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Putnam patriot., 1919-04-11
BURGLAR DISCOVERED GUN
WASN'T LOADED AND BEAT IT
MISS MABEL PETERSON AND sIsTERINLAW FIND TWO
MEN IN HOME OF CHARLES SANDSTRoM
CALMLY EATING AT THE TABLE
Made For Stealing Clothing Shoes aad
Other Personal Property

would shoot he knew it was only cam
outage, and paid no further attenti0a
to her. climbing out of the window
and making off The women then
notified Deputy Sheriff w. N. Bates,
who went to work on the case and
trailed the men to Putnam.
The deputy made round of the
saloons. He was confident of locating
the hen and felt that one, at least.
would be easy to identify, for he had
bad cut on his hand as evidenced by
a pool of blood at the Sandstronl
home. After searching the city no
one answering the description Of the
men was found.
The deputy sheriff said that Tues
day evening Frank Peterson saw .
couple of strange men under some
trees. After he got home he began
to think the matter over and decided
he would investigate. He took his
rifle and went to the place, but the
men had disappeared. He looked
about the Sandstrom premises and at
that time everything seemed to be all
right.
From appearances in the house It
was evident that the men had stayed
! there all night Two of the beds had
been slept in. The men had found
} food and had even opened jellies and
canned goods. They had ransacked
bureau drawers and had discarded
their own clothing for some Of Mr..
Sandstrom's. They had gathered COM
} siderable personal property together,
apparently making ready to take n
J away The case is similar to these
, which happened in Woodstock Some
, months ago, but which never resulted
! in arrests
Putnam patriot., 1919-04-11

was speeding up down the grade so
as to make the stiff grade and curve
just after passing Pomfret station to
climb what is known as "Sugar Loaf
Cut" What happened to the coal
car that caused the trouble is not
known, but those who saw the train
said that it was rocking from side to
side like boat in stormy sea as the
train whizzzed by the depot
One car went end over end down
the embankment and was to be seen
lying on its side in brook far below.
Several other cars left the trucks and
shot over the bank. Other cars tip
ped over and some were lying diagon-
ally across the tracks. In some plae-
es there was nothing but wreckage to
show that the place was railroad
bed. A dozen sets of wheels were
buried in the road bed and in places
it was ploughed up to depth of
eight feet. Rails were broken and
twisted as one would twist a piece of
paper. Ties were showed over the
side and it was one of the worst en-
tanglements of wood, steel, and iron
that railroad men say they have ever
seen.
Some of the cars were loaded with
coal, some with acid; there was car
loaded with cement and another with
spools for some mill The fumes of
the acid were sitting as one passed
the car that contained this poisonous
load. One car wheel was seen with a
wedge shaped piece gouged out. 1t
resembled huge pie from which a
s'wedge" had been cut. The heavy
journals were broken and twisted as
if made of paper machie.
1t looked as if it would be days be-
fore a train would again pass the spot
but those familiar with the wonderful
work of wrecking crews predicted
that "a hours would be time enough
to rebuild the track so that trains
could pass. The wreckers from Read
vile and from East Hartford arrived
and the gangs went to work. Some of
the cars were thrown off over the
bank. At half past ten Wednesday
morning line of track was laid and
a train came through
The late afternoon trains and some
of the morning trains were sent
around through Plainfield. Special
trains were run from Willimantic to
Pomfret and back Thursday traffic
was normal.
This is the third bad wreck in this
vicinity. One of them happened just
a year ago. April Sth, 1918.
Putnam patriot., 1919-04-11

