call ed to Boston by the critical illness of her father, who was injured in an au- tornobile accident.
 MT. and Mrs. William R. Lewis of Madison. \. J., are spending a few days in Mystic.
 Dr. and Mrs. August Harris and Mir. and Mrs Williams of Brooklyn, N. Y, are the guests of Mrs. Harris mother, Mrs. Arthur Perry at Willow Point. Norwich.
 Odd Fellows Held Dance.
 The dance in Odd Fellows hall was well patronized on Thursday evening" Eckstein orchestra furnished the mu- sic.
 Sunday School Picnic.
 The Sunday School picnic for the Methodist church is to be held at At lantic Beach on Tuesday.
 Mir and Mrs. Willard w. Keigwin have returned from a visit in Danbury Letter carrier, after a fifteen days vacation. His place was filled during absence by Sub Carrier Bergen J. Greene.
 MT. and Mrs. J. Alden Saunders and daughter. Louise, of Pontiac, Mich, ents, Mir. and Mrs. George E. Tingley. Miss Kaniska Gates is spending a few days in New York.
 Miss Ella Potter has returned to Norwich after visit with MT. and Mrs. George c. Lane.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-20
TOO MUCH RAIN
 FOR GOOD CROPS Feared That Potatoes Are Running to
 Vines.

There has been considerably more rain during the last few weeks and amateur gardeners as we'll as the farmers, are worried. Potatoes. 1t Is feared, are going too much to vines. and the price of potatoes will not be as low next fall as was anticipated by reason of the fact that everyone has patch unless it stops raining for a while The peach crop gives every promise of being a bog one; but the peaches will not have the real, desir- able flavor unless it stops raining. What they need now is a spell of sun shine. The corn crop too needs more sunshine and less rain. Taken alto gether, however, 1t has been a remark ably good season for the vegetable garden
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-20

At the annual meeting of the West erly Veteran F'iremen's association, held in the rooms in the Minchen building on Main street. the following officers were chosen: Fred Shortman, president; William. Lord, first vice president; Everett Clarke, second vice president: N W. Hines, recording sec retary; David Robertson, financial sec- retary; William Minchen, treasurer; Charles Knight, steward; John M. Hines, Edgar Slocum, Charles H. Holdredge, Joseph Church and John Briody, members of executive com mittee; John Hines, member of Me- morial Sunday committee for three years; David Robertson delegate to Rhode Island Firemen's league for two years; William R. Wilcox, alternate; Nelson w. Hines, delegate to New England State Veteran Firemen's League; Harry Kingsley, alternate; William Snyder captain of engine; Harry Kingsley first lieutenant; Geo. Healy, second lieutenant.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-20
FORMER COMMANDER OF
 GERMAN SEA RAIDER
Stood Mute When Indicted on I've
 Serious Charges.

Philadelphia July 1s.-captain Max V. Thierichens. former commander of the seized German sea raider PrinE Eitel Friedrich, stood mute in the fed eral court here today when called up- on to plead to indictments charging him with smuggling and violating the Mann act. The court directed a plea of not guilty be entered. He will be tried in September Thierichens re- fused to plead on advice of counsel who said he wanted to preserve certain rights for the prisoner under interna- tional law.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-20

Serge, gabardine. plaid suiting or shepherd check would be nice for this style The sleeve may be in wrist or elbow length. Taffeta, corduroy or velvet are also nice for this model.
 The pattern is cut in three sizes: 12. 14 and 16 years. It requires 1-4 yards of 36-inch material for 14-year size.
 4 pattern of this illustration mailed to any address on receipt of 10 cents in silver or stamps
 Order through The Bulletin Company Pattern Dept, Norwich, Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-20

ed trifie over a pound. Originally four kernels of good seed had been planted in that hill. When I pulled the weed, two corn plants were strug- gling under it's shadow. One was about a foot high, thin, spindling, yell Jewish; the other not over half that size. Assuming that weed to have al- ready used half its seasonal quota of water, it had taken more than 150 pounds from that one corn hill which, but for it, would have had that amount more to grow with.
 There are, I believe, somewhere about 4,000 hills of corn to the acre. Assuming one such weed to the hill, drawing an equal quantity of water, each one of them, they would have taken 300 tons of water away from my corn. That particular hill wasn't anything like half as good as it should have been. The loss of half the value of a single cornhill may not be a very serious matter. But the loss of half the corn and half the stover from an acre of corn is a very serious matter. It means the difference between a profit on the crop and a loss on it. For half corn crop won't pay expenses nowadays.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-20

