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Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06
MOTORISTS ARRESTED
Forty -one Will Be Given Hearing in Police Court Today, Charged With Violating Auto Laws-Seven From Norwich.

Forty-one motorists will appear be- fore the Willimantic police court this (Monday) morning; all except two will have to answer charges of not sound ing a warning while approaching the street corners. This charge is made under a state traffic law, and in ar rests made last week, the cases were rolled upon payment of costs, but a more severe method will probably be used in the court Monday morning.
 Most of the drivers were appre hended Sunday. Although few were stopped Saturday. The effect of what the state police and automobile inspec- tors are doing was clearly shown by the fact that all who were stopped had a drivers license. The results of last weeks arrests was shown by the fact that only one Willimantic man failed to give Q warning.
 In the past, out of town autoists have made it practice to speed through the city, giving no warning unless they saw that they could hard ly hit some one. Hereafter such drivers will face a charge of reckless driving.
 The lost follows:
 Not sounding warning at street cor ners: Harvey T. Stwadnant. New Bed ford; w. C. Powell Mer1den; Patrick J. Battersby, Norwich; Edward J. Drescher, Baltic: Gus Kelleys, New London: A. H. Disco. Norwich; Robert Clougher. Hartford; Charles A. Nash, Springfield; Arthur E. Boulais, Dan ielson; Omidas Qubarre, Jewett City; Lloyd Grisolnor Hall. Norwich; Jesse A. Brown, New London; Henry A Sampson, Providence: Frank Gaud- reau. Taftville: John B. Bassett, Dan- ielson: John D. Lee. Norwich; Gastor D. Madden. Danielson; Adelard E Lambert, Norwich; Archie A. Case Hartford; William P. Poole, Walling- ford Alfred Grenier, Hartford: Ed ward J. Grundsham. Hartford; Wi1hen E. Kennedy, Waterbury; Louise w Leonard, Norwich; Walter F. Murphy New London; M. J. Travers, Thomp. l-sonville; Harvey Hastz, New London; David Wood, Bridgeport; .Lenaut Howard, New London; Ralph Melior Norwich; James Poteus. Hartford Hyman Robbins, Hartford; Georg, | Lang; Frank Friksizn, Willimantic Violating the city ordinance in regarc to parking on Bank street: Benjamin Bycel Willimantic. Reckless drivin: on Main street: Charles Cahill, Hart
 ford.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06
Brief Mention.

Federal Inspector John E. Tobin of this city was in Norwich Saturday.
 F1orimond Brousseau of Hartford visited relatives in this city Sunday.
 Harry Noel of this city played first base on the Arctic baseball team at Providence. Sunday.
 Two drunken sailors and a drunken soldier were lodged at the station house Sunday evening.
 Clayton Easterbrooks arrived home, Saturday, from the Hartford hospital, where he had been receiving attention for spinal trouble.
 About fifty sailors from the subma- | rine base were in this city Saturday | evening and Sunday. With the large number of local men home from camp Sunday is becoming Sailors and Sol diers' day.
 The Windham County Bar Associa- tion is to meet at the Willimantic | court house, Tuesday morning. 4 committee may be appointed to attend to the war claims of the soldiers anG sailors and their dependents. Henry Berger, U. s. navy, of Moo sup, was in this city Saturday even. l ing, making short visit, with Peter Lagrace. Mir Berger had been on ac. i tive service for some time, and wa: on his way from Hartford to Moosup when he stopped over train to set MT. Lagace of this city.
 Soldiers and sailors home over Sun day included Sergeant Paul Morrison Privates Henry Blaire Harry Kelley James Litterick. Wendell P. Jackson Philip Cote of the army, and Ome Paulhus, George Casey, Peter Paulhus Eugene Moriarty, Arnide Belair, Will liam Thompson of the navy.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06
MERCURY PARTY.
Novel Social Affair Given by Miss
 Elizabeth DeaIy.

