Norwich bulletin., 1915-07-05
CURRENT TOPICS IN WESTERLY
Crying Child Alarms Residents of Burning House-Distr- button of Fourth of July Horns-Arctic Man to Wed TaftviIe Girl-Religious Liberty Sunday Observed.

An opinion was handed down by Chief Justice Johnson of the Rhode Island supreme court Friday in the case Of the attorney general against the Peoples Savings bank. the court holding that the statute requiring treasurer of the state unclaimed de- posits after an account has remained inactive for 20 years is constitutional.
 In this case Herbert AlIny intervened and raised certain constitutional ques- tions that were certified to the su- preme court for it's determination. He argued that the charter of the bank became a part of the contract entered into between every depoSitor and the corporation By that contract the de- positor acquired an interest in the bank. Money deposited in e savings bank. he further argued. became the property of the corporation.
 The court says: '-The power of the state to pass such an act rests on its right to provide for the care and GUS tody of property, the owners of which have not been heard from for so long as to raise the presumption that they have either died or have abandoned the property" The court further says that the depositors have no greater property rights in the deposit which has ceased to draw interest than the bank has.
 Following their annual custom, the Fisher Brothers gave tookhorns to all the boys and girls who called for them Saturday as a reminder of Indepeud- ence day. The distribution was com menced at 8 o'clock in the morning, and at that hour there was an assemblage of at least 800 to get the noise-mak- CTS. Just as soon as issued, the horns were put into use and for an hour or more it was noise, noise, noise, and m h1If in a nd this noise was carried to all sections of the town by the youthful horn blowers in advance celebration of the Glorious Fourth
 Cards are out announcing the com. ing marriage of George N. Vidal of Arctic. R. l., and Miss Marie Blmina Belair, daughter of Mrs Valerie Clou- ter Belair, of Taftvil1e, Conn. The wedding will take place in the Church of the Sacred Heart. Taftville, Mon- day, July 5. On Tuesday MT. and Mrs where MT. Vidal, who is graduate of the law school of the University of Oregon, will resume the practice of law.
 Religious Liberty Sunday was ob- served by a patriotic demonstration by Commodore Perry council, Junior Or
 
 Narragansett Pier Baptist church, aid ed by the members of the state council and representatives from Hope council Westerly. and the other subordinate councils. State Councillor John W Yea1nans of Providence delivered the topic Small Patriotism. Rev. Walter N. Reynolds; pastor of the church and a member of the order, delivered a pa- triotic sermon.
 The officers of the Rhode Island Ma tionai guard who passed the examina. tions recently have been officially an- Arthur N. Nash and Bourden A. Bab- cock of Westerly as passing in the battery commanders course. Capt Cyril L. D. Wells passed successfully in the fire and battery commanders and the searchlight courses.
 The crying of the year old daughter of Enrico Longobardi aroused the family and thereby gave alarm that the house was on fire. The occupants barely escaped with their lives. The house, a two-story frame dwelling occupied by the family of Longobardi and Antonio Zumbo, was totally de- stroyed with contents. When MT Lon gobardi was aroused the front of the first story was ablaze and Longobard immediately aroused the family up- stairs. The occupants were cut and bruised and somewhat burned. MT and Mrs. Zumbo were about to jumT out of the window, but were saved from the risk by the timely arrival o1 a ladder brought by neighbors. The building was owned by Antonio Loriilo The fire started in the cellar and was under great headway when Longobard was aroused at o'clock Sunday morn ing. During the blaze there was a loud explosion in the building which cannot be accounted for, as the occupants ot the building know of nothing in the