Norwich bulletin., 1913-03-24

William D. Wilcox. native of Westerly, who was found unconscious in bathroom at a lodging house in Providence Thursday and died in the was on furlough from the Soldiers
 home in Bristol He served in the Eighth Connecticut and was among the sharpshooters of the command. mess in Westerly and subsequent.y became & clerk in the Westerly post office, and from there he became a railway mail clerk. He worked th5 mail on the Shore Line between New York and Boston, and later had the run from Providence to New London, and still later between Providence and Fall River. He was in the postof1ce service for 3S years and two years ago retired to the Soldiers home The body will be brought to Westerly t1- day and be buried in the Hopk1nton cemetery. MT. Wilcox is survived by three sisters who reside in Providence and with whom he made his home be- fore going to Bristol.
 Members of the Fifth company, Westerly, Coast Artillery corps, have opportunity to become commissioned officers of the First Artillery district. Colonel TiIlinghaSt has issued a mem orandum calling attention to the va cancies among the commissioned off1- cers of the district including a staff position. It is desirable that these
 
 enable the new officers to be thorough fy acquainted with the duties before the annual encampment. There are many enlisted men in the district com potent to fill these places and they will be given preference In order to give every man in the district who consfd- CTS himself competent and is desirous of being considered a candidate, com munications to the district commander will receive consideration.
 
 For the first time in it's history there was an exhibit of the work of the schools of Ashaway Friday afternoon, and there were visitors from Hope Valley, Westerly and other places. The exhibits. especially in the primary de- partment, consisted of drawings and freehand paper cutting and construc- ton work In the grammar grades there were drawings from nature, par ticuiarly fruits, flowers and birds, as well as scenery in colors, dry crayonS being used. In the Ninth grade a fine ghowing was made Of perspective, stUI life and figure drawing from poses in pencil and color, also cross stitching h1 colors in pattern designs. The con ,truction work of the high school in }luded crayon and pencil, perspective drawing, flowers, natural and conven Hona1, development of historical orna- nents, division of circles of lines and llso copies of Japanese prints.
 There is local interest in the asita- jon among the residents of the Isle lf Pines for annexation to the United States for the reason that J. Irving Maxson and Mrs. Maxson. Howard G1ginn and Mrs. Gwinn and J. Irvicg Maxson, Jr., recently of Westerly, arc new located in that West Indies isle. The Isle of Pines is under Cuban gov srnment, but over 92 per cent. of the Island is owned and controlled bv Americans. many of whom reside there, and 1t is these people who are working to bring about annexation to the United States.
 The governor of Rhode Island will probably net follow the governor of Connecticut in action on the mileage question for members of the general assembly. In Connecticut, GovernCr Baldwin vetoed the measure for con stitutionAl reasons and stated them l very plainly. There is 8 report that 1 Governor Pothier Is to neither approve 1 nor veto the resolution passed ordering i the state auditor to authorize the pay 1 ment of mileage for every days at- | tendance to the limit of sixty days to ] members of the general assembly. It l is said the governor plans to allow the l measure to become automatically 2 | law without his signature. and will | hold the resolution for ten days, when 1