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e- THE FARMER: JULY 22, 1912. : -t ct! Let tlie Eagles Scream The parade was a great success and reflects credit on our local Aerie Many took the oppor tunity to buy a suit at our attractive prices. -, $15.00 Suits now $ 9.50 $18.00 Suits now $11.75 $22.50 Suits now $16.50 Soft Cuff Shirts. .$1 up Belts .50c iip Underwear : . . . .50c up Neckwear, Socks, dol lars, fitc. OXTT OF THE SIO RENT SECTION IMAKT CLOTHES TmNTSrHJSrGS Stratfleld Hotel BoUdlnc 227-1223 LIAI1T 0THEET ADRIANOPLE IS STILL HELD 'BHULGARIA iW TcrkJsli Troops lurching 0i, Hopeful Gf Recaptor initlis GitaclE! - Sofia, Bulgaria, July 22. The re j port of the re-occupation of Adrian o- plo by Turkish troops turns out to be ; false. It was' reported by fugitive i Bulgarian officials .from that city ! who, when they heard that a recon ! noitering force of Turkish cavalry ; commanded by the notorious Enver Ey had been seen in the vicinity, fled tmaontemUy under the belief that the entire Ottoman army was about to descend on the place. Communication has been restored "between the Bulgarian Capitol and the citadel of Adrianople and official re ports from the Bulgarian commander there show that the Turkish troops re tired after reconnoitering the position. The Bulgarian government has' or dered the scared civil functionaries to return to their posts and similar 'in structions have been sent to Bulgarian officials who fled from various places In the province of Thrace as soon as they heard reports of a Turkish ad vance. Constantinople, July 22. In antici pation of the re-occupation of Adria T nople by the Turkish troops, . Hadji ' Bey.former minister of the lnterior.has ' received the appointment, of governor and will leave today for Adrianople to assume the position. Calcutta, July 22. The advance of he Turkish troops across the new t frontier line from Enos, on the Aegean ' Sea to Midia on the Black Sea which . had been arranged between Bulgaria and Turkey after the recent, war, has : been received with hearty rejoicing by the Mohammedans of India. The newspapers here assert that any . attempt on the part of Great Britain to coerce Turkey into abandoning her new projects will lead to a dangerous Mohammedan agitation. Athens, Greece, July 22. M. Panas, director of political affairs at the Greek foreign office has been appoint ed chief of the Greek delegation which Is to arrange terms of peace with Bulgaria. He started for Nlsh, Servia, today, and will be joined on the way there by the other members of the peace mission. FTNERAJj OT AGED SHIP . BUILDER AT NOANK. Noank, Conn.. July 22 The funeral ', of "Robert Palmer, for years identified ! with the ship building industry on the i New England coast and head of the hip - building, , f rm rfr-ebert Palmer , & Son, was 'held frdn1 biff" late home I here today. Interment was in the I Noank Valley cemetery. Mr. Palmer ; was 88 years old. He died last Sun- day afternoon from infirmities due to old age. For over sixty, years Me. Palmer had been a deacon of the Bap , tlst church, and for 68 years had been i superintendent of the Sunday School : connected with that church. $50,000 GOLD LEAF FOR CAPITOL LIBRARY DOME Washington. July 22. Repairs to . the golden dome that crowns the lib ; rary of congress are necessary and : congress probably will be called upon ! "before adjourning to authorize the ex ' pendlture of $50,000 to replace the , gold leaf that has made the dome a ' glistening landmark. The sun, wind and rain throughout seventeen years bave had their effect upon the dome : Md the leaf now Is beginning to peeL EC ALP SPECIALIST Epeeial Treatment for . Oily Hair Manicuring HARRIET E. SHERWOOD, 412 Security Building, .tilt Main St. Phons 11?$. 8 31 tt TTRACTIONS THE THEATRES "The .floss": A! The Piaza Is Hit With The First (lighters That" stirring political play, "The Boss," which created a sensation in New York, is being presented by the Poll Players at the Plaza theatre, this week. This, piece is from the pen of Edward Sheldon, author of "Salvation Nell," which Mrs. Fisko .produced with such great success. It is strong, al most brutal at times, but It has what playwrights call, the punch, and it re tains the interest of the audience un til the final curtain. The Poll play ers gave it a fine performance . last evening and the house manifested ap proval in no uncertain terms., "The Boss"- tells the -story of a powerful politician, . Michael Regan, generally supposed' to be "Fingy" Connors of Buffalo. ' He Is