"GET THE HABIT"
Head the .Want1 Ads. in The
Fanner classified eoliiT?ins
there's some good opportun
ities in "For Sales" and
'To Rents."
THE WEATHES
!Fair tonight and to
morrow yOL. 49 NO. 197
BBIDGEPORT, CONN., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1913
PRICE TWO CEltT3
AUTO PARTY
HIT BY GAR
IN MILFORD
Keegan, Real Epiate
Man, Has Close Gail
From Death
EilnSsd By Trolley Headlight,
Brings Gar To Stop
, Hear Track
J Only by the narrowest margin did
Bush F. Keegan. a. local real estate
Healer, and a party or five in nis csic
. vens-Durrea touring car, escape dan
- serous, perhaps fatal injuries, just east
, tit Washington bridge last night wnen
. " a sneedine trolley car, blinding Kee-
iran -with? its head light, sideswiped his
sutomobile, tearing the equipment 'from
the side, all but turning the machine
over In the roadway.
The mishap occurred a stone's throw
cast of the brow of the hill leading up
from the east approach to the Wash-
' Ir.gton bridge. Keegan had in his car
Mr. and Mts. Wesley Weller of strat
' rord, and their five years old son,
Flalph; Cy Morehouse of Stratford, and
t-lrs. J. W. Olmstead.of this city.
As he drew over the hill top, bound
east, he saw a New Haven car, bound
lor Bridgeport, approaching, and near
It another touring oar. He believes
he car and automobile were racing,
in anv event. Keegan says, the auto-
tnobile driver said, later, that the trol
ley car was doing better than he
. Kvas and that his machine was wrang
About SO miles. "
Keegan was blinded by the glare of
ifhe trolley headlight and the auto
mobile headlights, and bringing his
Irar to a stop at the right of the road
fway, hut to the left of the car tracks
fwhich are at this point at rthe south
. ide of the road, he flung tooth arms
ibile and trolley car.
The automobile headlights were at
trnce dimmed, but the 'trolley head
light, according to Keegan's version,
k-emained on until it was within about
1100. iee. . The oar continued running
.t nigh speed, "and Keegan. -woe lie
iwas able to see, as the car bore down
jon him. realised that hia car was In
(meh -close proximity to the tracks
that it was Impossible to escape in
ijury. He threw his" wheel so as to
m ace his running gear for a getaway,
put hadn't time to start the car, or if
he had. feared collision with the other
Automobile, and remained as he was
until the crash came.
The car was thrown for several
4eet. but not overturned, and the
trolley car ran for a considerable dis
tance before it could be stopped. For.
Jlunately none of Keegan's passengers
jwbjs unseated, and the Injury was al
together with the automobile. '
The automobile was able to get un-
dder way under its own headway, but
two blowouts occurred Just as it start
ed for Bridgeport, due Keegan says
(to the strain on the tires from the lm
pact of the collision.
CONG. HARRISON
NAMED FOR HEAD
OF PHILIPPINES
" Washington, Aug. 20 Representa
tive Francis Burton Harrison, of New
pork, has been selected lor the gover-jior-generalsbip
of the Philippines.
(President Wilson will send his noma
fa at! on to the Senate, today. -
Mr. Harrison was selected after
vnonths of personal consideration by
President Wilson- In which many ap
Eilieants were eliminated. . .
: The new governor-general comes
from a noted Virginia family, is a
Democrat, a- native of New Tork City,
tL lawyer and has been a Representa
tive in five Congresses, his first ser
vice being in the 68th. He enlisted as
p. volunteer In the Spanish war and
Iwas a candidate lor lieutenant gover
nor of New Tork in the campaign of
904. He was educated at Yale Uni
jrersity and the New Tork Iw School.
' The White House had no comment
o make on Mr. Harrison's attitude
toward the Philippines except that he
kvould carry out the Democratic party
pledges.
' A re-organization of the Philippine
Commission, however, is to be effected-
' Mr. Harrison was a member of the
toarty which accompanied William
Howard Taft as secretary of war on
pis trip to the Philippines.
jGEORGE W. CLARKE TO
HAVE HEADQUARTERS
1 PERMANENTLY HERE
George W. Clarke, one of the- best
known salesmen in the East has ter-
faainatedV his connection with the "Val
lentine Varnish Co., to become the rep
resentative in this territory of the
well known house or BurDank & Ry
Ider Varnish Co., of Boston. Mr.
