Norwich bulletin., 1916-12-21

| Judge Chester w. BarrowS, coupled | with the unsatisfactory method Of court arrangement, about 40 civil cases | in which Westerly people are inter | ested are continued at least to the | February term of the superior court, | and perhaps some of them indefinite ly. The court adjourned from Wester- ! ly to Kingston little over two weeks 1 journed to Monday of this week. | Since then there have been adjourn l ments from day to day until Wednes- 1 day. Then Clerk Haswel1 announced | that due to the illness of Judge Bar | rows the jurors were excused for the term and, by order of the clerk, Depu- | ty Sheriff Mitchell declared court ad- l journed to meet again according to | law. This means that the court will | come in again at Kingston in Febru- l ary, and after the cases for that end | of the county are completed the court will adjourn to Westerly to hear the l cases from this end of Washington | county. There are no separate crim- inal and civil terms of the court, but preference is given to criminal cases, l and the flag end of the sessions is .le- voted to civil cases, and in Westerly 1 Sessions are held in February, April, l September and November. At the ad- l journed September session in Westerly | the whole time was devoted to the 1 Mansfield trial, the civil docket not being reached In consequence of the 1 court method, there have been only l three or four civil cases disposed of | since last April, although there is an
 accumulation of perhaps 40 Westerly l cases on the docket.
 | The Westerly delegation in the next general assembly will endeavor to have the laws so changed that there l will be two regular sessions of the | superior court in Westerly and two
 regular sessions in Kingston, regar2- lnres of 1ic,11- pedient, and thereby give Westerly l cases an equal chance of trial with cases from other sections of the coun- ty. With the law changed for regular
 sessions in Westerly, divorce cases | could be disposed of in Westerly as
 well as in Kingston, and other legal
 conveniences would obtain were not all l sessions of the superior court in West
 erly adjournments from Kingston, and
 at the option of the presiding justice. | The court accommodations at West
 erly are far superior to the accommo- l dationS at Kingston, and this will be
 among the arguments used to bring
 about the changes in the existing laws
 relating to sessions of the superior
 court for Washington county.
 James B. Mowry, commissioner of
 forestry for Rhode Island, will repre-
 sent the state at the forestry congress
 in Washington next month, to con
 slider plans to end the white pine plis-
 ter rust. MT. Mowry urges that all
 currant bushes in the state be de-
 stroyed, as they aid materially in
 spreading the blister to the white
 pines. The currant crop, he says, Is
 worth only s2.5oo a year. and the
 feet with e,ooo,oo0 increment each
 year.
 Like a number of related fungi, this
 fungus parasite depends on two hosts,
 the white pine and plants of the genus
 Ribes. which comprises entrants and gooseberries, It was brought into this country from Germany on nursery
 stock of white pine. It's presence ren-
 ders the growing of our native white
 pine impracticahle in England, Den-
 mark, Holland and parts of Germany.
 The Westerly members of the gen.
 oral assembly, and others in close
 touch with military matters, state and
 national arc considering the adbisa- biltty of making available the $130, 900 voted by the people for completing the armory for the mounted commands at l this time, when there Ia a movement in eongreas toward aboiishment of
 the national guard. Tho governor of l Connecticut haa taken q position that ] 1t would be well to wait and sec what
 Is to become of the state military or-
 ganiEatien before spending any moro ! 6f the public money than absoiute inl- mediate necessity requires. Like feel-
 Ing is being manifested in other statea.
 aeneFala Wood and Scott recently
 stated before congressional commit. | tees that universal military training is | the eniy solution of the military prob
 lem for the United States.
 The republican memhera- elect ta she l next Rhode Island general assembly will meet Thursday of next week in l ePAEiH6RHR ya1R l hing fer organization and the meeting will he held under the direction of the | eaRtys executive committee. Speaker
 Frank II. Hannaill will probably be
 senamllaasea asl.aaa without eeneaitien, The
 heuH will be elected leader in the asn= ate, as1theuhg the situation is unusual, Senator tNiihauF is president pre- tefa=
 PeFe ef the senate, as we'll as ehair= Rlaa ef the finance committee.
 Usually the chairman of the senate l Judiciary committee is AeeF leader. | At the eeming session of the 1egisia= l ture, however, Richard 8. Aldrieh ef Warwick, a new man ia the senate, considered available as aeeF leader: | Te have the president pFa tempeRe of I the seRat eta act Is fieeF leader is
 contrary ta precedent. Clerks, deer l keeneEs and assistants Will> be selected
 at fhe meeting.
 free as1yesy m @ ssarfaf IF fre gia WssttsFIy tsFh PsstsFHsei #ha was taken 3ate evsz
 tedF by Deputy United States Marshal l PaieF ea eaRaRiaiat of inspectors eaR=
 Rsetea With the Basteaaee -aeRaFtmeat
 MaRsaF a8teEReaI, charged with eH= bszSisEasRt, Was aEEassRea befefa Eaitea States Gesanalss:aaeF FEaak U. | HeaieE in PFaFiaeRse Wednesday: | Clark waived esaRinatiaR and 4IE= l =---=--s-