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VOL. 48. NO. 34
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1912
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CHURCHILL MADE HIS HOME
SPEECH IN
DIDN'T
liberal Leader and Wife
Jeered, But They Paid No
Attention to Insults
10.CO0 Stand In Rain Storm
. and Listsn to Address
Outlining Government's
Policy Toward Ireland.
Rebellious Subjects In
"Loyal" North Evidently
Impressed With Govern
ment's Determination that
Freedom of Speech Should
Prevail In Ulster.
Orans-emen Parade and
, Hang Churchill In Effigy,
But No Armed Resistance
Is Shown and Occasion Is
One of Comparative Quiet.
(Special Cable tfspatcl to United
Press.)
Belfast. Ireland, Feb. 8. '"Home
Rule Day to Belfast," for which tho
sovemment had made the strongest
oreparatlons in anticipation of serion
riot and bloodshed, proved tamer than
nan y a Twelfth of July in recen;
years. ' Winston Chnrohill, first Lord
l the admiralty, and mouthpiece of
,e Lfbwal fcorenunent, defied tb
O ranee leaders In Ulster and maili
his lonsr-heraldedl speech explaining
why the A sq tilth ministry favor?,
grantins political . autonomy to Ire
land. ' -
Churchill was hooted and hissed as
he passed to and from the Nationalist
Park where he delivered the address.
He , was hanged m effigy from wires
HtMpended across a dozen leading
ihoroiuThfare, but. at no time was he
tnijcl.-i3ted. - - ' .
' ' Ulster Did Not Fight.
Ulster did not fight. The Union
'eaders had been awed by the display
f force the Cheshire regiment.
Kings own Scottish borderers, Scots
Fusileers and Highland L'ght Infan
try. 200 mounted dragoons, and 1.000
royal Irish constabulary and their
'nfluence was used to prevent rioting.
The removal of the place of the meet
ing from Royal Ulster Hall, for years
the headquarters! of the Unionists and
considered sacred by them, to Ce'tic
Park Football Grounds, in the middle
of the Catholic section of the city,
also made for peace and there was
tittle for the soldiers under Count
leichen. the King's courier, to do in
preserving order.
Orangemen In Parade.
The constabulary and the regular
Belfast police, however, had their
lands full as thousands of Orange
men and their sympathizers continu
ally paraded the streets, carrying ban
ners on which opprobrious epithets
were Inscribed. They blocked the
-outo of the cabinet speakers to and
.rom the park. They jeered and
booed but contented themselves with
this method of expressing disapproval
and gave way before the police every
time the latter charged to open the
ray for the automobiles.
Churchill departed from his set.
speech to express the hope that the
'ime waf coming when religious in
tolerance would be done away with
nd to reassure the U'ster men that
their religious rights would always be
safeguarded. v
Tliousands Hear Speech.
There were 10.000 persons in.nde
the enclosure to listen to the address
while thousands of others crowded
about the park. A heavy downpour
of rain dampened the spirits of all
concerned but also aided the authori
iie in preserving order.
Churchill's Ijfa v - Quietly.
Belfast. Feb. 8. Winston Churchil'
and Mrs. Churchill, after the first lord
af the admiralty's home rule speech
at Celtic Park, were escorted to the
railway station and departed unmol
ested for Scotland.
Belfast, Feb. 8 An enormous crowd,
composed in great part o mill hands,
greeted Winston Churchill and Mrs. I
Churchil when'they alighted from the!
train here at 8:40 tocay. They Jeered
hooted and booed at the first lord of
the admiralty and, when they saw
that he still sat impassive, the mo or
far was surrounded and many insult
ing epithets were app'ied.
The police formed a flying wedge
;d, after a great deal of trouble,
cleared the way for the car to pro
ceed to the Grand Central Hotel,
where the visitors "were entertained by
Ird Pirrie and a number of the lead
ing Ir'sh Libera's and 'the big meet
ing scheduled for later in the day
was discussed.
