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BRIDGEPORT, dONN.,THURSDAY, AUGUST 15,1912
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PRICE ONE CENT
ECKER'S BANK ACCOUNT
GROWS AS BANKERS OPEN
THEIR BOOKS TO WHITMAN
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LYNCH RESIGNS
LEADERSHIP OF
IV. IV. BAND
George Sanger Temporarily As;
sumes Leadership of Famous I
Organization
The press of business and ill health,
are the reasons given by John .A.
Lynch, for 15 years V leader of the
Wheeler & 'Wilson band, for his resig
SENSATIONAL
AFFRAY SHOCKS
SUMMER FOLK
Bodies Of Three
Hartmanns To Be
Taken FromiGravB
DECISIVE BATTLE BETWEEN 1
BLUES AND REDS EXPECtM
TOMORROW NEAR REDDING
New York. Aug1. IS Threatened -with
handcuffs and with incarceration in
the :Tbmbs, Sam Schepps today gave
tip his tactics for delay and started for
5Cew York on an early train, accord
ing to Information received from Hot
Borings, Ark., by District Attorney
Whitman. The route to be traveled
and the time of the prisoner's arrival
In New York will be secret, the dis
trict attorney said. , '
When the Rosenthal gTand , jury re
convened today there were many , wit-
nesses waiting-, said to be connected
"with banking institutions who would
Rii-e further information about Lieu
tenant Becker's ueposiis. The district
attorney said he expected before night
at least seven indictments or perhaps
a blanket Indictment against seven
persons, charging- them . with the
'.Rosenthal murder. The seven in
clude Becker, the four actual gunmen
who are 'Lefty" Louie, "Whitey"
Lewis, "Dago Frank" - Ciroficl , and
"Gyp the Blood." ,
Jack Sullivan and Shapiro were the
others mentioned. It was said that
when Coroner Feinberg convened , the
rRosenthal inquest set for this after,
noon, the hearing would be continued
until such time as the district attor
ney had rounded up more of the facts.
When -the Board of Aldermen cn
September i begins to probe the Ro
senthal murder and the police pcraft
charges started by the crime, repre
sentatives of the volunteer - citizens
committee will be on hand .to see that
KEROSENE RAG AND
HOT STOVE PROVED
BAD COMBINATION
Woman Cleaning .Hot Lids
; Painfully Burned : In ;
! , Burst oFlames t
sene rag ' proved risky business fbr
llrs. 1 Mary Monkus, wife of h.nanes
ilonkus, a laborer living at 134 Dew
ey street early today: ' v v v J
Mrs. Monkus was preparing break
fast for her husband t whert, she
. snatched the-rag from a bexson which
: kerosene can .was lefU-lli corner
of the kitchen. She had no sooner
applied it to the stove than there was
a burst of flame that enveloped har
head , and forearms. - f i -
1 ' Her screams af oused ner husband,,
who first beat out the flames of har
.clothing then rushed out to box 2.12
; to sound - a fire . alarm. iA'. dash of
' chemicals killed .the .blaze. -
The fire ate up a small portion of
the woodwork of the kitchen,1 and did
small damage.' Mrs. Monkus' injuries
were dressed by Dr. Parker of 1 the
ambulance corps, who k found them
not dangerous enough to warrant her
removal from home. - - I '
GHAUPIOHSHIP GIRLIES r
THAT -GAME. AS "QUADS":
CELEBRATE TEHTH DAY
I
Boston, Aug. 16. Selecting, suit
able names for the 10 days old Seeley
.quadruplets was the questlbii which,
I today, occupied the minds of Papa,
land Mamma Seeley. Already the fond
parents have been deluged with sug
' eestlons regarding the naming of the
''quads.' Despite all pessimistic
prophesies, the rjittle Seeleys merely
'1 celebrated their 10th day on earths by
yelling lustily, wriggling and con
'ducting themselves much like ordi
nary babies. Physicians and attend
' ants are becoming convinced that the
'"championship girlies" are going f to
i upset all precedent and, possibly "live
to vote." ; - :
1XR SAIjE. Two draught horses.
Quick buyer. Geo. P. Moore, truck
man. L,i5spo
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13I.ECTRICIAXS WANTED Men ex
perienced in wiring buildings and
automobiles. Apply Locomobile Co.
of America. LilBs'e
SnTATIOX WANTED First class
cake foreman like to make a
change. Can make the cake trado
pay. Baker, this office.
" L 15 s
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CALL ON VS when in need : of sou
venir badges, Gold and Silver Med
als, name plates, stencils, seals and
stamp supplies. Metal, ' Glass and
Enamel signs. The Schwerdtlo
Stamp Co., 41 Cannon St. .L15d"
FOR SAIE. At a bargain, slightly
used high grade Player -Piano.
Cram, 347 State St. L13rpo
5jlY A BOX of Casca Laxin tablet'
for constipation. 2& cents.
