New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 6, 1924, Page 7

arifords EW BRITAI opping @enter: (DURING JULY AND AUGUST, WE CLOSE WEDNESDAYS AT NOON) August Sale of Furniture NOW IN PROGRESS THE READY RESPONSE TO THE OPENING ANNOU SALE 18 AMPLE PROOF TO Us THAT TRE PEOPLE © THAT WHEN WE ADVERTISE THERE IS NO EXAGGERATED VALLLS=THAT THE DISCOUNT OF 15% TO 33 1.8% FROM OUR REGULAR LOW PRICLS GIVLS A BONA FIDE SAVING ON THE HIGH. EST TYPE OF MERCHANDISE RIGHTED OR NATIONALLY ADVERTISED ARTICLE, TURE NEED NOT BE CXPENSIVE" HAK AND THAT OUR GUARAANT MEAN YOUR PRICKL CONVENIENT CREDIT TERMS MAY R CEMENT OF OUR ALGLST FURNITURL RN AND VICINITY REALIZY { { S FAR MORE THAN A COPY. N PROVE THAT GOOD FURNI. ARRANGED IF DE. Exceptional Values On Chamber Suites of High Character 1.Pisce Walnut Suite, 59.inch full vanity, 2 hand mirrors, chalr and bench, 3675 ralue 8-Plece Suite, beautiful pleces, aut, including twin beds, regular August price ....... price 8950 Special Value 1n & walnut suite, 48-inch Dresser, full vanity, wardrobe and bow en Qur August Sale price .... oo on the market. $177.50 value ........ Stickley Davenport, silk war price $235.00, Sale prica .. A-Piece Pullman Davenport, cane pancls any frames, tapestry esvered $289.50 value s _ Berlin News NEW BRITAIN HEN APPEAR IN COURT Pay Respects to Juige Griswold for Traffic (fenses WILL STOP WTTING N P Arrangements Not Completed For Athletie Club—Fur Bring Suit Lol lowing Berlin Acident—Grange Ac- tivities- savage Hill Statement, were fined Gri Britin ach Five New men $50 and wold din the by Judge court costs Belin tewn night, the finesoeing later suspended | S these | on payment of costs. - All of men were chaped with cutting in and out on the ling of cars below the cen- ter 'of Berlin n Bruce’s hill. They were Solomon Sargzis, Peranova,( Mithony Morowski, mund ReN sd Absolam Georges. They were alowed to go with a warn- ing ufter paing the costs of their cases. Verner charged I'rank Zig of Kensington wih fishing in the Meriden reservoir, as discharged upon pay- ment of cots. He was brought in by Game Wauden Morris Buck of Meri- den and pdd the costs which amount- to $10. Judge Criswold sald today that the state polge and the Berlin authori- ties are ooperating to put a stop to the cutthg in and out on the lines of cars during heavy traffic. This tendenc’ (o run ahead of five or six cars hs been growing during the imme months and the police are deternined (o put a stop to it. Heavy fines ¥ill be administered as the only way 0 teach the offenders a lesson. Th' judge suid tnday that this is a daigerous practice and has led to matwy accidents on the ‘pike. 'The stats police are extremely vigilant andare bringing in many autoisfs who break out of the line and try to run the gauntlet of car No Definite Action Taken No drinite action upon the forma- tion of an athletic club for Kensing- ton wat taken by the members of St. Paul's I. A. B, soclety at its meet- ing lasl night. A committee to in- vestigat the possibilities of such a elub wis appointed, the members being 1. J. Buckley, John McKeon, Thoma| Malarney, Frank Orsie and James Hart. The club will not be confined membgs of the society, but will be open f: all Kensington athletes, All brancies of sports will be included in the sciedules. Definite plans wili “a formuted next Tuesday evenina. Saage Hillers Make Statement Resdents of the Savage Hill (East Berlin district, are very much in- cense: following the report of the Fast 3erlin fire district meeting, held Mondy evening in Athletic hall as publised In last evening's Herald. 1t isslaimed that figures purporting to sbbw that an expense of 3 mills woull be necessary to carry lights to their district were improperly made out, ,According to R. F. Dyer, it woul be necessary to expemd but 2 andone-half mills to light the part of te district mentioned in the com- clepe——— leterson to CAPITOL — COMING JACKIE COOGAN in “Little Robinzon Crusoe” bow end bed $540 last | dresser, chiffsrobe, T+-Ploce Suite, | old thmed wal 4-Plece Sulte, 1a ... $700 combination, 8225 Four Post Med . 