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;VOIi.'48 NO: 187
BEIDGEPORT CONN., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1912
PEIOE ONE CENT
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SUFFRAGETTES SENTENCED TO
PENAL SERVITUDE FOR FIVE
YEARS IN DUBLIN TODAY
t ; -llrs. Iilary Leigh and Miss Gladys Evans, Both Charged
With Attempting to Burn Theatre Royal to Prevfen
Premier Speaking There on Home Rule V : -
, Dublin, Aug. 7. Mrs. Mary Leigh
and Miss Gladys Evan V suffragettes,
were sentenced today to five years
penal servitude each for attempting
to burn the Theatre Royal here July
18 to prevent Premier Asquiyi from
. speaking there the evening after-"
.. ward. . . . ,-. .
Miss "Mark Baker was sentenced to
seven .months Imprisonment as an ac
complice, w v .
The sentences ' pronounced against
Mrs. Jieigh and Miss Evans, were by
far the severest' imposed for suffra
gette demonstrations since the "votes
ifer women" campaigners adopted
! militant tactics - several years' ago.
iSome hundreds of women have ; re
iceived terms of from a few days up
to two or three months . iir- jail, for
window Fm ashing:, participation In
. i riots," assaults on cabinet members
j and kindred offenses, but the present
(occasion is the first -in which they
' ! have been treated as actual criminals.
The authorities incline to congratu
late - themselves that the .example
l made of Mrs. Leigh and ,Miss Evans
wilhave an intimidating effect upon
i the suffragette militants- ' Aside from
i its severity they ,doubt if it will - be
possib?- for the Buffragettes to make
.'heroines of the two-Dublin prisoners,
, as they have done in the past of those
' "who have served jail sentences.
The women have generally gone to
r jall by' the score . or so at a time and
: kept up. .their spirits, ? through rea-f
li ration of their strength in-numbers
'by hunger strikes, refusal to perform
i prison tasks and sometimes by forci
ble resistance of their , custodians so
, 'effectively that the government has
many tiroes released them, before the
expiration' of their , terrns through
EGKER GETS
iJTItJUAIlCE IN
. New Tork, An sr. .7 The arraignment
icf Charles H. Becker charged .with
rr.urdr. ln-the flrst-egwe for procur
;ng the , murder of . Gambler.; Herman
Rosenthal, today was resumed before
eral sessions, ana was conunueu un
til MnnrlavO tr stivet John" W:' Hart.
'oMinul'-fin TZ&firo-r. time- trv mPTftrft
briefs and argument on two ' motions
iattacKJng me inarciraent ?nsiunsi. iuts
lieutenant. - Becker was not in court.
TToj-t nrpsfited affidauitJ alleging
(that one grand juror who participated
in the maicment was aosent irom me
Grand Jury room 'on three days when
evidence against Becker was heard
district Attorney wnitman saia xnai
this was a ridiculous attack on the
Indictment, as it was returned by at
least 12 men who heard . all ; the evi
dence, tie -eaid, thus complying with
the law. ' -
T.a14 Rnnrra TTSirBV aettl 8 WAS
rownea iaie iasi; mgui m me aio.
hTbe body has not been recovered. . -
, iTVAXTED. Repair man.- Call be
1 .tween 8 and 9 a.m. Thursday. Only,
- experienced . men , need apply.
Bridgeport Automobile. Co.,) 388
Fairfield Ave. - a
rTTAXTED. Machine blacksmith -and
tool hardener. "Apply American
- Graphophone Company Employ
' ment office, Howard. Ave. 9 a. m.
. - L 7 s o
pANCING tonight at Brooklawn Rink.
Speidel's orchestra and" Bijou Quar
tette. Admission, gentlemen 25c,
. ladies 15c. ' a
'
iJ)ONT 3IISS : the entertainment by
the Bijou . Quartete .tonight at
Brooklawn Rink. Regular admis
sion 25c and 15c 's : i a
TO REXT. Furnished room, aU 'Im
provements. 3 minutes irom trol
ley., ,191 Catherine St. . . L 6 spo
IX)ST. "Watch fob on State; between
Clinton and Bank t. J?'inaer re-
; turn 129 Water street. , Liberal re-
' ward. L 5 upo
POri SALE. Building lots on North
Ave., Stratford - r. R. Whitney,
1025 Main St. - L 5 so
SAJjE. Good two flat -house
with barn, centrally located.- D. R.
Whitney, 1025. Main St. L 5 s-o
FTOTES REPAIRED, all kind sup
- plies, all makes, pipe, grates, bricks,
etc. Charges reasonable. 1715 Main
Bt, 1 13 ao 1 1 5 tf .
