Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-14
DANIELsON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

Changers Receive Degrees - Busy
 Times at Freight Yards - Woon-
 socket Motorist Pays Fine = Boston
 Story About Hugh Wilton Doubted
 --Pomfret Man in Hartford Court.
 Misses Bernice Gahan and Ruth Beaudreault and John Gahan and Nor gan Delaney visited at Camp Devens.
 Sergeant Michael Diagle. quarter masters department Camp Devens, has been spending a few days leave of absence at his home in this city.
 Grand Knight Arthur Duvert of Car gill council, K. of C., is attending the state convention of the Knights of Columbus at Norwich today.
 John c. Danaher of Providence was visitor with friends in Putnam on Monday.
 Degrees Conferred. At a meeting of Putnam grange on Monday evening the first degree was conferred upon candidates by a degree team of Quinnatisset grange of Thompson and the second degree by team of Senexet grange of Woodstock. A programme of entertainment was given by members of Wolf Den grange 1 of Abingdon.
 D. A. R. Meeting The annual meeting of Elizabeth ] Porter Putnam chapter, D. A. R., was | held in Odd Fellows hall Monday af- | ternoon and reviews of the years work given. The board of manage ment met prior to the annual meet 1 ing.
 Miss Florence Maloney, who is in training at the Worcester City hospi-
 tai to be a nurse, has been spending a few days at her home in this city. Unclaimed letters at the Putnam
 office are addressed as follows: Fred
 erick Braden, B. Gallberg, L. M La bonte, John Peneley, Harry Smith
 Miss Julia Holland, Miss Celia Mon roe.
 Doctor Going to Camp Upton. pr. William Saretzki. who is going
 out with this districts contingent
 leaving for Camp Upton May 24, is to leave here the latter part of this
 week for vacation, returning in time
 to leave with the selected men.
 Twenty-six men have been notified
 to appear May 27-2S for their physi.
 cal examinations, by physicians of the
 local board, of which Dr. James B
 Kent is chairman.
 Rush at Freight Yards.
 Congestion continues to be acute il the Putnam railroad yards one of tht busiest points on the entire New Ha !, ven system. The pressure of business here is so great that talk of extend ing the yard, plans for which worl have been in existence for some time is being revised. It is possible tha
 the work may have to be undertaken . to relieve the pressure of war bushes
 passing through Putnam. one of tn . eight original transfer points on tn 2 1 New Haven system.
 Motorist Pays Fine. l Charles P. Williams of Woonsocket one of the automobile drivers who wa : held up here a week ago Sunday an 9 ordered to appear in the city cour : Monday morning, May S. and wh . failed to do so. put in an appearanc : Monday morning. He pleaded guilt to a violation of a minor provision 0 : the automobile law and was fined 5 g and costs, amounting to s10.59, b = Judge M. H. Geissler.
 Too Much Speeding. : Complaints continue to come in rel . ative to the speeding of automobile f on the ~Chepachet highway leadin V from this city into Providence. Ther e have been several accidents. due t e carelessness, on the route of late an t numerous escapes from crashes. a d due to speeders. One man had t r drive his car through the fence at tn l, edge of KeacHs pond to avoid bein
 struck. A cleanup is due over ths = way for the racing boys and it e coming to them promptly if all report = are to be taken at face value n Slackers Treated as Deserters. At the request of the focal exemr . tion board, the attention of all count II sheriffs, constables and police officer
 is being directed this morning to
 provision of the selective service la j. that provides a reward of $50 for ti d apprehension of each man who hs = been posted as a deserter from SCI y vice in the National Army, and a 10 men are so posted and regarded as d. n serters, whether citizens or aliens, l. they have failed to comply with u e law by returning questionnaires e otherwise neglecting the government IS requirements relative to registeriT IS and performing the other obligation n imposed upon them under the provi. r. ions of the selective service law. IT J. government is anxious to round up a l. these deserters, of which there al
 some in every district, and office l. will be allowed compensation for al It pretending such men and deliverir J. them, through the local board, Id Camp Devers.