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VOL. 49 NO. 103
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1913
PRICE TWO CENTS
MISS CORNWALL
WEDS ATTORNEY
DAVID S. DAY
ADMINISTRATION DISTURBED
BY CALIFORNIA'S PASSAGE
POLICE RAID
ON MILITANT
M'Murray's
Strong Plea
Senator Whitcoml
OF ANTI-ALIEN LAND BILL
HEADQUARTERS
'iscovers 5cj
eme
For
80Ct.Gas
Home of Bride Is Scene
of Brilliant Gath
ering Kiiptlals of Prcminsnt Young
: Couple Among Season's Kot
alj Social Events -
At five o'clock this afternoon at her
home. 625 Clinton avenue. Miss
Natalie- Cornwall, i married to At
torney David S. Day. by Kev. William
, H. Lewis. D.D.. pastor of St. John's
Episcopal church. The ceremony was
performed under a huge floral cano-
DT or umbrella, fashioned into a show
er effect -with Southern smilax and
Easter lilies, making' one of the- most
beautiful settings for a wedding cere
mony imaginable.
The bride was gowned in a beautiful
creation of white satin with trimmings
of white point lace and pearls with
hand embroideries. She wore a Veil
"of tulle caught in- place with lilies in
her hair, and carried a loose bouquet
of lilles-of-the-valley and gardenias,
The maid of honor. Miss Dorothy
Cornwall, a sister of the bride wore
a gown of white lingerie and 'a white
picture hat. She carried an English
bouquet of pink snap dragons, .jnig
nonetM and pink Killarney -roses.' - ,
There were four little flower: girls,
the Misses Susan Weeks, Eileen Wood,
Margaret Moul, and Betty Netthercut.
They were' dressed in dainty whit
frocks with pale pink sashes and
flowered garden hats. They carried
old fashioned stiff nose-gays of lilies-of-tbe-valley
mignonette, pink rose
buds; and frill lace. John Reck &
"Son have made the bouquets.
The floral decorations at the house
-were beautiful. James,' Horan & Son
have done the decorating; carrying
out the white and green floral scheme
In the. reception room 'With admirable
taste." Throughout the house there"
was a profusion of Killarney rosebuds
and full blown roses of the American
Beauty variety. Maiden jiaifc, (um
palms, 'nd bay trees.; -wert' la vishly-f
. arranged. A bank of palms hid- the
orchestra' Bentley'a -which 'played
tb--weddittg march and other appro
priate, selections. A ;buffet lanch.w.i
served at he house during the recep
tion, i . - '. ;
' ; The -whole decorative; scheme Is ad
mirably executed , and, the. 'room 1 in;
which the ceremony was-performed is
a veritable bower, ot beauty.
The wedding was one of the premier
events of the present social season in
. Bridgeport. Both young people . are
widely known and are prominent In
Bridgeport society. Miss Cornwall is
the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Jessie B. Cornwall, and Attorney Day
Is the son of E. S. Day of Colchester',
at one time a United- States consul
In England. He is a graduate of Yale,
having received his A. M. degree there
In 1902 and his law school diploma In
1805. He was a member of the Con
necticut general assembly in" 1 90S and
Is widely known In legal, political and
' club circles In this city. lie is a mem
her of the law firm of Marsh, Stod-
' dard and Day, and Is a member of
the University and Brooklawn Coun
try clubs.
LIOTORBOAT GOP
REPORTS 495
CASES ON SEA
Washington, April 30--The little mo
J or boat Tarragon. - a federal "police
man ' of the seas." In commision nine
and a- half' months, has already re
ported 496 violations of the motorboat
and other navigation laws. The com
missioning of the vessel was the result
of complaints of shanghaiing and ill
'treatment of crews In the oyster fleet
of Chesapeake Bay which conditions
are said to be by the bureau of navi
gation now greatly improved as a. re
sult of the patTol.
