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Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31
HOLLAND COUNTY CORN
 GROWERS TAKE PRIZES
Ellington Boy Wins First on Fifth Ear
 Exhibit.

Holland county corn made an excep- tionaily good showing at the corn shows in connection with the State Dairy association meeting at Hartford and at the State Poultry association at New Haven. At Hartford, Harrison Hamilton of Ellington was awarded the first prize on 10 ear exhibit, yellow flint: second prize on both the ten ear exhibits of flint and yellow dent Luther Skinner of Vernon won first on ten ear exhibits of yellow flint and second on 50 ear exhibits William Clark of Vernon won third place on ten ears of flint and Frank Holton of Ellington won fourth on ten ears oi yellow dent.
 At New Haven, Harrison Hamilton of Ellington took first on yellow flint under inches in both the six ear and single ear classes; second on the class over g inches: second on single ear ex. hibit of yellow dent nd first on si1 | ears of white dent. Luther Skinne1 of Vernon took second on six ears o yellow flint William Clark oa Yer
 non won third on bith six and single ear exhibits of yellow flint. Franl Holton of Ellington received second or 6 ears of yellow dent and third oI single ear of the same
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31
SECOND IN K. OF C. WHIST SERIES HELD
Bags of Sugar Awarded as Prizes to the Winners.

The second of series of whist and "45" for the benefit of the K. of c. War Fund, was held at the K. of c. rooms Wednesday evening with one of the largest crowds present in the his tory of the organization. The affair was in charge of the lady friends of the council and they worked untiringly to make it the success that it was.
 There were 75 tables of whist play ed and large number of tables of "45.'' The prizes for both games were unique as well as useful and appro- priate. The prizes consisted of bags of sugar. The whist prizes were awarded as follows: Ladies-frst, F pounds of sugar, Miss Mary Brennan second, 8 pounds of sugar, Mrs. Will liam Wilson. Gentlemen-First, 12 pounds of sugar, E. L. Miller: second, s pounds. William Richardson
 The "45" prizes were won as follows: First, 12 pounds of sugar, M. J. Coo ney; second, s pounds. P. Sullivan The judges were James Purdon, Fred Friswell A. J. Wholey and M. J. Kel- ley. The scorers were T. Donovan J. Gleason, R. Swanton, J. Farrell, Driscoll and T. McCaffery.
 Before the whist the ladies of K. ot C. held a sugar sale, each one havine donated a small amount, which netted a substantial sum.
 The guests of honor were Mayor Al | lyn l.. Brown. Mrs. R. w Perkins an6 Mrs. Tyler w. OIcott of the Red Cross Rev. William H. Kennedy and Capt and Mrs. ohm Lewlian. Among the large number were many men in uni form coming from the submarine base the state pier, Newport and Camr l Devens. Others were present from New London. Westerly, Willimantic Baltic and Hallville.
 Mayor Brown made a short addres!
 before the play began and compli work in the recent War Fund cam
 paign and said that the people wht l stay at home could not do enough fo l the boys who have gone out to figh for our country.
 The affair was in charge of Mrs. M H. Donovan, chairman, assisted by tn following: Miss Nora Dunleavy, Mrs
 M. T. Hartman, Mrs. A. J. Wholey
 Mrs. D. T. Shea. Mrs. Elizabeth Mo
 Namara, Mrs James Sheridan, Mrs
 M. J. Kelley, Mrs James McNally
 Mrs. J. M. Lee, Mrs. J. J. Donahue
 Mrs. J. A. Desmond, Mrs. James Nc
 Grory, Mrs. John Flemming, Mrs James Crawford, P. T. Brown, Mrs JOSepn cummings, MFS. Fre0er1ck La
 Fountaine. Mrs. J. Bourne, Mrs. D. i Hayes, Mrs. James Casey, Mrs. I
 Shannon. Mrs. P. L. Shahan, Mrs. Joh
 Steiner, Miss Ellen Leahy. Mrs. Jame
 Sullivan. Mrs. George Madden, Mir, i. Mary Sliney. Mrs. Julia Brock, Mir.
 Frank Murtha. Miss Josephine Ed
 wards. Miss Josephine Hartie. Mis- Mary Curran, Miss Julia Dunlev!
 Miss Maud Gallivan, Miss Bessie F'itz
 gerald, Miss Esther Madden, Mis
 Genevieve Mccormick. Miss Mary ]
 Good. Miss Nellie O'Connell, Miss Az
 nes White. Miss Katherine Desmond
 Miss Margaret Reynolds, Miss Flea
 nor Shannon and Miss Annie McGror,
 Also assisting the ladies were Joh H. Carney, James P. Sheridan, Jane Mahoney. M. J. Curran, M. J. KeI1e, !. J. J. Sullivan and J. P. Corcoran. Following the whist Drews orches l tra furnished music for dancing. Mor gan Cronin had charge of the deco , rations.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31
TWO SENTENCED FOR THEFT
George Clarke Goes to Refomatory and Thomas Clarln Gets Ten Months in Jail-Charles Bergman Brought Before Criminal Court on Bench Warrant-Is Charged With Burglary and Held for Trial

