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A REAL THRILLER
THE YVEATIIET
Now Running in The Farmer
"Tarzan of the Apes". Don't
miss it.
Fair Tonight, Slightly Colder
VOL. 49 NO. 305
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1913
PRICE TWO CENTS
Moyer Declares He Was
Shot, Beaten, , Dragged
Out Of Calumet, Mich.
WAS ASSAULTED,
MINER'S LEADER
SAYSJN HOTEL
Threatened By Death From
Hanging By Citizens'
' Alliance
BLOOD STAINED
BANDAGES ON HEAD
Members of That Order
Deny That They Had Part
In His Deportation
Green Bay, Mich., Dec. 27 Charles
H. Moyer, president of the "Western
Federation of Miners, who says he
was deported from the copper range,
last night, passed through this city
early today. He declared he had been
Bhot, beaten and dragged through the
streets of Hancock, Mich.
Moyer talked with an Associated
, Iress representative here when his
train arrived. His head, was swathed
in a bloodstained bandage. He spoke
bitterly on the treatment which he
had received. The train stopped here
15 minutes and then proceeded to
Chicago where it is due this after
noon. "I was assaulted in the Hotel Scott
at Hancock by members of the Citi
zens' Alliance and a man named Wad-
dell Mahon, gunman," said Moyer sl3
he drew the curtains apart and ad-
" dressed the interviewer.
Continuing, he said:
"I was terribly beaten, shot in the
dark, dragged more than a. mile
through the streets, threatened with
death by hanging and finally placed
aboard a Chicago train on the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St.-Paul Railway
about 8:50 o'clock last night. I was
ruaj-ded by two thugs on the train
till It reached Chanmng, Mich., about
2 a. to.
"A committee of 15 men led by an
attorney for the Calumet & Heckle
Mining Co., named Pederman, had
been in conference with me and had
barely left the room more than four
minutes, hardly time enough to get
out of the hotel when the mob ap
peared. "I believe the strike is won in the
Calumet district. I expect to return
In a few days under government pro
tection, state and national.
. "I have been trying to settle the :
Strike. The governor and attorney
general of Michigan, the latter hav
ing visited Hancock a few days ago,
acknowledge I have been doing my
utmost to settle the strike. The terms
I submitted were acknowledged to be
fair. They admit I have kept my
word with them, the state officials
and local authorities."
When asked the question, "Is it
true, Mr. Moyer, that the mine own
ers are willing to form local unions
but are against unions being affili
ated with the "Western Federation of
Miners?" he said, "No, It is not true.
The mine owners are against orga
nized labor."
. CALUMET MINERS
FULLY AROUSED
BY DEPORTATION
Calumet, Mich., Tec. 27. Striking
miners in the copper region were gen
trally aroused today over the deport
ation of Charles H. Moyer, president
of the Western Federation of Miners,
- last night. Feeling here between the
strikers and the Citizens' Alliance, em
bittered by the disaster of Christmas
eve. reached a point where the con
servative look forward with relief to
the early arrival of John- B. Dens
more, federal agent who has been del
egated to investigate conditions.
It is the opinion of some there never
was a time since the strike began
when there was a less chance of ar
bitration, but it is hoped the presence
of a solicitor from the department of
labor will have a steadying influence.
Moyer was conducted out of the
etate. It is said, bjr members of the
Alliance because he would not retract
the assertion that, according to his
information, the men who started the
panic with a -cry of "Fre" were at the
bottom of the Citizens' Alliance and
"because of his advice to bereaved
families to accept no aid from the Al
liance. Moyer was escorted by three men
to a railroad train t Hancock last
night and placed on atrain for Chi
cago. With him went John Tanner,
who recently came here from the west
where he was raising- money for the
strikers' fund. Moyer and his com
panion are due to arrive in Chicago
early this afternoon.
Men prominent rr. the Citizens' Al
liance disclaim any knowledge of the
deportation of Moyer. Sheriff Cruse
J?ae begun an investigation of the kid
naping charges of toe union and as
serts he will find out the identity of
the three men who accompanied two
union officials to the train.
