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."GET. THE HARITT
THE WEATHER
Read the Want Ads. in The
Farmer classified . columns
' there's some good opportunities
-.' in "For Sales" and To Rents.'
Fair, Warmer Wednesday
VOL, 49 NO. 279
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1913
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PILGRIM FATHERS
MIGHT ENVY 0UR
PRESENT DAY FEAST
Markets Teeming With Good
j Things For the Thanksgiv
ing Day Spread.
Prices On Many Sorts of x the
Holiday Foods in the .
Local Stores. - .
Tn to Thanksgiving! The one day
n the year when everyone eats Just as
Tniir-H m h can and then as muen
What a. joyous festival those . staid:
old Pilgrims did. institute, dui now lit
tle did they dream that such a great.
errand, marvelous Country as this is.
vrmilri nna dav ibe . celebrating their
holiday -with almost as much thank
Tiilnees and twice as much spirit aa
they themselves showed.
And how those first Thanksgiving
turkev have multiplied themselves.
Certainly there couldn't have heen
more than a half dozen or so .on that
elrnifioaiit dav. but -- next Thursday
there'll be hundreds of thousands of
those very game birds reigning su
preme on the tables of their sincere
admirers..
As for cranberries, celery, nuts,
'pumpkin pies and the hundred and one
other delicious things which go to
make ns the Thanksgiving dinner-
there is no doubt that, were it only
possible, those stern bid Pilgrims would
much rather have me to- one of our
dinners than we would have wanted to
fro to theirs.
A trip through the local markets was
recently made m order to get soma
idea of the prevailing prices.
Storekeepers said that there was no
material" difference between the prices
-crf this year, and those of last. On a
few things it varied two or three cents
from that of last year, but this was at
tributed 'rather to a scarcity or an
. Abundance of the article than to any
ether causes. . -
:-" The following prices were obtained:
A; TtrKKBYS. GiEESEy. DUCK3. .
1 'Turkeys. 26, SS, SO, 32, 35 cents a
pound. The 29 and 2s cent turkeys are
western, the 30 New York; State, and
the 32 and 35 cent native.
f. "Geese, 30 and 22 cents. ' -
- Lonir Island ducks, 20 cents.
Chickens, - roasting, ' 20 to 25 eents.
Chickens, fowls, 16 to 22 cents.
AMONG TUB TEGETrABiLES.
- Potatoes, white "brine- about 23 eents-J-
5er-peck.
' , Potatoes, sweet bring' about 20 cent
per-peefc.. .. . -.. .,,
Onions. cents per quart, 35 per
peck. :
Turnips, yellow IS cents per peck. "
-utoiiDoirer, 8 10 z'f cenia per neao.
T A . w J
f Beets, S cents per bunch.
EJUtUlil, A COUW yCIO 1'-' U 11. .1. V
. Pumpkins. 3-aod 4 cents pet- pound.
. Celery, lo to-2 cents per bunch.
CranDernes, 10 ana 13 cents per
tjuart. , -
Apples. !0 to 35 cents per peck. -
Bananas, IB and 20 ceritg per aoien.
. Figs, 15 and 1 cents per pound.
' Grape fruit, 5 to 10 cents a piece. One
I store offers them 6 for 35 cents.
"Grapes, Malaga, 15 to 18 cents per
pound; Tokay, 13 cents. -Lemons,
80 cents per dozen.
Oranges. 15 to 40 cents- per dozen.
: Tangerines, 30 cents per dozen.
, The price of cheese remains about
the same. American cream cheese, IS
to 28 cents per pound; Young Amerl-
( can "cheese. 25 cents; Camemrbert, 30
and 35 eents each; cream cheese in tin
foil, S and 19 cents each; Moenster, 23
scents; Roquefort, 40 cents; Swiss
cheese, 25 and 35 cents. ;
. " ' EXSGSS. '
- The price of "strictly fresh" eggs
seems to vary in different stores. Figgs
from around Bridgeport hring from 60
to 70 cents per dosen. Housatontc road
eggs are 39 cents per dozen. "Western
fresh, eggs are 65 cents per dozen. Cold
storage eggs range from 29 to 40 cents
' BDTTER.
. . . -
Creamery butters bring from 34 to
3S cents per pound; print butter, '37 to
0 cents and cooking butter 30 cents.
