New Britain Herald Newspaper, April 15, 1924, Page 7

NEW BRITAIN DALY HERALD, STILL THINKING OF THAT EASTER HAT? Worry No Longer, We Have It Here, THE RIGHT STYLE, THE RIGHT COLOR, THE RIGHT PRICE EVERY WOMAN OR GIRL IS RIGHT UP 'l THE TALK OF THE TOW DESI THAT § ¢ OF THE MOMENT. OUR § AND DELIGHTS WITH ITS VARIETY OF STYLES, ORIC AND BRILLIANCY OF COLORING! TS HER HAT HERE CAN HAVE THE CERTAINTY THAT HOWING OF EASTER MILLIN IRY IS NALITY OF Paris and New York decrees slender Ostrich draping, lace or maline, Frenchy touches of flowers, fan- cies and ribbons, hats of straw, fine hair, combinations of silk and straw and silk and crepe, all in high favor, Flattering s in colors. Navy, navy and white, all other colors that are new. Quality Hats for Faster wearing. Il, medium and large Hats, First the all b navy and gre reen, -pou We have the Hats to please Matron, Maid or Miss, ek, the black and white, and great choice dre, white, amboy, cerise red and at lowest prices for SUITS, COATS and BLOUSES for EASTER Give A Choice That Is Unequalled JUST THINK, SUNDAY 1S FASTER, HOW THE DAY LONGER IF YOU WANT YOUR Wi Suits have jumped into instant prominence. ‘There is no mistaking the ARE FLY1 W OUTFIT TO WEAR ON DASTER. BUY NOW AND BE READY. . THE SUIT YOU WANT, built on the slender lines so much favored this season, for the Boyish i BY. DON'T WAIT ANY chie lik buttoned suit coat with its tallored shoulders, nipped in fitted lines, fully expresses glowing youth and will please those that follow the smartest fashions, Suits of Twill or Charmeen, plain or silk bound, priced $29.50 to $69.50, THE NEW SPRI prices that fit any purse. Teddy bear, Velvetone and Lustra Clotl colors, also the new Silk Coats of Cote-de-Cheval. each., ‘Berlin News TWO BERLIN TEAMS BEIN GORGANIZED Kensington and East Berlin to Have All Star Squads This Year HAYES WILL PITGH AGAIN| Voresters Planning Big Event For April 22—<Marriage License Issucd by Town Clerk—=Mr, Woodruff Pinds Ol Town Reports—Other Jtems, Baseball is occupying a great deal of the time of men, both in Kensing- ton and Xast Berlin, TBoth of these districts are putting out teams this year that promise to be the best ever n in the town. Kensington will be represented by the All Kensingtons, a delegaation that did good work last year, and East Berlin will have the Community elub tenm, composed of some of the best players in the town. Both of these {eams are to have preliminary organi- zation meetings in the near future and nich is expected from them on the diamond this summer, The All Keusingtons will have in their lineup many of the players who showed up in great shape last season. Among them are Hayes, the star piteher, regarded as one of the best in his class in the state; Fields, an all around man, who has been engaged 10 hold down an infield position, and John MgKéon, cateher-of note, who is one of the old timers in town. He is well known in baseball circles about the state, having played on Kensing- ton's old championship teams in the past The preliminary workout will be held Vriday morning at 10 o'clock al the Grammar school grounds and a large number are expected to be present to watch the first appearance of the team. No games bave beem booked y hut it was made known that games will be solicited only from among the hest teams in the state, The Ken- sington team will aim high this year. East Berlin Team Organization of the ¥Kast Berlin team will take place tomorrow night at the meeting of the community club, of which the team will be a part, The «lub is sponsoring tite team and it has entered into the Y. M. C. A, league, but it will not be above meeting teams in this vicinity, which may be in need of 2 trimming. A notice has gone out to the effect that all who wish to play ball this season should he present at the meet- ing tomorrow night to register. W. E. CHILDREN CRY FOR “CASTORIA” Especially Prepared for Infants and Children of All Ages Mother! Vietohet's Castoria has been in use for over 30 years as & pleasant, Larmiess substitute for Cas- tor Ofl, Paregotic, Teething Drops and Soothing Syrups. Contains no narcoties. Proven directions are on each package. Physicians everywhere recommend it. {time on the debt has steadily increased | also jumped. At the present time the Dressier Styles of Charmeen, Easy choice here for Brown, who was elected manager of | the squad, has declined to accept the duties of that post and this will neces- sitate the election of a new manager. | 1t has been stated that ehalleng iror games are already coming in, The men in charge of the activities are |anxious that the team be organized at once so that practice can start. The