Connecticut western news., 1917-11-01
CONNECTICUT STATE BRIEFS

from Bridgeport, where he had bought touring car. His wife was driving this car while MT. Price was driving ahead with his other car. It is probable that MT. Price glanced around to see how far behind his wife was and did not notice that he was on the railroad tracks with a train almost upon him.
 Standing in the superior court at Willimantic, wearing the uniform of a private of the United States army, Clarence A. King of Killingly was sentenced to nine months in the coun- ty jail for stealing S1,000 worth of jewelry from the firm of McEwen & Chapin of Danielson several weeks ago.
 The New Britain board of water commissioners, through w. B. Ross berg, chairman, has bought the George E. Brown estate farm at Bur lington, including a house, a barn and 49 acres of land. The total hold ings of the city of New Britain in Burlington amount to about 2,8O0 acres.
 President Swindells of the Rock Manufacturing company, Rockville, turned the entire output of his mill over to the government last May for the length of the war or at the pleas ure of the government. The mill has been working overtime since May in turning out overcoat cloth. The mak- ing of overcoatings is the speciality of the Rock Manufacturing company, and at the present time it is doing this work exclusively. The total out put of the mill at the present time is 30,000 yards of the overcoatings a week, or enough cloth to make coats for 5000 men.
 The board of directors of the Y. M. c. A. at a meeting held in New Brit ain voted to raise $5O,000 toward the national fund of $35, 5,00O,000 for war work. A team campaign will be waged during the week of November II, and the towns of Berlin, Moving ton, Plainville and Southington will be included in New Britain.
 Human life is evidently getting to be valued cheaply in Middlesex coun- ty, for the sixth fatal automobile accident within as many weeks has been reported to Coroner Stephen B. Davis. The latest auto fatality hap pened in Deep River when Rudolph Luca was instantly killed. The coro- ner, in addition to this case, has two other fatal auto cases, in which he has not held hearing, besides an i. other in which he has reserved his ! decision. At a special town meeting held ir Bolton 1t was voted to ask the state for $20,000 to build as much state road as possible for the money on thu highway known as Camp Meeting road. From the Manchester line tt the Gilead line there are four miles of this road within the town limits As it costs about S8,000 to build on' mile of state road, only approximate D 1y two and half miles will be con structed. The meeting was called a a result of the success. of a subscrip tion paper whereby nearly $1,70l & was raised.
 ' Paul R. Fredericks, an auto repai = man in Wallingford, filed a petition N in bankruptcy in the United State court at Hartford. He made oath h.
 did not have the money to pay tn
 filing fee. He has liabilities of $3, K 057,52, and $2,217.07 of the amour x is unsecured. Assets consist of stocl m in trade, valued at $1,704.38, an N debts due on open account, $287.33. N During August, September and Oc
 tober Hartford contributed $1,037.0
 for Armenian and Syrian relief, a E shown by the report of Treasure E Meighs H. Whaples. ~ This means
 total of $13,5O0 that Hartford ha N forwarded in the, last two years fo
 this relief work.
 Articles of association of the Civi = federation of New Haven were file - at Hartford. The purpose of the ol
 ganization is to further the civic we
 fare of New Haven.
 A certificate of organization of tn | Goldsmith Realty company of Ne
 London was recorded. The amour
 of capital stock is $100,O00, divide
 into 1000 shares. The subscriber
 are Samuel A. Goldsmith, E. Victc
 Goldsmith and Stanley A. Goldsmit
 of New London.
 Walter F. Sutter of Elizabeth, !
 J., was elected captain of the We
 leyan football eleven at Middletown
 Greenwich exceeded it's allotmer
 to the second Liberty loan, whic
 was $1,000,000, by subscribing $2
 000,000. It became so warm for u
 loan thermometer in front of tr
 postof1ce that the mercury tul
 broke. Just above the thermomet,
 has been placed the words, "Over u
 top; spilling all over the dial" . Thomas W. Russell federal fu A administrator for Connecticut ar @~ chairman of the coal committee of il