Norwich bulletin., 1922-07-17
DANIELSON AND PUTNAM NEWS
PUTNAM

,Itf v a ANS1AN8 I
 City water rates, which were raised not very long ago. may be reduced. This was evidenced at the meeting of the com mon council Thursday evening, when the matter was brought to the attention of
 the city fathers. While no action was
 taken, Mayor Macdonald said that he would have the matter considered at a
 later meeting, when an effort will be
 made to obtain reduction in rates so
 that they may become effective the first
 of the new year.
 The matter of payment to the city of
 a tax on the water plant property was brought up It was learned that the city annually pays the town tax on it's prop erty. City Clerk Thomas Ryan and Al derman John G. Johnson were appointed | l a committee to confer with the water |
 commissioners and the town assessors | relative to having tax assessments against |
 the city by the town discontinued.
 As Mayor Archibald Macdonald has left l for a vacation which he will spend among relatives in Sydney, Nova Scotia, during his absence Victor Chapdeiaine alder 1 man-at-large. will be acting mayor of the l city.
 Just before midnight Friday night an
 unknown man went into local pool room i and asked to use the telephone. The re- quest was granted ana the nldu Cdlteu up police headquarters and informed the of ficer on duty that there had been an auto- mobile accident in Pomfret and that a l person had been killed Captain Delage
 and his officers made an investigation and found that the report was untrue. I The police do not know what to make of
 the affair but believe someone thought he was playing smart trick on them Emma avine, who has made her home . in Putnam, at various times, part of the
 time at the town farm, was in the city court Saturday morning, charged with being a common prostitute. She pleaded , guilty to the charge and was sentenced to the state farm for women. She was taken to East Lyme in the afternoon, accom-
 papied by Miss Clara Larned, probation } officer.
 Apparently the end is not yet of the {. episode of the attempt by his wife to kidnap her young husband Wilfred 3 Sharpe, of Putnam an affair that stirred this city and was the chief town topic for q some days. The United States army of icials are furnishing the present chapter of the tale. Lieut.. Elliott R. Thorpe has ! been assigned to the case by Major Gen T eral Clarence Edwards, commander of the s First corps area. Lieutenant Thorpe has
 been in Putnam checking up the inci- q dents of the attempt to take the young 7 man. He has been in conference with the , llocal police and with, the father of the r young man. The lieutenant made it em-
 phatic that the United States army did f not tcierate the use of it's automobiles . for any but official business. The fact
 that Mrs. Sharpe came from Providence # in an army motor ecar that attracted q those in command and caused the investi- d gation to be set on foot. Private Kerwin . who accompanied Mrs. Sharpe, has al q ready been placed under arrest. Lieuten- ,+ ant Thorpe said that Kerwin had been on e duty in Providence as a chauffeur to ar IF army officer stationed there While ir n Providence he met Mrs. Sharpe. wife oi the Putnam young man, and it is stated ,- that as their friendship progressed Mrs ,e Sharpe asked him to take the car ant ,- drive to Putnam and thus assist her il m reaching her husband. He finally agreed - to do so. The soldier under arrest is t, sr face a courtnaEtial and this may lead t. a the arrest of one or more civilians as ac
 1 cessories to the fact. It Is said tha
 Major General Edwards is very indignan v over the matter and the soldier, if fount If guilty, will be severely dealt with. It i at not known whether or not any actiol ,e will be taken against Mrs. Sharpe. Lieu
 tenant Thorpe stated while in Putnam A. that federal officers will be consulted re a garding the case and that possibly ther ,u ouwld be action by the federal depart ,,, ment.
 ay The attempt at kidnapping happene n- two weeks ago at the dance pavilion a
 Wildwood park. It was there that tn
 army automobile. containing two wome ne and three men, one or more being dresse ng in uniform. drove up and spirited youn th Sharpe away. The police gave chase an ca overlook the army car and brought youn .t- Sharpe back. The wife of the young ma ls' has denied that he was unwilling to g as with her. She states that he went vo re untarily and that he wants to rejoin he Q in Providence, but that his parents objec .v Why an addition is needed and u re plans for an addition to the Israel Pu .m nam school building will be submitted "a. the voters this (Monday1 evening at en special town meeting to be held in u he municipal building at o'clock The ma
 ter of appropriating $S0,o0o to build u n.t addition will then be voted upon F, ar- some years it has been felt that mo lII- room was needed at this school, as u CT number of pupils has increased. In son Iod of the rooms are from 4S to 50 pupi .co under one teacher. Effective work ca me not be done under these conditions. wh, ide the present building was erected it was
 planned that 1t could be added to. IT ut- school board members believe that tl ith time for such addition has arrived. Lal do. has been purchased adjoining the scho
 property and plans have been drawn ] Ing far as can be ascgrtained from hearil ish the matter discussed privately, there W hat be no opposition to the appropriation as Foo ed for.
 'ith Captain of Police Rsmie Delaee ga a there might be fewer reports of stol you automobiles if the owners, especial as those in the outlying districts, used mo av- precaution as to how they keep their cal
 Captain Delage states that in passi ;als through the country round about Putns ,m- he notices many cars parked for t lily night back of barns, in yards and ey eco
 of , in mansion kAinx erectad on what fo. .. out eraI vasrs baa haa,7 L,crv,, tx. x,sS