X'uts, as one of the storekeepers said,
are scarce and poor. Mixed nuts bring
12 1-2. 18 and 20 cents per pound; al
monds, 16 to 22 cents; Brazil nuts, 20
cents per pound; nllberts, 13 and 18
cents per pound; pecans, II, 14 and 16
cents per pound; walnuts, English, 18,
10 and 22 cents; hickory nuts, 9 cents;
Italian chestnuts. 9 cents per pound.
WINES.
With the exception of those- which
come irom jaiirornia, there is no
change in the price of the table wines.
The California wines cost about 25
cents njpre per gallon than previously.
Thin Is due to the failure of the grape
crop In that state.
One of the stores is offering port and
sherry wines from 23 to 75 cents per
tiottle; claret from 40 to 95 cents per
bottle, the 95 cent grade being import-
- -Vfr-vlnla. T)aTfk winen 95 5ft nnrl 76
cents perbottle. Sweet cider brings 18
cents per gallon. I
CTTBCOC, LEMOW AND
ORANGE PEEL,
Drained citron, 20 cents per pound;
orange peel, 15 cents per pound; lemon
pteU 15 eents per pound.
One Destitute, Another
Victim Of Drink, Are
Taken To Lakeview Home
A double ambulance call this after
noon: resulted in the Increasing of the
population at Lakeview home by two.
Ir. J. H. Finnegan was called to 155
Hallett street where Isme Bobe was
found to be suffering from chronic al
coholism. Before starting another
call came from the county court
house, where "Walter Palmatier, 71
years old and with no home, had col
lapsed from exhaustion. He thought
that the court house was the proper
ta.es to apply for aid.
7,000 Union Workers Strike
To Obtain Reinstatement Of
Two Discharged
Schenectady, Nv. 25.r-SeVeral thou
sand employes of the General Electric
Companv -struck this morning' shortly
afrter 8 .o'clock. ."The men and women
walked out while a conference .was in
progress . - between General Manager
.Emmons, Superintendent . Smith and
union, officials. ,
There was no disorder among the
striking employes. After walking out
of the plant they , assembled in front
of the general offices and a grievance
committee entered. The employes stood
about 'for a short time and then
marched to the center of the City car
ryinj their dinner pails. ,
Arived . at the business sections 'the
marchers dispersed quietly, most 'of
them going to - their homes. A : few
meetings were scheduled for later In
the day. It -was generally believed
that there would foe little" trouble.
Many of the workers expressed hope
that an amicable agreement might be
reached.
FRITZ HARTMANH
MUST PAY NOTE TO
BREWIIIGCOMPAHY
The suit of the Hartmanri 'Brewing
00. against Fritz G. Hartmanri, was
finished in record time In ther super
ior " court .this morning ;When 'Judge
Bennett handed down a decision from
the bench in favor of -the Brewing
company. - The action ? was brought
to recover $3,600 due on a note. Hart
mann denied owing all the money;
He admitted that the company bought
r " 'ri V "CS 1
ness. Hartmann alleged, however.
that he gave the saloon' back to the
company - at the expiration of a . year
so toe didn't consider he owed anything
on that. ' Arter hearing the evidence
and listening to the arguments Judge
Bennett ' ajinounced from "the - bench
that he found.lh favor oT "' the . com
pany. ; ' .; ''";. ' .'. . ; -
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SBLVERTHAtJ BEATEN
IN HARTMANN ACTION
on.rntz iianmann 's
Bond.
Abraham; Silverthau and others,
who conduct a Jewelry, business n
New Haven, lost their , suit against
-Fitz Hartmann of this city, according
to a decision' handed down today by
Judge Scott In the common " pleas
court. St is alleged that on August
12, 1911 the plaintiffs sued Charles H.
Hartmann for converting a diamond
ring bought from the plaintiffs. His
body was attached but later, his broth
er Fritz put up a 8500 bond. Then the
plaintiffs got Judgment against -Charles
Hartmann for $390.89 and sought to
recover on the bond, v Fritz'-alleged
that the plaintiffs could have attached
his brother's body had -they desired
but that they made no effort to do so.