; CtHCTEA HENS, ducks, roasting
' eblckens. broilers, fowl, liver pud
ding, rusage meat, bologna. Bora
mom & BUtx. O II 1 S e o
AUTOMOBILES FOR HIUE. Aston
Garage. Phone 3293. Day or
night. R6 tf o 13 5
XW TORE BOLOGNA and franK
furters. home trade meat loaf, fresh
daily. Peter Hron, m Stratford
At. U 28 tf I I o
PICTURES FRAMED, portraits en
larged, at lowest prices. Lesko's
Art. Store, 1203 East 'Main street,
between Shelton and Ogden Sts.
P 31 i po
FOR RENT. 200 foot dock lot, Har
bor St. Edward S. Hotchkiss, 528
Clinton Ave. Telephone. P 24 to
FOR SALE. Residence No.126 Elm
- wood Place with 50 or 100 foot
frontage. Edward S. Hotchkiss, 528
.Clinton Ave. Telephone. P 24 to
FOR SALE. Splendid building t lots.
Elmwood Place, Elmwood avenue,
" Fairfield avenue and Clinton ave
', nue. Established and convenient
location. Edward S. Hotchkiss, 52S
Clinton Ave. Telephone P 24 to
fJlY A BOX of Casca Laxine tablet
tor constipation. 25 cent.
, H 1 o
100 ENGRAVED WEDDING an
neuncements with two sets of en
velopes, $6.50. Southworth's. 10
' Arcade- . . DS .tf o
GO
MURDER
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CASE
sheer inability, to control them. '
Under English pen regulations,
however, Mrs.' Leigh and Miss Evans
will be hardly seen or heard from
during the entire five years of their
imprisonment-and by the time their
sentences expire the officials are
hopeful that militant' suffragetteism
will be a thing of the past.
The: police,, f however, are not so
sure the resort to extreme measures
will prove "as effective as the judicial
authorities anticipate'. They fear the
suffragettes will ' increase ; their 'ac
tivities in proportion to the rigor with
which the? courts deal with them and
that deaths may -be looked for In the
near future. 1 :' ;; . '. ," V---;
The attempt to burn the Theatre
Royal was made the night before the
date set "for " a speech there by Pre
mier AsqUlth 4on the subject of home
rule for Ireland.. A curtain and the
roarpet - near ' it ; were previously- soak
ed witn oil ana aurmg an, intermis
sion in-a performance one of the wo
men threw a burning chair, from a
box. . The curtain blared tip but was
put out .'before much damage, had
been done. Another ' attempt was
made to "i fire the" building by , putting
matches In a cinemetograph motor.
Following the woman's arrest, a score
of . gunpowder and combustibles : were
fond in their room, ; : , , .
' They said they came from England
to make a- demonstration' against the
Premier, for refusing to, give women
the ballot. - v., '-
The court room was crowded with
suffragettes : during the ',. trial and
gasps of horror and hysterical weep
ing among. : them- followed the sent
ence. The .prisoners, however, re
ceived their sentences coolly. ;
'-; The case against Miss Mabel ' Cap
per accused of participation in the at
tempt "at arson was withdrawn.
OARROW'S LAWYER : '
WILL IIOT APOLOGIZE
Los Angeles,- Aug. ,7 Still '.defiant.
"Earl Rogers, chief counsel , for the. de
fense in th Darrow V. bribery ferial,
plashed today to fight hi;sentenee to
jail tor contempt by T Judge' ITutton,- as
the result of remarks ' passed by him
regard ing r a wit ness b ef ore the court,
Rogers Insists that he was not in'm.
tempt '-Joti ctrar f,; vhen - he- ref errexr-to
O. Fi HrllAVer:'ft. Stat wtnfe. na
a' "fierjurer",..and he5 ha refused thus
xar to wicnarap ms. statement. May
er had testified . f.hat h'?. was; the V mys
terious, i stranger' ; who.' ..accompanied
Detective Franklin', tn Ttarrnw'i nffln
oh the morning before Franklin's iar-
resc ;ior; Drtoingieorgo . :DCkwooo..-.,
,EkGLAXD ASKS .CfFORMATIOX. ,
London, Aug. 7. Although ' Eng
land can do nothing short of declar
ing war to help the - five British
yachtsmen arrested, at J Eckernf eod
charged, with spying on Germany's
coast defenses... Foreign Secretary Sir
Edward Grey telegraphed today to
the Berlin embassy for full Informa
tion concerning the case. The "Eng
lish view is that the men were ob
viously .perfectly harmless tourists
and some newspapers urge, retaliation
upon German tourists in, England. '
TO RENT. Flat, six rooms, all im
provements, electric , lighting and
gas. 1218 Noble Ave. Apply on
premises. : v'. ' V ap
TOU CAN:: ALWAYS ' get. Budweiser
vu araugnt witn a fine free lunch
served every day. The Travelers
, Cafe & Grill, 40 Elm St, ap
DON'T FORGET our corned beef and
.cabbage ,supper,: free. Thursday,
August 8 at 5 p. m.. Travelers Cafe
& Grill, 40 Elm St. . . A ap
FOR $500.00 will pass title to two or
vYc new emgie , room cottages,
all improvements, North Main
street, Terry Farms tract. v Inquire
F. Jji, Keeler, 307 . Newfleld Bldg. '
' . L 7 s o
EHRET'S N. Y. LAGER," Ruppert's
Knickerbocker and Ruppiner, all
the best drinks and a fine free lunch
at , C1ncy's Caf e Poli Bldg., Fair
field Ave. . , a
FOR RENT. Eight-room house and
barn; all improvements, on Eliot St
Fairfield, two minutes walk from
railroad station, trolley,, post office,
. stores, library and churches. Keys
to be had next door. -S. P. Deyo.
