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VOL. 49 NO. 307
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1913
PRICE TWO CENTS
FEDERALS AND
REBELS AGAIN
GROSS ARMS
Fighting Is Resumed at Oji
. naga, When Trenches
Are Attacked
U. S. TROOPS WATCH
FOR DESERTERS
Situation Is Believed Criti
cal Because of Possible
Escape Into Texas
rresldlo. Tex., Dec 30 Fighting
between Mexican federals and consti
tutionalists a. Ojinaga, Mel, was re
nnpH iis mnmiii;. The rebels ad-
Tanml upon the federal trenches
where the remnant or nnerra s
In northern Mexico had taken refuge
after its disastrous defeat of 'as
night. . -
Presidio, Tex., Dec. 30 Dazed and
demoralized by their disheartening
encounter with the rebel forces, 11
Mexican federal generals and ' the
remnant of their army that had es
caped defeat crouchjja today in the
trsnchM at Oiinaera. Tex., uncertain
whether they should offer resistance
to another attack or scatter in dis
order. Meanwhile, United States troops on
this side of the river were scouting
the border for any" federals who
might ghave crossed " during the night
and to check any general rush across
the river, as seemed imminent last
night when, during a panic in the
garrison at Ojinaga. about 500 fed
erals leaped into the river.
The situation was regarded as critr
leal both because it appeared to hold
the fate of the federal army and be
cause it threatened a general rush
across the river of all the federal
troops should the rebels close in.
Within the confines of the- village
were all that remained of the north
ern division of Huerta's army. About
them qn the hills are the advance
guard of General Ortego's rebel army
and still further back are the rest
of the rebels. All are moving , under
'instructions from General Villa, to ex
terminate the enemy if possible. '
After .last night's rout in wliieh
they were bo completely disorganized
that many crossed to the American
side or were shot for mutiny by their
officers on the Mexican side, the fed
erals apparently were in no position
to maintain a fighting front.
Upon thv ability of the generals to
rally their soldiers will depend wheth
er the Huerta army Is to keep or lose
Its last remaining foothold in the
northern part of Mexico.
The results of the first attack by
rebels as summed, early today - was,
4,200 rebels who had been advanc
ing for more than a week from Chi
huahua. City had reached La Mula
Pass, a canyon leading from the in
terior to Ojinaga. At the pass, about
18 miles from Ojinaga, they opened
fire and defeated the federal Out
posts. The federate hemmed In at Ojinaga
had been In discord owing to the
withholding of their pay and to quar
rels between the regulars and the
volunteers. The news of the rebel
approach had caused increasing
anxiety but when the firing was heard
It caused absolute terror. About 500
federals carrying their guns jumped
Into the river to seek safety on the
American side. Of this number at
least 400 were driven back -before
they got out of the water. Another
100 were captured by Major Mc
Karaee, the commanding officer.
These were disarmed, marched up to
the town of Presidio, and then forc
ed back to the Mexican side.
A few of those who , -had been
wounded wete taken in charge by Dr.
Burnside, army surgeon. They re-
ported that some of the rebels had
been killed. None of the federal of
ficers came across so far as was
known.
The greatest confusion reigned
among the federals who were still
kept within the fortifications and
trenches of Ojinaga. The men flat
ly refused to fight and the whole gar
rison was simply a mob. "Every
man for himself" was the attitude of
mind. . Sut the generals stood firm,
endeavoring to present a gallant front!
Generals Salazar and Orozco, com
manders of volunteers, are said fo
have drawn their revolvers and
threatened to shoot every soldier who
refused to obey.
The federals appeared to have
scattered at the first . fire for the
fighting which preceded the disorder
at Ojinaga had not been much more
than a series of skirmishes.
Among the eleven generals at
Ojinaga are some who have played
Important parts in the cuireht history
of Mexico. They Include Salvador
Nercado, former governor of Chihua
hua state; Francisco Castro, who was
defeated when the rebels last took
Juarez; Jose ManclIIo, and Manuel
Landa, all of whom command reg
ular forces.