(Clarke will ' have permanent head-
quaners t il niisT.uy aim is uuw Biuy
(ping at the Stratfield. a
George who is better known as the
"Varnish King" has recently returned
from a tour of the South and it was
ionly a day or two ago that his legion
pof friends throughout this part of the
country learned of his change. It goes
without saying" that George will make
n success of his new position for in
fthe years he has given to the varnish
(business few men have built up a
or mar lucrative trax.a, -
BRIDGEPORT EAGLES MAY
BUILD NEW HOME; ACTION
DUE TOMORROW EVENING
Committee On Alterations Will Advise
chase Of Property Hear Bulls Head
For Building
Cost of Alterations cf Present Home Found So High
, That Scheme to Sell Present Holdings and Build
Brand New Structure Gains Ground Among Mem
- bers. - ' .
At a special meeting which has been
called for the purpose for tomorrow
night, the.-members . of Bridgeport
aerie. Fraternal Order of, Eagles, wtll
consider ' the advisability of purchas
ing pr6perty in Main street for a new
home or as an investment. The aerie
has a thirty days' option on property
on the east side of Main street Just
north of , East Washington avenue,
which is owned by - the heirs of the
Wheeler Beers estate. " v.
At present there is a wooden tene
ment block on the land. It has a front
age of 107 feet on Main street and a
depth of 148 feet. It is considered one
of the most desirable pieces of prop
erty in Main street and if the mem
bers do not think it should be bought
as a site for a new Eagles' home, the
committee having the matter in charge
will recommend the purchase as an in
vestment. The price for Which they have been
offered the land is being kept a secret
by the committee, but it is said that
it is less than $25,000. '' -y ,
For several years the prominent
members of . Bridgeport aerie ' have
been advocating the remodeling of
theirpresent building in Madison- ave
nue. The aerie planned v to spend $30,
000 In romodeling it, but the bids of
contractors on the work have been so
high that tomorrow night the commit
tee will report against the plan to re
model and other bids may be called
for. :
Some members of the aerie A believe
the. Eagles hall should be located in a
more central and accessible cite than
the present location. It has been sug-
gestedL that ifthe property is -pur-
chase&ln Main street a .fine building
can be erected with stores on the
PROPERTY OWNERS ORDERED
TO DO MUCH
DN MANY
ayor Wilson Will Use All Of $200,000
Serial Note Issue On Streets Already
Prescribed For Improvement
Nearly all of the $300,000 which was
secured by the recent sale of serial
notes will be required for the perma
nent pavement which has already been
ordered by the Common Council, according-
to Mayor Wilson. The mayor
said this morning that he thought all
the $200,000 would be used up In carry -rying
out the proposed improvements.
The money can be used, for no other
purpose and the $20,000 voted for sow
ers can be used for that purpose alone.
Granite block paving is to be laid on
Whiting, Atlantic and Kiefer streets
and on Singer avenue. Granite .blocks
are also to be laid in Noble avenue
from East Washington, avenue to Cres
cent avenue and to the eastern ap
proach . of the Congress street bridge
and on Knowlton street from Orescent
avenue to East Washington avenue.
Court street is to be paved with wood
en blocks. The same material will be
laid in "Park avenue from Atlantic
street to Seaside park and from Laurel
avenue northerly a distance of about
200 feet. -
On this permanent pavement the tax
payers who own property abutting
where the permanent paving is laid
are assessed half the cost- The city
pays the entire bill to the contractor
and receives its half back as the tax
BURGLARS RAMSACK
ELMWOOD AVE. HOME
Mr. and Mrs.1 Halligan-Absent
from City, Cracks
men Get Busy .
Burglars yesterday -entered the home
of the well, known milliner, William
E. Halligan," 210 Earn wood avenue, and
at their leisure ransacked the house
from cellar to garret. The Job is evi
dently the work of professionals and
was accomplished in broad daylight
according to the observations of de
tectives at once sent upon the case.