Had the New York express, which
elsyes Putnam at BIT, been two min
sbes late, Tuesday afternoon, there
wsmid have been one of the worst
wrecks IN the history of the New Ha-
ves system at Pomfret station and
We lass of life would have been ap-
pa3ling The passenger train was
isst paiiing out of the station at Pom
fret when extra 374, an express
freight from Hartford to Putnam,
came tearing down the grade at be-
tween SO and so miles an hour, haul
ing = heavy train. AS the freight
passed the station those who saw it
were attracted by the alarming sway
ing 1T q coal car about a third of the
way back from the engine. When the
wass reached point about 500 yards
east o3 the station there was crash,
followed by ripping and tearing,
and the onlookers were Mortified to
see cars shooting off over the rs foot
e~sbaakment and piling in tangled
heap on the track. The train crew
WIS., Ia the caboose and on the engine
50 that no one was hurt. When the
~aia settled down, one of the worst
wrecks in this section was to be seen
aaA soon after the head end of the
tram pulled down to Putnam auto
mobiles filled with sightseers were
dashing over the road to see what
Happened. Fifteen cars figured in
the wreck Eight were pulled away
from, the rear end and fifteen or more
FROM the head end, leaving the other
fiftessa tie be untangied by the wreck
ing cresss.
The narrow escape of the passen-
ger express impressed itself on the
minds of all. Two minutes saved
many lives. The place where the ac-
cident happened is on fill and from
the roadbed there is an embankment
on either side surely rs feet high.
Had the express been opposite the
freight when the cars left the iron
the passenger coaches would have
been hurled to the bottom of this en-
bankrpent on the west side. There
would not have been chance for any
member of the crew or passenger to
escape. This is easy to believe If one
saw the wreckage shortly after the
accident happened.
Extra 374 was in charge of Con
ductor. James Donnigan of Putnam
and the engineer was Henry, Doc,
Sweet. The train leaves Hartford at
about u.3O. arriving in Putnam at
about half past three. The engine
was pulling some 40 loaded cars and
Putnam patriot., 1919-04-11
GOOD FRIDAY

Next Friday is Good Friday 1t
has become holiday and The Pa
triot win go to press on Thurs
dav. We would respectfully urge
correspondents to get their news
in one day earlier than usual to
assure a place in the paper
Advertisers: Kindly have copy
ready early in the week. Our
space is taxed every week and if
YOU do not wish to be disappoint-
ed. prepare your copy at once.
Putnam patriot., 1919-04-11

vile, Florida, Wednesday morning.
March 10. She, with her husband. Ne
late Francis Jacob Tourteliotte, gave
to the town of Thompson tho hne
TourtelIotte Memorial High school
building as memorial to their two
daughters, and it is partially in recog-
milton of this beautiful gift and Ne
fact that Mrs. Tourtellotte was a ma
tive of Grosvenor-Dale, that the fine
memorial service has been arranged.
Hon. Charles f. Searls of Thomp-
son, states attorney for Windham
county. will preside at the service,
and the principal address will be de-
livered by Hon. Isaas N. Mills Of Mt
Vernon, N. Y, justice of the su-
preme court Of the state Of New
York. Justice Mills Is former
Thompson boy and has spoken there
on several public occasions and il .
forceful, interesting and magns&Ac
speaker.
The program as arranged is as fob
lows;
Chorus, Abide With Me-"
W II! Afsusk
/ Invocation
Rev. FIR. B. NJ. Donnelly
Solo, Homeland"
F. +. Kutscher /
Solo, "The End of the Way"
Miss Thyra Walker
Address
Judge Isaac N. Mills
Chorus, LUX Benigna," j. B. Dykes
Chorus and Congregation
Benediction
Rev. James A. Wood
Putnam patriot., 1919-04-11
c. A. c. WINS POOL MATCH
READY FOR NEXT VICTIM

Last Monday night the c. A. c.
won at pool from the Ballouville So
cial club, thereby winning the series.
The score was as follows:
Miller so, Smith "a; Breault so,
Maynard 10; Cournoyer so, Benoit
20; L. Charron so, Dusseatlt 81
making a total score of C. A. c. 200,
Ballouville 102.
The c. A c. members are out with
a challenge to play any organization
in town at pool, the Arcanum club
preferred. Address Lionel Charron
to arrange matches.
Putnam patriot., 1919-04-11
LEAVES $4,000
FOR MEMORIAL

1t has been learned that the will of
the late Mrs. Harriet Arnold Tourtel-
lotte. who died three weeks ago, pro-
vides for the erection of the memori-
al chapel in Grove street cemetery
that Mrs. Tourtellotte was anxious to
see completed before she died, but
the building of which was postponed
on account of abnormal times,
Mrs. Tourtellotte provided by her
will for the erection of the memorial
and a fund of $3.50 is on deposit
with the Minneapolis Trust Company,
Minneapolis, Mimi, to be used by the
Putnam Cemetery association for
building the chapel. 1t is recon-
mended that the erection of the build
ing be postponed until favorable
time, 1t was stated by an official of
the association this Friday morning
that the ground may be broken and
put in readiness this spring and sum
mer, but that m all probability the
actual building will not be begun this
year.
However, the chapel is assured, and
il will be erected as memorial &c
Mrs. Tourtellotte's father and mother
who are buried in the cemetery.
Putnam patriot., 1919-04-11
SPELLING MATCH TONIGHT