The Tarragon, which now is In
North Carolina waters, reports' to the
Department of Commerce that the gen
eral lack of life saving equipment on
fnotorboa-te in southern waters is- be
ing gradually corrected. As there are
about 200,000 motorboats In the United
Estates the bureau of navigation esti
mates that approximately 400.000 per
sons thus are being safeguarded. - .
WEALTHY BAROII
IS ARRESTED FOR
KILLING PRINCE
Warsaw, April 80. Baron John
'Slsping. one of the -wealthiest land
lords of Lithuania, was arrested here,
today, on a charge of murdering
Zrinoe Ladlslas Druckl Lubeckl, a
close - relative by marriage, whose
"body was found pierced on April 22
with two bullet wounds In the park
jtdjoining his residence at Teresln near
Warsaw. -
Prince Ladlslas, who was president
of the automobile club of Warsaw,
left his house on April 22 with Baron
Bisping, with the intention of accom
panying him to the railway station. I
later ine rnnve uuj w a iuuim in
the park, his carriage and horses
standing nearby.
The arrest of Baron Blsplng follow
ed on his evidence at the Inquest
which police allege was contradictory
In regard to the last moments th two
aaant together.
Washington, April ; 30.--Frobably
not until the legislative status of the
substitute alien land owning bill
adopted by the California Senate, last
night, clarifies will it be possible for
tne administration here to determine
upon its next step. There was little
expectation here that the assembly
will reverse the action of the Senate
in view of the reported breaking
down of party lines in the legislature:
but it is believed that delay may im
prove the chances for the introduction
of some, amendment on the lines' of
the Webb hill which presumably
would have received the approval of
tne national government. .'.' .
in explanation of the reluctance
shown by Secretary Bryar. to commit
nimself to the unqualified approval of
any specific, measure, it is Dointed out.
officials of the administration desire
to be quite free of the. charge of at
tempting to control the' proceedings
or tne legislature confining itself to
tne effort to limit the legislation with
in treaty rights and sound national
policy. Also it is said' that the state
department should be left unembar
rassed by any commitment in advance
or negotiations with the Japanese kov
eminent which now seems certain to
follow '; instead the rather informal
exchanges that V have been taking
piace.
Sacramento; April 30 If the ouroose
or tne visit of Secretary of State
Bryan was to check further action by
tne. legislature on any : alien land law
directed against the Japanese his mis
sion- has been a failure. ,
Tne conferences- between Secretary-
-Bryan ana the legislators closed, just
Deiore midnight. Within three ; min
utes and before most of the spectators
knew, -what had occurred. Senator a:
B. Boyriton, president pro-tem of the
upper' house, convened the Senate and
an amendment to the land, bill, which
provides that rho-alien , who is inellgi-
oie to citizenship ,1-under the laws of
the United States may hold property
in t-anrornia, was . adopted as a sub
stitute for the pending measure by un
animous viva voce vote, r ;
This bill was not .the' Webb - bill
which was agreed -upon, at a confer
ence ;:irlier' In". the (evening -but ;was a
substitute'; to', the). ,orlgirial 'committee
. :.' - .. .. ,
It will Nysme up for ffriai 'passage In
Jejagujaacajwsseof business, tomor-
row morning, -Anorrprjobably will, be
slgaed. - That is the' opinion of .the
loaders..-. - - ' , - -i ... ,.-..-...."'. '
The new biiUiB-drawtt in strict con
formity 'Withthe reaty biettveen 'Japan
and the United States but all efforts
to secure" - an opinion from Secretary
Bryan or Bresident Wilson failed and
" the ; state . 'leadens decided forthwith
to proceed with their plans for enact
ing it into law. '
Secretary, Bryan brought . into the
final conference, last night, further
messages from President Wilson, but
they met with, no response from the
legislators. - " At the' close of the secret
meeting Governor Johnson and a num
ber of the administration leaders said
their Opinions remained unchanged. ,
President Wilson's messages were in
the form of replies to questions asked
by Secretary Bryan. In answer to
the question' as to the" effect of a -law
containing . the ' words "ineligible to
RAILROAD PRESIDENT'S SONS
AS GOAL SALESMEN IS NEW
' THEME FOR
Boston, April ' 30 With the return,
today, -of .Commissioner f Charles A.