George Clarke. 2a New London, and
 Thomas Clarlzin, 2s, New London,
 found guilty of theft by jury in the
 criminal superior court last week, were
 on Wednesday afternoon sentenced by
 Judge Donald T. Warner Clarke was
 sent to the reformatory, and Clarkin
 who is just over the age admitting him to the refoVmatorv, was given a
 sentence of 10 months in pail If the
 reformatory authorities see fit Clarke
 may later be paroled-
 Clarke has beer employed as a
 brakeman in and around New London His parents reside in New London and his father has been a railroad freight conductor for some years past ClarSin came to this country from Ireland about five years ago. Both his parents are dead. At one time he was employed as a street car conductor ir
 New York and had worked in other capacities in that city. He had beer in New London only short time priol to his arrest.
 Leon Rounds, who was arrested witf Clarke and Clarkin in connection witt the theft, has been given his freedom | as the case against him was nolled. On Wednesday Charles Bergman o, Hartford was presented before ths | court on a bench warrant chargins ! him with burglary in Colchester. H. was held for trial under bonds. whicl 1 he secured.
 The complaint charges him witf
 taking 100 pairs of shoes valued at s5pt l and 20 suits of underwear valued al
 $o0 from a store in Colchester run by l Jennie Lazinsk.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31
WORK OF J. R. SKEESUcK
 PRAISED. IN PHILADELPHIA Young Artist of Mohegan Tribe Pleases Critics With Wood Carv- ines.

The Philadelphia Record of recent date writing up a studio exhibition, pictures some of the wood carvings by Jerome Roscoe Skeesuck, of Norwich, a student at the Philadelphia Acad- enly of Fine Arts. who went to the Quaker City from the Norwich Art School, having had his scholarship transferred from Boston through the efforts of Mrs. Charlotte Fuller East
 man, directress of the Norwich Art School
 The paper says: There is interest in the wood carvings shown by Jerome R. Sizeesuck, a Mohegan Indian from Connecticut, who is studying art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Carved bowls and ladies of wood, as well as plaques and trays and some end pieces and, tinted carv- ings showed his versatility in this me dium.
 The Indian is possibly a permanent addition to the artist colony and his work is wonderfully attractive. dis playing as great skill as that which
 makes the explorer laud the carvings | Of the aborgines.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31
BoZRAH MILK PRODUCERS
 REFLECT THEIR OFFICERS Gideon" Dickinson is the Choice foi President During the Ensuing Year.

