Connecticut western news., 1917-12-27
C0NNrCTVrTTT STATE BRIEFS

II Lu0 WOLISu Ol luIS pdlIoA uO AOb contribute more labor to Red Cross work 1 will organize them into two sewing squads" is the substance of an a0HC,.. O4 give. in Sef-LOn by Rt TGv -ugT. T omas F. Dug an, rector o1 St. Jose.h's Cathedral, Hart ford lie added that ii the women refused to do more work for the cause mentioned ;.e would enlist the men of the parish in the worI. He en4 orc ed this statement by ding t. at fer years he had done all of his own sew ing.
 Final arrangements for the lighting of the dome on t1e c,.l .tyl at HartforI lave been made, and in the lu-ure the dome will b dim.y liz ted rom 5:30 to 8:45 D. m., for it is dlriLg t e3e hours that mot people are liable u see it. It was at LTs. -@n-e not 10 have any l.gles on the dome lntil the end of the var, but this pan cid t please tn p-b.ic, and the new p-an was a3orted.
 ConsiCe ab discussion las been aroused by the action of the Fairlie town court in hCl . g s 1tn R-h-z3 of Bridgeport for ma.l 5l2uSh.e CT in cen nection with the dea of Jennie Wiszniencki, also of Bridgeport, in spite Of the fact that Cor rer Jo n J. Phelan had eXonerated the young man of al 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 find on their beats without having regis tratior cards in their possession. In accordance with those orders the po- lice have started 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 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 its new Music School building in New Ha- ven, the Albert Arnold Sprague Me morial Hall The edifice is the gift of Mrs. Albert A. Sprague and her daughter, Mrs. Frederick s. Coolidge, and it's construction cost about $175,- 900. The presentation was made by Professor John H. Hewitt, LID, of Williams College, a classmate of Colo neI Sprague in the class of Yale '59. President Arthur T. Hadley accepted the hall for the university, and Dean Horatio Parker voiced the thanks of the school. A dedicatory concert was given to conclude the exercises.
 Peter Strencavage of Pequonock. fifty-fve years old, a prosperous Li- thuanian farmer and tobacco grower, was instantly killed and Mrs. Alice M Welton of Hartford, clairvoyant, was taken to St. Francis hospital in a critical condition, suffering from a fractured skull and bruises, as the re- suit of a collision between an auto mobile and a trolley car on Windsor avenue. John w. Kemp, a sales man agor for the Colonial Automobile Company, who drove the automobile, was not injured.
 Bridgeport's annual automobile show will be the best that has been given, according to B. B. Steiber, who will agG%n manage the attraction this year. The show will combine an eX- L.. ~Q T auto trucks and will be held at the state armory from February 25 to 1 March 2, inclusive.
 By defeating the Steam Roller Club l Of Providence at Bridgeport, 21 to 2, 1 the American Chain Company team of Bridgeport acquired the New Eng land professional football champion ship. The losers, made up entirely of former college stars, found the going too fast, and their line was smashed to pieces.
 In view of the fact that a number of residents of Newtown have been evading the military and personal tax the Board of Selectmen has de- cided to revise the list of exemptions | It is intended to deal fairly with all who may be for good reasons exempt, and it is expected that the towns treasury will be added to by the work. The New Departure Manufactur- ing Company of Bristol did its "'bit' in substantial way when 12 expert machinists and toolmakers left to en- | list in the United States Aviation Corps. The company had already contributed a large number of men to the eolors in the army and navy { branches, but this is the largest sim gle enlistment group to leave the concern. All of the men are skilled In their line.
 The Public Utilities Commission rendered a decision declaring freight rates charged by the Connecticut Company unreasonable, thus acting