8275 DAVENPORT BEDS stickley Extension Davenport, considered the best Regular for unce, $39 59, velour upholstered, reg- A Double Day c0\ering. $40.50 kind, for . $197.50 Englander 3.1 priced at $15.00, § | mittee’s report, and this would leave 1a good surplus for emergencies, A statement to the effect that a 1 and three-quarter mill tax would take care of the district without Savage | Hill was figuring pretty close, and this | [ @mount in reality should be at least | [two mills. In other words, an extra , haif mill would supply the required | nd leave a surplus, while the three-quarters mill tax as estimated ex- | | tights 1 and passed will bar. not the selfish n people of the district, hes lights for itseir and re fuses to supply us with them arter | taking us into the district,” said Mr. | Dyer | “The person who states that a great | extra expense is involved in carrying | the lights to our section, is wilfully | misrepresenting the case for some | reasan of his own, and statements al- | |leged to have been made hefore the | district meeting, are hung upon fig- ures that have Dbeen deliberately “Juggled” fo make our case as bad as | possible, The facts will appear in their true light sooner or later,” he | | concluded i do like Four Bring Snit i result of an accident on the | in road on the night of July | v Britain people have | hrought s winst Aldo Viori of | Glastonbury, charging that his negli- | ! genee and recklessness in operating an |automobile on that night caused a | | collision Letween that vehicle and !the machine in which the New Brit- | lain residents were riding. The suits | have been brought through §. G. Casale of New Britain and the writ is returnable in the city court the fourth Monday of this month. The people named as the are Irank, Joscphine and Michelina | Matera und Sebastian Sbrigilo. They | were riding up a steep grade and | were procecding with caution, they | {claim, when the defendant attempted | to pass their machine while going in | the same direction, The result was | that he forced them to the edge of i the pavement and their car crashed into an embankment. Two wheels of their car were broken and the spring chassis was also broken, The fenders | were bent on the rear of the car and the frame was damaged, They claim that the defendant did not give any warning that he was about to pass, | or slacken his speed. | Another Diptheria Case It was reported today that Joseph Dombrowski, three .yeara of age, a brother of Leon Dombrowski, who died on Saturday last after an fllness | |of & week with diphtheria, has been taken sick with the same disease. The house has been quarantined and the | child is under the eare of Dr. A, J. | Goodwin ! Church Night Service [} The weekly chureh night service will be held at the Kensington Meth- | odist church tomorrow evening, Mor- gan Morgans of New Britain will be in charge, owing to the absence of the pastdr, Rev. May B. Lord. Visiting From New York Mr. and Mrs. 1. F. Williams and daughter of Smyrna, N. Y., are visit- | ing Mr. and Mre. Francis Deming of Worthington Ridge. Mr. and Mrs. Willlams are former Berlin residents and are well known in town, # } Vacation Items Mrs. James I'agan, Mr. and Mrs, W. Fagan and family and Mre, James | vacationing at Point O'J | plaintiffs | J. Corr are Woods, Miss Kathryn Gilligan and the Misses Grace, Eileen and Camilla Kel- ley have returned frem a ‘acation stay at Myrtle Beach. Mrs. H. B. Cleveland of Mmyrna, | N. Y. s visiting her parents, Mr. | and Mrs, Horace L. Judd of Berlin. | Mrs. Cleveland was formerly Miss Naney Judd, Hold Neighbors' Night About 40 members of Wethersfield Grange put in an appearance at the Berlin Grange hall last night and a real old time Neighbors' Night was held. The visitors contributed an in- teresting program of recitations, music. eol0% speeches and stunte and the Berlin organization replied with full vanity, bow end bed, night tabl aench and chair, $775 value ... obe @nd vanity, attractive walnut fered for our Augu ENGLANDER BEDS A Pouble Day Bed, selected eretonne covering, full 33350 Legular atti- | | organizat la walnut, dresser, chifferobe, ... $625 rge dresser, bow end bed, chiffer. $169.50 twenty styles to select trom, of Sale at worthwhile values, too 15% OFF ronch value for.... Bed 11 Windsor design, cretonne . $41.50 Peds, all finishes, specially $22.50 and $25.00 each, ioce 12.50, tasty refreshments. joyed. Thirteen applications for member- ship were reccived last night. These candidates will be taken into the irange on September 2, when the first and second degrees will be exempli- fied by a ladies' degree team com- posed of women of the Berlin Grange. Dancing was en- This team is spending much time at rehearsal. Lawn Party Coming The Grange will hold a lawn party the home of Mr. and