While the party was in ihe break
fast room, an enormous crowd gath
rred outside in the street and sarg
Ihe national anthem. The police a-k-Rd
the crowd to leave and at the end
of the singing all left without offer
ing any resistance
While Churchill and the leaders were
ronferring over the day's program, a
procession of dock and mil! vo-kers
numbering 600 was formed. With tl
orange banners and the union jack at
heir head, the paraders marched
hrough the princ'pal streets of the
t-lty. Every individual wore an or
ange badge" and many banners wi'h
nnti-home rule inscriptions were car
ried The authorities did not interfere
with the paraders but strong detach
ments of dragoons and sold'ers were
quietly placed at various points where
they could charee the crowds in cape
of rioting. While the unionists' led
rrs were doing their beft to keen their
followers-In check, they admitted the
temper of the dock workers, shipyard
imployes and mil'hands was not of
the best and insisted that, if trouble
came, as was expected, ChurchMl and
his followed would have to take the
responsibility.
A heavy ram leu inroutrnout me
ray, turning the park where the meet-I
rag was scheduled to take place into I
k. bam. - area! tent, erected to care 1
BELFAST;
GARRY OUT
for the crowd, was waterlogged and
extra supports were p aced under it
to make it more secure. Because of
the threat that an a'temot might be
made to demolish the tent,, guards
were placed around it. The main
thoroughfares leading to the park were
jammed w.th people. Many were on
hand merely "to see the show" and
contentJly munched their lunch as
hey held their places along the curb
and waited for something to turn up.
A cordon of police was thrown
about the hotel where Churchill and
the .eaders were conferring and en
trance was denied to everyone who
could not produce credentials. John
Redmond and other Nationalists join
ed Churchill and all predicted no real
trouble.
Churchill, accompanied by a num
ber of the Liberal leaders, proceeded
to the park, being jeered by the Un
ionist crowds that lined the route and
enthusiastically chered after he en
tered the Nationalist Quarter. It was
plain from the attitude of the First
Lord of the Admiralty that he fully
realized his signi.icance in view of
the utterances of his father. Lord Ran
dolph Churchill, who relinquished a
place in Gladstone's Cabinet saying:
"Ulster will fight, and Ulster will be
right."
Ihe crowd at the park was chief
ly Nationalist in character and Chur
chill at the outset of his speech,
caught them by appealing to both the
loyalty and the self-interest of the
Irish people to support the govern
mer.t policy. He criticised the present
parliamentary melhrds of Great Bri
tain, saying that it was not suffi
ciently, representative of the local and
provincial life of the nation. He
commented on the fact that England's
two rivals for commercial supremacy,
the United States and Germany, re
spectively, are administered, respec
tively, by 46 and 23 separate legisla
tive bodies.
In order to keep pace with the world
-novement. he said, he considered it
rita?y necessary for England to learn
how to combine the fullest expressions
f national and local aspirations and
activities with th strongest frame
work of imperial unity. Home rule
'or Ireland, he said, he regarded as
he first milestone along the road to
he eventual unity of the English
speaking races.
Churchill complained that the hos
ile attitude of Irishmen across the
eas. had on more.thn one occasion
-,een responsible for deflecting a poli--y
favorable to Irish self-government
by other governments, a reference to
the Gldsfne plans which was wild
ly applauded.
"At the present time." he continued,
"the greatest opposition to Anglo
American friendship comes from ' the
Iri?h now residents of the United
LS. tes. I am confident' that heme
rule will chanare this."
He stated that the Irish parliament
when created, would be given the re
sponsibility of all financial legisla
tion, excepting that of the old age
pensions and the land purchase
scheme. It would impose all taxation
under safeguards adopted to prevent
discrimination against the north.
J .hn Redmond, who suoke next, en
dorsed Churchill's posit'on on behalf
of tjie Nationalists, saying:
"We do not disnute that the imper
ial government has supreme power to
limit the action of the proposed par
liament but J. want it understood now
there has never been any intention
on the part of the Nationalists of op
pressing Uls'er residents."
Durinar his speech. Churchill was In
terrupted by a delegation of suffra
gettes who, tried to put him on rec
ord on the question.
"We can safely leave the Trish par
liament to decide the questions of
votes for women," sparred Churchill,
and the clever side stepping was
greeted with a round of cheers.
