New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 7, 1924, Page 7

N [ EW BRITA @wflé’_ " ‘&’/@0 artfértis %’I SILK SKIRTS MADE TO YOUR MEASURE BY RELIABLE TAILORS AT THIS LOW ‘PRICE ABOVE MATERIAL COST $2.75 be in- H Plalnvllle News band when the sewer must stalled. |ticut through its syAtem is in a bet- | ter condition financially than any oth- HIT‘S LAWBREAKERS | for being one of the prime movers in | the installation of this system and said 1plammle Chamber of commerce'und the budget system to take care of many expenditures and projects. | * mes—— ‘all the time to help in the work. PARRELL 1S FINED 100 oo b-ee Rev. ‘\lrs. Sarah A. Day Buried—Legion Peing best known as the leader of | Everyman’s Bible Class in New Brit- Strikes | group of steers and tell whether they were on the average, above the aver- of over 2 to 1, but the day | He spoke of the state budget sys- REV J l nAvls tem, saying that the state of Connec- L] L] ] er state in the union. He paid a tribute to Senator John H. Trumbull it would be a fine thing if the town of | Plainville would adopt a finance board .“. s its all uet Sa Bl‘] I i He stated that the town was fortunate f q a'nt uccm |in having Senator Trumbull at hand John L. Davis was then called on. Mr, Gwillim introduced him as Auxiliary to Mect—Health Amcf.-u.m. Mr. Davis started by saying that when a boy he could look over a | age or below the average and since he has come to New England he can look tion Mecting—Lightning House—Plainsille Briefs, Rev. John L. Davis, pastor of ago and after securing op- tions on property and planning o:‘ua- sive improvements some of the owners, including Dr. Robbins, op- pesed the change because of an sessmeat of benefits against thel property which was considered too { high., Now the residenis realize tite recessity of a wider street and can sce how much land will be opened for ) | Gevelopment, The councilmen and | Mayor Wade expressed their willing- were asked by Attorney Robert. J. Supt: Snavely And Government Unable | cording to the statements at the meet- | iunce committee. | ness to underiake negotiations again Mrs. Hare Makes Verbal Attack Siack when he appeared in behalf of | ing last night, do no always pay the Consider Street Rtepair, Bristsl News 2nd a hearing on the street work will be held in the near future. . N Higher Rates Asked. Regal‘dlllg Neglwt 0[ Road High rates for peddlers' licenses a group of local fruit and grocery DEADLOGK OYER leEWALKs | merchants who objected to the selling | 5 N by itinerant peddiers of other cities. | The peaddiers come to town and, ac- To Agrea—Graves Neat in Line l:l required licenss fee. The fee is com- | Mayor—Mer] p ” ,| siderel too low as it permits of brisk ror—Merchants Want Peddlers'| oo ition with home ' merchantm. Fees Increased. | The matter was reterred to the ordi- Mrs. Clark Hare of the Fall Moun lover a group of men and tell the same dist ¥ Ko ' 22 |tain district asked for street improve- | jogjjowing earncst appeals by prop- | (hing. He said that when he was . 1 | denounced idlers, skeptics, lawbreak-! ! ready to leave, with his hat and coat ment in her section last night from |erty owners and resiuents of Sunset the city avenue, the ciiy council voted to in- jers and smart alecks in no uncertain | ;on, he would tell them what he siruct ty kngineer Carleton W, Trinity M. E. church of New Britain, | COMES JUST WHEN YOU SHOULD BE THINKING OF YOUR T THI PRICE QUOTED ABOVE YOU GET VALUE AL- COME PLACE YOUR OR- THIS WONDERFUI: OPPORTUNITY SPORT SKIRT FOR SUMMER WEAR AND MOST UNBELIEVABLE, ONLY $2.75 ABOVE COST OF THI. MATERIAL, council. She accused Coun- DER AT ONCE. COME MAKE SELECTION from such silks as these: Pom Pom Crepe, Crepe, plain, checked and fisured, Canton Crepes, Silk Yaille, Radium and many others with big range in 2.75 above cost of the silk. Fant Silk Alpaca, guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction as to make and fit. BABY WEEK, THIS WEEK AT OUR STORE Baby's admirers always enjoy giving him or her some little gilt but are often puzzied as to just what At “Babyland” our Infants' Section will be found a wonderful display of useful pretty thin, it should be. Only § that both Mother and Baby will appreciate, Darling little honnets of many kinds, dainty little sacques im big variety, hand-made pillow covers, sweaters, rings, banks, toilet sets, carriage clamps, hedtime