Norwich bulletin., 1917-11-03


 Friday afternoon near the residence i of Frank Tillinghast, at Clarks 1 Falls, about six miles from Westerly | when George Peckham, over sixty years of age, and Frank Kramer. per i faps thirty, were riding in an auto mobile, operated by the latter, when l the machine struck wet place Tn inc ] Highway, skidded and overturned. Both l men were thrown out. With faces {, covered with blood they went to the Tillinghast home and MT. Tillinghast Westerly and to the office of pr. M. H. ScanlOn, reaching here all hour af- ter the accident occurred.
 Kramer, whose home is' in Glaston- inch and a half in length in the risllt forehead and the right side of his neck and face is severely bruised. Dr. Scanlon cleaned and dressed the wound and closed it with two stitches. He advised Kramer to go to hospital and have the wound reOpened and cleansed. as his condition needed more attention than could be given in doctors office.
 Peclham received a cut over the right eye and minor cults ard bruises on the right side of his face, and his face was a mass Of blood. He also fracture of the right wrist, and a jag &ed and deep cut in the wrist He said he had lived in New London for seventeen years and that a son, Ar
 
 nue in that city.
 MT. Peclzham had been at work for some time at the mill in Clarks Falls, but recently established a shack in the woods and engaged ir;~ hunting. Kramer is one of q party of hunters who had quarters at the shack for ;s short time. They were driving to- wards Westerly when the accident oc- cured. Mr. Kramer said he did not believe the automobile was very bad iy damaged, although inc made no eX- . animation.
 Roth Peckham and Kramer realized, after Dr. Scanlon explained their in juries, that they required hospital treatment, and were surprised when told there was TO hospital in West erly- As soon as their injuries were given first aid or hospital prepara- tion, they were taken to the railway station by the doctor, and left for New London on the SOP train. or about three hours after. the injuries were received. An ambulance from Me morial hospital awaited them on ar rival of the train in New London and they were taken to that institution. Aside from judgment in book account case. in which the defendant agreed to pay SIG and costs of $3, and thereafter the sum Of s2.50 weekly until a bill of sS0 is paid, no cases were disposed Of by Judge Oliver H. Williams at the Friday session of the Third district court at Westerly. Sev- erai new cases were entered and with others continued. A start was made sete against Antonio Lovello, an ac- ton to recover damages of $500 for injuries caused by dog. Cassete was riding his bicycle in Stil1ran avenue when a dog owned by Loveiio ran out of a yard and against the wheel. by Treason of which Casette was thrown of and injured As the affair occur red in the town oe Stonington, state nf COJ1F1 1n.sfi irYIf T~I,y C%- torney for plaintiff, read the slction of law concerning damage dcne by dogs, ard offered to place a copy of the
 sta tutes of the state of Connecticut in evidence, by reason that inasmuchs as the injury was received in Connecticut the trial must be based on the laws
 of that state.
 Attorney Asard counsel for defend
 ant, raised objection, as nothing in
 the declaration relics on foreign stat.
 utes. The fact that the act took place
 :n Connecticut. did not prevent bring
 ing suit wherever the defendant can
 be found, but that a copy of the stat
 utes was inadmissible under the dec
 laration as presented. It should be
 in more specific terms. Attorney Dunn was granted five days in which to
 amend the declaration.
 There was no criminal docket.
 Aaron Tetiow, of Westerly, passed a successful examination for overseas
 service in the Canadian. and British forces. Thursday. in Providence. With
 thirteen others, he started for Canada,
 Friday. Since the recruiting mission opened in Rhode Island a total of e30
 which 342 men were accepted, and
 3o7 sent away, with T6 accepted men yet to be sent to Canada. In all, 195 men were rejected, and & number af
 ter filling out applications. failed to enlist.
 The work of rebuilding tke hiqh- way in Broad street commenced Fri day afternoon, when the steel picks of the steam roller loosened the surface to the depth of several inches. there- by making the removal in easy man. ner in preparation for the macadam roadbed. It is not planned to have the road bed permanent. but with last ing qualities of perhaps three years, as there must be general digging in the street for the laying of pipes when the sewer construction begins. The stretch between and Elm street will be completed before work on the ot1- CT section is commenced in order not to inconvenience vehicular traff1c any
 more than is absolutely necessary.
 This highway has been in very bad condition for more than year, and the construction Of a new roadbed could not be deferred longer, for any which will not be done until the prices of materials becomes normal, this street will be paved from curb to curb Under the present construction the cobble-stohe gutters will be elimi- mated and the street widened to the limit thereby. Of course, sections of the street will be closed to trafnc at certain periods of the work, and the dear public should bear in mind that no public improvement of this nature can be attained without some incon- venience to somebody.
 James C. Monaghan, . leading stvmp speaker in the Cleveland campaign, and who has spoken in Westerly, the republican stronghold of the state
 during those periods. is critically III at his home in Brooklyn, N.- Y., as the result of two paralytic shocks within & week. MT. Monaghan Is a native of Providence and was long a. resident of flat city. He was a. former IJnited