Much mystery, however, has been
thrown upon the case by those in
possession ot such details as might
be of importance, both at the home
and at the Halligan store on Broad
street. It is known that the rifling
of the house was conducted in a man
ner far different from that usually
taken by thieves who hurriedly search
for booty, as not the smallest recep
tacle in attic or cellar was left un
opened. Tha house today presented.
ground floor, and club rooms, gymna
sium, baths, bowling alleys and a big
meeting hall in the upper stories.
Other members favor building a club
house like that of the Eflks or the
Seaside club and having the building
exclusively for the use of members of
the Eagles as the other clubs restrict
the use of their buildings. This plan
is not popular with the members who
have built up the finances of the' or
order. The building in Madison ave
nue has afforded a steady Income from
rentals for various purposes. For
this reason members say that the
present hall could be sold readily if
the aerie should decide to buy a site
and build elsewhere. - -
While a site for a new building has
been talked Of the triangular piece cf
property in Main street, between Cath
erine slreet and. Madison avenue and
owned by the McMahon . estate, ' has
been suggested " as has the property
of the Jacob Arnold estate at the head
of Union square.
Bridgeport aerie of Eagles is the
largest aerie east of the Mississippi
river. The present hall In Madison
avenue is ' worth $35,000 and the aerie
hair about $10,000 in cash , deposited
and drawing interest in savings banks
in the city. ' - jr.
The members, however are not sat
isfied with the arrangement of the
present building and there is a strong
sentiment in favor of remodelling or
of buying a site and building a new
ball In a more central location. ' The
committee on alterations will report
tomorrow nigfit that it does not think
the plan to remodel the present build
ing1 is a safe ..venture and -rlil recom
mend the purchase of the - Beers prop
erty in Main street. ' - "
COSTLY WORK
CITY STREETS
payers pay their assessments.
Notices, have been sent to the owners
of property abutting the streets that
are to be paved, to make required im
provements by September 1. .
These are the improvements re
quired: Lay new 20-inch curb to a line and
grade set by the city engineer.
Make proper sewer, water and gas
connections. .
Re-lay sidewalks to a line and grade
set by the city engineer.
Place a stop cock on the branches of
the water and gas mains oij, a level
with the grade of the sidewalks. Just
Inside the curb lines.
. Remove all obstructions and trees in
conformity with said line and grade.
Failure on the part of said property
owners to comply with this order em
powers the director of public works to
perform said work at expense of said
owners.
Failure to comply with this order by
September 1 means that the work wiH
be done by the city and the cost as
sessed to the tax payer. Some tax pay
ers prefer to ignore the notice and
have the city do the work, for then it
is laid out by the city engineer and
they are assured that the work is done
in accordance with the required spec
ifications. . .
according to detectives assigned to in
vestigate, a most complete scene of
disorder. Both Mr. and Mrs. Halli
gan had been summering ; for a week
or so in Sheffield, Mass. The detec
tives deny that the maid has been
in the house for two days past. as far
as their present investigation' has
gone. The name of the woman in
charge has not been secured.
Large vines cover the front porch
which abuts Elmwood avenue. Be
hind this a window opens into a par
lor. This was forced from the bottom
by a "jimmy" or curved tool which
professional burglars use. The catch
was broken. Inside there are no
tracks or finger prints, showing that
the shoes were covered with cloth and
kid-2-loves w ere used in the work.
As none can inform the police as to
what valuables were in the house at
the time of robbery, the extent or na
ture cf the loss will go unknown un
til Mr. Hailigan can be communicated
vith and return here to complete an
Inventory. ,
! PERSONAL M KNTIO.
Inspector David Lynch of the Board
of Health, today, left for a two weeks-
vacation. His work will be divided
between Health Officer Edward Me-
Lellan and Assistant Inspector J. G.
L. B. CURTIS IS
TO REMAIN ON
PLANNING BOARD
Mayor Confers With
Appointee And Finds
Him 0. K.
Says He Will Be Gn Ttis Bridge
port Voilng List This
Year
Lewis B. Curtis is a citizen, resident,
taxpayer, and will be voter in Bridge
port and he is eligible to serve on the
City Planning Commission. Mayor
Wilson made this announcement this
morning after a conference with Mr.