The 4,000 federals are about equal
ly divided between regulars and vol
untteers. Among the volunteer com
manders are Pascuale Orozco, who
fought In the Mexican revolution and
then- revolted against Madero; Ynez
Salazar. who was imprisoned by Ma
dero for molesting the Mormon colo
nies In northern Mexico; and Mar
collo Caravo, who, in spite of his be
ing with the federals, is said to be
held in great respect by the rebels.
General Ortega, the rebel comman
der. Is supported by Panfilo Natora,
of Zacatcas.
As the situation stood today, "the
federals have these alternatives r ' To
fight it out in Ojinaga; to retreat to
the state of Coahullla or to attempt
to cross to the United States.
A federal general before the rebels
arrived declared: "We will stay here
until the last man drops."
Washington, Dec. 30; War depart
ment approves) the action of Major
McNamM, commanding , the border
Lak
Torpedo Plant
. CI
oses
Unable To Secure Funds Needed To
Carry Out -Governmental Con
tracts Move Is Made,
, ' Isfecessary
Government Tug To Take Away Sub
marine G3Capt. Lake Still Has
Hopes That Plant May Be
Saved To Bridgeport
With the blowing of the 6 o'clock
whistle tonight the Lake Torpedo Boat
plant in thi3 city will shut its doors,
and may possibly never again open.
Tomorrow morning a, yellow funnelled
white bodied government tug will chug
slowly up the harbor and 'without oth
er formality than throwing a hawser
aboard the whale-like hull of the sub
marine "G-3" and increasing the rev
olution of her propeller will pass out
ward through the . breakwater New
York-bound a
About eight men out of the 160 now
employed, will take train for the
Brooklyn Navy Yard - and the last
dream that , Bridgeport may1 have en
joyed of. seeing Jules .Verne's full
complement of dreams come true here
Will be wafted away.
The closirfg of the plant came as a
direct result of the visit to this tity
yesterday of two government officials,
who after a long consultation with Si
mon Lake, head of the company, ar
rived at an agreement whereby, com
pletion of the . present boat might -be
made at the Brooklyn Navy Yard un
der the direction of the United States
government, assisted by Mr. Lake in
an advisory capacity. Several other
experts employed here will be utilized
by the government. Other foremen
and mechanics will not be. needed, as
the government employs its own corps
of expert shipbuilders at .Brooklyn.,
In speaking of the ,situation today
Simon Lake - spoke with regret yet
hop that the concern which bears hia-.
name might be perpetuated in Bridge
port, to complete the other three sub
patrol at Presidio, Tex., in forcing
back into Mexico federal soldiers who
soughf safety on the American', side
after they had -been routed from Ojin
aga by the constitutionalist forces last
night. - v - -
r -That , phase is not regarded as seri
ous, although, the constant rush of
Mexican soldiers across the Rio
Grande into Texas causes no' little an
noyance to the border patrol.
MISSING "FRED" BENNETT ;
, WHOM DYING MOTHER ,
SEEKS, NOT LOCATED
The letter of John B. O'Neill of
Waltham, Mass., requesting that
"Fred" Bennett of Bridgeport be lo
cated here for-his dying mother, has
disclosed a remarkable coincidence in
which Frederick A. Bennett, secretary
of the Bridgeport Manufacturers" as
sociation ii gures. The letter says the
Waltham - Bennett's real Christian
name is Albert J., and as told in The
Farmer yesterday, after leaving Wal
tham he went nto Newtown, Ct., later
to Sandy Hook, Ct., and finally , to
Bridgeport where he is supposed .to
have engaged in the automobile busi
ness. " '.
