Norwich bulletin., 1915-10-06
Westerly InterestlnNeW York Wedding
Niece of Rev. William F. Williams Miss Chambers Marries Rev. Laurens H. Seelye-Co Examines Location of Automobile Colision-Disribution of C. Gilbert Tan ner Estate Ordered-Charles H. Dean Seeks Release From Jail.

Miss Kate Ethel Chambers. Ph. D., niece of Rev. William F, Williams. rector of Christ Episcopal church, Westerly, and daughter of Rev. pr. and Mrs. Nesbitt Chambers, of Adona, Turkey, was united in marriage Mon day afternoon in the chapel of the Union Theological seminary, New York, with Peter Laurens Hickok Seeleye, of Chatham. N. J.. the ceme- mony being performed by the great uncle of the bridegroom, Dr. l.. Clark Seeleye, first president of Smith col lege, now president emeritus. The bride was given in marriage by her uncle, Dr, Talcott Williams, in whose homes in Philadelphia and New York, she lived since she came to this coun- try twelve years ago, making frequent visits to her uncle in Westerly. Her. sister. Miss porothea Nesbitt Chambers, who attended school in Westerly. now of Bryn Mawr college, was maid of honor. and Julius Seelye Rixler, of New London, cousin of the bridegroom, was best man. The bride wore a short gown of canton crepe trimmed with lace, and court train of embroidered chiffon. The veil or tulle was caught with orange blos- some. She carried a shower bouquet of white roses.
 Paul Douglass of Cambridge, Mass, Richard s. Douglass. of Wooster, O., Rev Stanley A. Hunter. of Riverside, Cal, Charles M. Mills of Montclair, N. J, Lawrence w. Roberts of Utica. N. Y, and Rev. Theodore A. Was Ter, of Morristown, N. J.. were the l ushers. The pages were Herbert 1 Bixler, son of Rev. J. W. Bixler of New London, and Robert Chambers, son of MT. and Mrs. Robert Chambers | of the Cornell Medical school.
 The bride Is a graduate of Bryn Mawr, 1911. She took her M. A. de- gree at Columbia in 1913 and her Ph. I D. degree last June. her thesis being the translation from the Arabic of a | hitherto unpublished work on Moslem ] Scots. The bridegroom is a son of | Rev. William James Seelye, of North Conway. N. H., and a grandson of Ju- | Illus H. Seelye, for many years presi- dent of Amherst college. He was graduated from Amherst in 1911 and from Union Theological seminary in 1915 He is pastor of the Stanley Congregational church at Chatham. N. J.
 That it is not always sunshine for the judge, the jurors and lawyers In the sperfor court for Washington county, was clearly demonstrated on | Tuesday, when Judge Chester w | Barrows granted the request of coun- sel for the defense in the case of Rob- ert Meikle against John Monti, to take 1 a view. of the location of the accl- | dent upon which the case on trial fl based. The automobiles owned by Meikle and Monti were in collision or the Crandall road, leading to Pleasant view, on August 30, 1914, and MeiklG
 brings suit claiming damages oi H $500. In spite of the rain storm, thG
 judge, the jurors, and the lawyers iI the case, Charles Walsh of Providence
 for plaintiff, and Herbert W. Ratbur
 and John J. Dunns for defendant
 went in automobiles to the site. fvI
 miles from the court house and thel
 and there did take a view of the sur
 roundings of the accident regardless
 of the weather conditions. Upon thei
 return to the court house the tria
 of the case was commenced, the plain
 tiff claiming that the accident woult
 not have occurred but for the reck lessness and carelessness of the de fendant The case was not conclud day morning. Ex-Governor Charles D. Kimban is foreman of the jury. The Westerly Cycle club, one of tn few surviving clubs of like origin il
 this section of the country, has com
 fortable we'll equipped quarters an, never was in a more prosperous con
 dition during it's twenty years exis
 tence. It was originally composed o owners of bicycles, when these silen
 steeds were popular. The club had it
 runs and its races. and two of tn
 members, Arthur N. Nash. still 0 Westerly, and Joseph E. Piper now c
 Boston, were crack riders and repre- sented the club in racing in all sec
 tions, and were classed among tn
 fastest of riders. s.
 A list of the original officers an members included:
 The officers were: w Marsha
 Taylor, president; L. L. Hahn, vic
 president; J. c. Longhead, secretary , George A. Bicknell, captain; Albert , Kenneth, lieutenant; Samuel P. Law : ton, Jr.; everett B. Whipple, trus , tees.
 List of members: H. W. Barber. W !, O. Bamford, W. H. Browning, G. 4 , Bicknell. O. B. Bliven, O. L. Burdicl ! A. M. Blake, c. R. Brown. r. c. Bel
 lamy, J: W. Barker. Phil Brown, c.
 Champiin. George F. Clark. &rthu Chapman. Charles B. Cottrell Charle
 P: cottrell, E. H. Cottrell Robert I 2 Clark. William Clark. Jr., Georg t Fisher. Samuel Girven D. D. Gavit r. L: Gavitt, C.. O.. dayitt, willial
 Lawton. Jr. p. G. Lawton. W. H. Led 8 ward, R. B. Lawton. c, A. Main, l n ". Maxsou, P. T. McAvoy, D. @ Myers. H. c. Nesbit. Will Nash, Al e thur N. Nash, Joseph B. Piper, Ere
 A. Palmer. W. w. Rowe. F, c. Ricf - nrond, IT,, r. Samuels. O. Sti1ima
 George c. stillman. Ed. Smith, Abe
 B. Smith, Isaac Sherman, W. Marsha
 Taylor, George Kenneth, Jerry Ker
 yon, Albert T. Kenneth, Harold ker
 yon. A. c. Whitford, Charles W. wi
 lard, Everett E. Whipple, J. H. Whit
 pie. W. W. Wilcox and w. B. Weede
 George H.. Webb, dirssser of tl
 Rhode Island census for 1ets, at
 nouneea that thsrs are fs5,544 forsir
 born people in the state, divided
 follows Italy, s3,S62i England. ss
 esS; French h-Canadiahs, gs.sKeI Iri
 land, 27.044: Portugal, 10,44b; Russi
 7,7G5 Sweden. 7,51gj pahada, othI
 than French desSent,, 70e4; seotian
 8.41s; Poles, 1D,o9B, of which 6,74g ai
 Austrian, 4.aes Russian. and i4s Ge
 man: Gerzaahy, 4,2s1: Turkey in Asi
 SyesiS; France, 1,S75; Austria 1,Bsl
 Greece, 1,tee; Belgium, i,053; Nafwa s6s; Retifnafiia, 464 Turkey in Ei rope, Sge; Denmark. 55b, SwitEer1an \ soc; Finland, 285; Wales. s7i; Sou ! America, 240; Holland, 22sE ffunkaf