Curtis. The latter returned from a
vacation today to find-that he had been
named on the committee during his
absence and that a question had been
raised as. to his eligibility to serve.
Mayor Wilson said today:
'I find that Mr. Curtis has main
tained a home in this city and a home
m Southport for the past three years.
He has never voted in Fairfield. In
fact, his name was not on any voting
lis last year, but It will be on-the
Bridgeport voting list this year if Mr.
Curtis makes proper application.
(Continued on Page 2.)
JUDGE THREATENS
LAWYER WITH
DISBARMENT
Attorney Eterger Came Into
City Court With Retrac
tion Signed By Witness
Ernest Berger, a well known Main
street lawyer this morning received se
vere censure by Judge Thomas C.
Coughlln in the -city court where he
represented George Symiek, of Hal-
lam street, arrested upon- the com
plaint of Mary Povlik 88 . Hallam
street, who charged . that on August
is sne naa been assaulted.
The direct cause-of the rebuke which
was scathing in. Its force and inti
mated . that disbarrment proceedings
nugnt nave been broueht was a siem-
ed .statement which Attorney Berger
onerea ine court from the state's
chief witness and the complainant yJn
the casa, retracting her charges and
asking to have the case withdrawn.
As witnesses to - this retraction the
name of Berger was attached as well
as that of one Oeorge Dutzak. whom
it was alleged - procured the retraction
from the Povlik woman.
Not only was Attorney Berger told
that his offense in tampering with the
case of the iircsecution and its wit
nesses was sufficient upon which to
ask for his disbarment, but Povlik was
threatened with i contempt of court
proceedings should ' he ever again -be
caught seeking to Influence witnesses
in a case.
A warrant for the arrest of ymlck
was asKea on August is by Mrs. Pov
lik. The case was continued until to
day and was about to be tried when
the retraction was placed In elvdence.
Immediate postponement was made
until tomorrow while officers will make
a full investigation of the affair be
fore trial. . . T
Attorney Berger later stated that he
was innocent of any intentional wrong
doing and welcomed an investigation
of his connection with the affair.
Both victim and assailant were fined
$25 and costs this morning when Chas,
R. Wanlin, after several weeks' con
finement in a local hospital where he
had been taken with a depressed frac
ture of the skull and after a fight
with Denis Coughlln. Both men are
neighbors on Alfred street. Cough-
lin is alleged to have thrown a dead
cat Into the yard of Wahlin who upon
protest became involved in a fight in
which iron shoe lasts and stones in
termingled. Wahlin himself found to
be an aggressor was the last one
hit and only appeared upon the streets
yesterday. ,.
, A beer party in their Crescent ave
nue home last night caused somewhat
of a breach of the peace and today
resulted in a sixty day Jail sentence
being given Tony Natte, which the
same sentence wrtn additional fine of
$o each were given Hellen Hallenb.eck
and Cora Williams.
Because he insisted upon being let
into the Acme Shear company's plant
yesterday to revenge himself after
someone had . thrown emery dust into
his eyes from anf open window, Julius
Plunk, 144 Ogden- street, who wajs in
toxicated at the itime caused a breach
of the peace for; which he was today
fined $10 and costs.
Joseph Bernstein, arrested the sec
ond time for not supporting his wife,
found the sentence a cumulative one
today. On another occasion he had
been found guilty and ordered to pay
$2.60 weekly. This he failed to do
and was again haled to court. Though
his case was bitterly fought by At
torney Edward K. Nicholson, the old
case was reopened, sentence suspend
and he was ordered to pay $5 week
ly under bonds or go to jail.
Annie Francis, 10 Housatonic ave
nue, charged with the theft of $248
from her Jandlady Phoebe Vaughn,
which was' found in the possession of
Peter Maher, arrested for intoxica
tion in July, but a few hours after
his discharge from the county jail, was
found guilty of probable cause and
remanded for trial before the superior
term under bond3 of $1,000.. Maher,
who convinced the .authorities he had
no hand in taking the money from a
trunk and had merely had it entrust
ed to his care was released upon a
nolle.
A breach of the peace charge against
Jacob Weinsbeck, 3S9 Pine street, was
continued for trial until August 26,
: under bond of $25.
