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VOL. 50 NO. 2
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1914
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Morgan & Co. Give Up
- DirectorsMp In New
Haven And Other Roads
Big Financiers SideStep Action Of
Congress In Investigating Inter
locking Directories
Different Members Of Concern Resign
Office As Officials Of Nation's Mm
portant Railroad ConcernsMove
A Big'Surprise To Financial Cir
cles Throughout Country
New York, Jan. 2 J- P. Morgan &
Co. today announced that they had
severed their connection with Borne
of the greatest corporations- in the
country ' with which they have long
been connected. This step, the firm
announced, was taken voluntarily -in
response t "an apparent change In
public sentiment" on account of "some
of the problems and criticisms having
to do with socalled interlocking di
rectorates." .
Among the companies from: which
they retired are the New York Cen
tral and the New Haven, railroads. ' - -
X p. Morgan made this statement:
The necessity of attending many
.-.board meetings has been so serious
a. burden upon our time that we have
innr wished to . withdraw from the
directorates' of many corporations.,
Most of --these directorships we have
accepted with reluctance and only be
cause we felt constrained to , keep In
touch with properties which we have
reorganised or securities we had rec
ommended to the public both nere and
abroad. ; ' ; .
Reasons For Withdrawal
"An apparent change ii public, sen
timent in regard to directorships
seems now to warrant us in seeking
to resign from some of these connec
tions. Indeed It may be, in view of
the change In sentiment upon the sub
ject, that we shall be In a better po
sition to ssrve such properties. and
their security holders if we are not
directors. ' We have already resign
ed from the companies mentioned and
we expect from time to time to "with
draw from other boards upon, whiten
we feel there Ja Jpn special obligation
to remain" .' ' '., ;':v '" : - ; ;.
The companies to which Mr." Morgan
referred, from whose board members
of the Arm have already submitted
their resignations ' as directors are: ... .
J. F. Morgan New York Central' &
Hudson River Railroad Company;
" "West Shore Railroad Company; Lake
Shore & Michigan Southern Railway;
Michigan 'Central Railroad Company;
New York,, Chicago and St. , Louis
Railroad ; Cleveland, Cincinnati, ' Chi-
- cago & St Louis Railroad; New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad;
Central New England Railway; New
York, "Westchester & Boston Railway;
Harlem River & Portchester Railroad;
Milbrook Company; New Haven Navi-
gation Company; New England Steam-
ship Company; Rhode Island Com
pany; Rutland Railway Company;
Hartford! & Connecticut Western; New
York, Ontario & Western Railway;
Western Union Telegraph Company..
Other Members Retire.-,
; Other members, of the Arm have re
: tired from these companies:
Charles Steele Jersey ' Central Rail
road; United States SJeel Corpora
tion. . . -.
H. P. - Davison American Telephone
& Telegraph Company; - Astor Trust
Company; Guaranty Trust Company,
of New York; Chemical . , National
Bank. ....... ,
W. H. Porter Bankers' -Trust Com
pany; Guaranty Trust Company, of
4 New York. .
' Thomas W. - Laratmt W estingihouse
Electric & Manufacturing Company;
Utah Copper Company; Astor Trust
Company; Bankers Trust Company.
By withdrawing from these corpora
tions, J. i P. Morgan & Company has
cut the strings thai have held to
gether many . of the country's most
important corporations In a commu
nity of Interests which has been as
sailed within and without of Con
gress. The House of Morgan feels that
It has kept within the law in all of its
complex operations and that no legal
necessity or threatened complications
with- the authorities at Washington
lias made it necessary to -adopt a
sweeping change In policy announced
-'' today.
. Have Observed Law
One of the members of the firm
eaJd that Morgan- & Company . toad
jjeen as scrupulously careful to ob
serve the spirit as well as the letter of
the law and the decision of the firm
was primarily a. matter, of expediency.
Conditions had so shaped themselves
In the past, he says, that the firm
i had been compelled reluctantly to ac
l cept the burden, of management of the
I various corporations and that it had
long been seeking an opportunity , to
I lessen this burden.
I - The chief consideration, it was said.
