Norwich bulletin., 1920-08-02


 ments to the newspaper man, but referred
 him to the Putnam papers for inforna-
 ton. He told her they were on file at
 his office. When asked if her property
 had been in danger she told him she
 feared fire, and that the garden hose had
 been taken out uU protect the house, and
 particularly the awnings, which she was
 afraid would be ignited by the irecrack-
 CTS being thrown against them. The avn
 ings did not catch fire, as was stated in the article A hole was burned in grass
 door mat This. says Mrs. Bartlett, is an
 error in the article, but aside from this
 she is willing to endorse it. Mrs. Bartlett
 declares that in spite of repeated ques- tioning by the reporter who telephoned
 her, she made no other statements but referred him to the local papers, and also to the records of one of the departments of the Connecticut council of defense, where reports of her work are to be found.
 "If you want to learn the facts" said
 Mrs. Bartlett, take the Putnam paper of July and read the headlines upon the front page. This is what you will find: Hoodlums Run Riot in Street; Disregard All Law and Order; Sunday night mob, half crazed with drinking, bombards Bartlett home with explosives and vile epithets police held at bay; termed most
 
 cials and respectable citizens; liquor stolen false fire alarm rung in. ''This tells the story of the celebration. Now, looking at general conditions, read the headlines also on the front page of 1 the same paper: Alderman says city Tn Bad ; scores present conditions charges that liquor is being sold and crap games flourish thinks police should have identi- fled some of mob. And this member of
 the city governing body is then quoted as saying that one can see on Putnam streets late at night men reeling out of public houses, and crap games are every
 where being played. Young boys are get ting to defy the law. We are in bad at
 present, that is what I mean to infer" According to Mrs. Bartlett, it was to
 these headlines and to the articles under them that she referred the city reporter.
 Yet" says Mrs. Bartlett, everyone in
 Putnam seems to have forgotten all of
 this, and there is great indignation be-
 cause state paper prints the story that was printed last Wednesday, Continuing she said: : And with all of this, no one can be found to testify in
 court. The court of inquiry. the last re- sort of the officials, did not unearth evil dence. The prosecuting attorney himself said that it was evident witnesses knew more than they were telling, even after they ndQ ldheI the OdlI. H6 dlldlT Was organized. Who the leaders are. I don't know But it is evident that witnesses had agreed not to talk. They protect each other in the lawlessness."
 MT. and Mrs. c. Dwight Sharpe and
 son, Kenneth c. Sharpe, left Putnam Sat urday for a motor trip to Cape Cod They will spend week on the cape. going from there to Quonocontaug, where MT. and Mrs Sharpe will remain the following week.
 Capt. and Mrs. Charles Minor of Boston were in Putnam Saturday and Sunday to conduct services at the headquarters of the Putnam Salvation Army.
 The choir of the Congregational church is having its vacation during August. William Rast of Zurich, Switzerland, a nephew of Mir. and Mrs. R. E. Hi, Me
 chanics street, is spending two weeks as
 their guest. He is soon to enter the em- roy of the Underwood Typewriter com pany at Hartford
 pr. Albert Peel of England occupied the pulpit at the Congregational church Sunday He has been in this country, | repres enting England at the international council ill Boston. Next Sunday the pull pit will be occupied by Rev. Percy Ladd oI Moline, III. On the remaining Sundays in Angus; the church will be closed. Services at St. Philips Episcopal church Sunday were conducted by Rev. F. H. Bigelow of Pomfret
 I nu'nber of Putnam people were in Danielson Saturday attending the Chau-
 tauq,;: entertainments
 George Child and Stuart Pease left Put | nam Saturday for Northfeld, where they | will represent the Second Congregational l church at the general conference. Sunday c1ternoon at the Putnam Meth odist church veSper service was held. | special invita- tions had been sent out by ta2 rastor. Rev S. J. A. Rock. to the Methodist churches in West Thompson, Eastford, North Grosvenordale, Attawau- gan and Danielson, and many members from these churches were present. The service was arranged in order to bring
 together members of churches which
 originally sprang from the old West
 Thompson church.
 Misses Dorcas and Ruth Bartlett were
 recently at the camp of L. Stanley Kelley
 in Eastford, where they entertained the Toys with a program of musical numbers ard monologues.
 In . number of New England papers
 Sunday appeared an article telling of the
 college days of Calvin Coolidge. The ar ticie was written by Harold C. Corbin of
 Putnam and was syndicated by Massa-
 chusetts paper.
 MT. and Mrs. clifo ord L. Adams of Will
 kiDson street have announced the en-
 gagement of their daughter. A. Louise, to Eldon SeaVer Johnson of Worcester. Miss
 Adams is a graduate of Putnam High school and member of the choir of the
 Second Congregational church. She is now
 in the employ of the Putnam office of an automobile company. Mir. Johnson is graduate of Worcester South High and is
 q salesman and electrician with Wor- cester automobile concern.
 MT. and Mrs. John Phinney of Hayden l vile, Mass, have announced the engage ! ment of their daughter Edna M, to Rus