Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-18
PUTNAM

There will be no vote on the license question in Putnam this year. No petition for such a vote has been filed with Town Clerk David Flagg, as is required by law. and the time for fil ing such petition has expired.
 Inquiry as to why the temperance forces of the city had not shown greater activity this. year revealed on Tuesday that leaders in temperance work. at least some of them, have felt that the liquor question, in so far as regards the public sale of it in this city, will be automatically taken care of within the next few months. On December 1 the brewing Of beer will, be suspended the country over for the duration of the war and the sup ply on hand at that date will be eX- hausted within a few weeks thereaf- ter.
 Then there follows the prospect of all saloons closing on June 30 next. In view of these facts the temperance workers felt that they would be using energy that could be expended to bet 1 ter advantage in other directions. war work and such. than making a fight | to put Putnam in the no-1icense col 1 umn on November 1. So the liquor dealers will get license by default this fall
 Some dealers have expressed only a little interest, anyway, for $750 seems lot of money to put up for a 1 license that will be valuable only in l a limited sense, as compared to nor nal years.
 1 At session of the superior court l held here Tuesday morning, Judge | Kellogg presiding, a number of men were naturaliZed as citizens of the | United States.
 i The naturalization session was fea- tured by the admission to citizenship 1 of Joseph Pouderette, Jr.. Wauregan. who appeared for his examination
 wearing the uniform of the United l States army of which he is mem Der, stationed at Camp Devens. That Pouderette, a fine appearing
 young man. will make an excellent
 citizen, was indicated by the splen- i did manner in which he passed his ex-
 animation. He might have been natu-
 ralized at Camp Devens, where the l process is much easier when many soldiers are being taken in than was
 the case here, but he preferred to come back into his own county and meet every requirement 5hat the gov
 ernment imposes upon those who would be elevated to the proud posi- ton of citizenship in the United
 States.
 The others who were naturalized
 were David King. Danielson; Alexan- der DuvaI. Danielson Joseph Jolly Putnam; Oliver Tetreault Ballou-
 vile; John B. Bottomly. Plainf1eld:
 Ernest Hacking, Goodyear: George
 Anastausalsis. Putnam; Aldea La
 mothe, Danielson; Ralph Jannene Pomfret
 Inspector Church, representing the
 government. sharply called Jannene's
 attention to the fact that he had set forth in his papers that he was the father Of three children, but on being questioned, in court said that he was | the father of five. Jannene readily
 explained this to the satisfaction ot
 all by stating that twins-Michael and l osephine-have arrived in his home
 since he filed out the papers to which
 MT. Church was referring.
 Upon teIegraphic orders received
 Tuesday afternoon from the war de l paPtment the local board will begir
 today sending out questionnaires tt registrants of last Thursday The i missionaries will go only 10 men oi l,19 and 20. 32. 3S. .34.- 35 and 36. Nc questionnaires will be sent for ynt present to registrants of these ages
 who are British subjects.
 The questionnaires will be sent ou at the rate of 10 each week day un