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VOL. 49 NO. 51
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1913
PRICE TWO CENTS
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CANALS FOR INLAND PLACES
Tells Why StatiT Should Not
Repeal Grant of $1,000,000
for Steamship Terminals
(By Our Staff Corres.)
Hartford, Feb. 38 At the close of
the bearing: In the hall of the House
yesterday on the 'hill introduced by
Senator McNeil of Bridgeport repeal
ing: the act passed by the General
Assembly of two years ago appropri
atng tl, 000,000 for terminals and wharf
development at New London, the con
sensus was that the committee on
Boad Rivers and Bridges before
whom the hearing was held would re
port adversely on the proposition of
Senator McNeil.
The Farmer yesterday printed the
argument of Senator McNeil in favor
of bis repeal measure. Senator Cheney
and Representative Hall of ,WUlington
told the committee yesterday that they
favored repealing the action of the
legislature of two year a ago. ' The
principal argument against the repeal
was made by former Senator and
Congressman-elect Bryan Mahan.
Mayor of New .London. Others who
spoke against the repeal were former
senator William J. Brennan of New
London, Senator Miner of New Lon
don. Captain Thomas Hamilton and
Representative Tanner of New Lon
don, and Bx-Representative Whittlesey
of Morris, Litchfield county.
Representative Hall said nw Old not
tMnk the State of Connecticut ougfnt
to go Bto the business of building
steamship terminals. He criticised
the manner, in which the business of
-the state has been conducted: and said
that If any busbies man in. Connecti
on conducted bis business as the
state did Its business he would soon
he a bsnkrnpt He tools the position
that the state bad no normal right
to eon tract such a debt as it was pro
posed to contract by the building of
steamship terminals In New London.
said) wbUs . the appropriation was
Already made, calls or the- expendl
tirt Of $1,000,000, no one could tell
"bow many additional millions the
tsoneme woald entail before it was
completed. E said he was under
the Impression that the scheme was
an air castle. In reply to a question
by a member of the committee Mr.
Hall Intimated that he was opposed
to the development of any waterways
industry in the state at state expense
He said that be bad no doubt but
-ty a t- rwow London harbor was the best
In the state. Asked if New London
did not have 'the best railroad . facili
ties in the state, be replied that it
had very good facilities but he was
not prepared, to admit that It had the
best.
Senator McNeil then announced that
xormer iit? ui, mw. ju. i. -ueuio -uu-u
Intended to be present in favor of
the repeal measure but at the last
moment he had been called out of the
city. -
"What evidence have we, Inquired
Senator Fred Johnson, chairman of
the committee, "that-Mr. Lake is in
favor of this repeal?"
"You have my word for it," replied
Senator McNeil.
Former Senator William I. Brennan
of New London, law partner of 17. S.
Senator Brandegee and one of the
ablest and most eloquent of the
younger awy era of the state made a
brief end forceful address in opposi
tion. He stated that the merits of
the New London harbor appropria
tion had already been adjudicated and
that the case was settled and should
Xroperly be so for' all time. He said
that a competent commission of ex
perienced men had passed on the is
sue and that there existed no neces
sity to reopen the case.
He told of the exhaustive hearings
iot two years ago, how carefully the
natter had been gone over, step by
Btep, how people from all parts of the
state had expressed themselves in fa
vor of it, and of the thorough ex
amination given by Governor Baldwin
to It before he signed the bill. He
referred to the work already done by
ithe engineers engaged by the commis
sion in soundings, etc. In closing he
said, "we claim the question has al
ready been adjudicated and that the
"burden and it is a heavy burden
rests upon those who are here in op
position to it to show why it should
toe repealed and I must say with all
Reference to the gentlemen that they
have introduced nothing at this hear
ing which should warrant the commit
tee in taking their view of the situa
tion. If we thought it necessary we
could have filled this hall with
farmers, manufacturers, bankers- and
business men who have given this
matter careful attention, and who are
' satisfied that it is a step forward
-which means much for the future of
our Industries in this state.