dolls, water bottles, thermometers, record books, swings carriage robes, bibs, moccasins, white shoes, silk stockings and hundreds of other things suitable for gifts, Up in our Baby's Corner, Baby’s mother and his many admirers will have a wonderful time selecting from the many things that make Baby's life happy and comfortable. Tomorrow Last Day of Demenstration of *“OSTEQ-TARSAL SHOES” BUILT FOR STYLE AND HEALTH. ‘Tarsal Shoe, comb only “correct walk our Big Shoe Section, for one day YERLIN THE HOME OF TIN INDUSTRY “ots and Pans First Made Here, Claude W, Stevens Says JLARK HEADS ASSOCIATION Untherine Wasso is Fined $200—Wed- ding Tomorrow Morning—F. n. Jones to start Cider Mill—Will At- tend Democratic Convention, Clande W, Stevens, muster of the terlin Grange, delivered a interesting ddress at @ meeting of the organizu- ion held laast night. His subject was Berlin,” and he gave many facla re- sarding the tin industry which is sup- posed to have started in this town. e puper was prepared after exten. sive research by Mr. Wright of the state hoasd of education. It is as fol- lowa, “Although the settlement of the dis- iriet now comprising the town of Ber- lin is ancient, that town did not come nio existence till 1785; a mere infant, of one hundred and twenty odd years, in comparison Wwith the surrounding towne, It was originally a part of Farmington, from which town it was wi off as the second society (chureh society) n 1712, and was given the name of Kensington and the Itev. Mr. Burnham, the first minister, was or- dained that year. Kensington consisted of fourteen families, In all, about one hundred individuals, including chil- iren and infants. Before the seit ment of Mr. Burnham, these people were obliged to go ten miles or more to the church in Farmington. They did #o cheerfully, many of the womes car- rying their infants all that weary dis- 1ance, hecause they must attend wor- ship and eould not leave the littie ones it home, Kensington was divided in 1755, when the society of New Britain was formed. and again, in 1 when the society of Worthington was form- e society of Worthington was form- In 1785 Berlin was incorporated as 1 town, portions of Wethersficld and Middletown being ineluded within the hounds of the new town. In 1534 the horough was formed and the bounds estended two miles north and south nd one mile east and west, Fire Tinware in America “Tradition has it and nothing I«finite in history has been found to the contrary that an Irishman named Fatterson (probably a Is Your Child Thin and Weak ? Sugar Coated Cod Liver Oil Tablets Put on Flesh and Build Them Up. In just a few days—quicker than ot ever dreamt of—these wonderful ‘eth making tablets called MeCoy's | Tablets will start Yo thin undernourished ‘od Liver ONl elp any Weak, 1tie one. After i 1spected they are especially valuable. & shee for,women,” “Blue-noss”) | ness and where rickets .’vrt‘ Featured exc more, settled in Berlin or Kensington as it then was in 1740 and made the first tinware on the continent of North America, Patterson—there seems to be uncertainty as whether his name was P Willlam or Edward-—was a tinner and soon atfter he settled in Kensington he { began to manufacture tinware and continued in that trade till the com- mencement of the revolution when it was suspended for a time as he could not obtain the raw material. After !{he eolonies had won independence the rade was confinued by the young men who had learned it from Patterson. Travelled on Voot “In the early days when was the only tinner in the colonjes, I he would make up as much of the as, he could car in a basket and then tramp over the surrounding country, from hamlet to farm and | from farm to hamiet, sclling the new kind of utensils, which the women feund most convenient, The value of the business became known and soon others took it up and so it spread all over the country, But the demand ‘g0 large haskets were carried Finally, gland, that institution the red, were us I peculiar to New { four-wheeled, tin-peddier’s Teame into existence and every tiny settlement and the intervening farm- houses, of New kEngland and eastern New York, were visited by these tin ! peddiers who, besides tinware, carried | botions usetul to the housewiyes, “I'hese peddlers were a weicome | #ight to the farmer and his house- hold, as they were for many years the { only source of news from the other parts of the country and from the out- side world, Speaking generally these tin peddiers were the social equais of the people whom they traded with |and also speaking generally, they were of superior intelligence. The very fact that they “took to tha road” showed a disinclination to remain in the ruts and a desire to see the world, or as much of it as their horse and four-wheeled, red cart could cover, | between Easter and Thanksgiving. 