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Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-17
PUBLIC UTILITY TAXES
 WILL YIELD TWO MILLIONS

The taxes of the public utility corpor- ations operating in Connecticut were due Thursday but the companies have ten days in which to make payments. It was said at the state tax commissioners s office at Hartford that a total of approx irlately $2,000,000 will be realized this year from the public utility taxes, those assessed against the Connecticut CcIn- pany amounting to $400,000. At the pres ent time, the Connecticut Company owes the state about $1,o00,000 in unpaid taxes. With the exception of the Shore Line Railway, now in the hands of re- ceiver, it is the only large public utility corporation in, the state. which has hal difficulty in meeting its state tax obliga- tions.
 Taxes on public utilities vary; rail- roads are assessed If per cent. street railways, f 1-2 per cent; express companies. 2 per cent telephone com panies 4 per cent, and telegraph com panies per cent. The /, rate for other corporations differs according to nature of business. Five steam railways and twelve street railways are on the tax list but the majority of the public utility cor porations are engaged in supplying wa ter and electric power. Taxes are based on the gross receipts for calendar year At present the tax commissioned office is getting out the net income tax sheets which will be ready on August 1.
 The tax of l-2 of l per cent. on the market value of the outstanding stocz oi insurance companies was due Thursday and with one exception, all compares ir the state have made payment n full This insurance franchise tax is based on value of stock, as estimated by the equalization board last October.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-17
PATENT TO WARNER BROS. co.
 OF BRIDGEPORT AND NORWICH


 The following patents were issued to Connecticut inventors July s, 1920:
 Charles S. Barnard, Bridgeport, casro: socket.
 Delmar G. Roos, Bridgeport, power transmitting mechanism.
 Edgar P. Webster, Bridgeport, wheel hub.
 Albert E. Church. New Britain, drill press chuck.
 Philip J. Darlington, Hartford, tubs cleaner,
 ing apparatus. William G. Hassel, Waterbury fuss re- mover and placer. Edwin w. Henger, Waterbury, termi- nal post for battery carbons. Bernhard H. Meyer, New Haven, dra- pery clip.
 George E. Pickop, New Haven, grease cup.
 David spivak, New Haven. windov lock.
 John J. oDonnell. Middletown, bake pan.
 Walter olcott, South Manchester, corr pulp remover. John Stepin, Derby, ventilator. Adelaide Porter, Greenwich, doll. Trade-Marks. Browneu & Co.,, Moodus, maitre cord Cheney Bros. South Manchester, fab. rics of silk and silk mixtures. Connecticut Elec. Steel Co.,, Hartford | wrought tool steel. steel, iron, etc. Edgar L. Hopkins, Hartford, non-in' toxicating cereal beverages. Warner Brothers Co.,, Bridgeport an6 | Norwich, brassiere combination under. garments and undergarments for wo- men.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-17
WATER BOARD SALARY
 INCREASES DECLARED VOID

raise to the water heads. was causing
 much dissatisfaction among other de-
 partnents.
 The raise that was made by the water
 commissioners gave the head of the wa
 ter department $2400 a year, an increase
 of $500. The clerk of the water board
 was to receive s21Oo. an increase of $500
 At Friday nights meeting Corporation Counsel Higgins showed that under the city charter the water board is answer able to the common council for it's ac- tions regarding salaries and can only recommend an increase in salary which must be, approved by the council before l it becomes effective. As the result of Corporation Counsel Higgins. advice it was decided that the
 board did not have the power to regulate the salaries of the operative officers of that department and therefore their ac- tion at their organization meeting was declared null and void. l The positions will be rendered to ths present incumbentss at the salaries plN
 viously paid.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-17
INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY

Mrs Frank A. Mitchell has returned from Portsmouth, N. H.
 Miss Margaret Sayles is at Camp Taho- ma, Pike, N. H., for the summer.
 Miss Elizabeth Scott of Pittsfield has been the guest of Miss Eleanor P. Nor. ton.
 Mrs. A. E. Cobb and son of Canaan are guests of MT. and Mrs. John H. Pow. olson.
 MT. and Mrs. G. Tracy Rogers of New York were guests recently of MT. an6 Mrs. Traver Briscoe.
 Mrs. William Cheney Brown. Jr., and child are at the Perkins cottage at East ern Point for the season.
 Mrs. Charming M. Huntington has beer the guest of her daughter, Mrs. Joseph c Worth, Jr., at Eastern Point
 Mrs. Henry L. Bennett returned recent ly after a visit with her daughter Mrs Cha-les c. McGregory, in Brooklyn, N. Y
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-17


