Connecticut western news., 1917-08-30

~ The Hartford companies Of the homs guard will turn out |" escort the draft ed men on Sept. |. The drafted men are now being drilled in the armory every night except Saturday and Sun- day.
 George Fuller picked big cucumbet in his home garden at the rear of his residence, Middletown. It was eleven and one-half inches in length and as big around as the leg of a Marathon sprinter.
 Waterbury's first woman elevator operator is Miss Mary Watson, who formerly ran lift in New York. She started work in Waterbury's largest office building. Her work was entirely satisfactory.
 Andrew Provost, twenty, of Water bury was killed when car coming into Waterbury from Hitchcock's lake, crowded with people, sideswiped an outbound trolley car at a switch on the Meriden road.
 William S. Ker, twenty-nine, an un- dertaker of Meriden, passed for the selective draft, went to his room and killed himself His father is Rev. H. S. Ker of Middletown, and a sister lives in Orange, N. J.
 The resignation of Captain Robert J. Wickenden as commanding officer of the Bethel home guard company was received by Major Cyrus E. Ryder, the battalion commander. The resignation is to take effect on Sept. 1.
 The First and Second regiments, Con- necticut national guard, will be com bined into one regiment to be known as the One Hundred and Second regi- ment of the Fifty-first army brigade, and they expect soon to go to France.
 Five persons were killed when To- comotive struck an automobile at the ferry crossing at Saybrook recently. A sixth death is reported to have come when one of three others was injured while being taken to a hospital in New London.
 Wadislaw Wadislawicz, Terryville, an employee of the press department of the Eagle Lock company, caught the forefnger of his right hand in the ma chinery, and amputation was neces- sary. He was attended by Dr. w. w. Wellington.
 A large barn and other buildings owned by Edward Townsend of North Farms. Eg6s,Sgford, were totally de- l s..ioyed by fire rsscently, The JOSS 0 to MT. Townsend will ie seneral aa,.n."s .nou, sand dollars and is pa ' by insurance.
 After twice chIoroforming Nj Mlss trude Smith, the daughter of l. S.s.li, ployer, Hiram Smith of Colebrook, aNs stealing $140 in cash Michael Domi shot James Anderson, Brooklyn law yer, whom Miss Smith hailed for as- sistance as he was. passing
 Lloyd K. Bates of Cleveland, Tenn, was electrocuted in New Britain while disentangling wires that fell at the plant of the United Electric Light and Water Power station at Black Rock A wire carrying 3,20O volts charged the mass and shocked Bates to death. Harold Gottsegen, Milford, who has served in the national guard for many years and who is now in the quarter master reserve corps of the United States army, and Ernest Palmer, for mer member of the national guard, are alternates for the camp at Plattsburg.
 MT. Johnson of East Haven, who in- tired his hand while on duty as con- ductor on a Branford trolley. was at- tended by a physician and later went to the hospital for treatment, several of the tendons being severed. It will be some days before he can use his hand.
 Dr. Clifford c. Taylor, night surgeon at the Bridgeport Emergency hospital, who received his commission in the army medical corps as first lieutenant on Aug. 1, was notified by wire from Washington to report for duty immedi- ately at tho Army Medical school at Washington.
 Dr. William T. Nagle, lieutenant in the First Connecticut ambulance corps of Bridgeport, stationed for training purposes. at Mantle, who has been call ed f'r military duty, has resigned as health officer in Fairfield. Dr. George