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AT B03IMOS A BFLrTZ MARKET in
State St. Will have Sausage Meat
Friday and Saturday. 118 tf . o
100 ENGRAVED WEDDING an
nouncements with two sets of en
velopes, $6.50. Southworth's, 10
Arcade. - D tf o
LOST. Rough red haired dog, Irish
; terrierAnswers to the name "Pin."
Afraid of men, but will answer a
woman. Derby license tag. Reward
ror return to 643 North Ave. - Tele
phone 2812. L13 a'o
AR3fY CAMPS: Automobiles for
rent to visit the interesting Army
Camps. Reasonable rates, comfort
able cars and careful drivers.
Phone No. 1652-2. Bridgeport
Garage & Equipment Co. No. 168
Thompson St. L 12 do
WANTED. Everybody to know that
' Lesko's Art Store is the only art
store where you can have portraits
enlarged, pictures framed, etc., low
est prices. 1203 East Main, between
Shelton and Ogden Sts. t
L 12 t .p o
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ARMY CAMPS: Automobiles: for
rent to visit the interesting Army
.Camps. Reasonable rates, comfort
. able cars and careful drivers,
f Phone No. 1652-2. Bridgeport
' Parage & Equipment Co., No. 168
ainvmoawn SU 12 do
the inquiry is a thOTWigh one and no
guilty man is spared. . . .-. '
Practical preparations were today
being made to carry out the strong
resolutions on ; the Rosenthal ; assassi
nation and its attendant expose adopt
ed at the mass meeting that brought
but the largest crowd Cooper "y Union
ever saw. ' '' . "x -.. ' ,
"Whereas, It appears from the -.brutal
murder of Herman Rosenthal when
he was on the point of making im
portant disclosures to; the 'district at
torney that there has :grai develop
ed in this city a treasonable connec
tion between some membeisof the pc
lice . department and organized crime,"
was the preamble of the . rHsolutions
adopted which called on the police
department, the district attorney and
the Board of Aldermen or a thor
ough and impartial investigation and
to make the demand etronger it -was
ordered that ' the signers of the orig
inal call for a mass meeting be con
stituted a committee to see that the
provisions of the resolution ; were car
ried out. - ;." - ' .: --. .
District Attorney Whitman, Dr. Ly
man Abbott and several clergymen ad
dressed the meeting from which thou
sans were turned away for lack of
room. ' - v '- ' - -. ' . ' " -
Additional evidence in possession of
the district attorney, today, was said
to make Lieutenant Becker's known
bank - deposits now total r.:ore Lhan
$55,000. 'J' r-- v.JJ
Because of a fight in the west side
prison between Jack Sullivan , and
"Bridgie" Webber, Sullivan was re
moved to the- Tombs. r -: '-. - ; s "
UNGLE SAM MAY a
HAVE TO HIi
y GENERAL EllA
,. San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua, Aug.
15 Members of ' the, . peace , committee
from the Central American arbitra
tion court at Car tego, Costa Ricf. are
where they 'will . try Ho - effect a com
promiee between' President Dias. gov
ernment i and s ex-War Minister Mena.
the revolutionary leader it, is .feared
here, however, that' General Mena,' will
not talk peace until hehaa. been whip
ped and American intervention ear
neatly -hoped: for.- v.; .-'
ButJ for the fire of ' the United
States ; bluejackets? and rnarfnea 'in
Managua -messages,; ; from : there, say.
tne revoiuiioinsxs vnouui. venoTOijf
Jiave Captured "the city, yesterday, ita
hatiVe defenders being completely -demoralized
: and the revolutionists - ac
tually in its outfikirte. Their artillery
fire, according to all accounts," was de
liberately directed toward the HJnited
States legation.. t
y The fturhber' of killed and woimaea,
fenoTts sav. runs hiarh into the hun
dreds, ; including scdres of women and
children. . - -No
new has -been received 4 .of to
day's '? developments . but- at , last ac
counts the revolutionists ' were- paam
Jy preparing . for a ' fresh attack. , , t :
TEN YEARS BOY :-
KILLS TfO 111 ;
DEFENDING FATHER
Norfolk. 'Aug. 15 Henry De Waters,
10 years old,, .was, today,,: held for
killing two persons and wounding a
third, whom it was : -charged he ehot
down when they attacked his father,
Rudolph De ' Waters. ?Av neighborhood
fight started the battle, Niccola Bat
telieres, .hia wife and -two brothers,
Charges and Mike, attacking the elder
Tie Waters ' The 1 bov. ambushed, be
hind a dodr fired at close range with
. . . -a
a rifle - when the- Batteueres lnvaaea
the De Waters porch. Niccola and his
wife were killed and ; Mike was . eeri
ousy, wounded. .
TO RENT. A good Ave Toom flat,
N.o. .587 Union Ave., all conveni
ences, $16. Apply to D. R. Whife
, ney, 1025 Main St. L14bo
NO HOSIERY quite equal to Iron
i Clad. The Allen Kushion Komf ort
Shoe. Some good bargains in rugs.