anxious to control the contracts for handling grain in Buffalo and In line with tbis policy he gradually crushes his rival, James Griswold. He is ready to strike the blow -when he learns that the business failure of Griswold will mean the failure of a bank: where Griswold has obtained loans. Regan agrees to let his rival es cape destruction on one condition, that he toe allowed to marry Gris wold's daughter, . Etaily. The girl Is Interested in social settlement work and knows what the . bank failure would mean to the slum dwellers whose small savings are deposited ther.e. So she promises to become Re gan's wife if he will give her father half the grain contracts. - Mice Griswold's brother, however, has been steadfastly opposed to his sister's marriage to Regan and he tries to injure - Regan's business by getting bis laborers to strike. In these situations the fighting powers of Regan are brought into full play. Cursing and snarling, he fights with his back against the wall and only the refining influence of his wife fin ally brings about his redemption. It is a stirring story. Paul McAllister outdoes himself as Michael Regan. He portrays the boss just as the popular idea pictures him. Coarse and brutal one minute and the next as tender as a woman. He knocks down a union delegate and then when he hears the man has a sick wife, stuffs money into, the vie tim's pocket. The ' leading man was frequently applauded last night. Brenda Fowler, the handsome lead ing lady, makes - a charming , picture as Emily Griswold and does ... some splendid acting as the girl who is willing to saorif ioe : herself for the sake of her family.. Ralph J. Herbert is forceful In the role of Donald Gris- iwold, who leads .the (fight iagainst Regan. Ted Gibson, the new 'juvenile. k a hit as Lawrence Duncan and the old favorite, 'Wilson .Hummel, wine favor as Davie, secretary to Regan. Arthur Griffin is. immense as Proky McCoy, . a1 ward heeler. Arthur Bu chanan gives a dignified characteri zation of Archbishop Sullivan. Bene dict MoQTiarrie scores heavily as James Griswold and Marguerite Starr pleases in the part of Mrs. Cuyler. "The Boss" will surely be greeted by crowded houses the remainder of the week. EMPIRE The management of this . theatre, evert alert to secure for Its patrons the best that can be procured in mo tion pictures, . have engaged for today only the Po'em-o-Graph Co. in the very latest novelty in motion pictures, The Face on the Barroom Floor. . This novelty has been meeting with the greatest success wherever . exhibited and has been drawing crowded houses. Only one day could be booked unless the management was willing to wait nearly a month, but preferring to bring to their Bridgeport patrons the new novelties, while they are new, the only open day, today, was booked. The regular features for Tuesdays, the latest Pathe Weekly, will -also be shown. The scenes shown are parti cularly Interesting. The "best" in pic tures is the , motto of this house and every effort ie- made to live ui to the motto. A feature picture is shown ev ery day and some days two are shown, tbis being the case today. The tem perature is always nice and cool, the building being entirely of cement, the projection Is faultless, which combin ed with an absolutely fire proof build ing makes this theatre an Ideal amuse ment resort, and that it is appreciat ed by the picture fane is evidenced by the constantly' increasing patron age. The shown runs continuously from 1:30 till 11 p. m. POLI'S THEATER Six vaudeville acts, each one of class A calibre and latest first run photo plays were presented at Poli's theatre yesterday. Edmund Stanley. & Co. in a tabloid grand operatic offering was the big hit of the bill, ten cur tain calls were responded to after the finish of this classy offering. "A Roy al Romance" Is the title of the act. The Four Harmony Boys was an other act that went . very big with the - audience. 