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THE FARMER: JULY 10, 1913 EXCITEMENTiAS jewelry store alMmjounds Pc!!c3 Arrest Suspect lint Liter Rsl3as3 Him for Laclc of - . What appears to have been th at tempt of a desperate man to barglar-' Ijte the . Reed & Todd Jewelry Btore on Main street, in the heart of the shopping district -was made early this morning and resulted in the arrest of Edward Sweeney, IK Now field ave nue, who, the police say, -was found with a bunch of skeleton keys in the ROWLAND'S HOWLAND'S r Entrance in Main street, Fairfield avenue and Cannon street. Bridgeport, Conn., Thursday, July 10, 1913 The Weathet Fair, cooler tonight; fair tomorrow. Mil Ml Insufficient evidence upon whloh his conviction could be based was secur ed the police were unable to hold him for the attempt. . "While Patrolman Kane was stand ing in the doorway of. the Emerson Shoe company, across the street, the burglar alarm on the , jewelry store Bounded both on the etreet and in the Protective Company's office. Kane rapped for assistance and was imme diately joined by Patrolmen Poland and Bagley who hastened from adjoin ing beats and surrounded the prem ises. Special Officer George Peabody came' up on the run from the "Western Union o fa cel. ' Kane and- Peabody, m attempting to gain the roof, through the hallway of 1048, found Sweeney standing- in the dark. They placed him under arrest and conducting him to the .New Ha ven liuncn room made a search of his clothing. ' They - found a. large bunch of keys. He was taken to head-; quarters, but as no door or window was totifii, unlocked ha-rwas. -not held. It te ike belief of the pbHeefiiat some one attempted to pry a rear window and mads good his escape as the alarm Instantly sounded. A significant feature of the occur rence is that at this time all the elec tric, lights tn the city were extin guished suddenly. The electric light officials later stated that .something interfered with a power-house belt, though they are still endeavoring "to ascertain the exact trouble. I : QJJ XTED. . BEKKSj In this city, July 9th, 1913, Harry B.. son of the late Rollin and Fannie Wales Beers, aged 21 years, 9 months, 8 days. . . .. Friends are invited "to attend" the funeral at Grace Church, Long Hill, on Saturday, 12th Inst, at 2:30 p.m. Burial in Long Hill cemetery. a p MACKU5. In this city, July 8, 1913, Christopher J. Macklin. . Friends are invited to attend, the funeral from his late residence, 135 S Pembroke street, on Friday, July 11, at 8:80 a- m., and from St, Charles church at 9 a. m,. - r Interment at St. Michael's ceme tery. " p 9 b A CELERY P L ants Twice Transplanted 75c FEB 100 JOHN RECK & SON GMDUATIOIV Coquets sndDsskets AT HAWKINS, Etratfield Bldg OCJ" Monuments ? - ARTTSTSO LASTTKa '" '. v Fleas geratea fey pnsuniile rattta - and Btoliablac tools) HUGHES & CHAPMAN - S3 STRATFORD AwTENTTB Coucedsa . . Jll tS STATE OK COyvECTICtIT, , DISTRICT OF BBIDGEPOBT, sa, PROBATE COURT. : June 20th, 1913. Estate Of James McCullough; late of the-town, cf Bridgeport-An. said Dis trict' deceased. 5 J The Court - of . Probate-' Tot ' the Dis trict of Bridgeport, hath' limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for Creditors of said Estate te exhibit their, claims for settlement. Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly attested, within aid time, will be debarred a recovery. All persons indebted to said Estate are requested to make - immediate pay ment to ,. THOMAS M. CTJTjUNAN". P sp Administrator c t. a. To the Board of County Commission ers of Fairfield County,; . I hereby apply for a': transfer of a license No. 137 to sell 'Spirituous and Intoxicating Liquors, Ale, Lager Beer, Rhine Wine, and Cider from M. Pirl czky at 282 Spruce street to Steve Ruday at 282 Spruce street. Town of Bridgeport. The proposed place of business is not located within 200 feet In a direct line of a Church Edifice cr Public School house, or the prem--lses pertaining thereto, or any Post Office,. Public Library or Cemetery. Dated at Bridgeport thia 10th day f July, A. D., 1913. STEVE BTJDAT, Applicant. ' "We. the - undersigned, electors and taxpayers,"as defined by law, of the Town of Bridgeport hereby - endorse the application of the above named Pteve Buday for tach license and we