Newport Mercury (Newspaper) - January 5, 1918, Newport, Rhode Island II I TUB CO JOHN II Building run wm III June III II In Ilia In thin Mult n I ho 11 weekly HMO tn tMM LI I Jl I ii 5 q nil Ht In 111 My lir Matters Inauguration Next Monday Mayor the new city will be Inaugurated Into office with Ilia ceremonies on Monday noon tho function held In the council chamber hoi heon repaired arid thoroughly renovated Tho room and bo Ively with ling and potted plants Thu inauguration thli year will be In Ihu of un HS Hi fro to no change in office of Mayor nor Hoard of und only a changes thu councilman Trio council will ble In HID council chamber and will bu called to at o'clock by City wlw will cull for Ihu Credentials of Ilio now and Ihu oath of A man will bo elected find no fur iia known I hero will bu lo tho of Mr U Congdon Ho will bo sworn In by thu city clerk will then cull for for the of city clerk lo which Mr Francis N will undoubtedly ho elected and will bu In by Ilia Mayor will then be sworn In for Ilio term by thu City Clerk will in turn the oath to tbo board of aldermen H Portor will invoke blunting mid Mayor will deliver bin Inaugural which is lo upon a number of million of greul lu Ihu city Tho board of aldermen will retire lo Ilii own for council will proceed wilb Iho of Iho neuron Whether the routine will bu tuken up or whether u will be taken until afternoon is u mailer for council lo decide There Is a considerable amount of business lo be transacted Cold Newport has experienced Ilia most severe of weather during Ilia that can bo recalled by Iho Inhabitant mid that breaks nil record kept by public or private in- I bo of Ihu cold coupled with tbo Inck of coal IK worked u great on everybody although there ban been of prolonged Onu wiis due to the cold a man John Corbutt wan found u death In n barn off street He lived In thu und bail been minting from thu homo lit Ihu Friday night Thu body In a sitting on Sunday won Iho In many years In ferent parts of varied from 8 lo 12 degrees below zero of tho Mng that was little wind Hml the spell been by lliu ing wind that often prevails In Newport the must have been much more liy Monday morning Ibu had crawled up to where it won only about 4 below Tuesday ing to 2 above but bv Wednesday Ing the patient bail u and DID zero mark was Iho heal thai could bo reached in spile of promises of warmer from Hureau In consequence of the culd much damage haa been dunu ing of idl kindij and the bad much more than they could allend lo wilh their forces by the call 11 thu service and will be Hiked lo loan another ply lo keep the plant running until Its can be filled from In trie midst of the westhor In il li li read hat certain parts of tho are having Ihc- January wi muni It muy here some timo General Assembly Thu opening tbo January of Assembly wi by On count ol thu fact lhal U year nt the were no Inaugural no of IIH pr of the rienate and In where Governor presented annual to HID Legislature There a smaller than tho lacking bin been among thu new being of real Senator Troy presented the to the constitution for tho of the properly qualification but Senator drich gol in two other resolutions ahead of it one of which concerns property and tho being an to present members of General from other Slate Dills have been in both for a new lu act IIH guard and other in wilb the war A number of appointments have been by Governor and have mong r Reception to Governor awl ill were at a Governor mturn from Ibe Iht Town Ward bkf Governor given n of hi Iho present as lit lit anil VIM by Governor who t JiU Die that are for the tbe war by all the Probation Officer Annual Report Walter R Stale Probation Officer Providence It I During the In Newport County there woro sixty-four on probation in my as seventeen forty-seven The of as none men four for labor m all Barter waler pipes have in many places Jr white thorn have a few New tl Ur of bursting the pressure c medical demanded of them j aud Home are expected Newport has been very fortunate TJJ Tho matter of general in having had few as include Michael M Van in small for in that part of the Newport district Giber juveniles fourteen men Canes surrendered for sentence men seven Two boys who were placed on tion committed lu the net School lo Iw detained there for six months Two boys who were before Ihc nile Court were adjudged guilty and from information given to tho Court by the boys parents were sentenced lo the School during their minority Two men sent out of Iho any expense to the Stale Two hundred two dollars and A New linotype Machine The Mercury Publishing Company has placed