1 They present a little minstrel diversion with two . end men and two men working straight. They blend ; their voices in' perfect har mony. The great Johnston lived up to his name. He presents an act that is entirely different from anything seen here, the way he twists his body in different positions is really to Te won dered at. The Williams Bros., stylish steppers, executed hard show dancing, Dualano played a piano accordeon, rendering classical and popular airs and Ar thur Moris pleased with original mon ologue. A two real special Vita graph film entitled "The Diamond Mystery," was interesting and appealing. Other films were also shown. LEATHER MAGNATES IN NATIONAL CONVENTION Philadelphia, July 22 Delegates from nearly every state in the union are in attendance upon the ninth annual convention of the National Leather ad Shoe Finders' Association which opened a four adys" session here today. The tariff issue is expected to t among the topics discussed during the xueeUnc ' . . Why is the soda cracker today such a universal food? People ate soda crackers in the old days, it is true but they bought "them from a barrel or bos: and took them home in a paper bag, their crispness and flavor all gone. Uneeda Biscuit soda crackers better than any ever made before made in the greatest bakeries in the world baked to perfection packed to perfection kept to perfection until you take them, oven-fresh and crisp, from their protecting package. Five cents. NATIONAL1 B ISiGIIETCOMBANY Sunday Baseball Wins In Georgetown ONLY ONE DISSENTING VOICE AT SPECIAL TOWN MEETING. Rev. Mr. Burgess Registered the Lone some Negative Vote Out of 40 Pres . ent Committee Named to Have ' ' Charge of Permits. ' REDOING ' (Special to The Farmer.) "Redding, July 22 With only one dis senting vote which was cast by Rev. Louis Burgess, pastor of the Center Congregational : church, the special town meeting held on Saturday after noon fixed things so that Georgetown can legally have Sunday baseball for the rest of the season. . About 40 at tended the meeting, most of them coming from Georgetown. The lat ter contingent comprised Rev. Mr. Wise,; who has conducted the campaign against Sunday games, but as he lives on the Wilton side of the town line he was not entitled to a voice or vote in the proceedings and made no ef fort to obtain 5 the, privilege' of either from : the gathering. Had he asked the concession it would doubtless have been granted him. Consequently the sentiment and action of the meeting was all one way aside from the oppo sition offered, by Rev. Mr. Burgess who . had not previously taken any part in the ' controversy. Attorney H. S. Barnes ' acted ' as chairman. . .Business began with the offer for acceptance by the meeting of a lease by which the Gilbert & Ben nett Manufacturing company were granted possession and use as a public park of a tract of land in Georgetown, the consideration being $1 and the lease to terminate on December 1 next. The discussion on the question of ac ceptance was confined to remarks by Rev. Mr. Burgess, E. A. Pinkney and W. M. JUink. The latter is a mem ber of the state committee of the Pro gressive party. ' - Mr. Burgess did not very strongly denounce the particular form of Sunday amusement which was the' issue under review. He said that while a game of amateur baseball on Sunday was not so bad In itself he op posed its sanction by the town be cause it constituted a phase of the general tendency away from-, the ob servance of Sunday as a dagr, of rest and worship to a day of fctbor and amusements, the latter often of a harmful and demoralizing character. In supporting the other side of. the question Mr. Pinkney maintained that a Sunday game of ball without objec tionable side features was a positive public benefit instead of an evil. It was especially so in a factory com munity like Georgetown because the shop hands naturally sought some form of recreation on their one day of leisure .nd if they had facilities for recreation of a wholesome and healthful kind they were less likely to spend their time in carousing or other injurious ways.' Mr. KUink's re marks were of the same general pur port, i The vote opposing the lease was loi-lc-wed by the election of a park com mittee of three. Of the 22 ballots cast all were for E. A. Pinkney, A. G, Benjamin and Martin Stocking. This committee may issue the permits requisite for Sunday ball games and other forms of amusement. , 15 AI LIN -G KLLIS NUPTIALS. Miss Ida Gellis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harris Gellis, S3 Tom Thumb street became the bride Sunday even ing of Mr. Morris Bailln of New Ha ven. The ceremony was performed at Schwaeben hall by Rev. William Wit tenstein, rabbi of Adath Israel Syna gogue before a host of friends of both families. Attending the . bride and groom were Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Gellis of this city, Mr. and Mrs. George Bisscher of New Haven. The ushers were Louis Bailln of New Haven and Harry Wagner, Mary Gellis and Min nie Silverston of this city. One of the guests at the ceremony was Meyer Pausky of Portland, Me., a brother of the bride's