Connecticut western news., 1918-04-11
Connecticut
State Briefs


Company L, Home Guard, has voted
to turn over to Reserve Company l
one-third of the money which has been
held by them and which Was donated
by the citizens of Milford recently for
the benefit of the Home Guard at Mil
ford.
Wild scenes were witnessed in the
United States District Court room,
New Haven, when Referee Hoadley
adjourned his bankruptcy court after
the examination of Antonio De An
gels, private banker, who has failed,
owing $4,000.
William L. Howard, an old resident
Of Greenwich, died at the Greenwich
hospital as the result of injuries re-
ceived by a fall from an apple tree on
the Everett Barrett estate. He re-
ceived a broken back, three fractured
ribs and other injuries.
From indications there will be as
many, If not more, war gardens In
East Haven the coming season than
last year. Most of the local gardeners
are already looking over the ground
and have their supply of seeds with
W DCSlD pldhNAiS oNooNh.
The Milford Carpenters Union has
notified the contractors of a raise in
their scale of wages, beginning May l.
They ask for an increase from 80 to 60
cents per hour, A hours to constitute
q week, double time being the charge
for any time put in beyond that num-
Der.
Principal Appleton, who has been
designated to encourage and sign
young men at Milford for farm work,
has been busily engaged for the past
few days in this service. Several OF
the school students have signified' their
willingness to assist and have taken
the papers home for the signature of
their parents, which is necessary.
| William Sullivan of New Haven was
elected president of the Connecticut
Carpenters War Board at an Organiza-
ton meeting held at Trades Council
Hall. The Carpenters War Board
will assist the State Council of De
tense in labor matters. Delegates
from all parts of the state attended
the meeting, which was held in New
Haven.
The general plan of retail distribu-
ton of coal and coke in Connecticut
for this year and regulations govern
ing such distributions are given out by
State Fuel Administrator Thomas w.
Russell. Early purchase and storage
of coal and coke for necessary domes-
tic requirements is urged. The order
applies to all anthracite coal Of sizes
larger than buckwheat.
Pastor Wells of the Hamden Plains
Methodist Church reports that the
committee having charge of the rails
ing of the $4,000 toward the pro-
posed new church wish to state that
approximately $4,000 Of that amount
has thus far been subscribed. This
means that they still lack $1,000 of
the amount absolutely necessary be-
fore the next step can be taken.
The latest War-Savings Society to
be formed In New Haven is the b. Z.
o. Elks No. % War-Savings Society,
Of which Andrew G. Smith is president
and G. n Brethauer is secretary. The
charter members are John T. Fitzger-
aid, w. J. Dignan, M. r. ODonnell,
Fred A. Grimley, Joseph ]. Healy,
William E. Maley, James S. Burnes,
Grover G. Sweet, G. FL. Brethauer and
c. M. Robinson.
The campaign which has been con-
Quoted at Southington under the aus
pices of the Red Cross for the colIec-
ton of old clothes for the Belgian and
the French refugees has been entirely
successful. The committee in charge
of the collection has gotten together
an immense quantity of old clothing
and shoes, all of which will be packed
and sent to the headquarters of the
Atlantic division of the American Red
Cross.
The Connecticut company, through
the employment of private investiga-
tors and with the aid of the city at
torney's office and detective bureau,
scored a decisive victory in New Ha-
ven over the "short arm" practice,
which has robbed it of hundreds of
dollars throughout the state during
the past several months, when Judge
Samuel e. Hoyt imposed Jail sentences
upon the three local trolley conductors
accused of embezzling fares, at the
conclusion of interesting proceedings
In the city court.
Lorenzo Gebertony, nineteen, of
Centerville, an employee of the Whit
ney-Blake company in Centerville, was
instantly killed when he came in con-
tact with a powerful electric current
passing through a testing machine
upon which he was working. Medical
Examiner Joslin was called to the
scene and investigated. Young Geber-
tony is the second employee Of the
concern killed within a year while
working on the highly charged testing
machines. He leaves a father and sis
ter residing in Centerville.
The survey of the lands of the town
Of Southington which are available for
farming purposes, as has been author
lied by the State Council of Defense,
will be one of the biggest undertak-