8 | being shrewd, they stored their memories with all the important and interesting news, and while they were imparting it 1o the news-Nungry families, they made their bargains, gave the smallest possibla price for the rags they took, and charged the Jargest possible price for the tinware and notions they gave in exchange. This was purely a matier of business with the peddiers, and as for their custome they received full value for the excess they paid for tin, as the news of the outside world which they | received, saved them from utter stug- | nation. | "It is a notable foundations of man 1 fact, ihat the yof the greatest | fortunes in the east were laid by these | { merchants-on-wheels. And many of the great merchahts of New | Boston and some of the smaller New ! York and New England cities, in the period just after the revolution, were | rarmers’ sons wio had been stimulat- ed to something better than their placid, turnip-like existences on the | farms | tin peddiers, in regard to the oppor- | tunities in the towns. The Yankee | peddier was & man worth knowing: the ecum of *Burope which has suc- ceeded to the business, are things to by unned. ; Berlin will always be notable as the home of the tinware industry, one of the most profitable business of the first haif of the nfneteenth century.” The talk was much enjoyed by the large number of members ppesent. Dancing followed and rcfreshments were served. Library obert O. | president of i Assocviation Anwual. Clark was re-elected the Kast Berlin Library Crepe de Chine, Satin Canton, Charmeuse, Wash Shtin, The many corrective featur ed with style, have caused it to be Known by authorities all over the country as tne ively by us in Hartford, Patterson | L vonld not be supplied by hand baskets, ! on | Ihorseback, and then two-wheeled carts | wagon, | York, | by the information given by the | Thoro-bred - Crepe, ian culor choice. Every skirt panty dresses, ratles, teething es of the “Queen Quality” Osten Special demonstration in been a prosperous one, Woman Is Fined Catherine Wasso of Christian Lane, Kensington, was fined $200 and costs by Judge George Griswold when she appeared in the Berlin town ecourt last sel'ing liquor. The charge against her husband, Joe Wasso, was nolled. Mrs, Wasso pleaded guilty. It was proved that she had been selling lquor, although no =till found in their home. Judge Gris- wold issued a warning to the woman, in which he said that if she is caught violating the liquor law again, she {will be sent to jail. The couple have six children. They wers represented in court by Attorney David L. Nair of New Britain, Seven Days in Jail. Charles J. Ontreioll of Portland, Conn,, arrested Sunday night by Con. |stables Krank Brown and Orville Ventres on a charge of driving an automobile while under the influence jof liquor, was given a jail sentence tof seven days. the charge, but entered leniency, saying that he support of his mother, | Me was arrested Sunday as the offi- jcers were aboul to leave their posts on Berlin street, His car was noticed coming up Damon's hill and it was ,on the right side of the road in the “trolley tracks, He was cutting in .and out among several other cars, ex- posing the occupants to danger. &5 for Drunkenness, Clifford 8mith of Southington, ar- rested Raturday night for drunken- ness,” was fined %5 and costs, He Ipleaded guilty, "lowing a dance at Foresters' hall | Kensington. | Wedding Tomorrow. The wedding of Alfred Hieden, son of Mr, and Mrs, Herman Hieden of |Landwehr, Germany, and Miss Anna Masselle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I Anthony Masselle of Christian Lane, | Kensington, will be solemnized at St. aul’'s church tomorrow morning at # o'clock, Rev. J. C. Brennan officiat- ling. Missa Mary Tellia and T'rank M el will attend the couple. The groom is a resident of Ken- |sington. having come to this country a few months ago from Germany. Rronze Tablet Arrives