Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-13
WILLMANTIC

Elizabeth Risneii, years old, a student at one of the local parochial schools was slightly injured Thursday afternoon on Columbia avenue, when she was struck by an automobile own ed and driven by Nelson Daniels of this city.
 The automobile was badly damaged as Mir. Daniels drove his car into a 1 telegraph pole to save the child, as l she would have been killed had he ] struck her. The car struck the pole on the front right spring on the right | hand side of the road, smashing the wheel on this side off. folding up the | fender, and racking the frame of the car to a great degree. The child re- ceived only minor decorations on her head.
 The car was one of a party of local men who were to attend the Elks' time in Rockville, and Thomas Doyle, | who was driving another car brought | the child to the hospital. He evident | ly thought that she was seriously in- 1 jured, for he made the trip in "noth- 1 ing fiat" according to people who saw him pass. The child was discharged l from the hospital late in the evening. The local police are investigating the affair.
 Fourteen hundred and thirty mine men registered in the town of Wind ham for the IS to 45 selective draft | Thursday The total for the Hes ex- emption board, of which Willimantic is the head will not be known until Friday noon.
 There were two places for regis ] tration in this town. At the town hall Chief Registrar E. P Chesebro had a force of about 50 workers, with 20 OF 1 duty at one time and they registered 091. By this means there was nc waiting for the men, in fact the only time man had to wait was early ir the morning, as the register early slogan had been impressed on all. Al derman William Webber had charge of the second district, at the American Thread Company Employment agen- cy, for the company employees. Mer from the different departments regis | tered in groups, and the work went of like clockwerk. In all 34S men were registered.
 From the cards which must bt made out for the state officials. some interesting statistics are obtaina hle about this town. Of the complett number who registered, 1,05S were cit izens, and III of the rest had taker out srst papers. Eight colored mel were registered, ana one OTlenIdl. E EO the ages, 3S was the most pSpular while 45, the age limit was second; | the minimum, came seventh. Four mel registered who should have last time For the nationalities. 59 were Britisl subjects with first papers. and 5S hat not taken out papers; most of thes
 were Canadians. There were 70 Itali
 ans, and only had taken out frs papers. There were 106 men who wer born in countries now fighting agains the allies, 29 of which had taken ou
 their first papers, Austrian Hungari ans predominated with S6 Only
 Germans registered and all had take
 out first papers.
 If the government will call on tn
 men from 19 to 37. about 800 me
 will be available from this city.
 The state estimate of the registra
 tion in this city was 1,636 so that the
 weer only 195 short, and if the whol district measures up in the same wa
 FOO will be signed up.
 A report from Scotland said that
 had been registered, which is f1V
 mere than the estimate. while 2 Chaplain, S1 men were registered
 which is men more than were ez
 pected. Complete returns will |
 available today at noon
 Although the big celebration of tn
 Flll1s was in Rockville Thursday nigh Willimantic had much of a holida appearance for several hours Thurs