"Now Mr. Bennett, secretary of the
Manufacturers' association,J4ved for a
number of years in Boston. He left
the Hub and went to "Newtown where
he was employed as a telegrapher -for
the New York, New Haven , & ' Hart
ford Railroad. Later, still in railroad
employ in the same capacity, he -was
transferred " to the Sandy Hook sta
tion. Then he .came to Bridgeport
where he attended a business college.
After his graduation he was appointed'
to the position he .now holds.
Mr. Bennett says he knows nothing
about the man whom the mother
dying in WJaltham, wants to find. TJMr.
Bennett's 'parents died and were both
buried in Boston some ears ago.
Waltham is about six miles from Bos
ton and is famous for a watch manu
factured there. The secretary of the
Manufacturers' association said today
he" had never even heard of the man
whom the Waltham people are en
deavoring to locate.
JEFF G ALLAN ILL
Manager of Plaza Theatre
Taken tq Hospital Victim
of Pneumonia
Manager Jeff Callan of the Plaza
theatre, who is said to be suffering
from an attack of pneumonia, is re
ported as being in a slightly im
proved condition today ait the Bridge
port hospital although still in a very
serious condition. ' He was taken il i
Christmas day and was transferred to
the hospital from his rooms in the
Atlantic hotel Sunday.
ttUMOR OF PROSPECTIVE
' 3IARRIAGE.
Despatches from Philadelphia to
The Farmer today announce the issu
ance of a marriage license to Miss
Anna Marie Carey, of Bridgeport, and
Herbert Ie Vce Lasee, .a a'.esreun,
also of this city. Inquiry . of Miss
Anna M. Carey, employed at the
Mitcliell Dairy Company on State
street, and living n Pequonrioclt
street, brought a denial that s'oo vas
the party referred to.- Another Anna
Carey, a dressmaker on'Arch street
could not be reached before press
time. The prospective groom's name
is not given In the local directories.
Shop I omght
marines, contracts for which are held
by his company.
Under the pre snt arrangement all
what was required :o continue the work
was $40,000. Altl 3 ugh $100,000, as for
merly announced, was -needed,- about
$60,000 had been pledged and it had
been hoped to stimulate the Interest
of , local capitalists to secure the bal
ance. The financial condition of the
company had been made "public and
the Board of Trade ' had appointed a
committee to look Into the affairs and
suggest ways and means of securing
the necessary working capital.
It is said that the committee had re
ported favorably upon the project.
Many circulars were sent broadcast,
and copies -of the committee's report.
Funds, however, were not forthcoming
and upon the arrival of the govern
ment officials yesterday it was mu
tually arranged that the government
should complete the "Turbot" (G-3).
She will leave here tomorrow.
Should available finances be receiv
ed or a reorganization completed to
the satisfaction of the federal author
ities the contracts for the three new
submarines will yet remain In the
Lake possession. Otherwise they will
be transferred to other bidders. The
amount involved in their construction
is $1,655,000. '
There are today about 160 men in
the employ of the Lake company. Be
tween eight and ten of these men will
go to New York. " - The others will have
to seek employment here. At one time
the Lake Plant had employed as many
as -240. . - - r- -
MRS. SOOFIELD IN TEARS
AS. HER WHITE CHILDREN
ABE TAKEVIKOM HEB
Woman Admits Maternity of Two Col-"-
ored Youngsters "Who Are With
, Their . Father Tells Story
of Her Plight
Admitting that she was the mother
of two colored children, Mrs. Ann Sco
fleld, a white woman, begged Judge
H alien in the probatecdurt this morn
ing to be allowed to retain two white
tots, the children by her white hus
band, Gilbert L. Scofield. The chil
dren . were brought into court on a
petition from the charities department
asking their commitment; to the coun
ty home on the ground that their
mother 4s not a fit person to have
their custody.
The children, Lillian, aged 10, and
Helen, aged 7, two little flaxen haired
girls, sat In the court room wonder
ing what the proceedings were all
about. Investigator Alexander Mor
rissey of the charities department had
gone to the home In Chester streea
ims morning ana Drought them with
their mother to court.
