Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-06

son that has made it possible for them obuild up their great empire, for 1t proved to them that a nation cannot be held together by force According te Premier Vaughan the defeat of the Brit ish by Washingtons army proved that the spirit of democracy can always con quer autdcracy The English states men realized then the truth of this fact, and ever since have made it the guide to their colonies Rule by force" said Mir. Vaughan, "Iias been supplanted by rule of love, and it is a bond of love that holds together the great nation of which am a citizen.'' Music at the service was by Miss Florence stearns. violinist.
 Harry Morse and Wallace Aldrich, of Putnam. spent the holiday fishing at Eastford.
 Miss Harriet W. Bieknell, 56, died on Monday morning at her home in. East ford.
 One hundred cases of bottled liquor in bond 100 proof rye, were temporarily seized Sunday afternoon by Captain John Bulger of the Putnam police, when he discovered the liquor on an automobile truck that had stopped on Pemfret street while passing through the city. The shipment of wet goods was consigned fo the Taunton Wine Company, Taunton, Mass, and was being transported on a truck owned by the Shoe City Express l company of Brocltton, driven by Zarian Sama ta of Brockton Immediately upon discovery of the liquor Captain Bulger took Samata and his load to police head quarters from where he communicated with federal authorities. Samanta ihah in his possession two federal permits, both | issued at Washington. one a beverage l permit to the Taunton Wine Company. and the other a carriers permit issued | to the express company who owned the | truck. The permits were not properly
 made out in all details, and some of the 1 entries were in ink and some in pen ! ell.
 1 By telephone Captain Bulger got in | touch with Julius Stemlau of Hartford, 1 federal prohibition officer also with Dan l iei P O'Connell, federal prohibition of l ficer at Boston. The latter stated that he wnew of the Taunton Wine Com pany and said that the concern in the
 past had had beverage permits upon
 numerous occasions. The company is en- 1 gagged in the manufacture of patent med icfnes, and the federal beverage permits | allow transportation and possession of 1 liquors needed in the business, The fed
 eral officer in Boston was not able to say. however, without looking into the Il matter whether the permits held by the l driver of the truck were for the partieu- l lar consignment of rye that Captain Bull
 ger had held up. Inasmuch as the com | pany was known to have had permits and also in view of the fact that the police | and federal authorities knew to whom l the load of rye was being shipped ana l by whom 1t was being carried, MT. o. | Cornell advised Captain Bulger to allow l the truck to continue to it's destination
 and before it would have had time tc
 reach the Massa ehusetts city, MT. O. Cornell promised to investigate the mat 1 ter. Upon this advice the driver was si- | lowed to continue on his way with his | cargo.
 l Instead of the quiet and peaceful day that had been expected Captain John l Bulger and the other members of the | Putnam police force Monday were call, l ed upon to keep order on what was the
 most riotous and noisy Fourth that Put
 nam has had for many years. Booze ane \ patriotism combined to produce a ceIe l bration that at times overstepped the | bounds of decency in spite of all that 1 the police could do. Up to midnight or Sunday all was quiet throughout the city, with only the occasional report o
 fire cracker or blank cartridge to dis turb the slumbers of Putnam citizens But hardly had the clock in the Con
 gregational church tower finished strik
 ing twelve when the racket began. Be
 fore it had subsided a false fire alarn
 had been sounded, an entire neighborhoo,
 had been terrorized by a mob of over 2oj
 men and boys, and the whole police de
 partment had been called out to preserv,
 order and prevent further spread of dis
 order. Shortly after 123e a. m. 2
 crowd began to collect at Bugbee corner nearly all of the members of which wer
 armed with large sized crackers and re
 volvers in which to shoot blanks Tn
 night patrolnen on duty were unable t