The mercury party given at Rioux hall Friday evening by Miss Elizabeth Dealy, proved one of the most enjoy able events of the season. The affair was in honor of the girls who so suc- cessfuily accomplished the systematic house to house canvassing campaign in the interest of the Red Cross and Armenian relief fund.
 In the waltz of the evening when the souvenir Cupid figure cards were dis tributed, the numbering was so finely managed that every dancer in the hall was on the floor at the same time.
 Miss Dealy announced that blank cards would be passed to each guest, upon which each was asked to write his or her idea of why the name Mer- cury was applied to the party.
 Miss Alice Blair and F. H. Hiscox were tied for the honors. Drawing straws gave the prize. thrift card with two stamps attached, to t<e young lady.
 Miss Dealy explained that the Mer- cury squad, with the army in France was so called because they distributed intelligence and information along the battle frcnt. Taken together the two nearest answers were summed up in | the line. As Mercury was the winged
  young ladies in whose honor the par | ty was given The f1eet-footed mes sengers who bore to others the intelli- gence of the great needs of the time. | The decorations in the hall were all done in pink, with the Dutch curtains of the same color at the windows. The guests included fifty couples. The mu- sic was by DriscoIl's orchestra, 1 Eastern Star Visitations,
 Faith chapter, No. S2, o. E. S. is to be the guest of Danielson chapter on Wednesday evening and of Rebecca chapter in Moosup. Friday evening Thursday evening the local chapter confers the degree on class here.
 Odd Fellows Buy Bonds.
 Reliance lodge. No. 29, I. o. o. F. has subscribed for $500 in Liberty bonds.
 Mrs. T. A. Rioux is in charge of 8 dance Tuesday night, the proceeds ei which go to the local Red Cross chap ter
 Miss Dorothy Burleson of New Britains and Richard Meyer who is stationed at the, proving ground. ord nan6e department. spent the week enc at MT. and Mrs. E. F. Burleson's
 The senior class of the Riverside Grammar School~held social in As senrbly hall Friday evening.
 Received Into Congregational Church
 The members received into the Con gregatjonal church Sunday were Mis- M H, Whitecross, Miss Alice A. Blair | Edward A. Faust, Jr., Harold E. Faust Leslie G. Hyde and William Marshall Superintendent M. Carpenter of tn Ashland Cotton Co.,, is in Washing ton, D. c.
 Join Methodist Church.
 Mir. and Mrs Robert Robertson Misses Verina and Fornetta Robert son by letter and Mrs. Harry Hoppe f on confession of faith, were receive
 into the Methodist church on Sunda; morning.
 Arthur W. L'Heureux and Joh Driscoll of Newport, William | L'Heureux, George Parisseau an Homer Menard from the submarin
 base at New London. 1 E. II. Hiscox, Jr., from the U. S. l Massachusetts spent the week end a
 their homes in the borough. ], Frances Riordan of Camp Deven |, spent Sunday with his aunt Mis- n James McCoy
 MT. and Mrs. Leonard Geer an
 daughter of Willimantic were wee " end guests at Mrs. Ella Geer's.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06
Safeguarding crossinas.
REPRESENTING STATE
Nathan D. Prince at Bankers Coun-
 ciI at Hot Springs.

Nathan D. Prince, vice president of the Connecticut Trust & Safe Deposit company of Hartford, and Mrs. Prince. are this week attending the spring council meeting of the American Ban lers' Association at Hot Springs, Ar kansas. The Council of the American Bankers Association is the executive head of the organization of banks To- cated in the United States which or ganlZation has now a membership of over eighteen thousand. MT. Prince represents the state of Connecticut on the council. and is the only member from this state, as the membership in the council is based on the number ol banks located in the state that are members of the state organization, and the total membership of the Connecti- cut Bankers Association only entities Connecticut to one representative on the council of the A. B. A.
 Patriotism Shown in Loan Subscrip-
 tions.
 Wonderful records have been made by Southern Windham county on its subscription to the Third Liberty loan The Windham County National Banl reports a subscription through theil institution of over $175,000, which ex. ceeds the total subscription received on any of the two preceding loans | is marked evidence of patriotism ol the part of local people. Many of then now have sons or husbands abroad | fighting, and the keen interest in tht war situation is clearly evidenced b1 | the spirit of patriotism shown in theil subscription to the third Liberty loal bonds.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06
CLEARED UP WRECK.
Men Worked at North Grosvenordale Till DeraiIed Freight Cars Were Righted.

