Norwich bulletin., 1913-08-16

John R. Wilcox, sheriff of Washing ton county, is seeking for a demure young maid who suddenly disappeared from the home Of George N. Pearse Of Wakefield. where she had been em- pioyed for one week. and was engaged without presentation of the customary credentials. It is alleged that the girl who Is about 90. took with her $120 in cash a diamond ring, pearl cres- cent brooch. a bracelet and mesh bag, all of the value of $500. The money was in an envelope in a bureau drawer and the jewelry was in a box on the bureau in one of the bedrooms The girl left the house shortly after ' in the evening while the members of the household were sitting on the piazza. The theft was discovered several hours later.
 The missing maid was seen to board m trolley car for Providence and she had the stolen mesh bag in sight at that time. Sheriff Wilcox was at Watch Hill when the robbery was re- ported to him. He telephOned Thomas k Brown. chic of police of Westerly, to board the westbound trains and that she might have taken a train at Providence for New York As the chief found no girl answering the de- @cripHon on the trains. it is believed towards Boston. Sheriff Wilcox has enlisted the aid of the police inspectors of Providence. and the police of Boston and New York have been notified.
 Senator Louis w. Arnold of Westerly and Representative Emile E. LussieF of WooDsccseet, chairmen of the senate and house finance committees, met on Thursday and decided to call a meet img of the committee at the state capI- t@f next Tuesday afternoon for the purpose of selecting the personnel of the Rhode Island party to participate in the centennial celebration of Com modore Perry's victory on Lake Erie at Put-in-Bay next month.
 The committees will also decide upon the military organization that will make the trip in representation Of the state. By vote of the legislature the military delegation will be made up of equal parts from the Rhode Island Na- donal guard. the naval reserves and The Newport artillery. Some of the committeeman declare that such bodies as are taken from the three organiza- riors should be made up of provisional companies and should not be taken from any one organization. The First Light infantry will attend the celebra- ton at no expense to the state.
 For disreyarding the orders of Joseph Boss. road inspector for the town of MzTrz9aBSett, the state board Of public roads. after prctracted hearing, has suspended the operating license of Philip Zachrison for a. period of 15 days Zachrison halls from Orange, N. T. and is chauffeur for Manton B. MetcaE. a summer resident of Watch HiIl IL was charged that the chauffeur ran his automobile on a piece of new road which was under construction by the town, after being warned by the inspector to keep off that section of the road, which was closed to public traf- nc The offense was committed July 22 on the stretch of ocean road at AaxraganSett Pier.
 zacs1rtson claimed that because of lack of space to turn around he was unable to carry out the inspectors or- der Withoul running on the new sur face of the road The board reminded rhe chauffeur that the reverse gear could have been used and that his act was done with delfberation and in open defiance of the inspector, hence the suspension. 2 quick response Friday morning to an alarm sent in from box 6S, corner of Tower and Oak streets, only to learn l that there was no fire in the vicinity | and that the alarm was sounded by | some miscnfeyous small boy who prob l ably did not realize the serious ofense 1 committed. The glass fn the box was | broken and the door open when Chief | Cottre1l made an examination The | alarm sounded only one of the four 1 rounds. which shows that the boy did | not pnu down the lever the full length 1 bat just enough to catch for the first | round 4 subsequent test by the chief showed that the fire alarm system was in good working order.
 Chief of Police Brown responded to the alarm, made many pertinent in- qusries in regard to the false alarm, f