Connecticut western news., 1916-09-28
NEWS B9EvITIES
 OF CONNECTICUT

' Happenings of Interest From
 Around the State. Events of All Kinds Gathered From Various Points In the State and So
 Reduced In Size That They Will Ap-
 peal to All Glasses o+ Readers.
 East Hartford has arranged for traffic squad.
 Beginning Oct. 15 the Bristol police will receive $2.75 and $3 a day. l A syndicate is planning to build Il modern hotel of seventy rooms in BriS- l tOl.
 c. l.. Bardo and J. A. Droege of the New Haven road inspected the yards in Hartford.
 State Tax Commissioner William H. Corbin of Hartford addressed the tax 1 payers of East Haven. Stanley Tantarsky of New Britain was accepted for the navy at the Hart ford recruiting station. Of the eighty-eight new suits for di- vorce in Fairfield county Bridgeport has furnished ffty-eight.
 With about $15,OO0 subscribed Wal lingford has decided to go ahead with her new municipal factory.
 Theodore P. Terry, eighty-two, one of the states oldest hardware mer- chants, died in his home ill Ansonia. Waterbury lodge of Moose has sent $500 to the boys on the border. The sum was realized at a recent carnival.
 James Catalano of Stratford was badly injured when he was hit by an auto driven by E. c. SpargO of Bridge port.
 The Bridgeport police recovered in a pawnshop in that city a $100 watch which was stolen from Edward Bieber of Meriden.
 In an automobile crash on the Mil ford Turnpike Amandus Palmquist and w. c. Wallan, both of Bridgeport were injured.
 Of the twenty-four cases on the docket for automobile hearings by the secretary of state eighteen were for reckless driving. Only 14.9 persons out of every 1000 died in Connecticut in 1915. This is almost the lowest stata death rate in the United States.
 An increase of more than $6,000,00U in bank savings was placed with Bridgeport banks during the twelve months ending Aug. 31. William Donegan, who was hit by an automobile belonging to Julian Rob erts of New York, died of his injuries l in New Haven hospital.
 Miss Elizabeth Sevin, sixteen, high school pupil, shot at man who was ' trying to get into her house and in re | turn was shot at and wounded.
 Relatives and friends in Meriden of Henry F. Eaton. a machinist. have caused an investigation into his mys r terious death in San Diego Cal. Chief of Police Robert Kappenber1 of East Hartford was badly hurt when he was run down by an auto driven by William Moll of Irvington, N. l.
 The Chase Rolling Mill company and the Chase Metal Works company are l preparing plans for new building in Waterbury to cost about $G0O.00O.
 Francis B. Allen. well known in 1 surance man of Hartford. has been elected vice president general of the General Society of the War of 1872.
 Joseph ViniskO, four years old. of Torrington, died in the county hospital at Winsted of burns received while playing about bonfire in TorringtOn.
 Albert Hackbarth, thirty-two. of New Britain, was drowned in Lake PocotO paug when the rowboat from which hc was fishing with two friends capsized
 After a pastorate of seven years in the First Presbyterian church at Thompsonville, the Rev. William $. Voorheis has announced his resigna tiOn.
 Announcement was made of the transfer of the Rev. Leo NJ. Finn. curate at Holy Angels church, South Meriden, to St. Peters church, Dan bury.
 The ban prohibiting children fro.