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VOL. 49 NO. 277
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1913
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CRANE VALVE COMPANY
REFUSES TO COME UNDER
COMPENSATION STATUTE
Serves Notice That It Will Do Busi
ness Under Part A Of LawPres
ident Curtis Says Other Manu
f acturers Will Follow Crane
Company Example
The Crane Volve Company, the
largest manufacturing plant In Bridge
port, gave notice, last night, that It
" will not accept the "provisions of the
workmen's compensation act, defined
in Part B thereof.
It will continue to operate under
Part A of the law. The notice was
given on cards placed in the pay enve.
lopes-, of the workmen, last night.
The company will operate its fac
tory under Part A of the law, which
provides that employers not accepting
-Part B will be denied the ancient de
fenses of contributory negligence,
neglect of fellow servant, and risk of
the business, which operated to pre
vent injured workmen from the- re
covery of damages for injuries sus
tained in their business..
The notice reads:
"To", all employes of Crane Valve
Company: As provided by chapter 138,
Public Acts of 1913, State . of Con
necticut. Crane "Valve Company here
by .gives you notice that on and after
January 1st, 1914, this company will
operate under Part 'A' of said law and
under existing laws not repugnant
thereto, and not under Part 'B' of
said law. Crane Valve Company. By
A. F. Bennett. Vice-President and
General . Manager, Bridgeport, Conn.,
Nov. 21, 1913."
Part B. of the law provides certain
compensation for injured employes.
The injury is ascertained, and the in
jured person - compensated, according
to the degree of the injury, by an
amount fixed in the law.
Part A. is designed, to work a com
pulsion to make it profitable for the
employer to come under Part B.
Withdrawing the three defenses will
make it much more difficult for em
ployers to prevent their, injured em
ployes from getting damages. But the
law is apparently not as . effective as
a compulsory law would have been.
Most of the large manufacturers of
Bridgeport will take their own - risks
and following the example, of" "the
Crane Valve Co., operate under Part
A. of the law. ,
. I. B. Curtis, president of the Man
ufacture'rs Association said today:
"The association has taken no ac
tion as a "body, although we are- se
curing all the data possible regarding
the-new law, for the heneflt of our
members. I think that manufacturers
will prefer to act as individual's arid
assume their own isks. I think most
of the big manufacturers will prefer
.to operate under Part A of the law.""
Brickley Kicks Two Goals For Harvard And
Yale Makes SafetyGuernsey Puts Over
Field Goal For Elis In Second Period
Great Run By Wilson Of Yale ,
jUVEIIILE THIEF -CHARGES
MA!!
INSPIRED CRIME
Another prodigy of tender years and
success in crime considered in com
hinatlon, faced Judge Frank I Wilder
Jn city eourt this morning in(12-years
old Walter Wilson of 1859 Park ave
line, charged with theft. . According
to the information in the. hands of
the -police, he has been Implicated in
the theft of at least 13 bicycles, get
ting two a day - at times and selling
them for a small amount. His arrest
was made yesterday by Detective Ser.
geant Oeorge E. Fox as ar result 'of
Information to the effect that he was
trvinr to sell a good bicycle on State
street for $1. He hints vaguely at a
man who has put him up to his career
f crime and an investigation is being
mace miaer me supposition uiai mere
may be a modern Fagan "working"
Bridgeport. However, it is believed
that the boy is weak mentally and to
determine this the charges were con
tinned -for two weeks to allow . an
examination. Probation Officer C. W.
Sflnpson and Sergeant Fox have ar
-"- ranged to have Dr. H. W. Fleck make
. ed that Wilson has been using the
name ef Edward Johnson in selling
the wheels and in other procedure.
- During the past week he has been
frequently noted about police head
quarters examining the bicycles held
there, proudly showing a badge en
scribed "Chicken (23) Inspector" and
flourishing a revolver of glass com
position.
Judge
half of Louis Shepard, recently con
victed proprietor of the Arlington bo-
' tel. and asked that the case be re
opened and the remainder of the Jail
sentence of 30 days be revoked pend
ing gooa penavior. ne expiainea mat
friends have raised the fine of $100
and costs and that the furniture is
being removed from the hotel with
intentions of closing it. The request
was complied with. Lieutenant Charles
H. Suckley being instructed to see
that the hotel is ' closed and kept
closed.