The sheriff admitted Moyer ' made
reveral requests for a guard within
the last few days. He said he did not
grant them because he thouught a
guard was unnecessary. -
Shelton Home Robbed
Shelton, Conn., Dec. 27 Jewelrv
find money were secured by burglars
bo called at the home of Ernest Ott,
during last night in the family.3 ab
, rence. Among the articles taken were
(xiajxuuad fund anal rings.
SUSPECT FOUL
PLAY IN DEATH
OF WESTPORTER
Old Resident Reputed to
Carry Large Sums Found
Dead at Roadside
GOLD WATCH AND
MONEY MISSING
Autopsy Likely to Deter
mine Whether He Was
" Waylaid and Robbed
(Special to The Farmer.)
Westport, . Dec. 27 At almost , the
same spot near Harrison's switch
where his son, Charles, met a horrible
death early last summer by being elec
trocuted in coming in contact with
trolley wires while working as a line
man, the dead body of Patrick O'Con
nor, an old resident of Greens Farms
and reputed to be wealthy was found
shortly after daybreak today by a
passing milkman. The corpse was
frozen stiff and huddled in an , un
natural position close to a stone wall.
It is . believed, by the authorities - that
he was a victim of robbery and mur
der. His valuable gold watch and the
large sum of money he is reported as
always carrying with him are reportr
efi missing. Dr. Frederick Powers,
medical examiner, was notified, gave
permission for the removal of the
body to Fable's morgue and ant in
vestigation has been started. .'-An
autopsy probably will be performed, j
It has been learned that O'Connor
was about Westport last night calling
cn old acquaintances and helping them
to enjoy post-Christmas cheer. He
left on the ill: 10 o'clock . eastbound
trolley and " got pff at Harrison's
switch. No one has been found who
saw him alive afterwards.
There are two theories held by the
authorities, the first of which is con
sidered the more probable. That Is
that some thug, knowing of O'Connor's
carrying money or seeing him display
it, waylaid him,, either killed him by
a blow over the head or disabled him
so that he froze. The . other is that
he stumbled over the wall and was
disabled long enoughs to freeze. On
account of the height of the wall, the
Hatter ia not considered likely.
About six months ago a conservator
was appointed" over O'Connor's estate,
relatives fearing that he was in, dan
ger of dissipating it.
HILL ADMITS
THE TRUTH OF
FARMER STORY
George S. Hill, president of
the Police Board, who is a su
perior foreman in the factory
of Warner Bros. Co., admitted
the truth of The Farmer's ex
posure of the effort that is to
be made to displace such useful
veteran policemen as Supt. Eu
gene Birmingham, Gapt. George
Arnold, Gapt. Anderson and
Lieut. Quinlivan.
He said: "The story is about
as near right as The Farmer
gets anything and is about half
the truth. Following the sug
gestion of Mayor Wilson as out
lined in his recent message the
commission may at some future
time retire a few of the older
men, probably five or six, in
order to increase the efficiency
of the department and the
force."
He declined to state whether
the commissioners had specifi
cally asked the officers to agree"
to retire on or before Jan. 1.
The fact is that the police
commissioners agreed to see
certain men and ask them to
retire, that some of these men
have been seen. That at least
ten veterans are in contempla
tion for retirement.
The police department is now
in a state of terror. It is felt
that petty politicians are in a
position to wreak "punishment
or merely to gratify personal
vindictiveness. The men are
under a restriction of silence
and subjected to other petty
tyrannies.
If the contemplated removals
are attempted the police asso
ciation may make a united
stand against the dangerous
and unfair assault upon their
rights and pay from their com
mon funds the expenses of the
necessary legal contests.
Montclair, N. J. Will of William F.
Crane gives life interest in estate to
his widow, Mrs. Rosita Crane-
FOREIGN COS.
CANNOT INSURE
IF UNADMITTED
Attorney General Light
Clears Obscurity in Work-.
men's Compensation Act
DUTY OF INSURANCE
COMMISSIONER
Compensation Commission
Must Not Consider Insur
ance Police or Guaranty
: Hartford, Dec. 27 Attorney General
John H. Light has filed an opinion
defining the respective duties Of the
compensation ! commissioners and the
insurance commissioner, under Sec
tion 30 of the Compensation Law.
