Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-17
WESTERLY

VvAA1 &@ANA Nicolo Troficante, 12, son of James l Traficante of 75 John street, Rcxbury, Mass, rightly suspected of being a l runaway. was taken into custody by 1 Officer Thompson at Bradford, Sunday afternoon, and then to the police sta ton in Westerly. Nicolo says he was 1 sent to reform school month ago 1 for breaking into a store in Roxbury with several other boys. He was l sent from there, he says to a home in Wellesley Hill and a week ago was permitted to visit his mother and be back at the home by Monday noon. l boys, John Mccarthy. 12. Owen Zieg- Ter 10, and another boy a new conner 1 to Roxbury, whose name he did not know, boarded a freight train just to take a ride, according to Nicolo. When 1 the train reached Bradford, Nicolo got off, remembering that his leave of absence at the home expired Mon day at noon, and, as :le put it. fin tending to hop a freight train bound Boston way and get back in time, but ] before a train came along 1 was cop ped by a cop"
 The other three boys remained on the train and Nicolo said he guessed they went as far as the train did, which, he said was to a place called Midway. Nicolo denied the intima- tion that he had escaped from a re- form school, insisting that ,le was permitted to leave the home to visit his mother. He declared that the doc tor at the reform school sent him to the home to get his "brains fixed up as there was something the matter with his head" He told Police Ser geant Ferguson that two Of the other boys had been in the reform school bua were not sent there with him. and that he did not know whether the boys skipped or were OH: on proba- ton.
 Chief of Police Brown who is con- fined to his home by sickness, when made acquainted of the facts by Snr- eeant Ferguson. communicated with Joseph T. Murphy. state probation officer, who took charge of the boy and will arrange for his return to his parents or to the home on Vel lesley Hill.
 Rev. Clarence NJ. Gallup, Q. D., of Providence formerly of Norwich, who has preached in Baltist pulpits at Westerly, delivered an address Sun day afternoon before q very large au- dience in the Y. NJ. c. A. auditorium, Pawtucket. He said: America en- tered the war for a righteous cause as 1t did in all past wars. The supre- macy of the United States Is due to this righteousness. Victory was bought at the price of justice. Those drafted boys went. away with spirl; such as never existed before in the hearts of American soldiers It is not surprising that the Germans were as tonished at the fighting methods American lads who fought them to . standstill and won this great victory z Their initiative was not equaIled b, 0 the soldiers of any of the nations"s
 Dr. Gallup told of the conduct 0 # the Rhode Island and Connection a boys at the front, of their valian g fighting, especially at the Marne. |, Lieutenant chodzko and elevel ,s 1s other Polish soldiers. everyone of then N having been gassed or wounded fight ing ;s3eside the Americans at Chatea- Thierry, St. Mihiel and Metz, an r each decorated with tAe Croix d Guerre, were in Westerly, Monda T. noon, for five minutes, aboard tn train from New York. They wer i'd bound for Providence. Ijeutenan ,'' Chodzko, who was in command, ha l. lost leg and been wounded twenty
 two times. He is but twenty -fou ic years of age and has received tn l. highest decorations for valor, includ a ing the French Medale Militaire.
 The wounded veterans were give is a reception under the auspices of tl1 1- Providence Chamber of Commerce an 1- the Polish Citizens Committee of t1
 Polish Army in France, at Inc Cham Id Der of Commerce in the afternoon an l. in the Eiks' auditorium in the even
 ing.
 to Lieutenant Thomas E. Tillinqhas or one of the three American aviator T. who had thrilling escape from a Ger
 man prison. and which was given hi e. headlines in the newspapers q mont ne ago, has reentered the Rhode Islan
 State College at Kingston. It was at clear case of Out of Servica, Out l. Uniform,' with this modest, unas
 suming and truly brave young ma ne Lieutenant John 'L4achlan Dareller.
 Edgewood, who enlisted November i he is also back at the college He "; he returned from France on account ut physical disability received ill SCI
 vice.
 Tn Francis E. Kelley, 80, for fiji
 years resident of Woonsocket, WI
 represented that city in the gener
 assembly for a term. died Sunday, n Derby, Conn.,, where he went tv 0 years ago. at the home of his nephe, r. Frank E. Burchfeld. MT. KellewSws CT born in Wllitefeld, Maine and at 6 m early age moved 10 ProP1Cence WI1e m he learned the printing trade, anti W. h. known to the printers of Westerly ar Tn all sections of the state.
 He was the oldest surviving chart |. member of Providence Typographic = Union, No. 3S, which was formed
 1857. He went to San Francisco
 1861, returned few years later ar
 resided in Woonsocket. He was Il
 founder of the Woonsocset Typ,
 graphical union. No. 245, organized
 1883. Besides his nephew, Mir. Burcl
 field he is survived by two niece
 Miss Emma Burchf1eld, of Derby, ar
 Miss Gertrude L, Kelley of >Wool
 socket.
 Mrs. Ellen Ryan Jolly, Of Pawtucl
 ct, past national president of the W,
 mans Auxiliary, Ancient Order H
 bernians, who was head of the sta
 organization when annual convent,
 was held in Westerly, is in Washil
 ton. She is attending hearings on re
 olutions before the house commit
 on foreign affairs urging the Amer
 can delegates to the peace conferen
 to use their influence to secure f
 Ireland the right of self governmer
 That perilous trip in small craft
 and from Block Island by Wester
 people, will not be necessary herea
 ter. The town of New Shoretam h
 chartered steamer Juliette, an1 Ca
 tain Tal Dodge will be in command.