Norwich bulletin., 1918-05-09

1AttA11OAC oICdd1llttu OI w 6SI6Tlyy was named a district deputy grand master. and appointed to the commit tee on unfinished business at the an- nual meeting of the GraTtd Lodge of Rhode Island, Independent Order Odd Fellows, held Tuesday in Providence. The officers elected are Donald B. Spears, of Newport, grand master; James W. Smith, Providence, deputy grand master; Kirtland H. Williams, Warren, grand secretary; Tristan | Mowry, Providence, grand treasurer; | Robert McGhee, Providence. grand
 chaplain; Elwin c. Thayer, Provi-
 dence. grand marshal; William H. Sis-
 son, Newport, grand conductor; Fred ericck A. Lindopp, Providence, grand | guardian; William R. Lowe, Provi-
 dence, grand representative for two
 years; Thomas A. CaSanaugh, Provi- dence, grand warden; William H.
 Loeb, Providence, grand representa- tive-e1ect; Spencer H. Hopkins, Prov l idence, trustee: W. D. Gum of Provi-
 dence, grand herald. Among the vis- iting speakers were Grand Master Geo. M. Chapman and Grand Treasurer
 Sidney W. Challenger of Connecti- l cut.
 1 The report of the grand secretary showed a total membership in the
 state of 6689, a gain of 92 during the I year. The total net assets of sub- ordinate lodges is, $420, ,234.60 an in
 crease of more than $7,G00. Rebekah I lodges have total membership of A.
 125; gain of 96. Of the total number
 1902 are men and 2923 women.
 The delegates from Narragansett
 lodge, Westerly, were 3. Frank
 Greenman. Lafayette L. Foster, Fred
 erick c. Walton, Frank Earl James IT and James H Coleman
 Special agent ef the departnent of II justice, Tom Hefwick, declares that he l! is fully satisfied that the fire that de-
 stroyed the store house of the Henry D. Bailey mill in Hope Valley early on
 Sunday morning, was deliberate in- eendiarisrn. The investigation is be- ing continued and developments are
 soon expected. Agent Hofwiek says
 that Hope Valley and Wyoming, an
 adjoining village, have been in- fested with Germans for many months and the manner in which German la bor WIS brought to these places has been very objectionable to the citizens German workmen are employed in the machine shops and mills for a few weeks and then go elsewhere. When they go other Germans come and take
 their jobs remain while and the ac-
 tion is repeated
 More than two hundred young men from New Jersey selected for special
 work in the United States army, have
 arrived at the Rhode Island State col- lege at Kingston, where they will be
 instructed in carpentry. repair of
 motor trucks, electricians. machinists, and blacksmith trades. The college is
 doing this work on a contract basis for the war department, and will be
 conducted as an army trade school for
 the next four months, after which the regular college work will be resumed.
 The young men arrived in civilian
 garb and they will be uniformed as quickly as is possible.
 The course of training will be under
 the direction of Captain Ripley A.
 Dana, U. s. A., Three Hundred and
 Fourth Infantry, Camp Devens. He
 has a staff of four commissioned off,
 cers and a sergeant and a private. Frances Valentine, dauuhter of Mrs Annie L. Valentine of Maple street Westerly, and sister of Robert Valen- l.tine, musical instructor in the public I schools and organist at Christ Epis- eopal church, is a member of the I oIHltH COilcS0 ROlel =uIlll, 5ld llOIl6u II
 the Somme district This unit o s 1 American women worked for two days and nights assisting the French peas
 ants in leaving their homes and vii lages and reaching places of safety and most of the time under shell fire Members of the unit were within {
 few miles of the advancing Germans The women were warned to flee, bu . refused to leave the struggling refu . gees. The college women, when the, :. did leave, helped drive the cows, goats q sheen and other domestic stock to }. wards the rear.
 t "We were just ten miles from tn e line when the offensive started'' write r Miss Elizabeth Bliss, of New Yorl : city "and you cannot dream of tn e sound. Suddenly through a wonderful : almost summer evening stiffness, cam - the shriek of thousand guns. W
 all knew what it meant. Though "
 had feared it for days, it was no les
 terrible for that. By afternoon W
 knew that the Germans had broke ,l our fine.
 Orders were rushed for us to evac
 uate our village at once. Two of ou ', started out in a car to carry refugee b from one village to another furthe d from the line. Never can I forget tha n ,1 sions on wheelbarrows, trudging alon ,- the road, little, children dragged s their terrified mothers, every one wit f livestock. dogs, cats, rabbits an
 chickens. driving their cows and goat in beforh them, all rushing madIy ava is from the flood of destruction pourin Il down upon them.
 le Shells weer bursting all around an Id air battles were constant. When tt
 morning came the Boches were Unl n five miles away. and we were warne J. to move at once, but somehow W m could not desert our villagers. W T. could not leave until every soul we r. out It was the most sickening sigl Il, you can imagine. The roads wei b, choked. part of the army in retrea t. endorsements coming up everywher re We rode up between the heavy Ens
 fish artillery and the Germans. Ems !. fish shells were whizzing over ol m heads all the time.
 as The Smith women reached She is camp at Il o'clock at night to find 2 es British soldiers ouartered there,
 they took command of the canteen ar b. served the soldiers with coffee ar Er. food. There was an anti-alrcraft gr w near the Smith unit shack, and evel es now and then it would break into lis fit of coughing. The collegians tot Is, great pleasure in seeing one Germs is airplane shot down."