Connecticut western news., 1917-06-14

Patrick North of Rockville. who has been doing duty as a Sgecial officer for the Connecticut cor. ..aLy at the power plant at West strcct. has accepted DO. ition in tie Unned States armory at Springfield.
 Herbert F. McCuen, son of Dennis { J. McCuen of West Haven and a teach CT in the New Haven high school at ] the present time, has enlisted in Con- pany F of the Second regiment, the New Haven Grays.
 | In the Norwich election the Demo crats made a clean sweep, having a majority of 224 votes. The result 1 leaves the court of common council di- vided, with a Republican mayor hay ing the deciding vote.
 Louis Alonzo, thirty-six years of age, ! employed at Blakeslee's quarry in Fair Haven, was instantly killed when struck by a New Haven bound ex- press. He had been living in this country but three weeks.
 The officers of the home guard have been given the keys to the Bristol ar- mory by Captain Frank s. Merrill, Company D, First Connecticut infan- l try, who was in the city recently in i connection with military matters. Edward c. Bouton, forty-five, of Danbury was held under S1 1,000 bonds { for trial in the superior court on charges of horse theft and robbery of a house at Compo Beach, Westport- He was locked up in default of bail.
 Following the receipt of a letter from | Colonel L. r. Burpee of the military emergency committee, Professor c. Trusiano has started to organize an Italian-American company for the Sec ond regiment, home guard, in New Ha- ven.
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 Splendid success was reported by the American Red Cross society's Der by branch in the tag day and also in Shelton, when the sum of $763 II was { secured. The amount received was i greater than any of the members an- ticipated.
 Every cavalry troop in the national ! guard in this state has now reached it's full war strength of 100 men and five officers, Major James l.. Howard, commanding the Third Separate squad ron, composed of Troops A, B, l. and i M, announced. More than half of the young men who registered in Norwalk claimed ex- emption. The total registration was 2,575, and of that number 1899 plead ed either total physical disability or oe- cupational exemption, or claimed to have dependents.
 James Terry's estate was inventoried in the Hartford probate court at $780, I 74496. The principal item was 7S6 shares in the Terry Steam Turbine I company, valued at $117,900. Property iI on Prospect street, one-half interest, 4 was valued, at S16,000.
 Marshal c. c. Middlebrooks has ap- pointed John J. Keliher of Hartford a deputy United States marshal for special duty in connection with the reg. istration of alien Germans, who must secure permits to move i'll the forbid den zones in Hartford.
 Benny Bender of New York, twenty one years old, private in a regular army on guard at bridge at Bridge port, was accidentally shot by com rade who had placed a shell in his rife. The wounds, however, are thought not to be serious.
 Gustave Nordeen, who lives in the Mount Vernon section of Southington, came to town recently and stated that his last three boys, who are within military age had left for enlistment in the United States army. If they are accepted they will make seven sons of this one man in the army.
 John c. O'Brien of the Ansonia high school faculty has received word of his acceptance in the naval service of the United States, and he will join the medical corps Mir. O'Brien will, he expects, be able to complete his work in the schools, which will close during the latter part of the month.
 In a statement issued by Secretary of State Lansing giving the names of American prisoners of war held by the German government Is the name of Willitt Smith of South Norwalk. Smith was a sailor on an American ship taken by the Germans and is now