New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 30, 1925, Page 9

) $1.59 Ea. Knit Wool Gloves, heather mixed—S$1.00 Pr. stripes and jacquard effects, $1.50, for Saturday—$1.00 Pr. dark~ oxford and ; | cks, fancy cllec](s, | reg. price Last Day, Tomorrow, Of Shoe Sale Come Share In Its Big Savings IT HAS BEEN A SEASON OF WONDER-VALUE GIVING IN OUR SHOE SEC- TION SINCE SALE BEGAN. FINE FASHIONABLE FOOTWEAR VERY MUCH UNDERPRICED. THAT VALUES WERE APPRECIATED HAS BEEN FULLY PROVED BY THE RUSH FOR THE SALE'S SPECIALS, TOMORROW, LAST DAY THREE EYELET TIES, of tan calf with welt soles and low heels, $6.00 value ................. $5.00 Pair WOMEN’S STRAP PUMPS of tan suede with Cuban heels. Were $8.00. A Big Special at our Sale’s Price..............o0.0uue regular Patent Colt Strap Pumps with Cuban or Spanish heels, $7 and $8 kinds. .$3.98 Pr. One Eyelet Ties, patent colt apricot kid quarter, were $8.50 for ....... §6.50 Pr, ANOTHER LOT OF THESE BOOTS for women, patent, brown and colored kid, $7.00 to $8.00 value, with French heels ..... ............. 50c Pair AT OUR MEN’S DEPT. \ Flannel Shirts, Congress make, dark ox- ford and fancy checks, with turn down collars and pockets. Special at $1.95 Ea. Warm Pajamas of good outing flannel, neat stripes and cut good and full, for— L NEW THREE STRAP PUMPS, of tan calf, with Cuban heels, Regular price $6.00 OV .o vis 0 s s o bt R 0 w00 SO0 Pl ... $3.98 Pair Silver Kid Pumps, strap style with Spanish heels, were $10 for .... $5.95 Pr. Three Strap Pumps, kid and patent colt, Cuban. heels, $7.50 value....... $4.50 Pr: SATURDAY THE FINISH OF SILVER SALE Medium Size Knives of Rogers make, in the popular Lexington patfern. Set of Six for $2.10. Rogers Table Forks in Lexington design _—Set of Six, $2.00. . | Teaspoons of Rogers make, in sets of | six for only—T79¢ Set. | Tablespoons of Rogers make in sets of six at only—=$1.95. i 26 Pieces Silver complete in Buffet chest at only—88.75. - Berlin News LAST MEETING OF BANKRUPT CONCERN Five Per. Cent Dividend Ordered in Court Yesterday T0 START WORK HERE Storm Holds Berlin in Its Grip—Re- assessment Project*Comes to Fore wirds were torn down, broken from trees and the electr lights throughout the put out of commission. With the slackening of the storm around noon yesterday, hopes were expressed that the storm might not contniue. Howcver, when, in the | Mra. K. Abel will act as hostees, and afternoon, the snow started to fall body Is invited. again, gaining in density all the The local members of the T time, it was known ._that therey Sconts will attend a meeting of their | would be, before morning, the re- | troop at Berlin this evening. ter. During the cyening, turned to sfeet and then, growing iildness of the weather, A heavy wind drove the rain along from the northwest covering trees with dce and turning the new- fajlen snow into a sea of slush. The weather grew colder lowm-d] rain. | sults of the worst storm ol the win- tended and very much enjoyed. The prize winners were: Grandmother's Knowled Book, Mrs. William Noble; Shopping List, The social next week will in the church parlors on day afternoon at 2 o'clock. limbs were town were Mildrum. be held Thu Why not help the paper boys b shoveling a little siow away from the front door to the strect o as to make it easicr for them to deliver the pape Miss Anna Sawsel will entertain at the whist social to be given by the ladies of the Sacred Heart church in the church parlor Monday e 8 o'clock. All are invited to attend. the with Snow the to midnight’ and the water froze. . s bt Limbs ©f trees, heavy with ice, | W, 9 " rad broke under the strain and tele- | aterbury Man Arraigned phone w ing of ice. #s parted under the coat- On Charge of Murder Waterbury, Jan, 30.