Judge Scott found in favor, of Hart
mann with costs. '
In the suit of Alex Erickson of this
city against Andrew Iarson of this
city the court finds in favor of Erick
son to recover costs. He owned prop
erty on Second street and it is claim
ed that Larson filed a mechanics' lien
alleging there was money due for ma
terials. Erickson declared there was
no money due and ' that Larson had
no right to file the, lien. . v
VISITING NURSES
DISCOVER PITIAB
i CASE OF NEGLECT
One of the worst cases coming to
the visiting nurses' attention received
their carer this week,' a Woman at 23
Frank street being found in an ex
tremely critical condition with tuber
culosis' and ; among squalid surround
ings. The nurse making the discov
ery, accustomed to work among the
poor, found conditions so bad J nd the
woman in such a condition, that she
was unable to tackle the Job alone.
Two others were called in and, tfol
1(5 wing two hours of -work, the house
was gotten . into some kind of shape
and the woman given attention. This
is but one of many somewhat similar
cases- observed every day but an ex
treme one. - Lack of money prevents
the nurses from giving the attention
to these cases that they deserve.
DEATH OF MRS. McSHANE .
' AT AGE OF 84 YEARS
Death last evening claimed an old
and respected resident of this city in
the person of Mary McShane, who died
at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Eu
gene W. Carten, of 173 Beech wood ave
nue. Her demise was 'due to infirmi
ties incidental to age, as the had
reached the ripe old age of- 84. Mrs.
McShane was twice married and sur
viving the first marriage is one son,
Dr. P. J. Callahan, of "Waterbury. -By-her
second marriage to the late Cor
nelius McShane she leaves one son,
James McShane, of Stratford, and four
daughters, Anna, Mrs. E. W. Carten,
Mrs. C. Prutting and Mrs. Charles H
Gltnes. The deceased was for upwards
of half a, century a resident of East
Bridgeport where she .was prominent
in the work connected with-St. Mary's
church, being one of the original mem
bers of that parish. Of et charitable
nature her many ministrations to those
in need endeared her to a wide circle
who will sincerely mourn her lose. .
Cbantilly, Nov. 25 M. Corbon, a
French aviator, was killed. He fell
awith his monoplane while flying near
Chan till y.
Labor Leaders
About 10,000 worwers still were at
the'plant when the strikers left. It
was said that none of them Was a
member of a union. The plant is run
on the open shop plan. Neither Frank
Dujay nor Miss Mabel eslie, the two
union, leaders -whose, dismissal caused
the walkout, was in evidence this
morning.
"The men walked out while Super
intendent Smith and myself were talk
lng over the situation with representa
tives of the employers,"' said General
Manager Emmons shortly after the
walkout "It looks to me as if the
unions' committee was not able to con
trol the men. I have not received re
ports from all the departments y-et, hut
I think a walkout was pretty general
among' the union -employes. - I should
say that between 5,000 and ,7,J99 were
out." x ; '
Mr. Emmons said other conferences
probably would be held later fin the
day. r. . ... . . . . . , , -
GAMBLING DEVICES
ARE CONFISCATED
IN POLICE CRUSADE
The "lid," slightly warpeST recently
in connection with slot machines and
other gambling devices, 7 was ' re-mould
ed and .clamped on 'tighlf oy Superin
tendent of 'Police Eugene Birmingham
this morning in announcing1 orders to
the men of the 8 o'clock detail. Ser
geants and men were informed that
they will be held responsible for con
ditions on their heats and directing
t001 rooms to Investigate condition
In -case slot muaehines or gambling
devices are found, they were directed
to .confiscate them and arrest the one
rseponsible for their being there.
Soon after the .orders were issued,
Policeman Robert Hoffman seized a
gum-slot machine from the cafe atthe
southwest corner of . tFalrfi eld . avenue
and "Water stret, while Policeman Clif
ford N.-oGrgas, oh the "other side of
the street, entered the cigar -stand of
the .-Atlantic hotel and seized a. "punch
board" . where . fountain pen, knife
and two chains were the. prizes.. The
postal cards -were -ada& takfef'aa evi;
ren oi eootmng tne muctcy.
Sergeant Thomas H.. Flood seized
another of the ."punch boards" short
ly before noon at the saloon conduct
ed toy John Murren at 92 "Wall St' It
was taken to police headquarters for
evidence.
