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Putnam patriot., 1918-02-01
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION
For Clerk and Carrier at Putnam
Post Office.

There will be a civil service exam
ination in Putnam, Saturday, Febru-
airy 9, for clerk and carrier at the
Putnam post office
Applicants must have reached their
18th birthday but not their 45th
birthday on day of examination, and
must be citizens Male applicants
must be 5 feet 4 inches in height in
bare feet and must weigh at least
1o5 pounds without overcoat or hat.
Fen ale applicants are not required to
be Of any specific height or weight
Each applicant is required to furnish
I'l-tc .1h taken within two years.
Iaf5r ton and blanks may be OBJ
tanned at the Putnam post office.
Putnam patriot., 1918-02-01
CHOPPERS
CUT A CORD
Spend Fuelless Day Cutting
Fuel and Getting Good
Appetites


4 number of Putnam men dIi net
waste fuelless Monday. and didn't
waste fuel either They went cut tH-
to tine woods and swung their aNes all
day and each cut cord. 1t was siren
uouS exercise for the inside workers.
but they reported the next merpn 2
that they were ia the pink Of physical
condition,
Ii was a long days work Hat
quintette composed of Hilaage AID
Joseph Dragon, Achille Garceal. 10
seph LaRoche and Maurice Mouir did
But they accomplished something and
exercised their muscles and .lne3
their lungs with pure air and were 50
well satisfied that they will 90 baek
to the tall timbers again next Mon
day and expect that they will be jeinz
ed by others
This quintette chopped ON let
owned by the Putnam Coal 4 Wood
Company on Putnam Heights They
started on foot at o'clock IN the
morning, arrived at the lot shortly
after Z and went to work, each
thinking to have a laugh on the other,
whom it was expected would quit be
fore the sun was very high, that is,
had there been a sun. But not one
but what came in at the finish with a
cord to his credit as darkness fell.
There was no HooVerizing. 1t was
not TO be expected. Buckets of food
were taken along and before night
fall several meals were eaten and
nothing ever tasted better to the
choppers Maurice Mouir felled one
oak fourteen inches in circumference.
and was the wonder of the party. 1t
was an enjoyable day, a profitable
day, both physically and financially.
and five cords of wood were stacked
up awaiting the wagons from the coal
and wood yard
Tax Collector Alfred Bonneville
was another Putnam citizen that did
not allow Monday to pass unimprov-
ed or his time to 20 to waste. He
went over to Pomfret and called on
his brother-in-law, Joseph Lueier.
The brother-in=law furnished him
with an axe and they went into the
woods for chopping bee. What
record they hung up has not been am
nounced, but the city tax collector
doesn't let go when he tackles a job
and it is a safe bet that the record
was not one to be ashamed of.
A lot of fun, lot of healthy ex=
ereise. and lot of fuel can be had
by getting on a wood lot with a lot OF
axes. If there are lot of men that
i would like to follow the example of
these Putnam eonservists, there is a
lot of wood to be cut on a lot of lots
and no one need be without oppor-
tunity for this kind of exercise if
one wants it.
Putnam patriot., 1918-02-01
NO SCHOOL SIGNALS

The following arrangements have
been made to notify the parents, chill
aren and teachers of no session of
aehool on stormy mornings:
Three long blasts at 7.45 a, m.
peeans no session of school below the
fifth grade during the morning OF
shat day
Three long blasts at lt.30 means
one solid session all schools on that
gay.
If the signal is given 1t I as and
not at 11.30, there will be the regular
afternoon session of all schools.
The whistle will be blown at the
Hammond nowlton Co. mill and al
the Putnam Foundry.
Please preserve this notice 50 that
you may know the meaning # the
different storm signals.
Putnam patriot., 1918-02-01
PUTNAM FIRM GETS WASHING
TON CONTRACT

The Moss Bradford Company Of
Putnam has secured contract to
wire a house and garage owned by
Mrs. George l.. Bradley in Washinl-
ton. D. c. Mrs. Bradley has sum
mer estate in Pomfret
Next Sunday morning Mr.. Brad
ford will leave Putnam in an automo-
bile for Washington. He will carry
the necessary material and tools and
four workmen. He expects to arrive
in the capital on Tuesday.
Putnam patriot., 1918-02-01
FUNERAL OF ERNEST MESSIER