The Contractors' Mutual Liability
Insurance company of Boston, 10 Tre
mont street, is in good standing in
Massachusetts but the Connecticut in
surance commissioner finds it is not
legally entitled to admission to do
business in this state.
Certain Massachusetts corporations
have offered to the compensation com
missioners proof of responsibility to
meet losses occurring' under the com
pensation act, including evidence that
they "are insured in the Massachusetts
company. '
The 1 commission was in doubt if it
had the right to consider such a pol
icy as evidence of solvency, and ap
plied to the attorney general, whose
opinion is as follows:
If these elements are proper ones
for consideration: " All of the power
given to members of the workmen's
compensation commission relating- to
the subject of your inquiry, is found
in Section - 30 of the Act, - and such
power must furnish 'the basis of my
opinion; therefore, I shall quote the
section in full:
Every employer subject "to Part
B who shall not furnish to the commis
sioner satisfactory proof of his sol
vency and financial . ability to pay
directly to - injured employes or other
beneficiaries the compensation- pro
vided by this set, shall insure his full
liability tinder Part B in one or both
the following. (1) By filing with the
insurance commissioner in form ac
ceptable to him security guaranteeing-
the performance or the obligations or
this act by said employer; - or CJ) toy
insuring hi' full '.lfcabflltjr trader : "Part
B of this act in such stock or mutual7
companies " or associations as are or
may be authorized to take such risks
in this state or by such combination
of the above mentioned .- two methods
as he may ehoose, subject to the ap
proval of the insurance commissioner..-
- i' : : ' -" ", - - ' .
There is here a clear line of demar
cation between - the duties ; imposed
upon the workmen's Compensation
commissioner and the duties imposed
upon the insurance commissioner. The
former to - to ascertain the solvencey
and financial ability of the employer
to pay directly -to injured employes,
or other beneficiaries- the compensa
tion provided by the act, and the lat
ter is to pass upon all questions o
security, or insurance, submitted by
the employer, guaranteeing his per
formance of the obligation of the act.
Hence each official has a separate
and distinct function to fill, and in
no case does the power of the one em
brace the power of the other. , It
has been -uniformly held that the enu
meration of powers in a statute for
bid the things not enumerated; and
a statute which provides that a thing
shall be done in a certain way car
ries with it an implied prohibition
against doing that thing in any other
way. For instance when Congress gave
the supreme court of the United States
appelate jurisdiction in certain speclflo
cases, it was held -to forbid that . court
frorn exercising appellate powers in
all other cases than those, specified;
and when national banks were em
powered ' to make loans on personal
security; it- was likewise held that such
a bank could not make loans - on the
security of a mortgagee on real es
tate. State ex-rel Morris v. Bulkeley, 61
Conn 367.
Now, from parity of reasoning,
when the legislature gave the insur-.
ance commissioner - jurisdiction over
all matters of -' insurance under the
workmen's' compensation act, it lm
pitiedly prohibited the members of
the workmen's compensation commis
sion from exercising any jurisdiction
in the premises.
An official cannot do indirectly what
he has . no power to do direetly, yet
you are asked to do just that by the
Massachusetts corporations referred
to in your letter. Section 30 of the
Act, quoted - above, requires an em
ployer, who is obliged to insure hia
full liability under Part B, to do so
in such stock-or mutual companies or
associations as are or may be autho--ized
to take such risks in this state.
If, therefore, any member of your
commission should give a " Massachu
setts corporation a certificate of finan
cial ability to pay directly under Sec
tion - 30 of Part B of the act, on
the strength of its being insured by
a company not authorized to take such
risks in this state, he would be per
mitting in effect such insurance com
pany to do business in this state con
trary to law, and would be aiding the
employer concerned to successfully
evade an express provision of the law.
I am of the opinion that the members
of the workmen's compensation com
mission have no right to consider an
insurance policy, or an individual or
corporation guaranty, whether resi
dent or non-resident, as a factor or
element in determining the question
of - solvency. The word "solvent" is
well known in the common law, . and,
as used in the compensation act, it
means that an employer has property
sufficient to insure and meet his full
liability under Part B.