 That the board of water commission Eers has no power to raise the salaries of its operative officers was decided at a joint meeting of the finance committee of the court of common council and the board of water commissioners held in the mayors office on Friday evening. May or H. M. Lerou as an ex-officio member of the board was present; at the meeting as was Corporation Counsel E. ". Hig- gins.
 The meeting which was lengthy and entailed much discussion was perfect ly harmonious. The water board at it's organization meeting decided that the officers of the department were entitled to more pay but when the matter came up before the council Mayor H. M. Le- rou objected to the raise as in his opin- ion the officers understood what salary they were to receive when they were elected. In his message to the council on the 7th of July Mayor Lerou declared himself opposed to the raise as out ot proportion to the salaries paid to the heads of other departments, and the
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-17
STRUCK SMALL CHILD
 WITH LARGE STRAP

For striking year old child with a large strap, a Franklin street man is to appear in court this morning. A local man and his wife who were passing at the time witnessed the brutal attack upon the girl and reported the matter to the police. According to the witnesses in the matter, the little girl was sitting on the porch of house on Franklin street when the man came out of the house and struck two hard blows across her back, the little one crying with pain. It is said that the man is in poor health and was angry over something the child had done.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-17
All Stars to Play FitchyjIIe

The All Stars will travel to Fitch vile Sunday to play the fast Rovers. This team claims to be one of the fast est around this vicinity. he All Stars have been through a stiff practice this week and the manager claims his team is in the pink of condition. If the Rovers are as strong as they claim a great game is expected. Goldberg III probably do the twirling and will be held by Weisner. The lineup is greatly strengthened by Zimmerman, and Byerton and Duer who will take care of the outfield while the infield is a stonewall defense.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-17
THE TALKING MACHINE SHOP
 24-34 Franklin Street
VICTORY LODGE INsTALLs
NEWLY ELECTED OFFICER

NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS
 Loyal Victory lodge, I. o. O. F., M. U. seated their newly elected officers at a we'll attended meeting on Thursday even- ing in Pythian hall. The officers installed were: Past noble grand, Lena Wooley N. G., Sister Partridge; " G., A. New ton E. S., L. Helm; c. S.. NJ. Woods treasurer, M. Hill.
 The retiring noble gran6 Mrs. Fred Bentley, was given the purple degree and also presented with a past grand's jewe in recognition of her services during the past six months. Mrs. Bentley was also given the credentials of the office of pas grand deputy. John Biggs has been dep uty for the past year and a half. Aftel the meeting refreshments were served.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-17
COURT CITY OF NORWICH
 ELECTS NEW OFFICERS

At the regular meeting of Court City of Norwich, No. 6S, F. of A., the following officers were elected on Friday evening Chief ranger, James T. Carey; S. c. R., Charles McGibney; financial secretary, c. J. Downes; treasurer, William H. Cal lahar; senior warden, J. Lynch; junior warden, G. Glendennin; senior beadle, N. Lavallee junior beadle, L. McMillan; P. C. R., Joseph F. Campion; lecturer, Geo. H. Dolan.
 Several committees were appointed to assist the chief ranger in carrying out some of the plans for the coming season. James Collins of Albany, who stopped with Norwich friends while on his way to Boston was present at the meeting and addressed the members.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-17
JUDGMENT FOR PLAINTIFF l IN LEDYARD CASE

The civil suit of Horace H. Main of Ledyard vs. H. J. Charlwood of New York for s100 damages was tried before
 Judge S. E. Holdridge at Ledyard on Thursday. This was suit for the fail ure of the defendant in carrying out the
 terms of lease.
 MT. Charlwood is interested in a steamship line runnink between New York and South America and is a sum- mer resident at Lantern Hill, Ledyard. Attorney Edward T. Burke of Norwich appeared for the plaintiff and Attorney George Curtis Morgan of New London
 appeared for the defendant Judgment was awarded in favor of the plaintiff.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-17
OFFICER MALoNEY ARRESTS
 BROOKLYN JAII, BREAKER

