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r DO YOU SECOND SECTION Pages 11 to 1 8 :wan,t a furnished room, or a flat, read The Farmer Clas sified Ada. You'll find what you want. VOL. 49 NO. 134 BRIDGEPORT, CONN., FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1913 PRICE TWO CENTS WESTPORT WRECK HERO . ARRESTED FOR JEWEL THEFT Stamford, June 6 Ha-nford Donnelly, who was hailed as a. hero on Novem ber 3 last when the Boston Express jamped a. crossover at Weetpott and was wrecked,- eeven being' killed, has been arrested for alleged theft of dia monds valued at $3)00, carried by Mrs. Phillip James of Lake Forest, III., "" a passenger on the "train. The police say Donnelly has confessed and that worth of the diamonds have been recovered. Donnelly was a chauffeur employed by a-looal clergyman. He was first to reach the wrecked train and helped Mrs. James and others out of a burn ins car. A week or so after the wreck Don nelly received a call from Mrs. James' representative and turned her satchel over to him. The diamonds were not in toe bag, but Donnelly denied any knowledge of them. He has - been watcheC constantly by detectives ever since, and a few days ago when he attempted to sell some diamonds the police got them and then arrested Don nelly. , BENEDICT CRUISE ENOS ONEIDA ARRIVING FROM PARA IN GREENWICH HARBOR Greenwich, June 6 Commodore B. C. Benedict and- party arrived on board the yacht Oneida unexpectedly at the Indian Harbor estate ' yesterday, hav ing returned from Para after a cruise which started from New York in April. The Oneida, instead of proceeding to New York, came Into long Island . Sound at Southampton and directly to the Greenwich, harbor, where she anchored. The Commodore and all of the party are well and. told of a de lightful trip, -with no accidents. The Commodore brought . home monkeys and . birds from the Amazon to add to bVs eon Action. . POPE GIVES DETECTIVE BURRS SPECIAL BLESSING Some, June W. J. Burns, head of the American. - detective agency which bears hia name, accompanied by his jwife. bad an audience with the Pope j yesterday. - Mr. Barns s&id afterward that the jPope'a face was the. finest he ever sam tasd he -was deeply. impressed , by his appearance: Th health of Pi-us X. Mr. etmu says Is good, and be shows no trace of his recent lllneee. He walks firmly and. his voice la strong 'and clear. - r tti , The Pope entered the ante-room and .after a few words of welcome blessed the pilgrims, but when Mr. Burns was pointed out to Mm he approached; and offered him Ids ring to kiss. He bleee- ed some devotional articles which, were icarrled by Mrs. Burns. ' The Pope expressed his pleasure af VKneeting Mr. Burns, who, he said, bad tepent Ms life In aiding Justice. He leave hint a special blessing. SECRETED GERMS CAUSE OF HIGH TYPHOID RATE ; Nw Haven, June 6 Health Officer 1 i iitiiv vv . wrignx oeneves mac t tie greater prevalency of typhoid fever in this city than in other Connecticut cit ies, and in a section where the disease is comparatively rare, as pointed out by the Journal of the American Medi cal association, is due more than t any other source to the germs carried from the epidemic . of 1901. He has abandoned' the notion that the cases of typhoid are brought in from other cities, and now holds to the above idea. Germs have beeii proven, he says; to be secreted for years in the clothes and about the persons of those com ingr in contact , with the disease, who, while they may never have, contracted the disease themselves, have commu nicated it to others, and he cited the case of the notorious "Typhoid Mary" in New York, who had to be confined as a precaution against the spread of the contagion. In the Journal cited the point was made " that New Haven had in 1912 24.5 cases out of 1,000; Bridgeport little over 6 per 1,000, and Hartford, one-half of those reported in New Haven. "I, cant believe," said Dr. Wright, "how Bridgeport can possibly have fewer cases than we have. I am convinced that their system of record' ing and reporting the cases Is not so strict as ours, for it is only with In ' the past few years that their rec ords have been strictly kept. . "While we have had many cases reported in this city, there have been com para. tively few deaths, and even the mild est forms of the disease have been re ported and tests taken of them." The water and miUc supplies, Dr. Wright said, were better than in many cities, and he believed contamination did not result from those sources. AS a matter of fact, the health off! cer and members of the board of health are somewhat at sea as to the causes