Mr. Brennan then introduced Congressman-elect
Mahan. who has been
much In the limelight since the com
mencement of the present legislative
session, and whose activities against
the naming of William H. Cadwell as
highway commissioner probably re
sulted in the movement now under
way to take away from the city over
whose destinies he presides the $1,
000,000 appropriation voted it two
years ago.
Mr. Mahan was Senator irom new
London at the last seesion and the
fcecurlng of the appropriation was
largely due to his alertness and in
dustry. He told -he committee yes
terday that the state made no gift to
New London: it simply made an in
vest merit which in the opinion of
those most competent to Judge would
return four-fold dividends to the state
besides giving to Connecticut indus-
iUd. on, Pas 9-3
ROWING ROMEO III
HINMAN'S DIVORCE
Wife's Admirer Rowed Her to
Charles Island Two Other
Couples Get Divorces
The popular song "Row, Row, Row
was featured today in the civil su
perior court when, George C. Hinman
of this city testified that his wife was
friendly with a young man who row
ed bar over to Charles island every
day In the summer. The name of
the oarsman was not 'mentioned but
to judge by the testimony he was a
rowing Romeo.
Hinman, who is a foreman at the
Singer Manufacturing Co., said be was
living happily with his wife in Strat
ford until she became acquainted with
an old lady. Mrs. Hinman was ap
parently very fond of the old lady and
at one time remained at her house
for ten weeks, while Hinman stayed
home and tried to do his own cook
ing. It was the old -lady's son who
was the hero of the rowing episode.
The husband said Mrs. Hinman de
serted him May 13, 1909. He Jthen
returned to this city and has lived
here since. Mrs. Hmman'g maiden
name was Rachel Fair. Judge Burpee
granted a divorce on the ground of
desertion.
Bessie Faller of this city was grant
ed a decree upon the ground of deser
unknown upon the ground of deser
tion in 1908. "Mrs. Faller, whose
maiden name was Bessie Natelsohn,
said her husband pawned her wed
ding ring and her pretty . clothes so
he could get money for drinks and
smokes. The couple were married
October 21, 1905.
Mary Giancola, an employe of War
ner Bros, was separated from Alduino
Giancola of parts unknown. Intoler
able cruelty was the charge. Mary
said her husband kicked her, hit her
with a chair and told her-, to go out
on the streets to earn money. She had
to leave him in 190S.
NOTABLE EVENT 111
MASQNICGIRCLES
Big Delegation of Rhode Islanders
Will Be Royally Entertained
Here
Pequonnock Chapter, Rose Croix
to Observe for First Time in
the State Feast of Paschal
Lamb
One of the most notable events In
the history of Masonic circles "of Con
necticut will be the entertainment in
this city on April 21, of Rhode Island
Consistory, of Providence, R. I, by
Lafayette Consistory of this city, in
connection ' with the exemplification
by the Rhode Island visitors, of the
20th degree.
The entertainment of the Rhode Isl
and Masons will be in the nature of
an appreciation of" the hospitality ex
tended to the 'Bridgeporters two years
ago when Lafayette consistory was
entertained in Providence on the oc
casion of the working of the 27th de
gree. Elaborate plans are under way for
the visit of the Rhode Islanders. They
will come, 200 strong, on a special
train. , A banquet will be served at
which many Masonic notables are ex
pected as 'guests of honor. An auto
mobile ride throughout the city, in
cluding the park and other points of
dnterest, will follow. The degree work
will be put on in the afternoon in
Scottish Rite hall. ,
Another notable Masonic project an
nounced today is the observance by
Pequonnock chapter, Rose Croix,
Maundy Thursday, March 20 of the
Feast of the Pascal Lamb. This will
be the first time in the history of
the state that formal plans have been
instituted for the feast, the full rit
ual observance of which is said to
be one of the most impressive exer
cises of Masonry.