—Michacl Jq Tonight—Miss Clark in Sevious Hear From Sugenhime | carusso, 194 Fairfield avenue, « ends in Berlin® have received | D&®uty Coroner 5. Conway It Condition—Items. | cards from Max Sugenhime, who is | responsible for death of Doin- The final meeting of the Sufficld- ! Berlin Trap Rock Company was held in bankruptey court yesterday be- fore Beferce in Bankruptey 1. M. Yeomans. A final dividend of 5 per cent was ordercd paid and John T. Henderson was appointed Truste This company, formed in 1913, has lad a stormyscarcer. Severul times it has been snatched from the brink of disaster, only to lapse into | its former state time after time. | The company operated two plants, one in Berlin and the other in Suf- ficid. It is understood that three men Tave bought up the Sufficld end of the business and are operating the plant at that place, The Berlin plant is located Beckley on the west side of the Mid- | dietown hranch line. Work ! discontinued there in 1920 when the | company went hankrupt, but it is| reported that bonds are being sold so that the t may again resume activities. is an abundance at spot. company was | went into When bhankruptey both plants shut down; the the men who bought up company ! Yrom the bankruptey court starting business in Suffield under the name of the Connecticut Valley Trap Rock ; Co Few Rerlin people have an inter- n the company, most the supportersdaving come from Massa- | At the present time the | owners are reported to be Walling- ford men, although the rectors have among them several prominent | people from Springfield and Hart- ford. 1 will orga ley plant wi not that ians apening of (ne short itme est of chusett d i expécted that the company | succeed a8 a result of its re- | Just when the Beck- | e activities s | gh it is believed | & made for the business there in a ization Tsown nt Tssued. The & statement of the Nerlin 8a s bank has been jssued uad Abovs a censderable increase over iasi yen the unmiber of | apusits. yoar's atement | thows derclis @ arwunt of | 9.784.008.1 Last yoar the total | EX IRA R4 A1l figures are T ) surplus this “ar 19 gl 4.000, while for 1084 1t TN ine hank are, Wiicox: vice Mitdrum: sec- “tromsurer, Wrancis Dem- | ¢ treusurer, James J. Wil Co o Florida. Mp. and Mrs. Joseph Carbo, well 10WR nglon residents, will ave tetaoiow for Florida, where | y Wil spend tn: next five weeks. | Storm Parvalyvzes Berlin, n yesterday visited by | st terrine snow, sleet, wind | nd tain storin that it has experi. enced so far tiis winter., Last night, t of the damage was done, was v id land. He for scveral wioning in St. Petersburg, He reports that 15 that of a June day in New Eng- expec weeks late in February. American Tegion Mee Rolton-Kasico post, will meet next 8 o'clock at .T gion, ng at Kensington, Tt for the ente held in ru Assessment Meeting Tonight Tt is expected t "will be on hand for the mecting | Kensington tonight, called to discus: sessment question. gineer Thomas Linder and he r exy inme ngton v 11l at her time, is reported to be about tie | same, No Sidewalks need f Main street in Kensington was keen- when pedestrians we The Iy felt today, forced to wade i slush in order to get from one to another, in B th “lor- | the weather inick: Ds at St. Mary's I, fpital, December 28, in a finding sued yesterday was arralgned befor Judge Abner P. Hayes in city count this morning on a charge of nwus- der. On request of his counsel, At- torney Joseph Guilfoile, the case wus continued until tomorrow morniny, without bon It was reported in city court this morning that when goes to a higher court, “rihicis P. Guilfoile will co- with his brother in defend- ing Jacarusso. fotion Picture Man Lauds Vitagraph Move New York, Jan. 30.—M. J. O'Toole, there | retusn to reman and will Amerf - | Thur Al hall, B. pected that plans nt which will he vy, widl be discussed. t a large cr Appr: Lin Aocatthy, Toll ar Bey Brit- | president ot the Motion Picture {uin, will explain the situation and | ynors of Amerlca, representing will answer any questions thos: | o 4 b L e 12,000 independent theaters, has ) 1y o ask. Condition s Serious it 8 ldter to Albert E, Smith, “Phe condition of Miss Bdith Clark, | ! esident of the Vitagraph com- daughter of Mr. and Mrs! Frank D, | pany, which recently withdr from the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, commend- ing his atta the Producers and Distributors to create a monopoly of all divisions | of the motion picture industry by {the establishment of theaters in op- 2 | position to the Theater Owners' as- sociation. who has been home for soine | a, k on the alleged policy N of n Kensington idewalks along inches of | place ?Price of Bread in rough Since the walk from the basul = building to Williams' Meat market is France Is Increased on a down grade, it is impossill Paris,- Jan. 30—The price of r store owners to keep the from water and