Charges against Ernest and Lizzie
Myers; conducting the Hotel Auto at
31 Water street as a house of ill
fame, .were continued for a week,
bonds of $400 being fixed for the for
mer and $150 for the woman. Attor
ney Henry Greenstein appeared for
the defense. The frequenters had
their cases continued to the same
' date, the amount of bonds depending
upon previous court records. They
were: Katie Miller, $25; Margaret
DelMossoo, $25; Je Falcone of Water-
bury. $25; Nellie Leroy, alias Nellie
IieJoy. $100; Annie Miller, $75, and
Jessie Armstrong, $75.
It was reported that a formal nolle
will be made Monday of wife abandon
ment charges against Ernest A. Brew
er, formerly employed as a motorman
by the Connecticut company. A set
tlement has been in process.
Thirteen-y ears-old Myron Gordon
Dickinson of 457 Bunnell street,
charged with incorrigibility, was com
mitted to the State Reform School at
Meriden. The same sentence was
passed on nine-years-old George Wan
so of 86 7 Bunnell street and sentence
was suspended. He was placed in
rare of Probation Officer C. W. Simp
son for a year.
.' John Walsh of New Tork, who gave
the name of "Abe Lincoln" when ar
rested, was again continued for ar
raignment until next Saturday. He is
charged with breach of the peace,
theft ef $4 from Fireman J. J. Kane
in the Travellers' cafe on Elm street
and resisting an officer. Bonds of
$150 for his release were furnished by
B.-B. Stelfeer:.-- '
A formal nolle was entered in the
case of VUexander Riesta, Probation
Officer Simpson reporting that' he" had
been returned to the Reform School,
from which he escaped. James
Tookey, employed with a . state ' road
construction gang and arraigned on an
intoxication charge, was allowed half
an hour to get out of the city.
: Continued charges of neglecting to
send a child to school against Peter
and Maria DelRosso of Grand street.
were continued until Tuesday on ac
count of their failure to appear.
Vagrancy "charges against Louis
Dimura .were continued until Tues
day to . allow a further investigation
by the police. A tool chest, said to
be owned by him, was located in a
uuron street saloon yesterday after-
noon and is being held under the sup
position ; that some of the contents
may have been taken from building
concerns about the city. There have
been . numerous complaints of this
nature lately.
STUMBLE OVER
FREIGHT TRUCK
MANICURIST SUES
Mary' F. Donnelly, a young mani
curist of Danbury, has brought suit
against the N. T., N. H. & H. R. R.
Co. for $2,000 to recover for injuries
received November 20, 1912, when she
stumbled over a freight truck handle
in Brewster, N. Y." The plaintiff says
a number of persons alighted from
the train and as she was crossing the
statical platform she fell over the
handle, which had carelessly been left
in a dangerous position. Her kneecap
was injured aid she was badly bruised.
The action is returnable to the com
mon pleas court, December term.
MR. CRAFT'S FAREWELL
Rev. E. J. Craft, rector of Christ
church, who will leave Bridgeport in a
few days to , take up larger duties in
another state, was asked this morning
by a representative of The Farmer to
say a few words of farewell to the
people of Bridgeport. Mr. Craft re-
Plied:
'Say to the people of Bridgeport that
I deeply appreciate the feeling which
they have shown about my going
away, and that I never parted from a
community with greater regret.
"The courtesies on every hand have
made me wonder why so many should
be extended to me.
'Among the pleasantest memories to
me in future years will be those of tiie
associations with the people and the
church in Bridgeport.
I hope to keep up . these associa
tions by visiting this section at least
once every year."
EDWARD COMER AND
ROSE ROSENRAUM ARE
ANXIOUS FOR DIVORCES
Two local divorce' suite were filed to
day in the superior ceurt. Edward A.
Comer Wants a decree from Amelia L.
Co mem. Her maiden name was Ame
lia Bberllng. Desertion on April 28,
1908, is alleged. The couple were mar
ried October 26. 1905.
Rose Klein Rosen baum seeks a sep
aration from Frank Roaenbaum. In
tolerable Cruelty is trie ground. Tne
couple were married 'November 6, 1910,
in New York. Both actions are return
able to the December term of court.
Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 22 The af
ternoon proved even wanner than the
morning and until the sun sank be-
hin the walls it was sunshade weather
in the stadium. Furs proved an abso
lute burden and for hours the spec
tators sat In the stands in indoor garfe
holding robes, shawls and coonskin
coats in their laps. As the stands be-
gan to fill it was seen that the crowd
was to be an exceedingly brilliant one.
From the time the gates were thrown
open at 12:30 until the game began
there was a steady procession of these
red and blue decked enthusiasts go
ing through the" ticket passageways. It
was there that a score of inspectors
were stationed and once in a while
their eagle eyes would detect tickets
nurchased from speculators and 'the
porarily. In nearly all such cases
where the holders proved to be inno
cent parties their names were taken
and duplicate tickets issued. Such in
stances however, - were comparatively
few. ' -
Although the' high walls of ; the
stadium cut off some of the southerly
breeze there was nevertheless consid
erable wind movement down the grid
iron. - I This gave an advantage to the
team having the west goal while the
team on the opposite side of the field
wast still further handicapped by the
sun shining' In the eyes of the players.
In the case in Princeton two
weeks ago Coach Haughton sent the
Harvard players onto the field far a
preliminary warming up half an hour
before the game was called. The Yale
teanl appeared at '1:50 and the "Yale
cheering section immediately wetit in
too.. a6tldn- Five minutes"' s2terward
Harvard also appeared and was greet
ed with the ' usual long - Harvards.
Then came- the exchange of cheering
courtesies between the two sides.
Just before 2 o'clock Referee Lang-
ford called the two - captains to the
center of the field and tossed the coin
for choice of sides. Owing to the
length of the conference in the field
there was a slight delay in calling the
players to their positions.
Harvard won the toes and took the
west goal with the wind and sun a
their backs.
Yale ran down to the east goal witn
the kiokoff, Guernsey kicked off for
Yale. The ball .went across the Har
vard goal line. The ball was caught
and it was run back to the 25 yard
line.
Mahan tried Yale's left tackle for no
gain. Mahan kicked to Yale's 25 yard
line. The ball was fumbled but reoov
ered. On the next rush Ainsworth
made 5 yards through left tackle.
There was 5 yard penalty for offside
Piay. . -
- It was Yale's . ball on the 35 yard
line. , Ainsworth lost a yard on a run
to Harvard's left wing. Kno-wles kicked
to Harvard's 30 yard line. The ball
was run back 5 yards. -
Bradlee plunged through left tackle
for 2 yards. On a double pass Hard-
wick was. thrown 'back for a loss of 2
yards. Mahan punted to Wilson on
Yale's 33 yard line. The ball was
muffed but recovered. Know-les made
two yards through right tackle. Ains
worth carried It three yards more on
a plunge through the left side. Brick-
ley nailed him.
Knowles punted to Mahan on the
30 yard line. The ball was run back
to Yale's 47 yard line.
Harvard was in Yale's territory for
the first time. The run of Mahan
was 22 yards. Brickley made 6 yards
in a plunge through center. He add
ed 2 more on another into the same
place. . Mahan tried a forward pass
but it fell to the ground and It was
still Harvard's ball.
Brickley dropped back to the cen
ter of the field for a try at goal. The
ball was low and went over the goal
line. Yale brought the. ball out to
the 20 yard line and started rushing.
Ainsworth made 2 yards around Har
vard's right end. Knowles punted to
tne 4 7 yard line when the ball went
to Harvard. .
The play was again in Harvard'
territory.
On a fake kick formation Mahan
was nailed by Warren without gain.
Mahan kicked over the Yale goal line
and once more the ball was-brought
out to the 20 yard line. Again' Yale
started rushing. On a delayed pass
Guernsey was thrown back for the
loss of a yard. . ...
Knowles kicked to the center of the
field where . a Yale man -touched the
ball and as it rolled back It was
Harvard's ball on Yale's 42 vrd line.
Mahan was tackled by Avery without
gain.
Brickley could get no further through
Warren..
Logan tried a forward pass but it
was incompleted. It was still Har
vard's ball in Yale territory.
Mahan kicked over Yale's eoal line.
Wilson letting it roll over. Again
the ball was brought out to Yale's
20 yard line. Knowles was thrown
back for a loss of half a yard and
nen he punted to the center of the
field.