NewT Lighting And Cleaning
Devices At Post Office To
Help In Holiday Business
Much progress has been made in the
post office and" custom house with the
new lighting and' vacuum cleaning
system which is being installed. .Al
ready the general mail room has been
equipped with the new. system of lightr
ing and great . improvement is noted
over the old type. Carriers, distrib
utors and stamping-clerks, are given a
flood of light which; has heretofore
been unkriowrf and which will : greatly
relieve the eyes. : - ' . , ..
The offices throughout the building
are now-being equipped and 'are soon
expected to be completed. The -vacuum
cleaning system ..will greatly facilitate
the cleaning of the building.
Though no rush is expected during
the Thanksgiving period, and no addi
tional clerks or carriers will be needed.
a large additional influx of postal mat
ter is expected for the Christmas Hol
idays, especially as the parcel post
which was inaugurated this , year has
grown beyond the most sanguine local
expectations.
In order to anticipate tne ruh, cards
are being posted about the city today
requesting that Christmas parcels be
mailed early, .. wrapped- securely, : and
plainly, marked. - It ia suggested: that
parcels- sent before Christmas be mark
ed "Do Not Open Until Christmas."
Persons who ; desire to mail any
quantity of "insured" parcels may pur
chase Insurance tags and take then
home- fpr preparation, but upon mail
ing the ' packages they must be pre
sented at the registry window "that a
record may foe made. They must not
be. put -in the regular mail boxes or
chutes. This will also apply fo . O.
D. packages during the holiday sea
son. On Thanksgiving Bay there wlll'.he
no carrier delivery, though It. is likely
that the stamp and general : delivery
windows may remain open. Decision in
this matter will be made tomorrow.
ALLEGED CHINESE
1 ' SMUGGLER
CAUGHT
New.Tork, Nov. 25 Harry White,
a Chinaman, said to be leader of a
band of Chinese smugglers that has
operated long on the Canadian border,
was arrested here today. He gave $5,
000 bail for his appearance before the
federal court at Syracuse, N. ""to
answer a charge of bringing his coun
trymen into' the United States in vio
lation o; exclusion laws.
STRIKING LINEMEN
STILL HOLDING OUT
New Haven, Nov. 2 5. Following an
executive meeting of the striking line
men employed in the installation oj."
the new signal system on the New
York. New Haven & Hartford rail
road between this city and Springfield,
as ordered by the public utilities com
mission, it was announced that the
situation Is today practically un
changed, negotiations for a settlement
of the difficulty thus far having been
without success. The road had no
statement to make today in connec
tion with theh strike. ,
Patrick J. Morrissey
Laid To Rest Wirh
Impressive Services
Hundreds At Solemn Requiem
Mass For Soul Of "Depart
- ed in St. Augustine's.
Wealth of Floral Tributes
Eulogy By Rev. J. J. Ken
nedy Cousin, of De
ceased Celebrant of
"Mass.
-The funeral of Patrick J. Morrissey,
held tcsday at his late home, 53 San
ford avenue and at St. Augustine's
church where a solemn high mass
of requiem was offered up for the re
pose of his soul, was one of the -larg
est in years. The officers of the mass
were - Rev. Frank Anderson of .Hartford,-
a cousin .of. -the- deceased, cele
brant: Rev. J. J. Kennedy, deason and
Rev. E. V. - Murphy, sub-deacon. The
edifice contained numerous acquaint
ances aside -from the large coterie of
relatives and friends that made up
the -mourners. Surrounding the cask
et was a wealth of magnificent floral
emblems the testimonial of friends. A
choir consisting of Mrs.. Kelley. con.
tralto, Miss Berger,. soprano, -Mr. Jos'
eph Wade, bass and Prof. Brisbois,
tenor,' rendered . most fitting choral
tributes, to the, departed, during mass,
at the offertory and as the body was
being borne .from the church. '
Many m'eh identified with official life
In Bridgeport attended the , obsequies,
the prominence of the deceased in lo
cal "politics having brought him in con
tact' with these men during life. There
was a large delegation from the local
aerie of Ragles of which organiza
tion the deceased was an Influential
member. , : Cecil Calvert council, K. of
C, was also represented by a delega
tion: In addition to the above the
Seventh district Democratic club sent
a big , delegation. All of these bodies
Were represented in'he floral remem
brances. ,
.Rev; Father Kennedy -spoke feeling
ly, dwelling upon the many charitable
impulses of the deceased, his adher
ence te the religious teachings of his
youth and his steadfastness in friend
ship.. To the bereaved family he exr
tended condolences and said that there
was much to console them in the
knowledge that the departed had 'led
fortified by the sacraments " of ths
church. The floral hearers were John
Keane and Edward Flnlan,--Jr. -The
pall- bearers were Walter Anderson,
Archibald -McNeil, ' Jr., -S. F. 'Boucher,
Frank Anderson, Thomas Lovely and
George Stapleton. L. The committal
services at the grave la, St. Michael's
eesaetery were reul- - by Father- Ah?