- The mother, the girls, and two lit
tle colored children much younger,
have .been living in a shack near the
railroad track just north pf Dewey
street. The father of the white chil
dren is living at Wilton, Ct., at present
working on a farm. He was In court
today. He said he was unable to pro
vide for his family because of the
conduct of his wife, with a - colored
man named Smith.
Mrs. Scofield was also in court. She
said her husband was -shiftless, was
unable or would not provide for her
or his children. She said he had re
peatedly deserted her and his chil
dren and that on the times when lie
left her destitute, she had taken Hp
with the negro. Smith. She said when
'her husband returned t:o her she left
the negro and went to live with Sco
lield only to be deserted again' and
again. She admitted the negro, was
the father of the two colored children
whom she claimed as hers.
"I love all my children alike," she
declared to Judge Hallen.
"Smith has taken the younger chil
dren away and is caring for them
and I have not seen him or had any
thing to do with him in three months.
I wish you would give me a chance
to start over again Judge. I will taka
my iSabies and move away from the
West End."
"I think you have set a very bad
example to your children," said Judge
Hallen, "and I have no assurance- thar
you will keep your promise. I do not
think your children should be allow
ed to live with you and grow up to a
realization of what you have done.
You seem to lack the moral responsi
bility which a mother should have to
properly rear children and. there is no
other course left me but to order their
committal to the county home."
Scofield seemed well satisfied with
the decision of Judge Hallen but the
mother wept as she left the court
room. Husband and wife took differ
ent routes. Mrs. Scofield took a trol
ley car for th West End while Sco
field boarded a train for South. Nor
walk. '
"Uncollected garbage" complaints
have been received at the Department
of Health offices from 605 Warren
street and Bronx avenue.
BEBALDI SHOT
BELIEVING HE
SAW BURGLAR
Coroner Phelan Inquires
Into Strange Death of
John Carrieri
SIXTY-NINE NO. 6
SHOT IN WOUND
Doctors Believe Deadly
Charge. Was Fired at
Very Close Range
(By a staff correspondent.)
Wilton, Conn., lec. 30. With the
arrival of Coroner John J. Phelan of
Bridgeport, who camn. here this morn
ing with a corps of assistants to pros
ecute inquiry into the strange death
of John Carrieri In the "House of Mys
tery" late Sividay night, the utmost
activity is ',ain.g shown by police offi
cials and others in an effort to find a
motive for the shooting.
v li is today believed that the victim
was shot from close range through an
open window as he descended a stair
case with a lighted lamp in his hand.
It has been learnea that both the
dead man and the man accused of the
shooting were seeking a lease on the
same property.
CjAner Phelan. who opened !.the
hearing at the town hall at 10 o'clock,
was- assisted by Miss Hammond of
South Norwalk, as stenographec
Auguetin Bebaldl, me - man held for
homicide, was present and 'though he
professed his willingness to testify as
to the facts, he was not permitted to
do so. by the coroner until he should
be fully protected by advice of coun
sel. It to expected that he will se
cure a lawyer late this afternoon.
Ebenezer Gilbert, who lives directly
opposite the tscene of the shooting on
Belden Hill, was the first to testify.
He said that he bad been awakened
about 7:45 in, the evening toy Bebaldi,
who excitedly told him he had shot
a man. Peering out into the- darkness
he had seen Carrieri leaning against
an apple tree. Hf wae consclbus, But
could not talk. Blood was streaming
if pom a gaping wound in his side. A
mattress was procured and all went
back to the scene. Pools of- blood were
in the kitchen and along the road.
The man . had walked, Vhout 150 feet.
Witness telephoned to Dr. H. C.
Hutchinson, acting medical examiner,
for Dr. Fitzgerald of Bridgeport- .
Dr. Hutchinson testified that he had
received the ' telephone, call -at S
o'clock and had hastened to the scene.