Churchill referred to the fear of the
"Protestant North" that home rule today, in care of Court Officer Chris
will mean Catholic aggression in the topber Finnegan.
following terms: Webb has already attended the State
"I am now looking forward to the Reform School, which failed to cure
time when the accursed machinery him of hIs burglarious procl vities.
whereby hatred is manufactured will The GeoFge Junior Republic is dein
be broken forever. I can assure all eJ to flt such rases however, and the
XHster residents that the fears that prosecutinfr authorities were only too
their libe-ty will be assailed and their plea8ed to enter lnto an arrange
faith persecuted are absolutely ent to send him there
groundless. '
Before the camnet minister depart
ed for .the park to make lv's speech,
a band of workmen, carrying clubs,
pafaded the streets bearing an effijjy
of Churchill on a pole. They were
not molested by the police, 'who had
orders to make no arrests unless for
actual rioting.
On the way to the park the car con
taining Churchill was frequently stop
ped by the throngs of workmen and
women, whose lunchhour it was, and
thev Jeered and booed continually.
Police reserves were compelled to
charge time and again
to extricate
No violence
the car from tne crowd.
was offered, the crowd being content
with verbally expressing their opinion
of the Cabinet minister, who tried to
maintain an air of unconcern through
out.
Wh!le the meeting was in progress
in the park, a delegation or .Nation
alists hung effigies of Lord London
derry and Sir Edwarc! Cesson. and
Caotain J. Craig, the Unionist lenders.
to wires Bfuig across the street in
th Nationalist section.
The poMce held the crowd outside
of ie pirk in check and refused to
permit Vnown Oranare agitators to
e"te- There were frequenf minor
clashes.
SILVERJVEDDIHG
Popular Slavonian Couple
Greeted By Friends -on
25th Anniversary of Mar
riage. On Sept. 6th. 1S8 7. there wa a
happv coun'e united in the personnel
of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Simko, well
known Slavonian re'dents of Euft
Bridgeport, now residing at No. 9S
f!rpnt street, and but little thought
was then given as to how niucn nap-
pier their friends would mane mem
fe 1 twenly-tive years hence.
Not only wa-- the recognition of the
2otii anniversary of their married life
a hanoy one last evening but a most
surprising one.
Mr. and Mm Simko were the fortu
nate recipii-nts of several handsome"
pieces of silver as welt as otVl-r gift3
fr m their numerous friends.
Music wa.H nn en.ioyablt- feature ot
the eveninir until a late hour wh"P. a
most delightful menu was served,
after which the guests departed.
Among those present wero Mrs.
Anna Sedlar. Anna Kochitw, Carolina
Piatev Anna Tesla, Maria JenehiK.
Anmi Konechnv. Theressi Srph.rtiy.
M;U-ia Vishnofsky. Anna Stark. Maria
M:rcinohin. Maria Demochko and
J uiian na Lucas.
RULE
ORANGEMEN
THEIR THREATS
MAN BLOWN TO
PIECES IN AUTO
STATION
TODAY
Gas Machine Explosion
Kills Proprietor, Besides
Wrecking the Garage
(Special from. United Press.
Meriden, Feb. 8 In the accidental
explosion of an acetylene gas ma
chine in the Meriden Auto Station,
this morning, Adam J. Englehardt,
3, proprietor of the garage, was blown
to pieces and, the building wrecked.
The employes happened to be in the
office, a separate building, at some
distance from the garage and thua
escaped certain death. The explosion
was heard tor several miles around
and many windows were shattered.
Several big automobiles were buried
in the debris of the garage.
It is believed that the gas pressure
became too strong for a welding ma
chine it operated. No flames result
ed from the explosion, but the fire-department,
which was called out, pro
ceeded to collect Englehardt's remains.
He formerly lived in Northampton.
Mass., where he is still believed to
have relatives. The dead man left a
widow and one son.
Chauffeur Fred Collington had just
leftEnglehardt and was driving a car
out of the garage when the tank ex
ploded. Coliington and others tried to
reach the spot but were driven back
by gas fumes. Later. the men impro
vised head guards out of wet hand
kerchiefs and explored the ruins but
could find no trace of Englehardt's
remains.
Some one thoughtlessly telephoned
the news to Mrs. Englehardt. In a
delirious condition, she ran the half
mile from her home to the auto sta
tion. Arriving there, she collapsed
utterly and the services of a physi
cian were required for her. A hasty
examination of the ruins showed that
the four automobiles in the garage
at the time of the accident were
wrecked.
. Coroner Mix of New Haven Cou-ty
rr' -d here, this afternoon, to con
duct n investigation into the acci
dent he work of collecting Engle
hardt's .emains had not been finish
ed at noon.