Funeral services for Ernest Messier
were held at the Sacred Heart church.
West Thompson, at 9 o'clock last Sat
urday morning. The requiem high
mass was celebrated by Rev. J ].
Elty, and a quartet composed Of 10
seph J. Rivard, Ovilla Guertin. Al
mand Magnan and Fred Dragon, Of
St. Mary's church, Putnam, sang.
Besides singing the mass the quar-
tet sang for the offertory. Vinci Jesu.
and after the service Mr. Guertin
sang. Charity The body was brought
to St Mary's cemetery, Putnam, for
burial.
Putnam patriot., 1918-02-01
NEW HOSE NO. |
AT FIRST FIRE
Make Quick Get-away-Truck
Stalled on Glare Ice and
Had to Be Hauled Out
William Walsh, Hook & Ladder Com
pany. Injured at Fire House

An alarm from Box % called the
department to d house owned by Ade=
hard Marion. on the high ground back
of GIbert's store, School street, last
Friday afternoon just as the PATRl-
OF was going to press. The new
Hose Company Nc. l made quick
getaway from fire headquarters with
driver John T. Ryan at the wheel.
They experienced difficulty when
they started to climb the steep Craze,
which was covered with glare ice
Driver Ryan made several attempts
to get up the hill, but gave it up. L.
Z. Thurston took the wheel and start
ed UP the grade. When the machine
reached a sharp turn it skidded and
went out of the roadway, and It took
tackle and a number of men 70 get Il
back in the travelled path again. The
nose was taken from where the aSct-
dent happened to the fire by hard.
The fire caught in the chimney md,
some bricks becoming dislodged, got
INTO the house and between the par
titions. A clothes press was en- tire
and was a hard place to get to AT
Ter the chemicals had been used tire
water was turned on before the fire
was extinguished The damage is es-
aimated at between four and five hun
dred dollars.
Mrs. Marion. an invalid from rheu-
uatism, was taken out of the house
and to the home of her mother Ms
Fimothe Tetreaut, Harrison street.
Some of the furniture was also re-
moved
The Hook & Ladder Company also
responded to the alarm. William
Walsh, member of this company,
was injured as the truck was benz
backed into the fire house. He WAS
standing on the running board holt
mg a broken brake and as the truck
was backed under the harness hang
truck, and when it snapped loose 1t
struck Fireman Walsh near the right
eye, knocking him off of the running
hoard. A slight laceration was eaus-
ed and lump raised. After being
created at drug store he was able 10
20 about as usual.
Fire Chief Bourcier was pleased
with the way the new company got
under way The little accident that
occurred on the slippery hill, he said,
was unas oidable Mr. Thurston is an
experienced driver of the truck and
knows how to handle it as we'll as
anyone. The chief thought it fortu-
nate that it was an experienced maa
u the drivers seat, as it might have
iaid the company open to unjust crit
teism had less experienced man
hpen driving
Putnam patriot., 1918-02-01
Free of Charge

Any adult suffering from cough,
cold or bronchitis, is invited to call at
the drug store of Henry L. Burt and
get absolutely free, a sample bottle
of Boschee's German Syrup, a sooth-
ing and healing remedy for all lung
troubles, which has a successful rec
ord of fifty years. Gives the pat ent
a good nights rest free from cough
ing, with free expectoration in the
morning.
Regular sizes, 80 and so cents. For
sale in ali civilized countries. adv.
Putnam patriot., 1918-02-01