The wounded man - had, died at 10
o'clock and was transferred to Ray
mend & Son's undertaking parlors at
South Norwalk - An autopsy, revealed
a wound 3 inches in diameter at the
point of entrance and 2 inches, at' the
point of exit. Sixty-nine No. 6 shot
had been picked from the wound. In
his opinion the shot had been fired
within 8 pr 9 feet of the victim.
George Gilbert, a son of Ebenezer.
testified that he had seen the owner
of the property, Salberno "Vecchione,
the deceased and Bebaldi in conver
sation on the property recently. Both
men desired to secure a lease, to be
effective from Jan. 19. . .
In a statement to a" reporter ' for
The Farmer today Bebaldi corrobor
ates his statements made to the Nor-,
walk authorities yesterday, averring
that, believing burglars4 were in the
house, he fired at the light at some
distance in the yard.
BIG STORES NOT
TO OPEN UNTIL
8.30 MORNINGS
Beginning Friday, January 2, five
of the large stores of the city, D. M.
Read Co., the Jiowland Dry Goods
Co., Smith-Murray & Co., Meigs &
Co., and the Laborde-Gelman Co., will
not open their stores until 8:30 a., m.
Heretofore the custom has been to
open at 8 o'crock. Under the new
arrangement the employes of these
department stores come in for a short
er work day and the change is in line
with the policy of these stores which
aims to better the working conditions
of their employes.
It is needless to- add that the news
will be most welcome to the large
force of workers constantly, employed
by these enterprising merchants.
WOMAN AND HER BABE
1 CRUSHED BY CEILING
New York, Dec. 30.: While sleeping
in the front room oj? her home, at No.
530 Wythe avenue, Williamsburg, , to
day, the plaster on the ceiling, to
gether with several pieces of the raf
ters, fell upon Mrs. JRebecca Sack and
her three-months-old daughter. . The
crash was heard by other persons in
the house, who broke upon the door
and found both motner and child un
conscious and Buried beneath the de
bris. Both were taken to the Williams
burg hospital, where each was, found
to be suffering from concueelon of the
brain.
G.T.M'CARTHY NAMED RECEIVER
The first meeting of the creditors
of Norman S. Goulden; a plumber, of
this city, was held this morning be
fore John W. Banks. Referee in
Bankruptcy. A schedule - of the lia
bilities included $4,533.09 against
which assets were shown to be $393.
16. George T. McCarthy was appoint
ed trustee.
Dr. J. H. Finnegan, day surgeon at
after passing the holidays at hio --me
in Providence, K. J,
tiM OOTii?n mmT orip
nil mimj'Mm oil ism
Somers Held
For Death Of
Helen M. Judd
Coroner Mix Finds Bridge
port Painter to Be Crimin
ally Responsible Review
of Finding.
, ' " - i
New Haven, Dec. ,30- John L. Som
ers, a painter, of Bridgeport, is held
by Coroner Eli Mix, in Z.' finding
made public today, criminally respon
sible for the death of Mrs. Helen M.
Jull, also rof Bridgeport. 'Mrs. Judd
died December 21 as the result of in
juries received when the automobile
in which she wa a passenger and
which was driven by Somers was in
collision with a trolley car at Ailing
town earlyv on the morning of tha
21st. -
A copy of the finding has bem sent
to Prosecuting Attorney Martin, of
Orange and Somers re-arres1fon the
formal charge of manslaughter' will
follow. The case vlll be called on
Friday. ' . :
In his binding, the coroner says that
Mrs. Judd left her home in Bridge
port with another woman for a trip
in Somers' machine. They first went
to an inn in Milford where they had
"ginger ale highballs.'
They came to this city and at a cafe
had VfO "cocktails." The party then
started to return to Bridgeport. In
Campbell avenue. West Haven, Som
ers drove his machine upon the trol
ley tracks where it was struck by a
trolley car and completely wrecked.
