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Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
WENT THROUGH HOLE AT MUNICIPAL DOCK Otis Gates Was Playing Hide and seek-Fish Pole to the Rescue.

Otis Gates, son of Mrs. Helen Gates of Il Elm street fell through a hole in the planking on the lower part of the municipal dock at the foot of Rose alley, Thursday evening and caused some excitement for a time. Gates with his brother Arthur and some other boys was having a lively game of hide and seek and young Gates was so intent on getting away that he walked into the hole which is about two and a half feet wide and three to four feet long. The boy who is nine years old can swim little but the water was only up to his neck.
 Paul PaIas of 2IS West Main street who is employed as a driver by the Edward Chapel company was fish ing off the dock and heard the boy s cry as he fell. He let down his fish pole which the boy grasped and MT. Palas had the boy half out of the water when the pole gave way at the junction of the second and third sec tions, leaving him the tip and letting the boy back into the water with the butt and first section. The boy drop ped the fish pole and Mir Palas was finally able to reach through the hole and haul him out.
 After being hauled out young Gates seemed to think the affair a great joke and went up through the square with joyous grin on his features. He is nine years old and has attended the Hobart Avenue school.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
sEARCHERS FIND BODY
 OF DROWNED YOUTH.
Dennis Aspinall Was Drowned in Ter Feet of Water at Gardner Lake.

The body of Dennis Aspinall, who was drowned in Gardner Lake Tues day, was found about 1915 Thursday
 morning in ten feet of water between Adams grove and Minnie's Island. The
 body was on a reef and it is supposed
 that the boy struck the reef in diving
 and this stunned him so that he was
 unable to swim.
 A drag was made out of barbed wire
 Thursday morning and this was op-
 erated by Dr. E. l.. Field of Brooklyn, George Carroll of Washington. Asa
 Walden Of Gardner Lake and John D.
 Moulton of Norwich. When the body
 was found Dr. Field dove down and fastened a rope on it and it was taken to Adams shore. Coroner Brown dep utized Dr. Field to act as medical examiner and he pronounced the death due to accidental drowning. Cuts on the boys face bore out the theory that he struck on the rock and was stun ned.
 Undertaken c. A. Gager, Jr.. was given charge of the body and he will l ship it to Taunton, Mass. where the 1 funeral will be held Saturday. The l boys mother, Mrs. Olive Aspinau who lives in Danielson, has been so over come by the shock that she has not | been out to the lake. Two of the boys uncles have taken charge of matters i He leaves besides his mother. four 1 brothers, two of whom live with R l L, YerriEgton of Lebanon and two 1 with their mother.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
PERSONALS


 Police Captain D. J. Twomey is on a vacation of week.
 Sydney filling of Westerly has been visiting friends at Gardner Lake.
 Mrs. Daniel Gleason and children of Norwich are visiting relatives in Westerly.
 Little Miss Olive Rathbun of Dun- ham street is visiting her cousins in Uncasville.
 Mrs. William Friswell and Miss Mary Friswell are registered at the Wigwam, Pleasant View.
 Cassie Fillmore of the [. s. s. Chi cago has returned to his duties after 8 five days furlough spent at Gardner Lake.
 Mrs. James H. Whitney and daugh- ters, Mildred and Dorothy, are at Pleasure Beach to spend the month of August.
 Yvonne Boudreaux of Putnam and a number Of her friends were guests of Mrs, Harry Forbes of Pcduoncc Thursday evening.
 Mrs Della A. Perkins and Mrs. AL 1 fred Free of Winchendon, Mass, are visiting Mrs c. Fred Sears and fam | fly of Prospect street. Mrs. Flora Berry of Providence, who has been staying at East Lyme was brought to the Rackus hospital on Thursday for treatment. Misses Florence and Marie Jones of Providence, R. l., are spending a few | days with Rev. B W. Williams and 1 family of 167 Mt. Pleasant street. pr. Olive Whitford and daughter 1 Katherins, of Orange, N. J.. who have | been the guests of Dr. Lillian Lynes of Oak street, have returned home.
 Word has been received in town of the safe arrival overseas of Thomas 1 Duane, Norwich boy. who left for Camp Devens with the April quota. 1 Mir. and Mrs. Walter Hawkins and Mrs. H. E. Hawkins of West Glocester l R. l., are entertaining MT. and Mrs Walter A. Bussy and daughter ot 1 Norwich.
 Noah Dupont of VoIuntown has be- gun work on the Norwich and Wester- 1 ly trolley line as conductor. MT. Du- pont will move his family to Nortf l Stonington soon.
 1 Mr and Mrs Michael Barry of Con vent avenue have received word of the safe arrival ovn~Snas of their son
 ohm Barry, who left town for Caml | Devens, May 23rd
 Word has been received in town O the safe arrival overseas of Corpora
 William L. Huntington, member 0 Company D, 302d machine gun bat taiion T6th division.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02

