Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-14
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I In compliance with the expressed
 wish of Charles F. Coon. for many years superintendent of Wilcox park, his widow has presented the Westerly Memorial and Library association per sonal property of local, lustive and
 general value. The gifts include a model of the steam yacht formerly l owned by the late Stephen Wilcox library and memorial building and Wilcox park with perpetual endow-
 ment; else, runlette with whaling scenes painted in oil on either head and an ebony cane with an ivory closed hand as the head. These are
 the handiwork of Oliver Edward Coon. brother of Charles F. Coon. A framed
 picture of the locomotive Roger Will
 Hams, 1887, the first to be operated
 on the Providence and Boston road,
 with terminal at Stonington
 Another large frame with neatly ar
 ranged wood-cut pictures taken from
 newspapers, before half tones were
 known, depicting the collision of the
 ton of the Stonington line to New
 York, in Long Island sound. June Il,
 1880. The Narragansett took fire after
 the collision and sank. A large hole
 ton. In this frame is shown the
 steamers in collision. the steamer
 Narragansett on fire, the panic in the
 saloon, body drifted ashore dead
 mother with her live baby floating on
 a mattress with a. swimmer ap-
 preaching for the rescue of the child,
 and the divers at work on the wreck
 of the Narragansett. It was during
 this wreck that a son of the late Capt.
 Thomas A. Scott. the noted diver and
 contractor, was struck by boom, knocked overheard and drowned. This same frame also includes a picture of Captain Abe Coon. father of Charles F. Coon. who was bow watch of the Narragansett and one of the survivors
 The Coon gifts to the library also include three large scrap books of a miscellaneous character and The Story of the Greatest Nations, in nine volumes.
 Special Washington dispatch: Sen ator Newberry, of Michigan, has been telling his friends in the senate how he saw the British dirigible RIA break through clouds at a point near Watch Hill. To date the Michigan senator is the only member of the sen l ate who has seen the great airship."
 The annual muster of the New En- | gland Statese Veteran Firemen's 1 Leagues will be held at Wickford, R. l l., August Is. under the auspices of the Narragansett Veteran Firemen's | the morning. and a playout of hand fire engines for prizes of $675 in cash, on arrival at the playing grounds. Entries close Aug. and positions will i be drawn Aug. 15.
 The judges selected are: George A. Dow, of Portland. Me: L. R. Whit man, Providence; John G. Stevens, of Marblehead, Mass; F. P. Walker. So nerville. Mass; John J. Mullen. East Providence; c. C. Rogers. Brockton: Nelson w. Hines. Westerly; E. J. Shallow. Salem. Mass; and Philip 4. Mock, Jamaica Plain. Mass.
 Donald A. Marshall, Amherst, 1917, Ias been engaged as principal O. the school year. Miss Beatrice P. Shaw of Bath. Me. graduate of tue Farn- ngton school. will teach grade tt'o. Miss Nora Leary who taught in grade eight has resigned, to- teach in a school at Acushnet. Mass.
 While the family was ah1,at OF Fri lay evening, the. residence of Hurry [. Nichols on the Platter Hl I read wes visited by thiof Silver from the ideboard and ah /ts go in c.esa was { aken. The thaft wis reported. to the police department, Saturday nlurnlns. Police Chief Brown visited the prem ses and made investigation. u
 President Wilson's ideas as present. d in his address to the senate on the 'eace treaty with Germany, appealed senator Colt. republican, feels that the t residents chief points were: "The ecessity for the League of Nations to ( arry out and enforce the terms of l he treaty. and second. "The idea that I Imerica is the leader of the nations ' f the world recognized universally i S such and that she cannot shirk her V Senator Colt applaud T d the president at the conclusion of I is speech. Senator Gerry, democrat, | eartily endorses the presidents ob- t arvations and recommendations. f
 Rhode Island will receive s1,524110.- 4 ) in taxes on corporate excess. fran | hise taxes, public service corpora | ons and bank shares. which is an in -ease of $122.O64 over last year. ' he gross earning of the Shore Line l; 1ectric Railway company was s114,- r DO and the tax is $1145; Westerly Au- \ 'matic Telephone company $141, ,465.- V ], tax $9s5.74; Westerly Light and b over company, s146,224.66, tax $1,-, V ;2.24. All public service corporations C e taxed on their gross earnings. Ex- s -ess companies are taxed three per p ,nt., telegraph and telephone com D anies two per cent. and all others e 1e per cent. A tax of four tenths of C.