New Britain Herald Newspaper, September 17, 1923, Page 11

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L APPPRECIATES |KELLY WINS CHAMPIONSHIP OF mmm’mmm Ing Thanks (o All Who Helped Maurice Pease, chairman ‘of the general committee for the Legion convention, today lssued a statement thanking these whe ed In maks ing the event a success The chalr- man's statement follow “On behalf of the American Leogion and its convention committees 1 de. sire to express our thanks to all the people of New Rritain for their gen- €rous and loyal support and for their whole-hearted welecome to our vi tors, Ruch support has been an | spiration to our committee and has oocasioned expressions of pleasure and surprise from our visiting dele- Eates, “Especially do we thank the citizens for the funds voted by the common couneil, which permitted us to lay exte nd elahorate plana with feellng of confidence, We also wish to thank particularly the citizens re- coption committee; the Rotary and Lions clubs, the ladies auxiliary of the Ameériean Legion, and all the ladies of the city who arranged the luncheon for the servicemen and the guests; the girls of Alsace who made our Trench village so delightful and color- ful, the marchants and manufacturers of New Rritain for so generously décorating their places of business, for their support of the program and for the souvenirs and prizes donated, “It is regrotted that it is not prac- tical to mention, the hundreds of others who have contributed their as- sistance in order that this convention might fittingly represent the spirit of New Britain. Co-operation was the spirit on every side, “The strength of the American Legion in any locality is dependent upon the position which it eccupies in the minds and hearts of the commun- ity, and in consequence we valye-the good will and confidence displayed for this reason more than for the rcason <that it permitted a most successful convention. “MAURICE H. PEASE, “Chairman, General Committee.” American Legion members top whom credit should be given for the suc- cess of the convention parade, organ- 1zed as follows: Marshal—M. H. Pease. Aides to Marshal—R. W. Cham- berlain (Army), Johnstone Vance (Navy), J. C. Andrews (Reviewing 8tand). Chief of Staff—C. 1. Sheldon. Assistant Chief of Staff—Cedric Powers.(Organization and Operation). Aides—W. J. Kelly, J. Pelletier, Geo. Rawlings, R. Nelson. Assistant Chief of Staff—J. F. Con- nors (Control and Information). Aides—G. C. Weld, C. Benson, C. Meassinger, L, Parker. Assistant Chief #f Staft-—G. H. Dal- ton (Medical and Sanitary. Assistant Chief of Staff-—H. Bruemmer (Transportation). Assistant Chief of Stafft—Frank Mc- 1 J. Donough (with commanding officer of‘: 9 Eseort Division). | Assistaont Chief of Staff—Sherrod Skinner (with commanding officer of Naval Detachment, from Submarine Rase, New London). Escort Division Aides—Geo. Hilde- brandt (Cavalry), Douglas Johnston (Putnam Phalanx), Dwight Skinner (Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts). Commanding Officer, Veteran Di- visien—Alfred H. Griswold. Veteran Division Aides<—Roger Whitman, Fred Fnsworth, H. G, Schaufflier, E. Allen (British Great War Veterans). Alde at Reviewing Stand J. Coon. Other members of the parade com- mittee were: R. J. Rertini, John W. :r-non, A. H, Scott and R, E. Wal- er. FACES MURDER CHARGE Atlantic City Woman Arrested— Crime, Year Ago, Was at First Called Suicide, Atlantic City, Sept. 17.—Mrs. May Macneill of this city was under arrest today charged with the murder of Mrs. Hannah Seeley of Egg Harbor a year ago. It was believed at the time of the death that Mrs. Seeley had committed suicide. Mrs, Seeley's body with the throat out was discovered on the front porch of her home by neighbors who had been called by Mrs. MaeNelll, who had asked medical aid for injuries to her head she alleged had been inflict- ed by Mrs, Seeley. State troopers and detectives under former Prosecutor F. A. Gaskill after an investigation pronounced it a case of suicide. Prosecutor Louis Repetto, successor to Mr. Gaskill was not satisfied with L the verdict and caused a new investi- "gation to be instituted. It is alleged a«quarrel over prop- erty belonging to Mrs. Seeley, who had | adopted the MacNelll woman, brought the attack. Two butcher knives blood stained, were found heside.the body. ——— PALACE—Starting Sunday || JACKIE COOGAN in “CIRCUS DAYS” Greatest He Ever Made! i —Clarence | SPECIAL