Respectfully submitted,
, ' ' JJNTO. H. LIGHT, .
' , AttorneyT3teneral.
Detroit Michigan Central depot
burned; loss, .including records and
freis-ht, $250,000. .'...'
NEWS OF THIRTY
FIREMEN A JOY
TO POLITICIANS
Requisition of Fire Commis
sioners Shows Purpose to
Keep Job Promises
TO NEW AUTOS
FOR FIRE CHIEFS
Fire Budget for Next Fiscal
Year Calls for .Appropri
ation of $396,227
The fire commissioners plan
an addition of thirty men to the
fire department, as shown by
their requisition, calling for
$396,227 to cover the expansion
of the next fiscal year, filed
with City Auditor Keating to
day. There was rejoicing among
the politicians when the news
spread about. The thirty new
firemen were taken as an evi
dence that promises made dur
ing the last primaries and "elec
tion are to be kept.
The regular expenses call for
$234,170. For special expenses
$162,057, including $24,000 for
a new fire house, in the North
End and $2,737 to pay three
months wages to ten men; for
wages of 20 additional firemen,
$20,000; for two automobiles
for fire chiefs, $4,800; for a
new fire alarm building, $50,
000. CONSTABLE JUDSON
CAPTURES TWO AT
r POINT OrVPiSTOL
King and Genung Taken at
Midnight Were Seen Near
Lyford Home
When Constable Allan D. Judson of
Stratford asked Everett King of Hart
lord and Fred Genung, just out of
.Bridgeport jail, to sjive an account of
their presence- in- the old town at mid
night, one of them dropped a piece of
iron pipe, so the -constable arrested
them, and they are in a cell at head
quarters, to day, -while the police in
vestigate their recorde.
It is thought the suspects may have
had something io do with the Christ
mas burglaries in Stratford. Mr.
Batanan heard the men in an alley
way next his lunch room. He ordered
tbem away. A little later Mr. Kelly
saw them in the same neighborhood.
Kelly- and Bateman went for the con
stable. Judeon covered them with his revol
ver, marched them to the lunch room.
where they were searched. Nothing
was found on them.
Bridgeport police headquarters was
called and it was found that the de
scriptions , tallied with those of men
King- and Genung, seen loitering re
cently about the home of Fred H. Ly
ford, 23 Park street, this city, whose
house was entered.
Mrs. Lyford left a key in a letter
box, so that her daughter could enter
upon returning to school. The key
was found in the door-and the door
unlocked. -
PARCEL POS
GREAT SUCCESS
IN BRIDGEPORT
Postmaster, William H. Marigold to
day announced that the Christmas
rush has fully subsided at the local
postoffice'. The parcel post service
demonstrated itself as not only sure
and rapid. Several hundred thousand
packages were received here and de
livered during the holiday week. But
five packages were received in such
condition that the addresses could not
be found. These packages will be sent
to the dead letter office at Washing
ton. TOWN CLERK AND
LIBRARY BUDGETS
Town Clerk Joseph Schultz will ask
the board of apportionment for $11,
500.55 for-his department, during the
fiscal year, beginning April 1, 1914.
The items in his requisition are $2,500
for town clerk's salary; assistant town
clerk's salary, $1,500; eight copyists
at $700 each, $5,600.
The directors of Bridgeport public
library will recommend the usual one
quarter mill tax for the library fund
to raise $27,875, and amounts for each
asked for: Books, $5,500; binding, $2,
000; periodicals and newspapers, $1,
400; fuel, $900? light and power, $2,
000; salaries, $10,500; library supplies,
$1,000; printing, etc., $900; insurance
on boks, etc., $500; furniture repairs
and general expenses, $3,175.