' ' : L 7 d p 1 3 5
WANTED Girls to inspect records.
Apply American Graphophone Co
; Disc record department, Howard Av
entrance. f' x ' D27 tfo
FOR' SALE.r-Buildlng lots on Bishop
Ave., near Barnum. Low price
- Easy terms. D. R. Whitney, J 025
: Main St. L 5 so
INGRAIN CARPETS. Special bar
gains. - Fine new patterns, all first
quality goods. You can do best at
The Wentwprth Furniture Co., 115
J9hn street, 1013 Broad street.
' -; ' " L 5 tf.
AT BOMMOS tk RTT.'TO t a Trrrv
State St. Will have Sausage Meat
naay ana ssaturaay. 1 18 tf. o
WANTED. Housewives to try Crouch
. & Plassmaun's "Never Enough"
pure milk bread. ' Ask your grocer
for It. . S16tapo
WANTED Everybody to know that
we sell furniture. linoleum, j rugs,
ranges, refrigerators,, baby . car
riages; cash or credit. Glasner
ruiniLure yo., us. Maln et.
U 24- tf o
YOU DONT .WANT any old junk or
oia tnings' arouna yc-.:r premises,
but we want them as we need them
for our business. Sell them to
Jacob Bros. We will pay you the
. highest price and get them out , of
your way - Prompt , attention arid
satisfaction is -our record. 55 Kos
suth St. Tel. 236. B 6 tf.
ARE YOU looking for a nice house?
I have house, situated in residential
section, North End, beautiful lawn,
- cement walks. newly painted, paper
ed, all improvements, 200 feet from
Main St. Can be turned into two
family house", with little expense. - A
Levy, Agent, 674 Madison Ave.
.v,,.. ., . ' . - S 30 tf, o
SON
NOMINATION FOR
V LITCLfcNEW
1
MAYOR WILSON
DEFENDS HIS i
BONDING PLAN
Thinks Stratford Avenue
Bridge Should Be lOOOPeeij
; Wide With 45 Feet for L-':
Vehicles
Boulevard to Payerweath'er
Island Would Carry With
It Large Fill and Place for.
Athletics.
Mayor Wilson; discussing his mes
sage, to the Common Council, said, to
day: , '( . .;''.'.;; ' . 'y-.
- VA number of ; other ' changes have
been1 suggested by the work and in
vestigation of the. various departments
of our city, but those 1 which I have
enumerated in, my, communication r to
the Common Council, Monday evening,
seem : to be the most , impor tant ones.
'W must not lose sight of the fact
that ' Bridgeport is growing .'very .rapid
ly, and it seems to me that the pro
jects suggested would have a, tendency
to stimulate the, .developments of our
city and materially aid it to achieve
the place for which it is destined.
"'The larger improvements cannot be
had .by relying1 solely upon the revenue
derived from taxes, without a material
increase In the tax rate. ' Tha only
way. by whiih .we. can enjoy these im
provements and -keep pace .with the.
neeas or our .city ;w , by 'spreading the
cost', of such - projects over a term of
years. This is accomplished by-means
of bonding. By issuimr serial; bonds. :
which means the retirement of a cer
tain amount of the indebtedness thus
creaeir ah . year, the. old - policy ?o
pay as you go' is adhered to, for there
is ; nc reason , why any improvement5 of
a permanent-nature should be paid -for
in any one year. h ;The; enjoynwmt of
Bucn project - is . just as keen ; a , t e-wf
years:: after ilts i completion, .as ; on'- he
day. c-f ' its first enjoyment; yMs
method . enables tH city tc keop its
tax t-ate, stable and yet have the bene
fit of many things which it needs. ;
am ; unalterably '.opposed ; to a
higher tax - rate than . 15 ; mills, and I
believe , that- this : rate",'hould remain
fixed year in , and year 'out. - - There is
nothing: more -attractive - to outsiders
and no - greater? source- of satisfaction
to the people, within our - borders than
the knowledge that the finances of our
city -are absolutely stable. -,
' "One of the ' things mentioned in' my
communication to the Viouncil Monday
evening was the installation of pump
ing stations for : the purpose of dispos
ing of the sewage ' of the city. This
would comprehend the construction . of
a few large interceptor sewers : which
would conduct the waste to the pump
ing t stations and- by them ,'; be carried
ofr to a distance: fhich . would i make
impossible any nuisance. i
."The harbor is quite foul' now from
the sewage which empties into it, and
as the city s grows, unless this is rem
edied, the results ; will-; be well nigh
unbearable., The destructive burping
of garbage, ashes and ' rubbish, as is
done In other ctiies, . would furnish
power which could be utilized at the
pumping stations. I would like to see
the city collect all ashes and rubbish,
excluding only the waste products of
our manufacturing plants.
