Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-24

arthur E. Payette, who came to Westerly from Willimantic five months ago, was arrested by Chief Brown at Pleasant View, Tuesday, while en- gagged in delivering ice for the West erly Ice company, having been thus engaged for week. Prior to this he worked for and worked the Andrews Coal company, and he was arrested for larceny from that concern. being charged with the theft of eighteen baskets of coal valued at fifty cents each, total value $9. He delivered the coal to a cash customer, and not the one to whom it was sent In so doing he falsified a receipt for wood, and thereby committed forgery, but this charge will not be made
 Chief Brown questioned Payette in regard to his registration and his stories conf1icted. The chief commu- nicated with the local board at Will lin1antic and ascertained that Payette had been ordered to go with the in- crement from that city Thursday Pa yette is undersized and was exempted from previous calls. but under recent ruling he was called to make up the present quota. He gave his address as Putnam where. the notice was sent, and presumably Payetre told the truth when he stated that he had re- ceived no notice to go to Camp Dev- ems. The secretary of the Williman- tic local board told the chief that the board expected Payette to report, but would not interfere in any move that vas made towards prosecution for lar ceny, especially after the chief gave information that ke would probably be sent to a state institution for safS keeping. and within the grasp of the local board when wanted
 In the hand engine tournament at ! Crescent Park, held under the aus l pices of the Rhode Island State Fire mems League. the Star, of Westerly, was given fifth place in the contest, with eight entries. The Westerly fire men have no complaint against the l judges, or management of the meet, but regret that first instead of fifth i honor was not received. Local fire | men claim that the Star sent water a | greater distance than any other com peting engine. but due to the signal men, the water did not show the mark i on the lane of paper, when water was | sent to its, greatest limit. The men at i the brakes. the men at the nozzle. did 1 their full share to win first prize, but, so they say. the signal man failed to properly direct the stream to the pa | per, with his little red flag. from ntS station well down the paper line.
 l The Star engine was in first class working order, and her working crew | was augmented by fremen from Prov - 1 idence expert at the brakes, but it was ] impossible to win, under the rules unless the length of the stream left its extreme drops on the paper. in
 stead of on the side lines.
 In the Second. district court, before
 Judge Nathan B. Lewis, the case oI George A. Holley against Laura Will
 kins an action in back account, was
 given hearing. with E. W. Case rep Iresenting plaintiff and A. T. L. Led widge the defendant Much. time was
 devoted to technical points, regardin.
 the mesne process, Mir. Ledwedge olo- jecting, as the officers return states
 he attached property that was already
 under attachment. The action is tc
 recover compensation for the keep ant
 care of horses belonging to Mrs, Will
 kins, amounting to $322.0l. At the lrequest of Mir Ledwidge the case wa.
 held open for further evidence.
 Mrs. Wilkins was defendant in { .
 Patrick Kelly. the village blacksmith
 as plaintiff. in which decision by jur- was given for plaintiff on a book ac | count. There was a tinge of sensa
 tion in the case when counsel for thu
 defendant stated in open court tha
 his client had lied to him in regard
 to essential points in the ease. ant
 he attorney asked Judge Doran tt
 excuse him from the case. The re
 quest was not granted and the cas- proceeded.
 At the annual meeting of the Allan , tic Tuna club, which was organized by the late Charles W. Willard. helC : in Providence, Monday afternoon, Be | mas W. Bliss of Cranston was elected , president, L. Dana Chapman of Bosrol vice president; Lloyd, w. Crandall o Ashaway secretary and Ralph c. Wa
 trous of Providence, treasurer. Tn , club house at Block Island was open ed July 1 and activities will continu
 to the close of the season in Septem ! Der or October, and then suspend fo
 the duration of the war or until sucl
 time as the directors may determine
 Last Sundays catch of tuna, wit rod and line, is said to be the one-da record of the season. Twelve ifs. T were taken and the largest weighe sixty-five pounds.
 There arrived at the Rumford riff . range Monday afternoon a detail Q ! sailors, 168 from the naval reserve receiving barracks at Newport. The
 will be instructed under the supcrvis
 ion of Ensign .Ladd and Gunrers Mat 3 ManWaring. This is the first deta :, from the receiving barracks to b. s assigned to Runford for rife practice 9 They will practice for a period of te s days, when they will return to New Q port and another detail take thei . place at the state rife range.
 I Captain John champIin, Unite, s States Reserves, Officers Medies
 Corps, has been assigned to activ . service and ordered to proceed t ' Camp Devens for temporary duty a s the base hospital. Captain Champli g is the dean of Westerly physicians an
 has practiced medicine for more tha
 thirty years He offered his service
 several months ago for base hospita
 work, was accepted and commissions first lieutenant and subsequently, pro ! noted to be captain. but was not call e ed to service He will go direct
 Devens, without preliminary intensiv
 1 training. Once in active service it |. expected that he will soon be pro
 noted to be major III the medics
 corps.
 f The joint committee of the boar [. of trade and historical society, select l. ed to arrange for the celebration ( ' the two hundred and flftieth anniVer