Norwich bulletin., 1911-02-06
The Westerly
 Probate Court
ts LEGAL AT LAST-SU1STiTU
 ACT REcTIFIEs ERROR.
RAID UNDER DIFFICULTIES
Maxson Plant to Be Operated by Fora ner Employees of the Sherman Com pany-Flag Day Appointments.

Although business has been con ductsd regularly before judge of pro- bate in Westerly, through a careless error in law construction there has been doubt aS to the legality of the business transacted. and the wonder is that 1t was never discovered in his per- sistent contest before that court by James w. Stillman, who seemed to find some kink in the law at almost every session of the court until the estate in which he was interested was finally settled. Recently Senator Louis w. Arnold presented @ resolution vall- dating the acts of the Westerly pro- bate court which was referred to the committee of the judiciary, and report hzs been made to the senate which provides for the election of a judge of probate for the town of Westerly and validates the acts of the present and all former judges of the probate court.
 When the court and practice act was passed about six years ago it did away with the appointment of probate judges through an inadvertence. To remedy this. an act was passed pro- vIding for the judges, but through err TOT the town of Westerly was not in cluded in the list of town thus privi- legged. Therefore, since that time, the probate judge of Westerly has appar- ently been acting without legal war rant, and although during that period ITO contested will has reached the high CT courts, important action has been taken in many instances that might become subject for legal complications fin later years if the validating act was not passed.
 The new act makes this provision and also provides how Judges of pro- bate shall be elected for the town in the future. The original act was pre- sented in the senate Friday and rec omnlendation of the committee for in- definite postponenlent and the passage of the substitute. The latter repeals other acts inconsistent and makes the new act operative on and after it's pas- sage.
 John c. Cross, attorney and eonsta- bie of South Kingston, who made the sensational raid on the fashionable Narragansett club at Narragansett Pier at the height of last season, and when the club was filled with society people. made raid Friday night on riub, near Peacs9ale, which was not without its trials and tribulations. Early in the evening MT. Cross went 10 the residence of Judge Nathan B. Lewis and secured warrant to search the clubhouss premises for liquor and Illegal psraphernalia-
 Mir. Cross and his trio of assistants arrived at the clubhouse just before o'clock. They made quick descent and found fourteen men sitting about ta- bles and drinking. Beer bottles, some tralf drained. were on the tables, and there was nothing to indicate that an advance tip had been given of the coming of the rafing party. The raid- CTS seized half a barrel of whiskey, several crates of bottled beer and other liquors, nickel-in- the-slot machine and several packs of playing cards.
 The seized goods were placed in one of the two automobiles In which the raiders made the trip, and John Me Ardle, accused of maintaining liquor nuisance. was arrested. The party pro- ceeded to the home of Frank q. Perry in Wakefield, who Is empowered to ar raiGn and fix bail He was willing to srrsfgn the prisoner but insisted that it be done fin his (Perry's) home. Me- Ardle named James c. Davis as his bondsman, but Davis absolutely de- cffned to go to the Perry house As these men important to the case could not be gotten together Constable Cross decided to place his prisoner in the Washington county jail. but he miscal- culated- Sheriff John +. Wilcox de- chned to receive McArdle without a nTfttirfus and would not assume the custody of the seized goods.
 Mir. Cross finally succeeded in find- ing a. place for the seized goods at the home of friend. and then went to Nara sanrett Pier with his prisoner. 1 Justice Edgar w. Watts was aroused from sound sleep and McArdle was arraigned and pleaded not guilty i Thomas L. Greene furnished a bond of $500 for the appearance of the accused before Judge Nathan F. Lewis in the Second district court Monday morning.
 Many years ago effort was made to to the veterans of the Civil war. There uras controversy as to Its location, and finally the project was abandoned and the Memorial and Library building substituted. and on a tablet of bronze in the hallway of the second story of the building Is this dedication in raised letters:
 Erected to Commemorate the Noble Deeds of the Volunteer Soldiers and Sailors of Westerly ard Vicinity in Maintaining the Union. 1S61-1S65."
 Now there is talk of a monument of native granite to the veterans of the Spanish American war, and it is ex- pected that preliminary action will soon be taken by the members of BrIckar camp It was hoped that move in this particular matter, but the proposed action of Brucker camp has been anticipated and the first monu- n1ent to be dedicated in this country to the veterans of the Spanish-American war Is projected for BroclSton, Mass.
 The inscription on the new monu- Hsent will read: Erected and Deaicat- d by Patriotic Citizens of Brockton in Honor of the Soldiers and Sailors of the United States Who Served in the War With Spain and Ensuing Insur- res-tipns. is9S-Is04."
 There is a movement for a press censorship at Wellesley college, of which Miss Helen F. Pendleton of Westerly is dean and acting president. and this town represented in the stu dent body. Tentative plans have been drawn for the restriction of undergrad nate reporting. There has been con siderable hafing among the faculty end members of the college governing board at the nature of some of the