Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-13

raory taken. that the death of Cor nelius Augustine Shea was due to the act and neglect of Miss Alice Sar- gent" She has already been arrest ed by Chief Brown or the charge of manslaughter. and is held in bonds of S2,000 to appear for hearing in the Third district court, Friday, July 21.
 Sheriff John R. Wilcox arrested Her. man Smith who makes no claim for permanent residence anywhere, be- rious assault upon a French girl. ten years of age in the outskirts of Shan mock. As the mother of the child changed her opinion after the arrest, and would not substantiate her com
 plaint, Smith was not arraigned on the charge of assault. He was charg
 ed with being a vagrant and was brought before Clarence E. Roche. the clerk of the Third district court, in Westerly, Thursday. He was adjudg-i ed guilty and sentenced to six months in the state wcrkhouse and house of correction.
 Corporal Elliot Thorpe, Fifth com
 pany, Westerly, and in the federal service several months, is on special recruiting service, and has been suc- cessful in that line. He is now get ting recruits for the new Twentieth company, Coast Artillery Corps. and spent Wednesday and Thursday in his home town and signed up four re- cruits. They are Howard McGuinness. Raymond Moore, Charles Opie and John Hopkins Corporal Thorpe re- turned to Providence Thursday after noon.
 In the uniform of first lieutenant in the medical section of the officers re- serve corps, and as president of the Rhode Island Medical society, Dr. John Champlin made a brief address at the quarterly meeting of Washington County Medical society. held in the Colonial club, Westerly, Wednesday. Addresses were also made by Dr. Harold G. Palmer and Stephen De M. Gage, chemist and sanitary engineer. both members of the Rhode Island State Board of Health. Dr. Frank c. Pagen, president, presided at the meeting and, besides those named above. the following were present and partook of the dinner served after the business session:
 Drs. Samuel c. Webster, Henry L. Johnson, Frank I. Payne, C. Grant Savage: of Westerly, William A. Hil- lard. of Pawcatuck, David F. Marr of Bradford, Edward E. Kenyon of Us quepaugh. William T. Veal of. Hope Valley. Patrick J. Manning of Wick ford. Henry c. Gardiner and Dr. Ro- land R. Robinson of Wakefield.
 Mrs. John H. Murphy, of Narragan- sett avenue, was recently awarded the gold medal of honor for the best es- say on fire prevention, in a field of two hundred contestants, pupils of the seventh and eighth grades of the public schools of Westerly. The sec Ond prize, a silver medal, was award ed to Edward Spargo, and the third prize, a bronze medal, to Evelyn Craig. The prizes were given by Irvine O. Chester annually and has caused the prevention of fires to become almost a study among school children.
 The Westerly band will dive a se- ries of twelve concerts in Wilcor park during the season, the first being given gramme was rendered. under the di- rection of Charles o. Gavitt: National Air, Hail Columbia; march, New York H1ppodrome, Sousa: overture, Hun garian Comedy, Keller Bela; waItzes, College, Missuel: popular airs, Naugh- ty, Naughty, Naughty, They're Wear ing Elm Higher and There's a Little Bit of Bad; patriotic. American Pa troi. Mescham; march. Boys Go De- fend, Patrick: cornet solo, Commodore Polka. Chambers, Mir. Gavitt; popular air, Poor Butterfly; grand selection from Mariana, Wallace; allied na- Marseillaise. March Royale Russian National Hymn; fantasia, Home Sweet Home the World Over, Lampe; finale, The Star Spangled Banner
 The required fund for the concerts was raised by a committee of the Re tail Merchants association. composed of E.. Howard Clark, Laclede Wood l Andrew w. Fisher, John C. | Stanton and Robert Duff