Mayor Kline of New York was
sworn in as alderman, to take effect
next year. -
VILSON ANXIOUS
TO GET AT MEN
RULING COMBINES
President Would Have Com
petition of Industries Re
stored In Nation
NOT AFTER DIRECTORS
OF THE CORPORATIONS
Chief Executive Wants Dis
solution of Big Trusts to
Help Small Men
Washington, D. C, Dec. 2" Tisat
President Wilson in his anti-trust leg
islative program aims to assist rath
er than disrupt business is the state
ment made by an official high in ad
ministration circles. He hopes only to
break up the "community of inter
ests" among big corporations and to
punish only those individuals who
stifle competition and fair dealing.
He is studying out a scheme that
will supplement the Sherman law, fix
ing responsibility upon directors and
officials of corporations who premit
violations. He is said to be after the
immensely wealthy men who really
run these combinations of combina
tions. He , has said in his speeches
that he can name the men, if -he de
sires, who have concentrated in their
own hands transactions of gigantic
proportions. '
These directors are said to be mere
puppets for these comparatively few
men. It's the "man higher up" the
President has set out for in his com
ing trust legislative 'program. The
President has asserted in speeches
that competition cannot be established
by law, taut that the obstacles that
stand in the way of competition can
be removed so that there will be com
petition. President Wilson asserts now, as he
did months back, that all the eggs of
the country shall not be placed in one
basket and the basket intrusted to the
same group of persons.
His trust program, therefore, will
proceed upon the assumption that
there is ample law in the Sherman
act to break up combinations, but
there is too little law for the punish
ment of the big men who sit back in
the inner recesses of their offices in
New 'York - eity, ' Chicigo arid - else
where and pull the wires and mani
pulate a half dozen or so of the great
combinations of the country men
who have got the business of the
country all in one basket, as the Pres
ident has expressed it.
With this condition straightened out
Mr. Wilson hopes honest competition
will be' established. Then, he thinks,
with a scheme of rural credits, tausi
ness'will be in a position to prosper.
Mr. Wilson does not anticipate that
the present session of Congress will
last long. He is anxious that the bills
he has in mind be passed by late
spring and that the lawmakers get
long vacations during the hot montha
as a reward for the continuous grind
over the tariff and currency bills.
BUSINESS MEN OF
STATE WILL HEAR
REDFIELDADDRESS
Secretary of Commerce
Breaks Engagement to
Attend Hartford Banquet
New Britain, Conn., Dec. 27. Presi
dent Frank H. Johiston, of the State
Business Men's Asociatlon, today an
nounced that he has received the as
surance that William E. Redfield, sec
retary of commerce or the United
States, and Harry A. Wheeler, of Chi
cago, president of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States, will
both be present to speak at the first
annual midwinter banquet of the state
association on March 10.
In consenting to speak at this ban
quet, Secretary KedIeld informs Pres
ident Johnston that ne has told the
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sci
ence, where ho had rormerly intended
to talk, that they will have to select
some other date than March 10, as at
that time he is to address the Con
necticut business men. In addition
to -being president or the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States, Air.
Wheeler is one of Chicago's most
prominent bankers.
The banquet is to be held on the
evening of March lw in the handsome
dining hall of the Hartford club, re
cently erected at a cost or about $100,
000. Representatives from about every
city in the Nutmeg State will be pres
ent. A number of prominent Bridgeport
business men will attend this ban
quet. KARDONSKY FINED
UNDER BOB VEAL LAW
(Special to The Farmer.)
Fairfield, Dec. 2 7 Charged with
violation of the bob veal statute, Sam
uel Kardonsky of 51 Burroughs street,
Bridgeport, before Justice Bacon
Wakeman today, pleaded guilty and
was fined $25 and costs, a total of
$38.79. Prosecuting; Attorney Clitus
H. King appeared for the state and
Attorney L. A. Kornblut, Bridgeport,
for the defense. State Policeman
Frank Virelli and Dr. A. C. Knapp of
the Bridgeport Board of Health were
witnesses for the state. A plea of
guilty was entered to charges alleging
cruelty to a bull, resulting in a fine
of $10 and costs, a total of $35.05.
