Norwich bulletin., 1917-06-02

r. FSs Es Floyd. Kinney Young, son of Byron Young, of Sterling, Conn.,, were mar ried Thursday evening al tte home of the brides parents, No. 40 Mechanic street Pawcatuck, by Rev. John G. Dutton. minister of the Broad street Christian church. They were attend ed by Miss Ethel I. Clark and Oliver M. Young The bride wore a gown of carried a bouquet of lilies of the valley studded with orchids. Miss Clark car-i ried a bouquet of pink sweet peas. The ushers were Frederick c. Bou;tier. Jr., and Walter Thorpe. After their we'd. ding trip MT and Mrs. Young will reside in Sterling.
 The registrars who are to receive the registrations under the seIective draft law in the town of Stonineton are as follows: Frederick Boultier, Elias B. Hinckley, William c. Robin son and James H. Weeks. Chief reg istrars in the five districts in order James H. Weeks, Joseph H. McGui1- ness. George A. Wheeler, John Jeffrey and Franklin E. Chapman; Stonington, Henry A. Pendleton. George w. Haley, Robert L. Burtch; Pawcatuck, George T. Lord, Joseph H. McGuinness, Fred J. Burdicl1, George F. Leonard Claude I. Spencer, Louis K. Burdick Albert c. Martin: Road district, Seth N Wi.- Hams, George A. Wheeler; Mystic, John Jeffrey, Frederick E. Wilson, y, tic, Franklin A. Chapman. Wilfred E. Brown.
 After serving for half a century as town clerk of Hopkinton, Edwin R. Allen declined renomination at the re- publican caucus held Thursday even ing and a rising vote of thanks was given him in recognition of his long term of faithful service. Everett P. Mathewson was nominated as his sue ceSSOr. The other nominations For two councilmen, Herbert c. Bab- cock, George l.. Palmer, William W. Taylor, Lloyd R. Crandall Dalton l.. Edwards: town treasurer, Silas R. Richmond: assessors. Herbert E. Lewis, Elmer F.. Kenyon. John $. Bur- dick; town sergeant Ernest A. Bar beF; school committeeman, Henry D. Bailey; overseer of poor, George N George N. Crandall; justices of the peace, Frank NJ. Hill, Elmer E. Ken yon, Osmas Edwards; moderator First district, Gardiner B. Kenyon; cletk, Everett P. Mathewson; moderator Second district, Henry II. CrandaE; clerk, John J. Greene.
 Attorney Lewis W. Arnold, Jr, of New York, son of Senator Arnold, of Westerly, figured in a sensational ar rest, Thursday. In circumstances in dicative of the final act in a melo- drama, Victor Ward Evans. a me- chanic of East Orange. was arrested, charged with bigamy. after being in vited to the law office of young Ar hold, at No. 52 Wall street. Arnold leaped from a closet in which he was secreted with two detectives, and served the warrant.
 The complainant in the case is Eli zabeth Caroline Evans. of No. 8 Gar den place. Brooklyn. She declares she was married to Evans December 31, 1906. She charges that April T., of
 
 ronica Brown, in St. Paurs church, in East Seventeenth street.
 Local Laconics.
 The trolley tracks for quite a dis tance on the Watch Hill road are to be changed tonight from the east to the west side of the highway.
 The gospel team of the Laymen's league of Westerly will conduct a un- ion service in the Congregational church, Stonington borough. Sunday evening.
 Clerk Haswel1 of the superior court for Washington county was in the courthouse at Westerly Friday. en- gagged in the preliminary work of nat uralizatioQ of the foreign born.
 Chief Engineer Samuel c. Cottren. who was recently appointed 9 CepUty badge of office from J. 5. Mowry. chief of forestry. state of Rhode Island.
 Walter Snyder. head clerk at the Nash store and manager of the Watch Hill branch in the good old summer time, went to New York by automo- bile Friday. He will return to Vest erly Sunday.
 Although subject to call in the coast guard service, Capt. Walter H. Davis has offered his service to the navy de- partment in any capacity for which he is qualified. The captain is now on the retired list.
 Ensign Herbert L. Smith, First Class Seaman John F. Donohue and Boat swain Mate Michael Murphy of West erly reported for duty at Newport Fri day for assignment to the United States Naval reserves.
 Miss Jessie Wilbur Holdredge. grad uate of Stonington High school, '13 and for three years a teacher in the schools of the town, and Arthur Tracy Coogan of Keene' N H., were married last Wednesday,. The marriage took place at the home of the brides par ents, MT. and Mrs. Heyman J. Hold redge. Rev. Everett P. Mathewson of officiated.
 The annual banquet of the Westerly Board of Trade will be omitted this year: due to war conditions. and a ed, at which George B. Chandler of Rocky Hill, a compensation commits sioner of Connecticut, and one of the most brilliant speakers in the state, will deliver a timely and patriotic ad- dress. His subject will be America in the Worlds Crisis.
 
 Export of uncut diamonds from France through the post to all Allied and neutral countries, with the excep- tion of Switzerland, has been author ized.