mother, who had not seen his sister in thirty-six years. The young couple are now in Atlantic City on their wedding trip. They will re side in New Haven on their return. POINTS OF INTEREST. Extraordinary price reductions of nuannable Millinery Goods, at E5. H. (Dillon & Co.'s uly Clearance Sale. Piles Are Painful to most people in warm weather and at times almost unbearable. We rec ommend Cyrus Pile Ointment as im mediate relief from this torture. It is worth your while to try it as every box is guaranteed, or money refund ed. Price 80c, The Cyrus Pharmacy, Fairfield avenue and Courtland street. S $18 Custom Suit Sale T SEE IiYFOBD BROTHERS TRY NOT MARRIED, MRS PHIPPS DECLARES Rumor Might Cost Steel Man's Divorced Wife Her In- . come on $500,000 ' Boston, July 1 22-Mrs. . Genevieve Chandler c Phipps,. .formerly the wife of Lawrence C. Phipps, the steel man of Pittsburgh 'and Denver, and a. fel low voyager on a ship that arrived here from Hamburg yesterday, Ed ward E. D. Powell, of Denver, have appealed to the press to deny a re port that the two had been married. Speaking for both, Mr. Powell ex plained that he met Mrs. Phipps at a house party in London on his return from a visit to South Africa. Learn' ing that she was to sail for the Uni ted States on the same steamer upon which ,he had planned to go he vol unteered to make her stateroom res ervation for her. He did this, but as both were late in booking passage their names did not appear on the passenger list. Naturally, they were together more or less on the way over. which gave rise to the report that they had been married. Arriving in Boston, Mr. Powell looked after his companion's baggage, and ' it so hap pened that they stopped at the same hotel. It was just a happening. At the time of her divorce it is said that $750,000 was settled upon Mrs. Phipps, with the provision that she was to lose the Income of $600,000 of the amount should she marry again, Which, ! of course, accounts for Mrs. Phipps' explanation. POLICE SERGEANT DYIMG FROM MOTORCYCLE CRASH IN SAVINS LITTLE GIRLS Buffalo, July 22. Desk Sergeant John C. Daley of the Lackawanna po lice force Is dying from injuries re ceived when he, swerved his motor cycle into - the curb to avoid hitting several little glrla.i - In the absence of a reserve police man last night Daley responded to an alarm of fire. He was' travelling at a fast clip when the girls darted into the street directly in his path. Daley swung hla machine into the curb. It struck the stump of a tree, and Daley was hurled against a tree 20' feet away. His skull wac ' fractured and his lungs were punctured toy broken ribs. , The fire loss was $5,000. Daley a year ago was given a. medal for saving three children from drowning. A few real eugenlo marriages are taking place, but in most leases stock certificates are accepted as much bet ter than any indorsements the doctors can give. STOMACH SUFFERERS Mayr"9 Wonderful Stomach Remedy Is Recommended and Praised By Thousands Who Have Been Restored . "I was a sick man for about three months caused from Gall . Stones of the Liver and was told by three of our most t rm ' if dans that I would l fin have to submit to f 'E hit an operation to get VitejajsaBMfwfit- relief but heard of your W onderful Stomach Remedy and secured a full treatment and took It according to directions and passed hundreds of Gall Stones. Since taking your medl cine I work regularly and don't feel any ill effects. I am praising your Remedy to all my friends. I think it's worthy of the highest praise. B. L. DOOLET, Roanoke, Va." Sufferers of Stomach, Liver and In testinal Ailments are not asked to take Mayr'a Wonderful Stomach Rem edy for weeks and months before they feel benefited. Just try one dose which should make you feel better in health, convince you that you will soon be well and strong, free you from pain and suffering and give you a sound and healthy Stomach, as it has done in thousands of other cases. Wherever it is taken you will hear nothing but the highest praise. Go to your druggist ask him about the great results it has been accomplish ing in cases of people he knows or send to Geo. H. Mayr, Mfg. Chemist, 154-166 Whiting St., Chicago, 111., for a free book on Stomach Ailments and many grateful letters from people who have been restored. , - For Sale By THE HINDLE PHARMACY 987 Main Street, Near Arcade THE REXALL DRT'O STORE FIREMEN ARE DISCIPLINED Rutherford Reduced from Rank of Captain to Ladderman OtiiersAre Penalized George Rutherford, captain of Truck 2, after