Prouty, It was expected that the rail
road's . case would - be laid soon - be
fore the interstate commerce .commis
sion ' which is inquiring into the af
faire of the New York, New' Haven &
Hartford railroad and allied lines.
This will be done through a cross
examination of David E. Brown, the
government's expert' : accountant, : by
Charles F. Choate, Jr., counsel for. the
New Haven. Mr. Prouty would not
permit the crpss . examination during
his temporary ; absence. -It - was un
derstood that Louis ,D.. Brandeis had
concluded the direct examination.
Reports that . President Mellen, .of
the New Haven road, would appear as
a voluntary witness, which have per
sisted in spite of a recent official de
nial, lacked confirmation. Mr. Choate
would say only that Mr. Mellen. would
not attend today's hearing.
' H. A. Fabian, manager of purchased
and supplies for the New "York, New
Haven & Hartford and the Boston &
Maine Railroad Co., was the first wit
ness, -this morning. He was cross ex
amined on testimony given earlier by
Robert Homans, counsel for the Bos
ton chamber of 'commerce.'
The witness described a contract be
tween the , Boston & Maine and the
Virginia Iron, Coal . & .. Coke Co., by
which ' the Virginia company was to
furnish the railroad with from. 50 to
60.000 tons of coal monthly for five
years, beginning , April 5, 1912. . The
Virginia Co., he said, submitted a low
er price than the only other bidder.
Mr. Homans brought out that Presi
dent McHaarge. of the Virginia com
pany was a director of the New Ha
ven road at the time the contract was
made.
Mr. Fabian told of a. contract be
tween the New Haven and the Boston
& Maine roads and the Keystone Coal
Company. , He said that Graham Mel
len. a son of President Mellen, was
the eastern sales agent of the Key
stone company and that the son of
the :late President Cassatt, of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, was president
of the Keystone company.
The Keystone company he said,
furnished about 350,000 tons of coal
Annually to the Boston & Maine, and
about 400,000 tons to the New Haven.
or about 23 per cent., of the New Ha
ven's annual coal consumption.
Before he became purchasing agent
for the Boston & Maine, the Keystone"
citizenship", would have mipon the fed
eral government. President Wilson
sent the following to Secretary Bry
an: "I can " only say . that ' I cannot
assume that the representations,' here
tofore to the Governor and the Legis
lature and; which your presence in Sac
ramento must necessarily have greatly
emphasized, will be disregarded and so
render- it necessary , to consider that
This was taken as the nearest P-
Droaoh to a threat of danger that hast
been made since the conference oegan.
In, reply to "a question-as to whether
the .substitute bill drawn by Attorney
General . Webb, which was acted on
by the Senate, later, would be accept
able. Secretary Bryan saio. :
'i have telegraphed to President
Wilson' and he deems it inadvisable-to
eanction. any pa.rc.nuia.i
forms of legislation. He thinks that
it should be made emphatically evident
federal . government,, , sanctioning not
this or that but , as friends of Call -
fornia wishing to be' of such service!
as it is 'possible to, be -to tjainormai
in a critical situation. ' :
When Secretary , .Btryan concluaea
reading . his . message the conierence i charge of conspiring with the mem
came to an end. v '' Ibers of the Fankhurst family to corn-
Governor Johnson prepared a state -
ment In which he i expressed the views
of the majority party. s
The conference between: secretary
of State and the legislature .were con-
eluded just before -midnight," it Bays.