Lawyers Prepare For Protracted Fight
To Keep Him From Reach Of
Uncle Sam
BLANKET WARRANT
PARTY OH
Thaw Money Pours Into Canadian Town
Following Receipt Of News Of His Capture-Prisoner
Has Comfortable Room '
In Hospital Cell-Is Anxious For
Decision Of Case
Shes-brooke, Que., Aug. 20 Applica
tion for a writ of habeas corpus de
manding the immediate release of
Harry K. Thaw, fugitive slayer of
Stanford White, vnas submitted, this
afternoon, to Judge Glo-bensky, in the
superior - court at . Sherbrooke by
Charles T. White, a lawyer retained
by telegraph; over night by the Thaw
family. It is contended that he has
been detained illegally t ; and that
through habeas corpus he should be
set free at once. The court maintains
that it will take the matter under con
sideration at 2:30 o'clock.
Meanwhile, Thaw remained a se
conded prisoner , in the Sherbrooke
Jail. , ,
Sherbrooke, Que., Aug. 20 Pro
tracted conferences, ' today, between
three Canadian- -lawyers retained to
oppose Harry -JK. Thaw's deportation
to the United States indicated that his
preliminary arraignment in court
would be 'postponed at least until to
morrow, possibly for a week.
A' man,-giving the name of "Mi
chael Thompson's and believed ' to be
the Roger ' Thompson implicated In
Harry , Thaw's escape, was arrested
while loitering about 'the courthouse,
this afternoon.
-, The man Thompson arrested is de
scribed as one of the pair with Thaw
when he was arrested near Coaticook,
yesterday.
After seeing the man, District At
torney Conger, of Dutchess County
said the prisoner was undoubtedly
Roger Thompson, of the five who en
gineered Thaw's getaway. He regis
tered at a local hotel, last night, as
"M. V. Thompson, Toronto." He was
arraigned in police court and held in
$500 bail for appearance on Friday
nevt.
He could not furnish bail and went
back to jail. He, refused to make any
statement. He if regained as counsel
W. L. Shurtleff,-one of the ' trio of
lawyers fighting for Thaw. Shurtleff
said his client would prove - he had
"no part in getting Thaw into Cana
da." Thaw persistently refuses to discuss
his movements since his escape. As
to the identity of the men with him
when arrested, his lips .re sealed. The
pair were allowed to go when-Thaw
was detained. They described them
selves as "Frank Brisgen" , and "Dr.
Siss." They met Thaw by chance,
they said.-. I .
Sentiment in Sherbrooke is distinct
ly in Thaw's favor. A great crowd
Which greeted him at the station when
he arrived from Coaticook shouted.
"Let him go; set him free! He
hasn't done anything to ua! Give him
a chance!" ? ;'
The supreme court, or as locally
designated, "Le Cour Superieur," was
well crowded long before the proceed
ings began. Thaw's new chief coun
sel, .Charles D. White, visited the jail,
conferred with Thaw and J. L. Short
liffe, the attorney retained at Coati-
coko, yesterday, and announced that
he would apply for a writ of habeas
corpus. f
C. G. Green -and D. Neville, repre
senting the immigration authorities,
are here to follow the case. There
were eighteen women in the court
room. They were well dressed and
mannered. The drag in the proceed
ings got on everybody's nerves.
Charles D. White, employed over
night to head the Thaw legal forces,
marked time throughout the forenoon
in applying for the writ of habeas
corpus and at noon an impatient
crowd had become weary.
Later in the day, it was said Thaw's
lawyers would request that the case
be put over. . Decision in this matter
rested with Superior Judge Globen
sky, sent down here from Montreal to
preside during the socalled long vaca
tion of the court.
This jockeying related solely to the
present charge against Thaw of being
a fugitive from Matteawan. Other
proceedings of the immigration au
thorities were held In abeyance pend
ing the outcome.
Sheriff Hornbeck, . of Dutchess
County, N. Y., where Matteawan is
located, reached here, this afternoon,
with the warrants issued at Pough
keepsie charging Thaw with conspir
ing with, the others implicated in the
escape.