PRICES ON TEETH - $20 Sets at ....... $12.50 335 Sets at ....... $22.00 New Britain Man Victor in Battle of Links—Harry E, Myers in' “Hole-in-One” Club, James A, Kelly of this eity won | the ehampionship of the Bequin Golf ciub at Maple Hill for the second con- accutive time last Saturday, defeating Frank Noss after a struggle through 48 holes, He made the 36 with a card of 152, only 6 strokea over par, In the first round, Kelly turned in a card of T4, only one over par, In the second round, Kelly was 2 down going into the 16th holes He won the 18th with a birdie 8 and ted the score. Noss won the 17th which madé him 1 up going into the 18th (36th), Kelly won the 36th, evening up the mateh, The 37th hole was halved in &, On the 35th hole (par 4) Kelly drove 260 yards to the green and Roas sliced the rou, On his ap- proach, Ross went over the cup by about L0 feet, Kelly laid his ap- proach dead to the pin and won the hole with a birdle 3, giving him the match, Kelly's card follows: T'irst Round: Out—>5 4 36 43 24 4—34 In—53563 5 b—40—T4 Second Roun Out—>5 4 4 In —5 4 4 Txtra: 6 3 Grand total—160, Kelly is a pupil of Jim Norton, for- merly of the SHuttle Meadow club and now at Hot Springs, Arkansas, He.took up golf seriously only about four years ago and has developed in- to one of the steadiest players in this section. His victory over Ross was all the more impreasive because Ross has been selected as ope of the state team to play a team chosen to repre- sent Massachusetts. In the recent state tournament, Ross carried Hen- ry Topping, state champlon, to the 18th hole. Harry E. Myers, Another New Brit- ain man, made a “hole in 1” on the Sequin course yesterday. The feat was accomplished on the Tth hole, a distance of 162 yards, with a mashie. EIGHTH REGIMENT ELECTS Col. C. L. Upham of Meriden Is Chos- en to Head Veterans' Association at -Today’s Session, Meriden, Sept.. 17.—Officers elected by the Eighth regiment Conn. veteran association, at its annual reunion here today were: President, Col. C. L. Up- ham, Meriden; vice-president, Andrew Gordon, Hazardville; sec.-treasurer, T. E. Hawley, Hartford; chaplain Charles M. Parsons, New Haven, and color hearer, Thomas Smart, Hartford, Conn, : 64 d 66344338 46535 6—40—T78 A. 0. H. TO PLAY “45.% Rev. W. A. Harty Branch, A. O. H., will begin its fall actlvities tomor- row evening when a “45" card_ tour- nament will be held following the regular meeting at Judd's hall. A serfes of card tournaments was held last fall and winter and was well at- tended. 3 START BROAD STREET JOB. Preliminary work on the paving of Broad strect was undertaken this morning when employes of the Bat- taglia & Leardi Co. began the work of staking the highway. One side of the street will be left open for travel dur- ing the period of operations. TERRIBLE TALES OF SUFFERING RELATED (Continue& Trom First Page) comodations might rest in comfort. Some of the passengers who board- ed the ship with scarcely enough money to purchase cigarettes, awak- ened this moriiing-to find that they had been well provided for, Within a few hours after the Jefferson's ar- rival telegraph compailes had de- livered money transfers aggregating in the neighborhood of $60,000. Mes- sages to the refugees poured in by the scores, T Cannot Tell Story A Fifteen days after the greatest dis- aster in recent history the men and women who lived and suffered it, and watched the great cities of Japan razed by earthquake, typhoon and fire were unable to give any com- prehensive picture of the destruction. It was too sudden, too violent, too terrible. Their pictures were the per- sonal ones—a husband dying in the wreckage of a home, a child lost somewhere in the blazing mass of Yokohama, the crumpling of great | buildings into heaps of twisted mater- | fal. It was horror but the survivors of it had nog cross sections. They knew that tiousands had died but not how many thousands; that there was heroism and self sacrifice and murder and robbery, but they knew nothing of the whole, only the part, SIKI SIG 5 FOR BOUT, Philadelphia, Sept. 17.—Battling | 8iki, the Sencgalese boxer, was today! | signed to meet George Godfrey, the negro. fighter of Mobile, Ala.. in Philadelphia, October 8, in an cight- round no-decision bout, according to an announcement made by Jack Han- lon, of this city. MITCHELL 15 DED National League Pre<ident Bars Bos- ton Braves' Manager, Chicago, Sept. 17.