"The present- almshouse is unsafe
and only by ' the greatest vigilance . is
It kept sanitary. . . It is wholly inade
quate for the needs of 'our, city in this
particular. The almshouse is -open to
the inspection .of.' any o our citizens
and may be examined by any one in
terested enough to visit the same.
"The river traffic has made it nec
essary to dredge to a greater depth
above Bast Washington avenue bridge
than was contemplated when the pres
ent bridge was constructed. About a
year ago , the ' government engineers
who were dredging the harbor found
it would he- unsafe to dredge to the
same depth, under this bridge as- they
did above and ' below the bridge. It
should be replaced with a wider one.
In making, this improvement,' as in all
others, . the future growth of the city
should be kept in mind. ,
"The proposed State street ' bridge
which was intended to relieve traffic
conditions around, Fairfield avenue and
Main street, has been , reported by the
city engineer as not feasible; ' the
strructure would be awkward and the
cost almost' prohibitive for the city.
A bridge 100 feet wide to replace the
Stratford avenue bridge would amply
provide for the . traffic at this point.
It would permit of wide sidewalks, a
space for trolley tracks and approxi
mately 45 feet for vehicles. .1 believe
that the railroad company would co
operate and . remove the pier which at
present stands in the middle of Fair
field, avenue, under its viaduct, which,
by the way, should never have been
there, and truss, from the pier south
to the one immediately north of the
one in the Street. This would give
a convenient approach to the bridge
from Fairfield avenue . and Water
street both north and south of Fair
field avenue.
"It probably would be desirable to
widen Stratford avenu.e. as far east as
Kossuth street, but this would involve
very little expense, as there are no
buildings of large value along this
point. The railroad people would of
course pay Its portion of the cost of
this- bridge as well as of East Wash
ington avenue bridge.
"The rapid development as suggest
ed of Fayerweather Island would give
us a boulevard from Seaside Park to
the island; - The - project would also
comprehend the' erection of adequate
and commodious bath houses to re
place the present cramped quarters of
the bathers, and also the reclaiming
of many acres of ground to the im
mediate west of Seaside Park, where
an athletic field could be laid out for
all kinds of sports. These are just
a few of the things which the im
provements suggested contemplate."
Atlantic City. Judge Keffer, of the
City court, will try to break a law to
prove the guilt of James xjoliotty,
charged with exceeding, the speed lim
it. Collotty de"nies his machine can go
Jhirty miles an hour. - -
NOTIFIED OF
PRESID
JERSEY
Gathering of 10,000 People
S on Lawn, Including Gov
ernors, Senators, Con
gressmen and Many Nota
ble, As Well As Plain,
Democrats.
Summer Capital 4 Literally
. Overrun With - Visitors
When, Democratic Stand
ard Bearer Reads His
Speech of Acceptance
This Afternoon.
tji Sea Girt, Aug. . 7. When- a; ; train
from New York , carrying .many extra
coaches this afternoon brought to Sea
Girt' the major portion of the Wilson
notification committee, numerous na
tional' committeemen, -a' scattering of
governors and hundreds - of - mere
Democrats, it was estimated that
more than 10,000 people had gather
ed from every corner of r the country
to see Gov. Woodrow Wilson get the
news that he was nominated a month
ago for President by the Baltimore
convention. :. j. , ' ;
Sea Girt mainly is made up of the
"Little White House" Its lawn, and
the New - Jersey, rifle range -and, the
town never before saw such a crowd.
From early morning they came, from
New York, Washington, Philadelphia,
from the string or Jersey - coast re
sorts and from the west,-by train, by
automobile, j by horse and - afoot. Long
before-time . for OUle James to . tell
the Governor; of hia nomination, ! the
summer capital was literally overrun
with visitors. . - ' .
William: L.r Libber, Princeton '77,
the-Vmanv who caused -adoption of
riro-nira arA TtljJ'lr In'thft ftllr of Old
Nassau by wearing a' cravat " Of that
cbrnbihafion at, the psychological mo
ment, was a guest of , sufficient im
portance to interrupt Gov- Wilson's
conversation with two governors.
