Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-30

should have been embossed in the act and declared that the big newspapers after taking a stand against the pass
 age of big acts in the closing days of sessions had fip-fopped and were now demanding this bill. On voice vote the act was declared passed. MT. Davis asked for division. Mr. Flynn asked for a roll call nd the act was passed. At the annual meeting of the Woman's i Baptist Mission society of Rhode Island, held Wednesday in Providence, officers were elected as follows: Mrs. Clarence NJ. Gallup, formerly Mary E. Hovey, of l Norwich) president; Hrs. Ella E. Stan 1 ton, Mrs. Selden R. McCurdy, Mrs. F. l.. 1 Wilkins, vice presidents l; 1fs. Elizabeth 1 H. Snow, treasurer; Mrs. Harriet Reed, , auditor; Mrs Frank Rector, recording secretary; Mrs. Leslie L. Swain, state
 college counsellor; Miss E. A. Tiffany. recruiting officer
 Governor Beeckman has appointed l John s. Murdock of Providence, Wayne 1 H. Whitman of Coventry and Herbert M. l Sherwood of Cranston the members of l the newly created statute revision com | mission, and they were confirmed by the senate Wednesday,. The act provides for 1 consolidation of all statutes and public
 laws beginning with 1909. The commits sioners are required to complete the work within two years and to submit a printed I report to the general assembly of 1922. The members are to receive 5000 each as full compensation, payable quarterly, ! and they are authorized to employ clerk at $2.500 per annum, and to expend not !, more than $2,500 8 year for supplies and I other clerical assistance.
 1, Mrs. Herbert o. Dunn, wife of Rear Admiral Dunn, comrnandant of the First
 naval district, held her last at home for
 tine season at her home, Al Beacon
 street, Boston, Thursday afternoon. Tn :, the early part of. May Rear Admiral and I Mrs Dunn will go to their summer home
 at Dunn's Corners, Westerly, for the sea l son. Miss Eleanor Opie, niece of Mrs
 Dunn. has returned from Baltimore tc z Boston. accompanied by her brother
 John N. Opie.
 It was an i'll wind that blew no gooi
 to Mrs. Roche as she came out of tn, Washington Trust company building Thursday, as it caused her to lose a crisi S1 bill; but the wind will do good fo : the finder of the legal tender. Her opel pocketbook was blown away, and tn 7 wind floated SPA in bills about Dixol : square. Willing hands assisted the owne !. and all but $1 was recovered and re l stored to her. She was satisfied that tn y missing dollar go to the sweeper, wit . the hope that Matty McGrath would b e the finder, instead of the other sweepe : who cares for the High street section. / Minnie Giorni, aged 4, was severel
 hurned Thursday when her clothing too {, fire from a lighted match, and the chil
 was injured in the face, neck. arm an e ~i@ht side of the body. The only on . with the child in her home at the tim f was her sister Helen. age s. The erie i of the two children brought to their res
 i Q no T-oc fni VI, . tore the burning clothes from the chil
 and extineuisl'ed tIse hIaze. Dr. Scanlo | "ded the injured girl.
 Q The payment of bonus of s1oO { . all Rhode Island yeowomen who serve n in the world war. was passed in tn h senate Monday afternoon nl in the hous
 shortly before midnight. The bill car
 ries an appropriation of $20.00O. Tn n bonus is to be paid under the provisio 2 of the soldiers bonus act. The fund.- u however are appropriated from the ger : eraI treasury. and they cannot be legai 2 ly taken from the bonus loan.
 Local Laconies.
 e Local employees of the Shore Lir F Electric Railway company have been nc : tified that they will receive an increase ( : nay of about four cents an hour. to begi : May 1.
 : The Rhode Island general assembl
 adjourned sine die at S.47 Thursda : morning.
 Rt. Rev. James DeWolf Perry wi
 administer the rite of confirmation to . persons Sunday next in Christ Episcop, A church.
 . William Mccarthy of Main street wa 7 taken to St. Josephs hospital Providenc
 Thursday, suffering from appendicitis
 Dr. Samuel c. v7el,e+or. hos hAAn cleo ! supreme representative of the Unite " Order of Golden Cross of Rhode Island