John Noyack was picked up by of- fcer Maloney on the West Side on Thursday afternoon as fugitive from justice Novack who was serving . sentence in the Brooklyn jail escaped several years ago and had not been seen since until picked up by Officer Ma loney, who recognized him as an old offender in this city. Novack was taken back to the Brooklyn jail
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-17
in a familv of seren children.

in a family of seven children. -,
 On January 4, 1858, she married Ben iamin F. Randall, who died in 1915, aged 94 years and months. Five sons were born from this union, three of whom died in early childhood The surviving sons are Luther H. Randall and James A. Randall of Lebanon. There are I; five grandchildren and one greatgrandchild.
 Mrs. Randalrs long and useful life was filled with kind deeds. She took a deep interest in the cause of religion and was a strong supporter of the Goshen Congregational church of which she was a member for many years.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-17
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Francis c. Randall.

The death of Mrs. Franc, :. Randall at the Randall homestead in Goshen on Thursday removed one of the. oldest res idents of the town.
 Mrs Randall was born in Colchester Aug. 8, 1925, and was in her ninety-ffth year. She was a daughter of Henry J and Ruth S. Hall and the last survivor
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-17
NEW PAVEMENT HELD UP
 BY LACK OF CEMENT

The West Thames street pavement im- provement has been held up by the lack of cement. The contracting concern in charge of the work has had two cars of cement ordered for some time but has been unable to get delivery on them. Two cars of cement arrived Friday. but the cement was not what was ordered and as the very best cement is used
 the work will be delayed for few days lon ger
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-17
Eniozlar 1Ienta,. yaeasaon.

Miss Geneva TiIlinghast of No. Car ter avenue, is enjoying four weeks va- cation. Part of the time she is spending with her mother, Mrs. Emma Filling hast at North Stonington She leaves there today for Everett. Mass, where she will be the guest of her brother and his wife, Mir. and Mrs. John T. Filling hast. After returning to North Stoning- ton for a few days she will go to New Haven where she will visit MT. and Mrs.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-17
LOCAL MANS 11TH
 TRII TO nETRnI1

Ripple G. Morgan and Luke Herbert left Friday for Detroit to drive back two automobiles for local people. This is Mr. Morgan's eleventh trip to the west for cars since the first of April. Upon the completion of this trip MT. Morgan will have driven by automobile practically 11,oo0 miles and travelled in all about 22, 900 miles.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-17
Caught Pe.pinr Into Window.

Three young men were caught peeping in a window at a Trading Cove house Friday evening After short chase by friends of the family they were collared, taken back to the house and ordered to apologize. They did 50 and were then allowed to rn.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-17
school Board Meeting Continued.

The meeting of the school board which was to have been held Friday afternoon at 5.50 o'clock to discuss repairs to the various school buildings in the town was continued until Monday afternoon next
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-17

The time which elapses between the utterance of sound and it's rsturn must be 1-12 of a second to form an
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-17
HALcYoN HOUSE,
WATCH HILL. R. |

TO LET: Large, light, airy rooms, by week or season, for light house keeping: free bathing from the house. boating and fishing; June 18th to Sept. 18th. Apply
 l.. HAASE,
 Hnlcyon House. Watch Hill, R. l.
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-17

WE ADVERTISE EXACTLY AS IT IS
Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-17

JUST ANOTHER ATTRACTIVE FEATURE OF cuRLAND SERVICE
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-20
SEE NECESSITY OF
 NAVAL AGREEMENT

Tokio, Nov. 20.-Suggestion that the JapaneSe-A1n 1ner1can negotiations in Washington be extended to cover all the subjects affecting the relations of Japan and the United States is made in an article printed yesterday by the Asahi Shimbun, of Oska. In particu- lar it urges the necessity of a naval understanding.
 The newspaper asserts that Amer ica's naval policy is entirely under control of her naval bureau-cratS.'' It argues that Americas present naval policy shows that some of her ambi- tiouS men wish to crush Japan before the latter's power increases and it urges that the Japanese governm ent take the initiative toward an under standing which would eliminate use less naval competition.
 The Asahi also advocates that a complete understanding be reached with China and proposes that the Washington government be invited to make public what it refers to as the Hoot-Kerensky zy agreement regarding the Siberian railroad and define the attitude of the United States toward the acquisition of rights and interests in Siberia.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-20

