New Britain herald., 1917-03-28

numbers. With a pleasant night there should have been 200 in attend, ance with at least 100 enlistments as it happened there were sixty present and eighteen enlistments
 It became known late in the after noon that Captain c. w. Burpee would be unable to attend the meeting and his place would be taken by Attorney B. M. Holden of Hartford but when the meeting had been called to order there were no signs of MT. Holden and he failed to put in an appearance. Colonel Charles M. Jarvis was called upon to preside over the meeting and O. w. Stevens of Kensington was elected as secretary. There was . general feeling of disappointment over the failure of Mir. Holden to appear as the men had any number of ques- tions to ask in regard to the or eganization of the guard The recruit ing officers did the best they could but they were in the dark on many Of the finer points of the organiza- tion that is facing the country. Dur ing tho course of Col. Jarvis address he syfted that a private citizen had do- mated the machine gun. Oscar Ben son rendered the Star Spangled Ban ner and his efforts were rewarded with wild burst of applause that lasted for several minutes. "
 With the addition of the machine gun 1t Is hoped that machine gun company can be formed in addition to the regular company of infantry. Beginning tomorrow evening the re- 'cruiting officers will open headquar- fny fvS hA <ax r1n { a~ station will be opened at o'clock in tho evening every night. After the ofiice has been started on the street 1t is. expected that the other onces will be opened in the different districts of the town for the purpose of recruiting.
 There was some talk in Kensington this morning about having separate company in that section of the town and already sixty or seventy-flye have signified their intentions of joining such a company. There is no reason why there cant be two companies in the town as there are plenty of men in each district for their formation. A number of men from the National Guard were at the meeting last night for the purpose of recruiting men into that organization but they did not meet with any success.
 Following are the men who en- listed last night: Colonel Charles M. Jarvis. c. Fred Johnson, c. F. Lewis, Grant P. Wickwire. J. M Sullivan, pr. M. H. Griswold; John Wilson, &. A. Bragg. F. N. Bacon. E. c. Ives, ; G. F. Dodd, l.. B. Bloomstein, H. j.. Crane. G. A. Ventres, J. H. North. E. B. Krsuth, L. F.. Bunce and C. w. Stevens.
 State Police Make Raid.
 Judge George G. GriswoId lined Joseph 'Padella, Kensington store i keeper. s10 and costs this morning for having draw board in his store. State Policeman Robert Bridreman and sealer of Weights and Measures ?. c. A. Fine made the raid late yes- terday afternoon and captured the board in Padclla's store. In the court this morning he entered a plea of guilty and was fined by Judge Gris- wold. The state police have been having more or less trouble throuRh- cut the state the last year with thess boards. and have made several arrests in different sections.
 : Hear from Eranscn.
 The parents of lawrence Franser have at last had word from their missing son, and there was great Joy in the family last night. About two years ago LAwre1ce disappeGred and from that time until yesterday mo word Of any kind has ever been @ 7