978 Main St. L.15 bj
FOR SALE. Edison $50.00 'phbno-
graph, .complete and 70 records for
$25.00, 46 Liberty: street. Middle
-. bell. ' ' v- ap
RENTS. -Berkshire Ave. 378,. first
floor,' 6 rooms; -380,, second floor, 7
? rooms. f Modern improvements, . 1
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WANTED. A woman to do general
houseWQrfc from' 7:00 a. m. to . 5:00
p. m. ' 'Apply at No. 906. Kossuth
street evenings,! between frOO-'and
. , 8:00 o'clock, i- L14 so
WANTED Girls to Inspect records.
Apply, American Graphophone Co.,
Disc record department; Howard Av
entrance. D27 tfo
INGRAIN CARPETS. Special bar
gains. Fine iew 'patterns,' all first
quality good ' You can do best at
The Wentworth Furniture Co., 115
John street, 1013 Broad street.
LB -tf.
WAITED. Housewives, to. try Crouch
& Plassmaun's "Never ' Enough"
pure milk bread. Ask your grocer
for it. S 16 t a po
WANTED Everybody to know that
we sell furniture, linoleum, rugs,
ranges, refrigerators, baby car
' riages; cash or credit. Glasner
Furniture Co.. 1192 Main rt.
" U 24 tf o
FOR RENT. New house, very desir
; able up-to-date, 5 room flat, with
all improvements, including shades,
screens, dome, hard wood floors,
etc. Good' opportunity .for dry
country air, away from all noise
and dust. 6 minutes walk from
North Main St, car line on Norland
Ave. L 13 ro
YOU DON'T WANT any old junk or
old things around ycur premises.
but we want them as we heed 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 and
satisfaction is our record. 55 Kos
1 uth SU Tel. 2. B tf .
nation from the leadership of the fam
ous mueical organization, i At the; last
meeting of the band, George Sanger,
;who was . a drummer in the band, ? in
1861. was elected to succeed 'Mr. Lynch.
He refused, to accept the responsibili
ties ,of leadership permanently, but
volunteered to act until another lead
er is obtained. . '
Mr T.vnch , entered tha - W. & W.
band in 1887, ha vifig been connected
with the Howe band prior to tnat
tint, vUd was flloctpri leader in 1897.
and in 1910 the band presented him
a handfiome gold watcn. , ae a ies
timnTiinl nt th ADnreciation of the
members of - hia conscientious and . ef
ficient effort. - -. : - A - ,
Mr; Sanger- enlisted In. 1883 in the
Vnnrt)! -tt s ' tnfatitrv. band, 'and was
attached to General Grant's headquar
ters. At the close st the war ne serv-
af Wsa-' Trtfnt- ' until 1870. ! fllnCS
which date he has played continuously
with the w. & . w. Dana..
J. Wilson Cliff e was . elected - Duei
nww mahaeer. and Frank ' Sheridan,
secretary of; the organisation. -f
KlnETES; STOOPING
TO BET SHOVEL, IS
li KILLED BY TRAItl
i V Special to The Farmer.) ?
Westport, Augv 15.-Stumbling as
he I was about to pick up a shovel,
Mickolas Klretes,- 40 and married, fell
under the 3:30 express through
Greens ' Farms - yesterday afternoon i
and was literally ground to pieces. - A
'gang of laborers on the tracks 'at 'this
point bad been warned of the: ap
proaching express. ' Kiretes was about
to remove the shovel which he be-.
Uevedf.to-be too-near the -track, when.
he stumbled. Death was instantane
ous.' ' Th e remains -were removed to
the Fable' parlors herei - Services will
be held tomorrow- at -the Chapel;; of
Strangers' In. r ,the Fable building'.
Kiretes leave a widow and three chit.'
dreu, residing hetei-v
DARROIV. FiillSHES
' ARGUEtJT TODAY
Los Angeles, Aug. 15-r-Anther . big
crowd gathered ; In the corridors of
the 'hall, of records, today, hoping--to
hear the 'conclusion- of ' the ' Clarence
S. f Darrow appeal, to the jury in his
trial ona charge of Jury bribing. ;..
; When " the courtroom " opened the
oailiffs had .-' difficulty In restraining
the crowd outside and the room was
quickly packed, i Immediately Darrow
resumed his argument, intending" to
conclude it , by '' the noon recess. Dis
trict Attorney; Fredericks will follow
and .will occupy . the rest of today and
all ' of tomorrow. ' This will put the
case in the hands of the Jury,' Friday
evening or Saturday morning. .
SHELTON FOLKS : t f
OBJECT TO NEW
SALOON IN TOWN
An attempt to open a- saloon in an
exclusive residential section of Shel-.
ton has ' resulted 'in a big, remon
strance which - was ' filed today, with
the county commissioners. '; The ap-;
plicant is R.'sD.- Laurerttis who wants
to open a thirst -quenching place at
537- Howe avenue.
The remonstrants say - the location
Is residential and tis not suitable for
a saloon, and it also; alleged that the
Baptist church is too near. ; There
are 28 names signed to the remon
strance. Among the prominent, sign
ers are: Ousafonic Water Co., Wheel
er & Schneider Coal Co., President of
the Park Commissioners. Dr. Gould A.