The trolley, car was traveling at a
rate of speed estimated at between 2d
and, 25 miles an hour. Somers-had'
stopped on the "tracks. The rhotcr
man sounded his. gong as a warning.
Somers could not readily start the ma
chine to get out of the way although
it had a self-starter for the motor and
the trolley car hit it. The motorman,
in his testimony, claimed that Somers
was running parallel with the tracks
when the gong was sounded anc1. that
Somers turned the machine upon the
tracks ahead of the car. ,
- The coroner sums up the finding in
these words :
f'l find that John L. Somers in driv
ing upon said tracks drove upon them
in a, careless, - reckless and neglijr am
manner; that he could have realized
it was extremely dangerous for him to
do so, and that in so doing he is
criminally responsible for the death ol
Helen M. Judd." ;
JAMES H. KERSHAW
IS CRITICALLY ILL
Former Police Commissioner Not Ex
pected to Survive Shock
Former , Police Commissioner James
H. Kershaw is critically ill at his
home, 1,535 Park avenue. His death
is momentarily expected. Three weeks
ago he was stricken dumb following a
stroke of apoplexy. Since then he
has passed at frequent intervals into
a, semi-comatose condition. During his
lucid moments' he is Abie to make his
wants known - by writing oh a pad of
paper. This is the second shock Mr.
Kershaw has sustained in three years.
He is now under the constant atten
tion of a physician.
' Mr. Kershaw was for many years
foreman in the Read Carpet Co. He
belongs to many fraternal orders and
members of these organizations have
turned hie cick room into a veritable
floral tower by the . remembrances
which they have sent him.
JUMP FROM FRYING
PAN INTO FIRE, IS
PLAINT OF SAVERS
TJ.TtT,5.Tn nnnn.. Dec. 30 Many of
the small depositors in the Putnam
Savings Bank which was closed yes
Hav lw the state bank commission
ers, it was learned today, were those
who had their.- savings in the Wind
ham County Savings Bank at Dan-
ielson and which were tied up mere
..-t. - r i A 1 1 -i . t-1 ifj.st vfiar the bank
commissioners ordered 'that institution
to close its doors.
The -Windham bank remained closed
if-nn lost nptnhpr and. when it open
ed, the depositors were permitted to
withdraw omy a soma.ii peruejiLast; " 1
afor,ii-it Durin? tne Tio.riod
f ...--n . . .1-. t mnrft' f 1 : n : ) vpar. how
ever, in which the Danielson institu
tion was closed, many of those wno
had been depositing 'their savings
tHo-a nrovimislv trtok tnem nverr to
Putnam and opened accounts at the
Putnam Savings nans.
TViow nrtw in thp nnsifinn nf find
ing their savings there temporarily
tied up.
S. Jl. HARRIS LODGE OFFICERS
The folowing officers were elected
at the meeting of Samuel H. Harris
lodge, I. O. O. F., held last evening:
N. G-, Jesse R. Standish; V. G., C. E.
Caulkins; recording secretary, Herbert
M. Booth; fino.ncial secretary, John A
Kinscella; treasurer, William Faubel;
trustee for three ears, Wilbert San
ford, i
Taken To
Bullet
Further Rioting Today Between Strike
ing Weavers And Special Agents
Protecting Strike Breakers Sev
eral Arrests Made
(By Our Staff Correspondent.)
Shelton, Dec. 30 Mary Smarsh, a
widow, 38 years old, the soul support
of four young ' children, was shot in
the side today, by a bullet supposed
to have come from a, pistol in the
hands of a special agent of the Sidney
Blumenthal Company. She was re
moved to the Griffin Memorial Hos
pital, where the bullet was extracted.
It having traversed six inches through
the woman's left side, causing a ser
ious but not necessarily fatal wound.