derson assisted: fcjr- Father Murphy.
ACTRESS KILLS
SELF BY POISON
Note To Actor Resulted In Her
Being .Found In Quaker
, . City Hotel J
; Philadelphia, Nov. 25 -Maida Du-
pree, a vaudeville actress, who regis
tered at a hotel as "Betty Dailey" of
New York, committed suicide lAte last
night by taking poison after she had
left a - note addressed to George Le
Maire, an actor, to call up the roofti
on the telephone. The police said to
day they -believed the young woman
was the daughter of a New York phy
sician. '
When LeMaire received the note He
tried to get the woman's room on the
telephone and an investigation result
ed in finding her unconscious on the
floor with a poison bottle at her side.
She died in a hospital.
LeMaire told the police he met the
woman seven months ago in a music
hall in London and had never heard
of her again until last flight. Among
the girl's effects was Jewelry valued
at ab.out $2,000 and two pawn tickets
for Jewelry pledged in New York for
$1,270.- ' '
Red Cross Holiday
Seals Will Be Sold
For Visiting Hurses
In, an attempt to raise 82,500 to be
used principally in the treatment and
care of tubercular patients, the vis
iting nurses have arranged to have
Red Cross holiday seals for sale dur
ing the holidays and have already
blocked out their crusade. Two years
ago they cleared $700 from this proce
dure, 90 per cent, of the amount real
ized became available for work local
ly and the doing of unestimated good.
The headquarters for the sale will
be at the nurses' headquarters-"in the
police and charities building.
Women and girls willing to assist
them in having the seals generally
sold are invited to erther call or
communicate with those in charge. It
is pointed out that there are many
suffering from tuberculosis, who are
too proud to apply for assistance and
treatment at the state Institutions but
situated so that they are unable o
secure he reament hat they need. .
DESTITUTE MAN
TAKEN FROM CELL,
DIES IN HOSPITAL
Steve Martin, .who was given 30
days in city court yesterday on a
charge of vagrancy, and became ill in
a police cell and was transferred to St.
Vincent's hospital, , died this noon.
Bright's disease resulting from the ex
osure of sleeping in barns for months
past is believed to. have been respon
sible. Dr. S. M. Garlick, medical ex
aminer, has been notified and is in
vestigating. Nothing is known, about
him and, to the police, he said that
he had no home and had been wan
dering about the country. Shortly be
fore" he died he said that he was 2 3
years old. ' -
Wilson-Sayre Marriage Will
Be Celebrated Promptly At
4.30 Oclock
. Washington, D. C, Nov. 25 -With
most of the four hundred invited
guests already gathered and the vast
lawn and wide avenues about the exe
cutive mansion crowded with citizens,
the t. ceremony uniting Miss Jessie
Wood-row Wilson and Francis B. Sayre
as man and wife is almost at hand.
Promptly at 4:30 o'clock, the march
to the altar "will begin and, within a
few moments the thirteenth White
House bride will be Mri Sayre, wife
of an assistant professor of a small
New England college
During Xhe morning Mrs. Wilson
visited the executive offices with guests
showed them the President's - office
and the cabinet room and walked
through the south grounds. Charles
W. MCAlpin, secretary of Princeton
University, Andrew Cimbrie, Edward
Howe, Professors Osgood and Parrott
and a score of long-time residents of
Princeton were early callers'.
Mr. Sayre and' his best man. Dr.