Shelton, form,er Senator D7, &, Brins
made and .Dfc Clark. " '
The' commissioners have not yet
assigned. a date for a hearing. .
DEMOCRATS HAVE LAUGH
' ON PRESIDENT TAFT
Washington. . i Ausr. L 15 Democratic
Congressmen who : passed 1 the " White
House, early today, Bad a hearty
laugh at .the expense of the President.
Right in front 'of the Executive of
fices there was a wagon with a big
inscription on it that read: -
"Re-organization sale. .,' Tremendous
reductions in all departments."
It . looked as though the wagon belonged-
to the White .House until; close
inspection revealed that it was the
dplivery wagon , of a local tore. . j.
MARGUERITE MATTHEWS AND
m. METZGER- SEEK DIVORCE
. Papers ' in two ; divorce suits were
filed this morning in the superior,
Court.. Marguerite L. Matthews of
this, city wants a separation front
Jaris W. Matthews of Milford. In
tolerable cruelty is the ground. Mrs.
Matthews says her nusband has prop
erty worth $5,000 and she asks tha
court to allow her alimony. The
wife's maiden name was Marguerite
Mitchell and the couple were married
August 10 '1910, : . v '
The other ; divorce action : , was
brought by WHHani Metzger. of this
city against Blanche Metzger pf this
city. Habitual intemperance the
ground. The-couple were married
December 19, 190. Mrs. Metzger's
maiden name wasrjBlanche Stephens.
:,;';;---: PERSONAL jJCENTJOX. A -Ts'
.'.-;'-,.'- O .-.. ' -
Rev.' and Mrs. M. Brown. 64 Elm
wood place, left today for' pine Grove
to spend a vacation, They will re
turn the 26th. Rev. Mr. Brown Is
pastor of., the First Baptist . church.
. ONE ROUND HOQAN ILL
,. San Francisco, Aug, 15. "One
Round" , Hogart has caught a severe
cold and he Js too ill to box ' Willf
Ritchie on Friday nisnt. Hid tem
perature has soared to 103. : .: (
Theodore Marceau Alleges He
; Wa$:Curm-Fight With
Vincent Collette
Latter Was Head Waiter at
X Beachside Inn and Student
f , in Yale Law School 'T.
(Special to The Farmer.)
Westport, Aug; .15 Vincent Collette,
Tale law student during the college
year and waiter during the. vacation
season, is wanted here for assault .up-l
on Theodore ; Marceau. . Both were
waiters at the Beach Side Inn, Greens
Farms, .a summer hotel. , The assault
occurred Sunday. Collette vanished
while . Marceau was arrested on com
plaint of -the proprietor of the Inn,
Merritt "Davidson : After given a hear
ings before-Justice Samuel A. Purdy,
Marceau : was discharged, , . '.
Now Marceau , intends to bring suit
against Proprietor Merritt, alleging
false-arrest. His story is that Col
lette,; who is the head waiter' at the
nn,f ; and himself had an. argument
over . a! " woman employe of the place
on ' Sunday morning. ; Collette, he
claims, insulted the woman. "Eiven
though she is a working giTl,, she is a
lady; I told him,"' says Marceau.
struck him and knocked him down."
Marceau claims that' later in the day,
when. Collette .had , calmed down, he
beckoned to him, Marceau, to corne to
him. Marceau, claims that . Collette
then drew a razor, slashing him - across
the'arms,. legs and chest. He, has the
cxitst and torn elothes. Collette, he
saysf then rushed ( into . the inn and
engaged' Proprietor Davidson in con
versation. " Marceau -f avers he saw
Davidson hand Collette money: and .aid
him in driving off in . a team to. catch,
a trolley car. -w Marceau .says he gave
chase to the vanishing team, but that,
weakened, through" loss; -of - blood, he
had . to give up. rSherlf f - Meade axr
rested Marceau later in the ' day and
confined him ln ' the4-town hall over
night - '.'Proprietor , Davidson" denies
ROGERS ACTIMG
GOVERUDR TODAY
:f,.
Bf idgf porjer H; -Executive's
,j- t;'i'jy- .'..A.:.r-C.
Hartford. "- Aug. ; 15 For the "Xit
time. in: niany . years' Bridgeport today,
has a governor , of : the : state : in the
person of "Secretary of . State Rogers.
His elevation to the duties of the of
flee has been; brought about by . the
absence- from -the etate of Governor
Baldwin. Lieut.-' Governor Blakeslee
and Senator Woodruffs .; " v
tofViPIC CREEPS-1
H1T0 PORT HER
PROPELLER BROKEN
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vW Tnrk. 'Aue. l!-Wilth a broketf
nrhnoiler and a - thrilling yarn ' of
trat. s-Atantic cardsharps,- the Olympic
sister shrp of the Titanic1 arrived .in
port, today, almost -a; day'," behind
schedule.- White Star detective were
nt miarantlne to see if- any ' arrests
should be - made but Captain Haddock
rifeVhncvl - to renueat . the detention of
alleged ". card ' sharps who . started a
f f ee-for-all . fight : In the ship's f smok
ing on jne way -over, ah Amencda
resident b'f Paris, phd was a passettgr
er. - made' a remark - about a r'crooked
game, '.it -;was said, and, the fight start
ed. Several "passengers - were Involv
ed : - , '-' ' . ' V '- :. .';-.?.