The injury was received while the
woman was-doing picket duty for the
strikers. When the special agents
came through early this morning
escorting strike' breakers on the way
to the factory, they jostled the as
sembled strikers, and presently pistol
shots were heard and stones began to
fill the air.
r The fusijade .of stones and shots
lasted for some minutes, it being as
serted that the shots were all tired by
special agents and that the stones
were the weapons used by the strikers.
It was 4wing this disturbance that
Mrs. Smarsh fell wounded and 'bleed
ing: ,
The disturbance occurred on Wharf
street, . whch is near the canal, an i
adjacent to the Blumenthal factory.
Patrolman Ernest Nettleton of the
Shelton force pursued one man into
an alleyway near the cement house.
A woman In the second story of the
block threw hot . ashes on his head,
without Saasing ' him serious injury.
Other women threw pepper.
A special ' agent whose name is
concealed is said to have been badly
beaten, and is reported to be one of
four who have been beaten now with
in the Blumenthal plant. .
, Eight arrests Were made, the ar
rested men being Joseph Lenart, Mi
chael Horvik, Joseph Bokosky, Wrac
hek Sochon, Peter Sochon, Severy
Wan, John Gonshon and Mary Rowe,
a woman, who is charged with pepper
throwing. -
The wounds of four men were
dressed by Dr. E. J Finn. They were
injured by the flying stones. ' Dr. F. ,
I. Nettleton attended Mrs. Smarsh at
the hospital where the bullet was ex
tracted by Dr. F. A. Elmos.
A woman whose name has not been
learned, sustained a. wound on the"
right cheek, which she believed was
Inflicted by a bullet but which ia
probably an abrasion caused by a fly
ing stone.
One of the features of the strike
is activity of women in its conduct.
The . women strikers have been far
more aggressive than the men in re
senting the brutality of the special
agents. A dozen cases in which
women have attempted to throw pep
per into the faces of the agents have
been reportedr
The strike is in charge of a woman,
Miss Matilda Rabinowitz formerly of
Bridgeport,. Connecticut, who is an
organizer for the I. W. W.
I Miss Rabinowitz said today that the
employes of the Sidney Blumenthal
DEMANDS UPON
THE TAX PAYERS
GROW LARGER
Salary increase and other expenses
will cause the requisition of the Board
of Charities to ,be raised $7,000 to a
total of $110,000. At a meeting yes
terday afternoon the board allowed a
$50 salary increase to " the emergency
surgeons; $150 to Clerk Thomas F. Cox,
and $100 each to Supt. Merie C. Cowles
and Chauffeur A. E.- Burlison.
The Board of Apportionment will
receive from Sealer of Weight3 and
Measures a request for $1,500 with
which to purchase an "automobile.
The Police Commissioners want $50,-
000 to build a Third Precinct station
in the West End.
The scales sealer asks for $4,400, in
cluding his salary and the auto. The
police department asks for $237,332.25,
in addition to the $50,000 for the new
station, $G,460 for telephone switch
board, etc., about headquarters and
$2,500 for another patrol wagon.
Director of Public Works Courtade
asks for $159,716.17. This sum includes
45,000 for street sprinkling with oil
and water; $60,000 for macadam re
pairs and $10,000 for common roads.
The harbor committee wants $800 for
dredging in front of the city dock
at the foot of Wall street.
Hans Schmidt J urcrs
Still Fail to Agree
New York, Dec. 30. The jury in the
case of Hans Schmidt, the priest who
killed Anna Aumuiler, arter having
been out since 1:26 p. m., yesterday,
had failed to reach an agreement up
to 11 o'clock this morning.
It was reported that the jurors were
hopelessly deadlocked on the ques
tion of the prisoner's eanity. Schmidt
spent a restful night. v
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Hospital Where
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, shop, except a few loom fixerB, hava
j now been entirely unionized. Shr
claims that every remaining employe,
has agreed to quit work, and tha'.
Monday more than 900 employes will
be participating in the strike, and
that there will be within the factory
only a hundred strike breakers and
the special ageis of the Obrien Agen
cy, which was formerly operated b
the strike breaker. Boss FarleyJ now
deceased. There was no union umonss
the employes before the strike began.