The, speakers of this occasion will be
Rev. S. W. Hamilton, former presi
dent of Tuffs College, Rev. J. Eo
maine Danfortli of New London and
Rev. Wallace S. Moyle of New Ha
ven. " In connection with the observance,
a splendid musical program "Will be
presented, embodying a number of the
best known artists obtainable.
30 HURT WHEN
TROLLEY RUNS
INTO WORK CAR
Water bury, Feb. 28 In a head on
collision at Summit, today, between a
passenger trolley car and a work car,
30 passengers were injured and taken
to hospitals. The work car was stand
ing around a curve and the passenger-
crashed into it head on. Among
those injured were F. I. Armstrong,
of Rutherford, N. J., W. H. Niccoli,
of Philadelphia, and C. W." Henderson,
of Pawtucket, R. I. Most of the pas
sengers injured were schoolteachers
on their way to New Haven. All are
in local hospitals.
CITY OF NEW HAVEN PAYS ,
BRIDGEPORT OLD CLAIM
The Charities -Department received
from the city of New Haven a check
for over $700 to cover various ac
counts running back to " the year of
1907, in its morning's mail today.
In speaking of the matter Supt.
Fred Johnson, of the Department of
Charities this morning said, that the
circumstances had been peculiar, as
both Bridgeport and New Haven had
denied many items which each had
submitted for payment.
While the amount actually thought
to have been outstanding is more than
the amount of the actual check, con
cessions were necessary on both sides
I in order to effect a settlement.
MANY PERISH
IN HOTEL FIRE
Fifty Guests Trapped
in Tinderbox Struc
ture Early Today
Flames Force Firemen to Re
treat, Leaving Terrified Victims
to Their Fate
Omaha, Neb., Feb. 28 Police and
firemen estimated that over 20 lives
have probably been lost in the Dewey
Hotel Hire, early today. At 10 a, m.
three bodies had been identified and
it was believed that 20 were in the
ruins, although the register was burn
ed and no list of the guests is avail
able. The three known dead are: Charles
Cummings, 55, bartender; Mrs. Alice
Bonneview; unidentified man, 50.
The known, injured are: Vivio Stiff,
14, overcome by smoke; Tina Neilson,
chambermaid, leg broken; Mrs. E. C.
Wilkinson, badly burned.
Later it was found that A. R. Porter
and Dwight Bruce, of Broken Bow,
Neb., had perished in the flames. This
raises the known death list to five.
The two men were in room 44 and it
was in a portion of the building that
was completely destroyed. .
The Dewey 'Hotel was a three story
structure of brick and had formerly
been five " stories. The upper ' floors
had been condemned and removed.
Owing to the age of the structure and
its character, it burned like tinder.
The police estimate of the dead is
made on the authority of Jess Noeld,
the manager, who was i the last to
leave, the building and who said that
at 'least 50 people were registered
there, last night. At. least a dozen
of them were women. In addition
to the dead and injured, 20 persons
have not been accounted for and are
believed to be in the still smouldering
ruins.
E. T. Conner, of Ellinwood, .Neb.,
who was a guest in the hotel, declares
he was awakened by the cry of fire.
He rushed from his room and saw
the hallway packed with screaming,
frantic women, each trying to escape
through the wail of flames and smoke
He rushed to the rear and luckily lo
cated a window near a fire escape and
made his way to the street. He is
positive that all of the frantic guests
who were Jammed in the halls and
rooms perished f . . ..
J. Foy, a broker, was passing the
hotel at 4:30 a. m., when a. man rush
ed ,out and asked him to help carry
some people out. He found six per
sons lying unconscious just inside the
door and by the time these were car
ried . to the street, the building was a
mass of flame. '
. According to guests who escaped,
the first intimation of the fire came
when a woman's scream awakened
them. The building was then filled
with smoke and' within half an hour
it was in ruins.
Mrs, C. B. Wilkins says she was
awakened by her sister , Mrs. Bonne
view and upon opening their chain-,
ber door saw the halls-filled with
smoke and flames. They broke a
window in their room. Mrs. Bonne
view dropped unconscious and was
carried to the window by Mrs. Wilk
ins who then was almost overcome.