—Manager Fred Mitchell of the Boston Praves today was indefinitely suspended by Presi- dent Heydler for continued violation of playing rules. Mr. Heydler in snnouncing the suse pension of the Roston manager said that Mitchell had been ordered ant DR. G. T. HANNA 308 Main St Open l:\mx | of the game a numbér of times be- cause of his persistence with umpires. . in arg'ling‘ | - JAMES A, KELLY MRS, FITZGERALD INJURED Mrs. Michael 1Mitzgerald of East Main street suffered a painful accident Saturday afternoon when she fell on the sidewalk in front of the New Yiritaln Elks club on Washington street, striking her cheek bone on the pavement. Mrs, Fitzgerald, who was a member of St. Mary's corps of women who were preparing food for participants in the American Legion parade was walking along with sev- eral other women, when her foot came in contact with a raised flag in | the sidewalk. She tripped and fell striking heavily on her face. Her left @yve is badly discolored and her face is badly swollen. PERSONALS. Mrs, Mary Kane of Oak street spent vesterday visiting relatives in New Haven, | Mrs, M. T, Crean of Summer street, state treasurer of the Ladies' Auxil- iary, A, O. H., attended a state hoard meeting of that order in New Haven yesterday. Mrs. Crean assumes her néw duties in the state office today. CITY ITEMS. Mrs, Walter Kosswig has been dis- charged from the New Britain gen- eral hospital after# successful oper- ation, Michael M. Charpak has filed with the city clerk a notice of intent to sell his store at 4 Lasalle court within 14 days, to George Charpak. The place is conducted as a grocery store. The fire department was called out by a still alarfp at 10:57 o'clock this morning to extinguish a blaze in a building owned by J. W. Hagearty at 553 Main strect; opposite St. Mary's church. The damage was slight. Inspector Thomas H. Crowley of the health department, has returned from a ten days' automoblle trip through Vermont, Patrick Coffey, a well known resi- dent of this city, is ill at the Memo- rial hospital, Albany, N. Y., following an operation. Ior many years he was employed by Landers, Frary & Clark as a mason. The Ladies’ Aid society has post- poned its outing .tomorrow afternoon on account of the death of Charles Mueller. A whist will be held in the evening in Teutonia Mannerchor. The board® of public charities today called for new bids for the construc- tion of a new building at-the town farm. Bids submitted recently were rejected because the cost was in ex- cess of the appropriation. A son was born at the New Britain General hospital”this morning to Mr. and Mrs, Clarence Andrews of (1308 Stanley street. HYLAN IMPROVES | Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Sept. 17.— | Mayor Hylan of New York, who is Il with pheumonia, continued to {im- prove today. City Advertisements NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Contractors are invited to submit a proposal for an Addition and Altera- tion to the Almshouse for Women for the Board of Public Charities for the City of New Britain, Conn, = Drawings and specifications and cther information may be procured from the office of Henry F. Ludorf, Architect, the Mutual Building, New Britain, Comn,, on and after Septem- ber 17, 1923. Drawings and specifica- tions must be returned not later than September 26, 1923, | Plumbing, heating and ventilating, electrieal wiring and painting will be let under separate respective con | tracts.” Contractors desirons of figur- | ing the respective work shall be gov- | erned by the wording of this notice as well as general contractors in every respect. \ To be entitled to consideration the | proposal must be made upon a form | provided by the architeet which must | be fully compieted, and in accordance | with the “Notice to Contractors” as set forth in the specifications, | The requirements in the general coptractor's proposal are the $2,000 | certified check or surety bid bond and {the furnishing of a $10,000 sarety | bond by the successful contractor. | Proposal must be addressed and de- livered to the Board of Public Chari- ties of the City of New Britain, City | Hall, New Britain, Conn., not later than September 26th, 1923, at 3 p. m. | standard time. | The board rescrves the right to re- | jeet any or all bids. [ THE BOARD OF TIES OF THE BRITAIN, Williar: F. | 1 | | r v | | IR | PUBLIC CHARI- CITY OF NEW . | full extent of the injuries, | Fourteenth sistant treasurer, Harry L. of the First Congregational