The Bozrah local of the New Eng
 land Milk Producers associatio nat
 their annual meeting on Wednesday
 evening reelected the following off,
 cers:
 President, Gideon Dickinson; vice president, A. J. Grandy; secretary and treasurer, Elijah Abell.
 County Agent F. c. Warner spoke of the work of the N. E. M. P. A. is do- ing. His address proved both interest ing and profitable to the milkmen. Assistant County Agent R. J. Whit
 ham also spoke before the meeting, his subject being dairy rations He computed a cheap but valuable ration working it out on the retail prices pre- | vailing in both this city and the town of Bozrah on the 100 pound basis. The l ration as given by MT Whitman is
 made up as follows: 100 pounds of cot.
 tonseed, 100 pounds of gluton. 10( 1 pounds fstandard middlings and 1C( pounds of bran. This ration, 400 pounds | in weight, can be made at a cost o1 $2.800 a hundred pounds
 l Ready made brands of dairy ratfons containing the same mixture cannot be | bought for less than S3.1O to s3.2O 2 1 hundred pounds. This saving of 30 oi 40 cents a hundred pounds aihounts ] to considerable with the farmer havins ia large herd.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31
FUN ERALS.
Miss Corinna Maynard

The funeral of Corinna Maynard, daughter of Joseph W. Maynard a ria-
 tive of Ledyard, and Ada M. Fowler
 Maynard, who was born in Preston.
 took place Wesnesday afternoon from
 the parlors of Church & Allen. Rel atiyes and friends attended and there
 were floral tributes. Rev. H. J
 Wyckoff oficiated. Burial was in the
 family plot in the cemetery at Brew ster's Neck and Rev. MT. Wvckoff read
 a committal service at the grave. The child died on January 26 after a short illness and. her age was a months and days
 Mrs. John Mullen. In New York city, Tuesday morning the funeral of Mrs John Muilin took place from her home on East SSth street at 9.30 o'clock. A mass oi Ignatious church, Park avenue. and s4th street, by Rev. Joseph Muiry president of Fordham college. a per | sonal friend of MT. and Mrs. Mullin assisted by the rector, Father Richards Father Mcdonald of Baltimore, and ! Father Giblin. Father White, Fath- ! CT Cunningham and Rev. George I Quinn of New York city. The full I male choir of the church sang. The profusion of beautiful floral forms at tested the esteem in which the de- l ceased was held. Among them was
 a standing cross six feet high from | the friends of MT. Mullin in Fultor 1 Market.
 The funeral was very largely at.
 tended. Burial was in Calvary ceme. tery Father Mulry, assisted by Fath.
 CT Mcdonald, read the services at tn, grave.
 Those who attended from Norwich 1 were Mrs John O'Donnell and daugh
 ters, Mrs. John Whalen, Misses Mar
 land Alice O'Donnell and Mir. and Mrs
 James III. Hankins.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31
AIDING ITALIAN REFUGEES
Workers of Food For France Funt Take Up Pressing Relief Aid - Money, Warm Clothing, Etc., Askee For.

Take Up Pressing Relief Aid -
 Money, Warm Clothing, Etc., Asked
 For.
 The Food for France Fund is now extending it's activities to help the suffering Italian refugees.
 The Emergency Italian Refugee Committee, branch of the Trench Packet Committee for the United States and Allies, of which Mrs. Mary Hatch Willard is chairman, begs for
 generous donations of worn, warm clothing in good condition. In Naples
 alone more than 10000 refugees from the north pass daily. many of them
 having been forced to flee with only their night clothes
 Extracts from letter received from Mrs. Rajmondi Boyd, Lierna, Como say:
 "Seventy-five more refugees arrived today from Friuli. We are now filled up. Mandello has six hundred and Lecco over a thousand.
 Their condition is pitiable in the extreme. Obliged to flee from theii houses in the night they brought away nothing but the clothes they are wear jig. Here in Lierna we have mum. Der of women about to become moth. CTS, many babies and small children All are destitute. We have no coa
 and wood is almost prohibitive 1T price. The patience and resignation of these people is touching. Naturally we are doing out utmos to relieve their distress but the meanI at our disposal are quite inadequate Therefore beg you to send us ever. available garment you can rake to
 gether. Any article of clothing. how 1 ever old and worn-we can mak' i dresses for the children out of olt l petticoats, old coats, etc. Everythinl i will be of use. I know our need i only drop in the bucket of the world 1 wide human misery, and our claim n
 greater than many another, but thos
 who can will give, and give, and give while there are naked to be clothes and starving to be fed"
 l Donations of money and clothing
 sent to Mrs. F. W. Garvin, care tn Emergency Committee Headquarters !! Is West 39th street. New York city 1 will be gratefully \received an promptly acknowledged.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31