nn order for a of the very latest model lo be delivered and up in the composing room some lime This action was forced because of the rapidly ing business ami the scarcity of skilled workers It h a project that baa been under for a time however and the subject has given careful study The new machine h lo he a Model L the very latest Linotype turned out by the Mergenthaler Company of which only a very few have as yet been placed on the market ft is standard chine in every respect with every at- ti make It strictly up to the minute in all of machine sition With this machine we expect to be able to handle a greatly increased volume of business without Increasing the working force The machine he set up in the new room on Mary street which was by the Mercury Publishing Com- pany about a year ago With windows on two sides and a skylight overhead the will have plenty of natural illumination Year's Day in Newport was ob- served by a very closing of places of business with the exception of coal dealers establishments being kept busily at work all day in der to relieve the actual suffering that was threatened by a lack of coal in the homes All the dry and provision stores and other miscellaneous were closed throughout the day and there was a very general air of Sunday quiet every where upon the streets was very little in the way of festivities even less than usual because of the war conditions that now exist A few organizations kept open house for their members and guests but even activities much curtailed has lodo with the proposed lion of the police department This subject will come upon the reading of the recommendations of tho board of which will be followed by the of an ordinance which baa been drawn by that board after long aludy Undoubtedly attempts will be made on the floor to amend this and the waller may take considerable lime lo decide The clergymen of Ibe cily have taken up the anil have to each member of the council a request for information us lo his stand on tho question Some of tho have replied and some have not lar feeling runs very high throughout the city on one side or the and some have been which may be heard from on the floor of the council chamber There are also on the docket many proposed amendments lo various city ordinances which if adopted will effect a raise in salary for a number of cers Heretofore the council has granted the increases asked hut what it will do this lime cannot bo foretold The long list of routine ters to start the municipal year Is also on the docket After the miscellaneous business Is disposed possibly before if there should bo long I council will adjourn until evening to tend to the business of electing city cers It is expected lhal will be fewer contests for more offices Ihls year lhan usual and business of evening be com- in record time The first will probably cotne over the of street commissioner for which former Commissioner William Hamilton is a candidate against Mr John F Sullivan the present incumbent Newport msy be the est place in country as sonie of the officers of have us but it is not the only men in uniform can buy liquor whether from gers or others On tho duo here at 5.00 o clook there twi of soldiers ami who were so much under tho influence of liquor thai they annoyed other on tho train If they soon on horv port probably all ho for selling tho liquor to hem The oil of Iho lU'S oat of Newport in the wilt in- convenience tho of ho lature thu of who lAo h'S to tho lion if tho on limo it will set tJie bera in time lor thj bu thj it tuni ti i Uto tho 11.10 mi thj House hud Train Service Much Reduced Owing to war and to reduce freight congestion many passenger trains on Haven system are to i be taken off Newport will be- j affected thereby Tho a result of the cold weather There been a few bux alarms and alarms but in each case caune of to the laic a lam Clarence Peckham aa member of the State Hoard of Miss nnd and little damage has resulted otu MiM Harriet E Ibis was very for the firemen of t of font would have been a great hardship of to to have been compelled lo fight a women arc Dr i Greene of as member of fire in severe cold Traffic of all kinds has been greatly impeded because of the cold The nel between Jamestown and has been frozen so that ferry boal could not make its trips on that aide Trains have been very late because of the difficulty of making steam in the low temperatures and with probably a poor quality of coal The trolley cars have been run close to schedule bul even with the heat turned on the temperatures inside have been very un- Some splendid ice has been secured by the