Mrs, E. J. Gugerty of Kensington on Tuesday cvening, August 19, It was voted at the meeting last night to suspend the business activities on that evening and hold an out-of-door festival. ‘reparing For Fair The committee in charge fair to be held by Berlin Grange in eptember is working on the details and it is expéceted that the event will e one of the largest held by the local n Fast Rerlin Items The regular weekly meeting of the Community ¢ will be held in basement of the Methodist church this evening at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Charles Woodward of Main street is the guest of relatives - in Philadelphia. Plans are being made for an outing automobile truck to Riverside in Springfield, Mass, in the near ture, ‘ AMr, and Edward Clark have returned to heir home on Main street after enjoying a few days' va- cation at the shore. Mrs. Frederick Hubbard has re- turned to her home after spending the past several weeks as the guest of relatives in New Haven. A number from this place will at- tend the weekly barn dance at Woike's in West - Cromwel] Friday evening, There will be a meeting of the Modern Woodmen at the Athletlc building Thursday evening. The regular mid-week service will be held at the Methodist church Thursday evening at the usual hour. EXPLOSION KIL of by Par tul M S THREE, | Three Workmen Killed in Explosion at Illinois Steel Company at Gary, Ind. Chicago, Aug. 6.—Three workmen are known to have been killed, half dozen others seriously hurt and property valued at more than $1,000,. 000 destroyed in an explosion at the plant of the Tllinois Steel company in ry, Ind., late last night. The blast, believed to have rosuit- ed from the premature ignition of gas in a newly repaired blast furnace, flung tons of steel and brick hundreds of feet and practically demolished the blast furnace, valued at $1,000,000 and damaged other property to the extent of several thousand dollars. The shock of the explosion was felt for miles. IMOGENE ING A JOB. Zielfeld Dismisses Imogene Wilson When She Secks Hubby's Cdm- pany Aboard Ship. New York, Aug. 6.—Imogene Wil- son, who two months ago brought Frank Tinney, famous comedian, into court by charging him with having beaten her, is looking for a job. When Tinney started today for London, tak- ing with him papers in his wife's suit for separation., Imogene wept and {spent as much time as possible with | pected to attend him on board. When IMlorenz Zieg- (feld, Jr.. learned this, he dismissed | day her from the cast of the folljes. “1 have given Miss Wilson the bene- fit of every doubt Mr. Ziegfeld, “but this ends it.” e — A revelation of Candy goodness! the | the | up Jo now.” said | " Plainville Nflp: SEEK MISSING WAN " HEREINPLAINVILE Strange Acting Person Might Be Lost Berlin Watchman GNAZZO FINED IN COURT Oon Reckless oumed Diseharged Dghving Charge = Meeting of Chureh==To Attend Comvention w Plainville Briefs, Perlin authorities yesterday investigating a a man answering to the description of James O'Neill, Rerlin plant of the Nanley Cnemical U, who has been strangely missing for some time, but it is the opinion of those who were working on the case [that the man is not the one who is [Leing sought Monday and yesterday, there has Leen a nan in Plaimville making the {rounds of the stores here asking for |carfare to one place or another, He |has apepared in certain stores and Ibusiness places as many as three times !a day and each time he asked tor car [fare to different places. He visited | Rogers Bakery tnice on Monday and the Atlantic & Paclhic Tea Co, on West Main street vesterday, Bying- ten's drug store and George I'nit's {barbershop and each time stated that he wanted to get car fare |evidently it was immaterial to him in | what direction he went because he did {not mention the same destination [twice in any one place | Grand Juror Willium Voran, work ing on the case today, interviewed the |employes in Rogers Bakery, but the | description they gave of the man did Inot tally with that of O'Neill. The other places elicited the same infor- [ mation, and it has been decided th the vagrant who was making the |1ounds was not the mussing watch- man, The man, however, acted lqueerly and thosa who talked with him were led to helieve that he was | not right mentaily He was deseribed as heing about 85 vears old, was dressed in shahhy | ciothes, stoond five feet six inches in height and weighad about 140 pounds. There were