en for granted, but I comfort myself with the certainty that you will all be not merely astonished / but more or less pleased that I am still in the land of the living
 'tI have seen a great deal in the past two years-much that is horri- ble and little that is hopeful or aus picious Your worst provisions have been outdone Russia has presented the awful spectacle of a nation gone mad, but perhaps that was to be eN- pected after the overthrow of the old regime
 Scenes of Horror.
 'tWhat have I not seen! Institu- courts of justice; the criminal pris- ons thrown open, and 'decrees,' shower of them. And what decrees! Inheritance and the right of beques robe, to the last trif1e, conhscated at death; lands taken away from the owners, along with livestock, house. furnishings, etc, all without conn pensation-and all these 'decrees' en- forced with rifles and machine guns While there has been a decree Of general disarmament. the peasantry and working classes have not merely be armed: So that orderly citizens have been at the mercy of the rab- b1e, not to speak of wholesale house breaking, robbery, assaults, not by n1SnL alone, put Dy broad daylight, In the open streets, and to all this add famine. Imagine paying 200 roubles for tumhler of milk! That is the price today. For two years I have tasted no meat, butter, eggs or sugar. have lived practically on salt her ring and bread. I have also had some tea, thanks to the courtesy of the American Red Cross, through whom I managed to secure three pounds. Oh, the struggle for exist ence is terrible! have to work like a slave not to starve.
 Elections a Farce
 'Oh, what we have not gone through! The so-called elections tc the Constituent Assembly were . farce. In the villages it was sim plicity itself: the people were giver one ticket, BolShevik. In the cit ies the people are not so easily handled, so some moral suasion hat to be applied, in most cases as fol lows At the ballot boxes stood
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-20
WIRELESS MAKES
 NAVIGATION SAFE

Philadelphia, Nov. 20.-Admiral w. Ii. Bullar, director of naval comm uni cation service, in a paper read before the Franklin Institute here, said wire simple and safe.
 There will be time when ships will be without chron ometers and will be 'n constant wireless touch with New York until they reach the British Channel said Admiral Bullard. '"ThiS IS not a. dream; it is near at hand.
 By means of the radio compass a ship can get her bearings when she calls for it, anywhere along the coast Of the United States. This instru-
 nent has already saved ships which were headed straight for the shore.
 The depth of water under the ship can now be accurately determined by
 he hydrophone, which works on the the sound of the ships propeller. By his device shallow water can be tVolded and even the proximity of ice nergs detected. Ships also can com
 nunicate with each other by under water waves, sent out by oScillators By means of a, cable laid along he bottom of New York channel and energiZed with current, pilot. blind folded, guided a destroyer safely to port, never getting more than fifty yards from the cable. The waves sent out by the cable were detected | in telephone receivers, one on each ear, telling him whether he was tc right or left of the guiding cable. Hurricans can be detected by sen- l sltive radio telephones, and even the general direction of storms are felt | on wireless receiving apparatus. The | time is now sent broadcast by coasta
 stations and by the time given fos | certain longitudes, the ship can tel it's location. Weather warnings and location of wrecks, dereicts and ice bergS are given out.'
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-20
sFRUlT. Made Couplesa
 Cure of Stomach Trouble
lRS. FRANK W. WALLACE

Moultonville, Carroll Co.,, N. H.
 "An account I read about Fruit a-tives' or Fruit Liver Tablets in one of our newspapers prompted me to try this remedy.
 I was all run down and work was 'burdensome owing to Indigestion and Fullness, due to gas on my stomach which caused me to belch g. good deal. My heart seemed to be affected.
 It was two years ago that was in this condition and began the use of Fruit a. tives'. Even though tho trouble had been of few years standing, the use of 'Fruit-a-tives' proved the very remedy I required. I was freed of the Indigestion, which I attributed to my heart {; and can conscientiously recommend Fruit s-tives' as a remedy of merit'.
 Mrs. FRANK<W. WALLACE.
 50c. a box, for g. 50, trial size 25c. At dealers or from FRUIT-A-IIVES Limited. OGDENSRgTRfz, v. Y.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-20
"COLANDER JAILS"
 IN UPPER SILESIA

Vienna, Nov. 20.-An extraordinary and amusing picture of prison life in Upper Silesia was revealed by the hearing of evidence against a warden charged with receiving stolen goods and neglecting his jailership.
 At this particular jail the chief warden was not in the habit of search ing the prisoners with the result that g woman smuggieo a consid erable sum of money into her cell and pro vided the chief warden with the wherewithal for providing food for her.
 Defects in the cell grating coupled with the loose construction of the ventilator, enabled the prisoners to visit each other in their. cells and hold picnics, while there was even one case of a. man who escaped each night from the prison and returned again in the morning.
 The chief warden, when charged in Wells police court with allowing all this to go on, denied all knowledge ot it, but was sentenced to four months Imprisonment.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-20
GREAT WRITER THOUGHT DEAD
 FOUND ALIVE
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(By International News Service.)

