Norwich bulletin., 1917-09-24

Thomas D. Brown, chief of police, | delivered John Palidona of Westerly, l tarV authorities at Fort Creole Fri | day afternoon, in compliance with a warrant issued by the examining | board for Division No. 1. Palidona did Camp Devens, with the Rhode Island contingent last Wednesday, and had previously informed the clerk of the board that if he was wanted before he was ready to go someone would have to come and get him. Clerk Loomis issued a warrant for his ar
 rest as deserter and gave the war
 rant to Chief Brown for service. Pali-
 dona, who is a macaroni maker, was not ready to go when the chief ap-
 prehended him. but he went. just the same.
 On arrival at Fort Creole, Chief Brown delivered his, prisoner to the commanding officer, and received a receipt for the delivery. It was the first case of desertion brought to Fort Creole under the select service law and the military authorities were not cOgnizant with the mode of procedure So, temporarily, Palidona was placed in the guardhouse and treated just as
 if he had been a deserter from the reg
 ular army, instead of from the na-
 tiona1 army.
 Charles B. Coon, superintendent of
 Wilcox Park, has increased his force
 to gather in the leaves as they fall in
 order to keep the greensward present.
 able until snow falls. Aside from
 grading up to the new walk across
 the park. Superintendent Coon has
 supervised the filling in of the small
 pond that for years served as a re-
 ceptacle for the sewage that entered
 the open brook that flowed through
 the park. This has been seeded over
 and already is covered with grass.
 That open brook is open no longer It
 haan al
 and over this has been placed con-
 siderable lot of earth and loam, and
 will be added to the lawn like appear
 ance of the sloping grounds when
 The artificial lake has now it's patches of pond lilies, is stocked with
 fish, and large, white swan floats gracefully on the surface. This swan was recently presented to the park and Superintendent Coon is planning to secure a mate, and some white Pe- kin ducks to keep the swan company and add to the attractiveness and the beauty of the lake.
 Rev. Samuel H. Davis of Westerly, attorney at law, and representative in the general assembly, and former sec retary of the Massachusetts, and a mittee mi tee on % no-license in connecticut. me @ Sunday evening Rev. MT. Davis ad- dressed a union meeting in the First Baptist church in New London. Sum day evening at the same hour Cas- sius Taylor and Gustav Bochman were talking for no-ilcense in the Empire theatre, while John J. Splain of New Haven, representing the liquor inter ests was arguing for license to a large audience in the Crown theatre. l On the side the local committee on 1i- ! cense were considering a plan to make l void the petition for a vote on license i on the ground that some of the sign | CTS did not give their street address | Rev. MT. Davis spoke in the Second | Congregational church, New London. | Before taking up the study of law, MT. l Davis was pastor of the Pawcatuck | Seventh Day Baptist church.
 Commencing with today and con- tinuing for the week there will be an 3 3ctive campaign in Rhode Island, to raise S30. 0.000 the apportionment of the state for the War Library Fund. which will go towards the $1.000,000 to be raised in the United States, for the erection and maintenance at the 22 libraries for the soldiers, l and for the sailors at stations. The state has been divided into twelve zones, each to. be under the supervis- on of a general committee, the chair nan for the Westerly zone being Rev. Joseph l.. Peacock. librarian of the ionment for Westerly zone is $70O, ;ubdivided as follows: Westerly, $500; Charlestown. $50: Hopkinton, SIS; s75.
 Westerly zone local committee-Rev Rev. Joseph L. Peacock. Frank Hiu,' Arthur L. Perry, Everett E. Whipp1e, Albert H. Langworthy, Samuel H. Da-