guilty in the case of the state vs. Le-
 roy Robinson. colored, charged with
 attempted theft from person. He was
 sentenced by Judge Donald T. Warner
 10 not less than one year nor more !! than four years in state prison. The trial of the case was started on Tuesday afternoon. Robinson was charged with attempting to rob F'ralik Krapinsky in New London Sept 23d. After Robinson had been sentenced a jury was selected for the trial of Albert R. Wells, charged with assault with intent to rob Benjamin Lavine of this city. It is alleged that Wells, who is colored and 20 years of age, entered the store of Benjamin Lavine on Nov. 21st and at the point of revolvtr tried to hold up MT. Layine. He was Frightened off before he could secure any money. Late the same night he was found by the local police in a Mt Pleasant street house where he room ed and was arrested.
 Witnesses heard in the case were Benjamin Layine, Clifford A. Rouse Fred Marshall, J. c. Bland, Benjamin Nekritz and Sally Worthy. Police Sergeant Allen c. Matthews also tes- tified, telling of Wells arrest and oi the finding of a revolver and car tridSes hidden in Wells bed.
 When put on the stand Wells denied l the charges against him. He admit. ted owning a loaded revolver at tht 1 time. but said he had it because ht feared violence at the hands of Mar. I shall. He told the court he hid thu gun in the bed because lie didn't wan I to carry it around with him. Yol l didn't think Marshall was going t
 shoot you in bed, did you? asked States Attorney Hull Wells was un l able to explain how it was that ther' were only 1S cartridges left out of tn,
 15 he purchased He could not .ac count for the disappearance of tn
 other two.
 l At this point in the testimony cour
 adjourned until 9.30 o'clock tsi tThursday) morning.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31

Hartford.-A citizen of Connecticut has written to the government officials announcing that he has discovered way in which material can be con served. He writes that while in the smoking car of a train the other day he noticed the floor covered with part ly burned matches, and he conceived the idea that if matches were made with a head on both ends most of the stick that is wasted would be saved
 The idea. however, is not a new one, as matches of Mexican manufacture with heads on both ends are used in this country at the present time.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31
TANK WAGON UPSET
 ON SHIPPING STREET
Daniel Williams Received Broken Lea
 Wher Wagon Overturned.

About 1o.3o o'clock Wednesday morning the large tank wagon be- elonging to the Texas Oil Co.,, and driven by Daniel Williams, sl1idded on the ice on Shipping street and over turned. MT. Williams was thrown to the ground with considerable force and received a broken leg. The in jured man was taken into the office of the United Metal company where he was attended by Dr. Louis T, Cas- sidy and later taken to his home in Greeneville
 The wagon was somewhat damaged, one whee! being broken and quan- tity of gasoline lost The wagon was righted by some of those who were near at the time of the accident About noon some one lighted the gasoline that had escaped from the overturned team and it was necessary to call out the fire department to pre- vent tte blaze from doing any harm
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31
SCORES STAND IN
LINE FOR COAL
Prospective Buyers Begin 10 Gather
 at 4.30 a. m.