'We " were ' delighted with Mr. uryan
and all that he said was given the
most . attentive and respectful' consid-
eration. Every opportunity was ac-
corded him and the conference closed
only when he' stated -that he had
nothing further to say. ' '
The members of the government
of California with unanimity express-
ed themselves as desiring to aid the
national .government . mm "i- u wc uiub iKimtuueoiiu.. ucmuis wiui iuc i agency of Frank Chace of Westport to wouia De empowered w arDiirarus j-e-to
embarrass it. :' The spirit pervading I suffragettes; - I William H.. Botsford of Staten Island tire any member of the police depart-
the meetings "was one of friendly co-1 - Miss -Barbara -Kerr, secretary of wno takes' possession' immediatelv' ment who has reached the age of 60
operation . and full of -patriotic pur -
pose. '
'After . It all, ; (though, X think the
majority of the legislators felt and 1
certainly-do myself : that, insufficient
reason has thug tar . been presented the raid, were arrested . and a large acres,' has a fine new residence built system, only; Senator Whiteomb im
that should cause California to halt quantity of doeuments was seized. a few years ago a comfortable farm mediately got busy. He waited upon
in any , contemplated legislation.' : -, Several r typists , and ' other, -clerks house, and other farm buildings and Senator Miner, of New London, 8en-
'ir. anv lw hft enabled. : it mav be
asserted,, treaty, regulations will" be
serunuiousiy oneyea. Japanese wuiinv:jK biu. -. -
not be singled out by any aft The
elasslfication made by : the hatiirali2a-1d
.tlrt.ittonMtabrlih'bTjTOmjnltted. 6ftenMS.etrsry 'tO'-elAasMfand will make the estae his home. Me
ution . of California; and Qf the malicious damages act '.- . is, a. native of Newtown, Ctmn., ahd ,is
tion laws ot
the constltuti
sanctioned by the laws of "other states
will -probably ' be followed. :
. j This, of .course, . is our legal . and
moral right' ahd , such . enactment by I
California' cahijbt. justly and logically I
be either, offensive or. discriminative.
Oaklahd,' CaX, April. 30--Walter. Mac-
Arthur,, recently appointed United
States shipping , commissioner at San
Francisco and-editor of .the Coast Sea-
men's Journal, in an .address here, last 1
night,- declared . that the' immigration I
of .. Japanese . Into California was the I
most dangerous force in the State and I
he asserted . the day was coming when
the' Japanese "situation would' be one I
hard, to .control., ; .
-He said the ; proposed ; alien '. "law
should be enacted.
FEDERAL INQUIRY
Company was furnishing the road with
about . the . same amount as at 'present.
jtoo iwipcuuuB amoDs. w mm
companies every year, the witness said,
vTr , Z' J I
tJ , ,
burg division, of the Boston & Maine
for one week In December. 1912.' the
r0- -111 ,D3 "
1UO.UU1LJ w ii.,n,iuu,(u t.-cui. cviruub I
of the poor qualtty of the coal used. I
The witness said that - delays d-ue to I
poor coal were reported to, him.- He I
maintained that 'conditions were imT
proving. -and-toJd of a report :from a I
division superintendent which he ; said I asked, .and, a.,' a-eciprocal answer dis
showed that: the Melaiys for -otte month I patched. . Arrangements for the. mar-
due to poor : coal totalied. 'seventeen 1
hours,: as vcpared with ihoure or
the correspondlnflr month, in the pre-
ceding year.
Adverse Itepojrt : on
HfrTTpiT "Roxitliy "Rill
JUCWeiJ. JSOmgJ31il
( By. Our! Staff Corres.) ' ' ' I
Hartfnril. Anrll 30. The 'cDmmittse I
on.Publio Hearth and: Safety-by a uri-I
anlmous: vote has , reported .unfavor- I
ably on the bill introduced by;Senator
McNeil -of -Bridgeport -referring to-
nus-illatio. cnntoHtsi 'Th McNeil bill
would nei-mit undor a stats comfa.
sion fights of 15 rounds durtaionl . The I
committee's unfavorable .report was I
transmitted to the Senate today.
The McNeil bill' follows the lines of
the Krawley . bill, . so called tinder
which boxing exhibitions are now held
in New Tork state.
ARCHITECT KE.1XK IIiTj.
Morgan J. Keane, the well known
architect of 293 French street, who
was ' one of the bidders, on ! the .' new
Bridgeport High school job, is report
ed quite' seriously ill at his-home on
French street. - . :
Benjamin' W. ' Terry, . of No. 3035
North Main street died at . the West
port sanitarium yesterday morning af
ter an Illness which had extended ovr
er a period of .mere than two years.
