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Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-09-03

Mr.. William w oBrien, formerly
with Jeweler L. l.. Bentz, now OF
Clearfield, Pa, was here on Labor Day
TO visit friends.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-09-03

Messrs. A. F. and w. A. Gold, OF
Mason w. Va, spent Monday in Mar
tinsburg.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20
LIQUOR DEALERS DISCUSS
 HIGHER BEER PRICES
At Convention in New Haven Held
 Recently.

That the members of the associa- ton in this city and at other points throughout the state will not be sur prised to see a number of the smaller saloon keepers forced to close their doors within the next few months be- cause of the coal situation and the very great increase in the price of beer and other alcoholic drinks, caused by the increased federal taxes as well as for material and coal, was apparent at the recent meeting of the State Liquor Dealers association. It has been estimated that 50 New Haven saloons may be forced to close by early fall and it is expected that at that time numbers of owners of licenses will not make application for renewals.
 Fearing in the event of another special federal tax the brewers will raise the price of beer per keg to such a figure as to prohibit the sale of beer tion appointed committee to confer wit hthe principal brewers of this state on the situation and if possible to se- cure uniform price per keg for the entire state. The convention took no action, however, as to raising the price of beer to the consumer nor on re- ducing the size of the glass.
 Appointed on the committee to con- fer with the brewers were State Pres ident Frank P. Quinn, New Haven; State Vice President Leo Guthlein, Hartford; State Secretary Thomas F, FitzSimmons, New Haven; State Treasurer P. J. Griffin, Waterbury; Thomas Schumacher, Ansonia.
 Daniel J. Mccormick of this city was local representative at the meeting.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20
NORWICH CELEBRATES ALLIED
 VICTORY WITH FIREWORKS
ChappeII Company Furnishes Beautiful Display in Honor of American Drive.


 Although a trife late, Norwich on Friday evening celebrated the allied victory in France with large dis play of fireworks from ChappelIs s wharf which was witnessed by thou sands of people who cheered each bursting aerial bomb. The fireworks were the gift of Arthur H. Brewer and Willis Austin, members of the firm of Edward Chappell Co.,. who had sev- eral weeks ago prophesied an allied victory and had made arrangements for the celebration, but the news of the victory arrived before the fire works.
 The fireworks set off by Dominick Americana of New Haven, who was sent here for the occasion by the com pany manufacturing the fireworks The display included aerial bomb streamers, red white and blue rockets and star shells such as are used in night raids in the trenches lover there" These shells would go up and burst, a parachute drop from which 8 burning substance would light up the city for several minutes. These shells are used in the trenches when an en- eny raid at night is feared.
 When the red, white and blue rock cts were sent heavenward the orches- tra at the roof garden played The Stal Spangled Banner. A freight train or the Central Vermont road which wen down during the celebration had si1 red signal fires burning on the real end of the caboose. The Girl Scout: from Trinity Methodist church were present at the celebration and cheeret for General Pershing and for the boy! over there.
 The display lasted for half an hou, | and was one of the best seen in thii city in many years.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20
Manufacturers Discuss Labor Question
Korper Here to Outline Situation-Coa Situation Also Discussed By Bureau

Friday evening the Manufacturers Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce held their July meeting in the Cham Der of Commerce rooms with twenty of the leading manufacturers of the city and vicinity in attendance. Chair man Von Wagenen opened the meeting and the secretary read the minutes of the last meeting which were approved.
 Secretary H. R. Branche reported the following firms as having taken out associate memberships in the chamber: Marlin Rockwell corpora ton, Shore Line Electric Company, Ponemah Mills, American Thermos Bottle company, Winchester Woolen company, Norwich Woolen, Eastern Connecticut Power company, J. B. Martin company, Norwich Belt Manu- featuring company, Schwartzenbach- Huber company, Atlantic Carton cor poration, United Metal company, Cres- cent Fire, Arms company, Joseph H Hall 6 Son, Versailles Sanitary Fibre company, Saxton Woolen Corporation Max Gordon Sons Corporation, Chelsea File Works, Hart Transportation cor poration, E. I. Dupont de Nemours company.
 There was a discussion of the trans portation problem, especially in .rela- ton to the coal situation, from data compiled by the chamber. Since the government has taken over the rail roads there has been what is consid- cred great advance in the charges for the shipment of coal and other commodities. This matter was thor oughly gone into at the public hear ing of the public service commission in Boston July IS. The concensus o1 opinion at that meeting seemed to bt that McAdoo was acting unjustly. A the meeting Friday many of the loca manufacturers expressed their opin-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20
WILL HAVE 1000 MEN
 OVER IN FRANCE SOON
Knights of Columbus Is Doing Good
 Work in the Great War.

