Connecticut western news., 1917-10-25
NCTNFCTTCzTT STATE BRIEFS


 in Bridgeport affairs for the first ! time at the coming election. At the election in 1916 there were 1,697 names on the list and 19,740 voted. I his was about 5000 more than eycI voted before. It is expected that about 500 or 700 voters will be made 1 this year at least.
 pr. D. M. Lewis, bacteriologist at New Haven, said that under certain conditions yet to be granted he will accept the offer to become health officer of New Britain.
 In a special election at Newtown to 1 dissolve a tie vote for selectman Will liam B. Glover, Republican, defeated Thomas F. Brew, 2SS votes to 284. ! This gives the Republicans control of the board, although the Democrats elected the first selectman last week. 1 Eight men, convicted of selling liquors to sailors, were sentenced to | from two to six months in jail by Judge Thomas in the criminal session of the United States District Court at New Haven. The judge said that | if he found that six months was not severe enough a penalty to break up this practice hereabouts he would increase sentences to year.
 The annual town meeting at Mer- i iden voted to hire the board of as- sessors on a permanent instead of i part time basis, with a salary of ! $1,200 year and clerk at the same salary figure. The board was in ] structed to make reappraisal of all property in Meriden, the first reap million dollars was appropriated for the new year, over S30.000 of it be- 1 ing increased salaries for teachers 1 and town officials. The sum of $3,000 summer and s2,50O for Meriden's ! first open air school.
 Two city courts were in session at New Haven to handle the unusually large number of automobile cases which have resulted from the order of Chief Smith to enforce the vehicle lighting law. Some 150 arrests of drivers were made in two days. One judge sat in the aldermanic chamber and the other in the court room. Most of the fines imposed were $10 and costs.
 l Encouraging reports come from the salmon hatcheries in Windsor Locks. The salmon are growing we'll and some rather large specimens have been caught. Q The fish and game board is much encouraged with the progress made at this particular hatchery.
 Cheerful news for the hunters comes from the office of the fish and game commission. Game of all kinds is unusually plentiful this year, es- pecially pheasants, grouse and par tridges, of which there are just Goodies and oodles," to use hunters term.
 In the presence of a large gather ing of university and municipal of ficers, faculty members and alumni the cornerstone of the Memorial Quadrangle was laid at Yale Univer- sity, New Haven, at the corner of High and Library streets.
 A new industrial course in the high school, Bridgeport, combining theory and practice wherein pupils will spend part of their time in the class room and part of the time in the shops of the Remington Arms and in the Bilton Machine and Tool shoI went into effect
 More than 5000 persons took part in a parade at Stamford in the inter est of the second Liberty Loan
 There were home guards, boy scouts women's organizations, business men
 municipal officers and several thou. sand men from local factories.
 mass meeting in behalf of the loar was held at night.
 Mrs. Elizabeth Cryne, aged abou : 60, widow, died at Willimantic after , long illness. Surviving sons are
 Rev. Edward Cryne of Chicago ant Rev. Eugene Cryne of Waterbury and daughters are Sister Margare Mary at Greenwich and Miss Rose Cryne of Willimantic.
 The names of Joseph Seimes, Lero! Morris and Herbert Stack, formerl! members of the teaching staff of thu public schools of Bridgeport and nov , in the service of the United States r will be kept on the school payroo
 and the difference between thei teaching salaries and their pay whil, . in government service will be paid b! the board.
 3 In the state capitol at Hartfort : Professor McElroy of Princeton ad 3 dressed about hundred of the speak \ CTS for the Connecticut Council o ? Defense, outlining a plan of cam T paign for the state. It is planned t : have the men who heard rProfesso r McElroy take the stump and cover al sections of the state, speaking ol