Captain Haddock established ' a
"strong arm squad' to ; keep ; peace th
balance or tne voyage me ; uijjju-ib
broken a blade of one ef her propellers
just after leaving Queenstown. ,
TO" RECLAIM SSI
TRACTS OF
Washington, Aug. 1.6. The Senate,
today, passed the ; House bill relating
to land suits brought by the govern
ment in Oregon to reclaim vast tracts
of public land in which the . railroad
company to which tiiey were granted
failed to fulfill the , term of the grant.
It provides that none of the lands
reverting to the United States shall
become subject to entry.
The attorney general is given au
thority to compromise suits. This
does not-apply' to the suit brought
by .the government Involving 2,360,000
acres now pending in the district
court of Oregon wherein the United
States is complainant and the Oregon
& California Railroad, Company, the
Southern Pacific Company, Steven T.
Gage, the Union Trust Company and
others are defendants.
NORRIS WANTS FIGHT
. AGAINST TOBACCO TRUST
FOUGHT TO FINISH
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Washington, Aug. 15 "Pjgeon hol
ing" of the bill recently passed by the
Senati oirecing the attorney general
td ratify, an appeal .. to the supreme
court in the "tobacco trust" case was
the crux of a new fight in Congress
begun, today. Representative Norris,
the i Nebraska progressive, and Repre
sentative Webb, (Dem!, N. C), today,
Joined" hands in a campaign' to havt
the .'.bill., passed before Congress ad
journs. ; ' ' , '
OSLVVSJjaBIE puts
SCUKATION OUT
Exposition Park, ' Pa., Aug. 15.
Hugging and kissing in public on the
park grounds has been tabooed by
Chief of Police Sutton and officers
are- kept busy serving the orders on
young people spending the 1 summer
hereV .- Complaints from older and
more sedate summer guests brought
forth.the. edict. - -
Coroner Acts on AUegatioal
That Poison Was Ad- r
; ministered
; Philadelphia 'Augl 15 Acting on in
formation .from New "Eork, the conon
er, today, - gave orders to exhume r the
ibodies of "Frederick Hartmann and
the two; Hartmann children, first - hus
band and .step-children of Mrs. .Freda
Hartmann Trost. ' " the Germantown
saloon owner, who, ' with I her bartend
er, Edmund Guenkeli1 is ' held ,'for ,the
death- of . her second 1 husband, Freder
ick Trost. . ' ' ' ' - '...'''.;
The viscera of the Hartmann father
and children j will be examined and it
is expected that if suspicions of Chris-'
htian Hartmann of New York that 'his
brother died in February, 1911, of - poi
soning are proved correct, it will fur-
nisK additional evidence ' that Trost
was murdered." .'-. . ';.-
The aged New Torker said that' his
brother died under mysterious circum
stances A similar , to ' those surrounding
the 'death of Trost and the actions of
the woman and Guenkel, at that time,
were the same as after the death of
Trost.: ,;. -'. 4 -' ; '...
Christian' Hartmann; in New ;Tork,
today, said he was willing to tell the
Philadelphia authorities . all he . knew
'of .-.the death of, his brother. He said
that Frederick Hartmann died . mys
teriously there with indications t ofi
poison and some kind of mesmemsm
or. something ofU the sort. .. He. said the
family at -the time, suspected - the
Widow and her bartender but made no
complaint because they had no posi
tive proof that the woman threatened
them with prosecution if they voiced
their suspicions. , i j , . . ; .v
VilLSOL', TAFT
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Atlantic ; City,
Aug. 15 What may
be' the-; most unique campaign? happea-
Jngi in the history; of ; American.; poljtica
became ; a oossibilitv. . todav (when . "It
was learned that woodrow WHsata.
PrsidehtTaft . and: Colonel 'Roosevelt
ma.y"-speaH- from the. same platf6rttf oil
the. Steel p4ep- here on Sept;1 10. -:
The annoaf neamprneat., wtthe fni
ted Spanish War Veterans wilt be held
here from sept, t to 14 -ana, invitations
for Sept. 10 were; extended to the ""Re-;
publican, Democratic . and - Bull Modse
parties. . 'Governor - Wilson accepted
unconditionally. ; President Taft sent
a: tentative acceptance '- and . Colonel
Roosevelt . expressed a desire to mingle
with his war - associates; from 'Okla
homa and elsewhere. - . -
ROOSEVELT
REPLIES TO
SEDHOH
-: Oyster Bay; - Aug.. 15 In - reply ' to the
statement ; of , Former- Senator George
Edmunds, of ; termon t," who ;. declared
t tiat the Taf t adm in istratlon , had
ialthfully. enforced the 'Sherraaji v act
and that the r bull moose party- would
not enforce anti-trust laws, Colonel
Roosevelt, today, made a spirited .-at
tack'-on John D. r Rockefeller, the - Am-
erica,B -Tobacco and other trusts 7 and
trust..- magnates: . He said: , : -..v;- ;
,- "Senator Edmunds is In v thorough
accord with ir. nocKereiier ana tne
American Tobacco : people. . He takes'
precisely their- views. a . r
"Senator Edmunds- has given - good
exression . to . the : view which is held
with heated- zeal by -every great -.crook'
ed corporation in Wall street and - out
side of Wall-street. : ,. - - ,
' "Mr. Edmunds' proposal is In the
interest of every great corrupt organi
zation : and against the Interests of
every honest business man.'.