Talbott tackled Logran fiercely and
Yale was penalized 15 yards for rough
play. t It was Harvard's ball on Yale's
s& yard line. .Brickley made two
yards through Yale's left wing and'
Bradlee added three more. Brickley
ropped back to the 44 vard line for
a field goal trial. It was a fake and
Braaiee took the ball to Yale's IS
yard line for a first down. The play
caught the Yale team off its guard,
Brickley made a yard through cen
ter and added two more on a plunge
through, the same place. It was Har
vard's ball on Yale's 14 yard line.
-Standing on Yale's 26 yard line.
Brickley shot the ball through the
goal posts for the first score of the
game. ,
Guernsey kicked off again for Yale
the bail going behind the goal posts
and striking the uprights. It was
Harvard's ball on her 20 yard line.
There was some discussion as tne of
the Harvard players had taken the
ball behnd the goal posts. Mahan
kicked to Wilson who let the ball roll
to Yale's 7 yard line. The referee
allowed the safety on Harvard. '
Score end first period: Harvard 3,
Yale 2. .
Harvard outplayed Yale in the first
period, keeping the Blue in the de
fense most of the time. - .
SECOND PERIOD.
'" Knowles kicked to Mahan- who made
a' fair1 catch on Yale's 39 yard line.
There Brickley tried aj goal . from
placement. Brickley"s toe was in good
working order and the ball went be
tween- the goal posts clearing the
crossbar by many yards. Harvard 6,
Yale 2.
The Harvard stands went wild as
the ball cleared the crossbar.
Guernsey kicked off across the Har
vard goal line. Hardwick caught the
ball and ran it back 15 yards. Bradlee
dove through right tackle for 3 yards.!
Mahan then kicked to Wilson on
Yale's 40 yard line. The Blue quarter
back ran back S yards. Yale started
rushing" at the nearest point so far
reached toward Harvard's goal, Ains
worth made ; a yarfl through tackle,
Then Knowles kicked to Bradlee who
made a fair catch, on Harvard's 1 8
yard line. .
Mahan kicked on the first down to
Ainsworth on Harvard's 4 7 yard line.
The Blue was in Crimson territory for
the first 'time. Ainsworth made a yard
when "Hitchcock nailed him. On
shift formation Guernsey roiled over a
mass of players for fottr yards.
-Knowles, standing oni Yale's 45
yard line, tried for a field goal. The
ball soiled under the ; Harvard cross
bar. .- It was Harvard's ball on he
20 yard line. On a fake kick for
mation, Mahan was thrown for a loss
of 5 yards. Mahan kicked to Wil
son, on .Yale's 40 yard line.- The
Yale quarterback ran it back to Har.
yard's 84 yard line. .
It was the finest run of the game, 24
yards being covered. Yale .again
rushed' and' on a delayed pass five
yards were made through center. On
a shift formation Guernsey made four
yards more.
On another shift formation Knowles
could not gain. Guernsey stood on
Harvard's 38 yard line and made a
dropkick .which almost tied the score.
Yale stands ivere frantic with delight.
Harvard 6, Yale. 5.
Brickley - kicked off towards Yale's
goal line. The ball was brought out
and Yale started rushing. On a fake
kick formation Wilson made 7 yards
on a quarterback run. Bradlee made
a fine tackle. Knowles made a yard
and it was Yale's ball on the 28 yard
line for the third down.
Bradlee tried a. forward pass but
was nailed for a yard. Briekley drop
ped back to the 40 yard line for an
other attempt at a field goal. Instead,
Bradlee carried the . ball through to
the 25 yard line.
Brickley caught a high pass but in
stead of trying to kick he -ran. He
was nailed on Yale's 22 yard line
where the ball went to Yale on downs.
Knowles could not gain around Har
vard's right end. Wilson made 5
yards on a quarterback run.
Knowles kicked to Logan who ran
outside at Harvard's 33 yard line. Har
vard started rushing again and Brick
ley in a squirming, twisting run, made
nine yards.
Bradlee dove over center for two
yards more. It was' a first down for
'Harvard on her 46 yard line.
On the next rush O'Brien behind
splendid interference made nine yards
more. On a a uoie pass, Marawi-JK
placed the ball in Yale's 31 yard line
for a first down. It .was the longest
run of the game for a down.
Mahan placed the ball on Yale's 29
yard -line. In five rushes Harvard car
ried the ball 39 yards straight down
the field.
