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The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-11
Matter for Voters Alone to Decide on Style of
 Regime They Have
REFERENDUM BILL
 GOING IN VERY SOON
Senator Culhane Puts in Two More Bills; Is Only
 Active Local Member
BY RAYMOND J. FITZPATRICK Democrat Legislative Reporter)

BY RAYMOND J. FITZPATRlCk
 Democrat Legislative Reporter)
 State Capitol, Hartford, January Il. Representa- tive Hugo L. Guastaferri, Democrat, today told The Democrat at that Reform is needed in the city govern ment of Waterbury," He fur ther stated that he is very much in favor of the bill calling for a referendum by the voters of Waterbury on re- vised city charter to set up a city manager form or government.
 T think ti's a matter for the voters to decide" he declared. T believe that the proposed measure is one that should be passed. It does not set up the city manager form of government, but allows the citizens of Waterbury to decide whether or not they want such a system"
 The bill calling for a city-wide referendum is expected to be intro duced in the General Assembly by Rep. Guasteferri very shortly. It is now being drawn up by the Citizens Good Government Association of Waterbury and calls for city-man- ager-council form of government. It would mean a virtually new char ter which the association would base on the 1880 charter (failed of adoption) with some changes.
 Yesterday it was reported that the proposed charter revision had the support of Governor Raymond E. Baldwin and if such proves to be the case more weight to passage in both the Senate and House is ad- ded. The referendum bill calls for ! vote in Waterbury four weeks after signing by the governor.
 Culhane Has Bills
 Senator George T. Culhane of Waterbury introduced two more bills in the Assembly today and thus
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Possibility that the charges would be changed to more serious allega- tions was indicated by police today who cited the conspiracy convic- tions obtained by States Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn in similar case at Hartford.
 Anthony Barra, g, 22 Cottage place; Joseph Carey, 30. 57 Bronx avenue; John Azzara, 27, Il High street; Orlando Petrucci, 26, 90 1-2 Meadow street; Patsy Sylvester, 23, 124 Savings street; Joseph Pal mento, p, 70 Ward street; and Joseph Barra, "A, 83 River street.
 The employees of Lewis Bros, who were beaten by the truck strikers are John Steinman of Yale avenue, Middlebury, driver of the truck, and Richard Granger of GA WoodSide avenue, his helper.
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CONN. FARMERS
 WILL BENEFIT

Hartford, Conn, Jan. 11-(UP)- A federal program for clearing for ests of hurricane debris may net Connecticut .sarmers $60,000 to $100,000 it was disclosed today.
 Raymond K. Clapp, state director of the Agricultural Conservation program, said the government would pay $4 an acre to iand-own- CTS who clean away the debris.
 About 10000 farmers in the six eastern counties of the state suf- fered forestry damage in the hurri- cane, Clapp said.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-11
MARRIED LIFE

Barnstable, Mass, Jan. 11-(UP) Married life was just one sound beating" after another for Ray mond Moore, 130-pound director of the Cape Playhouse at Dennis, he testified yesterday at trial of his di- vorce suit.
 He charged his 193-pound wife of a year, Marianne, with cruelty. She formerly was his nurse.
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Rep. Hugo Guastaferri Is Also Favoring Measure For Referendum In Waterbury
Local Truck Strike Is Becoming More Violent
Six Members of Union, Another Non=Union Placed Under Arrest-Three Were Arrested in Court
 Room at Hearing of Comrades

Violence ared in the strike of local truck drivers and resulted today in arrest of six members of the Truckers and Helpers Union another man. alleged have been
 hired the union members to participate in the beating of two employees of Lewis Brothers Company late yester- day -Four pt e men were 1 o d1Ing the of the squad Three others aegedy identified
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by the beaten employees in city court today where the trio came as spec tators.
 All seven are charged with as- sault and breach of the peace and held under bonds of $1,000, the cases of the first four arrested continued for two weeks by Judge Edward Me scolo.
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Alternates On Panel Are Not Yet Selected
Twenty-Five Were Examined, Dropped This Morning; Sixth Panel Re-
 ports for Service
BY JOSEPH F. DONAHUE Democrat Staff Reporter)

Fruess efforts of counsel to obtain either of the two necessary alternate jurors for the Waterbury conspiracy trial in the 2Oth session today brought indications that the introduction of first testimony might be delayed beyond next week and that seventh panel of venire men might be necessary.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-11
TREASURY BALANCE

