New Britain herald., 1917-05-30
PlainVlue News
HOME GUARD JOINS
 IN IGNORING VETS
(. A. R. Members Pay Annual
 Tribute to Departed Comrades FLAG FOR TRUMBUIL'S MEN

FLAG FOR TRUMBUIL'S MEN Banner Purcl1aSed By Women and
 Children Turned Over to Guarls- Men-Dlinello Child Dead-Iocal
 Gases in Superior Court.-Brsefs.
 Their ranks augmented by the
 spanish war veterans, the Plainvilie
 company of the Home Guard. and the
 dgnrative handful of Civil war
 veterans turned out this morning to
 do honor to their departed comrades
 and to formally observe Memorial
 Day. Tho nations entry into the
 world war made today.s celebration
 moro striking than usual and the
 townspeople were out in large num- E bers to assist the old soldiers in carry
 ing out the program arranged for this
 morning.
 The celebration had a double sig
 nificance in Plainville as 1t also
 marked the successful termination of
 the efforts of the women and children
 of the town to raise through popular
 contributions enough money to pur-
 chase flag as their gift to the Home
 Guard. The exercises attending the
 presentation were brief but impress
 sive in character and were witnessed
 by a large crowd gathered in front of
 tho Town hall when the Home Guard
 and the pupils of the schools joined
 the c. A. R. and its auxiliaries on
 their return from Forestville. whore they went early in the day to strew
 flowers on the graves of the soldier
 dead whose bodies are in cemeteries in that village. The honor of holding the fiag be- fore 1t was formally given to the company was accorded to Town Clerk Robert c. Usher, a veteran of the Civil war and marshal of the memo rial parade. The banner was pre- sented to the company through Cap-s tain John H. Trumbull, by Mrs. Edwin H. Hills, who spoke on behalf of the patriotic women and children of the. town. In addition to the local con- tributors 1t was announced today a donation had been received from Kansas City. Mo. Accompanying the contribution was the simple unsigned message For the flag"
 After the exercises attending tue
  ganizations and the children. the latter carrying flags and bouquets. were formed in line by Marshal Usher. With the Eureka Drum corps furnish ing the music the participants pro- ceeded to the soldiers monument where the G. A. R. program was con- tinued. The decoration of the sol
 diers' graves in West cemetery fol- lowed.
 M4r S<~ 13ar. nf the conclusion of the exercises, here l were taken back to Forestville where they were entertained at a lunch served by the Woman's Relief corps. patriotic meeting, with appropriate addresses. was the concluding feature of the days celebration.
 Automobiles were loaned to the post for the use of the veterans today and the old soldiers, many of whom are too feeble to stand the rigors of q long march, rode over the line of the 1 parade.
 Business was virtually suspended in Plainville for the day. Tho fac- tories were shut down and the mer- chants closed thair places after be- ing open but a short time in the morning. The post office closed for the, day at noon.
 V10CenC N4100d&O 0coO' ys Vincent, the thirteen -months-old son of MT. and Mrs. Vincen8o Min clio, died this morning at his home on Whiting street following m illness
 of several days with intestinal trouble. The child's funeral will be held to- morrow afternoon at o'clock from the home of his parents. Burial will be in St. Joseph's cemetery. Under rS r t,oa rS1 n funeral.
 I'm Superior Court Plainville will furnish but two cases for the June term of the su- perior court, criminal side. which will open in Hartford next Tuesday. Those listed on the docket from here are Charles Prior, bound over as com- mon drunkard, and Anthony Von Ste- . tina, the latter held for operating houses of i'll repute and for trafnck- ing in females unlawfully.
 Won Stetina's case is one in which tho federal authorities are Alno said to be interested although It's disposi- tion may be left entirely to the state court. The accused was bound over by Justice CondeM 3 few weeks ago. following his second capture In Troy. N Y. The man had been arrested
 nearly year ago but escaped from
 jail while waiting extradition to Con-
 necticut.
 Won Stetina had been sought since 1915. when he eluded the police as , they raided a place he operated in
 Bristol He had a disorderly estab- 7 lishrnent in Plainville short time be- fore and 1t was on Information given by one of the inmates that the Bristol raid was planned. Some of his ac- complices, captured at the time. ars now serving sentences in Wethersfield.