Miss Rabinowitz says that the trou
ble grew out of the attempt of th4
company to install an eiflcif ncy system.
A very fast man was taken as a par-,
maker, she says, and an attemrpt wan
made to speed the other operatives up.
to his skill. The result, she claim,
was that wages dropped so that th
weavers could not earn a living. Shw
claims that the pay which could be
earned was not more than $7 or J
per week.
County Sheriff William Volimer hail
some 60 deputies and special deputies
on the job. The deputies are a ftn
looking body of men, but the specials
evidently- have been assembled with
difficulty and are a motley assem
blage. The trials of the mem arrested yes
terday continued before Judge John'
B. DHlon in the town court. The de
fense was reinforced by Attorney D.K.
Fitzgerald of New Haven and Attor
ney Ernest Berger of Bridgeport, I'.H.
O'Suliivan of r--by cir.-j"'ti:'g ru
chief counsel.' , -
John Rochinskl was found" guilty ot
throwing etcmes at an auto in whir.,
the police were removing prisoner
yesterday." He was sentenced to i
days in jail and took an appeal. Uond
was fixed at $300,
Steve Kupek was sentenced to ten
days in jail, being found guilty of a
breach of the peace.
He appealed and his bond was fixed
at $100. It was feared that Kupek,
had attempted to stab Special Deputy
Veccione of Bridgeport, but it ap
peared that the latter cut his hand
while taking a table knife from the
accused. The accused was fleeing,
when arrested, and the knife was ex
posed in hi3 hand, so that the charge
of carrying concealed weapons did not
lie.
1 Andrew ' Markovics, who had been,
roughly handled, was sentenced to 30
adys in Jail on a brearn of the peac
charge, but sentence was suspended
because of the dubious nature of th
evidence. It was claimed he threw a
stone at Chief Robbina of the local
force arid that the stone hit Deputy
Sheriff Donovan.
The trial was enlivened by frequent
sharp dispute between Attorney Fitz
gerald . and Attorney Joseph Shapiro,
regular 'prosecutor for the Shelton
court.
The trials are continued through
the noon hour and the workers of the
town come in to. hear the evidence,
during the dinner period.
PAY WIFE; APPEAL
OR 110 APPEAL; IS
WILDER'S ORDER
Judgment that an appeal in non
support convictions does not. act as a
stay of payment durirfg appeal wa
decided by Judge Frank L. "Wilder in
city court, today, when William S.
Davies was arraigned. He was origi
nally arraigned December 18 before
Judge Thomas C. Coughlin and order
ed to pay $6 a week towards the sup
port of his wife and 19-months-old
child". An appeal was taken under
bonds of $300 by Attorney Robert H.
Gould. -
A complaint was made that Pavici
was sot paying the required sum ami
he was re-arrested last night. Thi.i
time he 'was ordered to pay the $6 a
week and with bonda increased o
$500. Attorney Gould gaye notice of
another appeal. It was indicated that,
in order to escape a stay in Jail whila
the appeals are being decided, an
additional bond will be required, mak
ing $S00 in all.
Davies said he had provided a horni
for his wife on Rowan avenue. Fair-,
field, and' referred to the first noma
provided near Fairfield beach as a
"shack." Miss Grace B.urk, sinter '
Mrs. Davies testified in her behalf an.l
Mrs. Addie-J. Davies testified in favof
of her son. Davies is living at 04 L.:
avenue, and Mrs. Davies at 1027 I Ian.,
cock avenue.
PAST GRAND MASTER
OF MASONS IS DEAL
Naugatuck, Dec. 30 Leonard Wood
ford, a past grand .master of thi
gran4 lodge of Masons and one of tha
best known men in state Masonic cir
cles died at his home here today aged
Gl years. For 37 years he had been
paymaster in a local manufactory.
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