Railroad men continued to be en- gagged Sunday in clearing away the wreckage that piled up at North Gros- venordale when about Is cars Of southbound freight left the rails dur ing Friday night and scattered them selves and their cargoes over the land scape.
 Several of the cars went out on to the edge of the Grosvenordale com pany's athletic field, known to many fans as the Andem grounds, but though the cars were in several in stances badly smashed and forever put out of business, the contents Of them escaped with little injury. This was | because of the nature Of the loads, 1 which included lumber, metals, coils of wire, barrels of wire, etc. One car l load of potatoes was shot off the iron and over to the edge of right field, but the tubers were all salvaged in as good condition as when they went scootlng off the iron
 No one was hurt in the wreck. which, ] it is said, was due either to the breaking of journal or to the drop ping down of a hrakebeam, which may have caught in switchpoint, where the wreck started, the latter theory being favored.
 At the point where the cars were piled in the worst tangle the roadbed
 was entirely torn up and thrown out
 of line. Wrecking crews from Midway and from Readeville, Mass, worked
 during the latter part of Friday night and up to 1 p. m. Saturday before the line was cleared and reopened for the passage of trains.
 Sunday afternoon much remained tc
 be done to clear away the evidences of the smash. Great sticks of timber from some of the wrecked lumber cars
 were lying beside the track, barrels
 loaded with heavy materials, were out on the ball field, car trucks were lying about and some smashed box cars, ont
 of them lying on it's roof, with tht bottom up in the air and the trucks gone, were beside the track, but out O
 the right of way.
 A track crew was on duty doing re-
 ballasting work and putting the road way back into good condition. The wreck affected only care in thu
 center of the train. where no trainmel
 were riding. This fact accounts fo : the fact that all escaped from such bad tangle without being hurt. The wreck did not compare with tn pile-up at Pomfret month ago, bu
 it was a bad smash nevertheless, bu
 one that was attended by singula
 good fortune as regards the men wh ] were placed in danger by it. 7 Many automobile parties came to tn | wreck, which is near the highwa! r during Saturday and Sunday an : watched with interest the progress c - the wrecking crews.
 g The wreck occurred on straigt S stretch of track. just at the southerl $ end of what might be termed tn y North Grosvenordale railroad yards. t The crash of the wreck awole fror Q their sleep many of the mill operative a who live in the vicinity and they flock
 ed out to view what was uniqu
 sight for most of them.
 Forty Hours Devotion Opens. : At St. Marys church Sunday at tn n high mass the forty hours devotio
 was opened. During this period, whic s will extend through until Tuesda ' morning, visiting priests are to be her and many of the parishioners will g
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06

The Danielson district, which in- cIuded the towns of Killingly, Brook lyn, Hampton, Canterbury, Scotland, Plainfield and Sterling, has the proud honor of announcing this morning that 1t doubled its quota in the third Lib erty loan, something that has been done by only very few of the many districts of the state. It further at- tests it's patriotism and loyalty to the government by putting every one of it's towns over the top with an over- subscription that will entitle each town to the honor of flying a Liberty honor flag. And in the heart and cen- ter of the district the town of Kill lingly has made such splendid re- sponse that its quota has been 5Aef1pled and it's honor flag will bear two stars. This is the Danielson districts answer to the German offensive on the west [ ern front. The people and corpora tions here are backing the government with their dollars in royal fashion, as well as supplying hundreds of men | for the ranks.
 Plainfield, with $160,000 in subscrip- tions, is another town that has doubled | it's quota. and more, and Canterbury l wins a distinctive place by doubling that towns quota. Plainfleld and Can | terbury will each have star on, their honor flags.
 i Exact figures for the district were not available Sunday afternoon, but Chairman Charles A. TilIinghast, of the district committee, stated that his figures then available showed sub- scriptions of $55S,850, but this will be scriptions up to Sunday afternoon amounted to $304,00O, but the final fig ures will be, it is believed. betweer
 $315,O00 and $32O,0OO. Chairman Al. fred L. Reed of the town committee
 and his co-workers, women and men
 have turned in a record Of results tha is it's own commendation. and Killing. ly is proud of being one of the yer!
 few towns in Connecticut that hal
 tripled it's quota.
 During Saturday, subscriptions t
 the loan fairly poured in. The ma jority of these subscriptions wer small. but the volume of them counted
 and the buyers, most by people of smal
 means, showed that they are as solid ly behind the government when
 comes to backing it with their none
 as those who are more aff1uent. There are hundreds here who sai
 with joy when they heard of what ha
 been done in Killingly. in effect that is great to be an American in thes stirring times, when the people of thi great republic are giving wonderfu
 demonstrations that they fully deserv all the good things that have been sai
 of them in the past and of the stu l, pendous power that lies within it the wheels be set in motion.
 And what has been done here wi be known to the brave Killingly boy , who are lover there," fighting for a of us who are safely at home. and the : will know that the home town is back
 ing them as they richly deserve-pa X triots of new generation.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06
BOROUGH PRETTY PROUD,
 AND THERE'S A REASON!
With Population of $500 and Over $14o000 Subscribed, Who Can Match