William J Cronin, the well known Knights of Columbus official, has re- ceived the following from the com mittee on war activities of this order:
 'EIt is the wish of the committee to have at least one thousand men in France by Oct. 1. At present we have over two hundred and at the present time we also have about two hundred applications in the government at Washington, but we want to keep a sufficient number there all the time sc that we will be able to send fifty over each week beginning with next.
 "Tons of chocolate, coffee. condensed milk and candy have been purchased week. Seventy five million cigarettes, deliveries to be made at the rate of ten millions per week, two hundred twenty five thousand cigars, deliver ies to be made in lots of seventy five thousand in the month of August, September and October. Kitchen au- tomobiles and 1-2 ton trucks are go- ing over within the next ten days so that the boys at the front will be cared for. It is the committees idea to have everything for our boys at the i front free. The motto of the order is i everybody welcome and everything free
 Tn order to carry on the work ii is necessary to have men, and if you know of any in your community who are interested between the age of for
 tv and forty five or thereabouts, we would be glad to have you request
 them to write to the office at 461
 Fourth avenue, New York City.
 ] sincerely and fraternally yours, [ WILLIAM J. MULLIGAN, l chairman"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20
REGULATIONS CONCERNING
 USE OF THRESHERS
Owners Must Make Report Every
 Month to Government.

Every man in Connecticut who owns a thresher must make monthly re- ports to the government through his county agent, who will telegraph the totals to Washington. Under authori- ty of an act of congress, the Secre- tary of Agriculture has authorized and instructed the chief of the Bureau of Markets to obtain monthly reports from threshers showing the amount of wheat they have threshed and to ob- tain seaspndble reports for all other cereals at the close of the threshing season. Plans for conducting this work were determined upon at con- ference of representatives from the Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Crop Estimates with off, cials of the Food Administration and the Federal Trade Commission.
 These plans provide that each thresher be supplied with a record book for keeping an account of the amounts and kinds of grain and his charges for threshing. In addition, tho thresher must find cut from each far mer the number of acres he planted to wheat in 1917, and the number of bushels he harvested. These facts are made a part of the threshing record The thresher's record book will be supplied gratis by the government These books will enable the threshe1 to readily furnish monthly report on separate blanks supplied for the purpose. They will also be a req. convenience to him in keeping his owr accounts. Both the record books and the report blanks can be obtained from your farm bureau.
 The government wants to know about all the wheat threshed in eact county. It is therefore important that returns be made not only by those who thresh for hire but also by far mers who do their own threshing. Lo- cal postmasters may be called upor to assist the county agents in secur. ing complete lists of threshers in tneil | respective communities. Assistance [ of the postmasters will probably no
 be needed in Litchfeld. Fairfield, New
 Haven, Hartford and Holland coun.
 ties. The desired information is al. ready available through the very com | plete agricultural survey that was
 made comparatively by the committee
 of food supply and the farm bureaus for the state council of defense.
 | All reports must be made to thu county agent who will assemble them summarize the returns. and telegraph the county totals to the bureau O
 markets at Washington not later thai ! the fifth day of each month.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20
liberty Choruses.

The council of National defense has turned to the Connecticut State Coun- Gil of Defense for advice on the sub ject of community singing as a force
 in winning the war and also in the matter of suitable music for commu- riity war choruses.
 The first state in the Union to mo- bilize it's singers as war force was Connecticut, according to informa-
 tion secured by the state councils sec
 tion of the council of national de- fense. More than 130 Liberty Chor- uses" have been organized in Connec- ticut to date under the division of Lib erty Chofuses, which is a department of the publicity committee of the coun- cil
 The director of this division. James $. Stevens of Hartford. has been in vited by Arthur H. Fleming, chief of the state councils section. to attend
 a conference to be held in Washington this week to discuss Liberty Chorus
 organization on a nationalwide scale and to consider the matter of suitable
 song books for the choruses.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20