Grenfell. took a long walk in the
morning and were at the -"White House !
for luncheon. Nine of the cabinet
children had been invited to the wed
ding. . It became known today that the
W. W. FIHLEY OF
SOUTHERN ROAD
DEATH'S VICTIM
"' -; : '
Washington, Nov. 85 W. W. Fin
ley, president of the Southern Railway
system, died at his nome here this
afternoon. He was stricken with
paralysis at breakfast time this morn
ing and sank fast. ''.' . s
EIGHTY CONVICTS FAIL
TO RECEIVE PAROLES
Pittsburgh, Nov. 25. Eighty prison
ers In. the western penitentiary were
disappointed this morning when the
early mails failed. to bring from Har
risburg .the , papers that would allow
them to spend. Thanksgiving outside
the old prison walla. The applications
for parole were favorably acted upon
toy the' hoard ,6f pardons and the pa
pers were then sent to Governor Tener
wlio.y is expected,-would, sign them in
time for" the release-ot tre menfoday.
All arrangements have been made fo
free the prisoners under the provisions
of a new state law tnat permits parole
after a given proportion of sentence
has been served. , .- ,
STOLEN AUTO FOUND
DEEP III THE WOODS
FAR FROM ROADWAY
Securely hidden away in the depths
of the Locust Woods, town, of Eastoit
and about eight miles from Bridge
port, with nearly mile and a half
of ledges and'.wooas intervening be
tween it and a road, the missing Ford
automobile belonging to Mrs. Lillian
Warren of Jack man avenue, Stratfleld
district, was recovered today by Cap
tain of . Detectives George' H. Arnold
after more than a week's search.
Searchers after Christmas greens
accidentally stumbled . on it severa.
days ago but it : was-' not until today
that rumors reached tne ears of, th
police. How, it wasgotten to this
place. is beong wondered. at and the
same wonderment is being expressed
as how to get it back to a roadway.
It is thought that the machine is
badly' damaged although ; the exact
amount has not been aetermined. Th
official theory is that the car , was
stolen by intoxicated Joy riders, who
managed to get off the road and with
"drunk luck" managed to get that far
into the woods or that it was "cached'
there 'until it was felt that the way
was clear to make away with it and
avoid ieteetion,$.
.
HOSPITAL. PATIENT
VANISHES IN NIGHT
Bridgeport hospital officials are
wondering concerning the where
abouts of' Charles William of New
York who left the institution about 1
o'clock this morning without .the for
mality of being discharged. There
was no reason for his leaving in this
method, they say, as he was not be
ing detained and was suffering from
no trouble making it impossible for
him to. go home; did he wish. He is
not known to have . had any money.
As far as is known he took the hos
pital night shirt away with him, also
his trousers, shoes, under coat and
cap. No word had been received
concerning him up to late this after
noon. He had been undergoing medi
cal treatment at the institution for the
past two weeks. ,
PLAYING WITH MATCHES
CHILD SETS BED ON FIRE
The fire department was called to
85 Randall avenue shortly before 1
o'clock this afternoon, where William
Marcos, age 6 years, had ' set a bed
on fire. The lad -was playing with
matches. 1 Alarm was sent in from
Box 86 which called four companies.
The damage will amount to about $10.
NEW FIRE IN FURNACE
, CALLS OUT FIREMEN
A fire started in the furnace of
James Merley, 261 East . Main street
was the cause of a still alarm of fire
which called Chemical No. 1 shortly
after 11 o'clock this morning. The
house was filleff with smoke when a
passerby sent in the alarm. No dam-
acre was done.." . "'
In White House
wedded couple wiLi spend the greater
part of their honeymoon abroad. It
is thought they will sail within a week
though the time of their departure
and destination is being secret.
After a long automooile ride, mem
bers of the bridal party congregated
at the White House again shortly af
ter noon. The last floral piece to "be
plaoed in the east room, was a huge
mountain of white chrysanthemum
sent by the minister -from Ecuador. It
represented the highest mountain in
Ecuador and was encircled by flags
and the coat of arms of the South,
American republic.
The white vicune rug presented by
the minister from Peru was placed on
the dais tinder the satin covered kneel
in s bench where the ceremony was
to take place. That and the floral
pieces from several diplomats were
the only gifts visible In the east room.
Complete reports of the - "White
House wedding, the costumes of the
many foreign and American society
women sin attendance, decorations,
gown of the bride and her forides
maids and other interesting details
will be found on page 10.