ice. was started some t that the fire district com into the ma . but, has been done. Probably, with the return of fa\ weather, the matter will be brought the attention whosa shoulders rests the conditlon | of the district's sidewalks. The “Smile Awhile” 80 ' Aid eociet hurch parlors yest Asa Fuller as hostess, to by the Ladi R R SR e e CARD OF THANKS' We wish to thank ot ¢ the k neighbors * pathy shown and death of our mot mother, Mrs, Also for the Leautiful floral pieces. Qilice, a o we ad P nd Fehrvary ¢t 0 from 3 day w. W, A9 re. hearing appesls ‘rom tne doings of ie Assesanre on the HES PR AW THEODORE AL Wals | pread in France hus ben increased A petizion } gne sou to one franc, 55 centimes ago, ashing f por Kilo, effective February 6. An ttee 100K | jncreased allowance to bakers for . as yet, nothiuy | o, 1d also been approved, effective February 15, so that an- other sou will be added to the bread price about that time, making the price one franc, 60 centimes per Kilo. FRECKLES AND ime f those upon erday, with Mre. was largely at- friends and and sym- Iliness SEE WHO 1Y 15, and grand- TAG! xcilla L. Powell. Mrs, F. F. Han- NOTICE. 1et of the Tow the Assessors 8, 21, 1925 e purpose of sl of 1924, re nade within truary 1st, IN Board of Relief. Miss Hattio | vening at { TuERE'S TE DooR RELL - G0 T THE DOOR AND | Plainville News IGE STORM STOPS ELECTRIC SERVIC Travelers fo Meriden and Bristol Are Stranded fn Tieup —_— TELEPHONE SERVICE HIT Foran Bros, Sell Store — American Legion Notes—Mrs, Mabel Norton Funeral — Phone Service Off — Piatnville Driets, The rain and ice storm of last night served to tle up the trolleys connecting Plainville with Southinge ton gnd Bristol in the worst manner of the season and efforts of both the Conneeticut Co. and the Bristol & Plainville Tramway Co., to open up their lin€s and adhere to schedule were fruitless. Hundreds of workers coming into Plainville from South- ington and Milldale or from Bristol or going to these places, were eith- er forced to stay home from work or walk the greater part of the dis- tance because of the tieup of the trélleys. In Southington the large snow plow-which was kept working all night, kicked a rear truck oft the tracks in the vieinity of Oak Hill cemetery and no cars were run through to Plainville in the carlier hours of the morning. Workmen employed at the Standard Steel & Bearings, Inc., plans, the Plainville Casting Co, the Trumhail Electric Mfg. Co., and other fadtories about the town, were carried & far as the center of Southington and were then forced to get ont to await develop- ments. Cars from Plainville on the Connecticut Co. lines plied between here and Lazy Lane and went no further until a late hour this morn- ing. Efforts of work crews to place the big plow back on the tracks, were unavailing and er many hours, the trolleys were able to get throvgh on hoth sides as far as the spot {Where the plow was off the tra and then the passenger | ferred around the de enabled to get on. ks were trans- *lict ‘and thus Motorists pass- ing throngh the town were besieged for rides and ma of the stranded lones were able to get through with the help of automobiles. On the Bristol line, people coming Bell the City to Plainville, 1 far «rs the Forest. ville switch this moining and were then forced to walk the rest of the listance into Plainville. During the [ night, the thawing slush froze solid over the ralls and prevented any jehance of running trolleys through. A large tree Jimb, brought down by the high wind which developed, add- cd to the meanness of the situation by carrying a feed wire down with (it and while the trolleys were held up for this the slush froze thicker and thicker until the company was |forced to tiirn out a gang of over 50 {men with picks and shovels to try and cut the ice from the rails and {thereby open up the line. Business at several of the plants in Plainville was erippled through out the d | Tn the factories, workmen and members of the office force was a handicap. The condi- tions today are reported to be the worst since 1919 when the_trolleys were held np for several days he- cause of the snow drifts and fce {packs on the tracks, | Up to a late hour today, the Bris- Plainville and the roads were clut- tered up with people who were forc- {ed to walk the tracks and the roads