The bronze tablet commemorating {the men who served the country rom Berlin during the World war has placed in position in its frame the soldiers’ monument and is now on display to the publie. The tablet was placed in position this orning. It 18 likely that plans wiil soon be tmade for the dedication of the honor roll. he exercises may be held on Memorial Day. Now that one question is disposed of here’'s another. When is the roll board going to be removed from in front of the Town hall? The town wa% has an honor roil to be proud of fand i time the weather beaten wreck in front of the hall was tora | down. a plea for is the sole in heen | near To start Clder Mill . R. Jones of Berlin, better known as “Dynamite,” will erect a new cider mill on the turnpike about one-half | mile north of the post office in the { near future, he stated today. He said !that the min will be squip with the latest machinery and he expecis to have a successful business this | coming fall. | To Represent Democrats | Phillp Fagan and Selectman Ray- | {mond F. Dyer will attend the demo- cratic state convention in New Haven tonight and tomorrow. This con- vention will be held for the purpose oi clecting delegates to the national convention in New York city. East Berlin lems, Junior ‘cage will meet in the | The o need 16 give Lhem any more nasty { association at the annual meeting of Socidl room of the Methodist church ‘od Liver Oil—these tabicts are made o take the place of that good but evil ! 1he library smeiling, stomach upssiting medicine and they surely do it. They do put on flesh Aek kinsen Cisrk & Frainerd Prng Co. for v'e Cad ae sasy to take Gl expensiie—¢ ‘ 'vhal organization Held last { tibrarian night in | Mrs. E. W. Mil- ary and | .as- was chosen committes consists of A Mildrum and room. drum was elected sce urer and Walter Root The exccutive tasl mieht W 28 chogen Orear Tirneen of the offcers a that the jéar N cere and it vas sho has 'sington spent ra i afternoon at 4 o'clock. and children of Ken- Tuesday as the guests e Olof Benson, at her home on Wilcox avenue £1. Paul's orchesira #ill hold a re J#eal 2t the home of Charles Cobey cor avenue Thurséay evening Thursday | Mra. Siater of her sister » on Wil (Lentinued On Page Twe ve). | chamber and called attention to the |number of New Britain members who night to answer to a charge of was ' He pleaded gullty to! He was arrested fol- | terms in his speech at the annual; | banquet of the Plainville Chamber of\ | Commerce held in Masonic temple on | | East Maln street last evening. The ! banquet was a brilliant success and | was attended by 130 members and]| |guests of the chamber including !many visitors from New Britain, . Southington, Bristol and other places. | A turkey supper was served by Mrs. | A. Kronholm and her staft of as- ,sistants from New Rritain and group | singing led by Ole W. Roberison was | enjoyed. Selections were rendered I by Ahlberg's orchestra. Grace was |said by Rev. John E. Fay, pastor of the church of Our Lady of Merey. Following the dinner, President Ralph 1. Seymour welcomed those resent in the name of the Plainville {were present, saying that no banquet iof the chamber in Plainvilie conid he complete without them, He urged {the members of the Plainville cham- ber to attend the monthly meetings the direct- He as they were not only for ors but also for the members, said that the campaign for tiens with which to huy furniture was being carrvied on and urged co-oper- ation by the members, He said that the policy of the chamber was to have a speaker present at each monthly meeting and asked the mem- bers to attend more regularily. i Stanley 8. Gwillim was introduced ias the toastmaster for the evening and he opened by reading a number of -amusing “don’ts” sent him for the occasion by a friend, nhich should be followed by a toastmaster, He called upon Trank T. Whenler of Plainville as the first speaker. Mr. Wheeler announced as Wis subject, “Plainville and its needs.” He spoke first of the town plan commission and the work being carried out by that body. Me said that there were a large numnber of streets laid out in the old days but many changes had heen made in the course of time and the commission was trying to cor- | poct faults made in thess changes, 1Te cited the eutting of the corner of Whiting and West Main streeis as one of the benefits accomplished by the