New Britain Herald Newspaper, August 8, 1928, Page 7

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Coat Sale—Second Floor NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1928, 152) opping Center: | | Donald Freeman's through Plainville at high speeds in the morning hours he said endan- gering other motorists and pede- strians. Some of them have been passing standing trolleys and driving passengers onto the sidewalks, and the officer is determined to stop the practice. sSpecial Legion Meeting Brock-Barnes post, American Le- gion, will hold a epecial meeting in its rooms Friday evening to com- plete plans for the carnival to be Plainville News DRUNKEN DRIVING BRINGS §100 FINE ‘Samuel Holcombe Pleads Gty 5ei* eerins. s, v n aveest All members are urged to be pres- ent. Married in New York Miss Sophie R of South Washington street Joseph A. —0Other Charges Dropped Green and the chapel of |the Municipal buildin in New York ’ | vesterday by the deputy city elerk, Machine Wrecked | "5 " pcCormick. The Sk Install—New | daushter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis K. Green. Mr. Cosgrove is the son of After six | Michael J. Cosgrove, retired New | Britain policeman —W-T Circle to Britain Woman Fined Weeks—Attempt to Stop Speeding Chautauqua Election The old staff of officers of the Samuel Holcombe of Blakesley | street, Bristol, formerly a resident of | S S Plainville, pleaded guilty last night | W3S reelected yesterday —as 'h‘; mp ground 1o a charge of driving while un-.ier’:f,““""“""""‘la'\ te, rerap the influence of liquor and was fined | S 10 @ close. T Hbeme gre $100 and costs by Justice Frederick | 25 follows: I {Bullen, Other minor charges against | President and treasurer, Truman | the Bristol man were dropped when |J. Spencer, Mount Vernon, N. Y. I his mother appeared in court and | Vice president, George s ratton, [testitied that he was in straitened | Meriden: secretary, Mrs. Elva B. | circumstances, his wife having died | Castiedine, Bristol. Dircctors elected {and left him with two small children | 0 Succeed the class expiring this 6 apnart. Iy Mrs. Elva B. Castledine, Mrs. Holeombe asrested Monday | Burion D. Mclean. George M. Con- | night by Constable E. W. lurrey|9it'Miss Ella I Holt, Mrs. Florence |atter an aute crash at Broad and|Palmer, Mrs, Frank Meieinger. | Whiting strects between Holcombe's| The full list of directors for the | machine and one operated by liari|coming year is as follows: Truma was T ducted tomorrow evening at Kensington Methodist church at 7:30 Berlin News BERLIN ORGANIZES o'clock. RW. L. E. Adkins, pastor, will officiate Briefs | Gustave Lindquist loft today for | Newport, R. L, where he will visit his uncle, A. L. Frank, for a week. Samuel Fiske, Jr., of Worthington Ridge, son of Rev. and Mrs. S. A Fiske, left yesterday for Cape Cod | where he will spend a few days. Miss Lilian Maier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Maier of Berlin, |" Rev. Edward V. Conles and fam- Fire Bill for Month of July An-| Play Tomorrow Evening Kensington Methodist — Dr. Gris- 15:30 o'clock in a Industrial league e | Democratic List Expected 10 and iss pororny puniop of sourn: | ington, were the two girls chosen for show Gmt lncrm | the short course of the 4H club at | Storrs. lily of Spencer, Mass, :re spending ENTHUSIASM RUNS HIGH = e omvain Menamston v ! Cowles is the pastor of the Congre- | gational church in Spencer. | The American Paper Goods nine nounced — Mid-Week Services at | and the P. & F. Corbin team will | clash tomorrow evening at Walnut | Hill park on diamond number two at game. The locals have won four and [1ost seven games in the leagne so far [and will try to increase their stand- Inz at the expense of the New Rrit- wold Receives Second Invitation An enthusiastic meeting of the democrats of the town was held last evening at the American Legion hall . |ain aggregation. “Joc” or “Jim’ in Kensington. % The committes o mew voters ve- | McCormick will pitch snd Sullick ported that the entire town had |Will be on the receiving end. been canvassed and that the demo-| QUM Beet cratic list would show a great - | ‘:";'1“ e L crease. Members of the “Smith for|& ROl interest if ie BoVEs OF P President” New Britatn were | lindale avenue #inia Pafos Feosiapntiiolib of dew Mr. Falcetti is planning going to very instructive | and the im- present and gave talks on organization portance of new voters. Every person present at the meet- ing signed up as a member of the “Smith for President” club of Be lin and