smaller dealers and ice cream manufacturers but the water in the pond is so low lhal the Newport Ice Company has not attempted to harvest a crop In addition to the low water there is a great labor for the harvesting At Jamestown the ice men are busy and are putting in a great crop bul il is mighty cold woik liy Thursday morning the ture had risen a little but only n little Indicating about 10 board of in dentistry George R Lawton of Tiverton as ber of the Slale returning board Harry I Richmond of Little Cornpton as member of ihu commission The Providence Journal Almanac The Providence Journal Almanac for is as usual a very handy volume lo have al hand for reference throughout the year The Almanac for the present year is in many respects a great im- provement over some previous in thai it appears to be an home product and therefore of especial value to Rhode It has been compiled with the intention of ing information interest the home people and in this has been en- tirely successful Much compiled by the Providence Journal staff ing activities of the German in Ibis country furnishes a valuable anil interesting section of the During the year nine hundred and ninety-seven dollars have been collected from probationers for the benefit of their families During the year a number of juvenile cases have been investigated and out petition nml summons being issued have been adjusted satisfactorily Of the old cases eighty-two are still juveniles men juveniles twenty men women one Surrendered for sento niles four men seven On January 1 1918 there were fifty juveniles and eighty-two men on tion in my custody total one dred and thirty-two Respectfully Assistant Probation Officer grees above zero at 7.00 o'clock A i book regarding election light snow had fallen during the night I turns in Island athletic and continued of the are out the day accompanied by a ranged for these in study ing wind that shifted to all points of subjects Then is n great the compass Although the information in a very romped form lure was higher than it had been for several the air was more than when tho mercury was zero and it was more difficult to Some heat the houses Friday morning there J another drop to only three above i The name of Joseph P Cotlon contained lisa covers the In nal Almanac for His now very difficult for vessels of any kind to ice on upper bay and even in the lower bav some channels arc closed entirely The steamer General has been obliged to her schedule because of the ice in harbor and the ferryboat Sagamore on the Bristol Ferry line has also been compelled to suspend The m 7.15 p m trains for Boston j latter vessel ran on are taken off and the trains leaving Wednesday but the trip was a difficult Boston at 10.40 a m p m are j one and when it was seen that there i also discontinued off tbe trains connecting for Newport al a m j and 9.30 p in i A number of the through trains be- from Fall River the i tween New York and j likely to be closed at any time Coal i tracts is no longer Shipping Newport boy is being used quite ex- at the hearing in Washington on the shipping scandal cases Admiral testified that government paid a fee to one brokerage firm and lhat Joseph P Cotton as at- torney for Ihc Emergency Fleet ration negotiated the contract for leen ships for Ihc Sloan Corporation under which the government has to spend some eight millions of dollars It was testified that Cotlon was ai at the Herald office again and Excelsior Lodge I 0 0 F The officers for were installed Tuesday night by District Deputy Grand Master James J Ritchie The officers Noble Grand Edward L Potter Vice Henry C Bennett Recording Perry IJ ley J Chase P G Financial Allen C fith P Appointed John John T U.S K McAlpine to F Nelson U.S to V.G Charles S Crandall P G lo S An lone Christ ison Lester Inside Guard Frod Goodwin Chaplain Arthur K Mineola Council P Selma McGrail Pocahontas Wilson Alice Pinkham Frank of Ellen Keeper of Wampum Anna of Wampum Joss Frank Pinkham Mercury Almanac is Out The Newport Mercury almanac has Thia change takes j was danger of her becoming frozen in sel for the Engineering Com- I welcome It has been grow ing Providence ana the ice the trips were suspended minion which negotiated the purchase j New have of the Alaskan Northern Railroad for and now almost indispensable as much difficulty in getting to and j Admiral Howies stated that an almanac everywhere where one is la I Joseph P Cotton who made these to Its anniversary us one year and fifty year anniversary notes Its high and low waler statements tin v at in It till Ti will it itH fu for w last to the hru for lly a vote