New Britain herald., 1920-02-05
POOL ROOM OWNER
 WARNED BY POLICE Told to Keep Minors From
 Loaiing in Establishment PLACE RAlDRD BEFORE
IiIiuenza Gases in PIaiAyilie DecreaS ing. Dr. Bull ISeHeve~--Itt ttiskk4 ten in Several Weeks.

The pool room conducted by George Jacobetfis op West Main street entered last evening i.y Officers George. ssltubert. Philip Marine and Carl Anderson who ordered the owner of the place to discontinue the practice of allowing his sons. who are under age. 10 play pool in the place. one of the. boys. about l2 years old. was playing at the time the officers entered. It is said that minors are allowed to loiter about the pool room at all times. No other evidences of violation of the law were discovered last evening. The place was the scene of early morning gambling raid by the state police and the local officers q short time ago. The proprietor was tined In the local police court on q charge or conduct ing u gambling house and several of his cronies were fined for frequent ing the place.
 Influor,za Din,iuislling.
 Dr. J. x. Bull, health officer for this town, stated this morning that the number of influenza cases re- ported daily in Plainville is dimin- ishing to certain extent and he be- lieves that within q few weeks the flu" scare and fear of an epidemic will be forgotten. He said that the majority of the cases attended by physicians were only severe grippe colds and the ordinary influenza which is experienced every year in New England. According 10 pr. Bull the influenza situation in PlalnV1He affords ID cause for worry on the part of the health officials or the gen eral public. The cases reported this year and attended by local physicians are mild compared with the raVag- ing maIady of last year, he added, pr. Bull also reported that four cases of measles were treated here during the month of January. This is the first report of contagious dis ease received in Plainville in many months. and tho health officer feels that fofN4l town which has so few ad- Vantages in the line of sanitation as has this one, the public is fortunate in esca ping conta zion.
 Ncri Wins Close Game.
 Joe" Neri defeated John Guiden bN a score of 90 to A last night at Murphys billiard parlor in the third game of the tourna ment which com menced Tuesday evening. Neither of inc players was in the best of form but it was either mans game until the finish and furnished plenty of excite ment and speculation as to the win ner
 There will be thre games tonight. \ w. T. Hart will meet James Tierney in the first game. Mir. Hart is one of the best known players entered in the tournament and at one time eSta b. liShed q reputation among local cue
 artists. Albert Oal<es will play Bar
 ney'' Mason in the second game. Cliff
 ford Lee and Russell Winniger will meet in the third contest.
 The tournament has attracted con sidera ble attention and d large crowd was on hand during the games already played. Prizes will be awarded the
 winners. Charles Hornberger still holds the honors for the high run. making q, run of l 3 in his first game with Herbert G. Cambridge.
 storm Causes Tic-up.
 There were about a score of auto mobile trucks stranded on the roads to New Britain, Forestville and South inston this morning a result of the storm. The drivers all told the same story, that they turned out to allow other vehicles to pass and became imbedded in the drifts and the trucks
 were stalled in the sutters. it being impossible to get out without tow. .A truck owned by the Standard Stel
 X Bearings, Inc, was stalled in the
 drifts near the monum ent in Central square this morning There were four
 men on the truck and while the driv-
 CT was at the wheel. the others show eled snow from about the wheels to allow the heavy truck to move
 The trolIeNs were running contrary to schedule as usual on stormy days and at various other times The cars