The first campaign .' trip, . of Gov.
Wilson probably will be a tour '-of
Maine; Gov. Plaisted .today, invited
the nominee to make, such a trip. -
Gov. Wilson -stood . at j the .edge of
his lawn and shook hands steadily for
a quarter of. an hour whe heSTeeted
9 6 0 " wafdTUbrrieir f nJTBr" Jersey eity,
wh6r. invaded Set? .GiTt, with a band
and marched lh single file before the
Little White House. : f v-: . ; '
; Gov Marshall -and Mrsu , Marshall
arrived at Sea Girt 'by automobile
from Spring Lake and the President
ial and vice-presidential 1 nominees
stood on, Wilson lawn &nd greeted the
delegation from - Jersey; City : while
Mm Wilson entertained; Mrs. Mar
shall ' on - the front porch after, which
the candidates retired tb the house.
Headed .. by Senatorrelect ,. Ollie
James, the Kentucky giant,,: and Mrs.
C. B." Overfleld, ; the diminutive ' wo
man member from IJtah, -the notinca
tlon committee arrived at Sea Girt at
1:4&. Four Democratic" governors
were in the party, Baldwin of Con
necticut, , Foss of . Massachusetts, Dix
of - . New York, . and Doonaghey of
Arkansas,- making six present for; the
ceremonies. , Mann , of xVirginia and
Plaisted of Maine ' having" already ar
rived. , .',-''.' ' ;-; '
: In the party-also were U. S. Sena
tor Myers of Montana v . and Repre
sentatives Heflin of .Alabama-.? and
Johnson of Kentucky... ' Former Na
tional Chairman Norman E. Mack of
New York, James Hamilton : Lewis, of
Illinois, and Charles R. Crane : of
Chicago, the newly appointed vice
chairman, of the Democratic finance
committee. t r h
The party was greeted on the
porch by Gov. and . Mrs! . Wilson and
immediately went into lunch.
William J. Bryan sent a telegram
regretting he could , not be present.
It was announced Judge Alton B.
Parker was on his way , here with
Charman McCombs. ': .
Sea Girt,, N. J., Aug.? 7. When the
Democratic Notification; Committee
headed by Senator-elect Ollie James
of Kentucky, and flanked by Senators.
Congressmen . and - Governors, today
gathered on the trampled lawn of the
"Little White House" to tell Governor
Wilson , that .. he . was nominated for
President by the Baltimore Conven-.
tion, a month ago, : informality and
simplicity were the order of the day.
Gov. -Wilson had , only the vaguest
idea of the day'a proceedings and his
lieutenants were equally uncertain as
to actual '.plans, but nobody bothered
about- details. When the Governor
arose at his usual hour he knew that
James was to tell him ? that he had
been nominated for President and that
he was to make a speech in reply ac
cepting the nomination, and declaring
hie principles. That . speech the Gov
ernor was prepared to read. The Gov-
ernory also knew, that luncheon was to
be served about half -past one to mem
bers of the committee and' distinguish
ed visitors, but he was not sure of the
identity of any of the prospective
guests other than the chief actors in
the play. It sufficed that food enough
was prepared to feed all that could get
in the house. .
It was agreed by Gov.. Wilson, Mrs,
Wilson and the daughters, that they
would etand on the -veranda of the
"Little White House" and : receive all
guests'with a word-and a hand shake;
the leaders and as many others as
could were to tit on the .veranda, and
the balance would ' be accommodated
on . the lawn. . - 1
That was all there was to the day's
program so far as 'the candidate at
Sea Girt was concerned. --
It was near 1 o'clock when the main
body of the notification committee and
distinguished guests reached Sea Girt,
but long before that spectators began
to invade the summer capital by train,
automobile and afoot. -About fifty
members of - the notification commit
tee, forty or more national committee
men and many . Governors left; New
York at tl o'clock, Speaker. Clark and
Congressman Underwood were expect
ed to be present. ' -Clear
skies .and cool winds greeted
Sea Girt for the greatest day in its
history. It was well, for ; the Wilson
lawn is -the only . spot' in Sea Girt
where the large crowd could' be ac
commodated and there Is not a roof
within miles under which the assem
blage could gather in the event of un
favorable weather.
The notification committee consisted
of 52 persons, one representative from
(Continued from Pas :L)
HIS
ENT AT
W
MIMIC WAR -WILL
WAGE
IN FEW DAYS
Chief Umpire Brig.-Gen.
Bliss Expected Tomorrow
or Friday Others Com
ing in Next Two Days ;
Camp at Stratford Enter
tains Many Visitors
Much - Activity In Prepar
ing for Big War Garnet
: With the ' beginning f the mimic
warfare in Connecticut.; onfy a few
days off, activities at ' the- Paradle
Green camp .where the chief umpires
will be quartered, are .very brisk. - All
day long :visitor0v are "coming and go
ing to the camp and . the. scene is en
livened now and. then by ths arrival
of troopers and military attaches.:
Saturday will "see the beginning of
the war game which will bev played
out on' the scale of what the army of
ficers know as the -"major military
tactics,'? '"hoping to demonstrate wheth
er New " York can be r captured or not,
by an '..imaginary 'enemy landing on
the Massachusetts coast.
