Norwich bulletin., 1918-10-28

says it can account for and which the broad commissioner alleges was paid for.
 It is claimed that the man in charge of the accounting at the crusher pad ded his report. and the man who sold ithe town the stone did likewise. It is said the town was defrauded of ap- rroximately $1073.60. The committee found in the year 1914 the amount of stone crushed and paid for amounted to 11I9 cubic yards. and in 1915, 357 cubic yards, It also crushed in this year 126 yards. which was nos paid for
 Considerable interest is being mani l tested in the outcome of the inyesti- gation, and the case in all probability
 will be taken back to the next session
 of the superior court.
 Robert Love, chief yeoman, and | William Johnson, engineer second
 class, who were arrested last Wednes-
 day night for stealing a spare tire from the rear of the automobile owned lby William R. Brown of Mystic, were | tarraigned before Judge Oliver H. Will Hams in the Third district court Sat I.,;rday. Johnson was also charged with lopereting an automobile without op- orators license. Both sailor lads
 pleaded noie. and they were held for hearing in bonds of $19o0 each.
 The delay in arraignment was due to the unsuccessful effort of the police ito locate ownership of six-cylinder
 Buick automobile. which the sailor Elads declare they took in New York for a joy ride. The registry number, ltuilders, engine and body makers l were all given to the New York po- lice department. but the other num-
 bers did not correspond with the
 numbers on a Buick that had been stolen bearing the described registry fplates. This would indicate that the sailors took car that had been per- viously stolen, or had made exchange for another since it came in their pos session.
 ! The Fourth company, Westerly, . Captain Abram P, Datson, Rhode Is- land State Guard, paraded in Provi-
 dence, Saturday afternoon, with the
 rest of the command. it being the ini-
 tial appearance of the new state guard
 in a body. There we're more than
 2000 officers and men in line fully uni formed, armed, equipped and drilled to the minute. IL was a grand nili- ! tary showing and pleG sing surprise at the general efficiency attained dur. ing the short time of organization : There was drill and parade. at. ths Deiter Training Ground. and a review to Governor Beckman. This followed a presentation Of a stand of nationa : and regimental colors from Mrs Trench Vanderbilt, of Newport. Mrs
 Vanderbilt handed the blue regimen ) tai state flag and the national flag tt . the governor, who, in turn, handed I them over to Colonel Alvin A. Bar lker, in command of the assembled [ citizen soldiers.
 There vera three bands in the pa T Irade which was composed of five bat : talions in command of Majors Ever :. cit c. Whipple of Westerly Herber
 Bliss, Henry c. Card Alonzo R. Will Hams and Archibald c. Matteson s Charles H, Ledward. of Westerly, i s lieutenant colonel of the state troops e W--+erly's Eahor board, appointe ) by Edward E. Burlingame, federal di . lecr1f or employment for Rhode Isl A and, for the Westerly community, s composed of Dr. Frank I. Payne, Will |. liam Nudge and Charles E. Sherman il all of Westerly. The community rep t resented by this board, includes Wes f terly, Charlestown, South Kingstow1 $ Hopkinton, Richmond and Narragan = sett.
 First Lieutenant Charles Raynaen d Blake, of Westerly, as previously re c lported has received the distinguishe = service cross from General Persf:in: c for extraordinary heroism. The tex c of the citation follows
 5. First Lieutenant Charles Rayn1on = Blake, Aviation secon, Signal corps }, For extraordinary heroism in actio |, near Lassigny, France Aug. }, 1S1; l. Lieutenant Blake with Second Lieu q tenant Earl W. Porter. observer, whil c on a reconnaissance expedition at c low altitude far beyond the chem ? lines, was attacked by five Germa e Ibattleplanes His observer wa