town plan commission and spok of the acceptance of West Main sirest n its present form, He said that the street was wider than was really called for but that it was better now that it has been accepted. He spoke of the railroad crossing on West Main street which ihe commission fpow i trying to have widened, 1le said that the railroad company when gates were put in, had placed them in the sireet w0 that now West Main street whieh s 5 feet wide, runs into Fast Main strest which s 69 feet wide through a gatenay which i8 only 49 fest wide. He said that the commission has a lot of work ahead of it and will held a great many hearings which should be bet. ter attended. He then spoke of houses. He said that 26 houses had been erected in Plainville in 1921, 28 in 1922 and 30 in 19235, He said that many of these were being erected on the outskirts of the town and the owners felt that they were entitied to good roads and sidenalks just the same as those in the eenter. He said that there are at present 17 1-3 miles of strects in Plainville which have not yet been a pted because some of them are not in good eondition. He maid it would cost about $160,000 to fix these but it would haie to ba done. He spoke of the schols of the town saying (hat the new building on Tin- den street Is now nearing completion, Ihere are nine rooms in the building, seven of which will be furnished. This was built through a bond issue of $70,000 on which the tonn had secur- ed a bonus of 81,600 above par value Bristol high school will allow Plain- ville pupils to rémain for the finish of their courses and then Plainville, wil have a high sehool of ils own. He wald that the number of pupils in schools was increasing by about 40 or L6 a yoar and as the teachers requir- ed between 81, and each room ahout 28, the matter was one 1o be seriously considerrd He said that the Plainville post of- fice woa 1o be enlarged about 50 per cent breause of the increare in busi- 1ess, about 64 per cent in the past iwo years He =aid that the people of Plain- ville would soen be asked to contrib- 118 16 the \isiting nurse association 10 p it :m»;\ the work guing in town, On May 1, 1923, there were 590 cases and durlv—g the past vear, the nurse had made 976 bedside visits, 1.473 advisory visits and 103 tubercular vis- its to homes in the town. Besides | these, 127 visits had been made to the schools. Speaking of the firemen, he said that there were two pieces of motor spparatus and the firemen were right on their toes waiting for calls, Dur- ing the past year the department had made 30 runs, 15 of them for brush fires, He said that the waler supply of Mainville would soon have o be creased, A larger reservoir is needed and more mzins will bave to be in- stalled. He said that the need of & sewer in town was imperative. He deserib- ed the 1ay of the town with one river Junning south snd annther north These 196 could easily care for & sew er in & much better ®ay Than in ether paces. He #aid that the project had {teeu turned dowan in 1912 by & vot® in- "hard work, i should be a producer. ! shovel, (of the railroads have Irish names, "head and muscles !thought of them. His subject was “Is Man the Master of His Own Invention?"” He started off by saying that the idler is a curse to the country, ne matter where he is, He said that it makes no difference | ut att | whether the idler is rich or poor, he |*uffered a sotback when Councilmun | is a curse to the country. He said that the tendency of the times is for an American to look upon work as {not the thing to do, and that now- adays, & man isn't very proud to do but every true American He said a man, independently rich, could not be in- dependent of others, le could build ! a beautiful home in the country with | a wall areund it, but that would not make him independent of his fellow man. 1f the rich man didn't work somebody elze would have to work foi him because everything he eats, if not produced by himself, is produced by somebody else. 1f a man is rich | enough to live without hard work, it is his duty to work for the good of | and that is what the Commerce is doing e said that the community Chamber of throughout the country, '\”‘»‘4"!1"-"]". father was a grader on the rail- road in years gone by, Now, how. ever, it is the foreigrers who are doing the grading work, and Ameri- | cans are too proud to use the pick and | He said that