New Britain herald., 1916-11-14
Committee Gets Barnum AttraC-
ton for Big Entertainment
PLAN SALERN0'S DEFENSE
Foresters Expect Good Sum VIII Re
Realized For Club Room Fund
VIII Oppose Permanent Pavement
Appropriation-Brie


Plans were completed at a meet
ing Of Court General Lawton. F. of A..
! last evening for the entertainment and
! dance to be given in the Town hall
Friday night for the benefit of the
fund that is being raised to make
| possible the leasing of quarters to be
| used as club rooms by PIainville For
esters Members Of the order are
anxious to get rooms where thew can
meet socially and they are working
earnestly to make FRIDAY nights af-
fair a success, figuring that the re
| turns Will make a nucleus for a fund
, sufhclently large to encourage them
in their efforts.
A committee is now at work look
ing into the advisabilitv of hiring
quarters. 1t has taken up with Vim
| cenzo Minello the plan of making the
| upper floor in the building he is to
erect on Whiting street so arranged
| that 1t Will be suitable for use as
club rooms. The owner of the prop
| erty seems favorable to the idea and
may carry it out
| The feature of the coming enter
tainment will be furnished by the Riv-
ers -Four of Waterbury, a quartet of
acrobats and contortionists. The
young men are natives of the Brass
City. They were members Of the Bar
mum and Bailey circus troupe and at
one time they occupied a prominent
position in the acrobatic world. Other
mum bers on the program will be Sc
lections by the Foresters' chorus and
solos by Albert Conlin, Leo Prior and
William Cunningham. Fox's orches-
ira has been engaged to furnish the
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play for the dancing which will fol-
low.
Seven applications for membership
were received at last nights meeting
Reports of the officers indicated that
the court was in excellent condition
and is growing steadily. The treas
| urer's statement showed that there is
over $4,000 on deposit In banks in the
courts favor. and that the financial
condition of the organization was
never better
Lawyers For Salerno.
While relatives and friends of Jo-
seph Salerno, who is at the Hartford
Jail awaiting disposition of the charge
| of wife murder for which he was
bound over to the superior court Sat-
urday, believe that he is insane and
will not be brought before a jury, they
| c"AO PIopd ing 10 see CnaL MS legal
rights are properly safeguarded and
they are now making arrangements
for the retaining of lawyers The
young man was not represented by
counsel when he was arraigned here
but friends of the family said today
that before the end of the week at
least two and possibly three attorneys
will be retained to look after his in
terests.
Salernos friends are basing their
i. belief on the probabilities Of his being
declared insane on the statements of
DR.. Carl J. Hart who attended him in
! the New Britain hospital. The physi-
clan characterized the slayer as
paranoiac and stated that in his opin-
ion the murderer was not mentally
right at the time Of the killing. They
feel confident that the states attorney
will not ask for an indictment for
| murder and that a trial before Jury
| will be avoided.
Oppose Appropriation.
Considerable opposition has de-
| veloped to the suggestion of Highway
Commissioner Bennett that the town
make an appropriation sufficient to
cover the expense Of having amiesite
! laid on the part of Whiting street
| not included in that which is to be
| improved by the state and Connecti-
| cut company. strip 6h wide on
| each side of the street Will not be
paved unless the town pays for the
! work. Should the amiesite be ex-
| tended from curb to curb, the towns
share Of the expense of the improve
ment would be $500, according to
| the estimates given to the selectmen.
! The money involved would mean an
| a11 nf fyuo - ho
| rate and the voters, while appreciat-
ing the value of the Improvement, do
| not believe that such an expenditure
| is warranted at this time.
| There see msto be a disposition on
| the part Of some to favor having the
| pavement cover the entire highway as
| far south as Broad street, letting the
| balance go far as the town Is con-
| cerned. Others appear to be satisfied
with the strip twenty-seven feet
wide which the state and Connecticut
| company have planned and they ex-
| press the opinion that it will satisfy
| the needs Of traffic
| The matter will be taken up at a
| special town meeting Thursday eve-
ming and it is expected that verdict
unfavorable to the appropriation will
| be recorded.
In connection with the laying of the
pavement the argument has been adj
vanced that before the improvement
| Is started the town should see that
| the surface water sewer on Whiting
street is extended to a point where
| the amiesite will terminate. The pipe
at present stops at Broad street and
some of the taxpayers declare that
| 1t should be continued further south
| before the pavement is laid to OBJ
| &late the tearing up of the amiesite
| at some future time. There is moth
ing IN the call for the special town