program for community activi- ties during the summer months wili also be made out ut this meeting, Marriage License Tssued A marriage liconse was issued yes- terday by Town Clerk Arthur Wood- {1uft to Egnar T, Peterson, son of Mr. land Mrs. John A. Peterson of 970 |iZast street, New Britain, and Misy | Florencda M. Rich, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick D, Rich of Main street, Bust Berlin, Miss Rich is well known in this scetion, The date of the wedding has not been set, Vind Old Reports Town reports from the year 1837 until 1904 have been found by Town Clerk Arthur 1. Woodruff in a little used drawer of one of the desks at the office in the town hall. These re- ports disclose facts regarding the con- dition of town affairs in past years and the comparisons with present | day conditions are interesting. { | The town report of 1858 was an un- i]irvlr-nflmm affalr, consisting of four pages, The present report consists of | pages. As disclosed in the report | of 1858 the secloctmen reccived $167 for their year's work. Now the three lselectmen receive a total of $1,150 for their activiti The tax collector in days past received $147.04 as shown by the report of 1860, Now the col- leteor receives about 81,2 Approaching the expenditures for | the year as shown by the report of the | selectmen in 1860, it is found that } $4,526.61 was spent in the town, This did not include expenditures for schools which were run under distriet systems. The expenditures for last | year totalled $129,215.05. The tax rate the carly years of the town's history was smajl. In 1858 it was 15 mills, with the total indebt- edness of the town $11,698. in 1850 the rate was 13 mills and in 1860 it dropped to six mills, the indebted- ness being $9,732.64. he indebted- ness reached a high point days in 1865, when it was $52, 1. However, the tax rate was low, heing only 11 mills, It is interesting to note that the tax rate always stayed at the lowest possible lcvel, no matter what the indebtedness was, Binth Recorded. A son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. John Conalli of the New Brite ain road, Kensington. The boy has been named Bruno. No Whist Tonight. The weekly 7. B. whist has been postponed this weck, but will be held next Tuesday cvening as usual. f of | I Court Cases Tomight. Beveral minor cases are scheduled to come up before Judge George Gris- wold in the Berlin town court to- night. Presecutor Charles ¥. Lewis will conduct the cases for the state. Meeting of Grange Tonight Berlin Grange will hold a regular meeting tonight at the hall on Da- mon's hill. A program will be en- d after the meeting. | The town debt varied in the years up to 1892, buy the tax rate stayed at the figures 12 or 13. In 1893 the debt was §9,770 and the rate was 11 mills. This was the low point. Irom that by leaps and bounds and the rate has debt is about $64,000 and the tax rate i 27 mills, excluding the tax levied by the fire districts. Wil Hold Exhibftion Court Mattabessett, Foresters of America, is arranging a novel event for the people of Berlin, This will take the form of a boxing exhibition, there being 20 rounds of first class amateor boxing on Tuesday evening, April 22, at the hall. The first bout is schedul- ed to start at 8 o'clock and the com- mittes has announced that some of the beft scrappers in the state will be on the card for that nmight. Dantel Malarney is in charge of the exhibition and it is expected thst there jon G COATS please in every way, the variety is so great, the qualities so good and New Sport Styles shown in imperted Tweeds and mixtures, striped polaire, Twill Cords, in navy, black and Easter coats at $18.50 to $125.00 will be a large turnout to witness the | event ., special Mecting Called An important business meting of the Ladies' Aid society of the Kensington Methodist church will be held tomor- row afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the home of the president, Mrs, R, Wooding. Will Compete in Naugatuck 8t. Paul's T, A, B. drum corps will journcy to Naugatuck next Monday evening, where it will take part in a parade and contest, in which drum corps from all over the state will be entered, The band will leave the hall in Kensington at 6:30 o'clock in the evening. East Berlin Ttems Miss Virginia Root has return to Hartford after spending the week- end at her home on Main strect, The regular meeting of the Knights of Pythias will be held at their hall this evening. Mrs, . Hubbard is spending a few days as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bacon at their home in Men- den, The Progressive Reading cirele will meet at the home of Mrs, L. M, Root