I whlch has prevented the firm from
taking some such action before this
time was the possible complications
which might follow such action. - In
' vestors throughout the world have
purchased securities marketed by the
House of Morgan and It was felt that
the firm had assumed a responsibility
In this connection which could not he
lightly laid aside. -
The recent trend of political events
such as the 'money trust investiga
tion by the Puji committee, and re
ports from Washington that the ad
ministration is considering legislation
against interlocking directorates, has
created a situation which made it
possible to enter upon this change in
policy. '
Wall Street Effected
For several days Wall street had
heard rumors that Iorgan & Com
pany (had decided to make s- decided
change. In its policy. Most frequently
heard ' was that, as - a first step, the
firm would give up the trusteeship of
several corporations, including the
Southern Railway Company. No con
firmation, of 1 these reports ' could be
obtained prior, to today and in, fact, it
was understood that -if any action, of
this kind were taken Jt .would be in
the Shape of resignations from time
to . time of various - members of the
firm whenever the occasion was pre
sented. No such , blanket withdrawal
from tio less than thirty corporations
had 'been even ..hinted at and Mr.
Morgan's announcement created a
sensation ' such , as Wall street has
rarely .experienced. - .. .: -
: Still Has Interests . i
, In spite of the large number of
resignations announced today, Morgan
& Company are still represented on
the boards of a number of important
corporations. J. : P. Morgan remains
a director in the United , States Steel
Corporation, the Northern Pacific
Railway, ' International Mercantile
Marine -Company, National City Bank
of. New Tork,N and National Bank of
Commerce of -New York. . -
Mr. Steele is still on the boards of
the -Atchison, 'Lehigh Valley, Northern
Pacific, Erie, : Southern, - Chicago, In
dianapolis and Louisville, Chicago
Great Western and -'. Alabama Great
Southern Railroads, .and . the General
Electrics Company, International Har
vester Company, International -s Mer
cantile Corn-pan' and Adams Express
VyOZIipajll ? --. .. -r- --,,. ., , , .....
jxxTm -iu,viin is on Doama ox xne jne
ejid Cincinnati --Hamilton: & Dayton
Railroad, the Western Union .Tele
graph, .Company, '" the . First - Slational
Bank of New York, -the National Bank
of Commerce of New York, : the Lib
erty' National Bank .of New York, the
First Securities Company and- the
Bankers' Trust Company of New York.
Mr. i Porter Is represented In five
New York , banks, the United State
Life Insurance ' Company, the. Pierre
Marquet 1 Railroad, the Remington
Typewriter Company, the H.W. Jones-
Manville Company,, the Fidelity and
Casualty Company' the Crulckshank
Company . and the Associated Land
Company. ,- . : . '.
.Mr. Lamont is still on-the boards of
the Northern Pacific-Railroad, the-In
ternational, Harvester . Company, the
International - Agricultural Corpora
tion the First-National Bank of New
York, . the Guaranty Trust Company
and various lesser -corporations. .
Morgan & Company have played a
prominent part in sthe,', affairs of - a
number of corporations whose ' stock
IS held under trusteeships. -' No infor
mation could -, be obtained today
whether' the' firm would withdraw, its
members -who are among the trustees
of these corporations, ; In the list -are
the Southern. Railway, the Chicago &
Great Western the International Mer
cantile' Marine ;.,Company,;.the ' Cali
fornia Petroleum Company, the Inter
national Agricultural Corporation and
the Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company.
Wan
Loses Life At
Berlin Junction
Was Native of This Gty Where
Mother and Kin Reside.
-, Andrew. Moran, aged 62, born and
raised In this city . and for twenty
years one of the best known conduc
tors on the -New Haven road was kill
ed yesterday at Berlin junction while
in the performance of his duties. The
deceased who was a former communi
cant in St. Mary's church, - was edu
cated in . the parish -school and for
many years lived in Steuben street.
He is survived by a widow and three"
children at present -in New Haven, be
sides a mother, Mrs. Ellen Moran, 181
Steuben street, seven sisters, Mary,
Hattie, Rose and iCatherine of this
city, and Mrs. C. V. Hughes, Mrs.
Charles Booth - and Mrs. Richard5
Moore, of Stratford, and three broth
ers, Frank, James and Edward of this
city. : - ...... ' . - ,
The remains arrived here, on the 2
o'clock train today and were taken in
charge by Funeral Director Gannon.
MOTORIST GOES FREE
Winstedi Conn. Jan. 2 William W.