of the high rate of- typhoid in this city. . They admit that it is easier to prevent the spread than to tell how it spreads. " . ' REIiATiyES TAKE CHARGE ' s, v. OF DEMENTED WOMEN Swinging pickets taken' from fences on Houston -street and - pulling up newly planted sods In lawns was the occupation which attract! the notice of the police to Mrs. Sophia Green berg, a well dressed woman from 338 St. Ann avenue. New York, yesterday Apprehended and brought to police headquarters it -was ascertained that she came, from- New- York -but -yester day to visit an uncle Jacob Feu er,. the proprietor of a Water street 'Jewelry store. S4ae was detained , as demented until relatives called and took her away with the intention of caring for her outside of the State., GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LUCKY. fierce Flames Robbed of "Their Prey Through Recent Removaijof 600,000 'Documents. B. H. S. NOTES. There were only thiee short periods tot the afternoon session today as Kbe class day exercises were held 1b Jthe assembly hall and It would, not be .xair. t the freebies. Miss Sandiford, 15c, 'was absent from ffchool yesterday. t Water Gregory, -."TV has accepted a position with the Trubee Co. Miss Natalie Mlddlebrook and Elle jworth Speer played at a recital given t the Unlversallst church by Mr. .ferosa. . Harry Stlverstone entertained: the or chestra at his home on East Main St., fast evening. The jarlor commercials picnicked at JCompo beaoh today. Edward Steiger, '18. will be employed .t the Axons Soap Works during the Rummer. Seeleys studio have taken the pic tures of the Criterion board, The baseball aggregation Journey to kotonln yesterday and copped a vic tory from the silversmiths' sons. At the end of the game the scoreometer eglstered 7-5 In our favor. EASTQN Representative D wight BanksV of Greenfield was entertained at the home tof Mr. ana Mrs. jrrea smiman recent ly. . ' A- C. Inirls of Ridgefleld was enter tained on Monday at the home of Se lectman John H. Candee. Mrs. Prank Edwards, 'Mr. Edwin P. Edwards and Miss Minnie O. Sher rood spent Wednesday ' afternoon in Dreens Farms and were the guests of Sirs. Harry Hull of that place. ' Mr. ' and Mrs. Edward S. Williams, Phik) Lyon, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence E Andrews, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Os ne. Mies .Hazel E. Sherwood, Mr. Mrs. Arthur Sherwood, Mrs. Jesse heeler, Mrs. George S. Gillette, Wil- inj s. Gillette and Leroy Turney all notored to Sherman on Wednesday pjid attended the meeting of the Pom- -(Ot grange wnicn was neiu lucre. Vpending a few days at Maple Row Dairy farm the guest of her friend, h&Stm Minnie O. Sherwood. Rev. Gilbert Campbell has purchased m new automobile. Mrs. Martha Stirrges of Aspetuck and fcfrs. 'Fred Van Voree of Brooklyn jere guests recently of Mrs. Alec Al jen of this place. The new style skirt has a deep set .n hem finished with stitehlngor a Inarrow piping and softly gathered front th waist.. The savage Are which broke out in the basement of the Geological Sur vey building on Sunday, May 18, while in a sense disastrous, did, in fact, far less aamage tnan was at first sup posed. The bulk of the damage was In the large document room contain ing Survey reports and geologic folios and a smaller number of topographic maps. Fortunately, over 90 per cent. of the Survey bulletins, water-supply papers, monographs, and other reports had been transferred last winter to the Government Printing Office and work had Just begun on the transfer into the' resulting space, from, the ad joining "Annex," of the three, and a half million topographio maps const! tuting the Survey stock. Thus had the tire occurred earlier the loss in documents would have been many times greater, while If it had occurred a little later, than It did, after the transfer ofYthe maps, the loss would have again been several hundred thousand dollars. As it is, about a quarter of a million topographic maps were slightly damaged and the stock of geopolio folios was more or less damaged by fire and water, but from SO to 90 per cent, of the folios are be lieved to be usable. All these folios, the regular, price of which is 25 or 50 cents a copy, are now offered to the publio at .5 cents each, with no fur ther reduction for wholesale orders. The "reserve stock" of the Survey publications is largely a mass of ashes and charred - paper. Many fo these reports, from 20 to 30 years old, are now rare books and this loss perhaps constitutes the most, serious damage. A careful estimate of the damage caused by the fire corroborates the original