building, as by this time the flames had begun to come out through the windows there. and for 30 minutes the flremen had a hot fight.
 At the east end of the building an ether stream was sent up on a ladder which was erected from the top of freight car that was standing along side the building and still another stream was in use from the top of an- other freight car and was directed against the south side of the raised portion in the ceGtral part of the roof This had corrugated iron side which became red hot at times and the flames finally burst out at the top un- Ger the caves.
 Meanwhile several more streams had been brought into action at the other end of the building. one being played from the roof of an adjoining structure and when the water began pouring in from both ends, it was seen that the good work of the fire men would soon have the blaze under control. But 1t famed out fiercely several times, making the surround ings as light as day and revealing the Dig crowd that filled all available space in the neighborhood to watch the fire l The Falls and the West Side compan- ies were stationed at the west end of 1 the building.
 In 40 minutes from the time that the ] fire started, the blaze was cut dowr below the danger point and in one | hour and nine minutes after the alarm
 had been turned in, Chief Stanton sounded the under control signal
 The firemen stayed for some tim'
 afterwards to finish up their work. ! The auto bumper No. was station; | ed at the hydrant in West Main stree
 at the corner of North Thames street | taking q stream from the hydran
 there and pumping two lines of hose t 1 the fire. All the other lines were oper
 ated under the city water pressur l which was enough to reach to the to1 ] of the Slosberg building.
 MT. Slosberg and his son were bot
 at home when the fire alarm was sen
 in but they reached the building sool after they were notified
 Sergeant John H. Kane was i.
 charge of the police detail that assist
 ed the firemen in holding the crow
 behind the fire lines
 The building damaged by the fir was erected in 1911 by Mir. Slosber
 and is of frame construction, fou stories in height. 40x30 feet.
 It contained a dozen grain bins wit
 grist mill auto blower auto powe
 shovel. cob crusher. magnetic separ
 ator, and cracked corn separator, a
 operated by electricity
 1 Lines of hose across the car track
 held up the West Side cars while tn - fire was in progress.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
D. A. R. CHAPTERS NOT
 TO HAVE VACATIONS.
War Work Must Not Be Dropped,
 Says National Committee.

The members of the Daughters of the American Revolution are pressing home the need of constant work to relieve war conditions and to aid the men who are sustaining the cause of right in the battleheld's terrific surge.
 Vacations, the D. A. R. honor roll, roll of honor pin and the societys magazine are the subjects of special notice from the D. A. R. war relief service committee. It says: r
 To the men over there fighting in the trenches there will be no summer vacation from machine guns and bombs. To the, men on the seas there will be no vacation from the skulk- in the ar there will be no vacation from the man-made ''bird' of the en- emy Surely we, the Daughters of the American Revolution, can take no va cation from our war relief work as carried on in our chapters till the boys come home.
 Seventy-six of our own members from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south, are serving over there as Red Cross nurses canteen workers, physicians to women and children, civilian relief workers superintendent of dairy in Bierancourt teacher of stenography to the blind wireless operator, administering an aesthetics on the firing line, caring for the refugees in Greece serving re- treatments behind the lines and acting 1 in many other positions of trust. | was in recognition of their self-sacr l tlcing service, their heroic exemplifca tion of the most splendid attributes o American womanhood that the conti mental congress of 1918 rose to it's fee and remained standing while thei l names were read. Their patriotic self sacrifice was also the incentive whicl 1 caused resolution to be adopted il the congress of the United States ask ! ing that congress authorize the use o a service flag for women-a bag 0 colonial blue with field of white-an in the field a red star.
 It was also the same spirit of grati tude to and pride in these our heroi members that caused our continenta congress to pass another resolution
 that the state Daughters of tn American Revolution roll of honor piI originated by the Ruth Wyilys chapte of Hartford. shall become the officis
 roll of honor pin to be conferred
 chapters on any Daughter of tn
 American Revolution who is herse
 engaged in any member of whose i'm
 mediate family is engaged in war ser
 vice for the United States governmen
 service to include armed service an
 Red Cross nursing at home and abroa
 and Young W0men's Christian associa
 ton and Young Mems Christian assc
 clatlon service. only abroad"
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
WOMAN MASQUERADED
 AS SECOND LIEUTENANT
Beatrice Duke, 23, of Newark, N. J.
 Under Arrest in New London.