Firemen rescued Mrs. Wilkins but
Mrs. Bonneview was burned to death.
Tina Nielson, a chambermaid, rush
ed from her room to the front of the
building, opened a window on. the
second floor and leaped out. She was
picked up unconscious and bleeding.
At the hospital it was stated that her
left leg was broken and she may have
sustained internal - injuries. Shortly
after the maid jumped the body of
Charles Cummings, a bartender, was
picked up from the sidewalk. He had
leaped from the third stody in his
nightclothing. . His body was horribly
mangled. : ,
Policeman Schwager. who was call
ed to the. fire, carried out two un
identified women and he himself nar
rowly escaped being burned to death
in attempting to re-enter the building.
He. said that at least a dozen uncon
scious persons were lying on the thres
hold when he entered. These were
carried out by J. Foy, a broker.
Of the other unfortunates who were
guests In the hotel, little can be learn
ed. The flames spread so quickly
that few could have escaped. It is
believed at least 20 are in the ruins.
There are conflicting stories as to
the cause of the fire. A night watch
man in a neighboring building saw
sparks coming from the chimney and
turned in an alarm. A drug clerk
across the street declared he heard
an explosion but thi3 la discredited.
The firemen were handicapped in
fighting the flames by a temperature
near zero and suffered terrible hard
ships. ,
For a time it seemed that the en
tire block would go but the fire was
finally confined to the hotel and the
stores beneath it. The hotel build
ing burned so rapidly that ladders
were burned under the firemen as
they sought to reach the upper floors
where frantic men and women were
calling for aid.
All the firemen who entered the ho
tel tell of the pitiful screams of the
frantic women, the horror of stumb
ling unconscious form in the dark.
The work of rescue had barely
started when the rotten walls gave
way. Many of the firemen had nar
row, escapes. Scores of the firefight
ers staggered forth with hands and
faces burned to a crisp and overcome
by the tragedy then were forced to
abandon their efforts.
The futile attempt to drown the
flames was hindered by poor pressure
and the cold weather. Two nozzle
men, standing at the rear of the
building, directing their stream in the
flames were unable to remove 1 their
hands from the hose. Ice had formed
on the handles and encased their
hands.
Acting Manager Noeld, of the hotel,
declared this morning, that the entire
lose, Including the furnishings, would
not be more than X2O0.00O.
SUFFRAGE ARMY
IN WASHINGTON
General Rosalie Jones
Has Tiff With Miss
Alice Paul
Little Col. Ida Graft Cynosure
ot All Eyes In Her Natty
7 Knee "Pants
Washington, Feb. 28 Bedraggled,
tanned and blistered, what remained
of the "suffrage army," stormed
Washington at noon, "today, ending
the 14 days hike from New -York.
Never in the history of the country
has such a motley array arrived in
such a fashion to plead a great cause.
The women's brown cloaks and caps
sagged, with wisps of hair scattered
about their edges. Little Colonel Ida
Craft, her yellow banner flapping in
the breze, stepped wearily along, her
drees pinned up nearly to her knees
and her eyes straight ahead, never no
ticing the jeers and laughter.
It was an unkind throng that jost
led the suffragists as they wallowed
along the streets with mud clotted
shoes. Elderly ladies lifted horrified
hands. Only occasionally did enthusi
astic spectators shout greetings.
In front, was a moving picture ma
chine and an auto full of newspaper
men with cameras snapped pictures.
Down B Street, past the great Capi
tol building, the sidewalks became
congested and the suffrage army for
a few minutes were lost in the mob.
A troop of mounted- policemen wheel
ed their horses desperately in an ef
fort to keep clear a line of march. It
was just noon when the "army" and
its mass of hangers-on finally stopped
in front of suffrage headquarters and
from there disbanded. A baggage
wagon had preceded them by a few
minutes.
