Norwich bulletin., 1919-04-26
WESTERLY

In aid of the Liberty loan drive. al government whippet tank, camoufiaged | as if in active service, and which is l making tour of Rhode Island, arrived in Westerly Friday noon on a motor truck and attracted considerable at 1 tention in Dixon square. Half an hour ] later the tank was unloaded near the railway station. and, under it's own power, returned to the square over the granite paved Canal, and High streets, and took its station in front of the First Baptist church for public inspec- ton. It was viewed by a large crowd and the operator courteously answered hundi eds of queries in regard to the power. general working and efficiency in war of the caterpillar tanks, of which the one on exhibition was of the smaller type. The tank is being trans ferred from place to place on a large motor truck. z. under its own power considers,h hle damage would be done to highways.
 Late in the afternoon the tank was taken to the Lowden property off Lib erty street and did several stunts of travel over decidedly irregular surface and steep climbs. It was the first ma chine of the kind seen in Westerly and 1t interested a great many people. in- cidentally stimulating subscriptions for Liberty loan bonds.
 At frequent intervals, while in Dixon square, exhibition was given in speed and quick and short turns, showing that while it's appearance indicated it to ba as slow as moving oxen with a heavy load. it was as lively as 8 squir rel The demonstration also showed it's great power and it's ability of loco .irotIor over almost any old kind of a road.
 This particular tank has been in ac tive service on European battlefields and ie of the same type operated by Josiah Broadfoot of Westerly, who was killed by a Hun bullet while at work -on his tank.
 Before going to the Lowden property in Pawcatuck, the tank took position in front of the Washington Trust com pany's banking house. Here Hon.
 Samuel H. Davis made patriotic speech, urging all to invest i'll Liberty loan bonds.
 Arthur Hazard Randall, arrested in Westerly Manh 30 was called to the bar of the superior courf at Kingston Thursday and pleaded hot guilty to these charges: Breaking and entering the barn of William E, Cook of Vest erly and stealing q horse. wagon and harness; with breaking and entering the 1ennery of Emelius De Pietro and stealing II hens; the theft of 10 hens from the coops of Harry Nichols. Sev- eral other theft charges are credited to i Randall but were not pressed by Police l Chief Brown. Randall was sentenced | ca term of three years for stealing l the horse and sentence was deferred in l the other two cases.
 1 More than a hundred Westerly peo- Die were in Boston Friday and wit i messed the parade Of the 18th division 1 Westerly was also represented in the parade by about 40 young men in line i who served abroad in the Yankee di- vision.
 l Officers were elected at the annua
 meeting of the State Woman's Bap- 1 tist Mission society held in Providence
 as follows: Mrs. Charles M. Gallup president; Miss E. 4. Tiffany, Mrs. E 1 E. Stanton, Mrs. Selden R. McCurdy vice presidents; Mrs. Frank Metcalf recording secretary; Mrs. B. ". Rich
 ardson. assistant secretary; Mrs. Eliz- abeth H. Snow, treasurer; Mrs. E. E
 Loux, secretary of home literature 1 Mrs. F. A. Cunningham, secretary ot foreign .litera ture. The speakers were
 Miss Carrie B. Masteller. Miss Mary Houston of Boston and Miss Ida Olor of Providence. WorshipfuI Master Arthur N. Nash district deputy for the Eighth Masonic district of Connecticut, made oficia inspection of Pawcatuck lodge, r. anC A. M, in Manosic hall. Thursday night Representative were present from th' lodges in Mystic. Bristol. New Jerse! and Pennsylvania.
 1 John Tinsauer, of Bradford, who en tered d plea of nolo to the charge 0 theft from a freight car, in the super for court at Kingston, was released ol bond furnished by his wife pending sentence. He went to his home ii Kingston. There he commenced t shoat up the house and threaten hi wife, and she fled to the woods fo
 safety. He was again arrested on
 technical charge of revelling and wa
 committed to the county jail. He vii await sentence in that institution. in stead of at his home in Bradford. , After being honorabiy discharge , from the United States army afte : more than a year of active service O
 the European battlefelds, and havin } been wounded while in action, Prfvat
 Louis Gencerelle of Westerly was ar l rested for jumping his bail nearl three years ago. when he was release
 from custody pending an appeal fror
 the Third district court to the super
 for court. He is charged with assaul
 and with carrying a concealed wea ;, pon. He pleaded gully to bot charges, when arraigned in the su perior court at Kingston and the case l | were continued for sentence.
 | Westerly was overlooked when jur ors were drawn for the May term ( z the United States district cour Among the petit jurors are: Frank l , Burdick, Henry R. Dockrey, Herbel ' F. Lewis, of Hopkinton; Charles / s Westall, William Blizzard of Exeter
 Alpheus E. Slater of Slocun1. Lion, ; w. Johnson of Hopkinton. Philip Mo r rey Of Exeter are among the gran ! jurors.
 ;, At the annual session of the loc; . union, Christian Endeavor and kir
 dred societies. held in the Seventh Da n Baptist church, these officers wel 0 elected: Rev. P. s. Sailer. president f Rev. G. D. Stanley. vice presiden d Miss Christine Krebs. secretary; Mi n Edith Girven, treasurer Rev. D.
 Coon of AshaWay was the speaker. s Local Laconics.
 < A two-minutes session of the Thil [ district court, Judge Oliver H. Wi j. Hams on the bench. was held F'rida The docket of three civil cases W; u read and the cases were continue = for one week. Laborers in the highway and wat
 departments have quit work to el
 force their demand for increased ps e to fifty cents an hour. ContFacto
 have yielded to the demand
 The uIlJrrETpla11-r tler13.1TlI nov of < a day, and at a union meeting deci
 ion was reached as to action shou
 the demand be denied. The union a
 ton vas not given out for pubhcatio
 Westerly has sold q $145,7G0 ten
 porary loan, maturing November ]