on Main street th evening at § o'clock, The roll call will be about plants or flowers. The local members Scouts will attend a meeting of their troop at Berlin Wednesday afternoon, pest Anderson and family, former residents of this place, have moved back to Last Berlin and are occupy- ing part of the residence vecupled by Walter Nye and family, Bdward Kahms is dviving a automobile, Willlam Ogle of the Girl new and family have moved into the residence formerly occupied by James Trevethan and tamily, Mr. Brooks and family of Kensington who recently purchased the residence on Wilcox avenue occu- pied by James Trevethan and Wil- liam Ogle is moving into sawe. Mr, and Mre, Herman Splettstoeszer of Main street are receiving gratulations on the birth of a son at the New Britain General hospital Saturday, Cyril Brunelle is again out after being confined to his home on Main street for the past few weeks, A choir rehearsal will be held at 8t. Gabriel’s chureh Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. All members are re- quested to be present, EXCITEMENT DI DOWN Berne, April 15.-~The excitement caused by the incident at Ponte Tresa the Italo-Swiss frontier, growing out @f an alleged insult to Italy by Hwiss troops, is dying down. It ap- pears that the trouble was' caused by a drunken soldier who cried: “Down with Mussolini!” while passing a fron- tier station. This man, it is under- stood, will be punished, FRUT MEDICINE RELIEED HER Indigestion Corrected by “Fruit-a-tives” Or “Fruit Laxo Tablets” Todigestion, Dyspepsia, Fullnessor Pain after eating, gas, heart flutters ings, are troubles that * Fruita- tiv corrects. This medicine, made from fruit juices and tonies, acts direetly on the stomech and quickly restores sound, matural digestion. Mrs, Frank W. Wallace, Dore's Corner, Moultonville, N.11., writes: “‘Although my trouble was of some years’ standing, * Fruit-a-tives™ relie- ved me of Indigestion, stopped the Headaches, banished all symptoms of Heart Trouble and gave me back my health . 0e. & box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25¢. At dealers or frnmh_}'miwfitel y N.Y con- | able to be | Plainville News SWEEPS BIG TRACT &Factory and New School House Endangered by Flames BURGLARIE § ARE— REPORTED Sores to Close Good Friday—Legion Going to Bristol—Holy Week Serv- ices—Citizens' Training Camp— Plainville Briefs, Plainy and new ,000 school house the of Landers, Frary & Clark of Npw Brit- | ain, besides numerous dwelling houses, | were threatened with destruction ye terday afternoon shortly | o’'clock when a brush fire | entire area of woodland on Linden streets, The tract {on which the fire was burning covered with a growth of small trees and dry brush and this surrounds the ! school building. The Plainville fire department was | calied to the scene and it was only | after 3 hard fight of over an hour that the flames were brought under control and the danger to the buildings was averted. The fire crept up to the sides of the new school which is partially finished and were it not for the hard work of those employed on the school and the flremen, the building would | have taken fire, Shovels, brooms, im- provised implement and everything available were used to stay the path of the roaring mass which swept an area of over a half mile, The cause of the fire i{s unknown but an investigation is being carried on by the officials of the town. The flames swept from st stret to the brook which runs by the Landers' plant about a hal fmile away and it " with great difficulty that they were stopped without damage to either building. Several ‘residence | which stood in the path of the flames | were saved by backfiring before the flames swept close enough to do any damage, The state fire wardens have from | time to time issued warnings that no fires can be lit within the town limits without a special permiy from the fire chiefs or the wardens themselves and anyone guilty of violating this law is open to a heavy fine if prosecuted, Because of the fact that several fires broke out at different points through- out the state yoesterday, the laws will be strictly enforced, Burglaries Reported A awve of* robberies has hit Plainville within the past few days and the local and state police are busy working on clues furnished them by those who have made the complaints, The mechanical department of the Cooke gurage on East Main street was entered the other night and a large electrical drill was taken besides a number of smaller tools and a quantis ty of tall lights and other automoblle accessories, A total of $300, part of which ws in gold ,was stolen from the home of Max Hyde on Farmington