BUCKINGHAM AND
PERRY SPEAKERS
BEFORE MERCHANTS
Business Men's Association Ar
ranged Dinner Where
. Workmen's Compensa
tion Will Be Dis--
- cussed.
Judge John H.' Perry of Southport,
a member of the judiciary committee
that reported the workmen's compensation-
act to the General Assembly,
will be a speaker at the dinner to be
given at The Stratfleld on Tuesday
evening, December 2. On January 1,
the new law for workmen's compensa
tion will go into effect,
' Besides Judge Perry, Hon. Edward
T. Buckingham, commissioner for this
district on workmen's compensation
arwT'rVice-Prestdent "W. . G. Cowles of
the--Travelers' Insurance Co," of Hart
ford, have been -thvlted to speak.
-The Business Men's Association will
foe "pleased to have any one who is in
terested in the subject attend the din
ner. The price is $2 per plate. The
sale will positively close Mvnday.
SHERIFF ELWOOD'S
AUTO WRECKED IN
SMASH WITH CART
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' ; Sheriff Elwood of Fairfield wrecked,
his automobile last night by driving
into a dump cart owned by Dickie
Bros., that was standing in the road
way near Burr Road. Sheriff Elwood
claims there was no warning light on
the cart. His automobile was 'a to
tal wreck.
. At the office of Dickie. Bros., in
Burr road near Fairfield avenue, it
was claimed that the driver of the
cart left it in the roadway against
orders. Sheriff Elwood was unable to
obtain the name of the driver and it
is likely that he will bring suit against
Dickie Bros, unless some settlement is
made for the damage done his car.
BOY STRUCK BY
AUTOMOBILE SUES
HEFT F0R $10,000
Col. Nathan H. Heft of this city
has been sued for $10,000 by Jacob
Pepe of Mamaroneck, N. Y., who was
injured when struck by the Heft au
tomobile, .September 29, 1913. As Ja
cob is a miner he brought the . suit
through his father, Alfonso Pepe. It
is alleged that the boy was riding
a bicycle when the ca!r hit him. In
addition to a broken leg, the boy sus
tained bruises. ' .
Col. Heft has always been a careful
motorist and he greatly deploredv the
accident, . for which he does not feel
he was to blame.
SEEK MOTORIST AS
VICTIM REMAINS IN
CRITICAL STATE
As a result of being run down by
an unknown automobilist at Seaview
and Stratford avenues between 5 and
6 o'clock last night, Andrew Holiovin-:
sky of 1524 Seaview avenue is believ
ed to be in hopeless condition at
Bridgeport hospital. Slight improve
ment is reported today but not suf
ficient to raise hopes that there will
be ultimate recovery. Several ribs
were fractured and one of them, at
least, punctured a lung.
Holiovinsky was" riding a bicycle on
his way home from work. The police
are searching for the chauffeur and
car responsible. The automobile was
of Ford manufacture, being driven at
a high rate of speed, and continued up
Connecticut avenue without stopping.
An, attempt was made to secure . the
number but the speed of the car and
gathering darkness prevented.
Nice, .Nov. 25 The City Council
held a reception for the officers of the
United States battleships Utah and
Delaware. Mayor Golren spoke his'n
ly of the excellent behavior of the
Amerkuu) a i 1 ora,
FIERCE BATTLE
RAGING TODAY
ABOUT JAURi
Rebel Victories of Last Night
Followed Up By
Villa.
AMERICANS ORDERED
ACROSS THE LINK
United States Troops Guard
ing Frontier to Preserve
Neutrality.
El Paso, Tex., Nov. 25 The f enteral i
troops resumed fighting early today!
In their attempt to capture Jxcarex
from the constitutionalists under Gen-j
era! Francisco "Villa. Apparently thy
depended on their heavy guns to break
the rebel lines, the battle openfefwllh
heavy cannonading.-
Simultaneously firing opened at 4:30 j
this morning southeast of the Jnaresj
track and opposite Ysleta, Tex., atoouttl
12 miles east of Juarez. The tederals j
near the racetrack had worked their j
way around the rebel outposts dorms '
the night. j
The heavy fighting at Zavagosa ep-i
posits Ysleta was taken to contraflfct
the statement that General Jose Ine t
Balasar's federal troops had bean war
rounded and virtually made prisoners j
last night. This statement had bw.i l
made by Juan N. Medina, chief of j
General Villa's staff. Early today re- ,
ports from Ysleta wers that fighttm? j
was heavy, the roar of the cannon be
ing plainly audible. -
These reports were that "Villa, had .
taken four wagonloads of supplies and
ammunition across the 'border at Se- '
oorro during the night with a, conatd-
erable supply of forager for his cavalry.