Washington Jan. 11-tUP)--Gov- ernment expenses and receipts for the current fiscal year through Jan. 9th. compared with a year ago: This Year Expenses Last Year $4,7Si, ,223, 3,1o1:54 $3.s19,526, ,076. sT
 Receipts
 $3,030, 1855, ,19e.75 $s.291,S25. .9S2.71
 Cross Deficit $1,750,267, ,s10.7s $62s,200. .094.16 s1,724 24.ss5.s1o.7s s5ss.sl .s44.1sI .os1,54o.2s2.s4 ss.sss,2 7.4so.2s.
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The Weather

Fair Tonight, Colder and Fair Thursday Fun Weather Report Page 3
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-11
Clippers Lose,
Out Of Playoff

P~ORTLAND-The Portlan d
Buckaroos, ruthlessly living up to
Manager Bobby Rowe's hockey to
win" motto, last night slaughtered
Spokane. 0 to 2, to prevent the
Clippers from gaining the Pacific
Coast ice hockey playoffs.
Louie Holmes, Portland's bald
headed center. netted five points
during the crowded three periods
to tie the worlds scoring record,
set ut % by Ralph (Cooney) Wei
land.
Holmes had IS points before the
final game got under way. grant
ing him a goal in Vancouver, b.
C., which was ordered by Fred
Taylor, president of the league.
The defeat insured the Vancou-
yer Lions of the third position in
the playoffs, without regard to
the outcome of the Seattle-Van-
couver clash tonight.
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zeour PAGES
Loop Pinmen

Jack Zeour. shooting for Tryfon
Hatters. led the scorers of the
Glass B City league in their
weekly session Mt the Broadway
alleys Thursday night. His total
was 621, and his games were 191,
219 and 211.
Ernie Asbridge and Bob Muehl-
cnbruch also passed the 900 line
in the Thursday play. Asbridge
rolled 1913. 235 and 172, TO turn
in a sos total for Washington
Hardware. Muehlenbruch Tailed
Sol for Johnny's Tavern. with
games Of 232. 176 and 1874.
MICHAUD HIGH .
High single game Of the session
was rolled by Ray Michaud, of the
Russ Michael's Service quintet. His
top mark was 243.
Other high singles were:
Bill MOriarty 223, Art Angove
223. Larry Fleming 22l, Jack
Walters 22I, Mike Miller pa.
John Davis 220, NJ. {. Jones
239. George McCallum 222,
Charles kOharski 226.
Mike Miller and M. c. Jones,
members of. the Alt Heidelberg
team, came close to the 600 mark
as their team registered a three
point win over Triple X Barrel.
Jones reached 596 and Miller reg
istered sol.
Ray Michaud scored a sos total
to lead Russ Michael's Service in
a APPOINT win over DE Luxe Beer,
Other high totals included: Rick
johnson 55S. Charley Moore 5S3,
Toby Tyler $40, John Davis $40,
Charles Stagner bS5. Paul Schaef-
fer b61, Larry Fleming 5S1, Art
Angove 6S1, Bill Moriarty 5S1,
Charles Koharski $40, George Nc
Callum 5S4, Oscar Carlson 565,
Ben Shining 563. Human Hawley
566, Joe Penowich $50, Ed
Schuetze 554, and Berle Wake
field 553.
STRETCHES LEAD
The left-handed Myers Curl
Service team, Glass Il league
leader, stretched its margin an
other point by taking three from
Meadow Park Golf course. Schaef-
fer's SOL was tops for the south
paws.
&. Hill and Ray Sanderson
were top men In the Thurs
day matches of the Eagles
league. Hin was high with
500 and Sandcrson finished
with sol. Both are members
Of the Equality team.
A postponed Commercial
league match Is scheduled for
the Broadway alleys Satur-
day night. Redmcn and Ice
Delivery company quintcts are
the contenders. The match In
scheduled for \ o'clock.
Tacoma's Intercity Classic
league teams, Alt Heidelberg. Pa
cafic Match and Cammarano
Brothers, travel to Seattle Sunday
to engage in league play on the
Ideal alleys. The matches are
billed for 1880 O'Clock, with the
following schedule; Alt Heidelberg
VS.. Ideal Alleys, Pacific Match VS.,
Tom Smiths Greenwoods, and
Cammarano Brothers VS.. Rainier
Exports.
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Pro Hockey
BY UNITED PRESS

