Connecticut western news., 1918-08-01
Connecticut
State Briefs

| IN order to enter army l. NJ. -. A.
work.
The New Haven chapter of the Red
Cross has been asked TO furnish 200
operating gowns for the use of sur
! geOns and nurses in the service. In or
der to get them on time it will be nee
essary to lay aside all other work and
speed up the order. The garments are
all cut, and Mrs. Harry Tolles, chair
man of the branch, will be glad to de-
liver them to the homes of those who
cannot call for them.
General Andrew Henry Embler of
New Haven, adjutant general under
Governor Morgan G. Bulkeley, once
major of the First Company Cover
nor's Foot Guard and former treas
urer of the Southern New England
Telephone Company, died In New Ha-
ven. He was eighty-four years old.
General Embler's death came after a
severe attack of pneumonia, contract
ed about six weeks ago as the result
of visit to a cemetery to attend q
memorial service for the members of
the old New Haven Blues.
Alterations have been made at the
Whitneyville engine house. and 1t Is re-
ported that the innovations have been
made for the purpose of housing two
pieces of motor fire apparatus at the
headquarters. 1t was at first thought
that the engine that has been used for
the past four years would be shifted to
another section of the Whitneyville
voting district, but this has proved to
be otherwise, the pumping engine to be
retained together with the chemical
combination that the firemen are to re-
ceive from a corporation in New Ha-
ven.
| Within sight Of hundreds of pleasure
seekers along the shore at Cosey
Beach and Mansfield Grove, New Ha-
ven, William Knissin, aged 10 years,
232 Newhall street, and Gilbert Oak
ley, aged IA years, 238 Newhall street,
were thrown into the water from
canoe in which they were padding and
| drowned before assistance could reach
them. After the craft had upset one
of the boys was seen heroically at
| tempting to bring his companion to
shore, but the heavy tide running frus-
trated his efforts and within few mo-
ments they had both sunk from sight.
J Dr. John DUR Irving, professor of
economic geology at Yale and an au-
thor on ore deposits, is dead from
pneumonia in France, where he was In
the engineering service, according to
cable message received in New Ha-
ven by Secretary Arson Phelps Stokes
of the university, and Director Rus
sell H. Chittenden of the Sheffield SCI
entific school. Professor Irving was
one of the first of the Yale faculty to
volunteer for service at the outbreak
of the war, joining the New York En-
cheering Corps. He was born in Mad
ison, Wis, August Is, 1874, and was
! graduated from Columbia University
In 1896.
One of the greatest changes brought
about by war is the necessity of plac-
ing women and girls at work formerly
done by men, now in the service, and
| New Britain factories are feeling the
change to q great extent One of the
recent instances where this change has
been brought about Is In the ware
house Of Department 13 at the Stanley
works, where two girls are being tried
out as stock clerks. This work was al
ways done In the past by men, but II
the experiment of using women is sue
cessful others will be placed at the
work. The girls wear long gray bloom
erettes while at work and present a
very neat and businesslike appearance.
Officials Of the department of JUS
tice, assisted by the police Of Ansonia
and about so members of the State
Guard, nearly broke up the carnival OF
the Webster Hose Company of Anso-
mia, which was held at New Haven.
They entered the grounds and rounded
up over $50 men of draft age who were
unable to show their draft registra-
ton cards. The men were marched in
squads to the armOry, where they were
| questioned, and in cases where 1t was
found that the men simply did not
have their cards with them they were
released Those who were without
| cards, however, were turned over to
the police and held for further investi-
| cation.
The Transportation Committee of
the School Board of Norfolk has given
| the contract for carrying the School
children to and from the Gilbert school
lin Winsted the coming year to Edward
! G. Lucier. who, with others, caused
! the matter of giving the contract to
towns taxpayer to be brought before
two town meetings within the past
year. The question brought out much
heated debate, but 1t was found that
the contract, which had already been
made by the School Board with the h.
J. Kelley Company of Torrington, must
hold, according to law, in spite of the
| towns vote in favor of the taxpayer.
! 1t is understood that the price to be
| paid Mr.. Lucier is much below that
! paid for the work last year.
/ Dennis Murphy, who was among the
Manchester. men to be sent to Camp