do severally certify each for himself that we are taxpayers owning real estate situated in said Town of Bridge port. Dated at Bridgeport this 10th day of July, A. D., 1913. Robt. PitxRoy, S. Loewith, Herman Gfrtl, M. Stein. M. Lautenschlager. I hereby certify that the above rimed endorsers are electors and tax payers, as defined by law, of the Town of Bridgeport. Dated at Bridgeport this 10th day f July. A. D.. 1913. W1JL T- MTJLLTIS, P 19 tp Asst. To wit Clerk. As this was written, the hands of Jiic big clock on the eonrt house pointed to 11 minutes after 9. And every pair of hands in the store was busy. ; My My, what a busy Mill End morning it is! Everybody seems to be here. Everybody is busy and The Mill End sale makes folks happy always. It seems to be making more folks happy, and 1o;be:: making them, happier - There isn't time to write anything more. Every minute of time is required by every mem ber of the store force to give Mill End shoppers the service they expect. This 31st Mill End sale is only beginning. It holds a lot ol things that you couldn't see today, no matter how thoroughly you trid to hop. Come Friday, come Saturday, come each 'day.K-Tt Friday, Hie Mill End sale continues till 5 o'clock; Saturday fill 9 o'clock. IMP. U. S,? Report Fixes Responsibility For Stamford Wreck fOontliraed from Page 1.) that 'there was no suspicion that he was not in all respects capable, when this engineman was assigned to thta high class train. This, conclusion was in no respect Justified by the facts. "Even though ' Doherty's work In other grades of service was satisfac tory the absence of any supervision or tests for: a work in which hie fail ure was so ' complete and disastrous cannot be evaded by the officials of this railroad. The safety of the pub lic requires that these officials shall take all reasonable precautions, by test and supervision, to know that such men. have the positive qualifica tions of good judgment arid knowledge of - their duty. "Other railroads have rules provid ing safeguards ln thia respect, as was shown ' by the testimony of the rail road experts. "The general manager said that the judgment of the engineman -; was bad, unjustifiably bad;' and after describ ing his version of Doherty's handling of this train, he said: 'I cannot con ceive of any man In his right , mind doing a thing of that kind." He then stated in general terms his belief that the trouble arose from the employes' organizations and the attitude of the public, and said that It is true of the New England railroads today; they have not much left but- their, cor porate identity.' . "No organization but that of the N. X., N. H.- & H. R. Rn. Company Is responsible for placing a man in charge of this locomotive without tests or supervision by traveling engineers of his qualifications and Judgmbent for this" special .work. The determination of the ability, fitness, or qualifications of an engfneman is the duty the railroad itself. . ItNwas not' relegat ed to any other organization, nor could it be so . relegated. , It was neither relegated nor performed. It was ne glected. If was' unwarrantably as sumed that a man at the head of the list .of spare enginemen was qualified, withoutXRny special consideration of the. character of the service in which he could experience. Something is 'out of gear" on a railroad where high class trains. may be given over to an uninstructed engineman. And this is true even if he is sent out on run with the caution of his superior, don t let It get away from you.' "The responsibility for having a competent man with positive qualifi cations at a post of duty is a corpor ate responsibility. The fault for plac ing an untested man in a, position fraught with danger to life is the fault of the company and its officials. 