pleading guilty to being ab sent from duty without leave, was re duced to the rank of ladderman in his own company, fined $150, deprived of the' 17 days pay during his absence and subsequent suspension and of all his days off for six months, at the meeting of the Board tf Fire Com missioners, last night. In addition he was severely Censured by President Cogill of the board and told that it was his last chance. The veteran fire fighter when answering the charge had thrown himself on the mercy of the board. Lieut. Arthur Chambers was found guilty of Insubordination and conduct unbecoming a member of the fire de partment. " He was reduced to the grade of a third year hoseman in his own company. Hoseman Richard El wood of Engine Company 10 was found guilty of toeing absent without leave and was fined $10 in addition to the loss of hi-s pay for the days he was absent. Hoseman James Giaffney of Engine Co. 9-, was fined $10 for. in subordination. , Lieut. Benjamin Reilly of Chemical 2 was promoted to be captain. Lad derman John F- Kane of Truck 1 and Assistant Engineer George R. Bennett of Engine Co. 9 -were -both promoted to be lieutenants. It was the third time within a year that Rutherford has been before the board. He asked that he be allowed to take two days more before begin ning duty with his company but the beard refused to grant his request. Chambers and Commissioner Tague had a tiff over Chambers' conduct -before the board and Commissioner Ta gue ordered the lieutenant to sit down and keep silent. The k new officers were not assigned The application of Joseph F. Burns of 41 Bunnell street was received and placed on : file. The application for back pay by D. J. Donohue from June 21 to July 1 was granted. .The application of Owen J. McCor mick for back pay was also granted. The assignments .of the new officers will probably not be made before the next meeting of the board in AugUBt. STRATFORD'S HEGRO HIGHWAYMAN RETURiS HOME EVERY NIGHT Still at Largo With Residents of North . End in Terrorized ConiItlu Other News From Stratford. ' 1 . CSpecial to The Farmer) Stratford, July , 22-People living. In "the north end of Stratford are begin ning to register strenuous protests be cause greater efforts have no been made to apprehend "Handy ' Johnson, the negro who held up an automobile party passing through the town a. few nights ago and then terrorized the residents of the north end by firing off his revolver right and left before disappearing into th iewoods. Johnson Is still very much alive and it was stated last night that he has been coming out of the woods every night, sleeping at his own home, and returning to hiding at daybreak. Evi dently emboldened -by the fact that he has -been able to successfully elude the state police and constables who have been trying to capture him, John son Is now coming out of hiding in broad daylight. Only yesterday noon he came out of seclusion vat noon time, entered a house . in the Putney district and calmly helped himself to bread, meat and other food which had been pre pared for dinner. When the owner of the place came into the kitchen to get his dinner, he saw Johnson, who is armed with a gun, and Immediately took to his heels -leaving the negro in undisputed possession of his dinner. A couple of evenings ago another north end resident was out berrying when he stumbled ' across the negro lying behind some black bwrry bush es. Johnson jumped up, asked the man what he was doing, and when he was informed that the man was simply looking for berries Johnson Joined him and also searched for ber ries with the man, finally, returning into the woods. The reason Johnson, has not been captured, according to excellent au thority is because there are no con stables who care to spend their time looking for him. One man in a posi tion to know how the constables feel about the matter said last night: "The constables are not continuing- their search for Johnson (because there is nothing in it worth while for them. They will only get $1.25 When the ne gro is captured and there Is none of them who cares to lie in wait for Jtohnson all night unless they, get something for their loss of sleep and the risk they run. Give the constables $3 a night for their work on the case and I warrant you will get enough of them to capture the 'bad man.' " WEATOGUB COUNTRY CLUB Another of the popular bridge par ties will toe held at the Weatogue Country club tomorrow afternoon. Saturday afternoon the second half of the 36 hole medal play golf tourna ment for the E. H. Judson