avenue within the past two nights, The rob- ‘lu'r\' was the work of sneak thieves. I'he state poliee have been called in to investigute and they feel confident that they will arrest the gullty parties, No developments have been report- ed on the robbery at the Peck 8pring Co. which occurred a week ago Sun- ! day night. Most of the tools were re- but the thieves have not yet been apprehended, Close Good I'riday The stores of Plainville with one or two exceptions will close all day Good 1*riday in observance of the day. They will be open late Thu night for the convenience of those who wish to malke their purchases for the next day. All the grocery stores will close as will the mercantile establishments, factorics and the Plainville Trust Co. OfficlaMy, Plainville will observe the day and all offices in the town hall will be closed all day. The Pillinville post office will observe regular hours, the day’not being designated as a holiday by the department. Legion to Bristol Brock-Barnes post, gion, voted meeting to take part in the monument dedication and parade to be held in Bristol next Saturday afternoon, Members of the post will meet at the club roogws on Whiting street Satur- day afternoon at 12:30 o'clock. Al | ex-service men of Plainville, whethee members of the Legion or not are in- vited to attend the ecelebration and march with the Plainville post If they wish. A big in connection with the event in Bristol and the evening will be turned over to a mignificent observance of the day. braneh factory East and of land is covered Holy Week Services Confessions will be hieard in the church of Our Lady of Mercy tomor- row afternoon and evening. Thursday morning, services will be held in the ehurch at 7:30 o'clock Torgorrow and Thursday morning at 10 o'clock Holy Communion will be eolebrated in the church of Our Saviour and this evening and Thure- [@ay evening services will be held a $ o'clock | Citizens' Training Camp A movement 1s on foot in Plainville 3 g men 1o attend the | Citizens' Military Training camp at Camp Devens this coming summer. | Members of the American Legion are soliciting for attendance at the camp and posters are being displayed a over the town explaining the benefit to be derived from the course at th camp. The post office department has sent a large number of posters with to enlist [the request that they be displayed | | conspicuousty in the Jocal post office. | Young men between the ages of 17 | and 24 years are entitled to attend the |eamp if they wish, doint Meeting of Tegion Th enext meeting of Brock-Barnes post, American Legion, to be held Monday evening, April 28 will be a joint meeting with the Ladies’ Auxil- | 1ary to the post. The fathers of all ex- serviee men in the town will be Invit- ed to attend also and one of the largest meetings of the year is expect- #4 to result from the invitation. American Le- | 15t evening at a regular | TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1924, | « The merce Chamber Bang chumber of hus o annual banquet nged from Aprib esday May 6. uccording to an ansouncement from President Raiph L. 8eymour to- day. Rev, John L. Davis of New Br 1, one of the best known speakers in | e state, will be the principal speaker and ot program. The entire list of speakers and enter- tuinment will be published within the the com- of hers will be on the rery Store. grocery store owned - by brothers on Whiting street is ing moved in its entirety from its esent location to the center of the open lot on Whiting street. * The moving is being done without inter- uption to the business and will ceomplished within a few days, is thought. Fined for Setting Five. Carl Hulteneus of Forestville fined §$25 and costs in the town court by Justice of the Peace Edward Prior vesterday afternoon on the charge of | setting a forest fire, MHe was arrest- | ed by the state deputy fire warden on | March 24 following his actions of lighting a match and throwing it down and starting a fire. Grand Juror William Foran who presented the facts for the state brought out tlie fact that although Hultenecus' ac- tion was more through carelessness than intent, its results might have | meant thousands of doilars worth of damage to property owners and his sentence_would mean an example to others. The trial was not over five min- utes before the fire department was called to East street to the other brush fire there. A number of small | boys are suspected of startimg the |fire, it became known today, and | they will be apprehended today it is | thought, They wese seen running away from the scenme shortly before the fire was noticed. The state fire warden wishes to im- press it