Norwich bulletin., 1917-02-06
PLAIN MRS. CHAPMAN.
Ten Million Dollar Widow Would Have Court Relieve Her of German Sound ing Name of Won Valkenburqh.

Mrs. Nevada Won Valkenburgh, the SIC, 100000 widow, as she was known back in 1914. when she was seeking a
 divorce in the superior court for Judge Futile at Mondays short calen- dar session of the superior court here, seeking change of name. She explained that she owns prop erty in Italy. Because of the war. and the conditions resulting therefrom, she has met with difficulties and incon- veniences in administering her affairs in the sunny land across the sea, be- cause her name has given the impres- sion that she is German-and a Ger man and his possessions do not get special consideration ill Italy these days
 The beautiful divorcee came unf1er-
 aided Monday, and few knew of her presence in the city. Neither were there many about the court room. for there was only a short list of business to be transacted.
 The change of name Monday was from Won VaIkenburgh to Chapman, the name of her second husband Won Valkenburgh was her third. MT. Chap man died in 1oe7, and it was at the time understood that she inherited from his estate S10000, 900. She went to Europe. where the liberal expendi- ture of her money won her much at tention and the spotlight of beneficent l publicity. A duke became infatuated | this being one of the bits of romance | that colored the stories about her fit- tings across the water
 1 Having returned to New York, she | was taking dinner in that city one night, it is related, with Philip Won 1 Valkenburgh- He proposed and that | very night they drove out to Green wich and were married Later divorce Won Valkenburgh. As she claimed Pomfret as her legal residence, the case came into the superior court in | this county.
 | 8 Loan Causes Trouble. Andre Ziaulia was before Judge L. H. Fuller in the city court Monday morning to answer to charges of hay peace and resisting an officer. He was fined s25 and costs of S10.29. He did not pay and was taken to jail. 1 Ziaulia got himself in bad during the early hours of Sunday morning As the story was told, a roommate of Ziaulia, on Meadow street, asked him | for the return of a S3 loan. Ziaulia 1 Esaid he did not owe the roommate the 1 the roommate, threatened to do some l cutting around there if any more was said on the subject. This kind of ruff fed the roommate's feelings, so he 1 complained to the landlord and the Landlord spoke to the police. Officer | Bouthilette went to the boarding house and placed Ziaulia under arrest. When the officer and his prisoner were com | ing up through Canal street Ziaulia
 broke away from the officer and went back home.
 1 Officer Bouthilette then secured Ser
 geant Cordier. They went back and l rearrested Ziaulia and saw to it that
 he was safely landed in a cell at the police station.
 Severity of Storm. | -111i around this city Monday and gave the
 old town a taste of real winter weath- ! er The wind howled and drove the snow in swirling clouds At times ii
 was almost impossible for a pedestrian
 to make his way through the storm, sc
 severe were the blasts. The storm
 ma de operation of cars on the trolley
 line difficult. On the steam road some
 of the trains performed the remark
 able feat of staying on time, through l the rough going, while others were l from 10 to 40 minutes late.
 J. B. Fullerton, It. of the Conn. Ma
 tional Guard, Wil1imantic, will be un-
 able to address the Odd Fellows to- lnight.-adv.