It~ reach their destinations, | Phone Service Off | The phone service hetween sur- rounding towns was crinpled also be- |cause of the storm. Tfforts of the |stranded workers to get in touch Iwith their places of business were lin vain, heecause of the condition of |the wires. Many telephones were re- {ported to be ont of commission on {the outskirts of the town. | Railroad service was badly am- today. the trains were running for nd their schedules. Snow plows at work 4¢hroughout the were ket open and the good work | WEEKLY DANCE —At The— || COMImuRITY THEATER Plainville TONIGHT AT 8 P. M. Music Furnished by the Big Five Orchestra of New Britain. Managed Under Direction of Andrew J. Hogan. +HIS FRIENDS HMMaSO THIS ISNT THE NUMBER BITWER= I MUST RAVE THE mbo.‘;s/ ML ADDRESS= s the loss of the | | widened and the town will y {tol trojeys failed to get through to | | the | | end |ing pered last night by the storm and | = night in an effort to keep the lines | accom- | plished by the erews was shown this | morning by the fact that the trains were running. The state plow on the roads were unable to get out last night and the fact that the plows which are gen- erally so cfficlent about Plalnville and the towns surrounding, were unable to work, shows the terrific conditions under which the public service corporations were working. The temperature was not very low this morning and the piled up snow ndded to the = disagreeableness of travel because of its slushy nature. Sell Grocery Store The owners of Foran Bros. gro- cery store on Whiting street have #old the business to Georga Tighe of Unlonville, Mr, Tighe has taken possession of the establishment al- ready and is doing business as usual, [TThe store was originally started by Foran Bros, and has continued trade in the location for the past two years, . American Legion Notes Brock-Barnes post, American Le- glon, will 1i¢ld a regular meeting in the Leglon rooms on Whiting street, Monday night and matters of im- portance will be taken up. The methods to be adopted to finance the post for the coming year will be decided on and all members are urked to attend, Plang will also be made for the county delegates wil! will convene who will convene in Plalnville on the last Sundey in February. The county organization: which is known as the First District aecoclation meets in various post club rooms on certain Sundays in the month and the post m the city or town usually acts as host to the visiting members. A lunchieoa is served after the busi- ness session and it is the intention of the Plainville officers to make the visit of the county representa- tives here a memorable one, Any member of the Legion in Hartford county or within the district com- prising Hartford county, may at- tend these meetings either as official representatives of their posts or as single members, Mrs, Norton TFuneral The funeral of Mrs. Mabel Nor- ton of Park street was held this aft- ernocn at 2 o'clock | Rev, Mr. Trammer of Thompson- ville, formerly pastor of the Plain- ville M. church, officiated. Burial was Oak Hill cemetery, Southington. Continuing Tectures Rev. A. D. Hendrick, DD, of Hartford is continuing his evangelis- in at T:43 ck in the Baptist clyurch. Although the weather has been the worst cf the entire winter, many have heard him and have come away well satisfied with the talks given. Mr. Kendrick will speak 1zain tonight and tomorrow night, but he will not conduct the usual day serviee on Sunday. Prayer Meeting The I'entecostal chureh, Rev, Mor- vill pastor, will hold a prayer meet- ing tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Hanson at West Main street, All those inter- od arc invited to attend, Hearing On_ Crossing The Public Utilities Commission resumed the adjoining hearing on the West Main street railroad cross- ing In Plainville this the state capitol in Hartford., The hearing was scheduled to be held tle lectures every evening this week | 75 | ), FRIDAY, JANUARY 80, 192, Bristol News CARS MAROONED BY HEAVY ICE STORM Service Badly Demoralized as Rain Fregzes to Rails — WINTER AT ITS WORST Elements Also Interfere With Light- ing Circuits—Death of John T. Wolfe—Body of Dead Boxer to Be Taken lo_l-'nlrllt-ld for Burial, Trolley car schedules went tol smash for the first time in years last night and this morning when