upon the residents of Plain- ville that the laws are made not to | punish the people with regard to set- ting fires, but for their own protec- tion. Yesterday saw the destruction |of two homes in Southington be- | cause of the carclessncss of some with mitches and it is to stop this werk that the fire wardens have is- sucd the warning that the laws will be enforced. s Plainville Briefs. Miss Grace Mullaney has returned to her home in Bridgeport after sev- | cral days' visit with her grand- | mother, Mrs. Margaret Mullaney of ! Bank street, Miss Waltrude Johmson of Bank street is visiting relatives in Bridge- port over the BEaster holid be a it was NOTICE v give notice that T will not be responsivle or pay for any accounts | or bills contracted by my wife, Mil. dred Vile, in my name, as she has | voluntarily left her home, Dated at Plainville this 15th day of | April, A, D, 1924, | MERWIN 8, VILE. Raliable tract, Call are insured, specialty, Thomas Plerce St Tel, 17 moving by hour or con- | 177, 1t pays. Al goods | Long distance work a | A, Costello, 62 —advty Yor salc—Gladiolus bulbs—quantity of mixed bulbs very reasonable.— ieorge D. Mastin, 66 E. Main street. —advt, your fresh seeds the ivt. | Qet and fertilizer now at Lng. & Supply Co. onion sets Plainville manure, three gasoline en- Jasper For Sale—Horse work horses or driver, gine, all in good condition, Williams——advt, For Sale-—~Second class furniture, at 46 Maple street, Joseph Allard. " —advt Lost-—Sunday afternoon on Bo- hemia street ,or upper Broad street, a pair of eyeglasses in case. Finder will oblige by reporting to Mrs, Wyekoff, 110 West Main street, Ulainville, For all forms of automobile insur- ance Albert B, White, Tel. 142. advt, | | Beauty A Gleamy Mass of Hair 35¢ “Danderine” does Wonders for Any Girl's Hair bration will be heid | L wiil fnvite | | Girls! Try this! When combing an Aressing your hair, just moisten y Wair brush with a little “Danderin and brush it through your hair. The effect is startling! You can do your hair up Immediately and it will ap- | pear twice as thick and heavy—a mass | | of gleamy hair, sparkiing with fife and | | possessing that incomparable softness, freshness and lusuriance. ‘I While beautifying the halr “Dan- | derine” is also toning and stimulating | sated that the following rul cach single hair to grow thick, long | ! rade which will be the opening f streeta, | rade | bands, among which will be some of 15 thousand pe Bristol News | ROBERT A, MORGAN DIESIN S SLEEP Former Hartford Business Man Yictim of Sudden Death PARADE PLANS COMPLETE Great Military Pageant in Bri uln urday—Iilectrivians Granted se | —Nou Vaccination Order Jssued— Assessor Barnard Takes Bride, | Rolert Adair Morgan, 64 years old, | died some time in the night at | rooming house, 205 Main strect, was found dead in bed this morning by Mr. and Mrs, Charles Hotchkiss, | with whom he lived. Mr, Morgan was a native of England and had come to this country whep a youth. He lived in Hartford for more than 40 year where he was a member of the firm of Morgan & HBeers, piano dealers of Asylum street. He came here to live about a yar ago. He leaves a brother and sister in Canada, The funer; will be held on Thursday afternoon in the Cedar HIN chapel in Hartford. Burial will be in Cedar Hill cemetery | in that city, Parade Plans Complete, Over 1,000 visiting exservice men are expected to participate in the pa- | ture of the dedication exercises of Sat- urday afternoon. This fact was made known by the representatives of the | various ' exservicemen's organizations | of the city at a meeting of the me- morial monument dedication commit- tee, These men will come from Wa- terbury, Torrington, New Haven, Bridgeport, New Britain, Hartford, Meriden, Terryville, Plainville and several other cities of the state, They will be the guests of Seicheprey post of the American Legion, Harold F. Emmett post, Veteran. of Foreign ‘Wars, and the Y, D, division. The parade is scheduled to start at 2 o'clock from the upper end of North Main street, Orders of Judge Wil- llaga J. Malone, marshal of the pa- rade, will be published tomorrow, hese wid ask for the formation ot arious units on North and Pond It is expected that the parade will be headed by Major General Clarence R. Edwards, former commander of the 26th division, and Governor | Charles A, Templeton, who will be ac- companied by his staff, Chairman L. A, Wh committe has eler of the pa- sccured eight the most prominent bands the state. These will be throughout the parade, so that each division will be well supplied with martial musie, The parade will march down N, Main to Main street to the south