Norwich bulletin., 1920-04-23

Alexander Mitchell of Westerly, Pride of New England lodge. served as right supporter to deputy grand master at the thirty-sevensl annual convention of the grand lodge, AIndepedent Order of Odd Fellows Manchester Unity, held in Prov idence. Thomas R. Platt, of Westerly, served on the board of arbitrators, The financial report showed total funds of the order in the state s1l6.e60.28, a s13,234 was paid in sick benefits and s5,S50 in funeral benefits. Officers were elected as follows: Thomas Scholes of Central Falls, pro- vincial grand master; Herbert Merrott, Pawtucket, provincial deputy grand master; George Lord, Providenct,, pro- vincial corresponding secretary Isaac A. worth, provincial treasurer; Hector B. McFayden, Providence, immediate past provisional grand master; Walter Lowe, 1 Providence, district auditor, two years :: Horace E. Fletcher, Providence. book exaI.Aler, two years Alfred E. Wiving,
 Providence, board of management, three years Hector B. Mo5yadyen, Isaac A. 1 Kenworts<, Herbert s. Robert of Prov 1 idence, Thomas Scholes of Central Falls, representative to grand lodge convention l in New York John Sinnister of Provi- dence, was appointed district deputy to Pride of New England and> Lily of the
 Valley lodges
 l Wednesday was the sixtieth day. and the last day of the session of the Rhode | Island general assembly in which mem < bers can receive pay unless they have been absent Those members who have been perfect in attendance are anxious to finish the session, while many others who have been absent are willing te isit a few days more and collect the fui
 amount of cash. It was predicted
 Thursday that the assembly would ad' iourn sine die Friday night or early
 Saturday morning, dependent upon ths
 bill providing for reorganization of ths
 Rhode Island company.
 | The governor sent to the senate tn,
 nomination of George A. Dolan of West erly. as commissioner of inland fisheries for the term ending January B., 1921
 vice Dr. Edwin R. Lewis, of Westerl, resigned Tabled under the rules.
 An act, was passed which imposes penalty of s5,aeo fine, or five years i'm prisoninent for the larceny of moto
 vehicles.
 By an act passed in the senate tn WA erly Savings Fund and Loan asso
 citation is authorized to increase capita from $400,O00 to s500,000.
 [ l Providence Plantations to the name Q 1.-the Grand Royal Chapter of Free an
 Accepted Masons of the State of Rhod Island and allows holding of s50,000 i
 personal property.
 An act was passed which allow ! nurses registered in other states,
 practice in Rhode Island without pass ing examination.
 H A blanket bill was passed which al \ l thorizes the use of grmories owned ( controlled b ythe state by organization [ of honorably discharged soldiers, sailol 1 or marines who served in the war wit Germany.
 The Westerly branch of the Rhode I Child Welfare bureau, has receive copies of the first in a series of publ cations regarding things which Rhot Island is doing and ought to do to saf l guard the health of the children, whii l are issued under the title of Is Rhos Island a Thoughtful Father to It's Lit El Children. The present survey was cor l piled under tllee leadership of pr. Eli abeth M. Gardner, under authority of u
 state legislature.
 Fl Representative Samuel H. Davis, R Westerly made a vigorous attack upt 4 the Saugy Club license biIl which W H passed in the Rhode Island house X representatives Wednesday afternoc E MT Davis declared that of passed a \ theighteenth amendment was found co | stitutional, the act would be dire h defiance to the government of the Unit
 States and the constitution. Mess 3 Owen and Flynn took exception and ( clared the bill was not in defiance, | ol supplemental to the eighteenth amer q, meut.
 m MT. Davis moved indefinite postpol
 ment of the liquor club license bill. L a. by vote of 13 to AT.
 re In the superior ceurt at Kingsi +b Thursday was tried the s50,oO0 s
 brought by Owen F. Lee against Ever
 E. Jones, Oliver H. Jones and Shel T. John R. Wilcox, for false arrest and i io prisenment and malicious prosecuti n- Lee was arrested last December for fe legged forgery, but it was shown he V E innocent. He was in Kingston jail n, two days. The forged check in the c; 'st was issued by the Coast Finishing co of paf7y of New York, to Elmer Babco in but another person endorsed the ch, lis and recieved the cash from the Jone of of Wakefield. Sheriff Wilcox acted
 the complaint made Ay the Mess
 Jones.
 n- With this case pending, Judge Geo ng T. Brown ordered court adjourned on come in at Westerly Thursday morni 29 At the opening, the jurors were tai e. out and Attorney Grim moved for n an suit on the grounds that his clients I cy nothing to do with the false arrest