The third Liberty loan drive is over and Jewett City with it's population of S300 subscribing 1000 is looking for comparisons with any town, anywhere and anytime!
 The s65.000 allotment was given by the plain, everyday ordinary people. The balance shown in the handsome subscriptions of the corporations. banks, churches and societies. swelled the amount to the proud figures Jewett City presents.
 Chairman H. C. Webster and his able energetic committee worked to- gether might and day with the one end in view; which they so splendidly accomplished.
 Patriotic Catholic Parish.
 Rev J. J. McCabe announced at the masses Sunday morning that St Mary's parish had subscribed for a s700 bond.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06
|WILLIMANTI
1 street to the armory.

street to the armory.
 The Camp Devens entertainers ap- peared on stage erected on the drill floor On the stage were two dog tents, with potted palms and ferns and an electric camp fire. The entertain mert was in the form of mfnstre show, with popular songs, ballads and dancing acts. Two members of the company as Hula Hula girls were the hit of the evening. After the entertainment dancing was enjoyed, with music by Pickett's or chestra.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06
OBITUARY
Charles W. Smith.

The death of Charles W. Smith oc- cured at his home at 100 Pleasant street, Saturday morning at 140, from heart disease. He was born in New Hampshire, July 12, 1850, the son of Edwin M. and Ruth Weare Smith. He came to this city about forty years ago, securing employment as head machinist for the Willimantic mills of the American Thread company. He was retired five yeors ago on pen sion for long and honorable service given the company. He had suffered for some time with heart trouble, which was the cause of his death.
 He is survived by his wife, one son Charles Smith of this city; a sister, Mrs. Helen Mitchell of Hartford, N H., and brother. Russell Smith of Chelsea, Mass.
 George L. Marsh,
 George L., the infant son of MT. and Mrs. Eugene Marsh of Eagleville, died at the home of his parents Saturday morning from infantile trobule.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06
TEETH KNOCKED OUT
Extent of Miss Yvonne GouIet's Iniur.
 ies in Automobile Mix-up.

Just about 12.3O Sunday morning, three Killingly cars figured, more or less, in a miXup that resulted in the injuring of one of the young women who was riding in one of the cars Miss Yvonne Goulet, of Cottage street, Danielson, who had some teeth knock ed out in the crash.
 Fred Gingras, driving a light tour ing car, was en route from his home in Dayville to Putnam, to carry home some orchestra members who had been playing at a dance in Dayville, | when the lights on his car went bad and he stopped to find the difficulty l This was between Attawaugan and Putnam.
 Accounts of the affair vary as to what happened. but two other cars one owned and driven by Joseph Ma torski, Danielson, and another driven | by Maurice Conklin of Elmville, were coming south at the time when the Gingras car was stopped and a crash resulted in which the Danielson cars were damaged. Miss Goulet was the | only member of the parties in any of the cars injured in any degree, an6 she was not seriously hurt.
 The matter was investigated by | Deputy Automobile Inspector Ralph s l Young.
 To Restore Hourly Service.
 Hourly trolley service will be re. stunned May 27. on the line betweer Central Village and West Thompson the same date on which hourly ser vice again will be put in effect be tween Central Village and Norwich. more adequate coal supply. than wa available in the winter. when the ser vice was cut down to it's presen status, is given as the reason for tn restoration of old conditions. whicl will be welcomed by many who us the service.
 Safeguarding Crossings.
 The Main street and Franklin stree crossings in Danielson have bee equipped by the New Haven road wit additional warning signs. These sign set forth the hours during which tn crossing is protected, at Main stree by a gateman. At the Franklin stree crossing there is a new circula Stop" sign, which is illuminated a l night.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06
SOLDIERS ENTERTAIN
MinstreIs Put on by Camp DeVens
 Boys PIeases Big Audience.

About six hundred enjoyed the pro
 gramme at the state arnnory. Saturday
 evening, given by the Camp Devens entertainers. The entertainment was preceded by a street parade with the following in line: Marshal, Lieutenant Mccarthy, Willimantic Home Guard;
 Wheeiers' American Band, Williman- tic Home Guard, Company M, Fife and Drum Corps. members of Com pany B. 301st Machine Gun Battalion, of Camp Devens. and South Coventry Home Guard. The parade formed at Lincoln square. marched up Main street to the bridge, up Bridge to Mountain, up Mountain to Pleasant
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06
STAFFORD SPRINGS
Application For Summer Hotel License at Crystal Lake Withdrawn - Its Granting Strenuousiy Opposed by Residents of Three Towns.