On Maryland avenue the local suf
fragists met the marchers. There was
a delay because Miss -Alice Paul had
gone the wrong way but she soon
came up in a taxi, immaculately
dressed and with a smile of welcome.
"General" Rosalie Jones, despite her
earlier tiff with Miss Paul, met her
with a- brave show of enthusiasm and
together they . arranged the line of
march.
-A little regiment of equestriennes
met the marchers on Maryland ave
nue. Miss Margaret' -Hopkins ' and
Miss Lucy Neil on white chargers and
with white riding habits, led them.
Of the original army, 10 finished.
They were, "General" Rosalie Jones,
"Colonel" Ida Craft, Martha Klatseh
ken, Mrs. John B. Boldt, Miss Eliza
beth Albright, Mrs. George H. Wendt,
Mies .Minerva Crowell, Miss Bowen,
Miss Elizabeth Dutch ' and Miss
Constance Lepp. The men who have
accompanied the hikers outside of
"War - correspondents" were Milton
E. Wendt, Norman Spear and Ernest
J. Stephens. ,
There was no demonstration from
the anti-suffragists and it was a slim
welcome which the Washington coterie
gave the hikers.
The army, refreshed, "turkish-bath-ed"
and in regular garments, were at
lunch early, the guests of the Wash
ington suffragists. -
The formal presentation to President-elect
Wilson of the suffragist
letter, which the hikers carried from
New York, today, promised to bring to
a head the dissension between the
Washington suffragists and the hik
ers. Armed with a telegram from
the National Suffrage Board, declar
ing that a committee from the "army
the Washington organization and the
national organization should make the
presentation "General" Rosalie Jones
said she dared Miss Alice Paul to try
to present - it herself. '
HIKERS CALLED DISGRACE
TO THE SUFFRAGE CAUSE
Bladenbnrg, Md., .Feb. 28. -Under a
sun and' sky that whispered of the
southern springtime and sent new life
into their weary frames, the members
of the bedraggled suffrage ."hikers"
army at 9 o'clock set their faces to
ward Washington, today, the mecca
of their pilgrimage whose lofty
monument gleamed mistily in the dis
tance. -
Starting out with their sorrows for
gotten, the women almost disbanded
after taking a few steps out of this
village, today, when Miss Alice Paul,
chairman of the suffrage headquarters
at Washington, hurried up and de
manded that the "army" walk through
back streets when they arrived at the
national capitol.
"In your present appearance," she
is reported to have said to "General"
Rosalie Jones, "you are a disgrace to
the suffrage cause."
Some of the bedraggled "hikers,"
whose aches and pains had been for
gotten in the glory of a spring morn
ing and. realization that they were
near their goal, almost wept. ,
The parade stopped abruptly. "Gen
eral". Jones and her officers got to
gether for a consultation. . No decis
ion as to whether Miss Paul's orders
would be accepted or rejected was
made. It was determined to thresh
out the matter while continuing the
walk. . ;
The "hikers" took to the road
again. Where a short -hour before
theyi liad stepped blithely out, the
army was now a gray cloud through
out. TWO DROWNED
IN BEAVER POND
Merlden, Feb. 28 Oliver Andrews
and Valentine Fredericks were drown
ed in Beaver Pond, today, when they
broke through the ice while fishing.
Both bodies were recovered.
New York To draw attention to the
lack of Instructions on fire alarm boxes
Ida De Houghton turned in an alarm.
She is now in the observation ward at
BaIIatoa hwolJ.
9,000 GO 0
STRIKE AT HUB
Mostly Women
Girl Dress andaist
Workers
Appeal for Striking Men Gar
ment Workers Wfio Are Said
to Be Starving
Boston, Feb. 28 Nine thousand
dress and shirtwaist workers mostly
women and girls struck, today, fol
lowing an order issued by President
Rosenberg and Vice-President Mitchell
of the International Ladies' Garment
Workers' Union. Flaming red circu
lars announcing the strike were im
mediately circulated by 400 girls.