. "Every "crooked . corporation lawyer
and every crooked head of a -corpora
tion will follow Mrt . Edmunds',, lead
in this matter and naturally and prop
erly, will oppose the attitudel taken: by
the progressives for ,our attitude and
our attitude alone offers the chance
of really f grappling with and solving
the problem of really cotntrolllajg, the
trusts in the Interests of the 'people
as : a whole and in the interests of .the
honest "businessmen. '; . . '
KLU KLUX DAUGHTER
DRINKS POISON DOSE
St. . Louis', Aug. .15. The body of
Mrs. Halite F. - Ferrest, r daughter-in-law'
of "General Nathan Bedford For
rest, : Klu Klux Klan organizer, and
federal cavalry;, leader, lies in the
morgue here,' -today., She .committed
suicide by drinking, poison. : t, -
KILLED BY FORCE
. ' OF OWN PITCH1NO
Steubenville, ' O., Aug. 15. Williani
Craig, aged '24, pitcher for the Steu
benville baseball team, died, today,
f rem . injuries received while demon
strating how to pitch a curved ball.
The swing of' his body snapped his
leg nd caused , internal ruptures.
WEATHER FORECAST
'. FOR THIS VICINITY
New Haven, Aug. 15 Forecast: fair
tonight and Friday. Cooler tonight,
moderate northwest winds. . 1
The . disturbance which has been
causing warm, muggy weather in the
eastern sections during the Jast few
days has now passed out to sea.
Pleasant weather with moderate tem
peratures prevail in the central and
eastern sections. A secondary disturb
ance, over the southwest has produc
ed showers during the last 24 hours
from South Dakota southeastward to
Tennessee. The greatest amount of
rainfall "reported was 2.68 inches' at
Iola, Wis.. '
t Conditions favor for this vicinity
fair weather - with cool nights but
warm davs. ' .
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No Engagement Today Though Some Skirmishes Fur
nished Excitement Big Fight Will Probably Come ;
Early In Morning Both Armies Spent Day Perfect
ing Lines of Battle--Period of Instruction Ended-
Maneuvers How In - Hands of Militia Commanders.
There was no battle ftbdayt between
the Blue and Red armies, but the big
engagement of the weeic will come at
3 o'clock ' tomorrow , morning. The
two armies, the Red y and Blue, spent
the day . perfecting their lines of bat
tie with now and then a small . skir
mish between small scouting parties.
- In - order to be near the scene of
battle, General Bliss moved his head
quarters to Newtown from , Stratford.
The battle, lines of the, l two armies
are, now about 8 miles long and close
together. The Blues are : firmly - in
trenched In the hills and will offer a
stubborn ' resistance "to the invading
Reds. ' ' ; ; -.'' - " - '
Lieutenants Arnold and Kirtland, of
the hydroaeroplane which was wreck
ed as they were flying from Marble
head, -Mass., reported at Stfatford to
day. -. ,
The .body of Oliver H. Janes, of Dor
chester, - the signal corps man connect
ed with the 2d Massachusetts regi
ment, who was drowned in ,the Hour
satonic river yesterday, was recovered
today..- It will be forwarded to Lis
"borne tomorrow. ' i
The Instructional ''period' of the
campaign was brought to a close with
the last oi -the sectional ' engagements
at Walnut Tree Hill in Huntington
yesterday. The two armies have now
been turned . over to their respective
commanders,: General Smith of the
Red or attacking army, and General
Mills, of the Blue ahd defending
army. These two generals will now
have operations in charge. v
. The battle tines of the two armies
now extend over' eight miles of coun
try. ; The Red , army of invasion has
forced its way fronv the; east ? bank
of . th Hdusatonic across that river
into the Blues' territory. The -Blue
line-of battle extends from Monroe
northwest tto Danbury while s the Red
line forms- a icrescent "'which 'runs
from. Stratford to- Hawleyville with
the' main body concentrated at 'Huntington.-
'The 1 first general move on
tHe part of the ' Red commander will
probably1-bring abouf a ' generals en
gagement in 'vhich nearly ' 18,000
troops will- take part. vv " ;; ' : .