side of the of Boulevard, over the Boulevard to the | ¥ eastern entrance and a counter march will be made on the north side of the Doulevard, The reviewing stand will be at the junction of Mellon street ' and the south side of the Bouwlevard, This stand is now being erccted une der the supervision of Harold A, H den of the reviewing stand eommit- tee, and will accommodate nearly 200 | people, On the reviewing stand winl | be Major General Edwards, Governor Temploton, visiting guests and the high school giee club of 70 voic r the reviewing stand will be ata- tioned the New Departure band, , Which will accompany the singers, A report was made at the meeting ast night that the city authori have stated that the Bowlevard will se In readiness for the marching ¢ Saturday. A stone and gravel fill is ing made, which will he covered with sand and this will be rolled down #0 that the marchers can the north as well as the entire length of the Boulevard Arrangements have made special trains by various organ to take care of the large visiting guests who will in the parade, Following the parade exercises will be immediately star from the reviewlng stand. On Saturday morn- ing there will be erected a set of ten loud-speaking horns, these amplifiers being provided so that the voices &t the speakers for the afternoon as well as those of the singers can be easily heard within radius of a q ter of a mile. This means that from 10 to ple will be enabled to Iy hear words of the speaker nd the volces of the singers. Following the exercises it is antici- pated that Major General Edwards as well as Governor Templeton will visit the headquarters of the exservicemen, The American Legion and the Yan- pass over been for tions | number of participate e | kee divislon will keep open house in the city hall building and from there their guests to the gym- nasium of the high school for an ex- tended program in the evenis This program will be interspersed with dance numbers and out-of-town en- tertainers will be on hand. The Vet. erans of Foreign Wars will hold open house in the auditorium of Red Men's hall. A buffet luncheon will be serv- ed and a program of entertainment provided for the evening, including &+ program. There will alse be various house pa about the city, as many have taken this occasion as an ecvent to invite ends and rela- tives. The builders will tomorrow put the finishing touches on | reviewing | sand. The monument hias been made | ready for the event and all details are being worked out 1o 2 complete stage ‘Those having automobiles that they will place at the disposal of the com mittes to take care of the mothers of | " Mhe Gold Star men are requested to call up Jesse M. Judson, who is chair- | man of the committee handling this | detail. | Announcement of added divisions to enter the parade Is expecied (o be | made tomorrow ! Mayor J. ¥. Wade, in conference with Chief E. T. Belden this morning would apply regarding the parking on Sat- and strong. Hair stops falling out and urday and all citizens are asked to aid dandruff disappears, Get a bottle of the polics in adhering 1o these rules: dclighttul, refreshing “Danderine” at | | any drug or toilet counter and just see | how healthy and yowthful your hair becomes. strest to North street during There will be no parking allowed on Main street from the Roulevard to North Main: snone on North Main the Jand ! date the | & Sccurities yarade after 1 0" none on the Boulevard: none on Mel- lon street between Tliverside avenue uth street. ’ Officers will be on duty to stop all traffic on the Boualevard beginping at 1 o'clock. Officers will be instructegd to c'ear the North Main and Main streets of all traffic prior to the parade, No Orders Received ers have been received from Ith ofticer or health hoard to by the board of education in « ction with the compulsory vae- cination. The dying out of the disease n citics has cooled down local interest in the matter, although alth Officer J. I. Wolsard announc- t a recent health board meeting that now was the time for vaccination that a violent outbreak of the mallipox in the fall might be averted. the proposal to compel school children to be vaccinated was an- d a few days ago, the matter discussed warmly about the city with the usual supporters and op- ponents for the plan, State League Soon ns for the opening of the Con- nectient State league, of which Parck & ssioner William Traey is lent, will be disenssed at a meet- rere 11 The first ball will n over the plate early next month and already practically all ar- wgements have been completed. In addition to having a local man as president of the league, this city has aleo