statement of a los of $75,000. (XXNISTRU'CTTON' -OF NEWl FIRE PROOF BUILDINK3- DELAYED. The last session of Congress, after 26 years of more or less constant im portuning, authorized the construction of a new fireproof Geological Survey building at a cost not to exceed $2, 596,000, but before actual work can ,be commenced this amount will have to be made available in a regular appro priation bill. This means an unfortu nate delay of another year before any work can start other than the pre liminary estimating by the Supervis ing Architect of the Treasury Depart ment. It may be stated, in justice to the present rented Survey building, which is frequently referred to in the newspapers as a lire trap, mat tnis is a correct statement largely Decause of the fact that the congestion due to the necessary crowding of a very large bureau into a. much too small build-ina- has necessitated the erection of some two acres of thin wooden, parti tions and other internal arrangements which make the building "a very bad Are risk. If the building were put to the uses Intended it would undoubtedly be a fairly safe structure, as it "is constructed of iron and brick and was in fact the first "fireproof" building erected in Washington. The amount of inflammable material which It con tains, however, is sufficient to melt to the ground any building, however fire proof. ; Pronrietor What would you fsuggest as a sign for a first class second-hand shop? Sign Painter How would "Up-to- date Antiaues" do? Exchange.. MRS. M'CORMICK GOES TO BUDAPEST FOR SUFFRAGE CONGRESS ir- ''I - - ga-r ' $ "' ? -1 Chieago, June 4. Mrs. Stanley Mc Cormick, treasurer' of the National Suffrage association, is one . of the American delegates to the Interna- tional suffrage congress to be , held this, month at Budapest. A . number of American women . are already abroad tor the conference - and Mrs. McCormiek sails . at once. . She will take an active part In the important meeting. Local Intelligence Before the Women's Minsionary Society of. the First Baptist church very pleasing informal discburse was delivered by Miss Madeline Stevens, the park play supervisor of New York City. She . detailed with., much spirit the good being obtained from the use of trained playground heads in various eastern cities and explained the pres ent system of engaging the attention of children of varying ages. The quarterly session of the Wom an s Stair of the children s ward er the "Bridgeport hospital was held yes terday at the home of the Misses- Mary and Elizabeth Fitch, 169 Boston ave nue. The meeting was presided over by Mrs. J. P. Omann while dramatic entertainment was afforded by Miss Iva King, -daughter of Di. George Clltus King of Fairfield.- -Reports were, read by Mrs. E. H. , Raymond, Mrs.- Charles H. Armstrong and Mrs. Elizabeth Pierce. . ' '".':' ", ' . -; . m i --iW. ;-r A large touring- car which' hadheen cranked while the clutch was thrown in the forward speed, in front of the Hotel Atlas at a late hour last night all .but accomplished serious injury to its owner, and. the guests in the cafe. Its force was stopped by a- huge pil lar supporting' the building andT. but minor damage was done to the leaded glass front. . . s Following are the officers elected at the- buniness meeting of the -First M. E. church last evening:' President. Charles L. O'Brien; first vice-president. Homer E. Nichols; Department' of Mercy and Help, Laura P. Nichols Department of Literature and Social Work, Eleanor . E. Haines; secretary, Theodore Piatt; treasurer.. Frank Speer; J unlor league superintendent. Harriet M. Russell, . and organist. Gladys P. Arnurius. A social followed the election. '.-'. The- first concert of the year in the local parks was that of the Wheeler & Wilson band at Seaside park last evening, when several thousand peo ple took- advantage of the ideal weather to visit the park and enjoy the music. Hundreds of automobiles encircled the bandstand. The' best of oraer prevalled. The Tea Time Tavern was onened for the season yesterday under the direction of the Thimble club.. About $20 was netted for the furtherance of the charitable "work of the young peo ple. . 7 .... . .. ..... .'. At a. meeting of the Nation H 1 A man. elation of Stationary Engineers held Wednesday evening at the cltfb room, 176 Fairfield ' avenue, John R. Long gave an interesting demonstration of bench work which proved of much practical value to the engineers who heard it. A. CLARK GOES TO LOUISVILLE AS , CONVENTION DELEGATE C. A. .Clark, a popular emrrfove of the Singer Manufacturing Company, will - leave tomorrow " for Louisville, K"y., to attend . the National - conven tion of the Improved Order of Heo- tasophs. He goes as delegate from the local district. A meeting-of Con clave 353 will be held : tonight to se lect an escort of members who will accompany "Mr. Clark to Jersey City. At the - latter place . he will board ' a special train which will carry the New York, Kew Jersey and Connecticut delegates to Louisville. - SHOWER FOR JUNE BRIDE. - On Tuesday evening Miss Beth Hill of 76 Sixth street, was giveil a shower in anticipation of her marriage yes terday to Frank Shassberger, given by Miss Adeline Schmidt at her home in Stratfield. Shortly after their arrival Miss Hill was given a ball of twine and told to wind, which caused quite a little amusement, at .the- end of which she found the gifts consisting of silver, cut glass, china and alumi num. The color scheme was yellow and white. The table was prettily decorated with streamers of white and yellow, . and . daisies. Those present were the Misses Beth Hill. Ruth Hill, Lois Hill, Mildred and Margaret Baird, Nellie Price, Adeline. Anna; Effle. and Fanny Schmidt, Florence Smale and Kathrene Beers of Norwalk; Mrs. H. Hill, Mrs. R F. Schmidt and Mrs. H. Cooper, of Silver . Beach. eJlLJlirD.CB Credit TV Keep your eye on the big store this month. "Watch our newspaper ads. Watch our windows. We can give you more op portunities to save money than any other store in Bridgeport. (I Cheerful Credit points the way for every one to dress well for the least cost. Ourr terms of payment are so liberal that yotccj irenmo txrill apawplw Vio diminiahpf tnrTi'i, week by the moderate payments you mayn xj make for your purchases No Money Down $1.00 a WeeR to Al LADIES' AND BUSSES' SUITS. A grand clean-out of onr highest grade suits made to sell for from $16.75 to S32.50. Empire, straight front, and cutaway models in all the season's newest and best styles, colors and materials. Di vided into three great value giving lots. )! 9.98, $12.98, $15.98 WHITE SERGE SUITS ' For ladies nadmisses, $16.75 values, in white serge suits with moire silk collar and cuffs, smart cutaway mofieis . . GRADUATION DRESSES For misses. White voiles, marqtilsettes, batistes and French lawns In an tne newest styles for this im portant occasion . . . . ; $9.98 s and French $3.98 to $14.98 PURE LINEN SUITS Cutaway models, short front, long heck, some with ratine: collar and) cuffs and fancy backs, $10 values .-. . ,j VOILE AND FRENCH LAWN" DRESSES t Also fine batiste one piece models, beautifully trimmed, Dutch, laca collar and ouffst worth $7 ........................... H. . .. . . - . 6.98 $4.98? (A WHITE SERGE SKIRTS wo-plece : worth $5 CHILDREN'S WASH DRESSES 1 Two-piece models In all-wool -serge. I Ginghams and chambrays, worth SI .50 I $2.98 Special 98c I Children's StrarHata,49a Oiir--Big Store For licit n Men's Straw Hats and ; Purnishings The. most popular straws of their kind In ' Bridgeport Straw hats in all new shapes and straws, worth from $ 1 .50 to $3. Speefal ......95c to $2.45 Complete showing of Genu ine Panamas - FURNISHINGS $2 and $2.50 French Cuff Shirts. . A great variety of patterns in silk mixtures. Special $1.39 $1.50 , Silk Tongee 'Shirts. , Soft cuffs and : collar to match. Special- . ... ,98o 25c - Pure Silk Hose. - In fancy colors. Spechil 19o. New " Wash Neckwear. Spe cial 25c 75c Negligee Shirts. - Coat front models, attached cuffs 49c Balhriggan Underwear. A garment. . 25c and 49o R. V. D. Union Suits. Spe cial i ; 98c' Big Attractions Tomorrow As We Are Giving the Best Values in Bridgeport MEN'S SUITS AMERICA'S CHOICEST CLOTHING Snappy new styles and models that we are showing in the hest clothes made in America. Hundreds of men and young men tray all their clothes here heeause we supply quality, and absolutely correct Eng lish, Norfolk and conservative models. Plenty of popular shepherd plaids, pin stripes, neat serges and fancy mixtures. . , SUITS WORTH $18.75.- Tomorrow. $9.75 BLUE SERGE SUITS In Norfolk and single models, worth $20. breasted $15 ROYS' $3 SUITS Double breasted and Norfolk mod els in fancy mixtures. ... JJ QQ BOYS' WASH SUITS Worth $1.50. Special 98 C SUITS WORTH $18 and $20, Including Norfolka , - $12.7 SUITS WORTH $22.50 and $25 - $16,75 MEN'S TROUSERS ' Great $3 values. Special. . .$1,93 HOYS' BliOUSES Regular 50c values., .Special. 29C BIG BARGAINS IN EVERY DEPARTMENT Come to Our Big Shoe Department . AH the i, best lasts - and leathers for the whole fam ily at popular prices. " Win JJf) Il - INC. MAIN, GOLDEN HILL AND MIDDLE STREETS . and Kos h -'; -' T',l.,"l,l,ly ' ( - ifa: V- . () hi in if w' ' ' v Jsasa ' !"