Norwich bulletin., 1918-11-07
WESTERLY

clared for ao-license Tho liquor li- cense question will not be voted on again until the nest state election which will be in 1920, and until that period it will be illegal to sell intox- icating drink within the borders of the town after the expiration of the licenses now in force. This means there win be no booze on +ar in West erly proper, or at Watch Hill, Pleas ant View, Weekapaug, Bradford, Pot ter Hill, White Rock. the Misquarni- cut Golf grounds or elsewhere in the town, for the next two years.
 Two years ago the town voted in favor of license by a vote of 26, showing change of 45 votes in com parison with the vote of Tuesday Then the First District voted 349 yes and 315 no, and in the Second Dis trict the vote was 42S yes and 4a6 no. In 1908 the town went mo- license by a majority of 275 and by 139 in 1909. Since then liquor license has prevail ed in Westerly.
 A prediction eanvass showed there were 154S voters in the town that could be reached on election day, out of total registration of about 1700 The total vote cast on Tuesday was 1885. Of this number 623 were in the First and TAP in the Second district Therefore there were only 1855 stay at-hornes and some of these were not physically able to get out and vote.
 In the Second district alone. 16S persons voted the republican ticket except for Maurice W. Flynr, the suc- cessful candidate for state senator This was the only scratch on the tick ct. Others voted against Mir. Flynn | and some other nominee on the ticket. Tn that district, despite the apparent | ly organized lznifing process, MT. l Flynn led the democratic nominee, | Tristan D. Babcock g votes. This added to the 114 majority given him in | the First District, made the total ma l jority only i46, and in T town where | the republicans outnumbered the dem l ocrats three to one, and better. Prolli- 1 bition was the trumped up issue l against MT. Flynn, and rffere was no expression of doubt as to his true re- 1 publicanism. his character. or his l abiIity to represent the town of | Westerly in the state senate for the | next two years.
 When returning from Westerly on . l motorcycle Tuesday afternoon. An l drew Johnson, 2S, a mer1ber of the 1 coast guard crew at Green Hill. tc 1 which he was recently transferred from Block Island, was instantly kill ed when he drove into 2 blockhead at l the end of tie driftWav leading from 1 the state highway in South Kingston 1 to Matunucll beach. The obstruction 1 consisted of 2 heavy timber and iror pipe, placed there pending repairs tc the highway and so constructed that | il could readily be raised to permit vehicular traffic. Just before striking -,Ir 1,1I 1 Herbert Champlin, 60, tl7c gatenan and hurled him into g pile of rocks i Mir. Champlin was rendered uncon- l scious, was severely cut and bruised
 and was probably seriously injured 1 AIr. Johnson'S skull was fractured an( 1 he sustained several other injuries The motorcycle slid about forty fee l from the point where NIr ChamplatT
 was struck, before it fel, and stopped l Mr .Johnson'& $ right fooT was caugh 1 between the sideboard and the en-
 zine and was found pinned beneatl the machine He was returning to hi!
 home in Rocky Point from a twenty
 hours leave He leaves his wife anC enc clJild.
 John R. Mccarthy, formerly res l ident of Pqwcatuck. later of Willi
 mantle, a plumber by occupation, bu
 who was compelled to give up tha
 work, when = became blind by hay
 ing his eyes injured in the course 0
 work at his trade, is believed to b
 the first bind man to engage in mu 1 hilton work. He has been blind fo
 two years and is now ih z. munitiol i factory crjmping primers for big
 gIlns Mir Mccarthy was aided in SC curing employment by Superintendent
 Martindale of the United States Elm plovment Agency as Stetson K. RyaT , i secretary of the state board of ed
 ucation for the blind
 There will be big celebration i Westerly, Saturday afternoon, whic originated with the local Italian so cieties, in celebration Of the victor l over Austria Two bands have bee ! engaged and besides the Italian so
 cieties, all with large membership, tn : fire department of Westerly and Paw | catuck, inc state guard companie 7 ] of both villages. the Westerly Bo , Scouts, several other civic orkaniza T 1 tions and a battalion of citizens, wi participate i'll the parade. under tn :, 1 auspices of the Italian societies. Tn 1 | will be supplemental to the parade ( l. patriotic societies, and war worker in which every mother who has 9 so ! " a flag with I star for each ,aember ( the family who is in the army (
 navy.
 n Many real good republicans T l Westerly worked hard to elect den y Ocratic state senator in opposition Il the regularly nominated and accredi ?, ed candidate of the republican part q Afr. Flynn won out just the sam
 -r-s%T 5sy51I Hoo 1lf Fro IL. y l the democratic nominee could not ] n elected if he received theSvote of ever e member of that party. The republica opponent of Mr. Flynn, however, d
 succeed in placing a ban cn the Sd |, Of intoxicating liquors for the ne, . l two years, beginning with Decem'o !. 1.
 V No increase of policemen follow, L. the vote for license in Westerly mo l. than ten years ago, although it W;
 urged before election at that time tn
 l such action would be necessary reason of increase of crime tn; D that would result from the license 1 saloon. Now that the saloon Is to \ there is already talk of the need
 additional policemen to enforce u
 law and to prevent the reopening
 kitchen bar rooms and the illegal tra
 fc in loquors It is being set forth tn
 it is just as much violation of la
 oseIl booze at Watch Hill without
 license as it is in Pierce or Can
 street or in any other section of u
 town of Westerly.
 II Local Laeonics.
 As required by law, the Wester town council met Wednesday evenil
 and canvassed the vote on Tuesday the e3iQuor license question
 With the probate court in sessi
 on election day every room in t
 town hall building was occupied Tuesday and the draft medical advi II nr..r nnnrd mai in ttne Third Ilis4-t