Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-12

If has DeAn ascertained that Cnaries Christopher Vars, the engineer or the New York New Haven and Haruoro Railroad company, and Civil War vet eran. who suffered the privationS or Andersonvflle prison, who was fatally injured last Tuesday and was buried Tn Ashaway. Saturday. leaves a widow, having married second time ana without the knowledge of members or his family or nearest friends. MT. Vars was first married over forty years ago and his first wife died in 1910. A year later. on August 1, 1911. he married Miss Mary Perry, of Providence, the ceremony being performed in Attlebo- TO by Rev. James Lee Mitchell, of the Conzregationai church. MT. Vars talked but very little of his personal affairs and, living in North Scituate, in the country. very few Of his friends knew of the second marriage. Tn accordance with custom, railroad officials notified the known nearest rel atives of Mir. Vars of his death. As 1t was not known that he was married, no notice of the death was sent to Mrs. Vars. and she learned of the death of her husband through the newspapers.
 Captain Harrie R. Reed, United States army, who went to Venice, Cal iforrie, on sick leave six weeks ago, shot and killed himself on the beach p1OIHcD1u0 SAb lAe@h b11Oi0 day afternoon. Tn his pocket was found a note addressed to Mrs. Reed at Watch Hill. Captain Reed was as- signed to the Fifth Field artillery and was stationed at San Francisco. He was promoted to the rank January IA, 1910. and was No. 965 in rank in a list of 140e captains in the army. In the Field artillery branch his nnea1 number was 57.
 Captain Reed was quite well known by cottaeers at Watch HAl and by the officers of nearby forts. He was appointed from New York as a second lieutenant in the artillery corps, on September 23, 1901, and promoted to be first lieutenant November 2S. 1904. He was assigned to the Fifth Field artil- 1ery June 6, 1907 and advanced to captain and transferred to the Second , Field artillery, January IA. 1910, and transferred back to the Fifth in No &vernber of the same year. Captain Reed was fhtrty-rfne years of age and was born in New York, July IT, 1875. } Prtor to his service in the United NEtates army he served as first sergeant of Company F, and as second lieu tenant in the Two Hundred and First New York infantry in 1S98-9o, in the war with Spain.
 < Captain Reed was son-in-iaw of !, of the oldest and weahhiest of cit tage owners and summer sesidents of tWatch HSti.
 Ft A ohaesffear of btq car owned by . summer resident of Watch Hill, did mot have the Safety First motto in -n1tnd in making the run from the Hill to Westerly Monday afternoon. He simply took a chance and the owner of fhe ear is naaie for bin of dam age. The automobile of J. Fred Bar ]. .ber was left standing close to the curt near the BIud1ck store and not fal ! from the junction of Beach and Elm i streets. and a trolley car was proceed ! ing in the direction of Watch HfE1. IT i attempting to paes between the trolley car and the Barber car, the chauffeur made a amagta4e for there was not room enough for the three vehicles abreast just at that point, with the trolley cal having the right of way
 Tho automobile from Watch HA smashed ,the naldguard and running board of the Barber car. and also the running boerd Of the trolley car IT so doing the car that caused the trouble, through the. .carelessness of the chauffeur was also considerably dsn- aged