Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-15

and the bank. The car owned by MT. Dodge suffered the heaviest of the
 three, the front end being demolished. The Providence car. suffered a broken wheel, but the truck escaped with a
 few dents.
 There were no witnesses of the acci4 dent except those concerned. William
 Golden of Ludlow, Mas. was on the
 truck at the time of the accident, but
 told Chief Kil1ourey that he had notf- ing to say. MT. Trewhella had his son, boy of 12 with him in the car. Mir Dodge had two sailors whom he immediately after the accident, as they said they had to get back to their ship. He did not know their names.
 The dents on the truck and the marks on the road seem to bear out the version of the affair given by MT. Trewhella- Chief iK1iourey went out
 t othe location of the accident and af-
 ter an investigation ordered Skerritt
 and Trewheila to appear in the police court this Tuesday, morning. Dodge was allowed to go. The two touring cars were lowed to local garage.
 In the police court Monday morning the only case called was that of John Meehan of New York city. chauffeur charged with speeding. Meehan did not put in an appearance at the. court session but showed up later in the day The minimum penalty of s25 and costs amount to about $20. Goss was hurry ing to Putnam to see his father, who had been seriously injured. and gave that as the reason for his exceeding the speed limit.
 Superintendent of Streets Irwin NJ Ford started the work on Jiils0n hill on the Windham road Monday. The road there has been in poor condition since the time when the trolley tracks were first laid and although repairs have been made from time to time, it has been a source of constant com plaint. It is planned to take off about two and one half feet of the present roa dbed, then lay two inches of. trap rock, fill with asphalt and roll. On this will be laid another inch of traprock,
 asphalt filling and then dressing will be put on The material which is being taken off the hill will be used on Briggs street, which is to receive a coating of traprock- MT. Ford has Is men on the job. It is expected that the road will be closed for two weeks while repairs are being made.
 There is no special appropria tion for the job, the expenditure cominG from the regular street department appro- priation. The trapreck is native stone, crushed by the street depart MT. Ford estimates that he has about 250 tons of rock on hand and about 1,78o gallons of asphalt.
 The Shore Line Electric company is
  this point and is going to repaye. the street between the rails. They will set the rails in taryia.
 The road over the hill will be closed to traffic during the period of repairs and the one-way road will be open to two-way trakc ons' the detour It is only about two weeks since Is tons of tra brock was put in on the hill in an effort to make temporary repairs.
 Russell chappeII, sergeant frstzelass. Ninth aero squadron, American Sexpe- town clerks office Monday. Sergeant Chappe1l arrived home July , after serving for 20 months with the over seas troops.
 William H. Mckinley, who has been pany for over year. has rendered his resignation. taking effect Monday. Kervin " Reynolds. commercial teacher at the Windham High school. has been selected to i'll the vacancy and assumed his new duties Monday MT. McKinley,s~ health has been poor and he will recuDerate. He has no definite plans for the future. MT. Key holds has been on the high. school fac ignation will take effect before the new school year starts in September. To successor has been appointed, but Lawrence A. Howard. the assistant who has the matter in charge, has several men in view, one of whom is still overseas with the American expeditionary. forces.
 At meeting held in the basement of St. Josepl1's church Sunday after Irish Freedom was formed. James F. Twomey was chosen chairman of the branch and Mrs. Ellen Lynch secre- tary. Rev. John E. Clark opened the meeting and Miss Charlotte M. Hollo- way of New London addressed the as- Resolutions favoring the freedom of Ireland were adopted and } copy of them was ordered sent to Richard P Freeman.
 The funeral of James Began was 3.45 Monday morning. A requiem high l mass was celebrated at St. Joseph's l church at 10 o'clock by Rev. John J. i Clark. During the snass the organist, Mrs. Archibald Turner. sang Nearer, ] My God. to Thee, and Abide With Me | At the offertory she sang De Pro- | 'undis. Friends acted as bearers. Burial was in St. Joseph's cemetery, ] where Father Clark read the commit 1 al service.
 If James R. Kelley was held from his l lome in South Coventry. Rev. J. l.. was celebrant of the re- luiem high mass at St. Mary's church Denis. Joseph and Arthur Clark. Jo- eph O'Brien, Frederick Weliwood and larry Navin. Bu1iaI was in the fam iy lot in St. Mary's cemetery.
 Clayton E. Hope of this city, who vas discharged from the army at lamp Lee May 19. has disappeared. md his mother. Mrs. Clara E. Hope of 94 Plea asant street. has tried in vain, with the aid of the Y. M. C. A and Red Cross.- to get trace of him. The 1ew York police also failed to locate Jim in that city. Young Hope was
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