'Man failure' can only excuse the railroad and Its officials where the man has been properly tested and found to pos sess the positive qualifications re quired. No automatic work of names from a list of men who may or may not have the requisite qualif icatlons can excuse from the duty of making reasonable effort to ascertain that the man selected is qualified. "There is no evidence which raises any doubt that for the work he had previously been engaged upon Doherty was competent, reliable, and trust worthy. His reputation and record was good. But when he was placed in charge of a new engine attached to one of the fast passenger trains some one in- authority signally failed in duty in intrusting such an engine arid train to his charge without any test of his capacitv for this grave responsibility. "It seems hard to realize that no practical tests were applied to such a situation on this railroad, and that there was no supervision by traveling engineers over an engineman called upon for the first time to take up a class of work callmg for the highest qualifications. "This investigation discloses that there was no rule upon this subject. . "It is but fair, however, to say of the present general manager that his connection with this railroad is recent and that his efforts in the promotion of safety during the short time, he has been in charge encourages the hope that he may succeed in placing it on a safer operating basis. ' "It appears that - no instructions were given Doherty assigning . the point at which- a change, of power was to be made, whether at Stamford sta tion or a point about 2,000 feet east of Stamford station, where the col lision occurred. -..-, , "It is claimed by the railroad 'that this does not have any bearing upon the cause of the collision; but such an important point ought not to have been left ; indefinite when a new man was in charge of the second section of this train. The second section left " New Haven four minutes after the. first sec tion, which was scheduled- for a five minute stop at Stamford, The time scheduled referred to 'Stamford', and no Instructions appeared in the case showing that the first section would stop east of Stamford for the purpose of changing power. No chance or pos sibility for misunderstanding on - this subject ought to have been left open. The change of power should have been at one definitely fixed place. . "A train gunning in two-sections! on very nearly the same time calls for special official supervision; especially Is the position of engineman" of the second section one of highest respon sibility. A- man for such position should be one tested by long experi ence and on the qualified instructions of superiors for the ordeals of this special wor This was no place to try out an engineman of limited ser vice principally on slow freights and in yard service. "Any system under" fuYAci this is permissable or possible is a loose sys tem. It is indefensible. "After the accident seven complete tests were made to determine the con dition of the brakes, both on the en gine and the cars. It was found that the governor to the air pump on the engine was erratic in its action and would occasionally stop the pump, re quiring a slight tapping to start it to work and enable to the pump to oper ate. Outside of this erratic operation of the pump governor,' the air brakes on the engine were found to be in good condition." Y "Test No. 7 was" Intended to repro duce the brake operations which the experts supposed had been employed by Engineman Doherty on the day of the accident. - The speed of the train was 59.67 miles per hour at the distance Signal. The stop was made in 42.8 seconds and the distance run was 2, 296 feet. The train ran 496 feet past the home signal and 325 feet beyond the point where the collision occurred. In examining the brakes of the train as a preliminary to making these tests, rt was found that the piston travel on the cars was not uniform, and on one car having the latest form of passenger equipment the brake did not respond to an ' ordinary service application. On a standing test it required a reduction of at least 20 pounds of air to set the brake upon this car, and upon another occasion it required a reduction of be tween 30 and 40 pounds of air. This indicated that the brake on this car would not apply except with an emer gency application. "Two breaks in two tests were made to determine the distlnce in which the trains could toe stopped separately, from the engine; that is, to show the gap between the train and the' engine. The time in stopping the engine was 27 seconds and the time in which the was stopped was 23.4 seconds. This indicated a very good brake on the en gine.. The train brakes, however, were not as good as they should have been." Inquiring