The charge of cruelty to a horse was
not pressed.
ay Throng Shivers And
Cheers As Lake's Latest
Diver Slides From Ways
DEBENTURE BOND
NEW HAVEN CASE
BEFORE JUDGES
Bulkeley Case Is Argued Be
fore Justices of Bay
State Court
CHOATE SAYS PARTIES
ARE NOT IN INTEREST
Declares Commissioners
Have Made No Erroneous
Ruling In Deciding Law
Boston, Dec. 27 Arguments on the
validity of a decree of the public ser
vice commission authorizing the New
York, New Haven & Hartford Rail
road company to issue $67,552,000
convertible debenture bonds, were
heard by Chief Justice Rugg and four
associate justices for the appeal ses
sion of the supreme court today. The
matter came before the court on the
appeal of Morgan G. Bulkeley, former
governor of Connecticut and ' other
New Haven road stockholders, who
had asked for the annulment of the
decree on the ground that the com
mission exceeded its powers.
Nathan Mathews and James F.
Jackson, counsel for the petitioners,
argued that the public service com
mission had no authority to approve
an issue by a railroad company of evi
dences of indebtedness which are con
vertible at par at the holder's option
into capital stock, nor to approve the
issue of stock. They claimed that the
proposed issue violates the right of
the petitioners and other stockholders
in that, under it, holders of certain
bonds and stocks will be unable to
subser ve fV the jpital of the com
pany under the terms of the "contract
contained in the proposed issuef It
was also contended that the commis
sion has no authority to approve an
issue of bonds to nil amount in ex
cess of twice the par value of the
company's capital stock paid in at
the time, added to the cash premiums.
- It is admitted that the issue of
$67,552,000 of the additional advance
in indebtedness now will cause the
aggregate amount of the outstanding
bonds, notes and other evidences of
indebtedness to exceed the limit by a
large amount.
Replying for the railroad, Charles
TP. Choate argued that "the petitioners
are not parties in Interest within the
legal meaning of the phrase and are
not entitled to Invoke the jurisdiction
of the supreme court in equity to re
view the order of the commission. He
said:
"The order of the commission is not
subject to review as unlawful unless
it is based upon a ruling on the law
involved in the determination of the
particular questions Which the com
mission is required to determine by
the provisions of the statute. None
of the questions as to the corporate
pewer of the respondent was involved
in this determination.
"The commission appears to have
fulfilled every requirement of the
statute, to have made tio erroneous
ruling of law and not to have gone
beyond the limits of the wide dis
cretion conferred upon it in its con
clusions from the facts within its of
ficial knowledge.
"The contentions of the petitioners
are severally founded on unwarranted
conclusions of fact and unsound pro
positions of law."
A decision is " expected during the
week of January 5, when the full
court will be in consultation.
WATER FAMINE
THREATENS CITY
I DISEASE
Zero Weather Adds to Ter
rors of Situation In
Canadian City
Montreal, Dec. 27 Zero weather to
day increased the suffering caused by
the water famine. Many big buildings,
including two hospitals, put out their
fires because they could get no water
for their steam boilers. The cold
hampered the distribution of water in
tank carts because the water froze
before it reached consumers. In the
hospitals, doctors and nurses went
about their duties in fur coats and
extra blankets were heaped upon the
patients. Many business offices were
closed from lack of heat.
Mayor Lavelle's advice that the
manufacturing plants shut down tem
porarily was generally followed. Rail
loads are having trouble getting water
for their locomtives. The hotels have
bought up the supply of aerated and
distilled water and are dealing out
these in pitchers with the request that
guests drink as sparingly as possible,
lr. most of the hotels, baths are un
thought of.
The city faces two dangers fire
and disease owing to the lack of sani
tary conveniences.
Several days may elapse before the
60 foot break in the intake pipe from
the St. Lawrence, which caused the
trouble, can be repaired.
NOTABLES WATCH
BRIDGEPORT-MADE
CRAFT CHRISTENED
First Daughter of Inventor
Breaks Champagne Bottle
Over Bow of Submarine
CAPTAIN LAKE IS
HIGHLY PLEASED
Launching Is Accomplished
Without Mishap Craft
Soon Safely Moored
Two thousand enthusiastic Bridsc
porters cheered and shivered as thi
Lake Submarine torpedo boat, the H
3, also known as the Turbot, took t
the water for the first time at th!
shipyards of the Lake Torpedo Boat
Co. at the foot of Seaview avenue this
forenoon.