Tonight in the Putnam High sehooi
~ : o'clock the grade schools and the
high schools of Putnam and hiiiingiy
viii meet in two team spelling match
es.
The contest will be held under the
apspices of the Parent-Teachers as
seeiation. Candy and ice cream VIII
he an sale at the door. Two cups are
being offered by the association. and
a znirited contest is assured. MUSIC
Ill he furnished by the high school
orchestra. The public is cordially IN
yited
Putnam patriot., 1919-04-11
ENTERTAINED BEREANS

Rev. and Mrs. MacKay entertained
at their home Wednesday evening the
Bereans, class in Bible study of the
Baptist church, which has met during
the winter months This was the last
meeting of the season, so social
time was enjoyed. A large number
were present; games were enjoyed
and Refreshments served.
Putnam patriot., 1919-04-11
WILL GIVE SERIES OF EASTER
READINGS

In place Of the Easter concert on
Easter night the Sunday school of the
Congregational church has arranged
for a reader, Miss Welma d. Carter
of Boston, who will give series Of
Faster readings. The entertainment
is free and the public is cordially in
vited.
Putnam patriot., 1919-04-11

Among the men from this section
who have been named as members of
the reception committee of the Con-
nectieut general assembly centennial
are: Representative Franklin of
BROOKLYN, Dorrance of Plainffield,
Haines of Pomfret, Kent of Putnam
and Baker of Ashford.
Putnam patriot., 1919-04-11

Newton A. Ballard returned home
evening. He left three
weeks ago for Jacksonville, Fla, to
take charge of the body of Mrs. Fl. A.
Tourtellotte, who died there. He ac-
eompanied the body TO Minneapolis
before returning home.
Putnam patriot., 1919-04-11

Miss Dorothy earle of Dorchester
is the guest Of her cousin, Miss Helen
Wilkinson street
Putnam patriot., 1919-04-11

A memorial service for Mrs. Har-
riet Arnold Tourtellotte of Minneap-
oils, Mimi, will be held at the Tour
tellotte Memorial High school, North
Grosvenor-Dale, Sunday afternoon at
2 o'clock
Mrs. Tourtellotte died in Jackson
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-08
THE RETORT CRISP

After a grand review of German
troops at Potsdam the Kaiser called
out to the officer commanding the
Prussian Guard, in a voice loud
enough to be heard by all the dis
tinguished guests who were grouped
in front of the palace: "Pick me out
a hundred men from the Prussian
Guard" Then, taking the arm of
King Edward VII, who was there,
he said, Come with me-" He escort
ed King Edward very delicately round
the hundred men and then said ban
teringly. "Well, do you think you
could find hundred men in England
to beat them2"
Il don't know so much about that, -
promptly replied the last King" but
could easily find fifty who would try"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-08

GREAT CELEBRATION
Or CONST|TSTI0N'S
birthday PLANNED
Patriotic Body Launches Move For
Nationwide Observance
Next Fall.

