Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-01
WESTERLY AND VICINITY
Young Men From Division Mo- Selected Leave Wednes- day-Men Exempted DischargedLGrace Church Choir Members Present Farewell Gift John A. Hogg- Mrs Katherine Easleson Mother of IS Children Struck By Automobile and Killed

! the choir were satisfactory. He said
 he would endeavor to "do his bit' in the military to the credit of his coun- | try, to his friends and to himself. Mr. Hogg was graduated from the Westerly High School, class of 1910, cured employment in the machine shop of the c. B. Cottrel1 and Sons Com pany plant.
 Chief Thomas E. Brown has made
 an examination of, the table ware found
 at -Sun-Up Heights near Pleasant
 View, and as result is satisfied that
 the same party robbed the Adams and
 From the former a lot of silver plat ed ware and some sterling was taken. Nearly all of the plated ware has been recovered. but none of the sterling ware was in the bundle found in the woods. The only piece of sterliAg silver ware in the lot of seventy flve pieces recovered is an olive fork mark ed H. B. G. This mark was engrav- ed on the large lot of sterling ware taken from Mrs. Bettle's cottage, her initials prior to marriage.
 It is therefore evident that the thief Or thieves, had sorted the table ware taken from both places, selected the solid silver from the plated ware, and
 
 found, overlooking the sterling silver olive fork. Police Chief Brown has sent list of the articles recovered to Mrs. Adams in New York, and also to Mrs. Bettle in Philadelphia Besides the table ware the bundle found con-, tained combined cutter and cigar lighter. It is now believed that the thieves were expert in their line and were after the silver for the value as junk for the melting pot. Mrs. Bet ties loss is of considerable value, aside from the intrinsic worth Among the lot stolen were half a dozen tea spoons, of rat tail design, very rare and old, tracing back for many years and formerly owned by crowned heads These spoons, were valued at $1,000 apiece.
 Rhode IsIand's seeond Liberty Loan end four weeks from today. In gem era1, the plan of the campaign will be the same as for the first loan, except lhat there will be one general commit | n. Providence, and sub-comm1ttees for the. eight sections in which the state | Is divided for this purpose. For the | Westerly section, which will include | Westerly, Charlestown and Hoplzin- ;0n, 1a :, Gharles Perry: president of the appointed chairman. The cha1rmen, with the executive committee com 'rise the general Liberty Loan com nittee of the state. In the Wakefield Wakefield Trust company is chairman, md includes Exeter, North Kingstokn | south Kingstown, and Narragansett Pier.
 Work Is progressing rapidly on the ,arracks at Fort Getty. Major Arthur '. Nash, of Westerly. commander, and is expected they will be fully equop- ed and ready for occupancy within
 week. The barracks will accom- 1odate four companies, but at present here are only two companies at the |. ost, the Nineteenth, formerly the l 'ourth of Providence, and the Fifth of Westerly. Two reserve officers have ust been assigned to duty at Fort ietty, Lieutena>ts Fain and Hall Aeeording to statement made to ;overnor Beeekman in Washington ''riday by Provost Marshal General under the new plan for op- , rating the draft machinery all the , egistrants in the country will be call C for examination as soon as the first l raft is completed. Simplif1ed methods -ill be adopted which should material 7 reduce the time and labor involved i the raising of national army quotas. iovernor Beeckman called attention to he fact that the comparatively large 1 roportion of unnaturalized citizens in euOue ISldnQ mas been the source or | erious difficulty in obtaining the Quo- as in the state. The provost marshal ( xpressed opinion that the bill com elling aliens to serve in some ca acity would be in operation before mother draft is ordered
 No mention was made of any specific ime set for another levy, but General ,rowder merely stated that the calling f registrants would continue in prepa- l4 ation for such additional calls as ha oYyf1 ovi7 af ! he war department.
 United States Senator Le Baron. H. Colt announced his candidacy for re- " his brother, Colonel Samuel Pom roy Colt, at the Colt farm, Poppas- uash Point. More than three hun fred men prominent in politics and Those invited from Westerly included senator Louis w. Arnold, Judge John V. Sweeney, Clarence E. Roche, Ever tt E. Kingsley and Judge Nathan B. lewis. l,
 Mrs. Katherine EaseIson, 55, daugh. er of Rev. John M. Collins of Westerly, vas killed Saturday evening in Provi- ence, being struck by an automobile. frs. EagIeson resides in Providence North Main at II o'clock when she was truck by a car owned and operated by 'risty George of Pawtucket. The car 'as special service and was loaded 1 yith passengers when the mishap oc- urred and was going at a fast rate of peed. Mrs. Eagleson was thrown gainst the curbing and sustained racture of the skull. Mrs. Eagleson is he mother of IS children. Local Laconics.
 Up to Saturday night Westerly had !. aised $522 for the war library fund, P over the allotment, and there is . lore to come. Dr.. Grace CrandaI, missionary re- { ently returned from China, spoke in ! le Pawcatuck Seventh day Baptist [