The force of the explosion wrecked
the back ntairway on the adjoining
Hick? Block and smashed every win
Cow in the place. A photographer's
loss was particu'arly heavy.
Graduate Of Reform
School Is Sent To
George Jr. Republic
As told in the Farmer, Frank Webb,
the 18-year-old burglar who made
several "breaks" into the home .of
Mrs. Isaac Maiow at 144 Ogden street,
below his own home, was sent to the
George Junior Republic at Litchfield,
Admits To Court
That There Is
"Another Woman"
Harry Juttner, who resides at 33
Poplar - street, was hailed into city
PnnI.( this morninsr on a - non-auoDOrt
rharE6 referred bv h's wife, who Is
charge prererrea oy n.s v. lit, wno
living at 50 Newfield aienue
Juttner, who testified that he wo-ks
steadily and earns from $15 to $10 a
week, did not put up much of a de-
fence and under the cross-examina
tion of Prosecut!ng Attorney DeLaney
he admitted that there is "another
woman in the case." So much does
care for his "soul mate" and so ltt-
tie for his own wife and chiU that he
would pass them on the street wilh-
out recognizing them.
Cn hearing the facts, Judge Wilder
ordered Juttner f poy his wife 7 a
week for one year, under bonds of
$350, or else to go to jail for three
mon-hs.
Harvard Club Banquet
At Stratfield Hotel
Tomorrow Evening
The annual banquet of the Harvard
Club of Connecticut, the first to be
held in this c'ty, is scheduled for to
morrow evening at the Hotel Strat
field. The program of speakers as
originally announced in this news
paper, will, with one exception, be
carried out. Owing to ,1'lness. Dean
Briggs, who was to have made an ad
dress, will be unab'e to attend. An
effort was made to have President
Lowell attend, but as he could not
make the necessary arrangements he
provided for the coming of Prof. W.
H. Scholfield, who will speak in his
stead. All Ifarvard graduates in this
vicinity who desire to attend this ban
quet will be made welcome.
New York "I don't believe any
man's affections are worth $25.0f"0 "
said Justice Maureau. when Mrs.
Amelia Neiman entered suit for that
amount against Louis Hemm, charg
ing breach of promise.
GOOD fiKCOXI) 1 1 AX National Cash
Keelste" for aie cheap. Addres
p O Pox 16. Cttv. f J tf "
Cla stifled-' ads on Inside page of
this naper.
BLACK SHEEP
WILL INHERIT
$2f50bj00 NOW
Fred Crantiai! Disinherited By His
Umie, Railroad Magnate
Hawley
BECAUSE OF LOVE AFFAIR
WITH PRIVATE OPERATOR
Now Young Stevedore Gets His
As Hawley Left No
Legal Will
(Special from United Press.)
New York. Feb. S Once loved as a
son but later disinherited because of
a. love affair. Frederick Crandall, a
nephew of the late Edwin Hawley,
now a stevedore, will inherit at least
$2,500,000 from the estate of the nan
who hated him, as a result of Hawley
dying without a legal will. The Haw
ley heirs met, today, to ask the surro
gate's court to appoint executors to
divide the railroad magnate's millions.
Crandall was once Hawley's favor
ite nephew and when 16 was taken to
lire with the railroad king. He work
ed in the Southern Pacific offices un
der Hawley but irregular habits
caused Crandall to be dismissed sev
eral times only to be reinstated. Haw
ley once told Crandall he was to be
his heir.
Pretty vivacious Miss McManus,
was Hawley's private telegraph oper
ator, Crandall fell violently in love
with her. An outsider noticed the !
romance and told Hawley, who at
1 . . , , , ,
nnr-d ordered Crandall to civp hpr nn
ua.11 10 give ner up.
I'll see you damned first." replied
the nephew. The financier dismissed
him and also the little operator. Cran
dall then told Hawley what he thought
of him. The uncle had a policeman
leid the nephew out. Crandall mar
ried Miss McManus. - Things went
from bad to worse with him and he
finally got work with a firm of steve
dores, where he is now employed. The
fact that Hawley died Intestate has
caused some uneasiness in Wall
street and the board of directors of
railroads which he controlled have
been called to meet hurriedly, to can
vass the situation.