the slashing slect storm coated wires and tracks, impeding the movement of the vehicles. Some of the trolley cars were marooned the whole night at various points along the line and up to a late hotr this morning only sections of the lines were in opera- tion, The Woodland street line did a this morning and the Terryville division was open only to the Waterbury bridge near Pequa- buck. The Plainville line was also tied up s0 that only partial service | they we, | from the home. | morning at | 10 o'clock and the proposition | | agreed to by the representatives of [the town and the railroad will be | | reported to the members of the At a gathering held |1ast Tuesday morning in the Town | hall hetween the railroad company and the town, the following agree- ment was reached. The railroad co 1y will replace the single gates with double ones, will remove | the switeh near the street and the | gateman's shanty and will give the town the triangular piece of land to used the crossing is v $200 | towards the cost of this work. The Public Utilities commission at first hearing held two weeks ago today, stated that the town and rail- road representatives should get to- gether on the | commission, be when {to reach an amicable settlement. |° | The members of the commission | stated that whatever agrecment | should he reached would be sati | factory to them and they would is- ue an order to cover the work en- | tailed and the changes propos The hearing today Is the long fight over the widen- of the West Main street cross- ! Plainville Briefs Sequassen lodge, 1, O, O. T\ held a regular meeting in 0dd Fellows' 1l last evening at which routine | business was transacted | Dythian lodge, K. of P. will hold a regular meeting tonight at § joelock in Odd Fellows' hall on | West Main street. parties taken out Wi | Sleigh xter, el, 138-13, FPlv.— NAVIGATION CLOSES. Jan. 30 | | | _ Poughkecpsie, N. Y., | Na¥gation in the Hu closed officially today for the time gince January, 1922 | steamer Paughkeepsic o a | Hudson Steamboat company broke a | propeller when a m uth of Poughkeepsie bridg: rt | keep open a track to first when ila & the in N to | Seasions Clock Co. matter and attempt | | | after a boxing bout at the Wooster expected to | | minutes later, the crew found that | froze, making motion impossible. | this morning to make traveling was given, One trolley crew remained all night near the Terryville foun- dry, when the car became frozen to the rails after it had been topped for several minutes by the cessation of the electric current. When the power cgme on a few » high and dry and until Just before noon, the trolley car did not move. Other cars were stalled at points along the lines until first aid with the snowplows was render- ed this morning. The local line has prided itself on its fine schedules and #as justly done o, in the opinion of tha city at large, but last night the elements defled any opposition. The usual cus- | tom of running the snowplows ail| night to keep the tracks clear was| interfered with as the sleet made i impossible to secure traction and the | care quickly froze to the rails, while | the poles to connect with the wires| to draw the power into the cars also | City Plows Out. The city snowplows got busy early fer for workers hurrying to place, fors and even the motor s were put into services The sc Showed its superiority over the trac- | tors in its case of operation and| speed in cutting paths through the winter's obstructions. | Sidewalk cleaners also got busy at | an early hour but found work diffi- cult as the slcet had frozen to the surface. Lights Off. For a time last night circuit of the city were interfered | with by the storm as the lights would glow dimly for a while and then come on bright. This continued | until midngiht, when the service went out for a few minutes, but later he power came back so that lights were available this morning as usual. hn T. Wolfe, 65 years old, died | at Francis hospital in Hartford | on Wednesday night after a short ill- | ness, He was born in Waterbury in | 1874, but had lived the greater part of his life in this city, For many| rs he had been employed by the the lighting Mr. Wolfo leaves a Wolfe. of Waterbury, and two sis- ters, Mrs. Mary Srahan of this city and Mrs. Sarah Quinn of New Ha. ven. son, Harold Takes