Into Cause '.. of Fitzgibbons' Death A, careful investigation today is be ing made by Medical Exaimner S. M. Garlick into the cause of death . of Thomas Pitzgibbons, who expired on the porch of his brother's house, 2 Or gan street, after having been ill for about 12 hours in a local saloon. It has been learned that he complained somewhat of illness the day before, that he was worse yesterday after noon and that at the closing hour ft was necessary to have him carried to the home of his brother. Ernest E. Hallock. his companion, stated that, he . had tried to -awaken the inmates of Fitzgibbons home, but was unable to do so and as the man seemed in a precarious state had ) hastened to ehe Third ' precinct itation to call the ambulance. When he returned with Dr. Hale, Fitzgibbons had expired. Dr. Garlick was imme diately notified and an examination has been ,in progress since. , No cer tificate for burial had- been issued up to a late hour this aftemo.n. - , ALDERMAN CLANCY FETED BY FRIENDS Alderman Prank J. Clancy who was recently elected to the seat in the Common Council made vacant by the resignation of Alderman Robert O-.. De Forest was tendered a complimentary dinner by a number of his friends at Minor's shore house in Stratford last evening in honor ' of . his election to the office. - Captain TFVed . M. Hawes, who is now in charge of the shore' house, served one , of his finest -dinners for the occasion and there was singing and speechmakSng o an, interestig order. Mr. Clancy was presented with a; fine pig-skin traveling bag," Attoiv ney Oeorge F. Mara making the speech of presentation. ' The new alderman responded in a fitting manner; Thomas Casey presided as toastmaster calling upon all present for remarks. Those present beside Alderman Clan cy were Dr. Stephen P. Cronan, Har ry Quinn, Edward Lynch, Patrick Mor an, Bernard Keating, Jr., Harold Dow, Thomas Casey, Thomas Hearn, Jere miah Clancy, George Clancy, Emil Zle bold, Maurice McKenna and George F. Mara. -'. .- ' '' TWO DIVORCE SUITS ARE FILED IN COURT Papers in two divorce actions were filed today ""in " the superior court Charles Benitz of Westport wants a separation from Roaal Benita of Westport upon the ground of infidel ity. John Vargo of this city is named as co-respondent and the misconduct is said to have taken place in this city. - Mrs. Benitz's maiden name was Rozal Saur. She married the plain tiff January 7, 1918. Caroline Hildreth. Hutchinson of this city sues Leonard Hutchinson of Allenhurst, N. J., upon the ground of desertion June 1, 1908. The couple were married December 23, 1002. Both actions are returnable to the Septem ber term of court. .1 : . j Weather Indications New Haven. Conn., July 10. -For New Haven and vicinity: Fair tonight and Friday; cooler tonight. For Connecticut: Fair and cooler tonight; Friday fair; moderate west to north winds. ' "Weather conditions. The disturb ance which was central over the lake region yesterday morning Is now pass ing out the St Lawrence Valley. It caused showers during the last 24 hours from Indiana eastward to Maine and as far south as Virginia. Disturbances central this morning over North Dakota and Arkansas are causing showers in the northwest and lower Mississippi valley... Moderate temperature . continues in nearly all districts east of the Rocky Mountains. Phoenix, Ariz., reported, a maximum temperature of 110. Suit Bargain Causes Man to Dash Through Clothing Store Window In his eagerness to buy one' of the $15 suits which Lonergan & Downey are selling for $9.60, an unknown man broke out a large plate glass window in one of the entrances this morning. Workmen set a new glass in its place this afternoon. ; , . FIRE IN KITCHEN An alarm of fire from box 325 at 12:66 o'clock this town summoned the department to 140 High street where a fire had started in a basement kitchen. The damage waa not .yery large. MIGHT SESSIONS HI COHALAN INQUIRY 'Albany, July 10 John - A. Connolly, who has accused supreme court Justice Daniel F. ; Cohalan 7 of bartering Ma political influence v before his elevation to the bench, continued his testimony today before the Joint Judiciary com mittees of the legislature . which are investigating the charges presented by the. grievance - committee of the New York bar association. 