NON-SUPPORT
LAWS SHOULD
BE AMENDED
Prosecuting Attorney
Points Out Sensible and
Humanitarian Change
For neglecting and refusing to sup
port his wife and three little children
the youngest of them only 21 months
of age, Arthur H. Post,' a hostler in
the employ of a local stable, was ar
raigned in the city court this morn
ing and sent to Jail for six months,
with the alternative of putting up a
bond of $100 to ensure his paying $5
a week toward the support, of his
family.
' Post, it was brought out,, has given
about $3 to the support of his wife
and children during the past five
months. It was also intimated in
court that another woman, of dark
color and darker reputation, figured
in the case. Sentence being imposed,
I'ost went to jail for lack of the re
quisite bonds.
"It wou'd be an excellent thing,"
said Prosecutor Alexander DeLaney
to a Farmer reporter, in discussing
the case, "if Connecticut had a law
providing that when a man is sent to
jail for non-support, so much per day
from his work at the jail shall be p:tid
to his wife or family. If the amount
v. ere only 50 cents a day -it would
help a lot. As it is, sending a lipd
to jail does not do any good to the
tanrly unless It has the effect of mak
ing the man pay up, which it won't,
if he can't secure a bond."
Raps Roosevelt
In Campaign For
Vo!es For Women
(Special from United Press.)
Waterbury. Feb. 8. The trolley
campaigners in the state suffrage as
sociation's "Votes for Women" cam
paign, reached this city, today, after
a satisfactory meeting in Middlebury,
last night, where ex-President Theo
dore Roosevelt's views on suffrage
were outlined, by one of the speak
ers. Dr. Stanton Coit. of London, Eng.
"Roosevelt is the greatest living
maiter of the commonplace," said Dr.
Coit. "He is 40 or 50 years behind
the times when he says that woman
wants the vote, because it is her right.
Women do not want to vote because
it is their right. It is because it is
their duty and they owe that service
to the country.
Roosevelt calls attention to the
fact that in the states where women
have the franchise, the conditions are
not greatly improved over the states
where the women cannot vote Sup
pose someone should advance the
argument that, for hundreds of years
education had been tried out In Amer
ica and still vice and graft existed in
your cities Would that be an argu
ment against the extension of educa
tion?" WALL STREET TODAY
(Speoial from United Press.)
New York, Feb. 8. Opening.
Prisk buving at the opening of the
stock market, today, caused gains in
all issues.
11 a.m. After the opening strength
the market became heavy, stocks de
clining below yesterday s close.
Government bonds unchanged, oth
er bond; irregular.
Noon. Trading was dull In the late
fore-noon.
FIRST CONTRACT
STANDARD OIL
YEAR'S SUPPLY OF GASOLINE
Board Of Contract And Supply Hears Gaso
line Is Going Up And Closes For
City's Needs At 10 Cents
Gallon
If Prices Go Up and Stay Up, City Wins If Prices Go
Down and Stay Down, City Loses Gulf Refining
Company, Standard Oil Competitors, Not Admitted
to Bidding.
The Board of Contract and Supply
has made" its first contract. It is with
the Standard Oil Company for a year's
supply of gasoline for all city pur
poses. Thv3 first work of the new body has
not been accomplished entirely with
out criticism in City Hall circles.
There is competition in gasoline, the
Gulf Refining Company having estab
lished an expensive plant for this
vicinity. It is asserted that the lat
ter company had no adequate chance
t compete and that the price obtain
ed is not a competitive price.
The- members of the Board esti
mate, however, a prospective saving
of $3,000 upon the theory that the
priro of gasoline will be raised to 12
cents and that it may remain at 12
cents for a year. But if the -rice
should fluctuate and drop below ten
cents there would be a proportionate
j loss, and it cannot be definitely deter-
I 111 111!,. VH 111.1111 LIU 1 11AD UCCU 1 1 J V
! ,.. . .
: rr-rri , , , ,r 1 ..
and tn record of -gasoline"7 prices, is
scanned.
The figure obtained on gasoline will
not show a saving if applied to the
gasoline used during the prestnt fiscal
year, for the market price of the sup
ply has been lower than the prospec
tive price. It was upon the advance
notice that the price was to go up
that A. E. MacDonald, who is pur
chasing agent for the Crane Co. de
Morse In Hew
York On Way To
Germany Soon
Banker-Convict, Accompa
nied by Faithful Wife,Re
fuses to See Reporters
When Train Stops at
Washington.