D. H. Reynolds and T. B. Williams,
of Ottawa, traveling inspectors for the
Dominion department of ' immigration,
joined other attaches of the depart
T;it this afternoon.
FOR WHOLE
CONSPIRACY CHARGE
Albany, Aug. 20. Deputy Attorney
General Franklin Kennedy left for
Sherbrooke, Can., this morning, to rep
resent the state In an effort to induce
the Dominion authorities to return
Thaw to this state. The attorney gen
eral's office for the etate will aek that
the fugitive be returned at once to
New York.
' New Tork, Aug. 20.-The police de
partment this afternoon received from
District Attorney Conger, of Duchess
County, a blanket warrant for the ar
rest of Harry Thaw and the five men
accused of helping him to escape from
the Matteawan hospital. The warrant
charges "conspiracy" against the state
by arranging for Thaw's escape.
TEAM FUSSY,
Pocket Money .Low But After a Shave
- . He Asks For New Necktie.
Sherbrooke, Que., Aug. 20Harry K
Thaw, , fugitive slayer of Stanford
White, caught by a New Hampshire
sheriff after his sensational escape
from the Matteawan State Hospital
for the Criminal Insane. New ' York.
spent the night in the hospital ward
in the Jail of this little border town
and this morning on the urgent tele
graphic demands of his family re
tained new counsel to fight deporta
tionvto the United States. George
Lauder Carnegie, his brother-in-law.
wired during the night that he was
hurrying here with Thaw's sister, Mar
garet, and cautioned Thaw's proceed
lngs, if possible, pending his arrival.
Meantime, Charles D. "White, recom
mended to -Thaw's family as Sher
brooke's most astute lawyer, has tak
en charge of the case and at Thaw
arraignment beore a court, this fore
noon, was expected to ask for an
adjournment of . the proceedings.
An army of, old - acquaintances
newspapermen who reported the Thaw
murder trials in New York or followr
ed the recurring sanity proceedings.
clamored about Thaw's prison cell, to
day. One glance was enough. It
was Harry Thaw. Thaw-like, he had
demanded special bedding on his cot;
Thaw-like he talked of statements he
purposed to issue though for the time
being he declined to be interviewed.
He said briefly that he had slept
well.
' The ' question of insanity was not
embodied in the commitment which
brings Thaw before the immigration
authorities here. He is held merely
as a' fugitive from the "penitentiary
at Matteawan where he was confined
on "a criminal charge."
Thaw himself was quick to see the
chances for fighting deportation on
such grounds for at Matteawan' he
was charged with nothing, being held
as a lunatic acquitted of White's mur
der. " Along such lines it was ex
pected his lawyers would seek to baT
deportation to New York state.
The Immigration officials, It was said
were aware of this loophole in the
commitment and were considering the
advisability of changing the charge
However, should they" deport him
simply as an undesirable alien a luna
tic It might mean his entering the
United States via some other state
than New York and this would invoke
protracted extradition proceedings
within that state, the outcome of
which would be doubtful.
Since his arrival here, Thaw money
has poured Into Sherbrooke and an
alienist has already been tentatively
engaged. Thaw would welcome any
test of his sanity, it Is said, as in
dicated, last night, in his statement
quoting William Travere Jerome, for
mer district attorney of New York, to
the effect that he (Thaw) was a sane
man.
The hospital cell in which Thaw is
confined is a roomy apartment with
in the jail building. It is carefully
protected by barred windows and Iron
doors and is 30 feet from, the ground.
Two guards remained With him all
night.
Thaw had only a few cents in his
pocket when arrested, yesterday, and
was without funds when he wanted
to purchase fresh linen, this morn
ing. He as finicky about his person
al appearance and after a barber had
shaved off four days' growth of beard
he said he would like to have a new
necktie. He was give Inmoney to
supply his needs and after brushing
'Continued from Paare 1.1
WILSON PEACE
PLAN. REJECTED
BY PPiESJIlJEPJA
Mexico's Reply To U.S.
Definite, Though
Diplomatic
Relations Willi This GoYsrnm:r
Continue Friendly and Fcrtr
Negotiations -Oa
Mexico City, Aug. 20 The; govern- '
ment sent a note, today, to all the
foreign legations here, stating that
negotiations between John Llnd, the
personal representative of "the Preal- i
dent of the United States and Provis- '
ional President Huei-ta, were continu- '
ing in a cordial manner.