cup will be played and there will be a recep tion and refreshments in honor of the event . STRATFORD FAIRFIELD . The Stratford baseball team tied the Fairfield team in an 11 , inning game at Fairfield, Sunday, the score at the end of the game standing 12-12. The battery for Stratford was Budding- ton and C. Conrad and the battery for Fairfield was MoGarry and P. Car roll. The tie will be played off in Stratford on the afternoon of August 17. j ANNUAL PICNIC The annual picnic of the Stratford Methodist church will be held at Beardeley Park Friday of this week. The Hollister Heights Sunday school will Join with the M. E. Sunday school in the picnic MONTH'S VACATION Rev. E. C. Carpenter, pastor of the Methodist church will leave Aug. 1 for Plymouth, Vt., his birthplcae, to spend a month's vacation. As Rev. Mr. Carpenter said last night: "I'm going to have a month's vacation so ithetr saloon.-feeepea-s-of -the-town-cm 1138 to 1144 Main St., from Main to Middle Sta. "The Progressive Store" -- LEFT-OVER SAMPLES FROM LEADING MANUFACTURER OF ? ' LADIES' COLLARS An assorted lot of rich and pretty neckwear for (Women. Collars of very desirable style made of ' beautiful St. Gaul embroidery, round and square el- fects, jabots, etc. ; ; ( VALUES UP TO 35c AT... . .... VALUES UP TO $1.00 AT... (This latter lot contains collar and cuff sets)' take a short vacation also. I shall not bother them a bit for a whole month." ; ANNUAL SHORE DINNER , Thursday, Aug. 14th, Is the date de cided upon for the annual shore din ner of Okenuck tribe of Red Men. The shore dinner will be held at Wilcox's restaurant at Savin Rock and it is sure to be one of the red letter days for the tribe. CHIMNEY FIRE A chimney fire, at the home of Jesse Smith on Patterson avenue Sunday evening did damage of about $25 be fore it was discovered and extinguish ed. ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED The engagement of Miss Jenette Bullard of Bridgeport and Everett Mitchell of Washington, Conn., has just been announced. . Miss Bullard Is well known In town and her many friends will -be pleased to hear of her engagement. The engagement of Grace Parker Belden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. L. Relden of Academy Hill, to Robert Emmons Jones of Webster City, Iowa, has Just 'been announced., Miss Bel den is well known and popular in society in Bridgeport and ' Stratford and, her host of friends have' received news of her engagement with pleas ure, -r . , - , FOUR INJURED IN AUTO AliD CARRIAGE CRASH V''-'.-.y - " 'I '-;y ' '' ' -n ''. Wineted, Conn., July 22 Four per sons are injured, none fatally, in an automobile and carriage wreck, and one horse is dead, the result of a col lision between the two vehicles at East Canaan late last night. Three of the injured are at the hospital. They are Howard Carkinton, chauf feur for W. J. Tingue of 'New York, Thomas Tague, another chauffeur and Miss Rose Smith, 'an' employe of the Norfolk Inn. The fourth Victim was Harvey Welcome, driver of the carri age, who is at his home.- , Carkinton and Tague were in the automobile, which -was owned by Mr. Tingue, and It was stated had. been taken from the garage of the Tingue summer home at Norfolk, without permission. In the carriage with Welcome wer Miss Smith, Miss May Finn and a young man : whose name was not learned. The two latter escaped In Jury. The horse had his leg broken and had to be shot. Carkinton says something went wrong with the steering gear of his machine causing him to lose control and permitting the resulting crash. Carkinton' was thrown through the wind shield and . had his head cut. Miss -Smith was jnjured about the legs and it is feared one of them may be broken. The injuries to the others were of a minor nature. WEATHER TODAY New Haven, July 22 For New Ha ven and vicinity: Fair tonight; Wed nesday fair, followed fay increasing cloudiness. For Connecticut: Fair tonight and Wednesday, light to moderate winds. becoming southesterly. Weather conditions: A disturbance central thte morning over South Da kota is causing -unsettled weather with scattered showers in the north western district. 