Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-07
PUTNAM

| street, is attending hte International Council of the Congregational church be- nj gheld in Boston as delegate from the Second Congregational church of Putnam. , This is the second meeting of the coun- cil ever held in America, the other being l in 1899. Over. 1S.000 churches are repre- scented on the council, with official repre- sentatives coming from all parts of the world.
 The state organization of the Daugh- ters of the American Revolution in ac- cordance with a vote take nat the na- tional convention of the society compiled a military record which gives the ser vice records of relatives of members of the organization in the worl dwar. This record shows that fourteen near relatives of members of Elizabeth Porter Putnam Chapter were in the army or navy. The entire, military record is contained in five volumes and shows that 5SS sons of members of the D. A. R. from Connec- ticut alone were in the conflict.
 Funeral services for Patrick Hayes. ss who died at the Day-Kimbau hospital Saturday were held Tuesday morning at St. Mary's church. Burial was in, St. Marys cemetery
 The funeral of wHfred Burgess. 4e. 1 who died Saturday at his home on Bolse street were held Tuesday afternoon from the home. Rev. George c. S. MacKay, pastor of Putnam Baptist church officiat- ed.
 | Judge Edgar M. Warner of Putnam is to lead the mid-week service at the
 Congregational church Thursday night and has announced his topic as Obedience to Law is Liberty.
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 Mrs. Ernest c. Morse left Putnam Tuesday morning for New York, where she is to be the guest of reIatievs.
 Among city officials and prominent Putnam citizens the chief topic of con- versation early Tuesday morning was the celebration of the Fourth on the day previous, celebration in which a false fire alarm was sounded, a whole neighbor- hood 4terrorized by a crowd of over 200
 men and boys $200 worth of imported li- quor stolen and women insulted with vile names and vulgar 'cursing. All respect able citizens are frank in stating their disgust at the proceeding of the mob, many which were obviously under the influence of liquor and who showed f1as- grant disrespect for the authority of the police and for private property. It was not until the entire police force of the city was brought to Main street that the crowd could be scattered and order re- stored. Said one Putnam citizen Tues day morning. Tt was the most degene- rate and disgusting performance that I l ever heard of in Putnam. When hood lums defy the police, insult women, and carry on the way that crowd did early Monday morning the extreme limit has been reached. I wouldn't have believed that such things could be done by Put 1 nam citizens"
 In the vicinity of the Congregational 1 church, on Main street, where the crowd did most of it's lawless celebrating, prop i erty owners spent Tuesday morning cleaning up their premises. Lawns were covered with exploded frecrackers and
 shells. One woman swept up a dustpan- full of frecrackers from the cracks in l the piazza at her home. In commenting upon the bombardment of her property
 she said, q didn't care so much about | the awful racket nor the vile language but I was frightened that the property i would catch fire from the frecrackers that were landing on the piazza and smouldering between the boards. 1 No ahction as yet has been taken with l regard to the demonstration of Monday morning, but '' r'arY quarters it is felt
 that the best insurance against any rep l etition would be to have some of the men known to have been leaders in |
 Charged with entering and taking from l the store of James t. Donahue, druggist of Main street, Putnam, F quarts of inn ported liquors valued at about s200, Ami
 de Durocher of Lee street, Putnam, was
 arrested and locked up at police head quarters Tuesday afternoon. According to | Captain Bulger of rhea Putnam po- l lice, after his arrest Durocner admitted 1 the theft and signed written confes- sion. The> liquor, twelve quarts of bran dy. gin and whiskey, all imported brands were taken from the Donahue store some
 tipie during the celebrating early Monday morning. The break was discovered Mon- day when the store wsa opened for busi- ness The liquor was kept in the cellar,
 and entrance was gained through a rear l cellar door, which, according to the state ment made to the police by Durocher, | was open when he went to it. It is claimed that Durocher was familiar with
 the whereabouts of the liquor inasmuch 1 while in the employ of a local trucking 1 concern he had carried freight to the cei< la- of he Donahue store. Durocher wiil l appear before the Pt;tnajn city court for a hearing this "Wednesday morning.
 Mrs. Dorothy Jones Bartlett, chairman ] of the Putnam committee making ar arrangements to receive the fresh air chill ] dren to be sent to this section of Wind 1 ham courty from the tenement district of New York, received telegram Tuesday 1 afternoon saying that it would not be pos i sible to get the children together in time 1 to send them to Putnam Tuesday as originally planned an1 that they would not arrive here until the latter part of
 the week. Provision for entertaining IS of the youngsters has been made It was
 explained in the telegram from New York that most of the children who were 1 to be sent to Putnam were children that i pad been here in years past. and that they are this year by request to go to
 the same people who mad preyicasly en-
 tertained them. In sending children up-
 on special invitation, more time is needed