Norwich bulletin., 1919-10-24

l brought the truck to a. stop. the mum
 Der of cars passing in the other di-
 rection being so near together that
 passing at that point was impossible
 The Avery car. which had been 5 following the truck up the street. was
 but a few feet behind the truck whez ! it stopped. and before anything could i be done the Ford crashed into the rear
 end of the truck. denting it's radiator badly and causing it to leak. An ar 1 gument started Avery placing the | blame for the accident on I1avin, while Lavin tried to explain that if he had l would have run down the Ford in front of him and MT. Ahern might
 have been badly Injured.
 1 When Officer Paulhus Investigated the accident he found that Avery was driving without a license. and he was taken to the police station where the matter was reported to Chief Killou- rey- Avery will appear at the court today (Friday) to answer to the charge of driving without a license. Charles H. Potter of Woodstock will appear before the court in this city Tuesday <f next week to show cause, if there be any. why the ~yalIots cast for the town school committee of Woodstock a the election of that town Monday, Oct. 6, should not be re- counted. Judge Lucien P. Burpee of the superior court signed an order to this effect Tuesday. Potter was re- gently declared elected a member of the boari by the city officials with eight ballots cast for him and six for Mrs. Clara Wittier. It was later dis covered that the women's votes had not been counted and these would give Mrs. Wittier the office. It is claimed by the women voters of the town that they had voted for Mrs. wittier. and they alone number sixteen. Attorney F. c. Morse of Putnam has been re- tained in behalf of Mrs. Wiftier.
 WiIlimantic people will have to de- pend upon ice sent in from other cit ies until such time as zero weather manufac actures a new stock at the city ice ponds. After the harvest of last year had been stored at the pumping station sheds at Mansfield. Jones & Girouard, contrac ctors for the purchase of the city ice. thought that the supply would last until this winters harvest had been cut, but at present only about one or two hundred tons remain to be delivered to the patrons in this city. The price of ice in this city during the past summer has been be- low the average in nearby cities. as under the contract made with the city, Jones G Girouard were not to charge over 45 cents a hundred pounds and pieces of ice were not to be sold for less than ten cents Independent ice dealers in this city did not know of the shortage until Thursday and had not stocked their sheds in preparation.
 
 ice each month and as it will be at least two months before local ice houses can be filled, over e5e8 tons must be brought into the city for dis tribution. What the price of ice will jump to is at present unknown as Mr. Jones states that he bought his first carload for an experiment. In cities nearby people have been paying. as high as one cent pound for ice all but it is hoped that the price in Wiliimantic will be lower. At . meeting of the water committee of the common council. Mayor C. A. Gates and Corporation Counsel William A King with Merrill H. Jones. held Wed nesday afternoon the situation was discussed but nothing was accomplish ed as one of the committee stated l that in view of the coming city cleo ion in December new members might l De appointed on the board and on ths 1 water committee. It is learned that turing the past year the city received | 5000 for the ice cut at the pumping station, the largest amount received | since the city took over the ice busi- ness
 In a bowling match held at the Y | Wednesday evening, the Rovers of this | city took two out of three from their | Baltic rivals. Cherron for the Row ITS took high single with 136 while 0esplant took SAP for high three. The cores: