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VOL. 49 NO. 68
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1913
PRICE TWO CENTS
DEMOCRATIC SENATORS
VOTE TO REJECT TAX
COMMISSIONER CORBIN
Lively Caucus Results in Vote First of 10
to 8, Then of 15 tp 3 to Refuse to Con
firm Governor's Nomination
Secret Session Is Said to Have Been ; Marked by Considerable
Debate-Senators Decide That Nomination Should
Be Made Party Matter-All to Stand by
Caucus
Hartford, March 20 The nomination
by Governor Baldwin of Stat Tax
Commissioner William M. Corbln to toe
hip own successor will toe rejected toy
the Democratic Senate. This was In
dicated by . the caucus of those Sena
tors hM this morning'. As soon as
the Senate was called, to order," Sen
ator M cDonough asked for the court
esy of a recess in order that the Dem
crate- might go into caucus.
Fifteen minvtes had been set - as a
time for the caucus, tout H stretched
out considerably over that period.
After it was over and) it became
known that the Democrats had voted
10 to S to reject the name of Mr.
Corbin. it was further understood that
toy a "rot of 15 to 3 the caucus mem
bers were requested to stand toy- the
vote of the caucus. . Among1 those -who
stood toy the Governor in his nomlna-
, tion was Senator Miner, of New Lon
don, who afterwards said that It was
is intention: to stand by .the caucus
action.
Very lrbtle was said by the Demo
crats after tliey came out of caucus,
but it was known- that the caucus de
cided to make the nomination a party
matter and then to insist that a Dem
ocrat be named for the office of tax
commissioner. The caucus was held
in the Senate ante-room, which is
reached through, a dJeor which, has a
ground glass panel. Against this
panel was frequently a figure in earn
est debate and it - was presumed that
a lively argument was conducted over
Mrt Ctorbin's nomination.
Senator Landers. psresWent of -the
Senate an chairman of the " commit
tee on Executive Nominations, one of
the three who voted against making
the tax commissi onership a party mat
ter, said late this afternoon, that he
bad not made up his mind as yet
whether he would stand toy the caucus
of the Democratic -Senators.
A bill was reported in the Senate
placing the licensing' of barbers with
the State Board of Health and abol
ishing the present barbers' commis
sion. Among the favorable reports
were the following-:
Revising and extending the rights
and privileges granted the Meriden,
Middletown and Guilford Railway
Company; amending- the charter of the
-Lordship Park Association; providing
that fire escapes shall be placed on
all public buildings, this bill including
also school houses for fire escapes for
which there was agitation and' which
-was advocated by the women of the
"Ntarwalks"; appropriating $3,000 for the
Henry "Whitfield House at Guilford;
on a petition extending- the time for
constructing- the lines of the Dan
"bury se Bethel Street Railway Com
pany. Other unfavorable reports were
on a bill paying heavy fines for in
timidation of employes in manufac
turing establishments and compelling
doctors to display on their advertising
signs the name of the college from
JWhich they were graduated.
TV THE HOUSE.
A war on the mosquito pest is prom
ised toy the reporting to the House
today of two bills drawn by Dr. Car
malt, of New Haven, providing that
health officers shall abolish, the breed
ing places. One bill authorizes (health
officers to investigate and abolish
breeding places in towns, and the
other provides that boards ' of health
cnay abate the same nuisance on
ewa mplanda, and in other places that
give opportunity to the pest to breed.
The excise committee reported un
favorably a bill to change the law
overning the granting of certificates
sifter conviction of liquor law viola
tions. The amendment provides that
no certificate should be issued if the
violation was wilful or intentional.
The bill was rejected.
The bill excepting shell nuts, con
fectionery, temperance drinks and
bottled beer from the penalties of the
package act was reported unfavor
ably. Among other bills reported favorably
were the following:
k From the excise committee forbid
ding the employment of minors in.
or about ' saloons; authorizing the
Westville school district to lay a tax
for school purposes; amending the
law relating to the sale of personal
property in certain instance; to give
J. Holly Conklin a title for a piece
of land situated in a lake in Chath- I
am; providing that the acts of the
General Assembly shall take effect
unless otherwise provided for on Aug.
1.
The following amendment to the
pauper law was reported favorably:
"Every town incurring any neces
sary expense for a pauper belonging
to another town may recover from
the said town providing said town in
curring the expense shall render to
the town liable therefore an itemized
statement of expense so incurred onco
in six months during the period in
which such expense was toeing in
curred." The House concurred with the Sen
ate in recommitting the Hackett
teachers' tenure of office bill. Repre
sentative King said that a question
liad arisen whioh had caused discus
sion in the House and he preferred
that the matter be discussed in com
mittee. The House abolished free lunches in
saloons so far as it could by passing
the bill providing for penalties for of-:
fering food and free lunch. A bill
fixing a penalty for sale or gift of
liquor to minors was also adopted.
Mr. Ryce asked for ftie reconsideration
of the free lunch bill but the motion
was lost. '
The bill increasing the stock of the
New Haven Gtas Light Company was
sent to the foot of the calendar owing
to objections which are arising over
a number of bills of this kind. An
appropriation of $60,000 for completion
of the State armory was adopted1.
An unfavorable report came in "on
a bill whioh was intended to compel
manufacturers to register and make
public the names of all their employes.
The. House then adjourned. -.
CAPITOL COMMENT
OF INTEREST HERE
(By Our Staff Corres.)
-. Hartford, March 20 Before the Ap
propriations committee this afternoon,
there was a hearing on the bills ask
ing the appropriation of $76,000 each
to the Bridgeport and St. "Vincent's
hospital. 'Representing the Bridgeport
Hospital were Supt. Jones and A. E.
Lavery. Representing St. "Vincent's
were , Attorney IT. A. Bartletl Attor
ney George Mara, Drs. J. Murray
Johnson, W. Osborne, D. C. De
Wolfe, E. F. McGovcrn and D. J. Mc
Carthy, United States " Marshal S. E.
Hawley, Senator Joseph H. Whit
comb and Representatives "Wilson and
McMurray spoke in' favor of both ap
propriations. Timothy A. Flanagan, of Bridge
port, President of the State Federa
tion of Labor, and the executive boardi
were actively " present today at the
final hearing on the workmen's com
pensation bill.
The hearing on the bill, annexing to.
Bridgeport a part of the Clapp
Spooner estate in Fairfield, was post
poned for ' one week, when it came
before the committee on new towns
and probate districts today.
The House today, in concurrence
with the Senate, passed a bill, amend
ing the charter of the City of Bridge
port, to allow an increase in salary
from $1,500 to $2,000 a year for Health
Officer E. A. McLellan. The increase
will become effective when the gover
nor signs the bill.
Following an adverse report by the)
Judiciary committee. Senator McNeil
today succeeded in getting favorable
action. in the Senate on his resolution,
recommending to the Connecticut
delegation in Congress that they in
vestigate and favor the government
ownership of mines. The vote was IB
to 14. In opposing the passage of th'e
resolution, Senator McDonough sard
he thought it presumptious of the
Senate . to attempt to dictate to the
congressional delegation in a matter
which the latter were fully capable
of deciding for themselves.
It is understood that the Excise
committee will report unfavorably on
the bill to close saloons on Good Fri
day and Thanksgiving Day.
VHELAN DRIVEN
FROM HOME; WANTS
HIS HOUSE BACK
Claiming he was not provided with
a home- according to agrement, Mar
tin Whelan of this city has brought
suit against Etta L. Heery of this
city seeking $1,000 damages and re
conveyance of property on "Wheeler
avenue.
Whelan declares that on October 12,
1911 he and his -wife, who has since
died, ' entered into an agrement with
the defendant. He conveyed the
property mentioned above to Etta
Heery upon condition that she would
provide the plaintiff and his wife with
a home, food and clothing and in case
of illness would provide medical at
tendance. If the defendant refused
or neglected to carry out , the agree
ment, the property was to revert to
the plaintiff or his wife.
Whelan's wife died on October 12,
1911. After that it is alleged that the
defendant failed to provide for Whe
lan's needs, that they had several dis
putes and he finally was compelled to
leave the house. Etta Heery refused
to reconvey the property, the writ
states. The action is returnable to
the April term of court.
Athens, March 20 King Constantine
arrived in the Greek capital today.
He traveled to this city in an automo
bile from the port of Phaleron, where
he landed.
SUFFRAGETTES
BURN MANSION
Militant Arson squads
Have Busy Night
in London
Lady White's Residence and
Fashionable Golf Links Con
signed to Flames
London, March 20 Arson squads of
militant suffragettes were busy last
night. The fine country residence of
Lady Amy White, widow of. Field
Marshal Sir George White, the hero of
Ladysmith during the Transvaal war,
and the buildings on the golf links at
Weston-Super-Mare, the fashionable
watering place of Somersetshire, were
burned.
Lady- "White's house was a big man
sion in spacious grounds at Englefield
Green, near the River Thames. When
fire was discovered at 1 o'clock this
morning the flames had got such a
good hold of the building that it was
entirely gutted in spite of the efforts
of the local fire brigade. Traces of
oils and inflammable materials were
found scattered about the house,
-while stuck on prominent spots out
side, the grounds were papers inscrib
ed with the words, "Stop torturing our
comrades in prison", ""Votes for wo
men", "By kind permission of Charles
Hobhouse." This last toeing- a refer
ence to the taunt of Mr. Hobhouse,
chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster,
uttered earlier in the campaign, that
women lacked the real revolutionary
spirit of men who burned and sacked
in support of their cause.-
Two women on bicycles were seen
in the neighborhood half an hour be
fore the fire was discovered, but all
trace of them has been lost.
The bouse was unoccupied-. The In
cendiaries of the golf pavilions also
escaped. There are many suffragettes
now in that city where Viscount Hal-
dane, Lord High Chancellor, is sched
uled to deliver an address before the
National: Teachers Conference.
. Olive Hocken, . who was . charged
with attempting to set fire to a pa
vilion on the Roehampton Golf Links,
was arraigned in police court again
today, and ; remanded another week
after counsel for the treasury bad
opened the case. for the prosecution.'
Miss Hocken appeared to glory in
the notoriety- she has achieved-. She
stood in the prisoners' enclosure wear
ing across her breast a bright new
sash in the suffragette colors . and
smiled contentedlv as counsel detailed
her alleged activities in the field of
arson, in the destruction of letters in
the public mail boxes, etc:
The articles found in the militant
suffragette arsenal in- the Kensington
district of London on March 13, con
sisting of telegraph wire cutting ap
paratus, bottles of corrosive fluid,
hammers, flints, tools for breaking
windows, false identification tags for
automobiles, ropes and pole climbers
as well as paraffine, cotton, wool, oil,
fire lighters, candles, etc., found in the
gripsack alleged to have been drop
ped by Olive Hocken on the Roehamp
ton golf links, were prominently dis
played in court.
. Counsel for the - treasury described
Miss Hocken's studio in Camden Hill
Gardens, Kensington, as . a - "depot
where people foregathered, armed and
prepared for any particular maraud
ing outrage on hand, with the full
knowledge and connivance of the ac
cused."
Among Miss Hocken's correspond
ence, he added, was a letter from-Mrs.
Emmeline Pankhurst, the militant
suffragette leader, openly inciting her
followers to acts of lawlessness and
outrages. '
ONLY ONE BIDDER
FOR CITY'S JOBS
Culvert and Dock Work Brings
Response from Lone
Firm
C. A. Sibley of New Haven was the
only bidder today on work to, be
awarded by the Board of Contract and
Supply for a new culvert on Third
street, and the replanking of the city
dock at the foot of Wall street. Sib
ley's bid for the culvert was $1,105,
and for the dock work, $1,175.
It is probable that -new bids will be
asked by the board. No meeting was
held today, Clerk George Oatlin open
ing the only 'bid submitted.
MANY EMPLOYES
BURIED IN ROINS
Medicine Hat, Alberta, March 20
"Wor"kmen today continued their efforts
to recover bodies believed to nave
been buried beneath the wreckage of
the Malcolm Canning Company
main building when it was destroyed
by fire and a gas explosion late yes
terday. "Up to an early hour today
only five bodies had been found. Per
sistent rumors had been circulated
that there were 30 in the building.
The property loss is . estimated at
$100,000.
TRACKS TORN UP OH
NORTHAMPTON ROAD
New Haven, March 20 By the break
ing of a flange on a wheel three cars
of a freight train were derailed on the
Northampton line of the New Haven
road at the stockyard in Hamden,
last night, and -several rail lengths of
track torn up. No one was hurt.
The tracks we re relaid . and the line
opened for traffic early today.
ARREST WIDOW,
ADMIRU EATON
Taken Into Custody at
Her Home on Mur
der Charge
Hero ot Santiago Battle Died
Suddenly ot Poison and
Buried Withont Honors
Hingham, Mass., March 20. Rear
Admiral Joseph G. Eaton, U. S. N.,
retired, died of poisoning and his
widow is charged with murder. . "
Mrs. . Eaton was taken . into custody
at her home in Norwell, today, and
brought to this place where she was
arraigned before Judge Pratt, who
has conducted the inquest Into the ad
miral's sudden demise. She pleaded
pot guilty and was committed to jail
without .bail for a further hearing on
March -28. When she came here, this
morning, accompanied by officers, it
was supposed that the widow would
be a witness when the inquiry was re
sumed and the fact that she was a
prisoner was not made known until
the announcement ..was ' made a little
before noon by District Attorney Bark
er. In a formal statement the dis
trict attorney stated that Prof. Whit
ney, of Harvard Medical School, who
had made a chemical analysis of the
contents of the admiral's stomach, fol
lowing the autopsy, had reported the
discovery -of poison, leading to the
conclusion that the admiral had not
died a natural death.
The arrest of Mrs. Eaton is the out
come of a serious investigation by the
police into not only the cause of bis
death but regarding the family life of
the Eatons.
Admiral Eaton died suddenly on the
morning of March 8. He was 66 years
of age but according to his friends
had been in good health. Two days
later the body was buried at. Dracut,
his former home.
There -was no service at the grave
and besides the undertaker and news
papermen, only the widow and her
daughter by an earlier marriage, wit
nessed the interment. There were no
military honors. ,
The rear admiral had seen 39 years
service In the navy. He commanded
the transport Resolute at Santiago
and received a medal of honor for his
share in that battle. He was born at
Greenvillef Ala., and' was twice mar
ried. The present Mrs. Eaton was the ad
miral's second wife and was formerly
the wife of D. A. Ainsworth, once a
clerk In the United States Senate. Her
father was George Harrison and the
family home was at . Alexandria, Pa.
She is 40 years of age.
The investigation developed that her
married life had not been altogether
happy and her explanation that her
husband had died from an attack of
indigestion did not satisfy the medical
examiner who after conferring with
the family physician delayed the pre
paration of the body for burial until a
post mortem had been made. - Mrs.
Eaton had two daughters by her first
marriage, Mrs. June Ainsworth Keyes,
of Boston, and Dorothy Ainsworth
who lived with her.
TRUSTEES OF ODD FELLOWS'
HOME ELECT OFFICERS
New Haven, March 20 Officers' were
elected at the annual meeting of the
board of trustees of the Odd Fellows'
Home here ate yesterday, as fol
lows: "- President, ' Selah. G. Blakeman, of
Shelton; vice presidents, Frank R. UP
son, of Southington, Theodore Kassen
brook and Marcus L. Reynolds; sec
retary, Wallace R. Johnson, of New
London; treasurer, Leopold De Leeuw,
of Hartford; chaplain, Rev. Charles H.
Smith, of Barre, Mass. ; board of man
agers, William S. Hutchinson and
Philip Pond, of New Haven; Grant U.
-Kierstead, of Hartford; Frank N. (Jan-
field, of Bridgeport; H. C. F. Col well,
of. Water-bury; Charles A. Reed, of
Danbury; Charles Ei Gates, Hugo L.
Patzold, Frank Et Green, Algot John
son and N. J. Hirsch, of New London;
Rebecca Auxiliary, William . H. Mari
gold and Henry Stevenson of Bridge
port, Marion R. Davis of Groton and
Loren Davis. It was voted to lay a
tax of 15 cents per capita.
CATTLEMEN WANT REVISED
TARIFF RATES HEARING
El Paso, March 20 A joint request
for a .hearing on the Matland cattle
rates for the proposed revised tariff
was signed and forwarded to Senator
Simmons, of the Finance committee
of the Senate, late last night, by
President Jastro, of the National
Livestock Association; ' A. L. McFad
den, of the Cattleraisers' Association
of Texas; and W. B. Slaughter, of the
Panhandle & Southwestern Cattlemen's
Association. The associations are in
joint convention here.
WANT STAFFORD'S
LICENSE REVOKED
Efforts will be made ,by the. Strat
ford authorities to have the liquor li
cense held by Dudley J.- Stafford of
the Stratford Inn, revoked by the
county commissioners. Stafford will
be tried before Judge Walsh and a
jury in the court of Common Pleas
next Monday on the charge of violat
ing the liquor law.
It is charged that Stafford sold 11-
ouor after the legal hour of closing.
The Stratford authorities, if Stafford
is found guilty, will ask the court
not to grant a certificate to the inn
proprietor. In that event the com
missioners will revoke the license.
BRUM
FORTUNE
BREAKS FROM
WILSON POLICY
Acting Secretary of State, Hunt
ington Wilson Resigns In
sists on Acceptance
Resignation Due to Difference
of Opinion With President
on China's Loan
Washington, March 20 Huntington
Wilson, assistant and acting secretary
of state, has resigned that office and
insisted upon immediate acceptance of
the resignation because of his radical
difference of opinion with the admin
istration regarding its Chinese poli
cies. . " . -
President Wilson immediately ac
cepted the resignation.
POSTMASTERS RESIGN.
As a result of the extension of the
classified civil service to include
fourth class postmasters and the an
nouncement that the postmasters of
this class would be asked to qualify
in . a competitive examination, the
postoffice department has been flood
ed with resignations from the service.
At present, resignations are reaching
the department at the rate of about
20 a day and offiicals declare that
about 2,000 fourth class postmasters
have resigned since the executive or
der covering them into the civil ser
vice was issued.
Practically all of the resignations
are In postoffices where the salary
is more nominal and where at times
the expense of conducting the office
equals the compensation.
Mr. Wilson, like all . assistant secre
taries of the various departments, ten
dered ' his resignation as a matter of
form to President Wilson directly up
on the latter's assumption of office.
Mr. Wilson was requested to continue
in his place until it should be con
venient for the President to name his
successor and consented to do so tq
accommodate- Secretary Bryan in his
desire to make his present visit to Lin
coln, Neb., although this involved the
abandonment of reservations which
he had - made on a steamship sailing
for Europe, last Tuesday.
The issue of the statement from the
White House defining the administra
tion's attitude regarding the Chinese
loan negotiations is believed to have
been regarded by Assistant Secretary
Wilson as suffiieent to justify him in
requesting to be relieved at once from
duty.
The probable result of the resigna
tion will be the immediate appoint
ment, under a recess - commission of
John Bassett Moore as counsellor of
the department of state with author
ity to act as secretary.
RECIPROCITY CLAUSE.
The customs court will not decide
the question of the right of European
nations to send wood pulp and paper
into the United States free of duty un
til it has considered the validity of
section 2, the only operative clause cf
the reciprocity agreement under
which Canada is given free entry of
wood, wood pulp and paper, provided
no expert restrictions are imposed.
Under the "most favored nation"
clause of treaties with this country,
Europe claims the same free entry
privileges granted to Canada. The
Cliff Paper Company, in a test ship
ment of wood pulp imported at Buf
falo from Canada, raises the question
of the validity of section2, contending
Congress intended that no part of the
reciprocity act should take effect un
til Canada adopted the reciprocal leg
islation provided by the agreement. As
the treaty failed of ratification by the
Dominion, it is contended that no por
tion of It is in operation. When the
collector of customs ' admitted the
company's test shipment free of duty,
a protest, asking that the duty be as
sessed, was made to the board of gen
eral appraisers which upheld the col
lector. The customs court is asked to
reverse that decision.
The government has filed briefs to
sustain the decision of the board and
maintains that the purpose of section
2 was to permit the great pulp mills
of the country to obtain as much as
possible of the woods of Canada in
view of the fast disappearing Ameri
can forests. The government asked
the court to consider the question of
validit yand the question of European
treaty rights jointly.
EXPERTS ON TARIFF.
The tariff revision agreement, up
on which the House ways and means
committee intends to decide, will be
carefully analyzed by a corps of stat
istical and customs experts tempor
arily quartered tn the committee of
fices. Representative Hull, of Tennes
see, who will frame the income tax
feature of the bill and Representative
Peters, of Massachusetts, have been
conferring over the administrative
features of the report. The commit
tee plan is to retain most of the ad
ministrative sections of the present
tariff law and the income tax has yet
to be formally voted upon, hinging up
on the analysis of the probable returns
from the 14 schedules of dutiable arti
cles. . '
Whether the appropriations com
mittee will be named at the outset of
the session depends largely upon a
coming conference between Chairman
Underwood, of the ways and means
committee, and Chairman Fitzgerald,
of the appropriations committee.
Democratic leaders point out that with
the overwhelming Democratic major
ity it would be asy to suspend the rules
and act on the failed sundry civil and
Indian appropriation bill.
(Continued on Page Two)
EPORT HOSPITAL G
UNDER
MULVIHILL GETS
SENATE JLECTI0N
Four County Commissionerships
Are Acted on in General
Assembly
House Will Likely Take Them
Up Next Week Perry At
tacks Mulvihill
(By Our Staff Carres.)
Hartford, March 20. The Senate
today by a- strict party vote elected;
the following caucus nominees to be
County Commissioners of their various
counties for terms of four years be
ginning October 1, next:
Denis Mulvihill, Fairfield
County.
James F. Cloonan, New
Haven County..
Charles J. Gunning, Hart
ford County. 1
Albert L. Lanphere, New
London County.
When the matter of the county com
missionerships was taken up in the
Senate, some of the Republican Sen
ators opposed it. The Democratic
Senate leader. Judge John H. McDon
ough said that the Senate might Just
as well' go through with the matter
today as to allow the nominations to
remain as encumbrances upon . the
calendar any longer. He said that the
Democratic Senators had proposed to
stand together in support of the can
didates of their county caucus.
When the name of Denis Mulvihill
was introduced by Senator I
Peck of Redding, Senator P
a brief and eloquent spef -he
called . attention to the ej....-
in the Senate chamber of insinuations
and lying stories which had been in
dustriously circulated by enemies of
Mr. Mulvihill. He paid tribute to the
career of the nominee as a public
official in Bridgeport where he said
that he was honored by the people as
few men of that city had been honor
ed. Senator John H. Perry of Southport
said he was .the only Senator of his
political faith in Fairfield county and
he did not think it fair to Inflict
Denis Mulvihill upon his county.
. Senator McDonough assured Senator
Perry that the Democratic Senators
were supporting men of integrity and
worth who while they might have
made political enemies during their
careers were fit and . capable to per
form the duties of the offices for
which they are nominated.
Senator Joseph . H. Whltcomb of
Bridgeport "referred to the unprece
dented majorities which Denis Mulvi
hill had received both times he was
elected Mayor of Bridgeport and told
of the public spirited citizens of that
city Including some of the largest tax
payers who certified his administra
tion of the public affairs. He said
he was the unanimous choice of the
Fairfield County Democratic Senators
and Representatives and that know
ing him intimately for many years
he was satisfied that he would make
an - excellent official. ,
-Senator Weed of the 26th district
which ' was formerly represented in
the Senate by Congresman Jeremiah
Donovan, replied to the remarks of
Judge Perry with much force and elo
quence. He said that the remarks of
the Senator from Southport surprised
him very , much as the whole of Fair
field county knows what a disgrace
ful condition has prevailed in the of-"
flee of the county commissioners of
that county. He spoke of the upris
ing of the ministers of all denomina
tions of the county against the condi
tions in the- office and laid the ac
tions of the legislators -in dropping
the man who has been commissioner
of Republican persuasion because pub
lic opinion would not stand for his
reappointment.
He said the man whom Denis Mulvi
hill is to succeed could not hold a
candle to him. He added that Mr.
Mulvihill was not his original choice
in the caucus but that since he receiv
ed the votes of the majority of the
Democratic senators and representa
tives in Fairfield county his demo
cracy taught him that the will of the
majority should always prevail. He
was for Mr. Mulvihill not only as a
Democrat but because he recognized
in him a man fit for the office.
The next move in the county com
missionerships will be the action up
on them by the House which is Re
publican and where they will be reach
ed probably the latter part of next
week.
VETERAN EDITOR
DIES IN CHICAGO
Chicago, March 20 Paul Selby, ag
ed 88, veteran editor, died last night,
at the home of his son-in-law, the
Rev. Harmon Johnson at River For
est, near Chicago. He was the last
of the Illinois editors who issued the
call for the meeting held in Decatur
which led to the formation of the Re
publican party in the state.
COMPENSATION HEARINGS
AT CAPITOL ARE OVER
Hartford, March 20. The hearings
on workmen's compensations were
concluded before the combined com
mittees on judiciary and labor, to
day. A sub-committee will be named
to draft a bill which expresses the
general idea of the members. Sec
tions upon which there are differences
of opinion will be written by mem
bers themselves and submitted to be
redrafted into enactable form. It Is
thought likely the bill will be report
ed during the first week in April.