CBy International News Service.)
 New York, Nov. 2O-After all trace years and her death had. been taken for granted in literary circles, Zenai- da A. Ragozin, famous Russian au- thoress, comes to life. For two have been moving heaven and earth in an effort to secure information regarding her whereabouts. Since 1918, when she completed for them a work. called Little Russian Master pieces,' just published, all efforts to reach her have been unavailing.
 After the American Red Cross re- ported that they could not locate her it was assumed that she had been killed in the bloody riots that took 1918. And now comes letter from Madame Ragozin showing that she is very much alive. The news of her safety is expected to create a sensa- tion in American literary circles, as she made many friends among our writers during her ten years resi- dence in America, and all of these friends have taken her death for granted.
 Letter is Received.
 Madame Ragozin's letter. which was received a few days ago. reads in part as follows
 "How dreadful it has been not to hear from America for more than two years. I can understand, and. in fact, expect that you all, mean l ing my friends, probably think me dead, as thousands of younger peo- pie have been unable to survive, what we have been and still are un- | dergoing in the way of hunger, hard not have deterred my friends from making an attempt to locate me But not one line from anyone It * rather cruel to have ones death tax
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-20
Famous Japan
 Cafe Was Dry

Tokio (by maiD-The great desert of America has cast its shadow far across the Pacific Ocean. In the sake laden land of old Japan, penetrating clear into the capital city of Nippon, in Tokio, there is spot where the cocktail glass and the Kirin beer bottle are personae non grata-
 But a scant few nights ago there were few places in Tokio where the wine glass and the whiskey-soda were handled with such dexterity as | in the barroom of the Imperial Thea tre. The beautiful oak bar on the brick building, said to be a copy of the Opera of Paris, was a place where the well-known man-about-town in Tokio might be found most any night. Ak-san, the barkeep, had mixed drinks in America, he knew the knack of it and he boasted of his ability to please the taste of the keen est connoisseur of Tokio's capital.
 Of a sudden came the fire of the big convention hall, where 1000 dele gates to the World Sunday School Convention, many of them from dry America, were about to begin their meetings. Then came the hurry and scurry at the Imperial Theatre, in the domain of Ak-san, the barkeep. Cognac bottles, private stock far down in the right-hand corner of the bar: whiskeys, gins-they all were bundled together in pretty wicker baskets. The bar. was cleared of the alcoholic properties and a sign was painted which read: Tea, mineral water and cakes served here." Need- less to say, Ak-san, in high rage, left for ten-day vacation. His mixing duties for a time were over.
 The Sunday school delegates came in hundreds. The beauties of the Im- perial Theatre were commented upon long talks were made in which the evils of drink came in for their share of attention. One noon a regular visitor at the theatre dropped in fol monday tiffin. "A whiskey and soda he suggested to the waiter. It wa: the thrill of the whole ten days to the boy-san whose duties had undergont a change and his life had settled into a quiet, peaceful, sake-free existence
 On October 16, one day after thu convention crowds from America hat gone, the temporary desert made il Tol<io out of respect to the delegate tothe Eighth Sunday School Conven tion was wet again. The crew o "mixers'' headed by Ak-san returned cleared away the empty mineral wa ter bottles, the deserted teapots ant started life all over again.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-20
guardsmen with

, three or four Red guardsmen with rifles and revolvers and looked the ballots over before they were drop ped in, and the unacceptable ones were either exchanged for right | ones,' or, if dropped in, in case of too vigorous protest, the name and ad- dress of the obstinate voter were
 written down and he was dismissed with threats which seldom remained vain.'
 The original manuscript of the Little Russian Masterpieces'' looks like heap of scrap paper. Paper Is so scarce in Russia that Madame Ragozin had to use anything she could get hold of, scorning not even the back Of an envelope.