! l-l ; .. i It; I '. " ' ) x ii I ' ' ) " I j j j NEW! CHIEF HTTRAXnL.IC " ENGHN- EER IN THE GEOIXJa-ICXi M SURVEY. N. S. Gxover Succeeds M. 0.Xeighton. Nathan C Qrover. of New Jersey, has been appointed chief hydraulic en gineer of the water-resources branch of- the United States Geological Sur vey, to succeed Marshall O. Lelghton, who resigned early in May to plan and supervise land drainage In Flor ida. - Mr. Grover was connected with the Survey's hydraulic work from 1903 o I&07, as engineer, district engineer, ana assistant hydrographer in" general charge of stream-gaging work in the United States. - For .the four years following 1907 be, was employed by J. G. White & Co., whose principal of fice is in New York City, as hydraulic engineer, construction ' supervisor, and irrigation, engineer. In 1911, on the recommendation ' of the Secretary or the Interior and the Civil Service Com mission, Mr. Grover was reinstated in the classified . service and appointed engineer in the United States Geologi cal Survey, as specially qualified by his experience, both in the Govern ment and outside In corporate employ, to give the hydraulic engineering ad vice needed in connection with . -the classification of public land by the Geological Survey. The selection of Mr. Grover as chief of the water-resources branch is es sentially a promotion from the field -.,-. nln exnresses recognition of the Importance of bringing into ad ministrative positions 01 inn the pubic service, whenever possible, technical men of broad training and intimate acquaintance with the best engineering practice as well as with the needs and conditions of western development. MEN DO READ ADVERTISEMENTS There has been some lively discus sion on this subject lately anu .l riinior nf advertising men in one of the larger cities recently a prominent advertiser rose and asserted that "af ter all, very- few men read aavernse- menta." You are absolutely wrong, retort ed another advertising man, the man agerof advertising in a department store. "We had a sale of shirts one day last week that was the most suc cessful in the history of our business. 99 of those who came in and bought were men. They came in aired re sponse to our newspaper advertisement." Everywhere in every station of lite men find interest in advertising. It may not be clothing, shoes or hats; but it may be something that relates to real estate, banking, the stock market, to automobiles to any of the thousand and one things that con stantly , form the subject of wide awake advertising. QCIMY RECEPTION POSTPONED, The annual exhibition ' and recep tion to be" given this -evening by the pupils of Quilty's School of Dancing at the Colonial Sail Room in Fair field avenue has been postponed for two weeks owing to the death of a member of Prof. D. C. Quilty's family. BBIDGEPOBTERS ATTEND SARGENT ANNIVERSARY The twentieth anniversary of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. ar gent of No. 206 New Britain avenue, Hartford, formerly of Bridgeport, was observed with an Informal family gath- I time since then in -Hartford, and have enng at their home this afternoon at on various Hartford line for the-tpast , seventeen years. . Twenty years ago today; -BtavviJ. W. Davis, pastor of th Advent Chris- j tian church n Bridgeport, married j Miss Bertha J. Carr, daughter of Mr. ' and Mrs. Philip Carr, and C. A. Sar gent. They have spent most of the 4 o'clock, when a number of relatives from Bridgeport and New Haven were present. ' The past week has brought many presents of silver and glass-ware to the 'home of the Sargents. Mr. Sargent Is now a conductor on the Elmwood trolley line, and has served one daughter, Mildred, who. Is 1& -years : old. Theyvsay that "beggars! cannot ba. choosers," yet a- beggar oxer wife fed In 1 the hall chose our bestluvfc sod um ' brella on his departure. We Are Of fering $1 5.G0 Meirs and Young Men s THE SUITS ABE Plain Blue Serges Fancy Blue Serges Plain Grey Serges Fancy Stripe Worsted Fancy Cassimeres In Brown, Grey, Tan NOR F O L K f ALTERATIONS FREE THE STYLES AEU Norfolk Models 2 Button Sack 3 "Btatton Sack Norfolk Models with and without cuff bottoms Trousers have belt loops High Cut Vests, all newest effects r I ' v HOW WE CAN DO IT , ? It is onty possible to sell these splendid suits at this price beeaxise we J ) make them, and as an opening wedge to the patronage of the Bridgeport Public. J Come in and see these values. They cant be beat. OTHERS AT $12.50 AND $15.00 ( j TKOUSERS SPECIAL FOB SATURDAY $2.00 ) ' LIOIM CLOTHING CO. ) 12k 4 MAIN STREET , Pcli Theatre Building ; )