Norwich bulletin., 1916-07-03


 The auxiliary power boat Rita, that was beached at Quonocontaug by Ar thur Belmont a couple of hours prior to his arrest in WestRTly by Police man Donald Ferguson was stolen from Louis Rioux of Somerset, Mass, and not Fall River. but notice of the theft was filed with the chief of police of Fall River, with whom Chief Brown communicated after the arrest and Identification of Belmont. Chief Dono- hue of Somerset came to Westerly Sat- urday and returned to Somerset with the prisoner.
 After bleaching the Rita, Belmont landed in a yawl and had with him a bicycle, a cane and a netted bag con taining a pair of field glasses and a compass. By the team work of Chief Brown and Deputy Sheriff William H. Casey of Pawcatuck, Belmont has been fully identified and all tine stolen property recovered. The netted bag with compass and field glass were re- covered by Sheriff Casey in the Metro politan hotel. Pawcatuck, where Bel mont had left them. These with the cushions in the Rita and the yawl were stolen from Jamestown.
 MT. RiouX, the owner of Rita, ar rived in Westerly Saturday, and after viewing the boat on the beach at Quonocontaug, accompanied by Sheriff Casey in the latter'S automobile re- turned to Westerly and engaged the tug Westerly to haul the Rita, into deep water. This was done Saturday night, and MT. Rioux and a friend started Sunday with the Ritter for Somerset. This little incident will cost MT. RiouX at least $100.
 The schooner Donna T. Briggs, once chiefly owned in Westerly, and for a time the most prominent vessel in the coasting trade by reason of her coat r,F Tr74 Sy,1, ners referred to as a hoodOo craft, is hard and fast on the rocks on the in side point on Ash Island. in MusseI Ridge channel at Rockland. Me. Her foreshOe is gone and her bow is wide open. Captain GIatchell and his crew cf four men are standing by the craft and they have hope that the Briggs will not be total loss. She was bound from Bangor to New York with a cargo of lumber that was to be re- shipped to Ireland.
 The cargo is valued at SS,000 and is being lightered The vessel was built at Mystic in 1901, ,s registers 204 gross tons, halls from Providence, and the principal owners are Allen Gurney and A. J. Miller of Providence, and some shares are owned in Westerly.
 Major Arthur N. Nash was at the state armory in Westerly Friday night and administered the federal oath to A of the 54 members of the Fifth com pany. Coast Artillery corps. Every member present subscribed to the oath and eight of the ten absentees were not in town, and the other two could not possibly get to the armory. It is quite probable that every member of the Fifth company will take the fed eraI oath.
 Only those men who have taken the oath will be considered members of the national guard by the war department and the amount of federal money ap- propriated for each state will be based on the number of men who have taken the oath.
 The wedding that was to have taken place at Pleasant View last week, and which was to have been the initial marriage at the beach, did not mate riaIize, but the ceremony was per formed in Westerly instead. John Thwaite of Kansas City and Miss Alice Creed of Taunton had planned to be married in the new Catholic chapel at the beach last Thursday but at that time the new edifice was not equipped for a nuptial mass. Rather than post pone the event. the bridal party went 10 Westerly and the ceremony was per