agreed to bring in at lea one new member for Yhe next meet- ing to be held within the next two weeks. At the next meeting officers visiting his old home. Hr few weeks. Briefs Callende cretary-treas- urer of the Providence lodge of Flks, 15 spending a few days with Dr. R M. Griswold of Kensington Mr . Callender is a native of Crom- well and is well known to many of the people in Berlin and New Brit- Italy and will leave in a H W the |the fall and winter season has been tentatively set for Wednesday, Sep- tember The Chautanqua session at the Plainville Camp Gronnd has closed and no further activities have been planned. Several hundred people are vacationing at the camp. Mrs. W. M. Darwood will leave Saturday for Yonkers, N. Y. after an extended visit at Maplecrest as the gucst of Mr. C. P. Bynon Mrs. Mary Agnello has arrived in East Berlin after 14 years epent in n Francisco, and is visiting at the home of her brother and sister-in- law, Mr. and Mrs Tolo Migliol. She will spend @ month visiting in this Vicinity. Nineteen Speakeasies Ave Padlocked Today Cambridze, Mass Aug. §—Nine- teen alle, peakeasies the Brickbottom district of the Som- merville-Cambridge line re pad- locked today state troopers anl in by Cambridge policemen Instrict Attorney nell hills of Robert T. Bush- county sued onut against the owners the buildings where the alleged Akeasies were located and th huldings were padlocked for a year This was the first action on a la of Middlesex n equity scale growinz out of the passage hy | the legisiature in June of a bill giv ing Mistrict attorneys the power to institite and carry out padlock pro- ceedings BEAD HERALD CLASSIF) ) ADS | of the newly formed club will e | I i clected. The meeting last evening|ain. The Providence ““:‘”9 “'y ””“l was presided overhy Chairman Dan- | IS one of the dargest in the couniny, 31 Malasoey Sf the demoeratic|heving more ihan 2600 members, town committee. He expressed|and Mr. Callender been s with | retary for more than 20 year Mizs Marjorie Moore of Kensing- ton is visiting at Pleasant Lake. himself as being well pleased | the enthusiasm shown by the gath- Sk Receives Second Letter Misses Elizabeth Wilcox and R Griss as been | Helen Rohm are spending a few Dr. R. M. Griswold, who ha n| e e fnvited by the Chamber of Com- |days visiting merce of Steubenville, O. impor e dedica ng. an important part in the dedication | m : 3 i of the great Steuben bridge connect- East Berlin Ttems ing the states of Ohio, Pennsylvania | Five groups have now signified and West Virginia, has received a |their intention of joining the Hart- second letter from the committee in |ford County Y league tennis tourna- charge of the dedication. |ment. The teams are from South- Dr. Griswold is again earnestly ington. Kensington, New Britain. urged to attend the exercises in the | Plainville and Berlin. The pres- jetter and the committee tates that. [ ent scheme of play is to have the “every effort will be made for Your |matches played in a central city. comfort and convenience, and You | either Hartford or New Britain be- will be the guest of the committec ing considered. Each team will door till you reenter it On YOUr ré-|matches in the play off. Some of the turn home." At the dedication of the Steuben- ville memorial 13 years ago. Dr.| Griswold and Mrs. Griswold were fhe guest of the city for a week the schedule. Mr. Parker is the Dr. Griswold is the only Known |, trorq County Y athletic director descendent of Baron Von Steuben in | Fari ALl (A0 Ainirica, o whose memory and (o0 tRIS L CC L enjoving his honor the bridge is being dedicated. |, ) vacation from his duties at o e it Sion !the Berlin Construction Co. Thers e momamicn (X the Ber | "The state .highway department town court last evening, afford- ate . c : :‘n"x .Vud"ge Bebrgé ‘G, Griswold a [T0ad repair EBLE made needed re: brief rest after two months of heavy dockets. Most of the cases in the past two months have been those of automobile law violators. | mit of a greater team. The schedules will be announced later. Kermet Parker of New Britain is arranging corner. The road at present is not in very good condition. The Fife and Drum Corps will this evening at 7:30 o'clock at D sale Frida; mee ‘The I,azi‘::‘ hf.