Putnam patriot., 1917-12-21
CONNECTICUT STATE BRIEFS

ton Arms Company plant in Bridge port on scale So large that the men implicated formed company. hired a garage as storehouse and fitted up an office in Boston to conduct the commercial end have been disclosed through the arrest of ths three em ployees ef the company who are charged with conspiracy. Those ar rested and held under bonds Of 5000 each are Robert Lindsay. tool in. spector; William Gibbs. an assistant foreman. and Irving Block. driver of one of the company motor trucks.
 Thomas Grant Thompson, a retired paper manufacturer. of Westfield. Mass. and a relative of one time United States Senator Murray Crane of Massachusetts, died at New Britain of heart trouble He was forty six years old. He became blind Saturday while on an automobile trip to see a daughter in New Haven and was talk. en to house, where death occurred.
 Following request from Deputy Marshal Hayes of New Haven it is likely that this state will be redis. trieted and that deputy marshall will be assigned to Bridgeport to as- sist in the work. Since the war the deputy's work in this state has in. creased by leaps and bounds, and the services of another man are now re- quired if the territory is to be covered.
 wireless station may be estab- lished on the Y. Nj. c. A. building. Waterbury, in connection with the te- legraphy and wireless classes if per mission can be obtained from Will liam c. Redfield. secretary of com merce. of Washington. Mrs. Frances $. Harrington. who Is conducting the classes. has communicated with MT, Redfeld and is awaiting permission from the government
 For the past two weeks John ]. Casey. commissioner of the Depart ment of Labor. has been in Bridge port adjusting labor difficulties in factories having government con tracts. He made the startling state ment there Is no place in the United States as far as his inNestiga tions have led him where there are so many mechanics at work under as- sumed names as in Bridgeport. esti- mated at 1000.
 Now that the United States has de- elared war on Austria, Torrington has many more alien enemies. The German alien enemies total only about 40. while 1t is estimated that the Austrian enemy aliens will num- Der In the hundreds, Only recently quite number Of Austrian enemy ing employment
 Torrington people are going to Winsted and Litchfeld to make pur- ehases of sugar, even though in small quantities. Merchants in those places either have more on hand than Tor rington groeers or they are more will- ing to part with 1t and are opposed to boarding their stock Torrington groeers maintain they are receiving no sugar. but every other place in The valley Is being favored to a more or les, extent.
 Word was received at New London tha, the cottage in the Neptune Park district owned by S E. Taylor and occupied by Professor Bridgman of Harvard university was destroyed by fire, with all its contents. He and all his family were in the cottage when t started to burn, but escaped witk- out injury. The cause is not known
 Miss Christine Kelsey. food agent of the New Haven County Farm Bu- reau. who has been established in Waterbury for the past few weeks, has mapped the city into districts, each of which has as center one of the public schools. and has given very successful demonstrations on food conservation. Miss Kelsey plans to give such demonstrations all through the winter
 convicted in New Haven in 1900 of murder. has been ordered freed by the State Board of Pardons. Mrs Rathbun received life sentence aft CT her husband died of dose of pol soned coffee. which. it was alleged, had been mixed by the woman for d boarder.
 In recognition of the abnormal con- ditions brought about by the war most of the factories in Torrington are adopting a change in wages based on the following arrangement; For the first eight hours work the same hourly rates will be paid as al pres ent. with time and one-half for all overtime in excess of eight hours in any one day Most of the factories announcing this change are engaged in manufacturing supplies and ma terials needed in the prosecution of the war
 Governor Marcus H. Holcomb re- celved from President Woodrow Will son confirmation of the nominations made by the governor of physicians and surgeons to comprise the medical advisory boards in IA sections of the state The selections by Governor HoIcomb were made according to fit- ness and ability of the appointees to act az advisors to the local medical examining hoards in the state.
 sNlitiitd VT tHs hHdi ftEhit VI the r. NJ. C A. war work fund cam paign. recently ended in Hartford. has been submitted by the chairman. Everett ] Lake. If shows that the total amount collected by mems teams In Hartford was $215. .693.s0 and the total collected in outside towns was s11.239. The total col- iected by Hartford mems teams was s22s.g32