Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-15

court for Washing gton county, present ed by Senator Kane, of Narragansett is held up aby the senate finance com fnittee, Of which Senator Eang#orthy asterly, is a member. and sena sf p~--s. \ sase7 toftake the bill. iron tsf Kaas's 8srs.sS ss9.@..ssv3aif , : n tits ,c8iiamittgg did ifst v.-s.s'7 ..+v..
 s..5AScofding t8 g69d a9Ehssa
 writes a Soffespetideht, itts 6eadf6eA is catssd by Senator L8ligw6fthy, si Westerly; ,whS will Hot agFee t6 the passage of the bill uhleSs the Naffa- gansett and South .Kflgstowh felega tions Withdraw their Opposition to the grahtiHg of the bin creating alternate ssssioi1s of the superior court for this county, which On several occasions has met defeat, mainly through the efforts ef Serat6r Kane, Clerk V. Herbert Caswsli ana Att6fney Frederick c. OlheS::''
 <. X new trial has been Sfantsd to J Sanluels and Brother, fnc5rpofated aIld Nazaly Avaresiati, in the Case 6i Dorothy Drew, Of Westerly, who sueS the defendahts for damages f5r al; leged false imprisohineiit in tie stort in Providence; Judge Chester " BarroWs in the rescript says that the plaintiff and Mrs. AvadsiaH had a dis pute in the Outlet store over the own ership of a bundle and fooryalke1 interceded. The three went t5 the of. : fee and the superintendent sent ths Ftwe women, under escort, to the Bos. ton store. where the bundle had beer purchased and where the plaintiff es: tablished het right of owIlefship. .Tht plaintiff brought suit and Was giveI a verdict against both defeidailts ,fol $f3S5 at a session of the court held il Westerly:
 The court says farthef: "The evi- denee distinctly shows that plaintiff! conduct in going to the superintend: ent's office was ts prdye her right "a ther than frdni fsaf 6f eonpulsion q actual force ,tised up6n her. He course was absolutely warranted ana such as a woman insuIted as she hat been would naturally pursue. It lack led, however, any elements of compul | sion which are necessary in an actioi flor false Imprisonment"
 Senator AIhert H. LangWortE1yes bill 10 authorize the town of Westerly tt enact an ordinance with reference t. the construction and erection 0 buildings, and which restricts thi character of buildings to be erected came from the judiciary committee the. Rhode Island general assembly | Friday afternoon. with recommenda tion of it's, passage in concurrence Senator Langwortily said the. bi1 would stop the erection Of building that were a -detriment td adjoinin! property, and would tend to presen | the lowering of the. standard of resi- dential sections iii the town. The bil he said. restricted the eharacter am place where homes can he built. Senators Casey. ArehemhauIt aiit 1 Troy opposed the bill on the grouni l that. it was an attempt to prevent so called foreigners, sober and industri
 ous immigrants. who have workeu
 hard. from building homes for thei | families. Senator Troy said the Rhod
 Island legislature ought not to en
 courage racial prejudiees. The ac
 passed in coiicurrenee by a vote 0 15 to g.
 Counsel for Frank Faicone of Yves terly, Herbert W; Rathhun and Jch and heard in the defendants bill 0 exceptions. Assistant Attorney Gen
 eral Otis represented the state. Fa1 cone was charged with assaultin
 Robert E. Day, foreman of a granit
 quarry in Bradford, with a shovel, in l fficting severe injury. more than
 year ago. After the assault Falcon
 went away and was arrested subse quentiy. upon his return to Westerly l In the superior court for Washingto
 county, last May. he was charged wit
 assault with intent to kill. He wa convicted of assault with a danger ous weapon and filed a motion for
 new trial which was heard and de ried last June.
 The defendant took the case to tn supreme court on bill of exception Ialieging errors on the part of tn judge presiding in the superior cour In his assignment of error the de fendant claimed that certain preju
 dicial evidence was improperly ad nitted and that the court erred in nc dismissing the case upon a motto
 which alleged that TO jurisdiction ha
 been shown. Decision was reserved.
 William R. Higgins, who enIiste recently as first class electrician
 the naval reserves has been ordere
 to report for duty at New Londe Tuesday. He is the third son of MT
 Mary A. Higgins to enter the servic
 4 younger son, Edwin R.. is in u
 navy, and the eldest son, Captain Jt
 seph A. Higgins. is in the Americs
 medical corps attached to the Enslis army, and is now in France. Edw
 Higgins is assigned to duty on el
 of the new design 110-footer subm; rine chasers, or dispatch boat and
 home on forty eight hours liberty.
 Prominent men and women repr
 sentina universities. religious, histo
 teal. phiIanthropieal and other ass
 tc!ations, and other associations, bus
 mess interests and the many other 0
 ganizatiens with which he was ideni fed, attended the funeral service f
 Rowland Gibson Hazard, in the Vi lage Congregational church at Pea . Dale. Saturday afternoon. Rev S.
 Bartlett. pastor of the church. al Sir George Adams Smith, q chapla
 in the British army. and noted Scot divine, conducted the simple servi of reading from the Scripture a . prayer Burial was in. Oak Dell ce, | ctery. where MT. Hazards father a i, grandfather are buried. Mir. Haza died at his winter home. Dial Hou
 in Santa Barbara, California, Jan. , just as he entered his forty six , year. His family and his own hol had always been in Peace Dale. } Local laeonies.
 Westerly thus far has invested se |, aaA in the third Liberty loan.
 : An act was passed in the hol ' which provides for the annual reg
 tration of dentists.
 ,, The April session of the super ! court for wasiinston county will ct z vene in Kingston today. Judge 'Je
 T. Doran, presiding.
 k Clifford w West of New Lond 1. who registered in Newport has b,