Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-31

1
 hours after birth attracted many to
 the veterinary hospital Of Dr. Thomas
 H. Robinson in Westerly Saturday. The
 calf was born on the Crandall farm on
 the Post road. and the COW did not
 survive. The calf was of full size and
 the heads were fully developed. both
 of the same size and distinctly separate
 from each other, while the body and
 ferent in appearance from the ordi-
 nary calf From a point almost di-
 rect1y at the rump there are two dis
 tinct backbones which extend for the
 full length to the two necks, beyond
 the foreiegs. and the neck and heads
 are as of two calves The animal is of
 a. lawn shade with a white star in
 each forehead.
 It Is the intention of Dr. Robinson
 to have the animal mounted as whole
 for preservation. He has mounted in
 his office the double heads of 9 calf
 born in Ledyard about fifteen years
 ago, but in this specimen the two
 heads are joined, facing in opposite di-
 rections, with only one neck and one set of ears, while this latest freak has
 tive heads. necks and ears. and if sep arated at the neck would be two dis tinct and ordinary fully developed heads and so near alike that it would
 be difficult to distinguish one from the otker.
 Three of the eighteen delegates from Rhode Island who will attend the sev- enth annual convention of the worlds Sunday School association in Zurich, Sweden, are from Westerly They are Ethan Wilcox. Miss Fannie Wilcox and Mrs. Evelyn Stil1man- The otfer dele- gates from the state will be Benjamin WiIbour and Miss Lena WI1bour of South Scftuate, Mrs. Henry R. Whit man. Joseph A Latham, Robert B. Risk, Miss Dorothy Risk and MT. and Mrs Albert Knight of Providence Miss 1%<r<.1 1nfY rTEr, TfSG M Sherman of Newport, Mfr. and Mrs. James K Ralph of Hope, Mrs. Alice M Metcah of Carolina, and MT. and Mrs. Herber NJ. Clarke of Phenix.
 The convention is to be held from July 3 to 1B, and the New England del egation will sail on the chartered steamship CaDopic. They will go di- rect to Naples. where they will join with other special parties from New York, Philadelphia and Montreal Over eight hundred Americans will attend the convention
 Though operations have been sus- pended at the plan of the Peac Dale we eks, by reason of a strike among the employees. the fdleness of the eight hundred employees has had a serious effect upon the business of South kingstoWn- Merchants are apprehen- sive with prospects of Appreciated I business, with little cash in sight | Many entertainments and social affairs | that had been planned are being can cel1ed, and the townspeople realize a | outlook. The Peace Dale com- pany. manufacturers Of woo1en goods, | paid nearly half a million dollars in wages last year. and a considerable part of this went into circulation in the town. and with this payroll cut short it's effect is seriously felt. The strike was mostly confined to Italians, who i had recently formed a branch of the l Workers of the World. and | a representative of the company says:
 The l. w. W. and the Peace Dale company cannot exist together
 The discharge of some of the lead ers in organizing the branch of the I. W. ". precipitated the strike, and while me weaverE were not affected the company decided to close down the entire plant The company declares that not c wheel will turn until the I. W. ". ts elfm1neted. and a protracted struggle Is feared by many
 To protect the property of the com oany and also for the protection of employees who go to the mill to do re- pair work, several special constab1eS nave been appointed by the town coun- dI, and John R. Wilcox, sheriff for Washington county, has appointed 8 lumber of special deputies. These men are on duty on night and day shifts, the mill section of the town md maintaining order. The strikers loId daily meetings and have had sev- ! ,ra1 parades. :
 There was a brush fire from some unknown cause at the foot of Margin f treet, Saturday noon. and as the { James were spreading rapidly towards [ he building erected for the late la . nented Safford Boat company. and at resent unoccupied. the fire alarm was ent in from box Al as a precautionary measure. It is a long run from the re house to Margin street, and some < ime elapsed before any part of the re department arrived, the first there eing the Alert Hook and Ladder com 2 any. drawn by one horse. The equip I nent was not of the nature to use in |
 fire of this description, so there was ract1caIfy nothing done until the Cy- lone hose wagon, drawn by two Q orses, arrived a quarter of an hour F ater. Then the extinguishmeat of the re was only a matter of a short time d nd with no resultant damage.
 The delay in getting started for the n re was mot the fault of the volunteer C