New Britain herald., 1925-06-08
LIMITING TICKETS
 FOR GRADUATION
Pupils Cannot Ask for More
 Than Two
WIFE BEATER IN COURT
Freezing Apparatus ExpIodes--"Nick the Tailor" Hurt in Fall Through Wlndow-Auto Plunges Down 3O- Foot Embankment.

mat tHe ueInand TOT tlCkets or admission 10 the annual graduation exercises of the local schools has education ls at loss to seat so many applicants was made known today in a letter to graduates from Superintendent of Schools Karl A. Reiche. Because of the heavy de- mand,, MT. Reiche asked each gradu- ate desiring 10 attend the exercises, to sign an application for one or two tickets, no more, and return the same to him so that his office might adjust the seating problem as much as possible. With three tickets | each. the members of the graduating class will take 7S0 tickets, while the high school orchestra receives a few more and extra tickets are given to the ] 0 speakers. sosthat the number left for the graduates is not over-
 whelmingly great.
 The graduating class this year year number 26o pupils, making 1t
 one of the largest in the history Of the local schools. Graduation exer- cises of the grammar schools will
 take place on June 19, while the | high school graduation will be held two days earlier on June IT.
 Pelzer Case Continued 1 Disposition of the case of John
 Pelzer. charged with assault upon
 his wife on Saturday, was deferred
 for time by Judge William J.
 Malone at the police court session this morning, until further consid- eration of suitable penalty might be given by the judge.
 According to facts presented to l the police. Pelzer choked his wife and then beat her., while in a ram page at his home on Saturday after he had imbibed copiously of some intoxicant. Furniture smashing was introduced as prelude to the grand
 finale of the chastizing of his wife, | which the police stopped.
 Freezing Apparatus Breaks Laurel street residents were treat
 ed to a thrill yesterday morning shortly after o'clock, when a pack | ing case of refrigerating plant at l the Central Beef Co.,. exploded, hurl-
 ing pieces of cast iron through the
 store windows and shaking buildings nearby. PatroIman Dewey Carpen- ter. on his rounds at the time, nar-
 roTIy escaped injury. when a piece
 of metal whizzed by his ear, as he ! tried the door of the establishment. | Following the explosion ammonia 1 fumes poured through the holes In the building and 1t was some time before Albert Bernstein, manager or the place, who had been summoned
 hy the police could enter to shut off the ammonia supply. The heating up of the bearings in ! the machine was given as the cause of the explosion, as it is believed that the packing case got too hoy
 and the bindings were unable to stand the strain.
 Tailor Injured
 Nicholas Rippolone, famiIiarly known as Nick the Tailor" suV- fered painful injuries at his North
 Main street establishment on satur- day night, when he fell through
 window. He stumbled as he was about to light up a steam pressing machine and his left arm crashed
 through a big window light, gashing i the arm severely.
 | No Accidents Reported ! Despite the large numbers in bath 1 ing at Lake Compounce, Rockwell Park, Malone Park and other swim 1 ming places Of the city. no bathing
 accidents were reported over the
 weekend. The cooling waters , proved a surcease to hundreds from
 the burning atmosphere of the hot
 spell.
 1 Few on Excursion
 An even dozen passengers left this i city on Friday night and returned
 this morning from Montreal on the ! second excursion this year from here 10 the Canadian city. The dozen reported a fine time, but all declared that the heat on the trip
 northward was terrific as the cars
 were well crowded. due 10 the fact that the coaches were attached to ! the regular Montrealer. instead of being run as separate section Of i that train. Due 10 an eleventh hour l change, the specail section out of 1 Bridgeport, which would have taken
 care of the local people, was can
 celled so that all from here trav- elled on the regular trains
 As on the first excursion. minute inspection was given al the Dominion line on the return trip by | the government officers, but the