Charged with falsely representing herself to be a second lieutenant in the motorcycle squadron of the medi- cal corps of the United States army abroad, Beatrice Duke, 23 years old, who says her home is in Newark, N. J.. was arrested at New London on Thursday by army intelligence off cers and is now held for appearance before the United States commissioner. The young woman, who has been wearing the full uniform of a male officer. has admitted. alcording to the federal officers. that she has visited army cantonments in various parts of the country. She claimed to have Eeen twice overseas anl exhibited a scar on her wrist as 8 wound received in service. She is said by the federal officers to be of Austrian descent.
 The young woman was arrested at tie conclusion of a speech at a dinner
 in New London hotel where ske was an invited guest and at which several army officers were present.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02

The four story grain elevator of Charles Slosberg & Son at, Cove street, full to the roof with about 20,- GOO bushels of rye, wheat, corn, oats and barley, was damaged by fire on Thursday night that started from an unknown cause in the upper part of the building about $50 o'clock
 Though the loss to the big building by fire will be comparatively small, the damage by water to the stock of grain will be a heavy one and it was esti- mated tEe total damage to buildings and contents would probably reach full of grain to the top, a carload of grain having been unioaded into the elevator on Thursday.
 All the power in the building was by electricity and the younger MT. Slos- berg suggested last night as one pos sible cause of the fire starting might have been from one of the electric motors, of which there were a dozen | in the building. Some of them had i been in use on Thursday, but all had been shut off since noon. he said. l Policeman Ralph Divito turned in the alarm from box 14 at the corner o1 1 West Main and North Thames street at 9.50 o'clock when small boy came l IulHI1S tO Ili1 IEOIl ~NoTlH HdI1es street with word that the elevator wa< afire.
 Deputy Fire Chief C. J. Cornell 1T his auto was first to arrive at the fire closely followed by the Main stree auto chemical, the bumper from thu 1 Central station. Chief Howard L. Stan, 1 ton and the other pieces of apparatus l that answer this alarm, including tht 1 aerial ladder truck and the Falls com pany.
 | Flames were bursting from the win 1 dows at the east end of the buildinS when the firemen arrived and sool i swept through to the west end of tn, building. where tongues of fire alst shot out from several windows at thi end.
 Half dozen lines of hose .wer
 quickly laid from the nearest hydrant and streams of water sent into tn midst of the flames, which made | brilliant spectacle as they lit up tn whole neighborhood
 As soon as the aerial ladder trucI
 arrived it was stationed at the eas
 end of the building and the ladder ru
 up to the middle one of three window
 where the hottest part of the fire was
 Seven firemen manned the hose tha
 was quickly run up the ladder and
 stream of water was shot directly int
 the heart of the fire. having an instan
 effect as the brilliant flames were in
 smoke Two streams 2f water wer
 also directed into the building fror
 the ground at the other end of tn
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
LIBERTY DRUM CORPS
 STARTS BOYS OFF
Eleven Young coIored Men Leave City
 For Camp Devens.

Thursday morning eleven young eoiored men in chrarge of Clarence l.. Epps, forming the largest colored quota from Norwich left for Camp Devens on the S.35 train. Headed by Browns Liberty drum corps the boys had a short parade before going to the station. The drum corps rendered several selections at the station and was heartily applauded. The boys were given candy, cigars and tobacco and were presented with a sum col lected at Mt. Calvary church last Tuesday evening. The Sisters of Ruth turned out in 8 body to see the boys off The boys received many presents from their friends before leaving.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
FOR FEEBLE, OLD PEOPLE
John Dewitt Recommends VinoI To
 Create Strenath and Vitality

Marlton, N. UT am 69 years of age, and after a severe sickness was in a weak, run down condition. Vinol has built me up and made me strong, so now feel real well again, and I can recommend it to others for such conditions john M. Dewitt.
 The reason Vinol was so successful in MT. Devitt's case is because it con- tains beef and cod liver peptones, iron and manganese peptonates, and glycerophosphates the very elements needed to build up a weakened, run down system, make rich, red blood and create strength. It is perfectly wonderful what it does for old people
 Broadway Pharmacy, G. G. Engler | Prop, Norwich. Vinol is sold in Willimantic by the Wilson Drug Co.,; 1 in Danieison by the A W. Williams Pharmacy, and in Putnam by J. F. l Donahue.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
PICNIC TO BEACH
Mt. Calvary Baptist Church Members
 Went in Special Car.