An appeal for funds for the strik
ing men garment Workers will be is
sued, today, pleading that the strik
ers are actually starving and are ex
pected to be sent to New York and
throughout New England.
PROBING STRIKE OF
17,000 RUBBER WORKERS
Akron, O., Feb. '28 Two members of
the legislative rubber probe committee
Senators .William Green and C. . C.
Howard are expected to arrive here at
noon, today, and immediately start in
vestigation of conditions in the strike
of 17,000 rubber workers here. It is
planned to examine several rubber of
ficiaJs also. .
Picketting was resumed, today, in
an orderly manner. Weather condi
tions for two days have prevented any
demonstration by the strikers.
ATTEMPT BEING MADE TO
SETTLE STRIKE OF WEAVERS
Paterson, Feb. 28 The first serious
attempt to settle the strike of weavers
and other employes in the local mills
was made, today, when heads of
number of the larger plants got in
touch with the union officials in an ef
fort at a compromise.
This action followed the threat of
I. W. W. local 152 to spread the trou
ble to every employe, including even
the teamsters. How successful their
efforts yjwill be was problematical but
there was little hope of settlement be
fore the middle of next week at least.
It Was expected that the mill owners
would suggest the appointment of a
general committee "of five to arbitrate
the differences of the strikers. The
union will oppose referring the mat
ter to -so small a committee and will
sanction the general arbitration plan.
Wilson B.. Killinbeck, arrested yes
terday when he tried to address the
strikers, today, applied to the court,
for an injunction restraining the po
lice from interfering with the "right
of assemblage" of the strikers.
There was no disturbance early to
day. The usual massed marching
picketting went through without in
terference. '
22 YEARS FOR
ARSON TRUST
CHIEF GRULZ
New York, Feb. 28 A sentence of
not less than 12 years and six months
nor more than 22 years and six
months was, today, imposed by Jus
tice Goff on George M. Grulz, chief
of the arson trust which is declared
to have milked the insurance compan
ies of $100,000 by incendiary fires in
five years. Grulz was last week con
victed of causing a fire "on which he
Secured insurance of $2,000.
Robert J. Rubin, an associate of
Grulz, also convicted, was to have
been sentenced, today, but on motion
of Assistant District Attorney Wil
lard sentence' was deferred so that he
can repeat a confession to the grand
jury. This confession, it is said, in
volves 20 more men.
PHONY BARON MUST
SUPPORT FAMILY
Passing' out handbills of a coming
lecture, "Baron" Wilbelm Von Osier
who has been heralded with the high
Bounding titles, disproved them this
morning in the city court after he had
been probated in the custody of Of
ficer Simpson with discretionary pow
er as to release.
Arrested in New Haven, at the re
quest of local authorities, Von Ogler
was returned to Bridgeport by Detec
tive Sergeant Cronan and placed upon
trial for non-support . before Judge
Carl Foster. He pleaded unintention
al lack of attention of his .wife, stat
ing that he would have sent funds
had not the Lenten season, kept moving-picture
business at a standstill.
Arrangements were later being made
whereby his wife and- little child
would be taken from the almshouse
and supported by him.
TWO BATTLESHIPS
IN HOUSE BILL
Washington, Feb. 28 Two battle
ships instead" of one, a supply ship at
$1,850,000 and an army transport at
$1,500,000 were the chief changes in the
House naval bill as reported, today,
by the Senate committee. Each bat
tleship 'is to be built with an initial
cost of $7,000,000. The bill will be
considered, probably at tonight's ses-
LATE C. R.
VY0RTJU38,627
Appraisers File Inventory Show
ing Large Stocks and Mort
gage Holdings
Appraisers of the estate of the late
Chauncey R. Morris today returned to
Probate Court an inventory showing
that Mr. Morris was worth $87,627.23
at the time of his death last Janu
ary. The bulk of the estate is in
personal property, largely stocks and
first mortgagee. Mr. Morris' realty
holdings were valued at $11,000.