church. Treasurer L, A, total to date to $3,042.81. Sarah C. Hungerford $50, H. S. Walt- Appears in Court, Held in police court this morning already to be tried for breach of the peace but were surprised when and their cases had not been heard. One of the duo spoke to Prosccutor Joseph G. Woods with the result that he was rearrested, the charge against him week, and the other man was placed under arrest. are Salvatore Dellos of street and Henry Medrick, who only recently returned to New Britain after having fled following which he and Dellos were the two principals on August 11. arrested at that time and his case con- week because to be found. ‘tolled by the prosecutor, court this morning. eity will be canvassed and new per- sonal tax lists made up. | of all between the ages of 21 and 60 will emptions allowed in other years, the| | regular members of the police foirce will not pe required to pay after this| year, | was arrested shortly after 9 o'clock | this morning by .Policeman | O'Mara on a charge of reckless driv- | street near Trinity street automobile owned by street, Southington, which was parked Mangan, Chairman. |on the side of theStreet. ASKS 82,000 BAL ' Mrs. Nicholas Nesta May Be Sul- lering From Fractured Skull 4 Mrs, Nicholas Nesta of 105 Cherry street, through Attorney Alfred Le. Witt, today brought suit for 000 against Bavano Rieh of 76 Cherry street claiming damages as tife resuit of being Injuged when struck on the head with a huge club by Rieh on Friday night of last week, Papers were served today by Constable George A, Btark and the writ Is re- turnable in the court of commen pleas at Hartford on the first Tues. day in October, Mrs, Nesta is confined to her home because of the force of the hlow and fear has been expressed by her at. tending physiclan that she may be suffering with a fractured skuil, An Xeray s to be taken to determine the Rich was arraigned In police . court Saturday morning after being arrested by Po. liceman John C. Stadler following the fracas in which he struck Mrs. Nes Judge B, W. Alling suspended judg- ment in his case, ’ At that time Rich claimed that the woman had two barrels which be- longed to him and nithough she re. turned one to him she refused to re. tarn the other and is alleged to have sald "I you want it come over and get it as a result of which Rich went to her home and the trouble started, According to Mrs, Nesta she protected her head with her hands when he first struck at her with a club he pleked up but the second blow was unavoidable CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS "HERE FOR 59TH REUNION Holds Fourteen Regiment Annual Mecting at First: Congregational Church Chapel. At the 50th annual reunion of the regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, here today, the following officers were elected: President, Nel- son L. Stowe, Milford; vice president, Captain Russell A, Glenn, Bridgeport; second vice president, Mrs, Charles W. Norton, New Britain; secretary, K. E. Newell, Ellington; assistant secre- tary, A. F! Hall, Meriden; treasurer, George G. Hammond, Rockville; as- Rockville; chaplain, Nathan Stowe, Milford! It was voted to %old the 1924 reunion in Milford. The reunion was held in the chapel §6,042 IN RELIEF FUND Sprague Reports Contributions Today To the Amount of $107, Treasurer L. A. Sprague of the com- mittee handling subscriptions to the fund for the relief of Japanese earth- | quake sufferers report donations to- | totalling $107, which with the S2,-|N B Machine ... 935.81 previously reported brings the Today's donors are: Friend $10 ers $10, Burton D, Goodwin §5, St. Flmo lodge. $5, A Friend $2, Mrs. Ella M. Garvey $20. Total, $107. DIES IN HIS OFFICE Veteran Em- Walter L. Carpenter, ploye, To Sever Connections With Concern About October 1, Walter L. Carpenter of 620 Stanley strBet, for nearly 25 years in the em- ploy of North & Judd Mfg., Co, will sever his connection with that con- cern about October 1. Mr. Carpen- ter is foreman of the carpentry div- isfon. In point of service he is one of the oldest employes of North & Judd. He has seen the plant grow from a’small beginning to a modern industrial giant. \f For Disturbance Aug. 1 Two New Britain young men iere court closed having had nolled last after The men in question 54 Beaver a fracas in Del'los was inued from day to day and week to Medrick was nowhere His case was finally | Medrick, | however, returned to New Britain this past week and evidently knowing he vas wanted, put in an appearance at | TO ENROLL TAXPAYERS, Registrars W. J. Ziegler and T. J. Smith will begin the annual personal ax enrollmeént October 1. Theg entire The names taken and exemptions will In addition to the ex- be ater be made, RECKLESS DRIVER. of 318 East street HELD As Julie Pandhon Patrick ng following an accident on Rnur‘(t‘ when his| shed into a machine Symond, | | establishment of Tarrant & Haffey at |rant is undecided as to what he will | » WALL STREET STOCK EXCHANGE REPORTS Low Close LL) L) 6% LY High iy " L3 104 MY Am Bt Bug , Am Can ' Am Cot OIl ,, Am Loco Am 8m & Re, Am Sg Rf em .. 