Thursday the annual picnic of the Sunday school of the Mt Calvary Baptist church was held at Ocean Beach with about a hundred present. The special car left the square at 915 and returned at. 6.45. A basket lunch was served at the beach, Swimming and the other beach attractions con- trived to make the day ans enjoyable one for all.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
eettinc Ready For Midway Shows,

Thursday, workmen were engaged at the Battle grounds in putting in the tent stakes for the midway shows which are to open at the Battle grounds next Monday night under the auspices of the Local Lodge of Moose It has been decided to give up the street parade which was originally planned. The show was at New Lon- don week ago and has been at Vest erly during the past week.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
Seven Special Picnic TroIIeys.

Seven specials were run on the Shore Line trolley road Thursday to accommodate picnickers from Nor wich who went to Ocean Beach No mishaps of any sort occurred to the cars during the day. The Norwich di- vision was forced to borrow three cars from the New London division and one from Westerly to handle the extra traffic.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
Otis W;oht Arrives Overseas,

Otis Wight of Lisbon, formerly fore man in the printing office of Joseph D. Harris, has sent a postal card to MT. Harris announcing his safe arri- val overseas. The card was mailed early in July. Mir. Wight went to Camp Devens last October and was later transferred to a camp at At lanta Ga
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
Rnv on Wronn Picnic Car.

A five year old boy named Aubrey who went on the union Sunday school picnic Thursday was reported into the police station as lost Thursday eve ming but he was returned to his home uptown by friends during the evening. He got on the car with the Greene vile picnickers and went to Greene vile instead of Norwich Town.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
JAMES sELLAs OVERSEAS
Went to Camp Devens in October in Machine Gun Battalion.

Thursday Peter Sellas received a postal card and a letter from his brother James. telling Of his safe ar rival in France. The postal card bore the American Red Cross insignia and was postnarked in Washington Wed nesday afternoon. It bore the printed legend T have arrived safely overseas and also the added information that the card would not be mailed unt the ship carrying the sender was safely across. MT. Sellas left Nor wich for Camp Devens with the draft quota of Oct. 25. 1917. and was a priv ate in the S01st machine gun battal- ion.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
CHARGED WITH THEFT
 FROM FINISHING co.
Charles Dudley Arrested in Hartford-
 Stolen Goods Identified.

Charles Dudley, 50, an employe at the United States Finishing company here, was arrested in Hartford on Thursday and brought back here in the evening on the charge of theft of goods from the Finishing company. It is claimed he was trying to sell them in Hartford. The value of the goods stolen is placed at S75.
 Policeman Charles Smith went to Hartford with James Purdon. who represented the Finishing company. and identified the stolen goods. They made the trip by automobile,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
SHORE DINNER

Shore Dinners to order at the Hal cyon Camp, formerly Carpenters Casino, Pleasant View, R. I.
 Dnner: Clam Chowder, Corn and Brown Bread, Baked Fish, Beets, Cu- cumbers, Tomatoes. Potatoes, String Beans and Corn, Steamed Clans, Pie, Watermelon. Tea and Coffee, 75c. With Boiled Lobster. s1. Roast Chicken Dinner. $1.25.
 THOMAS F. BRENNAN,
 aug1d Manager.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
Iereriah p. Holland
OBITUARY.
James s. Casey.

The death of James s. Casey oc- cured here Thursday morning after a long illness. He was born in Volun- town S2 years and II months ago an1 when q young man followed the sea. Later he learned the machinist's trade and worked tor Lester < Wasley and other local firms. He also did photo graphic work. He had lived on Fish CTS Island for the past 25 years and was well known on the island. He was married to Miss Elsie A. Kinney Of VoIuntown in Norwich in 1867 by Rev. George R. Bentley. Mir. Casey was a skillful and cheerful workman and will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
 Chandler Waldo.
 Chandler Waldo of Quaker Hill died in Lawrence hospital at New London on Wednesday after long illness. He was 63 years of age and leaves a wife and a daughter, Mrs. Morris Treadway of New London.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
SANITARY DETACHMENT
 IN WEEKLY DRILL
With First Aid Instruction-Two Off .
 cers Must Go to Camn.