The heat seemed to have taken the
snap, out of the players, as there were
frequent pauses.
Knowles kicked to Logan on Har
vard's 35 yard line where a fair catch
was made.. There was three minutes
more to play in the period.
Harvard started rushing and Hard
wick, with fine interference, made 5
yards. Mahan then punted to Wil
son, who was nailed in his tracks on
Yale's 28 yard line. O'Brien made a
fine tackle.
On the first rush, Knowles was
thrown back for a loss of five yards.
Oilman making the tackle. Knowles,
fake kick made 27 yards and
planted the ball in the center of tfie
field.
Brickley made the tackle.
Brickley was the only man who
stood between the Yale player and
the Harvard goal line. Knowles was
so exhausted that time was called.
Bettle took Bradlee's place in Har
vard's back field. It was brought in
the center of the field.
On the first rush, Wilson made 2
yards on a quarterback run. On a
wing shift. Ainsworth skirted Har- j
vard's left side and stumbled on the
Crimson's '33 yard line. Yale was
playing fiercely as the time was called
Knowles placed the ball on the 27
yard line. Guernsey dropped back for
a field goal. The ball went a trifle
wide and Harvard was apparently
saved for the time ' being.
The ball was brought out to the 20
yard line. Brickley drove Into cen
ter for a yard.
Second period: Harvard 6, Yale 6.
GOLDEN HILL
HOTEL ALL IN; .
DOWN AMD OUT
A most painful .duty fraught with
remembrances of the past was Imposed
upoi Health Inspector David W. Lynch,
yesterday, when by the Board of
Health he was detailed to inspect and
condemn the famous Golden Hill H-
tel.
In this hostelry Inspector Lynch first
made his Bridgeport home, back in
1884, when he first came to the city, as
a travelling salesman.. Time has work
ed many changes, and he found suffi
cient evidence to result in condemna
tion until improvements are made. Al
terations in the plumbing were or
dered and the toilet facilities were di
rected to he changed. He found one
outside lavatory with practically no
provisions for water and two inside, to
accommodate 32 rooms. . At the time
when he knew ther place as home, the
facilities were considered to be as good I
as the ordinal?.' hteL .. . I
He was accompanied by Assistant '
Building Inspector Thomas P. Burns,
who agreed with him in his findings, j
The building belongs to the Keeler es
tate. Another person to whom it means
much is Abram L. Adams of 307 Cen
ter street, who, Mr. Lynch remem
bers, was living at the hotel when he
first came and was one of the last to
secure a meal there beore it closed
under the management of Mr. Carr.
RESTORATION OF ORDER
IS FULLY EXPECTED IN
NEIGHBORHOOD OF TOXPAIrli
Madero Refugees Are Transferred To
Scoutship Chester After Rebel
Leader Promises To With
hold Attack
Washington, Nov. 23 Rear Admiral
Fletcher cabled today that the bat
tleship New Hampshire had left Tux
pam to return to . Vera Crus. Taken
in connection with the pledge from
the constitutionalist. General Aguilar,
that his men would not molest foreign
property, the movement was regarded
as evidence of a restoration of order
between- Tuxpam and Tampico.
The Madero refugees were trans
ferred late last night to the scout
cruiser Chester from the battleship
Rhode Island and the Chester sailed
for Havana.
With the full realization that there
probably can be no Immediate devel-
opments in a diplomatic sense, pend
ing a clearing of the tangle in which
the Mexican congress has Involved it
self, Interest . is now centered in the
naval situation on the gulf coast. The
approach of two British cruisers was
communicated tw the state depart
ment through the British embassy
without eliciting any expressions of
disapproval and. that is taken as an
other evidence that the United States
and Great Britain are acting in per
fect harmony . as to naval forces to
protect foreign interests. It is point
ed out in naval circles that with Ger
man and French warships in the same
waters, there could be no objection
to the presence of British ships.
MEXICANS DEMAND
MERCY FOR SMUGGLERS
WOMAN TAKES
CARBOLIC ACID
At 3 o'clock an unknown woman
walking out of the Security building,
dressed in a long white fur coat, lif t-
ejd a phial containing six ounces of
carbolic acid to her lips "and dropped
ito the sidewalk before pedestrians
couia irustrate ner act. ' She was
taken to St. Vincent's ' hospital in the
emergency ambulancei ,
El Paso Nov. "32-Actlvities of Mex
ican liberals In Texas, sometimes call
ed' theMexican branch of 'the Indus
trial Workers; of the World, have f
threatening reprisals against Texas if
mercy is not shown Mexican ammu
nition smugglers charged with mur
der. Several of the smugglers claim
ed membership in the Industrial
Workers of the World.
