Connecticut western news., 1918-02-14
CONNECTICUT
STATE BRIEFS


$500 year and the grades of salary
go to $1,000. The internal revenue de-
partment is also in need of clerks and
examinations VII lie held March . i'm
that city for male and female clerks,
deputy collectors S'orekeepe~s. IN q
ers and other clerical places I'm this
service.
Louis henneu4, VINO is Ill me pub
llShhS Dus.">es Ill new 1uIA, ouote
las 1900 pu-Iiu oeuun type ot au.o-
mobile out upon the Ice vi Stamford
narOor anu ihdue Two IrIpS III Il 10 Tie
Stamford lighthouse unu back. VI al
iIaln Alayne, NeW DIRK business
man, accompanied him OH one of Tie
trips. 1t Was tAe nfst time That an
Automobile ever WAS driven out To the
Stamford lighthouse. The ice varies
il thickness from s 10 n inches.
Preliminary Steps toward cam
paign to attempt important changes
l.. labor conditions in the state and
plans for the introduction of measures
at the next meeting of The COnnecti-
cut Legislature were taken up at
meeting of the delegates from local
i unions and central labor bodies of the
state held at the Trades Council Hall,
New Haven. There were about IS del
egates in attendance.
/ Walking slowly beneath a LOO
pound magnet at the shops of The
American Tube and Stamping Compa
ny, Bridgeport, Ralph Alfredo of 33
! Hallett street, an employee of the con
Germ, was instantly killed when the
magnet dropped and struck him square
! Iy on the head. Alfredo's skull was
crushed by the heavy weight, and ply
sicians say that he probably never
knew what had struck him.
That organized labor throughout the
state is going to take a more active
part in sending representatives to
hartford Is obvious from the fact that
| they have drawn up three important
measures which they will present TO
aspirants at the primaries, and the
support of the labor vote will be OBJ
tanned only on a satisfactory stand on
the laws in which labor is interested.
The extreme cold weather played
havoc with many mill schedules in the
state, the streams on which these
mills depend for power being either
dry or frozen to such depths that ILL
tie water comes through. AS result
thousands of persons employed in the
mills, especially those along the She
ucket, Yantic, Assaway and Quine-
Esther Humiston, eighty-one, OF
Cheshire, widow, died at St Ra-
phael's Hospital, New Haven, FROM
burns received several days ago al
her home in Cheshire, when her cloth
ing caught fire. With her dress Il
mass of flames the woman ran from
her home and rolled in the snow un.
til the flames were smothered, but Sc
we're damage had already been done.
| Capt. Henry B. Carter has resigned
his position as parole agent of the
Connecticut Reformatory, with which
institution he has been connected
ssince January /, 1915, and his inten
tons are to re-enter the military serv
dee. Captain Carter was connected
with the Connecticut National Guart
. SO years and was the senior officer in
tpoint of service I'm the state.
A Saturday session of the Bridge
, port High School, the first Saturda,
session ON record In this section, wa.
declared to be n pronounced success
by the school authorities. OF tn,
31,700 pupils only $50 were absent, ant
spof the absentees, rs were legitimatel,
excused, the teachers said. The Satur
tday session was to take the place o.
hast Mondays closing. ~ sa
Owing to the coal shortage, TIL,
Misses Eidridge of Norfolk have hat
"A force of men cutting wood on thei
estate and for two months they hav,
burned wood during the day to con
serve coal and now are burning Woo
"a hours a day in both their green
house and residence as a coal savinf
measure.
There is much dissatisfaction among
the young men of Southington because
of the doings of the classification board
for the district and there are many ap
peals being taken. In some Instances
some of the young men are going tC
Pennington in person to have their
ratings looked into more carefully.
Fire of incendiary origin destroyed
cottages owned by George b. Clark OF
Milford and DIR. 4. +. Calender of
Waterbury at Silver Beach, between
Island View and Seaside stations.
causing damage of approximately $5,-
006. Chief of Police J. NJ. Maher is
investigating the matter.
William l.. Smith of the firm of
Flint 4 Smith. publishers of the Dan
bury News, died suddenly 1T Danbury
He was a half brother of the late
James Montgomery Bailey and upon
Mr. BaiIey's death in 1904 became one
of the owners of the paper.
Governor Holcomb has called the