New Britain herald., 1917-06-15
Court Tells Gritzo He Is Lucky
 to Escape Term in Jail
SUBSCRIPTIONS OYER $55,ooo

Town Takes Over O,OOO Worth of
 Fellows to Have Memorial Exer-
 cases-Iecture of Food Conservation
 Expressing the opinion that jail sentences form the only punishment which seemingly serves as deter rent with certain classes of knife wielders, Justice Prior yielded to the plea of Tony Ciritzo, arradgned be- fore him last evening on the charge of assault with dangerous weapon and imposed fine of $20 and costs with the warning that if he appears in court again he will be given q term behind the bars.
 Cdritzo got into an argument with one of his associates in the section gang of the New Haven road Tues day while the men were having sup per in a car in the freight yard. He picked up carving knife and made a vicious lunge at hds opponents head missing his mark by a small margin. Other workmen subdued him before he could do much dam- age. although he did succeed in in- fiicting a slight gash with the weapon on one Of them.
 During the excitement which fol- lowed he made his escape but was later captured In the home of friend in Forestville. Ciritzo want ed clemency on the grounds that he toyed with the knife simply to fright en the man. He disolaimed having any intention of uSing 1t.
 Justice Prior gave him . lecture on tho use of weapons in quarrels with his associates and explained tho pun Ashment possible for court to im- pose in such cases.
 Subscriptions Reach 456, 900. Applications for bonds in the Lib- erty loan continued to como in to the Trust company this morning. d. though the time limit for subscrip- tdons was set for 1axt evening, and the committee in charge of the cam paign in the interest of contributions announced that before night Plain ville's total would probably be in ex- cess of $55.000.
 The committee set out to raise $40.OOO and the response made by the townspeople was far more gener- ous than the most sanguine member had anticipated. Yesterday morning but $SS,00O was on hand and the committee was cheerful because the indications were that an additional $2,OOO would be sent in during the day.
 Employes of the bank were Mter- ally swamped with work from the opening of the doors until the clos ing hour, scores of people coming in ho k%o1 o,s% @% the subscriptions taken were of de- nominations of from $50 to $500, al- though there were a few for $1,000.
 Plainville Is not regarded as a very wealthy town. It has not as residents millionaires or others with fortunes who. could afford to sub- scribe in any very large amount. Consequently while there will be some towns of population not larger than Plainvdlle's which will show up better in the list of subscribers, the committee feels satisfied that this place has done more than it's share.
 Allotment of bonds in the loan has been figured on a basis of per cent. of the assets of the banks in . town. Consequently Plainville's subscrip- tdons should not be much over $30,- 900. The Liberty loan committee figures that the town has over-sub- scribed to the extent of moro than $20,O00, a showing that Is entirely creditable to Plainville and it's in- habitants.
 Decorate Graves June "A.
 Sequassen lodge is making arrange ments for the annual memorial exer- cises for it's deceased members which will be held on Sunday, June 27. In former years the exercises were held earlier in the month, but as flowers are blossoming late this year ,the lodge decided to advance the date to the 27th.
 The members will march from their hall to West cemetery where the me- mortal program will be carried out. The speaker has not as. yet been se- lected.
 Lecture on Food Conservation.
 The first of a series of lectures on food conservation to be given to the women of the town has been arranged for by the Plainville Canning club. It will be in the town hall on Monday, July 2. The speaker will be Mrs. Dean. selected by the Hartford County Food Conservation league as its in- 'structor. Mrs. Dean is instructor in domestic science in the Hartford High school
 Plainville women are making wig orous efforts to do their "bit'' in the conduct of the war and during the summer they will conduct a lively campaign for kitchen economy and for the canning of fruits and vegeta- bles in the interests of the nation.
 Brief Items
 Masses were celebrated at and o'clock this morning in the Church of Our Lady of Mercy in observance of