ion on this matter and discussed steps which might be taken to remedy it.
 The question of labor also came up for discussion at the meeting. The employment service of the U. S. de- partment of labor is trying to organ ize the demand for labor in each com munity so that there will be no aim less wandering from place to place in search of jobs California draws its unskilled labor from points as far east as Buffalo and New York goes as far west as the Mississippi for it's unskill- | ed labor. It is the aim of the employ ment service to do away with this | through having the needs of each community tabulated and supplying the needs through a central labor board. In this sense the officers of the l United States employment service will act as exchanges for unskilled labor. | The chamber of commerce through l it's manufacturers bureau is consid- ering cooperating with the United States employment service of the de- partment of labor. The matter was first taken up with Joseph w. Alsop of the state council of defense and he turned it over to Leo A. Korper. fed eral director for Connecticut of the U. s. employment service. MT. Korper has furnished the secretary of the bu- reau with instruction concerning the formation of a war community board After considerable discussion it was decided to have the secretary commu- nicate with Mir. Korper and invite him tc appear before the chamber and give his views on and explain the op- eration of the community labor board
 The matter of putting another steamer on the Norwich New York line operated by the Hart Transporta tion company was discussed but nc action was taken.
 l The meeting adjourned about 1o.3O
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20
ANOTHER LAWYER NEEDED. Judge Howe Advises Prisoners to Get Someone to Defend Them in U. S. District Court.

When George c. Morgan, New London lawyer, told Judge Howe in the United States district court at Hartford Friday noon that he had been personally unable to decide whether his clients were really guilty or innocent, but that he had advised them to plead guilty, Judge Howe told him that his clients had better get another lawyer to protect them from themselves.
 The prisoners changed their pleas from not guilty tc guilty. MT. Morgan intimated there was a doubt about their guilt. Judge Howe said if that was the case, they should not plead guilty, and the court said he would not accept such plea.
 After some discussion. Mr. Nor gan told the court he had been un- able to form an opinion on their guilt or innocence.
 Then they have the wrong law yer" said Judge Howe, "thev should get some one else to defend them It is a serious thing for two youns they have not committed"
 Mir. Morgan finally said ht thought they were guilty. They haG been in jail forty-t two days, ant both are married and have children
 MT. Crosby thought to date sen. tence back to include the time they had already spent in jail, would bt sufficient. Mir. Morgan asked the court if a nominal fine would not re. lieve the stigma.
 'FWhy do you recommend that asked the judge, you have already won your case, and I am willing to le them go."
 They were then discharged.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20
MISS BLANCHE ROGERS NOW
 NURSE IN FRANCE Is the Granddaughter of Former Nor wich Woman and Cousin of Leslie T. Gager.

Miss Blanche Rogers, a cousin of Leslie T. Gager. a former member of The Bulletin editorial staff, is now serving as a Red Cross nurse in France. Miss Rogers, whose home is in Kansas, is the granddaughter of Mrs. Andrew Gardner, a former resi- dent of this city.
 Mrs. Gardner will be remembered by Norwich and Montville people as hav- ing occupied a farm near the fair grounds about p years ago; from which she moved to Kansas.
 Captain Gardner, her husband, was noted as an able mariner in New England, He died several years ago iii Kansas.
 Mrs. Gardner has two sons, Ernest Rogers and Andrew Gardner. Ernest is a salesman for a. large milling con cern in Kansas and in addition to that finds time to care for his large and excellent farm. Andrew, the other son is engaged in Kansas and Oklahoma in making estimates for oil concerns of the quantity of oil that wells that may be operated by them are apt tc produce for a certain time.
 Miss Rogers is the daughter of Er- nest Rogers.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20
PERSONALS

