Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-03
VlES S7ERL ' VOTING LIS s CANV SEE
At Special Meeting of Town Council Board of Trade Con sidsrs Chamber of Commerce Mediation Suggestion stOne-cuttsrs Object to Foreman-Al Flags to Fly Today.


 m the absence of President william I Culley, Councilman Maurice w. Flynn was chosen president pro tenn. and presided at special meeting of the Westerly town council. The voting lists to be used at the election of town officers were examined, corrected and approved. The council authorized the issuance of orders on appropriations made in town meeting Of $150 to Bud- long post, c. A. R. $25 to Brucker camp, U. s. w. ". to help defray the expenses of Memorial day observance, and $200 of the $500 appropriated to and woodchucks.
 Tavern license for the Plimpton house was granted to Johnson & Jones, and milk licenses were Issued to Thomas ). Ramon, Charles Biandii and Frank Cohone.
 The executive committee of the Westerly Board of Trade held special meeting Friday morning to act upon an invitation of the Putnam Chamber of Commerce to join in the movement with other boards of trade and cham in the labor trouble between the troi-I ley companies operating in this sec tion Eight of these semi official bodies, representing the industrial and commercial interests of the several communities, are ready to assist in the adjustment of the difficulties, if their good offices are sought by the contending parties. In the event of these associations being called upon as arIbitrators, each will be represented by a competent delegation. That is as the Westerly Board of Trade un- to interfere in the present strike sit- uat:on, except upon invitation.
 There will be practical relay signal practice by Boy Scouts today, when message will start from Cape Ann at s in the morning and will be relayed down the coast to New London. At the Rhode Island line in Little Comp ton the Newport scouts will pick up the message and relay it through vaTt- ous stations to Beaver Tail From there the message will be sent across the bay to Boston Neck. where it will be received by Providence Boy Scouts. Then to the other stations in Rhode Island. which will be at Tower Hill, Wakefield, a hill half mile east of White Pond, Broad Hill, a hill one mile west of Perryville, a hill half mile southeast of Indian Burying Ground Hill. and Charlestown.
 Tt7e Westerly Boy Scouts will re- ceive the messalxe from Charlestown and transfer it until delivery to the SIOnlnRNOn= scouts Ou I114lEhlGg -I141t. 3rom Stonington the message will go to the Groton and then to the New London scouts and be delivered at the Crocker house to Howard R. Shaw of Waltham, Mass, temporary superin- tendent of the Boy Scouts Patrol of New England.
 The stone cutters of Westerly have resolved that no union men will work at the KinhaIi & Combe granite works so long as the foreman who is objec- tionalole to the workmen is retained. It is alleged that the foreman has struck some workmen on different occasions and on Thursday the employees quit work, although they are working un- der a three years agreement. The Granite Manufacturers association claimed that when the granite work CTS quit they violated a section of the agreement which provides that griev- ances must be settled by arbitration.
 The granite workers claim the pres ent action is not governed by the terms of the working agreement and reversed the conditions. Suppose a workman struck tIle foreman, there would no doubt be discharge and per- for damages, and there would be no move for arbitration. The workers claim there is nothing to arbitrate and that the manufacturers have the ulti- natum.
 Westerly is the only place on the trolley strike map where the drivers of public vehicles did not take advan- tage of the situation and put up the prices for transportation to the sky limit. Under like conditions the local drivers would probably have adopted the same plan as in other places and charge any price they wished to the unsuspecting passengers, if they only could. In Westerly in compliance with town ordinance each public vehicle carrying passengers for hire must have conspicuously posted on the out side of the vehicle the rate of fare. Maurice w. Flynn, superintendent of vehicles, gave this matter his personal attention, and the public is protected.
 The annual meeting and banquet of the Rhode Island Medical society was held Friday evening in Providence. The officers chosen last week to serve during the ensuing year were an- nounced as follows: Dr. E. D. Chese- bro of Providence, president; Dr. John Champ1in of Westerly, first vice pres- ident; pr. C.. T. Swartz of Provi- dence, second vice president: Dr. J. W. Leich of Providence, secretary: Dr.
 pr. William Mcdonald, Jr., read a paper on The Light Under the BusheI, and Arthur D. Hill of Boston spoke on Some Random Thoughts on Law and Medicine pr. Simon F'lexner of New York, director of the Rockefeller in- stitute for scientific researdh, gave an address on Practical Aspects Of the Problem of Immunity.
 Governor BeeeISman has issued a special request that every public and private building in the state display the flag today, State Preparedness day, which will be especially observed by a monster parade in Providence. There is no doubt but there will be a gen. eraI display of Old Glory, not only by reason of Preparedness day, but also 1 in recognition of the annual inspec- tion and parade of the Westerly fire -
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