Montreal's Canadiens, occupants
Of the National Hockey league
cellar most of the season. were in
fifth place today and confident of
a Stanley cup playoff berth.
With eight days of the season
remaining, Les Canadiens are PA
games out of last place and have
only three games to play, two of
them against Chicago and Detroit,
who occupy last and sixth places
respectively.
Tho Montreal club ran Its
u~pdefeated streak to four
games last night with n So
victory over Detroit. The win
elevated Canadicns a half
game above the Red Wings.
Ward, Drouin and Blake
counted for Montreal, and
kilrea scored both Of De-
troit's goals.
Boston Bruins and New York
Rangers. with first and second
places clinched, went on scoring
sprees last night. The Bruins
hammered the New York Amer
leans s-6 and the Rangers fiat
tened Chicago s-3. There were
nine goals in the final period of
the Bruin-Amerk tilt, and hockey
! oldtimers still were trying to re-
call the last time that happened.
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Pat O'Shocker To Wrestle Monday

Pat O'Shocker, huge Salt Lake
City lrishman who became a
prime favorite with Tacoma
wrestling fans a few years back,
returns Monday night to meet
Ignacio Martinez, a newcomer
from Mexico City. in the five
round semi-final on the mat card
at Greenwich coliseum.
The Irishman tips the beam
at a neat $50 pounds, which
makes him one of the biggest
matnsen to show here since
Big Hen Morgan. Man Noun
tain Dean and Others Of sim
liar avoirdupois performed In
the local ring.
Martinez will arrive unaccom-
panied by any of the fanfare and
ballyhoo usually connected with
the Mexican grapplers who invade
this country. II he's ever been
a soldier. either in the regular
army or with some revolutionary
force. he hasn't said anything
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-11
Bulge And
Perry Vie
Tonight

NEW YORk-Donald Bulge and
Fred Perry face each other to-
night for the first time as tennis
professionals. and if the nasty
words they have been pitching
around come from the heart,
don't be surprised if they whip
out six-shooters instead of rae
quets when the umpire calls
play"
Theirs is a rivalry that flared
on the courts of two continents
when they were amateurs.
Bulge, the red-haired kid
from Oakland. Cal, is the
favOrite to win the inaugural
match of this 37-city trans
continental trek. On his
recent tour with Ellsworth
Vines he won % matches out
of 80. Bulge picked up
$4,000 on that trip-his first
as a pro-and figures to make
almost as much against Fred
Perry.
The hate" is supposed to go
back to 1896 when Perry defeat
ed Bulge in the finals of the U. S.
championships. Fred criticized
Bulge for a stupid move" that
he claimed lost Don the champion
ship. Bulge has been brooding
over that ever since and all this
week they've been chucking violent
words at each other-through a
press agent. The latest blow-off
came yesterday when they refused
to pose for pictures together.
This will be Perry's first
tour since he made a swing
with Vines In 1887. The last
time he met Bulge was In
1886.
They've played six times as
amateurs, and when the chips
were IN the line Perry was the
victor. He licked Don four times.
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Bells Subdue
Lynx in Final



Bellarmine defeated Lincoln. 81
% -. last night in the West Enc
gym to finish the season in a Tia
with the Abes for second place in
the standings.
ne game, too, Jaw SLEEPY"
Jim Robinson, Lion marksman,
VITA high scoring honors for
~ season when he dropped In
Is counters. II was Robin
sea's Ast game In . Bell uni
fern. A senior, he will grad
use h June.
FOR the first time In several
weeks, the Lions displayed the
lloasy brand of basketball which
characterized their play at the be-
ginning Of the season. On a long
kobtnsonian shot they took the
lead early In the first quarter and
kept It thereafter.
Bellarmine was ahead Is to II
It the quarter and % to 10 at
half time. The Lynx rallied In
H. lat quarter. after trailing 81
70 n at the close Of the third
period.
h Abss began dropping
~ I'll through the hoop from
- ong1os, gradually closing
~ gap In the score, but they
tog1n their rally too late and
~ Dell Md Wa too great.
Coach Eddie Schwarx' Lincoln
mldgets. however, drubbed the Bell
Babes, 20 to Is, in q preliminary
encounter.
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Rhyme Seeks
I'd Receiver