Israel Rosenweig of Westminster is employed in Norwich
 Mrs. Delina Pain left Norwich Thursday for Bristol, Penn.
 Wilfred Young of Baltic is spending the summer at the home of Mrs. Lydia Place, in North Sterling.
 Miss Doris Main of Gales Ferry has been visiting Miss Ida Reynolds of Massapeag for few days.
 Miss Fidelis c. Farrell of Seymour street, Hartford, is the guest of Miss Monica Donovan of Taftville.
 Mrs. Jennie Swain of Lisbon was a recent visitor at the home of William A. Rathbun of North Stonington.
 Andrew Boyens and William Buck ley of this city are spending a few days mackerel fishing off Cape Cod
 Miss Minnie Kenary, of Putnam, is spending a week with MT. and Mrs. Charles s. Garner, of Lafayette street.
 Misses Margaret and Mary McCon. nell of Ballouville, are guests of their uncle William Mcconnell of Bliss place, Norwich.
 Miss Ellen Carroll of East Hartford has as her guest Miss Loretta, Hig- gins of Norwich, classmate at Con- necticut college.
 Mrs Richard Marks and son, Jo- seph of Norwich are visiting at the home of Mrs. James O'Connor, IF Rank Strnnt Waterbury
 Miss Alice Stowell Bishop of New London has gone to an artists col ony, Oqunquet, Maine, where she will study throughout the summer. Sergeant Harry w. House, from Fort Warren, Boston harbor, spent three days shore leave recently with his mother, Mrs. Fife House, ot Church street.
 Misses Lucretia and Lovena, daugh- ters of Lieutenant and Mrs. Lafayette Evans of Bridgeport are visiting theil grandparents, Mir. and Mrs. Byron H EvanI of Washington street.
 MT. and Mrs. Orrin L. Swain enter tained recently at their home in North Stonington Mrs. Jennie Swain of Lis ] bon MT. and Mrs. Albert Edwards o1 Montville and Mrs. Ezra Huntley anc daughter of East Great Plain. I MT. and Mrs John P. Lewis ot Methuen, Mass, Mrs. Frank Coleswor thy of Worcester, Mass. and Miss Norah Fitzgerald of Hartford have re- turned to their homes after spending their vacation with Mir. and Mrs Rhodes K. Lewis and MT. and Mrs Edwin E. Lewis in Preston.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20
The Wm. FriisweII Co.
ENTENTE AIRPLANES ACTIVE
 OVER THE BATTLE LINES,
Twenty German Machines Were Brought Down or Put Out of Com mission.

Paris, July 19.-The French official report says: Yesterday our airmen in collaboration with British squadrons continued, their work along the whole battle front Twenty German ma chimes were brought down or put out of commission by our pilots and two captive balloons were burned. The British airmen destroyed seven Ger man. machines
 Our bombing groups continued their expeditions against the crossings of the Marne. A footbridge west of Reuil was bombed and demolished. Cantonments and troop concentrations at Oulchy- -le- Chateau, in the Vaux- buin. ravine, at Fere- -en- -Tardenois and in the region of Oeuilly were attacked with machine guns or bombs, the | troops being dispersed. Stations in the rear areas were sprinkled with projectiles. Fires broke out in the stations at Amifontaine and Fishes. Heavy explosions were observed at | Pontavert. Twenty two tons of bombs were also utilized in the day and 1 twenty one the following night.
 British squadrons dropped two tons and a, half of explosives with excellent results
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20
WEDDING.
Lawless-Barry.

Sergt. Sebastian K. Lawless of New Loudon ana Miss Della Barry of this city were married at Fort Terry on Thursday. The wedding took place at the homo of Lieutenant Mccormack the ceremony being performed by Father J. P. O'Mahoney, the Knights of Columbus chaplain at Fort Terry.
 Private Roderick D. Lawless of Bat -tery C, Sixty Eighth Coast ArtIery a brother of the bridegroom, was best man and Miss Grace Russell of Nor Wich was bridesmaid
 Sergeant Lawless is attached tc Battery A, the senior battery of the Sixty Eighth regiment and is expect ed to go overseas shortly He was a member of the former First Company Coast Artillery of New London and is well known here.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20
RULING ON RAILROAD
 FARES FOR CHILDREN
Between Providence and Points on It's
 Bristol, R. l., Branch.

Washington, July 19.-The interstate commerce commission today ordered the New Haven railroad to cease maintaining communication and special fares for school children between Providence and points on it's Bristol, R. l.. branch. when such communication and special fares are lower than are now maintained for like service be- tween Providence and Fall River, Mass. The fares as at present were declared in the commissions opinion to be unfair to South Swansea, Fall River and other towns on the Fall River branch of the road.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20
CARGO OF RELIEF SUPPLIES
 TO BE SHIPPED TO RUSSIA
By Red Cross-PrincipaIIy Foodstuffs,
 Clothing and Medicine.