been honored by the sel n of Manager Joseph Carroll of the New Departurss as secretary of the league, « The new president is an ardent bhasohall fan and was president of the old state league. Mr. Tracy has been o follower of baseball for a lifetime and is highly enthusiastic over the prospects of the new organization, Soerelary Carroll promised a fine nine for this city in the league as a better ew Departure team than ever is ap- nt from the spring practice, al- in full swin In anticipation of pastime, the diamond at Muzzy ficld has been carefully worked over and is now in good shape, Firemen on Jump ss fires kept the local fire com- panies busy yesterday when several calls were answered. The first eall from a fire in ar yard near the corner of High and Queen strects where the burning off of a lawn sumed such proportions that property close by was threatened. Squad A and the Uncas company soon made short work of the flames The worst grass fire yesterday was on Terryville Road, near the plant of the Crane Co, The tlames made such progress that for a time it was thought that the wooden buildings of the Crane Machine shop would bhe burned, As it was, one of the struc- tures suffered ‘a scorching. 1t was necessary at th blaze for the hose company, No. 1 numper to lay its suction hos: in a nearby stream and throw water on the blaze for two liours, Squad No the h the Siree noung we A was ealled out at 8 o'clock last night to a grass fire on Tast road. The big machine put out the flames before the dwellings in proxe imity suffered injury, Assessor Married Announcement was made yesterday of the marriage in Albany, N, Y,, on Avril T, of Assessor Sidney M, Barne ard of this city and Miss Bertha T. Heydingsfelder of Des Moines, lowa, Following a wedding trip, Mr. and Mrs, Barnard returned to this city to thelr home “HIY Bingham Cominy Lientenant Governor Hiram Bings ham will be the guest on May 2 of the Bristol club, awccording to an ans nouncement of the club entertaine ment committee today. The govern- or's topic has not been given out but & general talk on state affairs is an- ticipated, The talk will be followed by a lunchein and a socail hour, Electricians Raise. Local electricians have been sue. codstul in thelr demands for an in- crease in wages from §0 ceats to 8100 an hour, according to the an- cment today of the loeal union. will become effective on The painters of the eity will $1 an hour, beginning nounc The raise Muy 1 also sccure May 1, Armored Car Here, valued at thousands of dollars, property of the Bristol Save s bank, were oscor from a Hartford banking institution yester- day by Detective Sergeant Danilel McGillicuddy and an armed force in a large armored car is was the st appearance of the armored car cmployed by thie banks and factories of the ital city and its arrival here attracted much attention Street Matters Tonight, Street hearings will be the order night at the city council meeting, among the most important being the permanent paving Summer street, At the last gathering of the city fathers, the Summer street pave ing was endorsed by one property owner while all of the others were conspicuous by their absence, Four years ago when the same proposition came up, the sirect residents were unanimous in their disaproval of the proposal ¥ meral of Mrs, Wedmore The funcral of Mrs, t8aniey H. Wed- moge was held this afternoo nat 2:50 o'clock at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Koland T. Hull, where scrvices were conducte] by Rev. Ben« amin B. West, pastor of the Prospect iethodist church. Rev. Willlam P. Downes, rector of Trinity church, as- sisted at the Burial took place in West cometery, e ery Association Annual Reports of officers will be submit- ted and election for the ensuing year will take place at the annual meeting the West Cemetery association on Wednesday night at 8 o'clock at the library. The mecting was originally called for last night but was post- poned. services, Schools Resume 8chools of the city resumed sessiond yvesterday after the annunal spring va- cation. The work of examination of the pupils has been continued by the | sehool officials so that the advisabile ity of vaccination for all may be fully considered. Compulsory vaccination is being discussed by Health Officer J. 1. Woisard and the board of health because of the New Britain smallpox scare. Rristol Briefs. Judge and Mrs. Joseph M. Del- ovan have returned to their home o8 High street, after visiting relatives I8 Hasbrowck Heights, N. J. Samuel H. Mink of 95 Woodland street is recuperating from his = cent fliness. The Rev. Henry Cassidy of Harls (Continwed on Page 18) , Saturday noon; -