OBITUARIES


Mrs. Mary E. Perry Wells, Wi
dow Of the late John D Wells. a vet
cram eff the civil war. died At the state.
hospital in Norwich, last Thursday.
and the body was brought to Putnam
for burial She would have been So
years old next April
Mrs. Wells was born in killingIy IN
April, 1888, daughter of George and
Eliza Perry After attending the pub
lie schools she entered the employ of
the Grosvenordale Company and
worked in the mill at Grosvenordale.
On October 10, 1866, she married
John d. Wells, a veteran of the Civil
war. The ceremony was performed
in Putnam By the Rev. Charles Morse,
Methodist minister, father of Mrs.
James f. Perry of Putnam.
Mr.. Wells was a mill man and the
family resided In several different
places where Mr. Wells was employed.
Among the places they lived were
Grosvenordale, Providence, Lonsdale,
R. l., and Willimantie
The family came to Putnam about
twenty years ago. They We're well
known here, and Mrs. Wells was 4
member of the Methodist church and
took great deal of interest in church
affairs. Aside from her church afili=
ations she cared little for society, hel
interest centering in her home ana
family. She was loving wife and
mother, and she was happiest when
surrounded by her dear ones, for
whom she thought no sacrifice too
great. Her husband and children up
preciated all that she did for them
and did everything to make her liz
easier and happier Mr. Wells died
about three years ago. At the time
Mrs. Wells was in failing health and
after the loss of her husband grew
gradually worse Her mind failel
and she was taken to the state hos
pital where she could have proper
care. The children visited her there
whenever opportunity offered
Last Thursday Mrs. " ellis passed
away. She had lived long and use
full life. She had always been indus
trious and was ever ready to do a
kindness for others Her body Was
brought to Putnam and Monday after
neon a funeral service was held al
the Grove street cemetery chapel con
Quoted by Rev George d. Stanley,
pastor@of the Methodist church. Her
body was placed in the receiving
vault. and will be laid to rest beside
her husband in the cemetery not fan
from where she spent many happy
days in the home she loved so we'll
Mrs. Wells leaves son, Everett
of North Scituate. R. l.; daughter
Mrs. Luther James of Providence. 9
daughter, Martha, of Ohio, and two
sisters, Mrs. Caroline Chaffee, East
Woodstock; Mrs Martha Rogers
! Worcester. a brother, James E. Perry
Putnam; also brother, John H. Per
rv of DayVille. and seven grandchil.
dren and three great grandchildren.
Putnam patriot., 1918-02-01

There is more Catarrh ia this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together. and for years 1t was sup
posed 10 be ineurable Doctors prescribed
local remedies. and by constantly falling
TO cure with local treatment, pronounced
1t inccrable Catarrh Is local disease.
greatly influenced by constitutional con-
ditions and therefore requiueE constitu-
tional treatment Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine. manufactured by #. J. Cheney e.
Co. Toledo Ohio, is a constitutional
remedy. Is taken. internally and acts
thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
OF the System. One Hundred Dollars re-
ward 10 offered for any case that Halls
Catarrh Medicine fails 70 cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials.
F. j. CHENEY & CO. Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by DRUGGISTS 43c-
Halls Family pills for constipation
ADV.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19
COPY OF ARMISTTCE ORDER
SENT HERE BY LIEUTENANT
Thomas Bogg Former Chelenham High Boy Tells Father He
Received Word Only Forty Minutes Before Time Arrived
10 Lay DoiUn arms

vania State College and barely twenty
years old when he wes called to Fort
Niagara to attend the training school.
He was commissioned a second lieuten-
ant and sent to Camp Meade, where he
was promoted to first lieutenant ard as
signed to Company I. 314th Infantry.
He IVES twenty-one years old in August.
and since then has been acting az
captain of his company.
1T seems mighty strange not to hear
the guns booming and the whistle of
machine gun bullets" he said in letter
written November IL. the day after hos
tilities stopped. I'm fact. the silence
was so new to us that none of the
officers here. could get any sleep last
night at all
II received the word yesterday at
! 1920 a. m. when another officer. a few
scouts and myself were out looking for
a mopping up detail that had become
lost in the fog. l didn't believe the
rurner at first. but In a few minutes
met an officer with the order signed
| by the division commander.
"On our sector the Huns stopped fir
ing at 1857 a. M, but we kept up Q
terrible bombardment until - m.
sharp. Our artillery officers tell me they
worked their guns to the limit"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19

A copy of the order to the troops
which stopped hostilities in the world
war, has come to Philadelphia in
letter from Lieutenant Thomas r. Boggs
to his father. Samuel II. Boggs, 11o9
Melrose avenue, Melrose Park.
The order directed the Americans to
continue fighting up to the last minute,
and they did. according to Lieutenant
Boggs, one 'seventy-five" firing twenty
seven rounds a minute for five minutes.
When II was over, the silence seemed
uncanny, SO strange that many of the
men could not sleep the first night, he
said. The order follows:
"(Deleted) directs thst every measure
be taken to strictly enforce provisions of
this message:
"Hostll!ties will cease on the whole
front IL Il. today, French time. Until
that hour the operations previously or
dered will be pressed with vigor. At II
h, our line will be held in place and
no man will move one step backward
or forward. He will stay exactly where
he is All men will cease firing ins will
dig In. In case enemy does not like
wise suspend firing. firing will be re-
sumed but no further advance will he
permitted. No fraternization will be
allowed. Brigade and other commanders
| concerned are charged with the i'm
portant duty of transmitting these or
ders to troops and secure their stric
enforcement. Rockets and other signal!
may be used to notify the front line o.
the arrival of the eleventh hour.
"(DELETED.)
"P. S.-Use bugles to stop the ad
vance"
COLONEL curry.
Lieutenant Boggs was in Cheltenhrn n
High School. only being nineteen year.
old when he applied for commission
in the officers reserve corps at Ameri
cas- entrance into the war.
He was In his first year at Pennsyl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19
BRITAIN DEFENDS
ENTERING RUSSIA
Viscount Miner, Secretary
for War, Says Honor De-
manded Aid to Friends
BOLSHEvIKI HELPED FOE
Allies Entered to Save Czecho-
Slovaks-Remain to Save
World From Anarchy
By the Associated Press

