Norwich bulletin., 1920-01-26
YVES TERLY

yeomen (F3 from the. state bonus bill
 is an unwarra anted discrinninat ton. It
 was also voted to urge the senate
 finance committee to increase the sol
 diers' and sailors relief fund which af-
 fleets Spanish War Veterans.
 It was resolved to form a band from the former members of the 66th Coast Artillery band who are members of the
 organization, and to hold a memorial service in anniversary of the sinking
 of the battleship Maine on Feb. 15.
 A resolution introduced in the house
 would appropriate the additional sum of $45, 600 to the $110,000 appropriated since 1917 for the construction of building at the state college in King stOE. Wcrk Of construction has been delayed for two years on account of
 the high cost of material and labor The' building is to he devoted to the
 departments of administration and agriculture. Another resolution would increase the appropriation for mainte- nance from S40 0o0 to $80 coo.
 A resolution has been adopted in the general assembly appointing Senator puckworth of CharlestoWn and Rep resentatives Davis of Westerly and
 Gates of Charlestown a committee to.
 audit and transfer the records from.
 the. rrosent clerk, Clarence E. Roche,
 to his slicce Ssor. NJ Walter Flynn, in
 tise Third District court, with office at
 Westerly. air. Roche has filled the of
 fee for il years and the change will be in effect I eb. 1.
 Senator Wells of Richmond has sub
 mitted an act in amendment to the
 general laws entitled "of property 1ia-
 ble to taxation" to include exemption from taxation real and personal prop erty of the Shamrock Memorial asso- 7ciatien iii towns of Richmond and
 Charlestown, so long as used as me morial to soldiers and sailors who
 served in the world war. The att was
 referred to the Judiciary committee.
 A motorcycle corps is suggested in an act presented by Senator Freeman | of East Greenwich and referred to the committee of the judiciary. The act
 would appropriate $12,0o0 for the es- tablishment and maintenance Of g mo torcycle corps to patrol the state high ways and enforce motor vehicle laws. The unlicensed sale of firearms and | ammunition is covered in an act fn- troduced in the house. It provides that licenses may be granted by town councils or boards of police commis- sioners. that full records of transac- tions must be kept and be accessible to the public authorities. and that the punishment for selling without H. cense shall be a fine of S100 for the first offense and $200 for each succeed
 ing offense.
 Samuel C. Bartlett, IT,, of Peace l Dale, who is on his way to Japan Tn | the employ of the George A. Fuller i tconstruction company, belongs to the third generation of his family to ! take up work in Japan. His mothers parents, Dr. and Mrs. M. L. Gordon, began missionary Iabors there in 1872,
 his mother was born there at Osaka
 and his father, Rev. s. c. Bartlett, be- gan his first engagement in Japan as
 professor in the Doshisha College at 1 Kyoto, in 1887. In 1894 MT. Bartlett
 married Miss Gordon, who had been 1 studying in this country, and they 1 went again to Japan, where sam v. [ IT.. and their other four children were ] born
 1 sam came to this country for his education nearly 10 years ago. studied
 in Phillips Academy and eBrooklinS
 high school, where he was graduated i in 1915, and in Massachusetts ASficul- 1 ttrai- College. After returning from service with the Yankee Division in
 France he began studying in George- ! town University Foreign Service ] School. with the expectation of going
 abroad after graduation two years ] hence.
 i The Fuller Company, however, which has many million dollars worth
 of contracts in Tokio, Japan. hearing 1 of Mr. Bartiett's acquaintance with the Japanese language and affairs In duced him to leave school and go out
 with it's contingent, which is due to
 sail from San Francisco Jan 27.
 When his grandparents went to la.
 pan, edicts proclaining Christianity a capital offence were posted at cross
 roads and bridgeheads.
 Westerly will raise its quota to car
 ry on the work of the Young Women's Christian Association, with the follow ling committee in charge of the cam paign: Miss Jennie B. Stanton, chair ! man; Mrs Russell Hemphiil, secre-
 tary; Miss Elizabeth Haswell, treas