\iil;l “u(\clt‘t’y of the|Community hall for the regular Kensington Methodist church will weckly rehearsal. e East Berlin's representation jury duty for the ensuing years is as follow Olof Benson, Harold R. Clark, H. W. Dowd, Hobart L. Hon- iss, John P. Lewis, Royal H. Morse and William C. Shephard. They are subject to call curing the coming court season. Members of the New Britain Al- fred Smith club met last evening and organjzed a Berlin club. Several Last Berlin democrats were present. Officers of the organization will be clected in two weeks after a larger enrollment has been secured. The library will be open tomorrow afternoon and evening for the ex- change of books. The Community club opening for hold a food sale at the home of Mrs. ¢. F. Lewis on Friday afternoon, | August 10, at 2:30 o'clock. Home | made bread, cake, pies and salads will be on sale Bill For July At the regular meeting of the New | Britain fire board held last evening | the clerk reported that the bill for gervice rendered by the New Britain department in Berlin during the | month of July would amount to . The department answered two calls in Berlin during the month. the bill for one fire amounting to $200 and the other, $50. The money will be turned into the pension fund. Mid-Week Services Mid-week services will be con- be | the time you leave your front|ajjowed a doubles and two singles from th ) all; | | groups are not large enough to per- | o take|plan to return home Thursday eve- | | | | pairs to the highway west of Morse's | | <PLAINVILLE® TONIGHT and THURS. “THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HELEN OF TROY with Lewis Stone, Maria C “CLEOPATRA™ with Dorothy Revier FRIDAY RIN-TIN-TIN in “RINTY OF THE DESERT" ——— Y Closing Out Sale All Groceriss to be Sold Below Cost. Eastwood & Foran Central Square PLAINVILLE., {terday afternoon when it i | Connec |{New Britain highway. R. Kautz of Great Barrington, Mass. J. Spencer, Mount Vernon, N. Y There were no lights or light bulbs | Professor Willard W. Spencer, Y jon the car operated by Holcombe, University; Professor Herbert but he said that he had borrowed | Hemenway, Worcester, Mass.; Mrs. |the car and did not know that these | Elva B. Castledine, Bristol; Mrs, | were missing. He admitted drink-| May Brockett Tuttle, Waterbur. inz. paid his fine, and settied with | Mrs. Florence Palmer, Stamfor | Kautz for the damage to the latter's Miss Ella I Hoit, Forestville; Mrs. car. Grand Juror William J. Foran|A. T. Bierkan, Hartford, Thornton prosecuted I'T. McGee, Windsor; George §. Strat- % Coupe Rams Moving Van ton, Meriden; M A coupe owned and driven by kin \Donald Freeman of Whiting street {was wrecked about 5:30 o'clock ves- | Roy M. Terry, pastor Summertield crashed | Methodist church, New Haven; Mrs. |into the rear of a moving van driven | Frank Meisinger, Waterbury; M by Rosario Presto of 11 Seymour | Burton Douglas McClean, New Hav. street, New Britain, just west of the |en, Howard I. Brockett, Harttord; ut Quarries Co. on the|George M. Condit, Waterbury. Life There was | directors: Mre. Willam H. Arnold; westbound traffic, | Mrs. George H. Woodruff. Water- le D. Bristol; U. 8. Clark, West Ha- ven; Ule Robertson, Plainville; Rev. a long line of which was forced to slow down by |bu Mrs. Emma G. Hill, New the prezence of a horse and wagon Haven. ahead, When the truck stopped Would Transfer Mills Freeman's car plunged its nose un-| The state board of education has der the tailboard and flattened the announced that it plans to transfer radiator hack almost against the L. 5. Mills of Piainvill: from his dashboard. The whole front of the Present position as supeivisor of the car was stove in and ruined. The |Schools in Avon and Burlington to truck was undamaged. |another post. Mr. Mills, who was Freeman told Consta George formerly superintendent of schools Sohubert, who investi that he here, has rved in his present post ad been driving af about 20 miles | fOF @ number of years and has made an hour and that he had not seen |27 excellent record n building up the truck driver put out a warning |{h€ standards of the schools there. hand when he stopped Presto as- The residents of Avon are strongly serted he had given this warning. |OPPOSed to any change and will hold There were marks on the road show- |& Meeting tonight to protest against ling that the truck had skidded more [th® move which would take him ke Boateos haq %2y from them. and they hope to lorked, and, Presto said 1t had been $P208€ the intentions of the state i pushad this distance by the impact Nosns lot *he collision, while Freeman | Fime 1 : A special meeting of Pythiar % |claimed 1t had skidded before thalp,C ey e {)Mr;‘ S g""& |smash. The officer notified both 1= 1oy ar § o'clock tonight, drivers to appear in court at 7| ‘The regular prayer meeting will | o'clock Friday evening, when the he held at 7:45 o'clock tomorrow ‘m'l"rr will be settled evening at the Baptist church. Mrs. | To Install Officers /M. O. Kline will be the leader | Washington-Trumbull circle, Com- | The Parish guild of the Church of paniens the Forest, will hold a regu- Our Saviour will hold a special lar meeting at 7:30 o'clock fomor- |peeting in the parish house tomer- | row in Legion hall. There will be a |row afternoon initiation of candidates and an in-| Rain prevented the Industrial stallation of officers, followed by a lsazus baseball game between the cocal hour and refreshments. | Businessmen and the Standara Steel Fined After Six Weeks | nine last evening. Miss Betty Thorsson of 395 Stan Personal Ttems Iey street, New Britain, driver of an| pe condition of Alphonse J. Bor- anto which crashed through the |g.ay is reported as considerably im- | frnee and hit a tree on the New piocag | Britrin road on June 26, Was | Ryeeell Scoville of Church street | uzht inte conrt last night hefore is spending a two weeks' vacation at | Justica M. 0. Ryder and was fined Lake Sunapee, N. H. 10 and costs of $13.51 for driving | The Misses Helen and Mary without an operator’s license. Grand |Ticrpey are at Independence Bay. | Juror Charles 1. Conlon prosecuted. | ypaes ‘ Delay in bringing the case to Mr. and Mrs Kenneth Woodruft court bronght action from the state pate returned from their wedding motor vehicle department, > \trip and are residing at 15 Tomlin- Officer Mitehsll summaoned the son avenue, Britain woman fo appear. This de- | George and James Cunningham |1ay was cansed by the lack of any are vacationing at Short Beach. | witnesses to the aceident, Prosecu- | Mr. and Mrs. Flovd B. Stillman | tor Conlon teld the Herald, as there pave returned from a week's vaca- Connecticut Chautauqua association | . Merwin H. Per- | _B[istol News CITY HALLIS T0 BE DISPOSED OF {Recommendations Confained in i Report to City Gouncil BULDING 1S 700 SHALL Veteran Constable Resigns After | Many Years of Service—Jdudge Malone Files Report—City's Aid | Requested. Other Items. Following out a prediction made n the Herald about six weeks ago, the city council last night announced its intention of disposing of the pre |ent city hall on North Main street {the old city hall on Main street, th old dumping grounds on King street |and a scction of land at the corner lof School and Church streets, pro- vided the total amount offered for the four properties will furnish ade- quate funds for the erection of a new city hall. Recommendations that such ac- [tion be taken were contained in the 1eport of the special committee con- |sisting of Councilmen Charles R | Anderson, W. . Hough, and Wil- liam A. Hayes | The old city hall, which is now loccupied by the Boys' club and is lalso used as a polling place during city, state and national elections, [will become vacant just as soon as is completed. It is located in a sec- |tion of the city which is being rapid- Iy built up for business purposes and while the building is in such condi- [tion that it has been condemned by city officials, the land itself is of con- siderable value. The present city Main has for the p: entirely inadequate for the various city departments. Two of the stores !on the ground floor are under lease to merchants and the center store is | occupied as headquarters for the po- lice department. Not only city offi- cials, but the public in general has remarked on the poor facilities !available for the police department Under the present arrangement, no | privacy is afforded the officials of {the department and the prosecuting | attorney’s office is so located that all | consultations held therein are audi- ble to persons passing along the cor- ridor. The locker room assigned to the officers is without windows and |ventilation and the cells in the rear {part of the building are worse if |such a thing is possible. The roof in the women's detention room is in such condition that it cannot be used |during a ramgtorm The departments on the second floor of the building have also been | badly cramped for room. hall on North |records. the tax collector has insuf- | fieient room, and the mayor’s priva office is simply a “hole in the wall About a year ago it was proposed to make a number of changes with {a view of providing more room for |the varions departments but at that time it was found that the cost would be exorbitant. The old dumping ground on Kink street, which it is proposed to sell {contains ssventeen acres of land and is located nearby to several re- cently developed real estate tracts The land at the corner of Church and School streets is located in the Iheart of the city and could be used to advantage for business purposes. Ofiered To Buy | About two years ago. Joseph F.