Thursday evening the Sanitary De- taehment First Battalion, Third Reg inent, met at the armory and held their regular drill. After the drill they had their first instruction in first aid work. Major c. c. Gildersleeve Lieut.. A. c. Freeman and enc of the priyates may take the course of in- Struetion at Camp Locke, beginning Saturday. The private has not yet been nominated.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
Pomfret Man Passes.

Joseph F. Arnold of Pomfret, whose name was in lisct of those rejected for military service after physical ex- animation has received a card from the board that he has passed.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
Drawbridge Store Notice

Tents, moulding bed, s2.0o per week Also boats and bathing suits for hire, at Mrs. A. L. stoddard's store at Drawbrdge. Everybody welcome on our grounds.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
Chief Printer is Prize Waltzer,

A hotly contested prize waltz was held at the roof garden Thursday night and the prize was awarded to Chief Printer and Mrs. Maydole of the Sub marine Base The prize was a cut glass basket.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
Chandler Waldo,
INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY

The Sewing club met this week with Mrs. William E. Perry of Broad street
 Miss Faith B. Caruthers is the guest of Mrs. Frank Bruce at Pleasant View.
 Mrs. William A. Norton and daughter Ruth are spending August at Weeka- paug, R. I. s
 Harry E. Kent of the Metropolitan museum is visiting at the home of his sister Miss Katherine Kent. Arehdeacon J. Eldred Brown and family, who have been occupying the Purdy cottage at Pleasant View during July, returned home Thursday.
 MT. and Mrs. G. Morgan Browne Master G. Morgan Browne, Jr., and Miss Marion Browne of New York and Greenwich have been guests this week of their cousins, Dr.. and Mrs William Tyler Browne of Broadway. For ten years after the close of the war the importation of dyestuffs into Great Britain will be under govern ment control in order that the new British dye industry may be main | tained.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
FUNERALS
Harden Walls.

The funeral of Harden Walls was held Thursday afternoon at o'clock from the funeral parlors of Church x Allen. There was q good attendance Of relatives and friends and there were many floral offerings Rev. William Crawford of Norwich Town conducted the services. Friends acted as bearers. Burial was in Yantic cemetery where Rev. MT. Crawford read a. committal service at the grave.
 Jeremiah p. Holland.
 The funeral of Jeremiah P. Holland was held from Hourigans funeral par lors Thursday morning with large number of relatives and friends in at tendance. including people from out of town. At the requiem mass at St Patrick's church Rev. J. H. Frederick was the ceiebrant. The bearers were Andrew F. Caples. John F. Holland Richard Fitzgerald and Richard ] Marks. Burial was in St. Mary's cemetery.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02
WILLIAM E. PERRY
 TO OFFICERS CAMP Will Go to Camp Lee at Petersburg, Va, on Aug. 15.

William F. Perry of Broad street has been notified by the officer in command of Camp Lee at Petei burg, Va, that his application for the off cers' training camp has been accepted and he is ordered to report there on Aug 15. Mr Perry was a member of Co. K, c. s. G., and was later trans ferred to the Sanitary Detachment.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02

The Connecticut State Sriritualist association is to conduct services Sun day at Pine Grove, Mantle. Rev. Mary S. Vanderbilt will be the speak CT,
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02

WHEN YOU WANT to put your ous- mess before the public, there Is no 1edium better than through the ad- --i-i---. columns of The Bulletin.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02

Under a new ruling the federal de- partment of labor took charge Thurs day of the hiring of common labor in all plants employing 100 persons or more.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02

A motor bus from Norwich which has been on trial at the plant of the Groton Iron Wsrks for the past few days has been purchased for use there
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02

In Collins window on lower Broad way is displayed a framed picture ot the various medals of the allied na- tions. which passersby study with in terest.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02

The Colonel Daniel Putnam Asso- citation. Inc, is to celebrate the o0Gth anniversary of General Israel Putnam's birth at Brooklyn, Conn. August 9th.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02

The bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Hartford. Rt. Rev. John Milan, was born at Newburyport Mass, 63 years ago Thursday.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-02

Light vehicle lamps at s.35 o'clock this evening.