Connecticut western news., 1917-11-08
CONNECTICUT STATE BRIEFS


 low countryman in New Britain, has received summons from New York exemption board, which will be told he will be hanged November 16.
 Men and women of society in Bridge port and other cities to the number of more than 1000 attended the wedding of Miss Edith Whiting Riker and Lieu tenant Bertram Ainsworth, which was solemnized in St. PauPs church, Fair field.
 TaIcott H. Russell, one of the most prominent lawyers in New Haven county, died at New Haven. He was seventy years old. MT. Russell was graduated from Yale in 1869. He leaves his wife and two sons.
 Frederick Magee Scalfe of Pitts Durgh, junior in the Sheffield Scien- tific school, was killed when he was thrown from an automobile in which he was a passenger. Robert Carson, Sd, of Pittsburgh, a Yale academic freshman, and William W. Blair, Jr., also of Pittsburgh and member of the Sheffield school freshman class, were slightly hurt. The accident is said to have occurred when Blair, who was driving, attempted to pass anoth- CT automobile. The wheels of the two cars locke5 and the collision threw Scalfe to the roadway. William W. Blair, Jr., Yale freshman, was held by the police.
 There was a most enthusiastic re- sponse to the call for workers at the nc hny o1n h,IilIipo in Ancnnia and as a result the entire structure was covered in during the afternoon. Although asking for 200 workers to assist on the job the church workers were surprised at the response, more than double that number presenting themselves. All were armed with hammers of some sort, and under the struction gang, all busied themselves in enclosing the structure.
 The first of Hartford's sons to die lover there' in the great world con f1ict was Private Walter T. Sullivan of the One Hundred and Second Unit ed States infantry, machine gun com pany. His death, due to pneumonia, oSPIClibOA
 The Windsor home guardsmen held their rst shoot at the range on the Hayden-Pomeroy farm. There were many men who had never shot a gun, but only five failed to hit the paper"
 Rev. Dr. William H. Vibbert, a graduate of Trinity college in the class of 1858, has been elected first wee president of the Berkeley Divin- lty School Alumni association to sue ceed the late Rev. Dr. Samuel Hart.
 The decision by the superior court that Joseph w. Alsop was elected se- lectman of the town of Avon may be taken to mean the return of MT. AL sop to participation in the activities of the Republican party.
 State Treasurer Chamberlain is putting all his available funds into Liberty bonds.
 The British recruiting mission has obtained about 200 men for the fight ing forces of the empire in and near Hartford.
 The trustee in bankruptcy of the International Casket company an nounced at Meriden the sale of the property to Arthur Manning of Hart ford for $15,00O. Business will be resumed.
 It is expected that the Tariffville home guard will be transferred to the Granby company soon, where they will receive uniforms and equip ment.
 Fully 10000 Hartford people crowded into the Union station to say goodby to the $50 young men who were returning to Camp Devens, national army cantonment, after a week end visit to the city. A real patriotic rally they made it, with and the singing of national songs.
 Liberty choruses are soon to be or ganized in the towns and villages or Connecticut, and letters have already gone out to the council of defense town committee asking for sugges- tions. The choruses will be organ ized so that on important public oc- casions there will be patriotic and inspiring music available.
 Devon is to have a new fire house, costing about $7,00O and to be erect ed on Spring street.
 The state tuberculosis commission awarded the contract for the erection of the new addition to the infirmary in Shelton to Lewis Miller of Meri- den for $51,223. The addition will enable the commission to provide ae- commodation for GA more patients.
 George s. Burr of Higganum died at his home as the result of a fall from an apple tree week ago. He was seventy-nine years old and leaves a widow and sister in Meriden.
 Complete arrangements have been made by the fire department for the joint parade of the police and fire