first the Trish | it now the officials In the south today, all the grading work is heing done by Mexicans and in 30 years they too will be the officials, He said that America was not made Aid the grading, great by tralning of the feet on nu‘ floors, but by training of tlw of the body in hard work. He said that you could | go on the ballroom floor and ask any young man what his name was and you would find the names of the greatest men in bygone American history, But if you go into the eve. ning schools and libraries, you find every nationality on the giobe doing the studying. One of the great dangers hesetting this country is the skeptie, the man who thinks that everything is wrong. He didn’t mean the honest doubter whe was from Missouri and wanted to know about everything before forming his opinion or eriticising, but | the man who vents his spleen be- | cause he in using desructive criticlsm, | He maid that ‘there was so much of this going on that it is hard to get a good man even to run for mayor in a city, He said that this covetiry must distinguish between the servant in politics and the selfish politiclan, He turned to Washington and said that the Investigations there proved to him the the heart of America s sound, but also that there is a na. tional election near, He pald an elo- auent tribute tn President Calvin Coolidge, saying that he was genuwine 16 the cors, He said that he believes that Coolldge would rather be right than president and said that if Coeol. idge ever made a radical speech, he would never use his name again in public He then spoke of lawlessnoss say- ing that there was a wave of disre- speet for law spreading over 1t country, He gaid that he nas an a dent prohibitioniet and that the #was no piace in modern life for a drunkard, He said that that was only his onn opinion and everyone was on titled 1o his opinion on the subject. t. he eaid, if a man doesn’t Ilike the 16th amendment, he ought to change it, but as long as it 1s there, he shauld obey the law. “Any true American 18 a law-abiding citizes,” he said, “and as long as it is & law, you'se got 16 keep it.” He said that without lan, every man is a law unto himself. He said that Ameriea leads the world in erfme, that out 10, 000 murders committed last year, only 16 per cent the murderers were convicted, He #aid t) ber of Commerce and ganizations to call a ha lemsness and that the ae chy 8 spreading inta the 1q e of the young and this is a serious mat- ter He suid aleck for which tion. A smart dance of of t it was up 1o the Cham- like or- 1o the law- other " he detests a smart there is ho descrip- aleck is no serious minded person, he has no respect for the things others respect, no love for the things others love, and he in wiser than religion, law custom, We thinks it is smart to do the things that ought nat 1o be done and would undo th things that have been built up in the years gone by. He called alten- tion to the 18 people arrested In Hartford for being patrons of the so- clety bootlsggers and said they were smart glecks who could now proud that they had had a part in convieting twe poor deluded men who were sent to the penitentiary. He =ald that the Chamber of Com- | merce 18 the saving organization | which would stop this and called on that the members present to be construc- | Hee law.abiding Americans, leaders in rightcousness, He was followed by Frank H. John- ston of New Dritaln who said that (Continved on Page 12) MACKINTOSHS TOFFEE de LUXE will | foe | cilman Homer M. Judd of having ex- tra work done on the road te his fish- | ing preserve and started the rounds lof the city fathers to lay blame upon |their heads. Tler belligerent attitude Frank Dutton of the street committee was exposed 1o a witnering blast of | sarcasm. She informed the council flatly that Mr. Dutton to visit the Fall {said that the city ito keep his word. | Dutton’s ire sively that Mountain official road and had failed and he showed conclu- he had visited the street, | Mayor \Wade was also scored butl came | off with honors even, The council was treated to somg | other comedy in the request of Nelson | Gay for the improvement. of this road- | (way, when after being questioned, he admitted that he was in the town of | Wolcowt and that he conducted a tav- jern there. He rald, however, in {tense of his appearance that he in. tended later to buy property in this [eity