Norwich bulletin., 1914-07-10

pleyer, and Victor L. reebe, employee, of Lyme, who on June IA had the fragments of his knee broken and since then partial parylysis of the right leg. He gets s1.so a weeg for the period between April and May 10, that being the difference made in his earning power by the Injury.
 Branford Farms. estate of Mort6n IT. Plant. compensate Joseph P Broad hurst of Groton by s1o a week for two weeks for an abrasion of the hand on April 21 and blood poisoning.
 Bristow and Knowles corporation of Narragansett Pier, pay Frank Gilbert, of Stonington. employee, S5.25 q week during incapacity. for g right fore- finger bruised and cut on May 4, be- ginning May 23.
 The Board of Water commissioners, of New London pays Antonio Harelli. during disability, s5.S0 beginning on May 31, for a bruised foot on May Is.
 William O.. Wheeler of Groton Long Point farm employer. is to pay $5.26 a ss, to Harold Shaw, thrown from a wagon on May 14. suffering internal injuries.
 Commissioner Donohue also decided this week. sitting in the absence of Commissioner Talcott N. Russell, that
 
 compensation act.
 The decision comes upon the ap- piieatieH of one John Ryan who had been sent to Jail by the city court o4 New Haven. Tn the course of his work in making chairs he crushed a bone in the second finger of his right hand an asked for the award under the compensation act. The MetropoA- tan Chair company, which has the jail contract. refused to pay.
 Commissioner Donohue in his rul- ing, says:
 "The claimant was under no con- tract with the respondent or with any one else with reference to any labor to be performed and received no pay for such labor.
 For all of the labor of such in mates of said jail as were able to work and not occupied in duties con- nected with the conduct Of said jail the respondent paid a certain lump sum which, divided by the number of men generally working in its fac tory amounted to about Is cents peI day for each man. said sum being paid to the, county of New Haven.
 Upon the foregoing facts it is held and ruled that the provisions of the act are not applicable and 1t is or dered. judged and decfeed and award ed that the claim of the claimant be and is hereby rejected"
 Court Matters Up Today.
 In the superior court today a num- Der of matters are coming up before Judge Shumway. one of them is in re- lation to the affairs of the Thames Loan & Trust company and another is a meeting of the creditors and stock holders of the All Beenaa eompanJ for the confirmation Of receiver. E A. Prentice, tenporaril@ appointed. Or the court schedule this hearing il placed at ten o'clock. but the notices sent out by the temporary receivei bear the time two o'clock, and for tht convenience of all concerned it may be held at the later hour. Today also Judge Shumway is scheduled to heal the arguments in the case of Meyer: vs. Shumway. admr., in which the ev. idence was completed week ago. John Donovan has made an appli- cation to Judge Shumway Nto have ths attachments placed upon his propertie: in the course of the CFaney action fol $40 GOO damages against him dissolved and asks for the substitution of bonds | There Is likely to be opposition to thi, being granted.