1 v "When the committee adjourned last night John B. Stanchfleld, of counsel for Cohalan, had not completed his cross examination of Connolly, but expected to finish with the witness today. : In an endeavor to bear all the tes timony this week the committee has decided . to hold night sessions. William IM. Lane, 65 Main street, proprietor of the Highland. Spring Water Company, reports the theft of five large water carboys, which had been stored in the cellar of a local down-town . poolroom. -, A search is being made by the department in an effort to trace the -stolen property. " , . Washington, July 10. So many in jurious and misleading misrepresen tations have been sent out by corre spondence and other coaching schools to coax money from the 20,000 fourth class postmasters, who eventually will be required to take civil service examinations, that the civil service commission has made complaint to the postal authorities. i Roosevelt Ready To Adjudicate The Japanese Problem Tokio, July 10 The Tal-Hei-To news agency says today that Visicount Ken taro Kaneko has received a letter from Theodore. Roosevelt expressing the -riewi that the American, public opinion will, not, permit . the naturalisation of Japanese In the . -United States, as it would lead to a similar claim on the part of the Chinese. Mr. Roosevelt, according to the' news agency, promised to use his efforts in the solution of the California alien land ownership situation. - , ' Viscount Kaneko is a graduate in law of Harvard and was the unoffi cial representative of Japan in the United States during the Russo-Japanese war. : SUSPECT EXONERATED Mathew Xiord, . arrested yesterday in East Bridgeport upon the suspicion that he might know, more or less about a purse-snatching affair was today re leased -by the police, . when ' it was learned that he had unwittingly be come the associate of toad companions. Investigation showed: that (Lord, who comes from New Haven, had worked -for a- number of -years in the employ of a well known arms company there and had coma to this- city for a va cation. ,. He . has promised to return where he can select his - friends" more judiciously. , CHEESOB BALL PINTERS ' ' WTLIj VISIT BRIDGEPORT The Chinese baseball players from the University of Hawaii will play in this city next Tuesday afternoon. They have been booked to play the Remington-Tost club at Tost field. The Chinese boys have a very strong club and have beaten many of . the best semi-professional and college teams la this country. . CITY COURT GASES A fine of $15 was imposed upon Mi chael Papp, 277 Howard avenue, accus ed of assaulting and kicking Lizzie Kovac, 405 Spruce street. Noah Patnand, of HeriVy street, ac cused of the theft of a purse contain ing $10.40, which with a companion ho is alleged to have taken from a youth who was returning it to the woman who had dropped it on Kossuth etreet yesterday", afternoon, was remanded for trial under $50 bonds until Saturday. The police ex, pee t to make further ar- TOraG MAIT WAirfED for Installing gas lamps. 383 Fairfield avenue, 2nd floor. P 10 bp CARD, OF THANKS. The undersigned desires to -express his sincere thanks to his -many friends who So kindly assisted me during the recent sioknesa and death of my wife; also to all who sent floral -tributes to the funeral. ' ., j BARTHOLOMEW P. DUNN, a - . 488 Rerkshire Ave. AW mm 3 OF JU u uiSJ. i i " 250 CHflMCE BUEEPIMG LOTS : - . l .....-.-,(. --- .1" ' TL, A-U R Wr i: M A N n LAUREL BEACH-ROAD (Pour Corners) Laurel Manor is one of the most beautiful high class restricted summer resorts on the Sound. SALE COMMENCES , At - 2 IP. M. Also Tues., July 15, Wed., July 16, Thurs., July 17, Fri., July 18 and Sat., July 19, at 2 P. II. HOW TO GET THERE Take any Bridgeport or New Haven Trolley and get cfl at Laurel Beach Road (Four Comers). Carriages to Meet the Ladies. Numerous Handsome and costly presents will he presented absolutely free to ad vertise. Also a Forty Horse Power Automobile to the purchaser of the greatest number of lots. . SIGHT SEEING CARS LEAVES STRATFIELD HOTEL DAILY AT 1 P. M. FOP PROPERTY For Particulars Apply E. M. CLEVELAND JAS. 11. McCLELLAND, Room 14, Bridgeport Trust Building, .- Land Auctioneer, Bridgeport, Conn. - , New Haven, Conn. UDo. Motl Miss -TOMS &F2aQ Sale