65 Am Bum Tob .., 22% Am Tel & Tel ., 134% Am Wool My Ana Cop ee 404 Ate Tp & B F,, 96 At Guif & W I, 4% Bald Loco ..., 117% Balt & Ohio , Beth Steel B , Consol Tex Can Pacific Cen Leather Co , 174 Ches & Ohio ., 61" - Chi MIl & St P A5% ChiRkI &P, 2 ‘L.'hlpn Cop | Chino Cop ., Con Cias Corn Prod Ref, .123% Crucible Steel ., 61% Cuba Cane SBugar 11% Endicott-John ., 66% Erie ves 133 Evle 1st ptd 21 Gen Motors ... 14% | @t North pra .. b8 Insp Copper ... 27T% Int Mer Mar pfd 23 Allis-halmers 42 Paclific Oil , 334 Int Nickel 12% Int Paper .. Kelly Spring T'r Kennecott Cop. . Mid States OIl., Midvale Steel .. 128 1’y % 04 1% a1y 48 LA Hu 16 116% LLEN "y ™ 15% ny 20% 168 60% North Pac Pure Oll .\.... |Pan Am P & T Penn R R .... Ray Con Cop . Reading . Rep I & 8 .... Sinclair Oil Ref South Pacific South Rall ... Studebaker Co 102% Texas Co ...... 41 Tobacco Prod .. Transcon Oil .. Union Pacific .. 1291 U 8 Indus Alco 50 U 8 Rubber Co 40% U 8 Steel . . 89 U 8 Steel pfd .. 117% Utah Copper .. 60 Willys Overland 6% Westinghouse . 583 Guly States Steel 79% | (Putnam & Co.) Bid 400 57 ‘ Asked 410 58 45 165 12 15 10 27 113 80 68 80 164 51 90 | Aetna Life Ins | Am Hardware Am Hosiery 3% | Bige-Hfd Cpt com ....160 Billings & Spencer com. | Billings & Spencer pfd. Bristol Brass Colts Arms .. . 26 Conn Lt & Pow pfd.... 110 Eagle Lock .. 8 Fafnir Bearing ... 62 Hart & Cooley ... ve 70 Hfd Electric Light ....161 Landers Frary & Clk.. 50 J R Montgomery com. . {J R Montgomery pfd ..106 B Gas . 34 4% 63 27 . 46 30 +e.185 .+ 130 150 70 274 47 37 6 8 30 48 33 53 190 133 155 1 281 48 15 565 45 | N N B Machine pfd { Niles-Bemt-Pond com | North & Judd ....... Peck, Stow & Wilcox. . Russell Mfg Co .. Scovill Mfg Co S N E Telephone Standard Screw Stanley Works Stanley Works pfd Torrington Co com . | Traut & Hine .. | Travelers Ins Union Mfg Co . U TREASURY STATEMENT., U, 8. Treasury balance, $241,685,348, Beaths Mrs. Albertine Semoneau Mrs. Albertine Semeoneau of 60 Franklin street and a resident of New | Britain but two months, having come | here from Canada, digd this morning a4 the New Britain Sanitarium at the age of 31 years, She leaves besides her husband, two daughters, Marilyn and Jeanatte and a son, Joseph. Fu- | neral arrangements in charge of M, J. Kenney, are incomplete, Vincenzo Gianninato Vincenzo Gianninato, aged 38 years, died last evening at the New Britain hospital, following an operation. Re- sides his wife he is survived by two sons, and two daughters in this city, two sisters and one brother in Italy, a brother Joseph of Hartford and a brother Thomas of this city, The | funeral will be held tomorrow morn- ing from his home, 323 Oak street, at 8:30 o'clock and from St. Mary's church at 9 o'clock. Burial will be in 8t. Mary's cemetery. | | | Funerals | Charles Mueller Funeral services will be held to- morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'cleck for the late Charles Mueller from the home at 415 Arch street. Interment | will be in West cemetery, Meriden, | Rev. Henry W. Maler, pastor of the First Congregational church, will of- ficiate. | | | Partnership Dissolved By Tarrant & Haffey Joseph Haffey and John Tarrant, who have conducted the undertaking 33 Myrtle street for the past four! years, today dissolved partnership, and in the future the bhusiness will be conducted by Mr. Haffey. Mr. Tar- | o in the future but will remain in New Britain, Frank Allen of Andrews| ‘:md pencils imported from Germany. urkish school children use chalk TNAM & CO. Members Now York Stock Eschange Members Hartford Stock Exchange Stanley R, Eddy, Manager We Offer: . 81 West Maln 8¢, Tel 3040 50 Stanley Works JUDD Price on % NEW BRITAIN Telephone 2580 Members Harttord Stock Exchange Donald R. We Waterbury Danbury Middletown G. F. GROFF, Mgr.