New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 26, 1928, Page 16

Holy Cross Dramatists Have Hallowe’en Social EI u | B Approximately 200 members of the Holy Cross Dramatic circle and itheir friends attended a Hallowe'en costume party and dance at Lech's hall last night. The hall was decor- ated in the traditional Hallowe'en Naa Given Choice i COUrt!olors ana bunches of cornstark, A number of novelty dances interspers- Prelers {0 Relorm ed the regular dancing program and prizes were given for the most original and the funniest costumes. Louts Zdanuk. aged 40, of 347} High was given his choice of GIVEN HALLOWE'EN PARTY behaving or going to jail, after his| Mrs 8 LaFlamme of 350 Main wite testified in police court today Street tendered a Hallowe'en party that he assaulted her Wednesday last night to her two granddaughters, nigbt. He chose to behave Judge Roche imposed a 30 day jail Sullivan, at which about 15 young- sentence, suspending execution of sters were present. A flashlight pic- the penalty, with a warning another arrest will result in its en- they were at the table and atfer forcement. {dinner games were played. IKILLS SELF ON EVE OF WEDDING Philadelphia Saleswoman Has Nothing to Live for the bedroom of her home. this brief note: Philadelphia, Oct. 26 M—Clasping | the bridal gown she was to have { worn at the altar a few hours later, | Miss Tola Swain, 35, a sales-woman Ishot herself through the head ing ti yesterda: ook ver her and Misses Shirley Dessautels and Joyce | g e 7 dn b 0y A maid who came to dress her | for the wedding found Miss Swain that ture of the little tots was taken while | lying amidst the clothing, dead, be- side her was a 32-calibre pistol and “I have nothing te live for; please forgive Ne.” Police today were looking for the man she was to have married—aaid to be Paul C. Beard, of Pittaburgh. He did not arrive for the wedding, which was to have taken place at 8 o'clock last night. A search of the marriage license records for this month failed to reveal that the couple had obtained a license. No Motive Relatives and friends of liims Swain who were here from other cities for the ceremony were uable to furnish a motive for her act. Her sister, Mrs. R. 8. Calogne, Garden City, L. I, said the bride to be had appeared happy and had spent some wedding gifts. ., “There were no difficulties be- 1 know of,” Mrs. Calogne sald. Miss Swain came from Wichita, Kansas. She was employed by & lo- tween my sister and Mr. Board that | / NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1928 cal engraving concern d had wide acquaintance ameong business men, / Tong War Finished With Peace Signed New York, Oct. 26 UP—The recent war between the On Leong and Hip Sings Tongs in which several Chinese were killed and several wounded has been declared only a “misunder- standing” and & “peace” has been signed. Announcement of the action was made by Dr. 8 8 Young, Chinese consul general at New York, who said the leaders of the Tongs met at his office and signed a document urging their fellow countrymen not to be swayed by alarming rumors and promising that the ‘“peaceful pursuit of everyone's business will be continued as before.” Attorney General Rules On Voters’ Eligibility Putting an end to a disagreement which has prevailed among select- men for many years, Attorney Gen- eral B. W. Alling has ruled that not only those who will become 31 years of age by election day, but also those who will become 31 years of age by election day, but also those whose year of residence in the state will :nnn by that time, are eligible to November §. Heretofore the selectmen have ruled that only those who reach their 21st birthday after the regular ses- sion of the selectmen and before election day are eligible to be ad- mitted. READ HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS Jnade voters at a special session, ! Mra, Zdonuk showed marks on/ her neck which were caused by her husband's fingers when he gripped her in a fit of temper. Prosecuting Attorney Woods said they were worse yesterday when he first saw them than they were today. Zdo- nuk denied his wife's assertion that he has been drinking for the past two weeks. He claimed he has been sick but not from