The salary argument be-
tween Dick Lassell, catcher,
and the Tacoma ball club end
ed Friday when the receivers
signed contract arrived in the
morning mail.
Lassell is reported to have
signed at the terms originally
offered by the club, but President
Jack Quill declined to make any
statement about the outcome of
the squabble.
At the moment Lassell Is the
only catcher on the Tacoma ros-
ter, as Pete Rinaldi, a fine-looking
prospect signed by Manager Hal
Rhyme in San Jose, has announced
he will not play pro ball.
LOOKING FOR CATCHERS
Rhyme has been looking over
five catchers in the camps of Oak
land and San Francisco and there
is a possibility that one or more
of them will wind up with Tacoma.
Oakland has Frank VOlpi,
who was here on option last
season, and Walt Mattos. who
caught and played the infield
for Spokane. Tacoma Is to get
two players from Oakland in
the Goodman deal and Rhyme
probably would accept Nolpi or
Mattos. or both of them. IL
they are available. II Is diff
ficult to see how either Volpi
or MattOs can run Bill Raj
mOndi or Frank COnrOy off
the Oakland team.
The San Francisco club has
Norbert Pfeifer, Neil Clifford and
Wilfred Leonard, the latter con-
sidered an outstanding prospect.
Tacoma is to get two players from
the Seals in the deal for Floyd
Isekite and a catcher may be one
of them.
NOT HEAVY HITTER
Both Pfeifer and Clifford have
had professional experience and
are rated as competent maskmen.
Clifford is al exceptionally good
workman behind the plate, but has
not scared pitchers with his hit
ting. Pfeifer is a better hitter
than a catcher. Leonard is a
newcomer to pro ball. just out OF
high school, where he was con
sidered somewhat of an infant
prodigy" He is only II.
still another possibility is
doe McNamee, now In the
camp of the Seattle Rainiers.
This boy il considered ready
for Class h ball and ordinarily
would he ticketed for Spo-
kane. Spokane has a good
catcher In Teddy Clawitter
and McNamee would do little
but decorate the bench for the
Indians.
OF the various possibilities,
Rhyme probably would tab Mat
tos at No. l for he is not only
a fine catcher but is a competent
infielder who has demonstrated at
the plate and in two positions on
the field that he is Class B caliber.
From strictly a catching stand
point, Clifford is outstanding.
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Junior Y Hoop
Meet On TODAY

SEATTLE - Four teams open
play today for the annual Pacific
Northwest Junior Y. NJ. c. A.
basketball championship.
The tournament. for boys under
is years of age, will bring teams
from Walla Walla and Ellens-
burg. Wash, Salem. Ore. and
Seattle. The finalists won district
championships and survived out of
a field of Id teams in Idaho, Ore
gon and Washington.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-11
CATCHER DICK LASSELL SIGNS TIGER CONTRACT
Coast Basket
Dates Listed
SAN FRANCIsCO-After a

SAN FRANCISCO-After a
week of indecision, the Pacific
Coast conference today announced
the dates for its divisional and
conference basketball playoffs.
The program:
Saturday, March University
of California VS.. University of
Southern California at Berkeley
for the southern division cham
pionship.
Thursday and Friday, March 10
and II, and Saturday, March is,
if necessary-University of Ore
gon, northern division winner, VS..
the southern champion at Eugene,
Ore, in a three-game series for
the coast title.
NJ d and Tuesday,
March 20 and 21-participa-
ton of the winner In the
west-of-the- Mississippi play
offs of the National Inter-
Collegiate A. A. national
championships at Treasure
Island, San Francisco.
The program took shape yester-
day when the conference schools
overruled Oregon protests and
voted to hold the championships
starting March 16 in Eugene. one
week later than originally sched-
uled.
Oregon accepted the conference
verdict after holding out for a
week for an earlier series.
Coach Howard HObsOn i'm
mediately announced his Ore
gon team, which clinched the
northern title q week ago,
would intensity practice to-
day. Laddy Gale. high-scor-
ing forward, was reported in
good condition after suffer- ing
for several weeks from q hip
injury.
All tickets have been sold for
the Californian. S. c. game Sat-
urday which will decide the
southern title. Each team has
beaten the other twice this sea-
son, winning one and losing one
in visits to the other teams floor.
They finished the regular sched-
ule tied with nine wins and three
defeats each.
The setup favors Oregon to take
the crown, held three years run
ning by Stanford, and go into the
playofts for the national title.
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about IL.
Mondays main event, eight
rounds and the best two falls out
of three, brings together Andre
Adoree. popular Frenchman who is
no respecter OF persons, having
subjected the prominent George
Zaharias to q fearful beating on
the last card. and Harnan Singh.
husky Hindu who pulled a giant
killing act last week by pinning
Billy Hansen's ears back after the
Salt Lake City grappler had won
six straight here.
Two three-pounders not yet
signed will complete the card.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-11
Salmon Derby
For Olympians