| O'Connell. a local attorney, appear- led before the city council and |that time offered to furchase the present city hall provided the city [would e interested lit. At that time Former Mayor [Jonn F. Wade stated that the city would sell any of its holdings. pro- vided the price was high enough |{Nothing further developed at that {time, however, and the matter was | |not considered again until about six | weeks ago. | Reserve Right of Rejection All bids for any or all of the the new Boys' club on Laurel street | two years been | Addition- | |al vault space 1s needed for the city | at | in disposing of | Mr. Stark is one of the three sur- viving members of Manross Post, G. A.R., of Forestville and a past com- {mander of the post. He also holds e rank ot colonel on the staff of the national commander and is at picsent adjutant on the staff of the |G A. R. Depastment of Connecticut. | Street Assessments Voted | Hearings on the assessment of benefits and damages on Garden |street between Washington and Ver- {non streets and Buckley avenue | were held before last evening. There was no objection |on the part of interested property |owners to the assessments and the | council voted to carry out the rec- | ommendations of the street commit- tee. One property street did object to the street lines, it being his contention that he was | 1osing about 10 feet of his land by the proposed layout. Neighboring | property owners, however, explained to the council that the complainant had for the past few years been using about 10 feet of the highway for garden purposes. As a result he will lose a quantity of vegetables and other garden products when the grading is done. The first payment on the a ment will be due on October 1928, and the second and last ment on April 15, 1929. | street Lights Voted | Upon the recommendation of (he |lighting committee, the council vot- sse pay- ed to install one additional street |light on North Pond street, onc light on Norton strect, and to sume on: alf the cost of threc [lights to be placed on Forest street by the town of Plainville, Forest street is the dividing line between | this city and Plamville, the resi- | dents on the west side of the strect | paying their taxes in Bristol and those on the cast side in Plainville, Smith Street After several weeks of disagree- ments, the city council last night voted to reestablish the street lines lon Smith t. A carefully word- cd prepared by Corporation | Counsel Wiliiam DeRosier and | City Engineer Carleton W. Buell was read by Councilman W. E. Hough and immediately passed. Mrs proper! str vote, ewart, who owns corner of Farming- ton avenue and Smith street, has strenuously objected to the posed reestablishment of street lines and has retained Attorney Joseph Guilfoyle of Waterbury, who in turn | has notified the council that his [ client will ask for damages of $ 000 because of damage to her prop- erty Herbert A. Smith was present | at last night's meeting in the inter- | | est of his mother, but offered no ob- | jection Judge Malone's Report One thousand, forty-eight dollars and seventy-nine cents was collected in fines in the city court during the month of July, according to the re- | port of Judge William J. Malone submitted to the city council at its meeting last eveming. Of this {amount $£560 was turned over to the state motor vehicle department as prescribed by law. | Tax Abatements Upon the recommendation of Tax Collector Frank A. Riley. city council voted to abate taxes as fol- lows: General eity, $3,203.92; first taxing rict 0.6 cgnd tax- ing district, $20.32; third taxing dis- trict, $2.78 Petition Flag Pole and Flag A petition for a flag pole and flag | for the new Green-Hills school on [ Pine strest was received from Julius A. Warner, chairman of the 13th school district. Mavor Crumb point- |ed ont that the state law requires the selectmen of a town to provide |the necessary pole and flag for all schoolhouses and to assume the cost Upon the motion of Councilman Homer H. Judd, the matter was re- ferred to Mayor Crumb and Super- intendent of Public Works Oscar Anderson with power to act. To Pay Claims The city conncil, upon the recom- mendation of Councilman W. E. Hough, chairman of the claims com- mittee, voted to pay the claim of Roger €. Manchester for $511 covering 465 chickens killed by dogs several weeks ago. It was also voted to pay the claim of E. F. Man- for 14 chickens |ehester for s21 | killed recently | An effort will be made to collect were none other than fhe driver and [1ion at Point o' Woods | nroperties must be accompanied by | the amount of these claims from the [ ovwner of the car involved No reck-| Mrs. Harre Parkinson, Miss Sne |MOREHCC S b e ey |15 driving count conld he pressed. |Parkinson, Miss Anna Parkinson, | SO IGO0 Ll the were implicated in the Killing of | therefore, but Miss Thorsson was and Mrs. Mary Wagner are spending | o 0 accept or reject any or all | Roger € Manchester's chickens, one charzed with driving withont a li- a fow days at Savbrook. - i Belis i thal nronertvtur iR | eense p P, W. Smith, Corrier No. 2 st the | Veteran Resigns Wheeler, secretary of the local She and a Mr. Sinskie. who owned |post office, is taking a week's VA-| poyoqing almost a quarter of a | Chamber of Commerce. This ani- [ the car. fold the court that when the |cation. lcentury’s service as constable, Albert | car started to skid they had both | grabbed the wheel and finally each CARD OF THANKS P. Stark. 84 year old Civil War vet-| |eran, presented his resignation | deciding o let (he other handle it,| Wr wish to "han nurvfl"(!’nfl“‘flf:‘lxth ity council last might. Con- | hoth had let g0 nerhhors (or their many Kindnessce |\, 5§11 health was given by Mr i After Morning Speeders in our bereavement in recenligtark in his letter announcing his Meta Smith Smith and Family death of Mrs Earl G Hunt f or vfiissing l;oat Constable George Schubert today began a drive against earlv morning speeders through town by stnppm:‘ ! Georze Russell of 47 South street, | ristol, as the latter drove up West ‘ | Main street on a slippery pavement !and past intersecting streeis abont | 6 o'clock at an alleged speed of 40 |iliary schooners belonging to | miles an hour. Russell's car could |Cuban | not he stopped until it had skidded | guar |the distance of two and a half tel-|search cgraph poles, the officer stated This was only the first step in a | campaign, Schubert warned. Drivers | bound for work have been shooting aboard for a today set out motorboat inent in Havana society. FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS la,AOOK AT mDA'r -3 SEAL o 1 IT WILL BE BLIND FLYING FROM AOW ON, —BUT\WATCA HOW EASY WELL SAIL THRU Near the Isle of Pines Havana, Aug. 8§ (A—Three aux- the government and with '““'\nmmhs ago he had performed his 10 | quties as constable, walking between MISSINE | pia home on Queen street and his|Awelling in the | since Sunday in the vieinity of the | cgice on Riverside avenue each day. Iele of Pines The party on the boat |pecently. however, he has been con- | includes a number of persons prom- |fined to his home a greater part of condemn the early morning crowing which immediately winged their way resignation. which was aceepted by |the city fathers with regret | Mr. Stark has for many years mal was shot to death by Manches- ter hut the other dog escaped in 10 the woods nearby and its ownership | we wonld not need them has never been determined Complains of Chicken A restricted area, such as the first [taxing district. where the keeping of chickens would be prohibited, was recommended to the city coun- the city \‘o\mcil‘ owner on Garden | pro- | sons complaining te him because of | being aroused from their slumbers | by the two-legged feathered alarm clock. Upon the motion of Councilman Homer H. Judd, the matter was re- {ferred to the ordinance committes | for consideration. | Appropriations For Furnitare | Appropriations of $150 were made {upon the recommendation of Coune {cilman Ernest E. Merrill to the Spanish War veterans and the Vet. erans of Foreign wars. This money | will be used to purchase furniture for the new quarters of each or- ganization in the new state armory at the corner of Center and Valley streets. | City Aid Requested A letter was read hy Mayor W. Raymond Crumb from Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Waite of Norwich in which they asked the city to help them de- fray expenses incurred when their 11-ycar-old daughter, Dorothy. was |fatally injured at the Root's Island playgrounds about two weeks ago. The little girl. while playing with other children on the grounds after the supervisor had left for tae day. fell from a swing and suffered a rvunture, from which she died the following day. Upon the motion of Councilman Homer H. Judd, Mayor Crumb