London, Dec. 10.
In response to strong protests in the
press against the secrecy maintained
concerning military operations in Russia
and the insistent demand by liberal
newspapers that the Government explTin
and justify the continuance of these
operations Viscount Miner, the Secre-
tary of War, has issued a statement to
the effect that the Allies have an obliga-
tion of honor to protect the Russians ana
others who have aided them against the
Bolsheviki. ,..
For the Allies to scramble out of Rus
sia now would threaten to involve, the
whole country in barbarism. he says.
Lord Miner. in his statement, which
is in the form of letter In reply
TO a correspondent. goes over the situa-
tion created by the success OF the
Bolsheviki in gaining control of Russian
affairs, asd emphasizes how their acts
were affecting adversely the cause oi
the Allies in the west and otherwise
hampering the winning of the war by
the Allied nations.
You ask me-" says Viscount Miner
IN his letters, what right we ever had
TO send British troops to Russia to med.
die with the Internal affairs OF that
country and how long we mean to keer
tnem tnere, no" tHdt Inc wal 40 o'oi'
Reason for Interventlos
The question itself shows that you
misapprehend the facts of the case as
we'll as the motives of the Government
The reason why Allied, not merely
British forces--indeed, the British are
only small proportion of the tota
Allied troops-were sent to Russia. Is
that the Bolshevilxi, whatever their ulti
mate object, were In fact assisting oui
enemies in every possible way.
TT was owing to their action thai
hundreds of thousands of German
troops were let loose to hurl themselve:
against our men on the western front
1t was owing to their betrayal that Ru
mania, with all its rich resources II
grain and oil. fell into the hands of the
Germans.
TT was they who handed over tn,
Black Sea fleet to the Germans ant
treacherously attacked the Czecho-Slo
walks when the latter only desired t.
get out of Russia in order to fight fol
the freedom Of their own, country II
Europe The Allies, every One of them
were most anxious to avoid interference,
in Russia, but 1t was an obligation o
honor to save the zecho-Slovaks ant
1t was military necessity of the mos
urgent kind, to prevent those vest por
tions Of Russia that were struggling tt
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19
MANS MOTHER NEED
NOT LOVE HIS WIFE
New York Supreme Court JUS
tice So Rules in Dismissing
$25O,OOO Alienation Suit

-
There is nothing in the law which
compels a mother-in-law to love her
daughter-in-law," said Justice Hotch-
kiss in the Supreme Court yesterday
when dismissing an action brought by
Mrs. Medeline L. Wesslau Hoffman
against her husbands mother, Mrs.
Pauline Pryibil Hoffman, in which she
demanded damages Of S25O,OOO for HI
legged alienation of his affections.
Previous to the Justices decision
Lieutenant William =. Hoffman heard
his young wife narrate incidents in
their domestic affairs which she as
serted led to their estrangement. After
this country entered the war. the young
man enlisted in the army and has since
won his commission as a lieutenant in
the coast artillery branch Of the serv-
ice.
Mrs. Hoffman said the defendant was
displeased with the marriage because
she did not belong to the same social
set She had been offered from $4,000
to $4,000 to get divorce In Reno. Mrs.
Hoffman said. but spurned the proposal.
Mrs Catherine Jane Wesslau, mother
of the plaintiff, testified she called at
the latter's apartment at No. 644 River
side drive on December %. 1916, where
she overheard the elder Mrs Hoffman
say: Willie, I have come to take you
home"
On that some night, declared the
young wife, her husband pushed me in
the nose and l slapped him." when she
asked him where he had been.
On one occasion, according to testi.
mony, Lieutenant Hoffman demonstrated
with his wife for her extravaganza
Mrs. Hoffman admitted breaking n bed.
room mirror in n moment of pique.
When asked for permission to marry
her daughter. Mrs. Wess.au said she In
quired of Lieutenant Hoffman the size
of his income. but the suitor replied h,
would discuss that phase with the
young woman's father.
Justice Hotchkiss said he could set
nothing more than a threat followed b,
circumstances which gave rise to sus
pcion that Mrs Hoffman had alienatet
her sons affections. The old adage
You wouldn't hang a dog on suspicion,
is good law" remarked the justice.
The Hoffmans were married on jun
0, 1916.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19