The -war wll ' wage wlth due fierce
ness until the end of the coming week.
Already the Bed Army of Invasion hasl
landed at- New Bedford, Mass., - ad
vanced ' on Boston and defeated - the
Blue Army which- is in retreat to Al
bany by way.of Worcester and Spring
field, Mass. ? A Red , Army-: has- occui
pied providence, R. 1., and is moving
unopposed - westward,'. leaving small
garrisons in ' the principal' cities, oh the
way. The main Red Army is-pushiug
ori to New Haven,' driving the defend
ing troops before it. ;
The manoeuvres will be divided into
two , periods,- the first to ;.be, known as
the insruc'tional.and the second as the
final in which the two' armies will
met7for: the -actual bathes. Qvef 20.
OOfrttroops vwilr tikei-pai,iy3,Cdi:rf them
regUlsrs made? up- bf ' thfc. Tenth !.t?ay
airy,1 Fifth vlnfantry, the Second Bat
talion of the Third I Field ' Artillery,
Company B,- First Battalion 'Engin
eered Company A, Signal Corps and a
section ofj the aviation service. The
remainder "of the' troops are the Na
tional Guards from New York, vNw
J"ersey," Massachusetts, Maine and Con
necticut." : ( ' -" - "? -. ? v ' 7 '""
The Blue Army ; of defence .will 'be
under the command of General E6V
ward J. McClernapd, " of the Pacific
Division, f and the Invading; Army of
Reds under General Frederick:. ''A'.
Smith of ' the Central Army division.
Brig.-Gen. Tasker .H. - Bliss, command
er of the Department, of the Easty -will
be official umpire, assisted By - a 'staff
of !: one . hundred officers drawn -from
all branches of the regular , service
with - headquarters, at .Paradise Green
in Stratford. . .'', . '. '. .
Outside' the ' first day's movements
nothing is "known of the details of the
work the following days except by
the 1 commanding officers. ' . The ' first
day's movements will- be simply, a con
centration of forces on . both sides and
will take but a few hours, and will
bring the troops into the sphere of op
erations. -After that v. they, will be
moved from one point to another on
the chess board following the plans
already la'id ' out. All the concentra
tion points are not yet known, but in
fantry will be scattered in camps from
New Haven to ' the . New ; York state
ine at Poughkeepsie. , , Cavalry will be
centered at Bridgeport and Milford
and New Taven and the artillery will
be stationed in the vicinity! of Dan
bury. The latter' will not come into
action until the 14th probably.
It is expected, that -by the night of
the tenth the lines of the two armies
will have 'been established. The. lines
of the two armies will at that .stage
be about 25 miles long and an ' early
theoretical ' engagement is expected. .
At the camp in Stratford it was an
nounced today that Brig.-Gen. Bliss
and other officers who are to be sta
tioned at the umpire .camps, are ex
pected to arrive tomorrow night or
some time Friday. Gen. Bliss will
come by yacht with others and it is
expected that; he will locate his-boat
at the : Bridgeport Yacht club.- His
tent quarters at the - camp have been
prepared as have the ' other , officers'
tents.' i ' . ' :
- Captain . Wllburr Willing of Co. . B,
TJ. S. tJngineers Corps, who is in com
mand of the camp at Paradise Green;
which is designated as the chief umpire's-camp,
went to New York today
to confer with Col. Black,' chief of the
Engineers, and Major Hanir," assistant
to the jUdge advocate general, relative
to the manoeuvres.' !: ,
Material' and : equipment - for i the
camp of Gov..1 Dix of New York, who
will be one of the officers at the chief
umpire's camp, arrived today and im
mediate, preparations were made - for
his . camp. There are something like
75 officers in the umpire's outfit. In
addition, to these who are provided for
In a ' long row of brand ; new tents,
which were .set up yesterday, there
will be about that same number of
militia officers to observe the man
oeuvres. They will be quartered in
tents in the rear of the officers' -tents,
which were being put up today.
! A large automobile garage is being
built to keep the machines used for
messenger service. , This was nearly
completed todsry. . . .
