Norwich bulletin., 1920-07-12

As the result of an accident while joy riding, Paul Turnage, chauffeur for George Hewitt Meyers, summer resi- dent of Watch Hill, Is in a critical condi- | tion in the Lawrence Memorial Associat- 1 ed hospital in New London. He has a | severe cut over the left eye, which has been closed with three stitches, and the muscles of his diaphram and internal or gans are bruised the extent of which will probably be made known after a surgical operation. Accompanied by Dr. John l.. May -Turnage was taken to the hospital in the ambulance of the Vest erly Sanitary corps, where the injured man was examined by Drs. Lee. Cheney and May. He was suffering intense pain and was given relief treatment. Dr. Lee said that an operation might be neces- sary, but that it would be deferred for the present.
 Without the knowledge of MT. Mey- CTS. the chauffeur took the car, and the first the owner knew Turnage had the car out was when informed of tie acci- dent and the injury to Turnage. The mishap occurred on the Watch Hill road, near River Bend, at about 2.30 Saturday morning, when Turnage was returning to Watch Hill from Westerly, and when he was alone in the car.
 The Meyers car was in collision with the automobile owned by Edward How land, of Westerly, and while the latter car was at a standstill, with head and tail lamps lighted. The Rowland car became disabled. and it was driven well to the right of the road. while the owner went back to Westerly to get part to repair the car. Two men who were rid ing with Rowland were left in charge of the car. They sat in the car for while and then took position a nearby stone wall. They had been sitting on the wall but few minutes when along came the Meyers car at full speed, crashing into the Rowland car with great force and sending it distance of fifty feet. before the Meyers car came to stop. The How land car was considerably damaged and the forward end of the Meyers car was | injured.
 The two men went to the assistance of Turnage. were satisfied that he was se verely injured and they got into connec tion with Dr. John L. May In short time | the injured chauffeur was in the office of the doctor. The deep cut over the left eye caused by glass fro mtie broken windshield, was closed by the doctor, and first aid treatment given, it being clearly | a hospital case. At the time of the col | lision Turnage was thrown with great force against the steering wheel. which caused the serious internal injuries. There was dense fog at the time of | the mlSndD, put the eAeICISe Ol care anu i judgment would have prevented the at
 tendant injuries and damages.
 The Westerly electricians who recently
 went on strike for an increase to 90 cents an hour, and dropped to S7 1-2,
 were liberal in their demand in compar- | ison with the proposed scale of Provi- | dence electricians to be in effect Septem-
 Der 21 The new scale calls for an in- crease of 25 cents an hour, or from 90 cents to $1.15 with 10 cents extra for
 men who act as foremen of gangs of
 three or more, and double time for over
 time. Apprentices are allowed. in the
 ratio of one for three journeymen em- pleyed. The apprentices pay during the 1 first year of employment is left a matter | between apprentice and employer. but
 during the second year the scale calls for
 40 cents an hour, and 50 cents during the
 third year, after which the apprentice graduates into the journeyn1an class and
 wages.
 The hours of labor are specified as | from a. m. to 5 D. m.. with an hour
 out for lunch on the first five working
 days, and 8 to 12 on Saturday, making
 a 44-hour week.
 | The electricians local is composed of the men who install electric appliances | in buildings, who do inside work, and
 does not include linemen employed by | the l6teSr4pn uelepnOne, steam IdlirOdu
 and electric light and trolley compan- | les.
 The Rhode Island supreme court sus-
 tains the constitutionality of the state
 tax act of 1912, and is regarded as one of the most important decisions that has
 been rendered by the court in half cen
 tury. It decides the fate of the whole structure of tax system in the state. An l adverse opinion would have rejected tie
 whole principle of the states tax sys- tenn, and would have necessitated new l legislation
 The opinion, written by Justice Elmer J. Rathbun uphoIds that portion of the l law which gives the state board of tax l commissioners the power to apportion 1 what it considers a fair and equitable proportion of the intangible assets of a corporation located outside the state and doing business within the state, and to assess the statutory rate tax against such apportionment.
 l The opinion is based upon an action brought by General Treasurer Jennings against Morris and company, to recover tax assessed by the tax commissioner
 Other cases, involving identical issues
 are coupled with it, and decided in the 1 same manner The other cases are the
 Mexican Petroleum association. Wilson
 and company, National Aniline and l Cthar,tool