and thus have a right as a tax- | payer to ask for improvements, | Afier a battle of words, the council |explained t6 Mrs, Hare that the over- whelming demand for street work, mHoIinz the recent storms, has made |1t impossible to give immediate atten- [tion 1o her respective readway, but |that it would be improved as soon as pumh!n The street committee agreed n the course of time to make it a (boulevard, as far as pessible,” Snavely Deadlocked | After discussing the responsibility ‘rnr the payment for the sidewalka ad. | joining the railroad crossing at the |iunciion of Maple and North atreets | with Farmington and Durlington ave- | nues Superintendent 1. J. Snavely of | 'the Waterbury division of the “New ‘Hm»n railroad, found himself up |against a deadiock with the city coun- | |eil last night and agreed to take up | the matter with his superiors for fur. ther consideration, When the cross dangerous situation, the sidewalk lquostion came up and according to {the minutes of the city council, the {eouncilmen themselves and other at. [tendants at the meeting, Mr, Snavely agreed to have the railroad stand the expense, This he dgnies at the pres. |ent time and after a half hour of dis. cussion on both sides he smilingly | |threw up the sponge with the remark | that the council opinion could not be changed and as he could not change 'his view of the matter and if the city {fathers were agreeable he would do what he could to get the money from “u\ higher offica The council voted }m hold off the wettlement until fur. ther word came from Mr, Snavely, The bill in question amounts te about 3400 and s for the laying of | eement sidewalks along the crossing, Street “Located” Acceptance of the lines, as proposed | by City Engineer . W, Buell for Staf. tord avenus, wae \oted at the council [ meeting last night. thereby establish- ing a 66 foot rondway. 7The present roadeay will not ha disturbed but the | extablishment of the new street lines will simplify property locations for the future. The old lines have hecome lost sn that the records showed trace of the Jocnl of the highway |und a petition came té the council a |Tew monthe szo, asking that lines be |Approved so that property owners | might know their exact Learings. No opposition was heard at the hearing |en the matter so that the lines were | declared operative. Murray Chosen Counciiman James 1. Murray was chosen as tha city council member of the naw high sehosl recraation com | mittee by Mayor John 1, Wade las night to serie the vears of hin couneil term. He succeeds the late Frederick N. Manross on the commit tee, which has charge of the activities in connection with the north wing of the school huilding. Tn this part of the structure ars located the Com. munity theater, the gymnasium s swimming pool, all well patroniz by the city at large Viagpole Owdercd In response to a request from vinth scheel district, the council voted 1ast night 1o supply a flagpole for the ow Bdgewosd school. Autherizstion « given ta Superintendent of Tub lie Works Oscar Anderson to ereet 1 yole for 1he school Hearing Ordered Asscasnents of benefits and agea, incide tiilding tines on Farmington avenve will be discussed at a hearing of the affected property owners on May 20, according 16 A decision of the council Iast night | The street committee reported that the assessments affect all the property owners about equa | Repair of Atking asenue was 1ot 1o street committes with power 1o two the w dam Wal 1o 1he new of act “Mayw” Graves, Now. Councilman Vrank Graves enjoys the unigue privilege for the nest three months of being mayor of the city well &9 councilman, as he whs ap- pointed mayor by Mayor John V. Wade last night. Of course. Council- man Graves will serve only In the ab- |senee of Magor Wade, As the coun- feilman has served several terms on the eity board, he has been unde { #tady to shveral mayors and has had |the opportunity to handie the gavel fon more than one ocoasion in a high- I',‘ creditable manner. Want Strect Widened. Widening of Curtiss lane esught by Attorner Joseph P. O'Con- reil, repregenting Dr. Benjamin B Robbine. (he swner of a largs tract of 1and an the strest The councll pre- pared to widen the thoroughfare & | had promised | This aroused Mr, | de- | Ing was changed recontly to relieve a | no | | Liuell to prepare vstimates of the cost ol pulling tne street in condition