A small amount of coal, a mere thir- ty tons, arrived in the city on Wednes- day and the dealer who was the lucky recipient was set upon immediately and the coal disappeared like mist be- fore tfe sun. At 4.30 a. m. the line in front of Q certain dealers cffice be- gan to form and by the opening hour there were we'll over hundred wait ing for chance to place an order When the people of the city are SC anxious to get coal that they will stand milne for hours on bitter cold morning the seriousness of the sitrla- tion is br4Jght home.
 The price of coal per ton has been advanced by the State Fuel Adminis- trator and the price per ton is $11 delivered. A half ton delivered brings $5.75.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31
1 SHORE LINE AGAIN
 FACING SHUTDOWN
Coal Situation at Power Plants Be.
 coming More Serious Daily.

Even with the short running sched- ule the situation at the power plants of the Shore Line Electric road is be- coming more serious daily. The plants at ThamesviIle and Haliville have only enough coal to last until Friday night and unless more coal arrives here the whole system will have to be discon- tinued on Saturday.
 The trolley officials are doing every thing possible to get more coal, but there seems to be no prospects at present, the fuel administration com mittee as well as all the government officials stating that Norwich is not alone in this respect. At Mystic the trolley company has enough coal to
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31
FIRST EXCHANGE
Opened by s. N. E. Telephone Com pany in New Haven Forty Years Ago Monday.


 Forty years ago Monday the first commercially operated telephone ex- change in the world was opened in New Haven. It began with 50 sub- scribers. The Southern New England Telephone co1apany has now upwards of 120 00G subscribers, to whom it is giving 8 dependable service and who use 142,244 telephones.
 From the single little exchange in the city Of New Haven the business of the s. x. F. T. company has grown to include Ss exchanges serving 695 com munities i'll this state. Still associated with the Southern New England is one man who entered the telephone busi- ness when it was less than a year old. He is John w. I.add of Short Beach, general claim agent of the company. The first exchange opened for business Jan. 2s, 1875, and MT. Ladd went to work for the original company Sept. 1st of the same year.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31
.AA*%AAs AAsk*@4+H*@x***4**$ts ts' . HEAD STUFFED FROM
 ! CATARRH OR A COLD
Says Cream Applied in NostriIs Opens Air Passages Right Up.

Instant re1ief--no waiting. Your clcgged nostrils open right up; the air passages of your head clear and you can breathe freely. No more hawking, suuffiing, blowing, headache. dryness. No struggling for breath at night; your cold or catarrh disappears.
 Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your druggist now. Apply a little of this fragrant, antiseptic, healing cream in your nostrils. It pen etrates through every air passage of the head, soothes the, infiamed or swollen mucous membrane and relief cemes Instantly. s
 It's just fine. Don't stay stuffed up with a cold or nasty catarrh.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31
PERSONALS

Miss Gladys Louden of this city has been the guest of MT. and Mrs. Proal Judsen of Deep River.
 Augustus B. Harrington of Ashaway, R. l., is in Dayville to visit at the home of his sister, Mrs. Walter Brear- ley.
 Mrs. Daiter B. Barrows and daugh- ter Mildred of Broad street have been called to Haddam by the illness of Mrs Barrows' father.
 P. j. Downing who recently enlisted in the ordnance department of the U. $. Army is now located at Camp Jack son, South Carolina. 2
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31
B NATURAL CLUB
Members Entertained at Homo of
 Miss Olive Riley.

The B Natural club held it's meeting Tuesday evening, rather than it's cus- toInary afternoon session.
 Miss Olive Riley entertained the club at her home on West Thames street.
 After 8 short business meeting the following pleasing programme was given. The regular paper upon the lives of the great masters was read by Mrs. Cole. The subjects being Paderewski, Rosenthal. Hoffman. Pi- ano solo, Ballade in G Minor. Chopin. Mrs. Cole; reading, Current Musical Events, Miss Ruth Potter; piano so- To. Scherzo, Chopin, Miss Olive Riley.
 The enjoyable evening closed with dainty refreshments served by the hostess, Miss Riley. who was assisted by Miss Marion Kimball.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31
PERFECT. WoMANHoOD