The appraisers were P. L. Holzer,
William J. Nichols and Hobart R.
Wheeler. Their report shows the es
tate to be divided as follows:
PERSONAL ESTATE
STOCKS
60 shares, Penn. R. R. Co. $3,632.50
30 shares, N. Y. N. H. & H.
Railroad Co.
10 shares, American Loco
motive Co.
FIRST MORTGAGES
Sniffen J3ros., Stratford,
McElroy, bal., Iranistan
ave., -'
W. E. Wright, bal., Colorado
avenue
CASH ON DEPOSIT
City Savings Bank
People's Savings Bank
James Staples & Co.,
T. L. Watson & Co.,
Check -
3,840.00
1,040.00
10,000.00
3,000.00
1,200.00
1,194.86
951.11
1,562.90
774.86
25.00
- OTHER PERSONAL EFFECTS
Household furniture, etc., 366.00
Total $26,627.23
REAL ESTATE
Morris Homestead, Fairfield
avenue and Seeley St., $8,000.00
Land and Bldgs., 210 Seeley
street, 3,000.00
Total
$11,000.00
The final decisions in the crusade
to clean out the worst of the Tender
loin resorts, were handed down today
by jthe county commissioners. Thomas
HocKiOf. 92 State street and'VWilliam
Hart of the Union Square hotel were
refused license renewals. The com
missioners granted John Lynch of 425
Water street a renewal as it was
found that his place was conducted on
a higher plane than the others.
Tills . finishes the remonstrances
which were filed by Mayor Wilson in
his vice crusade. Five places were
refused licenses and in seven other
cases either the mayor withdrew his
remonstrance or the evidence was
found insufficient.
GERRISH CHARGE OF
DIVORCE FRAME-UP
STIRS UP LAWYERS
The statement attributed to Frank
Gerrish of this city that the divorce
Clara Gerrish obtained in the superior
court here recently wits a frame up,
has caused much discussion in legl
circles.
A South Norwalk lawyer who did
not wish his name mentioned, declar
ed today that he represented Clara
Gerrish in the action and the suit
was not a frame up. ' He declared
detectives had followed Gerrish for
several weeks and had secured " suf
ficient evidence against him to g,et a
divorce.
Gerrish disappeared February ' 10
from this city and the police have
been looking for him since. It was
reported that he was engaged to a
local girl.
WEDDING A SECRET
OVER SIX MONTHS
Announcement was made today of
the marriage, ' last August, of Miss
Irene Wetstein of 26 North Washing
ton avenue, to Bert Goodale, of 315
Maplewood avenue. The wedding was
kept a secret because of a recent
death in the family, Mr. and Mrs.
roodale- said today. Mr. Goodale is
employed here by the C. F. Adams
Co., of New Haven.
SISTER HER ACCUSER
Clarksburg, W. Va., Feb. 8 Mrs.
Addie L. Davis, young and pretty,
is held by the federal authorities ac
cused of violating the United States
postal laws. The charge was made
by her sister, Miss Ollie Nestor, who
alleges she opened a letter addressed
to her .by mistake and because the two
had quarrelled, did not turn over five
dollars enclosed.
FUMIGATE PROSPECT SCHOOL.
Following the usual custom of fum
igating where more than two cases of
contagious diseases have been report
ed the local Health Department un
der the direction of Health Officer E.
A.. McLellan will fumigate the Pros
pect school tomorrow. Several cases
of scarlet fever have been reported
there.
DICK HOWELXi BACK
ON TUB JOB AGAIN
Richard Howell, managing editor of
the Bridgeport Sunday Herald who
has been ill for the past two weeks
with an attack of the grip, has re
turned to his duties on that paper.
During his illness he has been con
fined at the Rector hospital on Park
Rock and
Hart Lose
Licenses
FIRE BOARD If!
MERRY ROW ON
12 CANDIDATES
List of FrospectiYes Becomes
Known Despite Silence
of Commissioners
ONE MAN TO BE REJECTED
Unfavora&ie Report of Surpcn
Causes Clash io Selection
of A New Appointee
Sidney L. Bray, blacksmith, 423 Park
street.