He was 38 years of age: and is Surviv
ed by his wife, three sons, Benjamin,
Kenneth,; and William, his mother,
one brother, F. I. Terry and one .sis
ter, Mrs. Frank Cone of this city.
Five Women Officials
Nabbed by Scotland
Yard Men
AllOHM SI.0D 30(1 OfflCSS US&Cl
?" viii uuu wmwww wwww
by Suits Fut Out of Business
by Party of Antis
London, April S0-The British home
office ' today inaugurated a more ac-
tampaign io pui an end to sums-
gette militancy. The headquarters of
the Women's Social and Political Un-
I have been organized, were occupied
J by the police and all the active leaders
were taken into custody.
"General" Mrs.
Flora Drummond
I and Miss Annie
I out on bail, were arrested on a fresh
1 mit malicious damage.
I Over : 100 policemejj and detectives
I fronr-the Scotland "Yard were engaged
i jn the capture of tne militant suffra-
gettee. - :
I : in Bow street etatioh, Mrs. Drum-
I mond met Miss Kennev and five oth-
er active officials-of the society,
The headquarters of the .Women's
Social and Political Union, the mili-
l-taht suffragette society in Kings Way,
I were raided in search of evidence
against the militant-i leaders by a
squad of police commanded by Super-
intendent Patrick Quinn, of Scotland
I Yard who ' has : been placed in -charge
1 the women's society, and poUtlcal un-
ion.
Misses Lake, Lennox and Barrett
I and Mrs. Saunders, all' of whom are
1 officials of the society ana were - in
I charge, of the .offices at the tlrpe or
were orflerea to leave tne .premises
which wer e .then closed and policemen
, Tite.'apmen-arrested are to be cha.rg-
with conspiracy er- witn aaying
I ' ; I- , ; . .
ANTIS MAKE-VIOLENT r .
A-l lALiiV UJN SUrr SHU1
Newcastle-On-Tyne, 'Eng., - April;
a--vrtiBTii-.'3ttf.lc-n9ji mnrto tinyr biri
a-party of antl-ouffragettes on a -shop
and 'offices used as the headauarters
of the i women's social and political
union here. . . Bricks- were hurled
through the -windows, all the doora in
the place were broken open and quan-
titles of .suffrage, literature and ban-
nerettes were destroyed.
Goes 1,500
1
m s. Officer
Romance has its inception in the
ujil" .-..i uujkcio uic ucKLii
of Dan Cupid may be shot across a
continent. lms is aoout to De proTen I
win ceieoraxe me joining or two nearxs
Knicn.iim,met nunng tne recent war
maneuvers Conducted by the goVern-
J." "V3 .
Ji ' vvasnlnsTn' DUI P1 al
Signal .Corps, of the U. S. A, was -de-
tailed here at the time. He met Miss
weitner, xrae preny , oaugnter
Oi. V 1 ft . Jlillllllil. V MILlin, t,li . lVWLimU
avenue, " and 'a mutual feeling - of . ad-
miration was stimulated.
-Through a frequent correspondence J
this was - heightened into a growing
love. . until . finally ' the 'question was
rla"ge' were completed by ' the . groom,
who . journeys - to Omaha, . Nebraska,
while the bride-to-be -left by the- 3:83
train yesterday - afternoon upon the
long journey" ot almost 1,500, miles
which- will -result-In tne- unlon. . it is
understood that they will make their
home1 . at - Fort Leavenworth with the
I. . -returning to the
coast -where the young man's parents
reside.
"Missa - Weitner. who received. , her
schooling, in -this city, is well Known
socially, - being -connected with ' many
societies, among which he has been
most active in. the Daughters, of Re
becca " and Star oi , Bethlehem, I. O.
O.: F. The announcement or tne ionn
coming nuptials has been kept a pro-
found secret.
Weather Indications.
New Haven, April .30. Forecast.
Fair: tonight arid Thursday,- slightly
warmer Thursday. . .'
Fori Connecticut: Fair tonight and
Thursday.", frost' tonight; moderate to
brisk northerly winds. -
The . disturbance which has ' been
causing cloudy -and rainy weather in
this section during .'the last few days
has-now passed out to sea and is cen
tral off the. Maine coast. It is follow
ed by an extended area of .high pres
sure which is . producing . pleasant
weather with moderately low tem
peratures east of the Mississippi river.
Frosts -were reported from several
places' tn the lake region. A long
trough of low pressure extending from
Colorado -northeastward to Minnesota,
Is. causing unsettled weather between
the Rocky Mountains and the Missis
lies
To
Wed
sippi river.
(By Our Staff Corres
Hartford, April 30 -Representative
H. McMurray, of : Bridgeport, made an
able presentation of arguments in be-
nair or nis so-cent gas bill for Con
necticut cities of over 75.000 TK.rula-
tion, before the Judiciary committee.
yesterday. Representative MoMnr-
ray s bill has been endorsed bv Sen
ator Whiteomb and Representative
Wilson of the Bridgeport delegation.
and they are much interested- in Its
report and passage.
Citing Instances in Massachusetts
where cities -are enjoying : the' bene-1
fits 6f cheaper gas, Representative
McMurray told the committee there Is
absolutely no reason why Connecticut
municipalities in the same circum
stances cannot be similarly benefitted.
Ohenpr ras h m l ,
m ff,. e, ' . y
TSt Z
pie justly deserve.
His arguments, which were given at
length, were along the lines of several
interviews on the measure which have
rr, i tm,- -cv,
Mrs. C. B. Read
Sells Farm In
. Greenfield Hill
Mrs. C. B. Read, widow of Charles
B. Read, of the D. , M. Read Co.. of
this city, who - owned
a handsome
summer rceiiisnne anet
farm upon
flrsenflelrl Hill tn t,.
fleid, has sold the farm through the
I Mrs. Read was represented by ' DeVer
I jj Warner who engaged Mr. Chace to
make tne Baje
I Tne farm is one of the finest on
I Greenfield Hill, contains about ", 4f)
a r,9M th. .iKikate chairman ol tne committee. x no
properties in that ' section of FairfleldTTKrew tendon Senator assured him that
i .in nnrchaeer. Mr: Botsfora. i eti -
gaed m th- Marine Insurance busi-
i j,ess wltll of fides 'in Kew Yerk ity.
I also, owner of what is known as the
Mallett farm In North Main .St,
The deed had not been filed. with the
town clerk-of . Fairfield yesterday, but
probably will be filed . today or ,,to-
morrow. This sale is one of the most
I "Important.- real estate transactions
I which has occurred in Fairfield : for
I some time. . .
Mr. Read, it will be ; remembered.
lost hia llfe at -this farm. last summer
while trying to rescue one' of his em-'I...
ployes who had been' overcome by
tne iumea or gas in a o.uiioung where
the gas system of the . residence, was
generated, going . into . thei fumes to
pull out the man who had. been -over
come.
GOVERNMENT PLUM
FOR WOMAN SOURS
A MEAN BACHELOR
WaEhlnffton Anrii !(iinnnm'.n,t
f the (ntpnHnn rr sr.t. t r
(Hp IntpHnr Trtai-t.rxr,t anoint
Mrs. Annie G. Rogers a' leading' suf f-
-f r nKii.
hG believes that "monev ran h h9n
dled more safely by women than by
men brought the following - letter
fromi a New York man to the eecre
"This notice of your appointment, of
Lllmris(! an mjlTt aYv,t m,
-Z -. , - '
tv , also the men: -but most of us
meet women who throw away a great
deal of money oh drygoods and fool
hats such as inclosed pictures 'of 'them,
d their husbands for their hard
earned wages, until we men are fast
min, t th. primini.1 iaa to, vot
money for flieir wives to squander.
Please usa your Influence to give
men work and -make women stay at
n d Keep it for the comfort of
thR hll8banfl and children. so the
the husband and children, so the I
homes , will not be broken up and the I
children run wild' and Unruly.
STRIKERS CLASH
WITH POLICE AND
MILITIA TODAY
Auburn, N. T., April 30. Rioting
occurred, early today, between strik
ers from the International Harvester
Company's twine mills here and po
lice, milita anld deputies. Three men
and three women were arrested, the
latter biting, ' scratching and kicking
their captors on the way to police
headquarters. " ' -
Among the men arrested was Gae-
tana Termini, the organizer of foreign
unions here. He had made a Social
istic, speech denouncing police, militia
and capitalists and refused to move
on when ordered.
The soldiers kept the 150 picket3
moving and the rioting occurred sev
eral blocks from the mill.
The break in the rank3 of the strik
ers grew, today, and by 9 o'clock 750
had entered the mill, an increase of
50 over yesterday.
PEBSONAt, SIESHOX.
Mrs. Frank Scheibel will entertain
the Ladles Auxiliary of Letter-carriers
Thursdty afternoon at her home 256
Carroll ' Ave. ' '
To Retire
Starts Investigation to Fix Responsi-
bility for Joker
CLAUSE WOULD PERMIT GREAT SHAKE-UP'
Commissioners Would
tire Arbitrarily and Without Other Reason
All Members of Department Over
Hartford, April 30 Senaior . Joseph
Whiteomb, of Bridgeport, unearthed
dark plot, the responsibility of which
he proposes- to fix-, upon some one,
when he was poring over the various
measures relating to Bridgeport,- to
day. '.....,.-
Following his custom, he was read
ing the various' bills concerning his
I city wnen ne aiscoverea mat me com-
I mlttee on Cities ana Borcugns had re-
oorted favorablv unon a bill by which
the police commission of Bridgeport
yearsv Tegardlese of whether he is fit
for further duty.
I Upon discovering this clause In the
which appeared innocently : enough
to refer to the fire departments pension
l" uu- jwvrs. -
Uc.m rvrnvlsiQo got into the report.
r;,Thereupom Senator wnucomo vwii-
REVOLUTIONARY
PRISONERS FREE
BY DARING PLOT
Lisbon, ' April 30.- Revolutionaries,
foy a daring plan, secured the release,
yesterday, of a,.number of prisoners
arrested during Sunday's political dis
turbances In 'the capital and confined
on -board the Portuguese cruiser Re-
publica in the harbor.
Several boats filled with armea men
dressed as sailors clambered on board
the' cruiser at 2 o'clock in the morn
ing and demanded that the prisoners
be handed over to them. At tne same
moment three shots were fired from
the guns on the cruiser for. what rea
son has hot been' disclosed.
The boarders and rescued prisoners
departed and landed before the naval
authorities in the harbor understood
I what was going oh and they had dis-
I aooeared before any. action could be
UKpn aSTainSE Ulem.
- The firing from the cruiser caused
c nlarni In the. canital.
HEARING IN CAPITOL
ON BIG BOND SCHEME
(By Qur Staff- Corres.)
Hartford, April'-'SO The, bill relat
ing 'to the issuance lof bonds for the
construction of bridges at State street
and Stratford Ave., - Bridgeport, was
heard this . afternoon. The - pro-
ponents of the bill were . represented
oy mayor, maun, uuii " "
Works Courtaae. cny cierK .Boucner,
Assistant City cierK Busseu ana me
awermanic ieBiciiauve
RR AITFlVf AN JOLTED FROM
oKAJULMAW JUL, IB.U fftUtU
TOP OF FREIGHT CAR
An unknown v Italian speaaing man
who was -working upon a box car in
the New Haven yards at Union street
this morning, attempted to show some
companions how to signal to an en
gine. He was unaware that a loco
motive was backing down the track
and as he flapped his arms a jolt was
given the cars which' sent " him to the
rails below. It was the ' usual trip to
St. Vincent's hospital with Dr. F.
Hale examining the injured man who
had received severe contusions about
the head and body.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK
Washington, April 30. An earth
quake was recorded on the seismo
graph at Georgetown University, early
today, the main displacement' being
east and west, the disturbance appear
ing to be outside the 5,000 mile zone
from Washington. The record of the
disturbance began at 6:51. a. m. and
continued uritil after 8 o'clock, the in
tensity being moderate.
NICHOLS DRIVES FOR JACK.
Robert A. Nichols who has formerly
been substitute, transfer ambulanoo
driver in the Charities department has
been temporarily appointed by Super
intendent Fred R. Johnson to fill the
place of Dave Jack whose illness is
expected to confine him to his bed for
a week.
'olice
in Pension Bill
Have Authority to Re
! ed the House to talk with Rerxresen
ajtattve Clitue H. Kin? of Fairfield. fhi
House chairman of the committee.;
Mr. King also professed ig-.no ranee tug,
to the joker. Senator Whiteomb de-;
termined if possible to get at the bot-
torn of the matter, as It appeared). that
an attempt was -under "way to force- the
thing through the Senate.
He forthwith gave notieo that,
would not stand for It, and hemsu- '
sured by both Senator Miner and Mr.
King 'of Fairfield that they were in
nocent parties to the scheme and they
agreed to have the bill recalled. As
the bill was in the Senate the duty ,
of recalling It rested upon Senator
Miner and he assured Senator Whit
eomb that he need have so fear with
respect to the outcome. "
Had the bill slipped through the
General Assembly, the board of police
commissioners would have been em
powered to make sweeping changes In
the organization of the department,
lopping off the heads of all officers
and members of the department who
have passed three score.
SENATE PASSES
LOCAL BOND BILL
1 ' ' (By Our Staff Corres.)
Hartford,' April' 30-In 'the Senate
today a ' bill authorizing the city of
Bridgeport to issue ' schpoi bonds to
the extent , . of jJ2Q0,0Q0, . and paving
bonds ' for the same amount, sewer
bonds for 120.000 was' passed after it
had , been explained by Senators Mc
Neil and Whiteomb. .
- There was opposition to its passage
at first because the bill had not been
returned , from . the printer. Both Sen
ators McNeil and,-Whiteomb assured
the : Senate that the bill had been
agreed to by the Bridgeport delegation
and that it carried with it a referen
dum clause' whereby the . voters of
Bridgeport " if they should elect may
vote for or against; these bonds at a
special election.
'.This bonding bill will be acted upon
in the House tomorrow. ...
900 LABORERS
ON STRIKE If J
GREENWICH NOH
' Greenwich, April 30. -The. strike of
laborers. on various estates In town for
2 a day and a' nine hour day, which
began, yesterday, . gained strength, to
day,, when 200 additional laborers quit
work -making a total of about 900 now"
idle. "
Trouble threatened for a time, this
morning, when -the' strikers induced,
some- two - dozen men employed by
contractors doing some work for the
Greenwich Water Company to quit.
The water company was having its
pipes lowered. The company sent six
of its own men to continue the work
but the strikers crowded about and
threatened bodily harm.
Deputy Sheriff Finnegan was called
and t after talking to the men for an
hour explaining that unless the work
was completed the water would have
to be shut off from certain sections
of the town, the strikers withdrew and
allowed the work to proceed. ,
The strikers held . a parade through
the town, today, with flags and tin
horns. They were not interfered with
as they had been granted permission
to garade by the warden.
Sues for $2,500 for
t TFair bir Icyidawalk
To recover for injuries received as
a result of a fall in Fairfield avenue in
March, 1912, Annie Addenbrook of this
city has brought suit against the City
of Bridgeport for $2,500 damages. Pa
pers in the action were filed this
morning in the superior court.
It is alleged that on the day in
question the plaintiff was walking
along Fairfield avenue in front of the
Warner building. -The plaintiff slip
ped on the pavement, which was very
slippery on account of the sleet and
snow. She fell to the ground, brealf-
ing several bones in her right leg.
She was confined to , her home for
some time and had to spend 1100 for
medical attendance.