of the OJ A of in the Newport he Mo will be hy Mri flic Team will ulau be invited third ami fourth of ilx on January work three the and Marie hy her brother Mr V icek a party various The next meeting January will he devoted to the installation Mr and Mrs Edward A F jorey Miss of Fall were recently married at the Methodist hy Rev fleo W Manning have to ing of the W II cottages on Hilt Hr Corey who is at the Training Station is the elder son of Mr and Mrs Irving A Corey of The churches of St and Holy Cross their Christmas val jointly on Friday last at Holy Cross Guild following a short religious service at the Holy Cross church near by I Mr Arthur S Roberts a master at St School conducted a vice of morning prayer nt tho Memorial chapel on Sunday last and on next Sabbath Huv Emery II Porter D will be in charge The rector Rev I Harding who is ing the in North Carolina his former home expects to on January 13th his absence no have been day at he House The held a Social on Wednesday Mrs Harry E as the MHH Mrs Mary A Pierce who for many years had made her home with her daughter Mra Klisha A m Wapping Koad away early Friday morning last uf heart failure due to the ties of age aj she was in her She had been about the every day as although had neon gelling more She was widely known both In a woman rjf unusual i Mrs Pierce wan of the hie New a native of i Maine end was he fourth of the sevan of and Perkins Her catly life was spent in Maine After her in to Abraham P Pierce a physician she did mud anil philanthropic work as tho doctor awl his wife extensively were very public spirited and Many tions and people owed their in life to their encouragement and cial aid Dr and Mrs Pierce were the pioneers and believers in Christian and as such did much to others There were three children two of whom survive Eugene Davenport Pierce for many years the head keeper at the dan Marsh Co Boston and Lilla lips wife of Klisha There arc also two grand- children grandchild and one brother Aaron Perkins of Bangor Maine Funeral services on Sunday afternoon at tho home of Mr and Mrs Peckham Kev George W Manning The interment on Monday was at Woodlawn Cemetery Mass where Rev Edward K Wells conducted the committal service of course been greatly because of the cold spell and Ihc sity for driving fires continually In consequence Ihc hss been and a situation i including Boston I barges will not be likely to go up the but ii with the Food i St Louis Express that put on a I bay again the ice breaks up which lion Senator Nelson of Minnesota short time ago wju to nc difficulty up the j river The new automobile number plates The consumption of coal in for are now required on all motor i vehicles and there has been a brisk de- I for them Some owners have I discovered that if they lay chines up for the winter they will save money by not taking out the licenses until spring The of Frederick K for in the General to succeed Rufus K The election will take place sarcastically Maybe lhal arc especially useful lo Newport explains why coal and everything else i periods right in the is so high U would seem that Cotton usual the almanac is decorated with has been a live wire in many big i some very attractive Newport pictures contracts J in il may be said hat i the almanac typographically is an ex- Sergeants Charles L Sherman the fine arl of iam Norman Sayer and again The j of this city thc trator Dr Beck is trying to have the I al Camp churches arrange for union services in i Officers over a year for last week The Almanac for 1917 in its nj to conserve coal nnd here is con- talk of closing the theatres for x like purpose The coal supply of tho illuminating low and it is probable that tho at Carnp Petersburg Va Many changes have been made re- cently among secretaries assigned to duty at various army arc navy stations in this vicinity -T Friday waa corr I with what has n I if ua would not care to ter any nearer lhan it has been for past seven days Constabulary Called for Action The Newport Constabulary was dered to assemble at the Court House on Friday evening when action was planned to recruit a company for the new State militia which will probably be called upon to guard the restricted zone against alien enemies or suspicious characters It is planned to two companies of the new in Newport one of which will be formed from the Newport Artillery Company and the other from the Newport Constabulary if volunteers csn be obtained In the the Rhode Island National Guard which was long since called into the Federal service the Slate needs the services of these militia organizations as a home guard
