Norwich bulletin., 1919-08-11
w WESTERL Y

Miss Annie Corr. 27. of Hartford, died suddenly while bathing at Week. apaug late Friday afternoon, and there is a question whether death was due to sunocation by drowning or heart |i disease. or combination of both. A large number were bathing at the time. Miss Corr was only a short distance from the shore when she suddenly fell and was dead before she could be reached Believing it might be a case Of near r-drowning, efforts at resuscita-
 tion were continued for nearly an hour E under the direction of physician She
 was brought from tme water by George Coogan. son of Judge James If Coogan of Hartford. assisted by Miss
 ed as a waitress at the summer home of Robert M Gray. Dr. Michael H. Scanlon, medical examiner. was called
 and gave permit for the removal of I Hartford
 i The war has started on delinasesvt revenue taxpayers in Rhode Island,
 and that includes Westerly, and before Il the. campaign ends it is believed many | storekeepers will have parted with | much money in penalties for not mak l ing payments and failure to make re- l turns as the law requires. Some have | classed as a joke the federal tax on 1 soft drinks. ice cream, jitneys. dances, I jeWelry and luxuries. According to the | records, many have failed to make re l turns and these are to be interview ed | by deputy collectors of the internal | revenue department.
 Richard Davidson, master diver, of 1 New London, who did considerable l work along the Pawcatuck riverfront
 at Westerly last winter, has the con
 tract for the submarine foundation for
 the marine railways for the Marine Engineer. and Drydock company in
 Providence. Diver Dick has had l considerab ble experience in this special | work in New Jersey and other places. The lighters and tools arrived during l Friday night and the work was com menced Saturday morning. Today | four divers will be engaged in saving 1 off the piling and putting in place the i heavy timbers for the marine railways. i The committee on finance of the | Rhode Island general assembly and the penal and charitable commission have I made inspection of the state institu- appropriated for new buildings and improvements and the joint committee inspected the progress of the work. The commission announced the ap- pointment of Dr. John Anderson as resident physician at the institutions with salary of S2.500 a year. He ! has been assistant to pr. Jones. the physician in charge. a Manager Julius HoIeate of the South Kingston baseball team has planned to have his team play the winner of the Hope Valley Shamrock series for
 the championship of Washington county. As the Westerly team claims the county championship. the locals may have to be considered before the title is established.
 The Rhode Island Chamb ber of Com- merce has adopted resolutions urging all individuals companies and cor porations in the state and the factory workers to do everything in their power to encourage, stimulate and in- l crease industrial. production as one of the essential means toward restoring lower price conditions. It is also urged { that all organizations which mould public opinion call attention to the need of increasing production in order | u lessen the country's war debt Churches are especially asked to aid I by calling the matter to the attention l of the congregations
 The resolutions assert. after declar- ing that prices for food. clothing and other essentials seem to be growing upward instead of downward. that the reduction in labor hours. the payment of higher wages and other important reasons are largely responsible for the high cost of living. but that limited production in wearables. eatab and
 other necessities also undoubtedly contributes to high price levels.
 The large motor launch Traveller,
 familiar craft at Watch Hill. with an-
 chorage off the Plimpton house wharf
 while cruisin in Little Narragansett
 bay Saturday afternoon. struck rock,
 gradually filled and sank. The pleas
 ure party aboard. as well the master |
 and crew. had no difficulty in getting 1
 into the lifeboats and escaping danger. |
 The launch sank in compara lively shallow water and can be raised with | out much trouble by teh apparatus of
 the T. A. Scott Wrecking company.
 surprising sight Saturday was d
 big motor truck of Providence brew cry laden with cases and half barrels or beer, distributing the brewery product in the no license villages of
 Westerly and Pawca tuck. It is said this special beer is a reminder of the quality that was passed over local bars in license days. long before wartime prohibition became law.
 West Highland terriers are terrers, according to a local owner of thor ough bred dog of that type and he hasI frequently declared that it was a des- sert for these days to kill woodchucks and that it came as natural for them to shake the life out of a chuck as it was for cat to kill a mouse. In fact. there was no woodchuck so big that his little Highlander could not kill it in short order Some friends of the proud owner of the dog of high degree decided to test the belief of the owner and the ability of the dog. So they got a real live woodchuck of average size and with the consent Of the owner of the dog there was an introduction be- tween the animals
 The woodchuck raised its back and took the offensive. while the dog went over the top and al the wild animal and the latter got first blood. The dog then became more cautious and tried to attack from the rear. but he was met at every turn by his adver- sary head on. Finally the dog quit The woodchuck was killed, but not by the dog.
 Elmer Ellsworth sabceek fisher man, and John Myers of New York city. guest at the Babcock home in Wakefield, were drowned Friday while boating on Point Judith pond The bodies Eere recovered Saturday by George Smith and Elmer Bab- cock. a. nephew of one of the men {; drowned MT. Babcock was fully clothed and the clothing of his com