J. A. Hernandez and Eustolio Gar
cia, said to be secretary and sub-secretary
respectively of the party or
ganization, were arrested here. Offi
cers say they seized circulars indi
cating a widespread movement to res
cue the smuggler and that these cir
culars called upon the negroes to rlee
and aid the Mexicans. More arrest
are expected.
MEXICANS HOPE FOR
, RECOGNITION OF HUERTA
The Mexican morning newspapers
under government domination pub
lished today stories regarding an al
leged Intention of the United States
government to recognize Provisional
President Huerta in the near future.
El Independents had a headline ex
tending "across its front page reading:
"Huerta will be recognised by th
American government. The special J
envoy of President' Wilson able to-'
prove anarchy was reigning in ths'
camp of the rebels of the north."
El Diario similarly displayed a story
to the effect that Secretary of Stat
Bryan already had signed a. commu
nication in which recognition of Pro
visional President Huerta was given.'
The same paper quotes Querido Mo-
he no, the Mexican foreign mintoter, am
saying he has no official knowledge of
the fact, but that from private sources
he has received "very optimistic new
been revealea, state officers say, i and has hopes of an early aduetment"
through their investigation of a re- of the difficulties with the United
(cent telegram- to Governor Colquitt States.
ELECTRIC CABLE
CO. LOSES ACTION
Judge Bennett Rules That An
noying Yard Fires Must
Cease.
BRIDE OE 3 WEEKS
ENDS LIFE BY LEAP
New York, Nov. 22 Despairing be
cause, as she thought, her husband's
love for her had been lost irrevocably.
Mrs. Rosle Roth, 1 7 years old, a bride
of three weeks, hurled herself from
the window of her 'home, No. 199
Brook avenue, The Bronx, last night.
and . was killed instantly ' when, she
struck the sidewalk, sixty feet below.
The woman leaped out of the reach
of her husband. Max Roth, and flung
herself from the window as he clutch
ed vainly at her garcents. Roth told
the police of. the events leading up
to the suicide.
He said-he and his girl-wife Tiad
Quare'lled, and that they had not
spoken for several days. When he
came home from work last night . his
wife, wearying of his coldness, put
her arms around him and kissed him,
begging forgiveness.
She didn't realize what I meant.
She must have thought that I would
not forgive her. .
"Goodbye, I'll end it all," she cried,
and ran to the window.
"I ran after her. She didn;ot pause
a second, but went out head foremost
Icaught her apron, but it tore in my
hand. Iran down stairs, and then "
Overcome by grief, the young hus
band could not continue. His wife's
brother and sister, Herman and Sadie
Shernien, led him back into -the house.
The girl was married to Roth on
November 1. '
MEYER AND CLABBY TO
ATTEND O'BRIEN BANQUET
Following the Connecticut- grand
executive council of the Forester's of
American, held in Odd Fellows Hall,
yesterday afternoon, which terminated
in a banquet at the Algonquin Club,
it was announced that a monster ban
quet would be held in the new Hotel
Bond in Hartford on Tuesday next in
honor of Chief Ranger Judge O'Brien,
of Boston. This banquet, which will
be preceded by an exemplification of
the new degree promulgated by man
date of the Supreme Court of the or
der at Atlantic City last August, will
be attended only by the highest dig
nitaries of the oraer. Among those
who will journey from Bridgeport will
be W. T. Meyer, Grand Court Officer,
and M. J. Clabby, Supervising Deputy.
