Norwich bulletin., 1918-06-18

The working force engaged in | trench work in connection with the | new gas main. being laid in Broad | street was more than doubled Mon | day and now the work will go for | ward with more rapidity and the pub lie inconvenience be leSSened accord | ingly. Townspeople are aggrieved at | the digging up of the streets during | the busy summer season as it tends to | automobile congestion and a serious | discomfort to Watch Hill residents. It | is the townspeople and not the visl- tors who are complaining. The driv- CTS of the Watch Hill automobiles are mostly from New York and other large | cities, and are familiar with street oo- structions, much more serious than | the laying of a gas main in the West erly streets.
 It was noted that Alonzo Capron, | who was the first to drive the sharp | point of a pick in the trench work 2 week ago was not on the job Mon day. Cape is a good. earnest work CT. but is a believer in the one. two, three and out theory. Twice last | week he was caught in cave-ins in the trench. but escaped injury and he de- Cided there would be no third time and l out with him.
 The iron pipes have been laid in l Dixon square and it IS expected that l the trench for the full length of Broad | street will be filled in before the week | end After that there will be no con- | Cestion of traffic of which the towns | people complain. The trench work, | will continue through Elm street and without any special inconvenience.
 In the latest casualty list sent out | by General Pershine, in the list of se- l af Lieutenant Whitney W. Stark, of Brooklyn. N. Y. He is the son of James Stark for years a summer resi- dent of Mystic. Lieutenant Stark is a nephew of Mrs. Albert B. Crafts and vase a frequent visitor at the Crafts cottage at Pleasant View and was generally known to the summer =esi- dents of that shore resort. He has a brother in the aviation corps now in training at Kelley Field, Texas.
 An automobile owned by Michael Mccarthy of White Rock. and driven by one of his sons. struck small boy when in Canal street, Monday morn ing, but without serious result. The automobile was proceeding at moder ate speed when the boy darted from behind an ice cart directly in front of the auto and was struck and knocked down. Young Mccarthy made a re- markedly quick stop, so quick that the boy was taken from underneath the machine his injuries consisting of mi nor bruises, as the wheels did not touch him. The operator of the auto was commended for his quick action and was in nowise at fault for the ac- cident.
 Lieutenant Frederick A. Cooper Twenty Eighth United States lnfan- try, is now in Paris hospital for treatment of wound received in ac- ton. He is the son of Rev. Joseph A. pastor of Grace Methodist church. Be- fore entering the army Lieutenant Cooper made frequent visits to Wes- terly where his grandfather, grand mother three uncles and an aunt re- side. He was a student at Wesleyan University when the United States de- clared war against Germany. He en- tered an officers training camp and when graduated received his commits sion in the regular army.
 An intensive campaign will begin next Saturday in Rhode Island to sell in single week, in cash and pledges, over s11, 100000 worth of war savings stamps. A large working force has been formed to obtain from every per son definite pledge for the purchase of a stated number of stamps before the expiration of 1918 The allotment for Rhode Island is s12,630, 100, per capita purchase of $20 worth of stamps by an estimated population of 631, ,563. Up to and including June 8 there had been sold in Rhode Island $1 ,492 633.51 worth of stamps. or an average of $2.96 per capita. This leaves 11.137, ,466.49 to be disposed of before Jan. 1 next
 The campaign is under the super vision of Theodore Francis Greene, who has appointed Clifford D. Page as pledge work chairman. Arthur NJ Cot trell is chairman of District No Il, and the village of Pawcatuck, Conn, with an allotment of $2OS420.
 Robert B. Ayres, native of Vest erly and prominent in the steel indus try at Pittsburgh, is a gentleman farmer on large scale, and is the owner of the former Sanford Moves farm on the Shore road and the Mich olas Mitchell farm in District No. 6 section of the town of Westerly. About year ago he purchased a Holstein bull calf for $500. Since then the mother of this calf has been tested and established the record of being the champion Holstein COW of the world Mir. Ayers has declined an offer of S15.000 for the bull, preferring the anil nal to the money. Blooded stock from all sections of the country come and go from the Ayers farm
 The state-w wide drive of St. Joseph's Hospital corporation of Providence for s20o000 was started Monday. As a result of the campaign it is expected that the hospital will be able to in crease its facilities and be placed upon a war basis Scientific equipment of all sorts, a new sterilizing plant, sun parlors for convalescent soldiers and sailors, and a new ambulance are among the urgent needs. The drive has the hearty endorsement of Cover nor Beeckman, the Rhode Island coun- cil of defense and the surgeon general of the navy.
 Martin H. Spellman. general mana ger of the Westerly Light and Power company. has been appointed chairman of the committee to receive contribu- tions in Westerly.