MARSH
Will
Late President's Gift
Will Total About
$l2jM)0d
ESTATE IS INVENTORIED
AT OVER HALF A f.HLLIOH
Report of Appraisers, Filed in
Probate Court Today, Shows
Vast Holdings in Bonds and
Stocks of Many Corporations
State to Get $25,000 Inheri
tance Taxes
Under the terms of the will of the
late Deacon Edward W. Marsh, for
many years treasurer of the People's
Savings bank, the Bridgeport hospital
association, of which he was president
will receive approximately- 1125,000.
This bequest is figured from the in
ventory of the estate, filed today in
the Probate court, which showed that
Deacon Marsh was worth well over
half a million dollars at the time of
his death. The bequest, along with
numerous other public benefactions, ii
not payable however, until after Ihe
death of Deacon Marsh's widow, Mrs.
Fannie F. Marsh.
The extent ' of Deacon Marsh's e
tate was most surprising to even those
who were closely associated with him.
By the terms of the will, hie widow
received $50,000 outright and an an
nuity of $6,000. To other relatives was
left $84,000, and to public - institutions
of this and other cities there was be
queathed $61,000.
The remainder of the estate, upon
the death of the widow, is to be di
vided into 100 parts, of which the
Bridgeport Hospital Association is to
get 44 shares. Roughly figured, tbfs
will amount to- $125,000, and will be
the largest single bequest that insti
tution has received. A number ot
Congregational churches here and
elsewhere will be benefitted tinder the
distribution of the remainder of the
estate.;," - - ' .
-, The inheritance taxes to be paid the
state will approximate $25,000.
According to the inventory filed to
day by the appraisers, Deacon
Marsh's estate was valued at $521,92.
31. The estate is mainly personal
property, consisting of extensive
stocks and bond holdings.
The Inventory filed by Appraisers
M. B. Beardsley, W. H. Lyon and D.
Fairchild Wheeler, shows that Dea
con Marsh amassed a fortune "by
shrewd Investments and at the time
of his death held stock in some of the
biggest dividend returning enterprises
in the country. The Inventory also
shows that Deacon Marsh accumulat
ed during his life considerable stock
in various enterprises that are now
valueless. Holdings in as many ai
fifteen companies are listed as worth
less in the inventory.
The summary of the Inventory fol
lows: ' " ;
REAL ESTATE
Homestead,;, in.-Fairfield Ave.- $13,000
Property, 748, '750, 754, 736
State St. 14,000
$29,000
PERSONAL ESTATE
Bonds 50,014.00-
Railroad stocks t 206,780.00
Miscellaneous stocks ' 149,841.00
Bank stocks 53,255.00
Real estate mortgages ,S.12
Saving Bank books 3,385,2
Cash on hand and on deposit 10,606.49
Life insurance S.326.30
Personal notes, etc. 45,434.6
Total $492,962.31
Most of the bond holdings are in
western railways and other public
utilities corporations. Deacon Marsh
held stock in 17 railroads, his largest
investments being: k
500 shares. New Tork, Lackawanna
and Western, par value $100, $59,000;
4t0 shares Morris & Essex railway,
par value $50, $33,600; 100 shares
United New Jersey Railway and Canal
company, par value $100, $23,000; 80
shares Albany & Susquehanna, par
value $100, $22,000. 100 shares. Con
necticut Railway & Lighting, $7,400.
Deacon Marsh held stock valued at
$15,000 in the Spring Perch company
of this city; $14,018 of the Pullman
company stock, $25,270, American
Telephone and Telegraph company;
$16,614, General Electric company.
His bank stocks were In banks of
Connecticut and New Tork state. Ha
held 100 shares of the Bridgeport
Trust company, valued at $16,000, and
70 shares of the First Bridgeport Na
tional bank, valued at $16,000.
Cash deposits in Bridgeport banks
were: Bridgeport -i rust company,
671.39; First Bridgeport National
bank. $6,920.66.
FAIRFIELD ON" JITTNT
FOR DEMENTED MAN"
Fairfield is looking for a man who
yesterday frightened Catherine Fagan
and other girls residing near the cen
ter of the town. Last evening a fair
sized posse of citizens scoured the
beach, but could find no trace of the
man who is believed to be demented.
Today, "Mayor" John B. Boyle round
that the Bayside cottage had been
broken into and believes the man
pent the night there. The search.
will be continued this evening.
CITY HALL OFFICES
TO CLOSE TOMORROW
Tomorrow, Good Friday, will be ob
served at City Hall by the closing of
all offices throughout toe day.