Perry Body. George Perry of Fairfield arrives vesterday afternoon to take ¢ rge of the body of his son, George Perry, who died on Wednesday night I, Afhietic club on North Main street. The arrangements for sending the re made by Un-| dertak Ihomas P. O'Brien. | High School Playing. The local high school quintet will the Terryville High five tonight in that place. Many of the local fans will accompany the team on its trip { who chiseled [ block of concrete, the doctors who [served the exhibits. | takers in the tax rate was given up last ntght, when it was shown that there was no appreclable gain in the grand lst, while the school ex- penses have shot up $40,000 for next year, The salary committee used the pruning hook because of the inabil. ity of the city to stand & greater amount of expenso than is neces- sary, for which the committece will be commended, i the opinion of many citizens, when the reports on salaries will be made at the coun- cll mr\-llu next week, Bristol Briefs, Letter Carrier Allan Dresser re- sumed his duties today after an ill- ness of several days. The charity whist last night at Red Men's hall under auspices of the women of St. Joseph's Parish netted a substantial sum for the ying out of the pluns to assist the needy. Letter Carrier Willlam able to be about agaln Wlter an in- jury to his foot. Improvement has been noted in the condition of Miss Frna Granger of the city clerk's office who is ill at St. Francis' hospital in Hart- ford, FAMOUS ARCHITECT DIES 8. Breck Parkman Trowbridge of New York Designed Many Big Buildings, v York, Jan 8. Breck Parkman Teowbridg , architect, died from pneumoniad here yester- day. Among the structurcs for whose design Mr. Trowbridge was respon- sible as a member of his firm, are the Bankers Trust Co. building, the addition to the New York Stock Ex- change, the banking house of J. F Morgan & Co., the Chemical Na- tional bank, the Mellon National bank of Pittsburgh, the Bank of America now under construction in Wall'street, the new Equitable Trust Co. building to be erccted on Broad street, and the Mitsuf bank of Tokio. He was vice-president and a trus- tee of the American Academy in Rome. Mr. alier of the Legion of Honor and had received other decorations from sev- eral European countries. GRUESOME EVIDENCE Out Exhibits Brought in Lincoln Murder Case Cause Spectators to Shiver in Horror. Geneva, 1II., Jan, 30, ~Gruesome | testimony and exhibits that caused a | employment. Both of the city trac- r | shiver and to gla breathless audience, alternately to neighbors with wry faces, was offered yesterday at the trial of W en J. Lincoln, Aurora, 111, florist-lawyer, with killing his wife and her brother, Byron Shoup, burning their bodies, and sealing their heads in a block of conerete. Among the witnesses were the man the heads out of the examined them in a search for bullet wound and the undertakers who pre- Then to cap the testimor the concrete Dblock in which the heads were offered by the state as an exhibit, After the concrete block had been exhibited, there was counsiderable questioning of doctors and under- s to the condition of the ads when they came to light. De- fense torneys contented themselves with drawing admissions from the doctors, that the heads showed frac- tures that could have caused death. They developed this testimony, they said, with the idea of showing that the state cannot prove that Lincoln killed the couple by shooting them, a8 is charged in the indictment. Uncle Is Held for Death of His Nephew Johus, N. F., Jan, 80, Tmerg- St ing from the forest into the village of Trinit awing on a hand sled the lifeles pdy of his ten-) r-old w, Albert Benson told the au- that the child ‘had been 1 he left him for a’ehort ved a tree had The locals had the best of the series with the Terryville quintets for | o last few years, but the strong team this year from the neighboring city promises an upset in the list of victort Criticize Milk Bills, That the school departraent milk hills are rather high was the topic of discussion last night of the city officials after ling of the salary com It | was pointed out that the domestic lence departnent uses milk i for cooking demonstrations which cost 20 cents a quart the city officials, themselves, content to use milk, 16 or 17 quality mil quart. W should be ne was