—Room 509, business-like basis. CROPANESE IN CROWD WiTH PISTOL IN THEIR AUTO State Witness in Renaldino Case Fined Without Registration. alleged for Driving Car Domonic Cropanese, rum |runner who was the state’s informer in the prosecution of “Cowboy” Joseph Cianflone and Michael Ruggerio, both of whom are now serving life sen- tences for the murder of Enio Ren- aldino, was arrested recently Springfield, Mass.,, and with two asso- ciates held for unlawfully concealed weapons. Cropanese was driving a coupe at a rate of speed that attracted the attention of members of the Spring- field force who were ridihg in a po- lice service car. They gave chase for several miles and finally made the arrests at the point of levelled guns after a pistol had been brandished by a member of Cropanese’'s party. A guantity of ammunition and some pistol were found in thé machine. Frank Morabita of Brooklyn was |fined 8200 for carrying a gun and|gome stations has | sentenced to six months in the house jeal more than to others. sus- the of correction, judgment being pended on the latter sentence; case of Willlam Kraft of New York city, also, charged with carrying a gun, was continued for further inves- tigation and Cropanese, in whose case the pistol charge was not pressed, was fined $25 fer operating a car without a registration certificate. PRINCESS VERY ILL Condition of Secomd Daughter of Ital- ian Royalty is Regarded As Very Serious Today. Racconigi, Italy, Sept. 17.—The con- dition of Princess Mafalda, second daughter of King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena has taken a turn for the worse, it was announced to- | Both Princess Mafalda and rincess Giovanna the third daughter L T T New Britain National Bank Bldg. Room 104, Professional Building Business Hours, Daily 9 to 5:30 in| carrying 50 North & Judd & CO. MEMBERS HARTFORD STOCK EXCHANGE Members New York Stock Hartford: Hartford-Conn, Trust Bldg., Tel, 3.6320 New Britain: 23 West Main Street, Tel. 1815. AMERICAN HARDWARE BIGELOW-HARTFORD CARPET , SCOVILLE MFG. CO. STOCK Application [} HARTFORD 10 Central Row Telephone 3-4141 Members New York Stock Exchange Manager Offer: YALE & TOWNE MFG. CO. STOCK To Yield 6 % WE DO NOT ACCEPT MARGIN ACCOUNTS JOHN P. KEOGH Member Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York STOCKS BONDS Direct Private Wire to New York Bridgeport New Haven N. B. Nat'l Bank Bldg.—Tecl. 1013 LOAN MONEY at legal interest rates only on unpaid balances, repayable in 5 to 20 monthly installments. Borrow up to $300 tixe Beneficial Way and avoid worry by paying past due debtsona Call, write or phone for information Beneficial Loan Society Tel, 1943 Saturdays 9 to 1 were taken ill last week, their iliness Leing announced as due to intestinal fever. COMMUTERS HIT Increase in Iare, Effective October 15, Announced By New York, New i {.. Haven and Hartford Railroad. The New York, New Haven and | Hartford Raiiroad Co. has issued a | new tariffl which goes into effect on | October 15, in which a change takes | place that will affect a great number | of New Britain commuters hetween this city and other places nearby. The tariff shows an increase Monthly | in the cost of books. The most important change is the | discontinuation entirely of the three« | months commutation books of tickets ,and the tariff states that from October |15 on, only monthly books will be | authorized to be sold. The increase in the prices of the | tickets depends entirely on the sta- tion to which the commuter travels, There has been no specific proportion of increase and the cost of tickets to increased a great The cost | of tickets for one month between this | city and Hartford or Bristol is 40 cents per month. The former cost of a monthly book of tickets was $8.32 and the cost after October 15 will be $8.72, both prices covering the cost | per month, | Boston, Sept. 17.—Notices of an in- | crease of 20 per cent in' rates for monthly season tickets and monthly students tickets to become effective October 15, were filed with the state department of public utilities today by the Boston and Maine, N. Y, N. H. and H., and Boston and Albany rail- roads. This follows the action of th& | roads last week in asking for a simj.. | 1ar increase on commutation tickets in | the Boston commuting zone which re- | quire the approval of the department before becoming effective. Wire nails were first made on large scale in the United States aboud (1878, g