The application of Jacob Winter for a summer hotel license at Crystal Lake hotel has been withdrawn. The property is owned by ". J. Bowler and had been leased to Louis Koelsch of Rockville. Koelsch was prosecuted twice last fall for violating the liquor laws and then transferred his inter est in the lease to MT. Winter. Had the application gon before the com missioners it would have encountered a strenuous opposition. Ellington, Rockville and Stafford Springs people had signed the remonstrance in large, numbers. Ascension Day Service. There will be special services dt datt Grace church Thursday, the Feast of | the Ascension. The choir of St John's- church, Rockville, will combine with the choir of Grace church and the mu- sic will be inspiring. Rev. B. T. Mathison, rector of St. Johns church 1 will preach.
 Brevities.
 A number of Stafford people attend ed the parade in Hartford Saturday afternoon.
 Mr. and Mrs. George W. Stevens of Springfield have moved into the house vacated by Mir and Mrs. F. s. Gorflam on Prospect street
 Mir and Mrs. Fred BaAou of Gard ner. Mass. have been spending a week with Mr and Mrs. Ora s. Ballou on Chestnut Hill.
 Joseph Lazzerin has returned from a week visit, with his sister in Bos-
 ton.
 Miss Grace Harwood has been granted a leave of absence by the
 Rockville School committed. A substi-
 ute is in charge of her work.
 Frank Webber of Montville is em-
 ployed as telegraph operator and tick
 ct operator and ticket seller at the To-
 cal Central Vermont railroad station.
 The Stafford Business Mems asso- citation will hold it's monthly meeting in the club rooms Monday evening.
 The employees of the Riverside mill , in Stafford Hollow subscribed for over
 $5000 worth of Liberty bonds.
 Mir. and Mrs. Myron w. Leonard
 have announced the engagement o4 their daughter, Kibbe, of Somers. Happy is the woman who can make ) home so clublike that her husband
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06
He Drew a Razor,

Antonio Giraso1o was arrested Sun day afternoon at 4.45 for carrying con- cealed weapons and for breach of the peace. He was in front of the town hall, making loud remarks and was warned by Officer McClean. When Me- lean turned to go away, Giralsolo pull cd out razor. A young lady nearby screamed and Girasolo threw the razor in the gutter when the officer turned around. He was locked up at the sta- tion house and will be in court Mon day morning.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06
stanford.-rhe employed force

Stamford.-The employed force of Richards 6 Company is to be increas- ed to 700 employees within 60 days, ac- cording to announcement made at the plant, which turns out lacquer enamel, artificial leather, etc. This will put the entire factory on the basis of three shifts a day, the men working eight hours a. day, and receiving pay for nine hours. The extra hour is given as bonus. and, in order to receive it. an employe must be on time each day. Lost time loses the bonus.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06
FUN NERAL
Mrs. Allen 1. WeIeh.

Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen L. Welch were held from her home in Chaplin, Saturday morning, at Il O. clock, Rev. Guy D. Wingard officiat- ing. The bearers were Burton and Merritt Welch. Walter Bachus. and w. N. Smith. Burial>was in the North Windham cemetery in charge of Flu neral Director J. M. Shepard.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06

Putnam and every other town in the Putnam district Thompson Ponfret, Woodstock, Eastford-turned in an oversubscription to the third Liberty loan. Exact totals were not available as late as Sunday afternoon. but it then had been established that all these towns had responded with sub scriptions greater than the apportion- ment assigned to them by the Liberty loan committee of New England Thompson and Pomfret more than doubled the quotas assigned them, the approximate figures for Thompson be- ing s160,00o and for Pomfret S75,O00. Putnam exceeded its heavy appor- tionment after a hard and active cam paign, and the figures given out Sun day afternoon were $210,000.
 Chairman G. Harold Gilpatric, the town chairman, was well pleased with the results achieved here. Large num- bers of bonds were taken by persons who work for their living, and they subscribed for them with the fine spirit and feeling that shows that the significance of the loans is being more and more appreciated.
 | Windham county has made the great record of having every one of its Ia towns take an oversubscription of Lib | erty bonds and each town will fly honor flags, several of them starred
 to denote double subscriptions.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-06
Twenty first Regiment Reunion May
 18th,

The forty-ninth annual reunion of the 21st regiment, Connecticut Volun- teers, Veteran Association, will be held at the Willimantic G. A. R. hall, on Thursday, May 16. A business meet ing will be held at II o'clock. and will be followed by dinner, served by the Womens Relief Corps.