escape the tyranny OF the Bolsheviki
from being overrun by them and 80
thrown open as a source of supply to
the enemy.
II say nothing VI the enormous guam
titles of military stores, the property of
the Allies, which we're still lying at
Archangel and Vladivostok and were
In course of being appropriated by the
Bolshevilii and transferred to the Ger
mans until the Allied occupation put an
end to the processes.
Act Brings Success
"And this Intervention was successful.
Rioting was stopped. The Czecho-
Slovaks were saved from destruction.
rhe resources of Siberia and southeast
ern Russia were denied to the enemy
THE northern ports of European Russia
were prevented from becoming bases
for the German submarines, from which
our North Sea barrage could have been
turned.
These were important. achievements
and contributed materially TO the defeat
of Germany.
II say nothing of the fact that vast
portions of the earths surface and mill
lions of people friendly to the Allies
have been spared the unspeakable hor-
rors of Bolshevik rule. But In course OF
this Allied intervention, thousands OF
Russians have taken up arms and
fought on the side of the Allies. How
can we, simply because our own imme-
diate purposes have been served, come
away and leave them. to the tender
merces of their and our enemies before
they have time to arm. train and or.
ganize so as to be strong enough tc
defend themselves? 1t would be ar
abominable betrayal, contrary to ever.
British instinct of honor and humanity
You. may be quite sure that tn,
last thing the Government desires is t.
leara any British soldiers In Russii
a .ly longer than Is necess to dis
charge the moral obligations we hav,
incurred. And that. / believe, Is tn,
guiding principle of all the Allies. No
do I, myself think that the time whei
consequences is necessarily distant. Blu
be less speed.
O.. of Russia at once, the result woult
Almost certainly be that the barbarisn
that at present reigns in a part on y o
that country would spread over tn
whole of 1t. including the vast region'
| of northern and central Asia, whicl
| were included In the dominion of tn
Car. The ultimate consequences o
such a disaster cahnot be. foreseen, bu
they would assuredly involve a IA
greater strain on the resources of tn
British Empire than our present com
mitments."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19

man, a Chicago bookkeeper. after an
automobile trip lasting several months in
1916, were being further investigated by
the police here today.
Interest in the accused mans past life
was stimulated late yesterday when 1t
was established by statements from him
and his present wife. according to Sheriff
Carl Stauffer. that in 1908 he was mar
ried at Benton Harbor to Miss Iva Good
enough. a fl.teen-year-old school girl.
After a divorce ;wo years later the girl
using the name OF Marian Grey con-
Quoted matrimonial agency at Chicago.
Court records there show that she was
convicted In 1908 of using the mails to
defraud. being sent 70 the Federal
prison at Atlanta, and later pardoned.
Letters which Piper wrote to his pres
ent wife during the automobile trip
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19
STATE NEEDS NURSES
Health Department Impeded in
Influenza Cases

Harrisburg, Dec. 10. The State
Health Department was hard pressed in
the original outbreak of Influenza and
again in the present bareback affecting
Altoona. Tyrone. Erie, Wilkes Barre
and other cities. for physicians and
nurses. Notwithstanding that 25 per
cent of the physicians of the state are
in Federal service and a higher per-
centage of nurses are In war work,
Pennsylvania could not have met the
demands during the outbreak.
In meny communities families insisted
on the services of trained nurses. This
drained the supply until the advice Of
the state Health Department was fol-
lowed to pool interests by districting
towns. This allowed a trained nurse and
a physician for given number Of patti
ents.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-19

which he admits making with MjE9
weichman are being sought by the po-
lice today. These letters. Mrs. Piper
told the authorities. disappeared from
her trunk after she found her LITTLE
son playing with tnem.
Beyond re!teratins his statement tfat
he knows nothing of Miss Weichmnn'a
death and that his name was used BY
one John Sheldon" in marrying the
girl at Rensselaer,, Ind, In 1916, pIper
has refused further to discuss the muir
der charge against him.
Sheriff Stauffef has admitted that tho
case developed by the authorities against
Piper thus far Is a purely circumstai,-
tiai one. Piper's Identification as the
man who was married to Miss WEIGH
man. he added, has not been legally -
tablished. M