Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-18
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Norwich Bulletin WilIirla ntic Office,
 23 4Church St. Telephone 105.
What Is Going On Tonight.


 23 aChurch St. Telephone 105.
 What Is Going On Tonight.
 Pythian Sisters, Purinton Temple, No. 2 meet in Odd Fellows hall
 sIsadore Axelrod, the Swear old son of MT. and Mrs. Morris Axelrod of Riverside Park, was drowned in the | Willimantic river Thursday afternoon, shortly after o'clock. The boy was playing with a chum on the bank of the river just above the dam. near the upper mill of the Quidnick Wind ham Manufacturing company. The boys were amusing themselves by throwing sticks and other articles in to the water. which is unusually high just at this time owing to the recent rains and the current is very swift and strong. Finally they got hold of a large sized box and between them were swinging it, preparatory to throwing it into the river. Axelrod's companion let go of his end and the former. holding on to it, was precipi- tated into the swiftly flowing current. The boy held on to the box. went over the first dam and was still hold ing on to the box when he went un-. der the first bridge, about three hun dred yards below the dam. Just be-
 
 tends out. twenty or thirty feet from shore fairly close to the water and it was said by a woman who saw him that the boy was carried down by the current directly under this limb and made frantic efforts to grasp it, but was unsuccessful, it being just out of his reach From that point on TO- 1 body seems to have seen him, al- | though the box was seen floating later
 near the second dam. The police were notified and started a search for the
 owing to the high water and swift
 currents and had not been recovered
 up to a late hour Thursday night. l Between forty and fifty operatives in the box shop of the American
 Thread company left their work on Thursday morning and were out for | the rest of the day. The trouble seems 1 to have arisen over an employe named Mabel Judge who it is said has been inquiring from girl operatives in 6he shop as to how much money they were earning. One girl refused to give her the information she asked for and
 it is said was discharged. Other girls protested and after meeting of the
 grievance committee with Assistant
 Superintendent H. D. Pollard, these E
 the company stated the girls were not
 discharged and the trouble was some what similar to that of a few weeks ago, while an official of the unior claimed that the girls were discharged and that the action of the girls was not walkout nor strike. A meet ing of the union was held Thursday night in Labor Union hall when tht matter was discussed. after which { l ~nJ nY-t nf hn off Gni c-nr,f fo York officials of the Textile Workers Union.
 At the meeting Thursday night 0 Obwebetuck Lodge. No. 16, l. o. O. F. the reports of the various committee a were heard in connection with tn 4 great parade and celebration of tn tooth anniversary of the founding o the lodge of Odd Fellows to be held il Hartford. April 18th and 26th. Prac tically all plans have been complete, 2 so far as the local lodge participation ! in the event is concerned. As the ar \ engagements now stand. Obwebetuc \ lodge will go to Hartford, April 26t } and in the grand parade to be he1 s that afternoon will be headed by tn | Willimantic American band of ? 5 pieces. The trip to Hartford will b k made in automobiles. A handsom x special badge and cane will be pro E vided each member by the local Iodg D and all members will wear whit = gloves. A large number signifie = their intention of going and sever;
 will go to Hartford Friday afternoo
 to attend the opening ceremonies : Parsons theatre, at which time ad " dresses will be made by prominent o1 r, ficers of the sovereign grand lodge. " There was considerable excitemer d for a minute on Main street Thursda a night about g o'clock while Offic, l. Paulhus was trying to persuade tV 'd young intoxicated sailors to accon ,e pany him to the police station in 7t peaceful, quiet manner, but the sailo it would not have it that way at a m One of them was what the ayera;
 citizen would term crazy drunk H re chum was more noisy than intoXica 7p ed Both these sailors had been n es ticed during the afternoon as bel e pretty boisterous but got by un no they attended the evening perforr ic ance in the Scenic picture house pe Bank street. They made so much di ot turbance in there that Officer Paulh is, was called in and he brought them O jIs to the corner of Main and Ba ks streets where they refused to go flu
 ther and used much loud, vile la nm guage. With the help of one or t7 IT in the crowd of a hundred, which h H. gathered, a pair of "twiSters" we ne adjusted and from that time on { lg. going was more easy for the offic s- They will appear before the poll
 court this U'riday) morning on t
 charge of intoXication and interft
 ence with police officer during { 70 performance of his duty
 Some of the employees of the Holla
 Sllk Company were recently given ten per cent increase in wages.
 tC to A. A. Burton, chairman of the Co in nunity Labor Board in this distri riz- has asked the leading officers of tive uT ty local organizations, also the may i,i of this city and the selectmen of 1ra town to meet with the Labor Boi
 Cth1s) Friday evening Tn the Chaml t, of Commerce rooms for the purpose ai organizing Community Committee Iro devise ways and means to secure e I'd ployment for all returning soldiers z ,l1 sailors in this section. The mum iir+ ln is increasing daily and the need 1a apparent of knowing so far as possi 'a the maximum help wants of this co n' munity. Similar steps are being t; 70 70 en in other cities throughout the ste Iny Word has been received in town relatives of Dr. Owen O'Neil of his
 pected arrival in Boston Sunday, fl
 overseas. Dr. O'Neil will no do rn be given a warm welcome on his GD rival in this city. He was rated a ion lieutenant upon his enIisting in ldy medical corps about year ago of shortly after went overseas. La ded he received his commission as c cal tain.
 the Automobile Inspector George