New York-The organ sation Of
great nationwide celebration Of the
birthday OF the American Constitution,
on September II next, was announced
by the National Security League to-
day. All Of the leading patriotic and
educational societies Of the country
are being asked by the League to CO.
operate In the movement, which is be-
ing directed by a notable committee,
headed by DR.. David Jayne Hill, his
torian and diplomat, who is President
Of the National Association for Con-
stitutional Government. Among other
members of the committee which will
represent the Security League in the
organization of the Constitutional
Celebration are
Hon. William L. Harding, Govern
or of Iowa; Hon. Charles ]. Bona
parte, former Attorney-General of the
United States and Secretary of the
! Navy; John M. Parker, of New Or
leans, Progressive candidate for the
vice-Presidency in 1916; Edgar A.
Bancroft, well-known Chicago lawyer,
and Gaillard Hunt, author and his
torian.
DR.. Robert M. McElroy, the Edu-
cational Director of the Secretary
League, who is serving as active sec
rotary of DR.. Hills committee, ex-
plains the object of the celebration
and preliminary campaign of Consti-
tutional Interpretation, which the
League will conduct, as follows:
"Our people today understand the
meaning of which we have destroyed,
and their opinion regarding 1t is clear,
enlightened and uniform. Military
autocracy has no hidden meaning to-
day. The mask has been torn off, and
1t stands revealed to our people in all
its hideousness.
I'VE are now asking ourselves the
question. Are our people equally we'll
informed as to what we have saved?
II our nation is to play the part of
leadership in free world, which the
developments of the last two years
have opened to her, she must under
stand her own institutions better than
she understands them today. Repre-
sentative government is now to face
the crucial test of worldwide expert
mentation. 1t is therefore imperative
that the people of this country, to
whicfh so many nations are looking
fer light ...id leadership, should be put
into intensive training for that lead
ership.
"The reactionary movements label
ed progressive now challenging the
attention Of the world, are menacing
in exact proportion to the ignorance
of our people If we can bring home
to them by intensive. constructive
campaigns, the vital principles of our
government, as embodied in the docu-
ments which real Americans Justly
reverence, we shall furnish a specific
antidote to Bolshevism and kindred
reactionary political heresies. rEduca-
tion,' declares Madame Breshkov-
skaya, the Grandmother of the Rus
sian Revolution, will put an end to
Bolshevism.' II this is true in Russia,
1t Is vastly more true here, where we
have not felt the ruthless force which
drives men to despair"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-08
RIOT IN GRAMMAR
fPittsburg Chronicle Telegraph

(Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph)
He went into the shop to buy a
comb. He was a man careful of 9TH
er peoples grammar, and believed
himself to be careful Of his own.
do you want narrow mans
combr asked the assistant
NO" answered the careful gram
marian, II want a comb for. a stout
man with tortoise shell teeth"
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-08
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The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-08


Many q flower doth blush in vain.
Under It's dropping leaves,
Many heart doth lose not gain
And many sigh II heaves,
The world cannot all be sunshine
Some must be happy, some must be
sad,
But lets all Of us try to do our part,
To make this old world glad.
Just a smile at every one you meet
1t will help them along their way
And when you close your eyes at night
You will feel that you have won the
day,
Don't tell Of all the troubles you have
had,
OF all the things you have lost,
OF how you have to pay to live,
And that's an awful cost.
Just say that 1t was a gift Of God your
here,
And you are trying to do your part,
Twill lift up many a fallen,
And help to cheer heart.
Your small, but your big enough to
know,
That life is Just what you make it,
Your gift from God may be very
small,
But just give a smile and take It.
Now. take my advice and don't be
cross,
There Is many worse off than you
There is many a heart that's lots more
And many soul that's blue.
Its your duty to help these folks along
And all 1t takes Is q smile
You will brighten their lives and help
your own
And then life, will be worth while.
BY DOROTHY F. STEWART.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-08

Some of the natives of Ecuador eat
a beetle that is found extensively on
high plains of that country, after
roasting 1t like chestnut
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
The Radical Demand

The guarantee Of Article x is a
dangerous one, in the opinion of
'The New Republic" but no criti-
cism is felt to be of sufficient weight
to "justify rejection Of an expert
ment which bears on the face Of it
so large a promise of security" The
decisions in favor Of Japan had not
been reached when this article was
written, and it was urged that
Japan be rebuffed along with Italy:
"If as a result the league is reduced
to the British empire, France, the
United States and some of the smaller
powers, what it loses in numbers it
will gain in conviction. A league which
rests on the promise of its members
would achieve nothing except in ap
pearance by including states who treat
their promises lightly. Safer to know
what we can really count on than to
proceed on pretence. A limited league
if it must be that will at least be
ralying point for men. Its influence
will be greater than its jurisdiction"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
apolis News"
Treaty as. League