; . Field 'artjllery": was-. used yesterday,
for the first time and, today, General
Smith hi his artillery dace d-in the
iu.it.ji i(j cover aim uanre. . lae. djub
commander - has; also .moved his artil
lery from tfie camps in the neighbor
hood of- Bethel and this branch of
the '- service will play an ' important
part in the ..remainder - of the t cam
paign. ..' ; '-' ' 'v.i; -m...-:. : v'v ;:t '
' Special attention ' is ; being paid to
the field hospital service of the mili
tia.. Theoretically and practically, the
work is being carried on and it is the
first time such has been 'the case in
the United. Stages. . Those -who suffer
real injuries, if not too serious, are
taken care of in field hospitals while
those . whose Injuries are serious are
being . taken to : the ; permanent hos
pitals, at Bridgeport and New; Haven.
General Bliss has -asked for accom
modations for 50-patients in the New
Haven hospitals. ; . ' -i
-There are two ' things the national
guardsmen . are . learning to do. One
is to- go with two meals a day, - that
is unless, they are. -fortunate enough
to have carried a - lunch with - them.
The other is to walk over stony;cpun
try. roads in the hottest kinds of sum
mer weather. The Connecticut men
are fortunate in the respect, that they
have ;been. provided with two pairs of
shoes, t; The militia men are not the
only : ones to suffer v from, wornout
shoes and , one of . the sights in New
f Haven yesterday, was , a quarterjnas
ters -iwagon lilled with -.boxes of
shoes purchased at .local - stores; . '
The . Second brigade, New York na
tional guards, of the Blue army which5
was encamped m tnis city; Tuesday
night went,-into biouvac in the nprth
part of Easton last night after a tire
some journey from this city. ' It. was
anticipated ' that these regiments
would .. proceed to Long HjuJ tb take
up the camp vacated there yesterday
by the regiments of the- Blue r army
which proceeded to Redding .Ridge,
but- a. cnana-e. or j mans from thni!
'anticipated switched -the" Second bri
gade further ,to the west,; on a direct
line to Redding Ridge, making it ap
parent that the Second brigade , is
serving. as .rignt; Hank .for. the Blue
army and 'closing in, in accordance
with the contemnlated " move to con
centrate the Blue . forces at Redding
Ridge. .4 . ; '.' , ;
By thus concentrating; the. Blue
forces at this place which. is especial
ly suitedyfor a 'strong point of de-
Tense, . the Blue, army will be in , a
position to " offer stubborn resistance
to any invasion of Danbury. If tho
Reds succeed in breaking . through
this barrier Danbury will be in the
hands of the enemy and there'; would
be little; chance; of the Blue, army
preventing the capture of New York
after that, as Danbury affords easy
access to the Groton water sheds for
which' the Reds are aiming Thus it
would appear that the Blues have bu.
one hope, namely, the defeat of the
Reds at Redding Ridge. The , very
strong arms of the ' service, the cav
alry and infantry, are being concen
trated at Redding Ridge where the
highlands offer excellent points of ad
vantage. ;
It is expected - that the Second bri
gade, New- York guards, will remain
today in ; the vicinity of," Easton; in
fact, a move from this nlace todav
was not anticipated last night. These
regiments are the nearest of the Blue
army, to Bridgeport. 'The left, flank
of the " Reds lay between Stratford
ahd a point a few miles east to Nich
ols Farms iast,night. They are ex
pected to advance today as far west
as the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford ..- railroad, Berkshire division
tracks, in a northern tangent which
would take this flank to a point be
tween Trumbull and Long HJ1I.
-This leaves Bridgeport . practically
destitute of soldiers of the two armies.
and the expected invasion of this city
by the. Reds will not materialize. The
only soldier 2 boys now appearing on the
streets or the city are. those connect
ed with ' the. chief umpires camp ' at
Stratford. Briageoort has seen about
all of the ' active meneuvering that It
will see as the regiments are fast be
coming removed from this vicinity.
V eople who are following the war
maneuvers to . the extent of keeping
personally in touch with the soldier
boys while they are on their march
through, the state, are impressed with
one fact. That is that the life of a
soldier Isn't all . that - the - honeyed
words of the story book implies. Au- .
tomobilists who have been following
the maneuvers are bringing into the
city any number of. reports of ih9
intense .sufferings to which the sol
diers, especially the militia boys, are
put. ,
A Farmer reporter, touring through "
the territory around Huntington,
Monroe hnd Long Hill yesterday at
ternoon, saw plenty of evidences of
their sufferings. The Massachu-ettj
troop of the Red army, which clashed
with the Blues, at Walnut Tree Hill
yesterday, were in a state of much
concern late In the afternoon and last
night, their commissary dragon having
railed to keep up with the march be
cause of the steep hills and bad roads
and having become lost and 'delayed.
Without the commissary wagon the
soldier boys had to go, without their
food supplies and-there' was a dis
gruntled lot of Red soldiers in camp
last night waiting for something to
eat."