East End citizens who have been
annoyed by the yard fires of the Bleo
trie Cable company were jubilant to
day when they learned that Judge
Bennett of the superior court had
denied the company's .motion to dis
solve the temporary Injunction re
cently obtained toy Frank Kucsik and
wife of Bunnell street. The Kusciks,
whose house adjoins the factoryj claim
ed the odors and dense smoke from
the fires injured, their health and de
creased the value of their property-
: They obtained a temporary injunc
tion but counsel for the company ask
ed the court to dissolve it because the
neighboring property owners had sus
tained no real damage. A number
of witnesses told about' the smoke,
soot and grease from the fires, which
were built of waste products from the
factory. Judge . Bennett reserved hia
decision until today. Attorney George
F. ' Mara represented the Kusciks.
HARTFORD MAN APPEALS
FROM JAIL SENTENCE
Waterbury, Nov. 22 G. M. Plerson
of Hartford, was fined $150 and costs
and sentenced to serve 30 - dayB in
Jail by Judge W. E. Thorns in the
city court this morning on the charge
of driving an automobile while under
the influence of liquor. ,
The execution of the jail sentence
was suspended and an appeal was
taken to the district court on the fine
and costs. ' Pierson " Is a traveling
salesman.
WHO'S MAYOR
WHILE MAYO
WILSON'S GONE?
"Who is Mayor of Bridgeport?" of
ficials about the City Hall were ask
ing today. For the past twenty-four
hours the city has been without any
accredited executive head. Mayor
Clifford B. Wilson left town In an au
tomobile yesterday to attend the yak
Harvard football game at Cambridge.
City Clerk John Alex H. Robinson
is also at the football game. So is
Alderman Daniel E. Walker, presi
dent of the last common council. As
sistant City Clerk William F. Run
sell is said to have gone to the gams
also today. He was not In his of
fice. People at city hall were unable to
determine whether under the circum
stances Superintendent of Police Eu
gene Birmingham or City Auditor
Bernard Keating Is acting mayor.
Strange as it may seem, everything
went along about the saVne as any
other Saturday despite the absnc
from the city of so many prominent
officials.
CAPT. CHRISTIANSEN
TO COMMAND DEFENDEIi
RAILROAD CROSSINGS
WILL BE ELIMINATED
Hartford, Nov. 23 By ' decision of
the Public Utilities Commission filed
today and upon petition of the New
York, New Haven & Hartford Rail
road Co., four railroad crossings are
to be eliminated in Cornwall. They
are Known as Jfine Tree, Aoams,
Schoolhouse and Wickwires Crossing's.
The entire expense is to be borne
by the company.
2,000 SMALL-CAKES JTO
BE MADE FOR BRIDE
' AT WHITE HOUSE
New Tork, Nov. 22 Miss Jessie Wil
son's 145 pound wedding cake will be
sent to Washington tonight. It will
go by express carefully wrapped and
boxed and accompanied by 2,000 small
satellites made of the same dough,
packed in white boxes for distribu
tion to the guests. ,
It took 400 pounds of the cake mix
ture to fill these boxes.
Bristol, R. I., Nov. 22 Capta'ri
Chris Christiansen, of New Tork, will
be the skipper of the new America's
cup defender to be built for the Van
derbllt syndicate at the Hereshnff
yards here. This announcement was
made today by Robert W. Emmon-J,
2nd, of Boston, manager of the syndi
cate. Captain Christiansen served as mate
on the cup defenders Columbia and
Reliance under the captaincy of the
late Charles Barr. Recently he has
beert sailing master of the 6 0 foot
sloop Aurora, owned by Cornelius
Vanderbilt,
STRATFORD SELECTMEN
OBJECT TO SALOON
The selectmen of Stratford are out
in opposition to James A. McGuinnp.-'i
who wants to open a ealoon in Linden
avenue in that town. They have no
objection to McGuinness personally
but don't think a saloon is desirable
in that locality. The selectmen sirs
Roland B. Curtis, John E. Halmes a;i4
James Ially.
"PEACOCK" REILLY'S HACK
HITS HEAVY BEER TRUCIv
Cambridge. Mass., Nov. 22. 'William
A. McDonald, who killed his wife be
cause she wouldn't let him see his chil
dren, was sentenced for life after mov
ing court and counsel to tears.
A collision between a hack owned!
by O. J. Keenan and driven by "Pea-
cock" Reilly, and a large motor truck:
or tne Home .Brewing company, oc-,
curred at 12:15 today at the corner of;
Main and Wall streets. Though the .
horses and cab were uninjured. the an '
tomobile had some paraphJ"rrr.r. torn,
from its side. The motor truck had!
the right of way, the cab t5sn driven.!
at full speed into its side, from If 9 1
entrance of Wall street.