(Special from United Press.
Washington-, Feb. 8 En route to
New Tork, where he expects soon to
sail for- Germany, Charles W. Morse,
the banker-convict recently released
from Atlanta penitentiary by. execu
tive order of President Taft, passed
through Washington shortly ' before
noon today.
Mrs. Morse, who accompanied her
husband, locked the door to their com
partment and even pulled down the
shades to the windows. She absolute
lv refused to see .any reporters.
Throughout the trip from Atlanta, the
former ice king and his fami.y Kept
out of sight of fellow passengers. The
party included the ex-convic:. his
wife, and his sister. Miss Jennie
Morse. When a crowd of reporters
asked to see her husband, Mrs. Morse
pleaded a headache. Morse, she said,
sent word that he was "too feeble"
to talk. When visitors became in-
stent, Mrs. Morse slammed the
door.
Morse was not confined to his berth.
He was dressed and sitting up most
of the morning. His appeMte is im
proving and his attendantssay he is
standing the trip well. Dr. Fowler,
Morse's personal physician, said Morse
has only temporarily recovered.
He may be arle to do a little
work," he declared, but can never
actively engage in active business
again. His death is only a matter of
time. The change of environment
since he left the prison and Fort Mc
pherson hospital has made a remark
ably quick Improvement, but he is
surierlng from incuraHe troub'.es.
Eirbt physicians have diagnosed h's
trouble and all agree his death is only
a matter of months."
Morse's message to the world. Dr.
Fowler sa'd. was:
All I desire Is to get out of the
limelight."
The former convict will arrive in
New Tork at 4:45 this afternoon. He
p'ans to stay there for a week or so
and then will sal' for Bed Nauheim,
Germany, for the baths.
iMorse s 15 year sentence ror liiegol
UR-gllng of bank funds in his institu
tions was commuted to epl-e .Ta.. 17.
President Taft exercised clemency be
cause of physicians' reports that the
prisoner was actually near death. A
special commission of army surgeons
made th'.s diagnosis a'ter the banker
had been removed to Fort McPherson
hospital ,from the penitentiary. It
was believed that Morse could no 'ive
more than two weeks. His condition,
according to reports of the physicians,
was utter'y hopeless. Morse, they
said, was kept alive only by powerful
druss.
Today the ex-convict was said to be
able to walk a little and to sit up all
day.
REQUIEM MASS FOR MRS.LAULEY
At St. Augustine's church. Satur
day morning, at 8 o'clock .there will
be t high mass of requiem offered up
foi the repose of the soul of the late
Christina Pi Ice, beloved wife of Wal
ter B. Lalley.
TRBCHHTTE CASE CONTTNiUED.
In the city court this morning the
ca so of Joseph Trechette, charged
with having attempted to induce two
Bridgeport young women to leave
their homes and go to a resort at
Wtvte Plains. X. T., was continued
until Saturday owing to the necessary
absence of one of the witnesses.
GIVEN TO
COMPANY FOR
cided that prompt action should be
titken. .......
The board does not expect to do
much more in the way of making
contracts until April 1, when they
will engage the clerk for whom an
t-rdinance provides a salary of not
more than S2.400.
The board in connection with the
committee on audit, will devote a
goodly share of its effort during the
coming year to retting out specifica
tions for all manner of city supplies.
Cement, for instance, is to be re
quired to undergo certain tests. Coal
must measure up to a certain stand
ard of British thermal units. Other
supplies will be bought, with a view
not only to the actual price, but for
the standard of goods purchased.
The committee on audit, through
the experts in the employ of Peter
White, is expected to furnish figures
showing the board of contract and
supply the aggregate amount of Jfar
ions supplies ued in the indiviuual
departments. The experts are ex
pected not only to furnish a unit
price for all sorts of supplies, but also
to provide the board of contract and
supply, with information as to the
grade of goods furnished.