Arclue Cameron, bartender, S60
Main street.
Samuel McBrlde, clerk, 258 Madison
avenue.
Henry 1). Sunderland, textile worker,
132 Nichols street.
Daniel Cremln, bartender, 1041 Bar
num avenue.
Thomas Bohen, bartender, 1024 Rail
road avenue.
Joloi A. Smith, factory band, 33 Han
over street.
Thomas O'Leary, driver, S61 Arctto
street.
George II. Baker, tooimalcer, 307 Cen
tral avenue.
Theodore Wendt, factory hand, 6-4
Maple street.
William Pramuka, patternmaker, 143
Church street.
Daniel Donahue, driver 569 A renin
street. - '
That's the list of applicants from
which the board of fire commissioners
will name eleven new members of the
department when they get ready to
name them. The foregoing lint, ac
cording to apparently authentic In
formation coming to The Fanner to
day, includes all candidates who hava
been advised by the board to take
physical examinations, upon their
passing of which formal appointments
will be made.
From the same source, The Farmer
learned today that the delay in ap
pointments is caused by the row fol
lowing from the rejection by the ex
amining surgeon, of one candidate.
The commissioner who presented this
man's name, at first wanted to force
his appointment, despite the surgeon's
unfavorable report. This course ha
been abandoned, but a new row has
developed in the selection of another
man, report has it.
- -T!wsi board is mtVX maintaining the
greatest' secrecy relative ' to trie ap
pointments and the reason why they
have been held up.
"There'll be nothing doing today."
said President W. C. Taylor this af
ternoon when asked if a meeting of
the board had been called.
According to reports, only one 'rejec
tion has been insisted upon by the
surgeon and certain members of the
board. Others in the list, it is said,
barely managed to get by the pre
scribed examinatiqn, but will be ap
pointed. When the commieisoners will act to
merely a matter of speculation. One
or two rows will have to be all
threshed out by the board and mem
bers thereof who are trying to "make
good" on political promises, before
real action is had.
STEEL TRUST
KNOCKED OUT
COMPETITIOn
New Tork. Feb. 28 How all actal
competition in the steel trade endl
when J. P. Morgan successfully re
conciled the warring elements in ths
industry and welded them into the
United States Steel Corporation wm
revealed here, today.' With James
Gayley, for seven years first vice
president of the giant trust, as the
chief witness, former Secretary of
War Jacob MoG. Dickinson, chief
counsel for the government In it
suit designed to show that, the trust
should be dissolved as it violated the
anti-trust law, developed the real
competition of the days before ths
trust and the utter absence of it af
terward. Gayley admitted that before th
amalgamation the big rival,for con
trol of the Lake Superior region wer
the Federal Steel Company and th
Carnegie Steel Company. To get
corner, the Carnegie Company, In
1901, swallowed up the Oliver Iron
Mining Company which owned three
fourths of the stock of the Lake Su
perior Mining Company. But tha
rivalry continued, the witness said.
"Was it not a fact," demanded Dick
inson, "that it was the policy then of
the Carnegie Company to buy out
right all properties and ore deposit
wherever It could ?"
"It was," replied Gayley.
"And the Federal worked alor.fr
similar lines, did it not?" "It did."
DicRinson then showed that after
the trust was formed with both com
panies in it, this sort of active com
petition ended.
$15,000 BAIL FOR
CAPTAIN SWEENEY
New York, Feb. 28. Captain Swee
ney, of the New Pork police, pleaded
not guilty before Justice Goff, today,
to 11 additional indictments charging
bribery . Attorney Talley, who repre
sented him, asked that he be given
freedom on the original bond of flft.
000 but Goff refused and finally f;xd
$15,000 as the bail. This was fur
nished. Justice Goff then granted the Talley
motion for permission to inspect th
minutes of the grand Jury so far a
the original indictment only was coa