Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-16
WESTERLY

Walter E. SisSOn. who registerd in New London, was called into service from Providence, and formerly resid ed in Westerly, was honorably dis charged from the army as Camp Up- ton; N. Y,. IS now ill the state work. house at Cranston. He was committed for six months by Cler1. Clarence E. Roche. in the Third District court, aft CT pleading guilty to being an idle port, he preferring that charge 10 otl4ers that migh have been made against him. He declared ,t's Lad no place he cai!cd his home and drifted between Yves; erly and Wakefield.
 While in tbe uniform of :4 solder, which he has the right fo wear, but not disgrace he solicited funds to aii maimed soldiers in France, realized about $11 and appropriaFeG it to his own use. This is not h;., first of fence in that respect, but on other occasions he escaped ares About two years ago he solicited money for railroad man who had been seriously injured. so he said, and in that in stance he wa: the sole beneficiary. At the time a fund was being raised for the benefit of the Fifth Company, Westerly, Sisson appointed himself 8 solicitor, collected $14 which he ap- piled to his own wants. instead of placing it into the fund of the. Fifth Company. These matters were con- sidered by Clerk Roche iC determining g the case brought against him in court.
 Though Sisson was sentenced as an idle person without visible means of support. pleading eunity 10 the charge he has not been out of the mill itary service two weeks and had about | sl0 in his wallet. He surely is guilty of obtaining money under false pre- 1 tences, acknowledging the fact, gave 1 as a reason, Whats a fellow going to | do when he. is without home, money and out e.nplyment?? Sisson said | he did ask former er,r lover for a 1 job but there was none open for him. | and then he authorized himself to raise money for himself under false 1 pretence He had no home, was out | of work, and if he was to be sent down the line. he preferred to be recorded as an idle person without visible means of support.
 The eight hour day was assaiIed ir
 a resolution adopted ct the annua convention of the Rhode Island State
 grange, which stated that 1t would de
 stroy the prosperity an1 competitive l
 cost of living higher, that it wa!
 merely a device to increase wages : promote loafing during regular hours
 to increase overtime. and that no farm
 CT could make the barect living work , ing OH such basis.
 Another resolution declared tha during the coming session of the gen
 eral assembly the liquor interest
 will make t determined effort t , smother the federal prohibition amend nent in committee. and requests Gov ! ernor Beecklnan to use all his iuflu
 enCe to procure the appointment o
 committees t!Iat will promptly repor
 back the am endment for action.
 Next sunmer's annual outing wi be held ats the Rhode Island Stat college in Kingston, during the. secon
 week of August,
 4 committee of five school super
 'ntendents were appointed as fol / lows. at the conference with schoe , Commissioner Walter F. Ranger | consider all proposed new measure , for the publi'c school system: Repre-
 senting Washington county. William A. Brady; Providence county. Isaac ( Winslow; Newport county. William S Miner Kent county; Leroy q. Staple! Bristol county. The tendency towar
 the introduction to roatters foreign t < school interests was discussed. Dur
 ing the first six months of the wa . | twenty five projects some of them ed
 ucational, sorae not, were in introduc
 ed in tn schools of Rhode Island. r There was discussion of the advisa
 bility of instruction in protectio f against fire which would tend to re l duce the enormous loss which place
 the United States at the hcad of tn . lis+ when world fire records are com
 piled
 1 It was voted to recommend a chang | in the existing law, which will allo7
 ten minutes Cf the time TOW devote : 10 physical training to be used i q teaching health. Addresses on chil
 health were made by Dr. De Nilbis $ of Kansas, and bv Dr, Thomas }, Wood Of New York.
 Daniel Leavens, arrested in Ne, |, London recently, was ara igned SatuI i;iI day before Judge Blodgett in the st " perior court on two indictment charging him with assaulting Deput Il Sheriffs G. Ita!ph Tilling1ast and Na
 than Coivin March 21, 191G, with 1T . tent to kill. This was lle time whe e seventeen prisoners, including ''Skee :, Allen" of Westerly, escaped fro e u pIlSOH van Wnlle on the way ITO the Providence county court house
 the Cranston jail. Leavers pleade
 not guilty and the cases were set dow r for trial January 13.
 Leavens entered plea of nolo
 each of other two indictments, or
 charging him with esca ping from a e officer. and the other tha old chars t. pending agalnst him of breaking ar g entering a garage at night and larcer
 cy.
 . Walter A. Read, 76, died sud- nly
 apoplexy Saturday afternoon in u N public library at Chepachet He ";
 a Civil war veteran and fer the pa \ 20 years general treasurer Of the sta
 of Rhode Island, former .,tate con
 mauder Grand Army of the Republi
 known particularly well in Wester1
 He was in his usual health when l