The sound of the hat tie south of !
Juarez, the center of General Villa's r
battle front, woa heard, here early hut j
the fighting was not ckxn enough for ;
any missiles to fall Into Juarez or El
Paso.
Reports received at rehel head-
quarters at 9 o'clock said the rebels
had driven the federal center back to :
Samalayuca, 32 miles south. How
ever, cannonading-could still be heard
in Juarez.
It was admitted at that hour that
some of the federals who had passed
the constitutionalists right wing last
night were fighting for the water sup
ply at Rancba Florea, 12 miles north
west of Juarez.
Passports were demanded to i y
from, all Americans wn appeared "n
the streets of Juarez. Street car traf
fic across the international foridKe was
not- stopped but persons havina? no
business in Juarez were hustled back
to El Paso by rebel guards.
All hotels in Juarez were cleared
during the night by the rebels for use
as hospitals.
' Many vwounded were reported to
have been left on the field. A ma
chine gun platoon and Troop C of the
13th U .S. cavalry under Captain John
H. Lewis, were reported as enroute
from Columbus, N. M., to reinforce
the border patrol. Tne machine gun
platoon was to reinforce Troop D. 13th
cavalry at the international forids;!.
Troop C being stationed at the El Paso
foundry. Troop L, ISth cavalry. Cap
tain W. H. Clopton, enroute "from
Noria, N. M., was to be stationed at
the iSl Paso Smelter.
The rebels hope to capture the fed
eral General Jose Yinz Salazar who,
with his soldiers, is surrounded near
Rancho Flores. The rebels say they
are anxious ' to capture General Sala
zar so that he may be hanged to a
telephone pole in Juarez.
General Villa said the federal forces
are a few miles south of Samalayuca
hut with one of their troop trains
loaded with soldiers surrounded by
rebels. The general expects the gov
ernment troops to make a sortie to
day to rescne the train and Is mak
ing preparation to defeat them.
Stretched in a semi-circle for 15
miles the rebel -troops present a for
midable battle line and so far the con
stitutionalist leader has been able try
make all detached attacks become gen
eral engagements in which the whole
of his army is employed. It was
in this manner that he repelled the
first onslaught of the federals yester
day afternoon and forced them to
await darkness for resumption of thf-ir
main attack which Villa, througti a
strategic move, turned into rout.
With campfires burnins and ail
signs of camplife evident at the winU
at Tierra Blanca, Villa marched Hla
men forth to attack the federals, re
inforcements were to meet him at a
Specified point from both left and
right wings. At the same timo thq
federals advanced and met the com
bined attack of the reoel left a!;d
right front unexpectedly as they
themselves had planned to attack t!n
constitutionalists. fThe flht was
sharp, hand-te-hand in many instan"
and losses on the federal sido are phM
to have been heavy. Consternation
struck the federals who began a dis
orderly retreat.
V"i!a';:gave the ordor for hla cuv-
altry to charge and the federals were
pursued to their trains uhi.-h im
mediately retreated to the .south : war-1.
Then-came word into Juarez that Sa!
azar, - jhe general who had won 3
many .'victories under Madero. tvjis
pressing Juarez upon the left and I hi t
his attack seemed successful. Cl.
Juan ;N. Medina, in command of t
Juarez" "garrison, dispatrhr-d cvrrv
available trooper -to assist the ro'"-ia
on the. east of Juarez. There a battle
waged .fiercely for three hours and
as the main portion of tho army drop
ped back from its victory additional
reinforcements were sent tr Maticin
Flores and the entire Salazar com
mand was surrounded by -ebcl..' At
midnight the fighting ceased with Sal
azar and his men caught in the retiel
trap. An attempt will be m?cle t'j
take Salazar into Juarez today.
'. At a moment last night when the
result looked giiave for the rebels a.ni
Salazar's assault upen Juarez hec.ime
threatening all Americans and for
eigners were ordered out of Juars
and under military escort were con
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