Putnam patriot., 1916-10-06
Connecticut State Briefs

 ly home lH Tgrs!ns oa. Iaia is the third death ffsa tae stsease since Ehe epidemic began.
 l An increase 5T more taan 200 Hvut- ] ing l5eenaez s5#aad 9y City Clerk Fa-l- 1 aH oE Aea. aaReu is 3auu 9gsr tae number sfeaz fHia t4ae last geaf l The tatal aaM64F e people Wa0 we're sven permIs .9a to bHnt ia this state faaebe4 558. wHila a1f .ieeHses were iasaed laat f4ll ID to 2 fabsr 14t.
 4 fine Of Sz0 was las a1 on C 5. l U01ge. oI We tQ9rt 1n tHe charge or selling 4 .gefmiel4es which dla not i do Hhat tha adYesL5 eraaat claimeI t would Among the things which the court was told f would net do is kill germs. Dodge pleaded gully and paid the ane.
 The monthly report issued by | Building Inspector Austin, Of New l Haven, for September shows loss of g i54 ,554 for the month from 1915. 1 This falling away of building opera lions in the city is explained D. the fact that al this time last year the Winchester Company took out nearly 8 dozen permits for new buildings at fheIr plant.
 The yacht club which had It's guar sers in Branford point near the dock l has disbanded and their furniture has 1 been placed on sale.
 Theodore Saunders. a wealthy resi- 1 dent Of New Canaan. was before the 1 United States court under Judge Ed l win 5, Thomas, New Haven, and put 1 to plea on the charge of using the flag Of the Red Cross for commercial purposes. He pleaded not guilt. t Is charged that Saunders, who runs l private hospital ln the town of New canaan, flew the emblem in front of the institution to attract patients.
 The threatened strike of 200 Hart ford barbera. was declared off The 1 harbers said that the employers had aeeeded to their demands of a mIni- mum weekly wage of 313. with rising seaae for length Of service. 1 Dean Charles l. Brown. of the Yale l School of Religion. was luduete1 into office as pastor Of the Church of Christ h Yale University.
 l Alexander Angus, a well known ear. l penter and builder died in Hartford al the age of 70. was the first man l 10 work on the staging when the dome of the capitol was built
 The State or Maine Club an organ. azation composed of men who formerly lived in Maine, entertained ex=Goyer. l nor Bert NJ Fernald at the Hartford 1 Go1f Club
 Harry Croswell Rawling. of New l Haven. an emPleye of the New Haven l railroad In the machine shops. drop pei dead in he Wall.ngfard railroad | station rom m attack = acute inai- | gestlon, which came on while MT. Rawlng was waiting for q car to l bring him back to his home.
 Bridgeport policemen who recently upon orders Of the Police Board. bought uniforms n New York ftty fram T firm designated he the Police Board must not bg 3 rnling of tho i Police G5afd. hnv uniform ogercaats in New York from lhe same firm or an2 firm hat 9ast buy tine uniform overoaats from ! company of Bridge i paFf
 Fifty work men emniaxed A shafes' brick yard Fu North Haven were driy. ee frem their lafaa wooden h1elne house hv a fire Several had Harrow | escapes The building was destroyed 1 Tho origin of the hlaga is not known,
 The ann of Slo week Is not a liv- } | [ Ia for a eirl working seven days week. according to Police Commissioner John E Lyddv of Bridgeport He has asked his brother police commission CTS to raise the pay of the three tele- phone girls from $10 q week to Si5 a week. Favorable action is expected. l Fx-eonviets and Warden Thomas Mott Osborne will present a dramatic l nerformauce for the benefit of former prisoners of Sing Sing October 3i. at the home of Mrs John NJ. Flasler in Greenwich On play Is short | sketch contrasting the old and new prison systems The plays will be staged In Mrs Flagler's garden, Prom inent women will serve as patronesses. Certain classes of laborers are not in such great demand in Bridgeport now as they have been during the l spring and summer months,
 The absolute need Of new high school building at Shelton is empha. sized by present oyercrowded condi. tions and in the judgment of many this will have to be done within the
 James ?. Clarke. senior Senator from Arkansas and President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate. died at Little Rock. of apoplexy. after an ill ness of four days. He was born in Yazeo City. Miss. in 1854.
 Expectations into Mexico through Texas ports broke the monthly record during August, according to official re- port of tho United States customs. The aggregate exports for the month were St,I1S.650, all of which, except about Si4.750 from foreign countries. represented domestic exports. princi- paliy feods,ufs
 memorial to Minnesota soldiers who died in Andersonviile Confederate prison near Amerieus, Ga, during the Civil War was unveiled at tho Andersonville national cemetery.
 Forty men, the majority reported to be members of the Industrial Workers of the World. were locked in jail at i North Kakima Wash. by loo citizens after the railroads refused to take