Written Specially for The Bulletin.
 If there's any one virtue which is especially and peculiarly the property of the English speaking peoples 1t is that of thoroughness.
 And thoroughness begins at the be- ginning-With the smallest of small details and the littlest of little things.
 It is the folklore, including the people, which opens widest the window of that peoples mind so that one can see something of what is inside it. There is no language under the sun which is so rich in proverbs and say ing and texts preaching the importance of details as the English. There is no need for me to recall them. You all know them as well as I-probably some of you know more of them.
 "Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves" Many a niclxle makes muckle," " Little drops of water For want of a nail the shoe was lost" etc, "A stitch in time saves nine" The constant dropping of water wears away stones" ''Step by step and line by line" Waste not want not and so on and on for a column, if one wished.
 Any handbook of familiar proverbs will supply scores and hundreds more of similar phrases, current, many of them, for generations in the mouths of our forbears and still occasionally heard.
 If we're getting to be wastefuI and careless it isn't for lack of advice hoary with the wisdom of the accumu- lating centuries. Nor is it for lack of the inbOrn and inera adicabIe racial in stinct which is part of our hereditary heritage.
 We have warnings enough against wastefulness: we have a natural ten daucy against it. We were most of Us. born economical and endowed by our Creator with certain instincts, among which are those which lead us to make the most of small things. to make hay while the sun shines and to lay up provision in youth for old age
 Why. then. don't we all do it?
 Best if l know
 But I do know that a whole lot of us have got out of the stra ight and narrow path and are wandering aim lessly and inefectively in the painless meadows preferring to spend our time picking posies of pleasure and ease rather than garnering useful fruits and grains against the day of need Perhaps one reason is that we think we know more than our fathers and mothers did. Perhaps one reason is that over v-aelming immigration has mixed up | too much exotic blood with our hered- ! itary strain. PerhapS one reason is that we're get i tng a little f1abby, morally as we'll as | physically. An ever present and always abiding i reason is that we don't any of us like ! advice; are usually somewhat irritated by it, and almost invariab bly, are cross | grained critters. more inclined to get our backs up and spit when our fur is rubbed backwards than to purr and look pleasant.
  big truth when it begins:
 The world is made when a man is
 born:
 He must taste for himself the forbid
 den springs" etc.
 The baby isn't willing to take s warning that the stove is not he must burn his own fingers be- fore he is cock-sure of it.
 The boy isn't willing to begin with
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-20

The members of the Fifth company, c. A., of Westerly, quartered at the Dexter Training grounds in Provi- dence won the athletic meet at the Y. M. c. A, in Providence Wednesday and thereby captured the second sil- yer trophy. One more win will give the company the championship of the four companies stationed there.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-20

Two more arrests were made We'd nesday of automobile drivers who dis obeyed the law regarding the passing of trolley cars while discharging and taking on passengers. Officer Donald Ferguson arrested George Farrah of
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-20

George Frederick Staplin of Ston- ington, died Wednesday morning t a New Haven hospital. He entered the hospital Tuesday afternoon after suf- fering from meningitis. MT. Staplin was born in Stonington, being the son of Lemuel P. and Rebecca Staplin.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-20

At the armory of Company B, Con- necticut Home Guard, in Stonington borough. summary court was held Wednesday evening, Lieut.. Col. Percy A. Morgan presiding. William E. Ky on of Stonington was called to answer for non-attendance at drills of the company, and being found guilty was ordered to pay a fine of $10. He has 10 days in which to settle
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-20