- fX,mx 5 'o'cJock.' yesterday morning
until late last night the soldiers had
nothing to eat, except' what thy
might have bought or secured on tho
march frpm . the farm houses and
from enterprising. merchants who are
following the armies with - refresh
ment teams. . ";-
j.ne rarmer? reporter, visited the
camp of the Massachusetts troops
about two miles south, of Monroe cen
ter, last night, and found conditions
in ; intolerable state. The officer of
the companies -however,, fared even
worse than the members of the mili
tia, inasmuch as their tents and camp
outfits had not arrived and there wa
every prospect of their having to
sleep without shelter,. If the private
themselves had been dependent upon
their wagons for their shelter asthfy
were for their, food they too weuU
have had to sleep In the opening.
Though their "pup" tents and other
paraphernalia which they had to Ing
while on; the march,; proved a burden
as they made their hike, the outfits
proved a, blessing when they reached
camp. 1 " ; -. " '
. To add-' to 'the 'unpleasantness of
things .there , was .a threatened wind
and thunder storm and it. looked aa
though there Would-be a hearthy down
pour of rain before "the night .was
over. , In. anticipation of tbi the'sol
fliers hv?. thrown their ; ponchos over
theif.. shoulders ." and were standing
around, idly and t impatient, wait?:. z
for the arrival of their commissary -
and camp . wagons. ' . ; . ' : .
x All along the .roadway were fouhl
tired and wornout . soldiers, weighed
down with (atlgue, ten pound guns
and paraphernalia which totaled a
luggage of 90 pounds, and ready : to
drop in their tracks butteager to get
into camp before nightfall. . Many est
them were two and three miles away .
from camp and there was every rea
son to believe that not a few had-to
Bleep out of camp on the roadways
last nighC Automobilists who came
along were begged for rides and, near
ly ievery 'machine, had crowded on t .
it as many of the soldier boys as couii
get aboard. - ,: - . ,
The. cumbersome, hard, tight shos
which are the; most hateful tfclr-ss
with which the soldiers have to con
tend, had mad many, aching and ssre
feet and any number of soldiers could
be counted, along the roads with th?lr
shoes off and nursing blistered toea.
Several were, found so completely tird
and .worn put that they had given, up
the struggle to reach camp, for a tem
porary sleep and rest along the roai-.
side. Some had suffered sunstrok
and these . 1 were being "cared for by
companions. Others appeared with
bandages aboul their .'beads. . .
Three youngsters were given a ride
on . the reporter's machine. - Neither
of the three weighed much more than
the paraphernalia they carried. "Get,
this isn't' what it's cracked up.fo be."
were . their unanimous opinions, . em
phasized with a curse word here and;
there,, ' The hike, of yesterday was
especially: hard for the .Massachusetts
troops and those soldiers who ; went
into camp around) Monroe .because of
the steep hills and bad, stony and .
dusty roads, -While the three soldiers
were being t carried , into camp . they
gave themselves over to .much pecu- .
lation as to whether - they would 'be
called upon . to do guard-duty durinr
the night. , "Well, I simply. can't do'
it"ifthey make "me,' .said one of the
youths who hailed from, up Boston
way. ' '. -. - - ' - , - "
Poison ivy is making the lif of many ,
soldiers miserable, . and the hospitals
in Bridgeport, , New Haven and othf , .
places are being crowded with boys of r
the two armies who have either, be
come poisoned by the weed or whj
have broken down , under the ham.
strain of the. work. , , ' .
' It was noticed that .tnose or ma ,
regular United f States army sufTerel
less, beliig more hardened to tho ; ,
work and life, aiid it was also-noted ? -that
their camp waudns were usually I
with them and, that ihej', did not go '
without food. One of the Tf nth cav- I
airy men at the Ma-'chi'ett camp. I
who was njunchins? u iuk-y ear oil
rnm while 1 members of, the mllltla!
stood enviously-'lobkins on. explained:
that the 'regulars shouldn't her critl-;
cised4 because they were wise enoujrh
to keep their wagons along With
them. . . . . . .
"You fellows are in this game t j -
learn," he was arguing. "One or tnei
lessons you ought to -learn is to navei
your companies stay Iri 'sight of the j
wagons. When we are on ine marcn ;
If there is -anytmng. to aiay ine ;
waeons why we simply stay along i
with them. We sometimes don't get in- !
to camo as early as we would othfr- .
wise but when we do arrive we hava
our food and tents with us."
STOISON wpNT;cq3irv' ,
Washington. Aug.' 15. i-Secretary ot .
War Stimson, today, abandoned hi
proposed trip to Stratford,-Conn., tr
witness the army maneuver there.
His presence is needed, here In con
nection with extra . cabinet business.;
due to the near adjournment of Con- 5
gress. r - - ..."
Major General Leonard Wood. chlf'
of staff, will leave here, tonight, tqi
review the troops at the close of th.j'
maneuvers.
SHOOTS AT SOLDIERS.
Huntingtcn, Aug-. IS. A day-dream
superinduced by a ouantlty of liquor i
took Solomon Kelly, of this place, !
back to the battles he fought in thai
Civil war and before he was awafcea-i
ed, - he had fired throe shots at a!
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