OLYMPIA - The 1889 Golden
Jubilee salmon derby. sponsored
by the Thurston County Poggie
club as one of the events of the
states golden jubilee, will open
officially Sunday. March 10, Frank
Pokswin. general chairman, an
nounced today. The derby will
open with a days fishing party at
Seal Rock on Hood Canal.
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/, The capacity crowd which filled
the Coliseum WINGED and whooshed
and we're awed as they watched
the two men-the Injun and the
Scot-batter each other cruelty
with hard. flesh-ripping blows to
face and body.
M'OMBER OUTWEIGHED
McOmber. who scored a hair
line decision over Collins in a
memorable battle here several
months ago, was forced TO give
the Indian a considerable weight
advantage. The Scot hit the scales
at 174h, Collins at 1856 even.
The Tacoman carried the
fight 10 Collins all the way.
In the earl grounds, McOmber
dipping his left Into the
Indians face and crossing his
right hard nm Collectively
had a clea- advantage.
But the redskin. who seldom.
and then futllely, used his famed
overland scalp punch" rallied to
win the last five heats-each by
the skinniest OF margins.
BOTH MEN MARKED
Neither was very pretty at the
end. They looked as II a "goon"
squad had worked them over with
hoses and clubs. McOmber's face
was a red smear. His eyes were
virtually sightless mounds and his
lips we're raw and bleeding.
The Indians face, too. was a
grim study In red and white. Nc
Omber's gloved fist left IL a mass
of welts and a nasty cut was
opened above his left eye in the
final round.
Davy Ward. promising Ia
coma welterwcight, knocked
out Billy Madden Of Portland
In the first round of their
scheduled six-round semi-final
scrap. Ward, never looking
better, shook Madden with n
series nj artistically -aimed
lefts and finished him off
with u teeth-shaking right
hook. Madden went down as
though hit by n cornerstone.
Mike kanski Of Fargo, N. D.,
In his first appearance here In
more than a year. won a rousing
scrap with fluffy Tyson of Taco
ma. The decision was close.
Hank Curtis. Tacoma, technic-
ally knocked out Tony LaCashie,
Vancouver. b. c., in the third
round, and Gene Toulouse, Taco
ma. technically kayoed Red Hos
kins, Wenatchee. in the second
heat of the opener.
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ST. PETERSBURG

ST. PETERSBURG-Joe Med
wick. who was reported TO have
refused an offer of S17,50o as a
years salary. continued to be
missed as the ST. Louis Card
inals showed little batting punch
in practice for Saturdays game
with the New York Yankees.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-11
NEW ORLEANS

NEW OkLEaNS AS Man.
ager Oscar Witt of the Cleve-
land Indians stood or the coach
ing line during yesterdays game
with the New Orleans Pelicans,
Rookie Outfielder Bill Sold
blasted a line drive that knocked
him flat. The ball glanced off
the right side Of Wits forehead.
He sprained his right wrist
slightly when he fell. The In
dams lost 4-3.
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McOmber Beaten For First Time I'm Career
Bruising Scrap
Taken by Injun

Jock McOmber. Tacomas blue-ribbon exhibit in the light
heavyweight division, was beaten for the first time in his
career last night-decisioned by Ernie Collins, a Shoshone
Redskin from Reno, New, in a bruising, viciously-contested
1O-round main event which did neither of them any good.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-11
HASN'T MISSED STROKE

EVASION Tom Robinson,
Northwestern swimming coach,
hasn't missed a Wildcat tank meet
in 80 years. He recently rose from
a sick bed for the Wisconsin meet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-11
BAN HAMMER THROW

AUGUSTA. Me. - Considering
the event too dangerous, Maine
high schools have dropped the
hammer throw from track and
field competition.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-03-11
COAST GETS PRO LEAGUE

LOS ANGELES-West Coast
sportsmen plan to sponsor a new
Pacific Coast Professional Foot
ball league.
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~ throw: mi::cd-Belis II out Of
n: lincoln 5 out OF IL. Officials:
10foRoo-8Artung: umptre-Croxell.
MrnGET GAME
Evening star., 1939-05-07
THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON D. c. MAY T. 1ssePART ONE

stands for in the world today" Mr..
Voorhis declared.
The banquet followed an after
noon session at which delegates
passed q resolution among others
protesting "the great military dis
play" that accompanied the recep-
ton of President Somoza Of Nicara-
qua.
The delegates expressed happi-
ness that President Somoza's well
come was cordial but hoped that
"the precedent is not hereby estab-
dshed of greeting heads of govern
ments in the manner used by mill
tary relationships, but alien to the
practise Of American Democracy"
World Convention Urged.
Pointing out that there are still
unsettled boundary questions among
the various American republics, the
delegates in another resolution
urged the President to initiate q
movement among the nations of
this hemisphere to settle all pend
ing boundary questions by confer
ence and agreement.
In another resolution, the dele
gates requested the President to
formulate plans for the calling of
a world constitutional convention
at which would be drawn up a con-
stitution for the "all-inclusive, dem
ocratic, non-military Federation of
Nations essential to the life Of civil