no marks which were noticed which would distinguish him from others, The description did not 2y with that of O'Neill, given by his latives, When confronted with a were in town report that he | picture of the missing Berlin man, no | (ene could state that the vagrant and [the watchman were the same person. | | Many thought there was ahsolutely no {resemblance and others could see a [Lit of ressmblance, but niot enough to identify the man, The last seen of the stranger wa when he took a trolley car bound for ristol Fined In Court Duffy Gnazzo was fined costs in the town police |evening by Justice Merritt jen ac ficer while in the line of duty. £5 and court last 0. Ryder harge of interfering with an of- Tes- timony introduced m the court tended |to show that the most that Dufiy was hilty of was in telling his hrother ot to go with the officer hecause he |had no warrant for him. This, how- ever, it is alleged, caused Christy, the |brother on whom Deputy Sheriff F. | W. Furrey was serving the warrant, to ihrrak away from the officer and start to run away. Ha was brought to a | halt Dy a shot from the policeman's (gun. Grand Juror William Foran, |acting for the state, recommended a |stiff penalty. Attorney Charles I, {made a plea for his client and asked ‘[the court to show leniency. Discharged On Count | Charles Sage, whose case had heen |postponed for over a month, was dis- charged by Justice Merritt O, Ryder in the second case of the evening, on |a charge of reckless driving. He was |represented by Attorney Davjd L. :‘ r of New Britain and it was through his plea that the judge dis- {¢harged the man. Stanley 8. Gwillim |appeared in the role of prosecutor and {although he hrought many witnesses |on the stand for the state, their evi- | |dence was not enough to prove to the | ge | jcourl that the man was guilty. |was arrested after his automobile had (crashed through the East Main street railroad gates, hreaking them, and carrying parts of them to the Cooke |sarage beforé the automobile could |be brought to a stop. |cited the accident tyder had found himseff i3 New Dritain some time ago and asked the Judgs if he thought his act was one |of reckless driving. He likened the {actions of Sag: on the night of the accident to those of the justice, and [ Mr. Ityder could find no guilt of reck- [lessness, | Adjourned Parish Meeting The adjourned meeting of the {copal church of Our Feld in the parish house tomorrow evening at § o'clock. The nominating {cemmittee which has heen working on [the selection of a rector fog the jchurch, will report a1d the parish will [take action on the report. This is one of the most important meetings of the |vear and every legal voting member 'of the church should attend Attending Convention. | Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Coe and Mr. and Mrs. William 8. Vance, left this morning by automobile for Rochester, IN. Y. where the men will attend the | national convention of the Oriental | Order of Humility and Perfection. | The women of the party will be the | Ruests of the auxiliary of the order | during their stay in Rochester. Over 20,000 visitors and delegates are ex- the convention of the supreme orient during the three session there. The local party will visit Niagara alls and points of {interest in Canada during their trip. Tee Cream Festival, | This evening at * o'clock, the | Knights of Washington of the Episco- pal church will hold an ice cream festival on the lawn of the Episcopal church of Our Raviour. Tickets for | the aftair mdy be procured at the fes- |tival. Tn cage of rain. the affair will | be held In the parish house | 'gistrars In Sescion. e in the tonn hall, the regis- I trare of voters of both the republican iend democratic partics will be in ses- Epis- Saviour will he watechman at the Lam ! but | |Conlon, appearing for the defendant, | Attorney Nair | into which Justice | DAILY HERALD WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1024, | sion tor " ock In ard 1ime s R e e'cloch nees ang B of enrolil ° the for the purposs party he last apportunity Plginville 1o make thelr nutice for the caucuses 1o be held 1 Plainyille menth and many st &l poar 1o | namve taken eqistrars have stated thal lists were burned in the town hall fre about elght years ago and many whe think that they registered at th present time wil find that thelr naies not on either list. Vollowing Lri fay's session. the registrars will cor ot and prepare