It was just 10:49 when workmen
sawing away the underpinning that
held the .200 foot steel hulled diver
in place, shouted up to Naval Con
structor Henry that the vessel was in
motion. It seemed almost-- minute
before the movement was perceptible.
Then, with gathering speed the nub
marine slid gentle towards the chan
nel, and Miss Miriam Lake, tirnt
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Lake,
broke a bottle of wine on the bow.
A gust of wind caught up the fra
grant spray and sent it flying over the
throng. The cheers of the gay gath
ering grew as the craft n eared its
element, and continued until with a .
graceful plunge the submarine quit
the ways and rode the waves.
There was a large gathering of in
vited guests, including manufacturers
and merchants, many professional
men, and their wive and families. By
trolley and automobile came the spec
tators. The luckless trolley patrons
were jammed into cars that ran so in
frequently notwithstanding promise of
transportation facilities, that scores
were left standing on the curbs all
along the trolley line from the center
of the city to the shipyards.
Simon Lake, the inventor of the
Lake type of submarine, was active
in receiving the notables. He and his
father, Christopher J. Lake, were busy
as beavers with the naval officials, in
receiving the honored guests and safe
guarding the spectators who were held
in places of safety by a squad of po
lice under Captain Anderson.
At the bow of the vessel was erected
a platform on which trie guests took
their position as the time of launrh
ing approached. A bright sunshine
relieved the icy blasts that swept th
crowd, and gaiety and good nature
took possession of the gathering as it
pressed about the vessel. A profusion
of flags of all nations fluttered from
the Turbot.
"There she goes," yelled one of the
shipbuilders to whom had been as
signed the delicate task of sawing
away the last piece of timber that
held the craft. The crowd watched
for a minute, it seemed, before there
was any perceptible movement. Then,
there was a visible motion, and th
guests stood back as Miss Lake poised
a quart bottle of champagne.
"All right, daughter," said Simin
Lake, and M.iss Lake, smiling radiant
ly, deftly whipped the bottle as?ain?t
the bow. The shattering of the bottle
was the signal for an outburst f
cheers and handclapping.
Without a single hitch the Turbot
slid into the basin, gently took to thu
water and ploughed into mid-channel.
A hawser, knotted into loops by light
er ropes, acted as a retarder and
brought the submarine to a stop, an,
riding high in the water, she reached,
a considerable distance from shore.
To the north the Tug Robert Mc
Allister With Captain Sam Lockwood,
and to the south the John Glenn, with
Captain Henry Schulteis, steamed
about, ready to throw lines. It took
but a short time for the tugs to get
lines on the new born vessel, and aa
soon as the underpinning was got
ten clear, she was; brought to moor
ings at the dock of the shipyards.
The Turbot, or, as she is officially
known, the G 3, will remain at th
shipyards until it is ordered to tha
Brooklyn Navy Yard. There the en
gines will be installed and the vessel
will be made ready for her trial
trips.
All the veteran seamen who wit
nessed the launching were delighted
with its success. "The best ever," was
the unanimous expression. Captain
Lake himself was delighted. "Could
not have been better," said he. Miss
Miriam blushed becomingly as s9
was congratulated for her success as
a christener.
On the guest stand with Miss Lake
were her parents and Brand-parent".
Captain and Mrs. Simon Lake, and
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher .1. Lake,
respectively; Mayor Wilson, Lewis 15.
Curtis, president of the Manufactur
ers' Association; Mr. and Mrs. Krank
Miller; Former Congressman K. .1.
Hill; Naval Constructor S. M. Henry
and his assistant, Mr. Mills; Captain
lliggins and Lieut. Calhoun, V.
N". ; Fred Enos, president of the
Bridgeport Board of Trade, and Chas.
D. Davis, president of the Business
Men's Association, were on the guest
list but did not arrive. Mr. Know had
arranged to fling a banner from th,-;
vessel as she was launched, but ow
ing to his inability to be present it
was not made a feature of the launch
ing. The banner bore the word":
"Local Pride. Made In Bridgeport,
Conn."

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