The note also denied the report
that Dr. Urrutia, the minister of the
Interior, had made any statement
which might be regarded as an ulti
matum to the "United States. Foreign
Minister Gam boa and all other gov
ernment officials iref use to discuss the
character of the notes exchanged be
tween President Huerta and Mr. Llnd.
The further negotiations looking to
a peaceful settlement would appear
to depend upon Washington now that
Provisional President Huerta has re
jected President Wilson's proposal. Jf
the United States government la will
ing to re-open the controversy there
is every reason to believe that the
Mexican government would be willing.
It is known here that Mexico's reply
to the United States, while couched
in diplomatic language, was a definite
rejection of President ' Wilson's pro
posals as presented by Mr. Lind.
Unless the Washington governmnt
sees fit to submit new propositions,
then, on Its part, the. negotiations, it is
considered here, will be closed.
The statements made by Dr. Urrutia,
the Mexican minister of the Interior,
on Monday night, and subsequently
officially denied both by Minister Gam-
boa and -Nelson OShau-ghneesy, th5
American charge d'affaires, that the
United States government had Ween
given -V" til midnight of Tuesday last
to recognize the Huerta administ.r!v
tlon is taken to Indicate the ettitu !
of a least a portion of the Mexican
government, but the conservative ele
ment appears to have won the upper
hand. This eltjnent is the one wb '.'
Is shovjj.' a i ender. ,. to yntlr. ii
friendly relations with Mr. Lind. '
Today, ex-Governor Lind is await
ing iiistructions from Washington. J-t
is still optimistic. Yesterday, the Mex
ican government sent to each of the
foreign legations in Mexico City a nots
stating that the negotiations with ex
Governor Lind were continuing in a
cordial manner. ,;
That the personal relations between
President Wilson's emissary and 1h
government here are friendly is Indi
cated by Mr. Lind'e sending to Mex
ican foreign office a message of con
dolence on account of the iloss of Ufa
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TOT'S. EYES MAY
i
BE RUINED FOOL
WILD. WEST PRA
f f
Supposed to be playing "Indians" a
crowd of youths this morning JB"
rounded little Irving Schwartz, puht
in his baby-carriage on Maple street '
by Margaret Harrigan, 727 East Main
street, and with loaded blank-cartridge
revolvers held him up. During
the height of the excitement. whethr
by accident or Intent, a cartridge v.-jii
exploded by one of the boys direftiy
in the two-year old child's face, the
powder radiating for a circle of four
inches about the boy's eyes, face an I
forehead. He was terribly marked
and suffering intense pain when hur
ried to the nearest drug store, that of
G. C. Hamilton, 720 East Main tret
from which point a hurry call waj
sent for the ambulance. ,
Surgeon Flnneean responded witfi
Chauffeur Caulfleld on the police pa
trol, and taking the child from th?
hysterical mother who a-lmost col
lapsed, rushed him to Bridgeport hos
pital. Immediate injection of anti
toxin was made and the delicate pr
ation of pickjng powder from the eyes
begun.
At a late hour it was not known -whether
the eyesight could be kept,
or whether it would eventually be
lost. Both eyes as well as the entire
front face is closely pitted with pow
der. The police were at once notified
and officers sent from Second pre
cinct to investigate.
The little boy is the son of Irving
Schwartz, Broks street, employed at
at the Jacoby Brothers furniture
store.
M'LOUGHLIi! A!!D .
BUHDY- DOUBLES
IN STRAIGHT SETS
Newport. R. I., Aug. 20. Maurice 12.
McLoughlin of San Francisco and T.
C. Bundy of Los Angeles ably defend
ed their title as lawn tennis cham
pions in doubles against John R. Stra
chan and Clarence J. Griffin, both of
San Francisco, in straight sets on the
grand court here today. The sore
were; C 4, 7 5, 1. -
The challengers showed a trifle bet
ter team work than the defenders, but
the younger pair were unable to stan!
against McLoughlin's terrific einMhei
nor could they successfully handle a.t
1 all times the service from Bundy.