Washington, July 19.-A large cargo of relief supplies, principally food stuffs, clothing and medicine. is to be dispatched to Russia by the American Red Cross at the earliest possible moment
 A special ship will be used for the purpose and the cargo will be accom- panied and distributed by a group oi Red Cross representatives who will work under the direction of the Amer ican Red Cross commission now in Russia.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20
Transferred to eulfnnrt

Albert R. Portelance who has been company commander of the Hospital Company at the Newport Naval Training station is in town for few days before reporting at the station at Gulfport, Miss. MT. Portelance will report at Gulport on July 26. He was employed as a druggist in Norwich and Taftville before enlisting in the navy,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20
staue Wedding Postponed.

The wedding of Harry Latoy and Arlene Zara, which was to have been performed on the stage of the Audi torium theatre Friday evening during the performance, was postponed until this Saturday afternoon in order to comply with the laws of the state. Rev. George H. Strouse is to perform the ceremony Both Miss Zara and MT. Latoy are members of the theat- rical troupe now playing at the local theatre.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20
P. S.-Send Bulletins.
Appreciates Sweaters.

The Baltic Red Cross chapter has received the following letter of ap- preciation from one of the boys who is in the service who has received a sweater from the chapter. The letter follows:
 o, D. Camp, Company 317,
 Great Lakes, III. Ladies of the Red Cross, Baltic. Conn: l wish to thank you for the gift of the sweater given me by your branch. Though not the season to be bundled up, still in the evenings my sweater is very comfortable, especially as we are quartered in tents here for the present, and on relieving a sentry for duty in the middle of the night. I assure you that the sweater is appreciated. Again thanking you, l beg to remain,
 Very truly yours.
 MELVILLE COTE.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20
INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY

Miss Rosalind Cranska has returned from spending several weeks with friends in Thompson and Worcester.
 Miss Ruth Sullivan has returned to Newark, N. J., after several weeks stay at her home on Slater avenue.
 Henry D. Johnson and Miss Eliza beth A. Johnson have been visiting Mrs. Samuel Johnson in New. Haven,
 Mrs. Frank Cranska and Miss Marion CTanska have left town to spend the summer at Fishers Island, New York.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20
FUN ERALS.
Charles L, Chapman,

The funeral of Charles Lewis Chap man, S5, who died in Preston on July 18th, was held from the parlors of Undertaken c. A. Gager, Jr., Friday afternoon. There was a good attend ance of relatives and friends and many beautiful floral forms. Rev Albert Donnell of Jewett City of1ciated. The bearers were Fri Mitchell Alonzo Whitford, Frank Avery and R. F. Pendleton. Burial was in the Union cemetery in Moosup and there was a committal service at the grave.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20
Jerome Collins.

The funeral of Jerome, infant son of Cornelius F. and Catherine Collins, was held from the home of his parents at Is Boswell avenue at ? o'clock Fri day afternoon with good attendance of relatives and friends. There were many handsome pieces of flowers. Burial was in St. Mary's cemetery.
 Undertaken Hourigan had charge of the funeral arrangements.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20

Residents of Coventry, alarmed one night this week by what they feared might be Hun raid. discovered that citizen had surprised a skunk feast ing on three chicks which it had killed and was pursuing the thief with re- volver and dog. finally shooting the polecat
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20

After months of gun practice on the U. $. s. Massachusetts and the Vir ginia, Christopher G. Allen, son of Dr and Mrs. J. H. Allen of Norwich, is a qualified trainer and is at Norfolk, Va. for several months, before being ordered to the transport or merchant marine service.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20

Finished work returned to the Red Cross room in the Thayer building on Friday included pajamas and hospital shirts from the Fitchville auxiliary and oandages from the Children of Mary of St. Patrick's church. the 1at- ter through Miss Sheridan.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20

Passengers going to Groton by auto mobile appreciate the convenience of not being obliged to go to the ferry house to purchase tickets. These will De sold to them by Daniel Beckwith, who mas been assigned to duty at the wharf for that purpose.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-20

Stockholders here are interested in the feet that because of the inventory Of the property of the Danbury & Bethel Street Railway Co. was not gotten up Tn a manner satisfactory to Judge Warner Of the superior court, tie acceptance of the roads inventory, inreceivership, was put over by the court until later date.