Perfect womanhood depends on per- feet health. Beauty and a good dis position both vanish before pain and suffering. A great menace to wom- ans happiness in life is the suffering that comes from some functional de- rangement which soon develops head aches, backache, nervousness and "the blues" For such suffering, women find help in that famous old root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham' S Vegetable Compound, which for three generations has been restoring health to women of America.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31
OBITUARY
Miss Catherine Helena Driscol


 Catherine Helena Driscoll, the sec ond daughter of Police Officer Timo- thy J. and Nora E. Sullivan Driscoll, 3S 1-2 North Cliff street. died at $40 Tuesday afternoon. She was born on March r. 1902. She was graduated from St. Patrick's Parochial school in 1915 and attended the N. F. A. up to the opening of the present year, being an Upper Middler She suffered for ten weeks with valvular disease of the heart.
 She is survived by her parents, two brothers, Daniel F. and Gerard, and two sisters, Mary ", student at Mount St. Joseph Academy, Hartford and Margaret A., a student at the N F. A. She was member of the I'm maculate Conception society of St. Patrick's parish.
 She had a very pleasing disposition and many friends will mourn hel death.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31
Statewide Organization Planned.

Methods for working out the local development of the Junior Food Army in each town of the state were dis eussed at meeting of the Junior Food Army Department of the com mittee of Food Supply of the Connec- ticut State Council of Defense at the committees Headquarters in Hartford In order that every boy and girl may have opportunity to join the army a statewide organization is planned. The war bureaus and town committees of the state defense council were men, toned as one of the organizations which will be asked to carry forward the work.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31
GERMAN AIRPLANES MADE
 AIR RAID ON PARIS
SEVERAL PERSONS WERE KILLED AND MATERIAL DAMAGE IS REPORTED.

Paris, Jan. 31, 2:4o A. M-Ger- man airpIanes raided Paris last night. The alarm was given at 11:30 o'clock. Bombs were thrown at various points and in the su- iaurts. Several persons were killed and material damage is reported, acordins to an official anneunce- rnent. Full details are lacking, but a further statement wifi be issued as soon as accurate information is obtainabae.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31
PRESTON MAN IS
 SUED FOR DIVORCE.
Henry Marcus Charged With Deserting
 His Wife.

In a divorce suit filed with the clerk of the superior court in this city on Wednesday,. Annie Marcus of New York is suing Henry Marcus of Pres ton for divorce on the grounds of de- sertion. The couple were Efarried Jan. 18th, 1902. There are four children and the mother asks their custody.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31
JANUARY SOCIAL OF HELPING HANDS
Interesting Programme Carried Gu
 At Monthly Gathering.

The January social of the Helping Hands society of tfse Spiritualist church was held Monday evening.
 There was a good attendance of the members and guests, who look forward to the monthly socials of the society.
 An interesting programme had been arranged by Mrs. B. U. G. Baker, Chairman, Mrs. Beatham and Mrs. Hart.
 The games planned were unique and many pretty prizes weer given to the successful contestants. Refreshments were served by the committee assist ed by Mrs. Charles Dowsett
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31

The Archbishop of Tarragona has visited the French front from Rheims to Verdun. He expressed his indigna-- ton at the spectacle presented by Rheims Cathedral, and declared that the Germans had committed crime against humanity which called for < punishment.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31

The number of students enrolled in German classes at the University of Wisconsin has decreased A per cent. French has increased If per cent.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31

carry it up to and including Feb. 2, while at Saybrook there is a supply that will last until Feb f. The Nor wich power houses are the largest con- sumers of coal. and consequently are running along on the smallest supply
Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-31

German soldiers are reported again to be "fraternizing' with the Rus sians. In view of the German naval mutiny, the time may come when Berlin rather than Petrograd will have to forbid the practice.