Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-10
WESTERLY MAN FOUND DEAD
Frank Briggs Went Bed Apparently in Good Health Baby at White Rock smoshered by Bed Clothes-Tax Com mssioner's Recommendations Westerly Band Elects Officers.

The South County Rod and Gun club of Westerly, the Narragansett club of Providence. the Aquidneck club of Newport and the One-Hundred-Acre meeting held in Providence Satur- day night to discuss plans for form ing Rhode Island State Association of Gun Clubs. A temporary organiza- tion was effected and William J. Wea- yer was chosen chairman and George H. Chapman secretary. P. B. Keenan, of New Haven, representing the In- terstate Association of the Gun Clubs of the United States explained that the object was to promote trap shoot ing and to have an association, and later to have registered tournaments in the state. motion was adopted to have the representatives meet again next Saturday evening, with the rep resentatives of the other gun clubs of the state that were not represented at the meeting and form permanent organization.
 The Fourth company, Coast artillery corps, Rhode leland National Guard, Captain Cyril l.. D. Wells, command ing, has been declared the winner of the Governor Beeckman cup offered to the most proficient company in com petitive guard inspections. The Fourth company is located in Providence, and Captain Wells is widely known in
  structfon of the new town hall and court house. The winners in each battalion were rated in the following order: Fourth. Twelfth, Seventh and Second companies. The rating in each battalion was as follows:
 First battalion Seventh, Ninth, Six teenth and First companies. Second battalion: Second, Tenth Third and Thirteenth companies. Third batta- lion: Twelfth, Sixth, Eighth, Fifteenth ,x7 .~-kI. 1.<.A talion: Fourth, Seventh, Fifth (Wes- terly) and Fourteenth companies
 The result of the competitive infan- try inspections in the First Coast De- fense command is as follows: Won by Fourth company, the others following in this order of merit: Third, Eighth, Seventeenth, First, Sixth, Fifth and Second companies.
 The East Greenwich town hall was converted into a butcher shop Friday with heavy side of beef on a long bench, butchers block, scales, knives, etc, with Councilman Bergstrom in his butchers frock awaiting the mem bers of the Mothers club with their guests from Cowesett. For more. than an hour Mr. Bergstrom was engaged in cutting up the side of beef into the various pieces called for in the trade and explaining the reason why some of it was sold at one cent a pound and from that up to fifty cents.
 The questions from the housewives were numerous, keeping both MT. Bergstrom and Miss Jennie Koehler of the extension department of the Rhode Island college busy with explanations.
 Captain Edward R. Geer, who resides in New London, but known to Wes- teriy mariners, and all others along the coast, formerly of the Norwich and the Fall River lines, just now in command of the steamer Plymouth ewiIl be relieved Tuesday by Captain lBrightman of the freight steamer New Haven of the Providence line. Captain Geer, until taking temporary com mand of the Plymouth, has been filling unique duty for the New England Navigation company since the new seamen's law went into effect on No- vember 4. He has been attending to the certificating of the crews of the pany, putting them through their ex- aminations before the United States inspectors of steam vessels as able seamen and lifeboat men,
 The tax commissions recomnenda- tions of amendments to the tax laws, were introduced in the lower house of the Rhode Island general assembly Friday and referred to the judiciary committee. The rates, under the amendments, are as follows:
 Net estate-In excess of $5,000, one half of 1 per cent.
 Legacy tax-Exempt up to S25. 900 From $25.000 to $50, ,000, one half of one per cent; from S5000O to $25O. 900. one per cent: from $250, ,000 to $500,- 900, one and one-half per cent; from s500,000 to $750,000 two per cent; from $750,00o to $1.000,000 two and one-half per cent; more than $1, ,00O,- 0OO, three per cent
 Collateral inheritance tax: Exempt up to S1,00. From $1,O00 to $50, ,0O0, five per cent; from $50,000 to $250,- 900, six per cent; from $250, 900 to 100000, eight per cent.
 The minimum franchise tax on cor porations is fixed at $2.5O for each S10,O00 of authorized capital
 The rate on savings deposits in na- tional banks is 40 cents per $100.
 Daniel Avery Langworthy, now years of age, was a captain in the Eighty fifth New York Volunteer in- fantry and escaped from a military prison in Columbia, South Carolina, and worked his way to his then home in Elmira, N. Y. He has just publish perience, which is entitled, Remin- iscences of a Prisoner of War and His Escape. The book is illustrated and 9 picture of the author is the frontis- piece A copy of the book has been presented the Westerly public library With the compliments of the author his autograph being on the flyleaf
 Governor Beeckman has sent batch of appointments to the senate. which include: William H. Mason, of Provi- dence, and Arthur J. Sutton, of Woon- nP6 rlf -A