the lists which to be filed with the town elerk office Pierce street, Caucus ane nouncements will forthcoming in ® near future Working on Co Wohkmen staried this repair the ecorner sidenalk of the Galpin drug store made of cement, was installed he was cut back 14 feet last year and since that time, the curh been hroken and was in need of The wWill he fixed up in the are This ihe calous Nsts A | the { vele next he ap T the former sho are not on the present tine should Are in on b th er mernir " This front wal when corner " Ac when vothmen a4 shape through Intevest in Polities Tnterest in politics is starting. hing ing mostly on the coming town eler tions. fieveral who have not yet an nounced candidac for office are working, it is known, to get a big ng for the caucuses There are least twn names being mentioned the position selectman now by Relectman Willlam Johnson but the announcements have not heen made. Mr. Johnson, although making no announcement at the ent time, is thought to intend to re. tire this year fram publie office and there will ha a seramble for the office when he leaves the post. Mr. John- son has been s¢ tman for 14 vears and during that time, has acted most eapably for the welfare of the town, | Plainville Briefs Meyer Sneideman and George ner have returned from a trip to lantie City, N. J Lindell Hicks has resigi sition at the Standard Steel & Bear- ings, Tne and has returned to his home in Clinton, Mass, He has heen |a resident of Plainville for several months, Mrs. Thoma Conlon stroef, will accompany her daughter and family of New RBritain n days' motor trip to Lake Winnepe- sauke, N. H. Misses Leona and Marie Callen are spending their vacations at Lake Sunapee, N. H C. . Roberts of returned from the eral hospital where he has been un- dergoing treatment., His condition is reported to he unimproved. their held yet pres. Shin- Al Nis po- of Pierce on a iast has w Britain Gen- streot, 4-room tenement, improvements, Inquire Frank Caparrelli, 29 Whiting —adt, . SOUTHINGTON NEWS Tt has been learned here that Ger- ald Woodruff, Amherst ball has received the offer of a college base- star "|tryout with the New Haven team of | He was recom- the Am- a huriing | the Eastern league. | mended to the management of |team by George Leete, former | herst college pitcher who is now | member of the New Haven | corps. Woodruft has built up considerable !of a reputation around the state as a | semi-pro hurier and has pitched with | | soms of the fastest teams in the | | state. At the present time he is | | pitching for the Pextq team of the | Farmington Valley league and has been turning in, wins consistently | Whether or not’ Woodruff will con- | | sider the offer has not been ascer- ! tained although it is the consensus of | opinion among his many friends that he will turn it down, Miss Rose Dimillo of this town was tendered a surprise party in the Ox- | | ley assembly hall last evening in hon- | or of her approaching marriage. She 118 & popular member of the younger set, | At the next meeting of the school | board it is expected that the vacan- {cies in the teaching corps will be | filled. A number of applicatidns for | positions have heen receivel hy the school hoard and it is expected that by September 1, the ranks will be complete, The Brooksdale basclhall m will cross bats with the Milldale aggreg the Milldale grounds Sunday afternoon, The visitors have a good reputation as a ball team are | expected to furnish a good exhibition, | | tion at and Mans for the San Sisto celel on to he held in this town ®ea week are practically completed and the | committee in charge are expected to | announce the compelte prozram of 2c i!i\i'l:\,\' short! A request 48 made ! Y‘!IV:H those have pledged money | to finance the affair will make their | payments as soon as possible, | ¥ who L14 the ozone | | The added healthful qualities | eea alr may he attributed to | fact that sea air has more than land air. “De Luxe PARTIES, TRIP: Prices Arranged From I nigat. {intendent J, bury division of the New Haven rail- | feity 2 Bri;_lol News 10 ADOPT SALE OF GERTIFIED MILK Cows Must Be Tested or Fluid Pasteurized §15,000 1N NEW BRIDGE [ il Meet Held and Mueh Business Transacied==Another Grid- ley Street Hearing==Appropriations For Boulesard Repairs Milk fre r ) tes herds th At high has been pasteurized will be restricted for sale in this city after January cording to a of the city couns nght report