a stickler for the councilmen Practically all hope for a d He Found It! THIS IS THE SIXTH HOUSE T'VE GONE To AND STILL ICANT FIND [ [ 7, WHO WAS IV, TAG 2 fallen on him. After an examination of the body, Benson was placed un- 1¢ irrest on a charge of man- slaughter. LEADERSHIP AT STAKE, First place in the Boys' club in- termedi gue is at stake to- morrow afternoon when the ) 1 Pelicans clash in fea- game. The Panthers Dave a 1l of one game at present, but elicans have played less games nd a win will send them ahead of Coughs Dickinson Drug Co. SOUTHINGTON NEWS A brawl of considerable propors tlons occurred in JFalcon hall last Merrill is | Trowbridge was a chey- | charged | found was | the present leaders. The other s will be veen the Ilar- monies and’ Pawnees and between | he Beavers and Crescents. Fresen's Cowboys and Aronson’s ¥ fmos | will decide who is to kold top po . while Superintend- t Skinner's Farmers and s Cotton-Picke will s push each other into the IT WAS A MAN LOOKING FOR TH' WRONG | be a brigadier fatarday night, according to testl. {mony given in court here yesterday |by Charles Maslewlcz of West street, who wassbrought before Judge H. | D, Witzpatrick on charges of assault land breach of the peace. Masiewles was taken into custody on compluint of Willlam Hushak of West Main street, who charged that Maslewles had slashed him across the face with a knife while they were return- ing home from'the dance in the hall, |This testimony confirmed the state« {ment made in court Monday by Chester Corkins, who also spoke of & riot in eonnection with his arrest for breach of the peace, Masiewicz entered a plea of nolo contendere and was fined $25 and costs totalling $86,20, C. J. Dana- her of Merlden represented him, The Pextos continued their wine ning streak last night in Unionville by doubling the score of the Unione ville five and taking the game by 56-28, thereby strengthening theie hold on first place in the Farmington Valley basketball league. The wine ners led at the end of the first half by 20 1o 8. Unionville did better the second half, but was still out- played by the locals, Cushing and Hartford starred, while McCue and O'Donnell featured for the losers The socre: Southington PR« e e Egito, Tf. . 019 Connors, If, [} Cushing, It . 3 19 England, c. « 1 5 Hartford, vg. .. 4 12 Cavanaugh, 1g. PO 4 8 B8 Unionville Carpenter, If. vv0vess 3 . 0 @ Carroll, rf. . 1 1 O'Donnell, 3 2 8 [McCue, rg. 3 3.8 | Tinbils, 1g. 1 02 1 6 28 | A son, Harold Channing. has been born to Mr. and Mrs, Harold Hurle burt of Eden avenue. i Frederick T. Ladd has sold his waiting station and lunch business at Milldale junction to Mrs. Dora Haberle of New Haven and will de« vote his entire time to his South Main street store. Mrs. Heberle has taken over the Milldale place. Miss Ida Barnes of Marion, whe is spending the winter in New York, has been in town visiting friends for the past few days. The Get-Together elub of the Plantsville Baptist church will hotd a social in the church parlors this evening. A musical program will he provided and refreshments will served. The stockholders of the Milldale Community assoclatjon will hoid their annual meeting this evening. The three nights’ fair given by the Eurcka Social club opened in the town hall last night and will come tine tonight and tomorrow night. Dancing and an enterlainment will feature each evening. C. . Cleveland of Marion has sold his home to George Lathrop of Mill Plains. The new owner will take possession on April 1. PROMOTION APPROYED | Senate Military' Committee Endorses Giving Col. Bjornstad Rank of Brigadier General, Washington, Jan. 30.—Promotion of Colonel Alfred W. Bjornstad to general, was ape proched today by the senate military committee by a divided vote. A fight against the nomination as been led by Senator Elkins, ree publican, West Virginia, who served under Colonel Bjornstad in France, Senator Eikins and others whe served in the Seventh division aps ared before the committee to oh- ject to confirmation, It was said the commiftee voted approval of the nomination 11 to 2. All of the hearings were in execfie tive session, and the only announces ment was that the colonel was ope temperamentally unfit for e now s come ntry hool at mand the volunteers, enl ting from Spanish-American nesota in the BY BLOSSER