The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-06-28
State Briefs

Groton-One hundred and twenty five golfers from the principal clu os of the state entered the qualifying round in the 23rd annual state cham pionship which was held on the course of the Shenecosett Country club today. Prominent among the individual stars present were Reggie Lewis, H. U. Topping and Sam Gra- ham, Governor Everett J. Lakes son. Harold, captain of the Hartford team, was also an entrant. Thirty-siX holes medal play will constitute the first days play and the 32 low scores will qualify for the championship round to be started tomorrow. The tournament will be concluded on Saturday.
 Stamford Traffic on two tracks of the New Haven road was blocked here for two hours this forenoon when freight car on an east bound freight train jumped the tracks near the local railway station.
 New Haven, June 2S-Notices have been posted by the New Haven road of special stops by regular trains in and out of New York city on July 4. local trains in and out of the city on that day. An extra train will leave New London for New York at 6:35 D. m., Tuesday, July i, stopping Madison, Guilford, New Haven and Bridgeport. arriving in New York at S:53.
 Hartford. June 28-In special orders from the adjutant general today the resignation of Captain Louis H. Stan ley as an officer in the First Com pa e@ of Governors Foot Guards, is ac cepted and he ia discvharged and the commanding officer of the company is directed to have nominations made to fill vacancies.
 Hartford June 2S-A bulletin has been issued from the office of the ad- jutaEt general on the subject of ar letin from the Militia Bureau of the War Department. Under direction of the comptroller general dated May 15, advice is given that for the off, for pay it is only necessary that fifty per cent. of the actual strength of the officers and sixty per cent. of the ac- tual enlisted strength of the service not less than that prescribed for fed erai recognition, i. e., it is necessary to consider the band section in ar irving at the sixty per cent. of the
 New Haven.-Mrs. Victoria Riley. wife of M. J. Riley, of this city plead ed guilty to a charge of breach of court last night. She was charged with assaulting Miss Katherine Mon tague, a school teacher in the Foxon school, East Haven, who was alleged to have so severely punished Eve lyn Riley, II, sister in law of Mrs. Riley. that she went to bed with marks on her face and body. Mrs. Riley who is an Italian by birth, as- serted that she became angered when the teacher called her a ''wop' when she called at the school and attacked her with a pointer. Sentence in the case was postponed until Thursday night by Justice Frank c. Hartman
 New Haven, Conn.,, June 26.-A motion of the sale of the 5S barrels of whiskey held in storehouse here as the property of I. Swirsky and son, made in behalf of George Finley and Company of New Jersey who re- gently secured a judgment Of $237,- 900 against the former, was denied by Judge J. w. Banks in superior court yesterday. The judgment was secured in a suit which alleged that the Swirsky's had made a breach of contract in refusing to accept sugar during war days because the price dropped between the time of order ing and of receipt. The plaintiffs sought to secure cash as security on the judgment rather than the whis- key. The motion was denied because of notice of appeal to the supreme court in the damage suit.