of the committee jevisie cil 1ast Vollowing a favora employed to 1] city investigate the matter, the city boa the ruling in the The tubereulin test must Le applied to the herds and the owner of the animals must reccive a certl- fleate of approrval trom the state com- missioner of domestic animals, which In turn must be approsed by the locil board of health before milk may be offared for sale In reporting on the ordinance last night Councilman Frank 8 Merrill, chairman of the investigating commit- tee on the matter, said that several meetings had been held and as far as tearnod, the sentiment of the herd owners and dealers of the city favored the requirement, He de- clared that the ruling might raise the price of milk a trifie but the benefits to be gained more than offset the ex- tra cost incorporated ordinances, could be al Election a spectul election reached at the council scssion last night so that an issue of $200,000 of bonds may be voted upon by the electors of the city. This issue of honds will be used to retire present indebtedness of the first taxing district, which is secured by & per cent The bonds will he 414 cent and will be payable semi-annually, The retirement pro- cess of the bonds will be at the rat of $10,000 every October 1 from 19 to 1944, Arrangements for the spe- cial election were made last night so that the matter will be taken care of at once. A bond issue of £100,000 at 4 per cent and in denominations of $1,000 Spe Decision to hold on August 15 was note, per each, on which no special clection is | was also the council last night. take care of a sum of 83 water department. | special Appropriation Made In order that the repair work on | the Memorial Boulevard, wrecked by the flood of last spring, may be paid a special appropriation of $7,000 was made at the council meeting last Of this amount, the sum of 3,000 will be for the digging out of the river and the temporary repairs to the road bed while the sum of § 000 will pay for the retaining well, which will separate the river from the roadway. The bill of $1,800 for the sidewalks on the southside of the highway will go to the park board for payment Main Street Widening Widening of Main street in accor- dance with plans, presented by Super- J. Snavely of the Water- necessary, decided upon by This issue will 3,000 of the will be discussed at the meet- August 19, when a hearing will held so that property owners, af- ro ing be fected, may also alr their views, The strect plans had afready heen ap- proved but a few changes were sug- Rested by the railroad officials, which the council thought should be adopt- ed and accordingly the first vote was rescinded and the city hoard decided to accept the railroad changes, Legion Chooses Delegates Delegates of 8 ican Legion the state on August 28, and 80 in Torring- ton were chosen at the meeting last night as follows: Claire M. Pfennig, Royden G. rton, Buel J. Ferguson and Rugene ber. The alternates are Erie Waldo, lsaac Ricker, Rolie F. Rowe and Harold A, Hayden, Benefite Equal Damages That the the widening Main strect from High and Sum- to the railroad bridge damages to the affected the report of the spe- cial committee on this matter to the coundil last night the situation presents ne new aspects for property owners except that the building line of the street wil be along the line of the present property. In order that any objections may be hearing will be held on of present to hene on mer streets equal the property was the registered, a Angust 19 when any property awners may views their Auto Bus” D EXCURSIONS Any Place—Any Time Tel. Bristol 724 ew Britain and Plainville odern Transit Co. “Jack” Boyee, Prep. cheprey Post, Amer- | convention | Accordingly | the affected | Want Curbing Uhanges The reselting of the eurbin ) Summer sireet or the installation of new eurh is desired by the eity o il according to the sentiment o5« pressed last night by the eity beard. A hearing s set for August 19 in order that the properiy owners may liscuss the matter with the eity of+ fieials tir Nireet Hearing The night of August 19 promises to be & rousing affair for the city eounell as another hearing, that of the Grid. t improsements, was set lagt for that particular date, A plan of the necessary work has been up by City Engineer C, W, and when the changes ard the thoroughfare will be taken acceptance by the eity, The has ghven much trouble in the and through earnest efforts on part