Troops passed through Bridgeport
today. Two batteries of field artillery
plodded along State street about. 6:55
o'clock this morning and the patter,
patter of the horses hoofs awakened
many of the people on that street
who ; were ' glad of the opportunity to
see the soldiers. These soldiers have
been on a hike from Virginia. They
have been making between 17 and 25
miles each day and left Southport
about 5 o'clock this morning, headed
for Milford. The batteries are In com
mand of Major C. P.'Summerall. Bat
tery F has Captain F. H. Gallup- in
command, and Battery D is command
ed by Captain W. D. Newbil. The sol
diers looked in good trim and as they
swung into Main street and proceeded
down Fairfield avenue to Stratford
avenue, thence on to Milford. they at
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nut mvoti
FOR FAIRFIELD
TPORT T
Bithulithic to Be Laid
Over Macadam Under
(Special. to The Farmer.)
Fairfield, Aug. f, Fairfield is to
have its first 'permanent pavement.
Sontracts between the Warren
ros. Co.,. .originators of the bithu
lithic . pa-ement, and the state' high-;
way department have been entered
into and signed whereby the , main
road ' from the - Ash Creek - bridge to
the Westport ' town line will be per
manently paved. .
Work on the contract, will be start
ed almost immediately or. as soon as
the pavement company can get their
men here." At the present time the
company is doing some work for the
state highway department at Green
wich. The work Is' almost completed.
' Bithulithic -pavement has been
' Coliseum,' "Chicago, Aug. .-Because
the resolutions committee fail
ed, to cut its platform down to small
enough compass to suit its president
ial candidate, CoL1 Roosevelt, the na
tional -, progressive ;. convention was
forced! to; recess j fts afternoon sessimi
until late In the, day. The platform,
in nearly every instance, ' followed the
lines suggestedSby Roosevelt in his
speech of yesterday. . It .was agreed
by moit" of the delegates that Coh
Roosevelt should be nominated for
President and Governor Jcfanson of
California for vice-president ; .
The only business transacted in the
first session 'today was the- perfecting
of the permanent prganizaticn ! with
all .the'-tetnporary i fficals . inclucijntf
Senfctor Beveridge . , as permanent
chairman, and the approval at a re
port . by- State Chairman Hotchkiss of
New ' , York on. the progress, of the
work in the. Empire State. , '
f The first. of the state delegations to
arrive .at.the Coliseum was California.
Headed by a blaring band that played
TherWearing(of ;the Green" the dele
gates paraded 'around the hall. A few
minutes later the New York and
Illinois delegations, arrived and they
also marched through the aisles head
ed by ' their ' bands ; and a. " banner
labelled ; "Funk's hat." The . battered
fedora thrown into the center of the
hall by Senator Funk, the progressive
candidate for Governor, of Illinois was
firmly fastened to . the top of the
Illinois standard. J-: - i
At 11:55 there were only 450 per
sons in the gallery although most Of
the delegates were in their seats.
Rabbi Gessen B. . Levi, of Chicago,
delivered the opening invocation when
the ; convention was called to order
at 11:30 by , Chairman - Beveridge. ,
' The report of the permanent organ
ization committee was presented by
Chairman Charles E.' Scott of Ala
foama. -
It made the temporary organization
permanent. " , .
Medill McCormick of.. Illinois was
TRUMBULL FARMER
klLLEDJJY TRAIN
Elisha W. Gedney Struck at
Beardsley Crossing
Train Was'Late
Elisha ftf. Gedney, a well known
resident of Daniels Farms, was in
stantly killed by the south bound
Berkshire division " passenger train
due here at 11 a. m., -a few minutes
after .11 o'clock this morning when
the train speeding to make up time,
struck hia buggy at Beardsley's cross
ing, in North Bridgeport.:
Gedney drove directly across the
tracks, apparently ignorant .of his
danger until warning blasts from the
locomotive whistle came too late to
allow him to clear, the train.
The. man was' flung fully 60 feet,
while the horse was tossed down an
embankment. The buggy was reduc
ed to kindling. Fi C.; Schleichert, the
florist, hurried to the scene, hearing
the crash, .and - he returned to his
home to summon the ambulance corps
hoping that there might be a spark
of -life left in the ill-fated man.
He brought back a shot gun with
which he mercifully ended the death'
throes of the badly mangled horse .
When Dr. Piatt reached the scene in
the ambulance, he found Gedney
dead, his skull crushed, and he took
the body to Rourke "& Rourke's
morgue.
Gedney was past middle age. He
lived alone in a' small house on a
little farm in Daniels Farms. Up to
a late hour no relatives had appeared
to claim the body. '
Banford S. Beach, a . neighbor of
Gedney In. Daniels Farms, arrived just
after the accident, before the arrival
of the ambulance. He identifed the
victim- ' i
POLICE KILLED
St. Petersburg, Aug. 7. Strongly
entrenched on a . hillside near Shiriz,
ex-Shah Mohammed All Mirza of Per
sia and his followers belit off an at
tack by s Persian military police today,
according to a message received here
from Teheran. .Twenty of the police
were killed or wounded. Among the
latter was one of the two Swedish of
ficers commanding the attacking par
ty. - The news is the first that the ex
Shah, who has made one previous at
tempt to recover the throne, was in
the, field, nyjln. ,
ROOSEVELT D
OF-GONVENTiO
: y : ' CONDENSED
AVEMENT
ft: ..TO,
Two Inches Deep
Slate's Supervision
tried in many , places, the nearest hers
being at Waterbury. There it is giv
ing very good satisfaction. Boston
with heavy traffic also finds satisfac
tion with the same pavement.