drinking. After he had promised to behave, Zdonuk was told by Judge Roche that he would be given no consid- cration if he comes before tne cour: again "You hay have this chancc but the next time it will not be a question of what you do,” he said. “Rottle Toter” Fined $100 Paul Simiono, aged 39, of 285 Myrtle street, alleged “bottle toter” in Frank Malorio's store at 291 Myrtle street, pleaded gullty to the charge of violation of the liquor law and was fined $100 and costs on recommendation of Prosecuting Attorney Woods. He was repre- sented by Attorney Thomas F. Mc- Donough, | The case of Malorio, who was charged with violation of the liquor law ,was nolled. Attorney McDon- ough also appeared for Malorio, Loans Automobile Markers Salvatore Coppola, aged 30, of 155 Washington street, was fined $15 on the charge of loaning auto- mobile markers to Paul Santacroce, aged 28, of 54 Beaver street, who was fined $15 on the charge of driv- ing an automobile with improper markers., | Motorcycle Officer Doty made the arrests yesterday forenoon on East Main street. Coppola sold a car to Santacroce a few weeks ago and did not turn in the markers to the state motor vehicle department, accord- Ing to the testimony. | Witnesses Ordered Out | The case of Anthony Sowa, aged 17, of §9 Beaver street, charged with reckless driving, was continued until tomorrow to give him time to produce witnesses to substantiate his defense. He said they were in court today but had been ordered out when the spectators’ gallery was cleared on account of a liquor case hearing. Aceording to Motorcycle Officer Louis E. Harper, Sowa was driving on Broad street about 8:45 last night and almost caused a collision with & car that came out of Grove street, after which he sped away at the rate of 40 miles an hour, He had seven passengers. | Sowa teatified that the near acci- dent was not due to his driving. He has held a license since July, he sald in reply to Mr. Woods. H At this point Judge Roche asked him it he had any witnesses and ordered the continuance. | Arrested After Tussle | John O'Nell, aged 38, of 150 Buell street, pleaded not guilty to charges of breach of the peace and drunk- enness and was fined $5 and costs on the latter count, execution of the penalty ‘suspended. Officer John O'Keefe made the arrest on Greenwood street about 7:45 last night. O'Neil was intoxi- cated, the officer said, and testi- mony was offered by residents &f the neighborhood that he was grappling with another man who finally drove away in an automobile. Judge Roche remarked that whatever breach of the peace was eommitted resulted from O'Neil's condition, and Prosecuting Attorney Woods sald the offence was not ser- ous. | Reuben Hughes, aged 30, of 12 ‘Maple street, charged with non-sup- port of his child, agreed to pay $7 a week and his case was continued in care of the probation officer un- til Dec. 31 with that understanding. Attorney Thomas F. McDonough appeared for Hughes. The case of Steve Drezgola, aged 40, of 63 Booth street, charged with assault on his wife, was continued ‘until Monday in $200 bonds. Prose- icuting Attorney Woods told the lcourt Mrs. Drezgola was unable to ‘be in court on account of fllness. RAPHAELITES MASQUERADE Prises Awarded Social of “Big Store” Organization ' 1n Grotto Hall The annual masquerade party and dance of “The Raphaclites,” t 0- cial organization of Ra partment Store, Inc., evening in Grotto hall. Prizes were awarded to the fol- for Costumes at lowing: Miss Anna Kennedy, for the most original costume; Miss Martha Schwartz, for the pretticst costume, and Albert Fruscella, for the fun- niest costume. Miss Kennedy was dressed as a Bowery sandwich man. § carried two signs, the one in front of her was the 18th anniversary sale store poster, and the one i was a full-page anniver vertisement of the stor last weck. Miss Schwart ed a a Colonial g a black effectively as a color schem: Mr. Ftuscella togged himsclf out a & “knight of the road” wearing & tight-fitting red checkered costum with humorous looking accescorie including a carrot and green pepper for a boutonniere. The Variety orchestra provid the music for the dancing, and re- freshments were served. 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