"The Kansas City Star joins in
the demand for "most careful con-
sideration" and raises the additional
point that treaty and covenant
should be taken up separately:
$50 momentous a matter ought to be
separated from the peace treaty and
given its own consideration. There is
nothing in the peace settlement that
depends essentially on the league of
nations. No nation is going to accept
any assurance from the league in the
place Of the material guarantees which
experience has shown to be necessary
for national safety. To make the league
rider on the peace treaty is to put it
in a position to be railroaded through
under pressure Of the worlds need of
peace, without the discussion so i'm
partant a document ought to receive.
In particular, the United States must
understand just what obligations it
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
The Democratic Vic,c

The same lack of enthusiasm was
expressed hero by the Democratic
Boston Globe also d strong adj
vocate Of the league:
"Unpalatabie as the amended cove
nant may be to its extreme opponents,
disappointing as ii may be to its more
sarguine adheronts, it IS apparent that
the instrument is so much better than
nothing that it should be Welcomed
The Democratic papers are unani-
nous, however, in supporting the re-
vised covenant. They consider that
every reasonable criticism has been
met by amendment and that only
the narrowest partisanship can now
oppose it. In the words of The
Cleveland Plain Dealer:
ON the whole, it is difficult TO see
how any one. unless it be Borah
hostile to the entire league idea, can
longer oppose the well matured league
o. nations proposal. 70 one frankly
surveying tho international situation
as created by the coming Of peace
the establishment OF new nations upon
the wreckage Of old ones, the running
OF new boundaries, the dismember-
ment of long established empires. the
humbling OF autocracy and the eleva-
ticn of democracy throughout the
world-the establishment of some such
machinery as this FOR preservation Of
order and relief from overburdening
militarism seems scarcely less than an
absolute necessity.
The league of nations As repre-
sented by the amended covenant is be-
fore the people of America. Their
hearty Endorsement is to be expected"
On the Republican side there have
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04

Paris have decided every boundary
question and every question of ma
tional sovereignty satisfactorily for all
time %
The radical weeklies are dissatis-
fed and critical, but urge the rati-
flcation Of the covenant in the hope
that it will develop into a real
league. Says "The New York Ma
tom:
"Will there be counter league of
Soviet republics? VIII the two-thirds
of Europe now excluded from the
League continue to remain outside its
scope? Can it succeed with its present
undemocratic basis? Can it last longer
than the Holy Alliance? Time will
alone answer these questions. But even
those who have opposed the present
League as inadequate and misleading
ought to give it the benefit of the
doubt, and to hope that out of this
beginning there may develop a League
worthy of the name"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
Dragons Teeth

"The Adrfatic question is not one
that can ever be settled to the salts
faction Of all interested parties. Ey-
cry crossroads student of international
affairs knew this long before the
United States entered the war, and if
Mr.. Wilson had approached the solu
ton of this question with an apprecia
ton of its insolubility his decision to-
day would be accepted at its worth.
"Mr. Wilson has sown dragons teeth
on both shores of the Adriatic. How
long it will take for the crop to mature
no man can say. Once Europe had the
Balkan question as an ever-present
nightmare. That still remains, and to
it has been added the Adriatic ques-
ton to trouble its dreams of peace"
Other Republican papers, The
New York Tribune and "The Wash
ington Post" for example, lay more
stress on the rupture Of friendship
with Italy that is threatened.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-05-04
On Party Lines

On Thursday came Japan's sweep
ing victory in China, apparently a
frank surrended of the Big Three to
prevent another break in the align
ment. Whether it points toward a
compromise with Italy or a firmer
attitude there has been no indica-
ton.
In this country the clash of opin-
ion has been sharp and the debate
intense. With a very few excep-
tions the press has divided strictly
along party lines. The Republican
papers have seen in the episode an
other illustration of President Will
sons laundering" The Demo-
cratic papers have applauded his
statement as splendid and cour-
ageous utterance. The most elo-
quent expression Of this latter view
is in "The Springfield Republican"
(Ind. Dem.):
II imperialism aces not capture Lhe
peace conference and put the peace
settlements into imperialistic chains,
Woodrow Wilson will have been the
single force causing its defeat. I'm
perialists know their enemy; they can
recognize him in all languages.
"The fight at Paris against all the
massed elements of rapacious i'm
perialism has been forced upon the
President of the United States from
the beginning. No one else could have
undertaken such a struggle with the
slightest hope of even partial success.
Mr. Wilson's triumph will by no means
be complete, yet the degree of the fury
and the hatred he arouses in imperial