for acceptance by the city, including the cost ol a storm sewer. ‘The street was ready for accept- ance several y 1go but through me hitch the council did not take thoroughfare within the city { care, Since that time, conditions ha: gone from bad to ~ovse and recent | slorms have made matters unpleasant ! for the residenis and have cuused the property ow..ers to go up in arms. Judge Josepn M. Douvrvan represent- | ed one group of property owners and askel taat woirk b: staited at once ¢n the repair of the street. lHe was ably seconded by E. Nystrom of the board of re arl J. Arnold of the Chamber of Commerce and Uliva J. Roberge, The councilmen agreed | that the street must be atiended to at once and immediate action for ims provement of conditions wiil take | piace. Want Supervision Extended, IXxtension of the medical aitention from the public schools to include | the parochial schools has becen sougnt | for somne time and was again brougnt 1o the atiention of the council last night. It was degided to ask Corpor- ation Counsel Willlam Derosier 10 bring in an epinion at the next meeis" [irg as to the poasibility of exiending the public school inspection to ths viher schools, Other Council Maiters The petition for installation of the sewer at the upper end of Divinity street was referred to the sewer coms mittee by the city council )ast night. | The request of the Southern New Fngland Telephone Co, for permis- sion to dig up Maple street from Uenter street to IProspett place, was raferred to Commissioner of Publie Works Oscar Anderson for investiga« tion, The removal of the sign of (he Bristol National bank at the corner of Riverside avenue and Middle sireet to improve a Jdangerous con- dition at that point was referred to [ the street committee to confer with [the bank officials. | The request of C, Johnston to Isase a piece of clly property on Rchool street near Church strect was referved to the miscellancous matters fcommities! | Storm Eatinguishes Tights Dieetrie lights throughout the cily were extinguished for a short time last night by the thunder shower which swept over the city, No other damage was reported this morning. Kiltonic Post Initintes Kiltonie post of Routhington coms ducted a class of candidates of Selche« prey post, American fegion through the mysteries of the “zero” hour in 11024 style at fon hall last night. After the initiation, a luncheen w werved, In the campaign for members, being conducted by the local post, | 20 names were secured during the last week and all teams indicate a betler response for nast week, Appeal Vor Probate Appeals in the estate of Walenty Swienton of this city from the award of probate eommissioners were heard today in the superior court in Hart- ford by Judge George K. Hinman of Willlmantie. Ttecent apportionments by a probate commission composed of Judgs Epaphroditus Peck, Thomas P. O'Brien and Frank Law, all of this city, did not satisfy relatives and creditors of the estate, Heirs in Poland consisting of two brothers and a sister breught suit for reconsideration of the probate awards through their atter- George L. Ferrio and the firm che & Tiche, all of Dridgeport. Judge Joseph M. Donovan of this has brought suit for Mrs. Mare garet Sitka, who alleges & loan of $2.500 to the deceased. . K. Bame berger of Hartford is also suing, have ing a clatm of $800 for a loan. Judge A. J. Vowler of Wallingford represents Bamberger. The suits have been brought against Judge William 1. Malone, administrator of the estate, which amounts to about $12,000, The imolved nature of the case has kept it under way for several months and has brought in many local people 19 testify, among them being Presidos Miles Lewis Peck of the Bristol Save ings bank. Hev, George Hartiewski ahd James C. Heffernan. Jocal real estate man city Of to Convention Members of the democratic state convention dslegation left this arters noon 1o attend the opening session tonight at the Hotel Garde in New Haven The delegation will go uninstructed but is understood to be favorable to the presidential aspirations of Govers nor Al Smith of New York. The deles gates from this clty are:—John Done nelly, Wallace B. Crumb, Joseph P. O'Connell, Everett W. Reynolds, John W. Murphy, Mrs. Joseph T. Donovan, Julius H. Pierce and Michael Reilly. To Pash Bridge Project Instructions to present formal laye (Countinuved on Iage 12) PiLLs