was instructed to ascertain the amount of the hospital and funeral expenses 1nd to reimburse the bereaved par- ents. Mr. Judd pointed out that while the city was not legally re- sponsible, there was a moral re- sponsibility which he believed could not be overlooked. Mayor Crumb, in discussing the matter, stated that next year it would probably be deemed advisable to fence in all of the city play- grounds with a view of keeping ehil- dren out at times when the super- visor is not on duty. Bids For Coal Bids for the city's coal require- ments will be received at the office of the city clerk up to 7:30 p. m. (daylight saving time) on Tuesday, September 4th, this action being de- cided upon by the city council las{ night All bidders will be obliged to sign an ironclad contract agreeing to provide coal of a certain analysis which can be used in the various school and other city building boil- ers. In the event of dealer's failure to do so, the city purchasing agent will have the authority to secure the coal elsewhere and charge up any additional expense to the contracting party. Gamblers Arrested When Sergeant Henry Jeglinski and Officer William Thompson en- tered the pool room of Willlam C. Houle at the corner of Center and North Main streets late Tuesday aft- ernoon, they surprised six youths enzaged in “rolling the bones.” They were unaware of the presence of the officers until Sergeant Jeglinski reached over and picked up two sets of dice and 70 cents in change from the playing surface. The boys. all 16 years of age, were taken to headquarters and booked on the charge of gambling. Houle was charged with running a gam- bling establishment. All were re- lcased during the evening on bonds. When their cases were presented hefore Judge William J. Malone this morning .a continuance was granted until Monday morning, August 13. Band Concert Postponed Due to the uncertainty of the weather on Tuesday, the band con- cert scheduled for last evening was | postponed until this evening. Checking Solfcitors Due to complaints made recently to hoth the police department and the Chamber of Commerce, officials of the two organizations are check- ing up on the activities of numerous solicitors who invade the city to sell magazines, wildcat stocks and who oftentimes offer large returns on | investments no matter how small the famount involved. | On Monday afternoon two young women appeared at police headquar- | ters requesting authority fo canvass | the city for a magazine. As a pre- | cautionary measure they were re- |ferred to the Chamber of Com- | merce. where they were interviewed by Miss Agnes Barry, the assistant |secretary. They informed her that they represented a publishing eom- pany and that they were offering & year's subscription to a magazine for the small sum of 50 cents. Their description of the magazine was rather vague and they were unable to exhibit even a sample copy of |their product. When asked for cre- dentials by Miss Barry. one of the onung women stated “We thought in this small town and we left them in New | Rritain.”” Mi Barry advised her |that she was mistaken and then re- |ferred them back to police head- |quarters, When the facts were laid |before Chief Ernest T. Belden and |been a familiar figure about the citt.| i 1, avening by Dr. B. B. Rob- |Detective Sergeant Daniel McGilli- !For a number of years he served as l1ocal correspondent for the Water-| |bury American and during that time {made many friends. Until a fen {the time. London! Oy Iy Ik 8 AREAST \NE APT O RUN INTO A BIG SKYSCRAPER INTMIS [ AEANY FOS7 GEE! ICANT SZE ATAING, 1 TMOUBHT 1D 6ET TO SEE TUE KING'S PALACE AAD ALL TUE \WONDERFUL OLD PLACES 7HAT INE STUDIED ABWT IN bins, city health officer. He also |recommended that an ordinance he | prepared and passed by the conncil prohibiting the keeping of chickens | in anv building within 25 feet of any other parts of the city Dr. Robbins also took occasion to proclivities of the rooster, many per- %] THEYDONT AAVE )\ SKYSCRAPERS IN F{ LONDON, BUT IF TARY DID HAVE, WE \WOULD BE SAFE AS TAEY ALONG oA:VEm‘r}-\sek MOST D MERE ALL WEA e by OF TUE TIME — ¥ TUE MOTORS i) DONT LET |cuddy, the request to canvass the |town was denied the solicitors. | Firemen Rout Starlings The fire department was called "mlt once again last night to rout a flock of starlings from trees on | West street. Searchlights and a { bell were used to dislodge the birds, |to some other part of the city. By BLOSSER WELL'WERE OVER LONDON! f\ MERE STAKE AY HAND AND YOU TAKE BETTY'S AAAD- § 31