Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-27
WESTERLY

The Daniel E. Arnold watch and jeweIry store on the second floor of the Potter -Langworthy building, espe- cially stocked for the Christmas trade, was entered by a burglar during Mon- day night and watches, jewelry, foun- tain pens, etc, were taken to the value of about s700. There are no marks about the door to indicate that entrance was forced and it is believed the door was opened with the aid of a key. The entrance was probably ef- fected after the tenants of the other rooms on the floor had departed for with his work at ease and without fear of detection. Since the death of her husband, about two months ago, Mrs. Arnold has conducted the business, and the robbery was discovered Tues- day morning when she came to busi- ness from her home in Ashaway. s While no marks on the door indicate that it had been pried open, the find ing of a screw driver near by leads the police to surmise that the bolt of the lock was pushed back by this instrument and the door then opened.
 The bureau of military affairs re- ports that during the past fiscal year the sum of S10,980 was expended for the Rhode Island National guard, as follows: Compensation for care of material, animals and equipment, $1,- 129; pay of property and disbursing officers for the United States, $102; for issues of equipment, etc.. $339; eqGipment and incidental expenses $500; transportation of supplies, s102. The river and harhor bill carries these appropriations for Rhode Island: Providence river and harbor, Paw tucket river, Newport harbor, harbor of refuge at Point Judith and Block Island, entrance to Point Judith pond and Great Salt pond, Block Island, and | completing Pawtucket river improve ment, s61,44o; completing improve. 1nent Point Judith harbor of refuge, 1 $35,Oo0. Total, $96,440.
 There will be opposition of the town 1 of Westerly to the proposed plan of i the Narragansett Electric Lighting company to increase the rates in Westerly a sspecified in the schedule ]! filed with the public utilities commis sion. At a special meeting of the Westerly town council 1t was voted to request the commission to defer action until representatives Of the town o1 | Westerly are heard. 1t was also voted 1 by the council to, engage a lighting | expert to represent the town, in part
 at the hearing before the public utili- | tie; commission.
 Local Laeonics.
 Westerly merchants report Chris.
 mas business as fully up to the stan
 dard
 The Peoples mission, inc only puhi;,
 charity i' stitution in Westerly aT;
 Pawcatuck, provided Christina
 feast for number of poor families.
 As u e surf;nen of the coat Guart
 station at Narragarsert Pie: are q with influenza, that station has beel temporarily closed. The crew of tn Fishers Island station are similarl afflicted.
 Mrs Rowland G.. Hazard is at he winter residence in Santa Barbara Cal, going there recently from Texa, Mrs. Matilda II. McHugh, 57, c Providence, who died Sunday trer pneumonia, has been prominent ia tn
 Pythian Sisters for many years an was a grand senior in the grand tenn pie and has made official visits t
 Westerly Pythian Sisters
 According to some storekeepers wh
 have. missed articles from their coun ters, the opinion prevails that West
 erly is not without it's shoplifters: On
 detection was trade, but prosecutio ias been deferred.