Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-15
WESTERLY

WESTERLY
 The case against Peter Rose, charg- ed by the state food administrator with selling 700 barrels of four in violation of the United States Food Adminis- tration rules, has been settled. The 100 bags of which have been in the cus- tody of George B. Utter have been re- leased to Rose, and he is permitted to sell the same at 8 rate not in excess Of $1266 barrel in Westerly, and $I2.SS in Bradford. As penalty, all wholesale dealers are forbidden to sell any licensed food commodities to Rose, and word to that effect has been sent to all food administrators of oth- CT states.
 Private Walter Martiey, 31, son of Mrs. Esther Martley, of I'awtuclSet, who was killed in action on October 4, was born in Westerly and lived in Pawtuc4let for fourteen years. Besides his mother, he leaves three brothers, William, who is in France, Leo and Vincent, and two sisters, Mrs. Joseph Davis of Westerly, and Mrs. George Plant, of Pawtucket. He was nephew of Mir. and Mrs. N. ]. Dooley, of West erly. He was a member of Narragan- sett council, Knights of Columbus. The hoodoo badge is 23i for motor men i'll the employ of the Shore Line Electric Railway company oil the Nor wich and Westerly division, The car in which the wearer of a31 happened to be rnatorYpan has figured in several minor mishaps in Westerly and vicin- ity, and quite recently on .he Watch Hill run. Wednesday night in Broad street a conductor was changing the switch when another car with whistle footing rounded the corner of High street. The conductor ct the switch realizing that something was wrong l jumped on his car and gave two bells to go ahead, but before this car could make Q start, the other car bumped into it with considerable force, doing some damage to rolling stock, but nc i injury to passengers.
 The motor1nan of the offending cal wore badge 231. There mad been 9 slight rain, just enoug! to make the ] rails oily ani slippery, and he could , not stop the car and avert the colli- sion, although the stop signal was giv- en from the white post near the In dustrial Trust Company building. There are motormeh who would quit the jot rather than wear badge 231.
 A Westerly physician who desired tc l serve as a private in the army rather than accept 2 commission as lieuten- 1; ont dn the medical corps enlisted and ] received his equipment, in part, wher ! on second examination he was reject ed and hcnorably discharged as he was not up to the standard weight. He had 1 been in the military service hut a few 1 lays, and one of the most disappointed ] men who desired to do his bit in that I line and was not given the opportuni- 1 t}. is Dr. Harold D. Kenyon.
 ! The Westerly Ristoricai society members were highly entertained ant instructed at the meeting, ThursdaA l evening" with an account Of the Pc quot War of 1887. The paper was pre- 1 bored and read by Charles F. Stark. O | =pnted at tho annual meeting of tht 1 phode Island Historic society. l Mir Stark is in business in Provi- 1 lence and is devotine his spare time tC 1 n,'e paring a history cf his native town i Hrotcn. Conn. There was q large at tendance at the meetin" and severa i new members were admitted to thu 1 ociety.
 l The Westerly postmsstership ap i 3o;ntment it is understood, will be de ! cided by civil service examination 1 rather than by presidential appoint ment and senate confirmation.
 Maurice W. Flynn, president of in
 Westerly town council md state sen
 ator- elect, is in receipt almost dail,
 Of circular letters from foreign land
 and sections of the Unitel States ad dressed to '"The Mayor of the City 0 l Westerly" Everybody hera and here abouts knows that Westerly is not city and therefore has DO mayor. MI Flynn received two circujar letter from Liverpool, Thursday, addressed t | The Mayor Cf Westerly, Washingto County, U. S A The missing part 0 the address, Rhode Island" was sup piled by the New York post office.
 For the first time in many year the annual deficit of the Rhode lslan State hospital for the past year doe
 not exceed the amount pledged ny tn
 SuarantefE of deficiency. The ex- ireases exceeded income ly less tha1
 sI7 ,000 Ie the past cities and town
 of the state sent patients to this Prov
 idence hospital and saddled she ex pense upon the hospital corporation
 Last January the trustees made ap peal that the actual care cost O. thi
 class of patients be pail for, whic
 was done. and that is responsible fo
 the greatly reduced deficit
 The Second district board rende. e
 a decision at Wednesdays session i 167 cases under the selective serY:,.
 law. Many registrants were given ex
 emptfon on industrial and agricultura
 grounds, these claims making up
 majority of the cases under consider
 alton.
 Right Guide, is the title of news paper published in the interest of tn
 Fourth company, Rhode Island Stat
 Guard, and was delivered for the frs
 time at a meeting of the company i
 the armory, Thursday evening. It printed on heavy calendered pape ttour wide column pages. and there
 dash and snap all through the pub;i
 cation. It will be issued monthly. Th Iprofits will go to the company funC
 Sergeant Herbert P. Clark is edito
 First Class Private Frank c. Aherl
 assistant editor. and Corporal Carl Burdicl1 treasurer.
 Local Laconics.