The contractors have a patented
preparation, the main ingredients be
ing crushed .stone" and asphalt. With
otner preparations' the two ', mention-'
ed above arcr weighed and scientifical
ly mixed. The foundation for the
pavement - is the present macadam
which will be scraped to the right
level. A two inch layer of the pat
ient; pavement Is laid. The state de
partment has experimented with many
sorts of pavement and now conclude '
that the bithulithic is superior to any :
other construction with the exception
of the wood Jalock. '
; The Warren Bros. Co. have given a ,
five year guarantee with the contract
ELAYS WORK
given an enthusiastic reception as. he
read the report of the committee on
rules already made public.
His. declaration that the party
should be known as the progre 4ve
party was greeted with cheers as was
his statement that representation
should be based on actual votes on '
the 10,000 basis in addition to ths
regular delegate from each congrs- ,
sional district. ;
Former Gov. Hamilton of Illinois
moved to amend the rules to read
that the name of the party rhoold
be . the national progressive party or
the progressive party, the name" be
optionable In the various states.
The rules committee then with
drew its report for tne preset';! ..and
Chairman W. H. HotchkiE wp re
CoRire'l .to report or fhe T-flo't
of the" party ih the JT-mrir- Ft?.
Meanwhile the rules committee agreed
to try and agreed, on the name problem.-
- .
When the motion to recess until 2:29
was - made. Henry Allan of Kansas
moved to proceed to he nomination of
candidates for . President and - Vice
President. 'His 'motion was ruled out
of order ,by Chairman Beveridge and
then Allan moved to suspend the rules
so that nominationsriiig't be saaAe.
Tim Woodruff of fNetv . .York was
recognized and declared that the Dem
ocrats , were severely criticized for
adopting- the methods of nominating
before agreeing on the platform. Suci
a procedure'he said, was unfair to the
Bill Flinn of Pennsylvania objected
to Woodruff's - contentions, declaring
that most .of the Penftsylvania dele
gates ..wantedta-KQ-bojuo. Xate .today. ,
Let-u-:get-tbrouglrrwith' U.e, pro
gram and . nominate-now." , he shouted.
"We can 'get through with the oratory
anyhow. We are hampered with rule
anyhowl . Let us throw them . over
board." Former Governor Fort ,of New Jer
sey appealed to ' have .the regular order
followed, bur moved as an amendment
that the recess be taken until one
o'clock. This was done. ; '
SYAm ASHOREVITII
ONE ARM HELPLESS
f . :
Plight ; of Track Walker
Who Fell From Eail-
road Bridge
, Eugene Bassett. 99 Wall street, fell
from a. railroad bridge,, dialocated his
left shoulder., struck the water and;
swam ashore with one arm helpless,
when he lost his balance waiving the i
track near Westport yesterday after- j
noon. 1 1 , " . f
Then he walked to a trolley car and j
nursing his painful member rode Into j
the city to have his arm attended at ;
the emergency hospital,' He walked ;
home from the hospital, refusing fur- :
ther aid when Dr. Piatt reduced th ,
dislocation. '
TROOPS REFUSE
TO MOVE AGAINST
:,: ;vM0HTEIlE6tiHIS:
Vienna,4 Aug. 7. Ordered by tho
Sultan to march against the Montene
grins, the commander of the Turkish,
troops at Salonika today refused to
go, according to a telegram from Con
stantinople. . He explained that in
View of the soldiers' present state of
mind, against the government he con
sidered it inadvisable to precipitate
trouble by asking them to fight for it. .
Lacking reinforcement from the
rear, threatened from In front by the
already victorious Montenagrins and
beset on all sides by the Albanian re
bels, the Turkish force now on the
frontier is fh danger of extermination.
The Turkish minister to Montent
gro will demand his passports tomor
row, It was stated in a despatch from
Cettinje. ' , "
SUIVTAN DOUBLE GUARDED
FOR FEAR OF ASSASSINATION.
Constantinople, Aug. 7. The Sul- ;
tan s guard ( was doubled, today. Hi
assassination was feared. Foreigners ;
were also in danger. Publication of'
the news was suppressed, but every
one knew of the latest. Italian success.
of the rebel victories In Albania and
that Montenegrins occupied Turkish
soil. It was rumored Bulgaria was
about to invade Macedonia. The peo
ple believed the foreigners were aboufc
to partition Turkey and held the gov- ,
msnxmvox - responsible.
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