With the co-operation of the city
engineer, and others in the city's em
ploy, the board of contract and sup
ply will then prepare specifications
covering all manner of city supplies,
and wir! require that . contractors
guarantee their goods to meet thea
specifications; ,
DEATH COMES 6TH
TIME TO FAMILY
OF JOHN F. TOOLE
Sister Of Wsll Known Contractor
Succumbs To Heart
Trouble
The death, of Miss Elizabeth Toole
at the Bridgeport hospital early this
morning is the sixth within a few
years in the family of John F. Toole,
of the contracting firm of Toole &
Sunderlin. Miss Toole resided with
her brother, the contractor, at 320
Pembroke street. Her death, was due
to heart trouble and a complication
of ailments.
During Mr. Toole's residence in
Bridgeport the Grim Reaper has visit
ed his family six times. His father
and mother died at the family home
in Hudson Falls, X. "ST., shortly after
he came to Bridgeport, about 10 years
ago. Then a brother, Thomas, was
killed in the collapse of a derrick in
Pennsylvania. ' . . : .
Iseott came the death of his wife,
two years ago. Last October Mr.
Toole's brother, James H., was caught
a pile driver, and his leg was so
badly crushed that his death follow
ed within a few days. His sister,
Elizabeth had been ailing some time
Her demise occurred at 12:30 this
morning. She was 41 years of age, a
native of Hudson Falls. 1ST. Y., where
the remains will be taken after fu
neral services at St. Mary's church.
Miss Toole was deeply devoted to
her brothers family, and her death
leaves an- irreparable vacancy in the
household. She had not resided long
n this city, but during the brief in
terval of her residence here she made
a number or triencls wno learned or
her death with lasting grief.
OUR MOTTO. We serve you what you
call for, no substitutes, everything
alsolutely first class. ap
GOOD LTJCK. having bought a seven
passenger Buick will sell his four
passenger huick. w in De so a ngnt
to quick buyer. Inquire at 980
Railroad avenue. B 8 spo
LOST. A gold purse, between Strat
field Hotel and New Elm Cafe. Re
ward if returned to New Elm Cafe.
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LOST. Bank book on Farmers .vnd
Mechanics' Bank No. 26180. Finder
will return to bank as same has
been cancelled and new one issued.
B8spo444
ANXTTAIj WHIST To be given by
Colonial -Lodge, No. 113, L. A. to
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen,
at Leslng Hall, corner Main and
Elm streets. 8:30 p. m. prompt,
Friday evening, Feb. 9. Tickets 25
cents. B 8 bpo
WE CAX SERVE YOU. Imported
wines, liquors, cigars and all kinds
of bottled beer at the New Elm
Cafe ap
LOST. Between Smith St., Newfield
and Stratford Aves., pocketbook
containing money. Reward on re
turn to Victoria Dumbrosky, 236
Smith St. ap
WANTED. Salesman. Young man
about 20 years of age who is a
good salesman, suitable for a man's
store. Must . be clean cut, intelli
gent, refined, and by all means not
lazy. Apply by letter, X Y C, care
of Farmer. B 8 bo
BOYS WANTED. I can use a few
more bright school boys a few days
each week. Easy work and good
pay and does not interfere with
school duties. Apply to the address
nearest you: 4 to t p. m. Friday,
or before 10 a. m. Saturday, ready
for work. L. E. Clay, 2044 Main
St.; J.E. Simone. 140 Fairfield Ave.:
T. A. Dmiigan. 974 East Main St.;
J.S. Lnyders, 2 4 Railroad Ave. aD
MURDER MYSTERY
BAFFLES POLICE
Watchman Shot Sunday,
Fact That It Was Murder
Xot Disclosed Until
Yesterdav
CASE HAS MANY
UNUSUAL FEATURES
Suspect Held at Policr
Headquarters, Alleged to
Have Made Threats But
Little Evidence.
On suspicion of knowing something
about the mysterious murder of Mar-
ton Szovah, night watchman at th !
Tait & Sons paper mill on Railroa'i
avenue, , who . was shot from behin. I
and instantly killed while on hi.--
rounds of duty about 1:30 o'clock Sun
day morning, Antonio Necsner, a cob
bler with a place of business at Wor
din and Lesko court, is held to:-
investigation at police headquarters,
today.
Necsner frankly admits that th
deao. man psved him 5 which he re
fused to pay.- The police allege that
Necsner made threats, but he - denie.-.
this.
Beyond these sc- s, the poiic-
have little or cce and th-
case is one of the most baffling t-
come to the attention of the local de
partment in years.
.Although the crime was committer.
