Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-17
WESTERLY

l eration of. LaOor at the closing session
 of the .secenteenth annual convention
 in Stillman hall. Westerly, Sunday | evening. A resolution was adopted
 protesting against the governments | action in prohibiting the manufacture ! of beer and light wine as a wartime
 measure on the grounds that a great
 many workers would be thrown out of employment Another resolution
 urged that if beer and light wine were to be suppressed. that drinks of the | near beer variety be included. in or der to conserve the food products A resolution favorable to state ownership
 of trolley lines was favored, as was also the election of labor men to asked Secretary of Labor Wilson to
 request the federal labor board to ad- 1 inst the differences between the tex I tile workers and their employers.
 Officers for the ensuing year were H elected as follows: Albert E. Honler
 of Providence. president; Roderick A.
 McGarry of Providence, first vice pres ident; Harry Ratough of Pawtucket,
 second vice president; Edward J. Mir
 Quirk of Providence third vice presi-
 dent; Frank E. Fairbanks of Woon-
 socket fourth vice president; Chris topher M. Dunn, fifth vice presiden
 Peter J. Skefnngton of Providence
 sixth vice president William J. Guest
 of Providence, seventh vice president; George E. Spooner of Newport, eighth
 vice president; Edward Sawyer of
 Westerly, ninth vice president; Frank
 Gaffney of Pawtuxet Valleq tenth
 vice president; Lawrence A Grace of
 East Providence. secretary
 Joseph Gray. Pawtucket, organizer; William J.. Guest, Roderiek nA. Mo CH14 o,A TOhy IT .-yr, committee.
 It was voted to hold convention
 in Providence in March.
 John H.. Carley, 5s, a recently re-
 tired fireman of Providence, who died
 Friday at his home in Olneyville. was
 born Tn Westerly, and before joining
 the Providence fire department was
 clerk in the store of Otis Chapman
 and at the Poster house. He was a
 member of Westerly fire department
 and made it a point to always partici-
 pate in. the inspection and parade of
 the local department, always accom-
 panied by some friend of the Provi-
 dence department. He was a member
 of Company B. Westerly Rifles, and
 although in Providence for many years he continued to be generally known in
 his old home town. He was a brother Of Lieut.. David Carley, formerly of Norwich, and who was in charge of
 the carpenter work in the construction
 of the Westerly town. hall.
 MT. Carley had. been a member. of the Providence fire department for more than tWenty-one years. He was
 taken ill a year ago last June and returned from the Rhode Island hos pital to his home the day before his
 death. He leaves widow and daugh- ter.
 He was appointed a substitute in the Providence fire department June 25, 1897. and, Jan. p 1898. was as
 signed to Hose 20. at Mantor, as hose man. He remained there until April ). 1899 when he was sent to Hook and Ladder company No. 6, Atwell S avenue, as lad4derman.7 He was trans ferred to Hook and Ladder company No. g. Laurel Hill avenue on Oct. 15 1911, where he remained four years to the day, when he was assigned to Hook and Ladder No. 2, Harrison street. He was with that company when he became fn.f Mv. Carley was retired on pension Aug. 25 last : Sheriff John R. Wilcox did a fire bii
 of police service Sunday afternoon. IT :. the morning thief entered the resi- dence of Joseph M Hoxie at Quono- contaug, while the family were al GHuTCH. U DOT E1elr return they IOQnC the house had been broken into anC that the thief had taken $100 in cash a diamond brooch valued at s100. two , rings valued at $50 and s75, an ame-
 thyst brooch valued at $50 and two : watches of the value of s75.
 Sheriff Wilcox was notified and witt Deputy Sheriff Mitchell commenced work on the case. Near Coombs ! homestead in PerrvviHe the sheriff :. saw man come out of the woods The sheriff stopped his automobile anG asked the stranger the road to West z erly. While questionins the man. the : sheriff seized and searched him re. . covering the stolen cash and iewelrv. : The man was arrested and taker . before Oscar F. Barber. justice of the peace at Carolina. He gave his name I as Joseph Alden and his age as B l but declined to give his address. H. |, pleaded not guilty, but was adjudget
 guilty. In default of 3 bond of s1 .oot : oappear in the Third district cour- ; at Westerly Sept. q. he was commit
 ted to Kingston jail.
 Alexander Smith. who resided ir ; Newton avenue, Westerly, and whe
 enlisted in the Canadian army De. | cember 14. 1917. was killed in actior l Aug. g. He came to Westerly in May I01d, dIlO ieSluSd dl lIi0 HOIQe OI IhGS : John Stenhouse when he enlisted witt I Alexander Fiddes. His home is ir
 Aberdeen. Scotland, where his parent.
 reside. He is the third member O.
 his family who have died of wound.
 received on the battlefield. Privats n Smith vas a member of Westerly : Granite Cutters Union. and a gold stal
 to his memory has been placed on tht = service flag. n The grand iurt of the superior eour y in session at Kingston. returned in
 dictments in these cases Monday: r Against Frank Sales, of Westerly. fol : assaulting Frank Ferndo with knife t April 24. Against Owen Hill ant
 George Brown, for theft of automo n bile at Naragansett Pier. When ar. V raigned Hill pleaded guilty and Rrowr
 not guilty. Joseph Cullihan. alleged Il to have connection with the crime t was not indicted.
 n Indictments were returned in sew. : eral cases against Everett Willis. fol e theft and breaking and entering. Hi. case will be considered on Thursday
 Welcome Frye was indicted for re. r moyal of bolts from the rails neal = Wickford station He pleaded guilty r and was sentenced to hard labor ir r the state workhouse for a period O l. five years.
 e Clarence Farrell. James Wright ant : Elmer Matteson were indicted fo,
 breaking and entering freight cal ! at Charleston and stealing sugar ana 3 | cigarettes. Judge Herbert W. Rath. !, bun was appointed as their counsel. :. Local Laconies.
 Several from Westerly attended thu = dedicatory exercises of the Billy Sun }. day tabernacle in Providence Sun. 6aT M C1o1I