Putnam patriot., 1917-11-30
CONNECTICUT STATE BRIEFS


 sewing squads. is the substance of an admonition given in a sermon by Rt Rev Mgr Thomas F Buggan. rector of si Joseph Cathedral Hart lord He added that 1T the women refused to do more work for the cause mentioned he would enlist the men of the parish in the work lie enforcz ed this statement by adding that for years he had done all Of his own sew ing
 Final arrangements for the lighting Of the dome on the capitol at Hartford have been made, and in the future the dome will be dimly lighted from go to 8.45 D. m. for it Is during these hours that most people are liable to gee it IL was at first planned not to have any lights on the dome until the end of the war, but this plan did not please the public, and tue new plan was adopted.
 Considerable discussion has been aroused by the action of the Fairheid town court in holding Stephan Rlhoze ef Bridgeport for manslaughter In con. uection with the death of Jennie Wtszniencki. also of Bridgeport. in spite of the fact that Coroner John J. phelan had exonerated the young man of all criminal blame
 Orders have gone out to all officers in the four precincts of the Bridge port Police Department to arrest all men of draft age that they may ma on their beats without having regis tration cards in their possession. In accordance with these orders the po- lice have started a determined cam paign against this type of stacker, who either has not registered or claims that he has lost his card.
 Isaac Epstein of Bridgeport. who was turned over to the federal au- thorities by the police. Is being held in bail of S10,000 on the charge of conspiracy to commit treason against the government He Is implicated with the three other men who were arraigned before United States Com missioner Hugh J. Lavery.
 Yale university dedicated It's new Music School building in New Ila- ven. the Albert Arnold Sprague Me morial Hall The ediice is the gift of Mrs. Albert A. Sprague and her daughter Mrs. Frederick s. Coolidge. and it's construction cost about Sl75,- O00 The presentation was made by Professor John II. Hewitt, LLD.. of Williams College. a classmate Of Colo mel Sprague in the class of Yale 59. President Arthur T Hadley accepted the hall for the university, and Dean uoratio Parker voiced the thanks of the school A dedicatory concert was given to conclude the exercises.
 Peter Strencavage of Peauonoek. fifty-hve years old. prosperous Lii thuanian farmer and tobacco grower. was instantly Filled and Mrs. Alice Nj. Welton of Hartford, a clairyoyant, was taken 10 St Nrancis hospital in a critical eouditien suffering from d fractured skull and bruises. as the re suit of a collision between an auto mobile and trolley ear on Windsor avenue John w. Kemp. a sales man ager for Che Colonial Automobile Company. who drove the automobile was not injured
 Brdgeports annual automobile show will he the best that has been given. aeeordipg to B. B Steiber, wh' will again manage the attraction thH year The show will combine an eN hlbition Of both pleasure cars anC auto trucks and will be held at th' state armory from February 25 tI March 2. inclusive.
 By defeating the steam Roller Clul of Providence at Bridgeport, 21 to 2 the American Cham Company tean of Bridgeport ucaui,,d the New Eng land professional football champion ship The lnscra nlde up entirely of former college stars, found tn going too fast and their line wa smashed to pieces
 In view of the fact that numbe of residents of NcWtown have beer evadpg the military and persona tax the Board of Selectmen has de cidea 10 revise the list of exemptions It k intended 10 deal fairly with al who lHag be fer eood reasons eNempt and 1t ls expected that the town treasury will be added jo by Che work
 The New Departure Manufaetur ing Company ot Bristol did it's "bit fn a substantial way when l ? eNper nachinist aud toolmakers left to en lst in the United States Aylatio Corps. Tire company had airvad contributed large number of me to the oolors iR the army and nay branches. but this is the largest sin gle enlistment group to leave tn concern. Ali ot the men are skiile in their line.
 The Public Utilities Commissio rendered decision declaring fretgh rates charged by the Conneetlcu Company unreasonable. thus actin favorably upon a petition of shipper in Hartford New Haven and Htl3st port. which has been before the con mission since June 13 last
 The last of Middletown's idle ia, tory buildings. Of which there Wei nearly half dozen few years az, has been taken over by q live tndH. try. the property of the Noodhou. silk Company at South Farms fol merly the old l.. D. Brown propert, having been purchased by the Russe Manufacturing Company The plaI includes the old brick mill. the orig nal building of the company. and u dye house.