New Britain herald., 1918-04-24

the bother Of picking UP the coal
which dropped from the steam shovel.
and that anyone who wanted 1t could
take it before it was buried In the
Dirt. She said that she did not know
that there was anything wrong about
taking 1t and agreed to hire a team
TO cart 1t back to the pits If it was
wanted. The man who told her this,
Andrew Kishner, was next called. He
admitted that he had told Mrs Ros-
koski about the coal, but only did so
BECAUSE he was told that 1t was all
right. The Judge, stating that it was
Z case of mtsund erstanding on her
part, imposed a fine of s. without
cc~ts
IIacI<eu and MalIey Case Adjourned.
AS the attorney for the defense in
the case against Jack Hackett and
Thomas Malley is still indisposed, that
'aSC was continued until $3.50 Satur-
day afternoon. Attorney Pouzzner
was present In the court this morning
and asked for the continuance. When
the names of the accused were read
of this morning, however, Thomas
Malley was among the missing.
Eia ckett informed the court that NAL
Icy had spent last night in Hartford
and would be unable to get out Of the
city before the Sci tran this NORM
ing, as he had several business dea Is
TO close in that city before returning
Because of the suddenness Of his call
t. Hartford, he was unable to notify
the court that he would not be pres
ent this morning. The witnesses for
the state were told for the third time
+n l,o Co Of to
testify in the case.
Chased by Submarines.
- letter sent by Lieutenant Mat
thew N. GIisWold to his parents. DR..
and Mrs. r. NJ GrisWold of kensing-
ton, tells of his adventures While
crossing the ocean to France. The
young lieutenant sailed a short time
ago to that country on a transport,
and soon after wrote q cablegram
telling Of his safe arrival. This is
tho first opportunity he has had of
writing a letter telling Of his adven-
lures. When they were but a few
days at sea, submarines were sighted
by the sailors on the transport. The
"sub," gave chase for some time. but
tho transport finally succeeded in
slip ding the submarines. and in a
short time were out Of the way of
any more Soon after they had been
given chas more were sighted but no
chase given, and the rest Of the trip
was uneventful as far as the subma
rine ducl>ing was concerned.
Men Can't Get Board.
\ large force of mon has been Sc
cured by the Lane Construction co.
to carry on the work of repairing the
road, but they are now having diff
. ficulty IN finding suitable housing ia
cilites for their help. \ large mum
Der of them has been trying to Sc
cure board and furnished rooms in
Kensington and Berlin, but have to
a large extent been unsuccessful, and
most of them have had to go to Now
Britain to find board
Tho work today on the road is
progressing rapidly. A number OF
men have been working for the past
two days rclaying the sewer piping
prior to the laying Of the road. anG
the road roller has tho road spiked
no as far as the Berlin Tair Grounds
As soon as the sewer pipes near the
bridge have been reIaid. the work OF
fixing the road bed will be started.
Acorn A. c. Practice
The Acorn A. c. baseball team will
I meet tonight for the first practice o.
the season. All the members of the
team and all candidates for position!
| on this years team are requested tc
| meet at Kingo's Pool Room at Gas
| and bring with them gloves and bats
The Acorns will endeayor this season