New Britain herald., 1916-05-19
CIGAR LEAF MEN TO
 VISIT CONNECTICUT.
Annual Convention to Be Held
 Next Year in Hartford
Especial to- the Hera1d.)

| selected as the next meeting place Of 1 the convention of the National Cigar Leaf Tobacco Association, to be held next year, at the closing session of the association's convention here.
 L. B. Haas of Hartford extended the
 invitation to the association which was
 unanimously accepted. Mr. Haas
 dwelt upon desirability of Hartford as a convention city, pointing out its
 beauties and advantages.
 The convention will be held on the
 fourth Monday in May 1917, the asso-
 citation decided, being obliged to make
 an exception to its rules in order to
 meet on that date.
 Following the last session of the
 convention the Connecticut delegates
 thereto proceeded to the capltoltWhere
 they met Senator Mclean who enter tained them at luncheon in the senate restaurant The senator was seated :. between Joseph w. Alsop of Avon
 and Charles Fred Griffin of Bloom
 field leading bull moosers in Con-
 necticut
 The other guests were A. w. OlOs
 and J. B. Stewart of Windsor: Georgc
 Mitchelson of Tariffvile B. RapaDort
 of Hartford, and E. G. Beinhart, to- I
 bacco specialist of the Bureau of
 I
 culture, who operates principally in
 Connecticut.
 Other mem bers of the Connecticut delegation to the convention included William Garrett of Tariffville; Ernest A Hathaway, Hartford; James E. Pagan, Bloomfield; H. w. Case, East 1 Granby.
 The Connecticut party called on Representative Oakley of Hartford and other Connecticut congressman. They learned that in the new revenue Dill to be reported before long it is not likely that the internal revenue taxes will be increased.
 There are other Connecticut visitors here notably George Ward of Broad Brook a member of the Conn necticut l legislature; H. s. Tracy of Hartford, l Seymour Kashman and Mrs. Rash l man, of Hartford who are here in l connection. with an excursion of retail l merchants from different parts ,of the 1 country.
 Representatives Oakley and Free returned from Connecticut.
 Representatives Aakey and Free man voted against the rural credits ! bill which passed the house with only ten votes against it.
 Representative Glynn voted for the l bill.
 Representatives Hill and Tilson were absent.
 Senators Mclean and Brandegee ! were among the AZ senators who voted 0 reject the nomination Of George 7ublee of New Hampshire to he a member of the federal trade cornmis- sion. The nomination which has been pending before the senate for over a year, was rejected.
 The steamboat inspection service. 1epartm ent of commerce, reports that up to May 1 last it had issuer nearly 2O,0OO certificates to able seamen un. der the so-called seaman's law includ ing at New Haven and 75 at New London.
 Representative Oakley has intro- duced a bill to increase the pension of Mary Duffy and a petition by re- quest, of citizens of Connecticut who are members of organized labor, in favor of the Tavenner bill to prohibit the use of the Taylor system of scien- fife management in shops of the navy yards armories, arsenals and other industrial establishments operated by l he federal government.
 MT. Glynn presented a petition from 1 Harry E. Vail and others of Torring- on, Conn.,, favoring the Tavcnner bill !
 The woman suffragists who have eturned to Washington after pill 'rlmage through the woman suffrage tates of the west, to organize a Wom- n's political party, included Mrs. w. ). Ascough of Connecticut.
 Congressman Hill has made his Ma 7al Academy appointments as fol- ows:
 At the examination on April 18th Walter Harvey Weed, Jr., or Norwalk, connecticut, passed with the highest lark and will enter the Acadamy in une as a result
 Herbert Paul Schubert of Wilton | = ad the next highest rating and has cen designated by MT. Hill as Prin- E lpal for the extra examination to be cid on July 27th. His passing. how yer, as an alternate at the April ex- enables him to enter on ne certificate which he then re- eived. M
 John Augustine Waters, of stam- ord, Connecticut, has been designat- by Mir. Hill as First Alternate for he July examination and in case Shubert's failing for any reason 'hatever to enter in July will take his nl lace, as he also holds a certificate rom an examination taken a year Sl go. fe
 Rufus B. Short, of Bethel, Con- u ect1cut, has been designated as Sec Q nd Alternate for the July examina- on and will have the opportunity of '> uallIy1ng Tn case of a vacancy oc- Il urflng, and in any event for an 3D. S. ointment for another year on a, cer- +, ficate in case he passes the exam d nation in July uu u
 The Fourth District has reason to Ii