Forty new steel lockers have just been installed in the state armory on Union street. nine in the room of the non- commissioned officers and .31 in the room on the second floor used by the priva tes
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-20
ATTENDING TO SMALL DETAILS BRINGS BIG
 RESULTS
RESULTS

his A, B, C's; he wants to be presi- dent or locomotive engineer or what ever else his ambition points out this afternoon without the bother of learn ing how.
 The man wants to get rich or have a glorious time or attain to power without having to take the slow and painful steps which precede and make actually possible all accomplishment
 The farmer wants to raise whackins crops and make big money without doing all the hard and dirty and ap parently irresponsive drudgery which is nevertheless, absolutely necessary beforehand.
 I haven't the vanity to suppose that anything I can say or write will have any noticeable effect. Like other lay preachers-and some ordained ones l can preach and preach till the cows come home without producing any ap preciable result. In ninety nine cases out of a possible hundred, all I can say or anybody else could say will slide right off your minds just as water slides off a ducks back.
 Nevertheless and notwithstanding which indubitable fact, if I can make one suggestion or offer one hint which will induce even one single farmer or farmers boy in eastern Connecticut to turn this idea of the importance of detail-this Gospel of Little Things, over in his own unbiased mind, the at tempt would be worth while. You can't convert na ton by wholesale The job has got to be done one at a time if it is ever done so as to stay done.
 So here goes!
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-20

At the regular meeting of Hope council, No. 6, Junior Order United American Mechanics, Wednesday. the following officers were installed:
 Daniel Harrington, councillor; David A. Austin, vice councillor: Howard A. Greene, junior past councillor; Will liam Caldwell assistant recording sec retary- Wallace Strachan, warden; Howard Leonard, conductor Elmer Rittenhouse, inside sentinel; Charles W. Chappell, outside sentinel; Howard A. Greene, trustee for IS months. These officers were installed by State Deputy Henry A. David and suite from Commodore Perry council, No. 14, of Wakefield. The other officers of the local council are: Henry w. Sutcliffe, recording secretary; Irving F. Lewis, treasurer; John I. Bentley, chaplain.
 About 20 members of Commodore Perry council were present as guests of Hope council. National Represen- tative Joseph Northup of the visiting council gave an interesting talk on his trip to the national council con vention at Washington the first of July
 The retiring social committee fur nished refreshments of ice cream, cake, lemonade and after the cigars had been passed around speechmal<ing and music occupied the remainder of the time.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-20

Behold how great matter small fire kindleth." Behold how big a les- son one pesky weed can teach-if youu only open your eyes to see it and your minds to learn it.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-20

Remember what wise old Edison said about genius? Its two per cent inspiration and ninety eight per cent pers spiration."
 Only close and persistent attention to the little details and hard work in making them fit into your larger plan will make the accomplishment of that larger plan certain. Even if you're a real genius, like Edison, you've got to sweat, and sweat buckets-fu1l, to lu- bricate the wheels of your genius You've got to get down to details if you hope to emerge with arms full of results.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-20

"Why didn't l pull that weed and other weeds out of my own patch be- fore preaching to others?" you may ask. And pertinently, too. Well, when the season opened I took good big mouthful of work and set out to masticate it. I took just as much as I could possibly manag ge, if the season were an average and nor nal one. It has, thus far. been nei- ther average nor normal. It has been wet and cold and nprecedentedly backward. Instead of being able to work some tour or five full days to the week, we have not, yet, been able to average two days a week when the soil was in workable condition. As a result I find that I have bitten off more'n I can chaw." But that doesn't make any difference with the princi- pie involved
 The fact that I've been unlucky or unfortunate, this time, doesn't alter or in the slightest degree modify my conviction that the way to raise a good corn crop-or any other crop is to take care of it from the begin ming to the end. with constant and even pernickety attention to the smallest details.
 The one patch I have been able to care for properly proves this, if it needed proof
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-20

One of the other patches has had to go, thus far, with only a single hur- ried cultivation. Weather has pre- vented more. Yesterday I pulled from close up beside one corn hill in that field a big amaranth, Cred root, we call it locally). On the scales it weigh
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-20
WESTERLY VETERAN BREMEN MET
Fred Shortman Elected President Annual Assembly, Home Guard Member Fined $1O-Two More Auto Drivers Arrested

street and he was arraigned before Clerk Clarence E. Roche in the Third District court. Upon pleading guilty he was fined $5 and costs, amounting to $2.s0- George Pitman, Watch Hill chauffeur, was arrested by Officer Henry Chase on Bay street, Watch Hill. It was charged that Pitman passed car on Main street while dis charging passengers and his license number was taken by Officer Fergu- son. Orders came from police head quarters for Officer Chase to arrest The man. He was also fined g and the costs amounted to $3.S0. This is the fifth arrest in two days for a similar violation of the law.