1 Showers were also reported from the Gtilf and 'south At lantic coast-and the eastern portion of New England. Moderate temperatures continue in nearly all districts east of the Rocky Mountains. CARDINAL MERRY DEL VAXi f TO SETTLE TROUBLE OVER, SWISS OfAKD DISAFFECTION Rome, July 22 Cardinal Merry del Val, the Papal Secretary of State, who has taken the settlement of the dis affection of the Swiss Guard at the Vatican ; into his own hands, t .oday issued orders to the Guardsmen that they were not to leave the Vatican nor to communicate with any outsid ers. The Cardinal is endeavoring to find a solution by means of which the Just demands of the men will be satisfied and at the same time the principle of discipline and authority be maintain ed. LADIES CATHOLIC BENEVOLENT SOCIETY IN TRIENNIAL CONVENTION Atlantic City, July 22 After a brisk fight for control of the important of fices the Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Association ended its triennial con vention here today. Mrs. Elizabeth MeGrath was re-elected supreme au ditor. Mrs. Eliza O'Grady of Chicago was elected supreme marshal; Mra Catharine Gillen of Youngstown, Ohio, right marshal, and Mrs. Ellen Syn nctt, Newark, left marshal. The new supreme medical examiner will be se lected by the board of supreme trus tees IFarmew- Want - Ada. On Ocat s .Word, f I i I ?; THREE SHOTS FIRED RAPIDLY AT VATGHLIfil 'i Hls: Assailant, Arrested fcr B::h nlng Avay Wiift Un's IVi,':, ' Vossd Venressss Hartford, July 22 Sylvester Var night watchman at the east side- pumping station, had a narrow escape! from death by shooting at art earlyi hour this morning, and the man whom, he accuses, Corado Belesia, was ar-j raigned in police court today and hnl if under $5,000 bonds for further exam ination. Varese says he was sitting In a.-i outhouse at the station Jtwt befor) daylight when Belesia appeared iai the doorway and fired three shots lrt rapid succession at Varese's hai.) None of them iit th Tnrw but Varese's escape is miraculous, fori nen ne appeared in court this morn ing thf path of the bullets was plain ly discernible, the hair having tha appearance of being singed. Varese said he dropped to the- floor thoroughly frightened and the man left, apparently believing his revolver had done its work..- Varese cra-wied t-- the pumping: station on his hnH. knees and telephoned to the police J saying Jieiesla aid the shooting. Th latter was shortly afterwards place! Under arrest. According to the story told, to t"n police Belesia and Varese 'had been in trouble over the latter's wife and th woman and Belesia left the city to gether last week. A detective trace I ' them to Waterbury and Varese went i there and at the house where they f were stopping there was a quarrel be- j tween Belesia and Varese, resuitin' in Belesia' s arrest and a fine in police 1 court of $25. Varese says Belesia to! 1 him then he would get even with him. ! When Varese was In court today ho shook with fear as the result o?-j his night's experience. The police j found two of ; the bullets intended for Varese. . . ; MERCHANTS KICK OIJ DEAD LETTER . SALE AT CAPITO Washington, July -22 Sale of uncall-' ed for and undelivered mass f mail matter, that has accumulated in ths post office department during the year at stipulated points, throughout the country Instead of in the capitol as '' has been. the case in previous years. ( has been asked by the merchants oj Washington. In a petition to Post- ' master General Burleson today, tha Retail Merchants' Association declare ; the government through its sale of "dead letter" matter enters into com- ! petjtion with them and injures their ' business. The association believes , this competition should be more wide- ' ly distributed. In tlie past "dead letter" matter h.u . been sold here to the highest bidder j without the contents of the packarsj being revealed. The charge that this ' was a lottery scheme impelled the d- ' partment to open all packages sr.1 display the contents before bids wera asked. Tbis fact the merchants declare op erates to encroach heavily upon their f legitimate trade, and they believe the ' rest of the country should" share the ! loss. The postmaster general is asked to distribute the accumulated matter Irv lots throughout the country for Bala. ARSON SQUAD BURNS HSIQI! London, July 22 A militant suffra gette "arson squad' last nisrht set fire to a large unoccupied mansion at Perry Bar, near Birmingham, and i, was burned to the ground. PlacjtnJ ; were posted in the vicinity bearin.? the words, "Asquith is to blame, re lease Mrs. Pankhuret." CRUISER GALVESTON GOES TO ASIATIC NAVAL STATION Washington, July 22 The cruier Galveston has been ordered from the Bremerton Navy Yard. Washington, to relieve the cruiser Albany on the Asiatic naval station while the latter vessel is undergoing repairs at Bren.erton yr-tfi. The Galveston iv: ; leave Augusf SS JftftS new. tour ct duty,