Sunday morning, the face that it was
murder was not ascertained until yes
terday afternoon. - when an autopsy
was performed and it was discovered
that Watchman Szovah had been sho
in the back of ihe neck and that thn
bullet entered the spine and travel
led downward through the spinal ca
nal, a most extraordinary course.
Owing to the fact that the bullet
was a small one and entered the
spine it did not leave a drop of blood,
and the mark of its entrance was so
email that it entirely escaped notice.
This combination of circumstances
proved a happy one for the murderer,
for it has given him several days of
grace before the commission of th
crime was discovered.
In fact it might never have been
discovered, and the atiair might bav
been let go as a natural death, were
it not for the intuiiion of Coroner
John J Phelan. Although no appar
ent maiis of any kind were present
to indicate foul play, and it was as
sumed thai the man hadd i-?d cf heari
failure, Corone.- Prelan . learned that
the body was found flat on its bacit
with the arrru folded across the chest
and the legs crossed, just as though
laid out by an Undertaker.
Not one man in a. million, dying of
heart failure, would expire in that
orderly fashion. On this scant clua,
Coroner Phelan set to work. The
body had been found by a roundsman
for the Western Union Telegraph Co.
when Watchman Szovah failed to ring
in his regular alarms. The rounds
man confirmed the fact that the body
had been found in a position that in
dicated that it had been laid out by
somebody.
On a chance that something might
be disclosed. Coroner Phelan ordered
the autopsy and the result was the
discovery of the pistol bullet wound.
The theory is that someone lay in
wait for the watchman and shot him
while he was making his rounds. His
lantern was found nearby.
One -of the most baffling features
about the case is in the fact "that the
authorities have been able ' to learn
little or nothing about the murdered
man. He was about 50 years of age,
came from the province of Horovath
in Hungary, and had a wife living in
the old country. He was a man of
good habits, it seemed, but non-communicative
and had few friends and
acquaintances about the city.
Gome time ago he made a trip to
Europe, and it was upon that occasion
that he borrowed $5 of Necsner, the
man now under arrest. After an ab
sence of three or four months Szovah
returned and at that time Necsner
tried to collect his loan but was put
off.
UNCLASSIFIED
PINOCHLE NIGHT at the
Club tonight.
Oxford
FOR SALE. Horse.cart and harness.
Easy terms. Enquire 56 7 Arctic
St. B 7 uo
BOARDING HOUSE. Good paying
business. Reasons for selling. In
quire S35 Broad St. . . B 7 bpo
WHIST Thursday evening, by church
choir, St. Anthony's Hall, Colorado
Ave. Tickets, 2a centa. B 7 bpo
ELEGANT BUILDING LOT, Park
avenue, 50x100. Bargain. Room
207, S3 Fairfield avenue.
B 7 b p o
NEW COTTAGE, North End, $2,850.
Easv terms. Also 3 bu:lding lots
for525 cash. Room 207, 83 Fair
field avenue. B 7 bpo
FINE BUILDING LOTS, North End,
$450, $500, $600; easy terms; also
new two family house. East End.
Bargain. Only $500 cash, balance
easy payments. Box 673, City.
B7bpo
FOR SALE. Bargain, new $40 Co
lumbia grapnopnone witn records.
Party in hospital. No offer refused.
Morris, 92 South Ave. B 3 dpo
FUR SALE. At Teriny's Fur Shop
comprising ot tur sets, eeparata
mufts and scarfs. Repairing alter
ing at manufacturers' prices. 867
Main street- A 19 a o
JOSEPH S A VARY can be found at
W. H. McCoomcs bar tier snop, over
Douglas Shoe Store, Main street.
A 29 tf. o
YOU BETYOU we don't leave town
until we feed those gold hsn and
hear that Grosser Automatic Band
Orchestra Von. Lipsic Ditchlandt.
Entree. Libre. 12 to 12. Royal
Rathskiller, State St. A 9 a po
WANTED. Cottage at Laurel Beach
for summer montns. Address a.
M., Farmer Office. A 29 o
BOMMOS A BILTZ. We will have
fresh sausage meat every oay irom
now on. I 18 tf. o
VALENTINE CARDS. Fine assort
ment, each m envelope. boutn
worth's, 10 Arcade. D 16 tf. o
IRY A BOX of Casca Laxine tablets
for constipation, -o nu,
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