of the property owners, the changes have been eon. evening up for street past the proposed siderad Other Council Matiers, The petition of the Southern New England Telephone Co., to install lats eral conduits on North Main street was referred by the council last night to the street committee and Superin. tendent of Public Works Oscar Ane 80N With power to act The claim of Mrs, Lottie Hull, pre« sented by her attorney, Judge Epa. [ phroditus Peck for damages to hes property from water, flowing over the High school, was referred to the ard of education, he renewing of the leases for stores in the city bullding, which pire on September 1 was left to miscellaneous matters committee, | The claim of Arthur Heise for dam- ages to his motor car, becauss of a | paving defect on Wolcott road, was [referred to the claims committee, May Widen Comer, Widening of the Summer street cor- ner at the junction of Main street was left to the street committee for a re- pert by the city council last night, The committee will interview Joseph Hayes, a share of whose land, must be taken, before a report is made, First Trip, Nearly Last. What nearly proved to be the last trip over the North Pond street eross- ing for a foreman of the Anchor Fence Works took place yesterday af+ ternoon when a train passed by a scane | minute before the motor car of the fenceman. The fence foreman had | been engaged in the erection of a new fence around St. Thomas' cemetery and was homeward bound when the narrow escape took place. He did not see the train until it was upon him and only a burst of speed saved himself and his car, Bridge Contract Let. lathrop and Shea of New Haven have secured the contract for the con- crete work on the new bridge over the {North Pond street railroad tracks while the iron work has been let to the Berlin Construction Co. The bridge will cost about $15,000. The ‘locanm‘ will be east of the present crossing, which will be closed by or- der of the public utilities commission. The crossing has been the scene of one fatality and many narrow escapes, Two weeks ago a couple of .men were struck by a train and at first their lives were despaired of. Work ‘wm be started at once on the bridge. | William Mills William Mills, 50 years old, died ‘at his home on Pratt street this morn- | fng after a short illness, He leaves | his wife, a son Tred Mills and a daughter, Miss Clara Mills, all of this city. The funeral arrangements have | not been comploted. Bristol Briefs Chief of Police Ernest T RBelden, | Detective Sergeant Daniel McGilli- | cuddy and Officers John €. Me- Loughlin and Lawrence Doolan ate | tended the state convention of police- /' men today in New Haven, | Mabel Lipman, four year old { daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Lip- man of 102 Woodland street was re- moved to the Hartford hospitatl yes. terday afternoon and operated on for appendicitis, old by the ox- the TRIP PUT OFF Big Dirigible To Be Kept in Hangar— | rms Predicted. { Lakehurst, N. J, Aug.—The flight of the navy dirigible Shenandoah, scheduled to start at 3:45 o'clock this |morning for Narrangansett Bay, R. I, | Where the specially constructed moor- ing mast aboard the mother ship I'atoka was to be tried out, was post- | poned ea today because of the weather forecast predicting thunder- |storms for today in the New Jersey region. The giant dirigible will remain in its hangar today, officials at the air | field safd, but weather conditions per« | mitting, the proposed flight and | mooring test will be carried out | Thursday ; ONE MAN CAR VICTIM. Boston Motorman Drops at Post, Cas Then Crashed Into Trolley. Boston, Aug. 6. — Motorman Fred Potter of the Boston elavated was fatally hurt and five of his passengers injured so as to require hospital treat- ment when his one-man car tele scoped another in the Roslindale dis- trict yesterday. Potter died at the hospital without regaining consciousness. Witnesses said that he dropped. prostrated by either the extreme heat or heart faile ure, a few moments before his car hit the preceding one which had stopped for sengers. Potter was buried in the wreckage of the vestibule and was extricated with difficulty. Although the rear end of the other car was demolished none of its passengers was seriously injured. The five on the runaway car, treated for slight injuries, wers all but one able to go to their homes later. CAPITOL — COMING JACKIE COOGAN i —— “Little Robinson Crusoe”