Norwich bulletin., 1920-09-01

giving the reason for the advance in price the blame is placed on raised rates of transportation by the railroads. Thus is the effect of the railroad mans raise in pay, increased rates for the railroad companies, and increased rates for the oil companies passed on to the consumer, and it will ever be SO
 Mrs. Louise Meddare, resident of the Bedlam district of the town of Windham was found guilty of securing goods under false pretenses at the Tuesday morning session of the police court. Judge Frank H. Foss found her guilty of the charge and imposed a fine of $10 and costs, which an appeal was taken Bonds S10O were furnished by the mother of the accused. Mrs. Katie L. Clarke, for her appearance before the criminal session of the superior court in October.
 The goods in question consisted f a dress marked down in price to S2S 70. which was alleged to have been taken from the store of William Haddad on Jackson street on approval the sac- ton taking place on Saturday. J.iy 24th Shaheen Haddad, brother of W:n'lm, told that he bought goods from his brother's store and other business places m town for the purpose of peddl,lE them He visited the home of Mrs Meddare on July
 18th and goods were purcEased from him. Mrs. Meddare's mother paying down $2 on purchase amounting to s5.T5. At that time Mrs. Met,dare asked aaout ,he dress and he told her h come to his bcother's store. Tins she lld on the fcl- lowing Saturday, acc9@laanied hy her fa- tler. According to he story of the !Iat- dad brothers she LOOK this dress a.d asked that she mlg't take t home to show to her mother; if she wanted it. she would send thA ulo1ay, if not sic would return the dress. She lid neitier ana when they went .o her home she re- fl sed to give up the dress or pay for it. SHe called one of the broIners a d. liar William Haddad to the court that cn tnc latter occasion the rIother told her opay for the dress 1rl avoid trouble hut the daughter refused If the dress | ha ben sold it word iilve been on Sha- heens account, fl eta, I'd, on Williams account
 Attorney Villain X King. represent ! ing the accused offered ,, evidence. b, [
 claimed the state had failed b establish | its case and asked for ,lismissa!. He was refused by Judge Foss and the se.- l tsnce imposed.
 rancis Wood was found guilty of in- l toNication and gned $1 and costs. amount | ing to $S,15, which he paid It was his
 frs ofiense and Officer Grant Bombria,
 who made the arrest tried to make Wood go nome, but when he was called vile
 names he played Wood under arrest. 1 Rev John E. Clark. pastor of St. To- 1 seph's, church, was welcomed home to ] this city Monday night by the White
 Eagle Polish American band Led by Marshal William C. Smith, the band played several pieces in front of Father Clark's home. The men were treated by Father Clark and cigars were passed to all
 Exina Trudeau, 30. died Tuesday morn ing at her home, No 1O71 Main street after a years illness with chronic jntes- tlnal nephritis. She was born in Naticl R. l., Aug. ', fS90 the daughter of Jo- seph and Celfna Bedard Trudeau Sur vlVlng her are her parents, two brothers. Joseph, Jr., and Albert Trudeau, and two sisters Mrs. William Pimpare and Miss Antolnette Trudeau, all of this city
 Miss Bernadette Smedeker of Roseland
 L. :, is the guest of Miss Almeda Wright of Walnut street.
 Mrs. Charles E. Miller has returned to her home in this city after spending two weeks at Oakland Beach.
 Passengers on the Norwich -VVillinoantic 1 trolley due in this city at 3.O5 Tuesday afternoon had a close call while passine three Bailey's Ravine when a boIt of l lightning struck a tree within 15 feet of
 the trolley tracks and burned out two of 1 the four motors on the trolley itself Ihose sitting in the rear seat on the left slde of the car claimed that there We're two bolts of lightning, one striking tha tree ana splitting it in two the second branching off and striking the trolley LTdCkS DpnC1t bp was a sharp smell of sulphur in the car i no one was the wiser of the nearness of the lightning. those in the front end con | tlnun gto Willimantic, believing that the
 Hash was caused by the burned out motor
 Democratic voters of the town ot | Wlndham to the number of about fifty 1 met at the town hall Tuesday night at
 8.SO o'clock in response to a warning is. ! sued by Valentine L. Murphy, demo. cratic town chairman. MT Murphy call. ed the meeting to order at 837 and Dan- lel r. Dunn nominated for chairman Frank P. Fenton for whom the vote was unanimous. Upon nomination of Davit l A. Hearn, Patrick J. Danahey was made clerk. Following the reading of the 1 warning the delegates to the state con
 yention to be held in New Haven Sept b and Is We're nominated as follows; First delegate, Daniel P Dunn, nom | mated by George W. Hickey; secon( delegate, Frank F. Fenton, by James F.
 Twomey; third delegate, George w l Hickey, by Frank M. Lin1bln; fourtI delegate, Frank M. Lincoln by Michae | F. Sullivan; fifth delegate, Patrick D
 Donohue by James Courtney
 Delegates to the congressional con 1 vention: First delegate, John R. Picket
 by P. D. Donohue; second delegate
 George Peloquin, by James F. Twomey
 third delegate, Michael E. Kelley. b.
 Daniel P. Dunn; fourth delegate P. ]
 Danahey, by John ORourke; fifth dele
 gate, Bert F. Moore, by Frank Nj Lin coin.
 Delegates to the senatorial conventio : First delegate Valentine L. Murphy P by Michael E Sullivan; second delegat, a .nnis l Flynn Inv Inhn AfnD,ri11n,, ',