Gillespie, of Watertown, the eight
years old boy who was struck and
killed by an automobile driven by
Benjamin J. , "Wiggins, at Watertown,
on September 30, last, met death as
the result of his own carelessness, ac
cording to the finding of Coroner
Samuel A. Herman filed today, . and
not from any fault of the driver of
the car. . . '
Twin Daughter
And Malnutrition When lother Is Dragge
From Home
Babe Left In Crib for Many
Hours 'With Doors and
Windows Open Fright
Causes Milk to Dry In
' Mother's Breast.
Home of Komicks in Cement
Block Presents Pitiful
nnall f riaotifntirtti' j '
DCene OI ' JjeStlbUUlOn alia,
Distressing Neglect.
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Landlord
Demand Thit
Strike Tenants JPay for
Injuries Done In Riot,
With Result That I. W.W.
Orders Rent Strike.
The-fjrst death to. be attributable di
rectly to the strife at the Sidney Blu
meruthal Mills, at'- -Sheiton, : occurred
today when little two-month-old' Car
oline Komick, twin daughter of Mrs.
Michael ; Komick, one, of the women
dragged from the cement house on
.Tuesday morning by the O'Brien Mill
Guards, , after . the ' disturbance whioh
resulted in (the shooting or Mrs. Mary
marsh, died as a result of exposure
and m&l-nutritfom.
The little ohild, who had through
the negligence of those, who descended
upon the "Cement House," in an eff-1
fort to drag ''the inmates 'before court -j
of j justice, been left in -.a crib, for
many hours with., doors and windows
open, while the mother with bruised
wrists, pleaded - ner innocence with
her captors and flhally secured, late
In - the morning, permission . irom ' the
authorities to return and attend to
"the wants of her children. , " ' , -In
the little -bh-ree room, tenement
this morning the . mother, with tears
In her eyes, pointed to the broken
windows ;in the house, arid told how
as a result of "the flrght and violence
she had sustained the milk (had dried
in Her, breasts and she was no longer
able to give sustenance to the little
ones. ' Dr. , Eugene JSlack today con
firmed the statements that death had-
resulted from mal-nutrition .. and ex
posure to the eld. ' . -. ,,. f
f Oa Tuesday last the O'Brien Guards
had attemptei to Jake a prisoner at
the cement house and It is stated that
liotvwater and ashes had ,beeh thrown
over them from residents in that ten
ement. Both Michael Komick and his
wife were put under-arrest, but no
until they iiad stoutly defended them
selves. Komick during the fracas was
beaten about the head and face and
his wife showed the violence sustained
I by abrasions and contusions about the
hands and wrists. ' Komick was sen
tenced to fifteen 5da.ys in jail for his
part - in the affair and appealed his
case. The woman was not held by the
court. - -
In the house at ". the time were the
two ' twin children, fut two - months
old, with u the two other older chil
dren, VA. good illustration of the manner
in which the strikers Mtve in Shelton
is 'afforded by thes Komick home in
the "Cement House" which consists
of . three rooms with bare walls, brok
en windows in-which rags. and-fOther
papers have been temporarily stuffed,
a few beds and one kitchen stove from
which all. the heat .required must
Besides the husband, wife : and four
children, these three rooms contain
two boarders. .. .
In the desolate kitchen, today, a lit
tle child lay cuddled in-a trundle bed
close to the kitchen stove getting all
the warmth that a derth of fuel could
afford. Two other children were bare
footed upon the " cold boards, while
just without,, in the bitterly cold
weather, a group -of children were
seen playing,' three of - their number
not having either shoes ; or stockings,
so poor are the strikers employed in
the mills. , . - -
With the damage done by the strik
ers and-an attempt upon the part of
the owners of the building to make
the tenants repair it, or include it in
the rent, at, a meeting of the I. W.-W.
today a "Rent Strike" was unani
mously ordered. . This" means that, no
rent will" be paid to -landlords until
the settlement of the strike, with the
consequent eviction of tehants . and
probable violence, ; want and other
agonies of industrial, war in bitter cold
weather. : - "-. -'-iv?- - v'-"
' One tenant of the "Cement House
tpday reported at the meeting that he
had applied to the Home Trust Com
pany of Derby, agents of the property
for the F.; Hallock Company, owners,
for repaiE of the windows and doors
burst down in the - recent struggle.
They informed him that repairs would
be made but that -it would have to be
added to the rent a cost of ? 7V A
notice of eviction sent to one , of the
arrested strikers was aiso read at the
meeting, which resulted in the "'Rent
Strike" vote of the I. W. W. meeting.
- -General condemnation upon the part
of residents and- merchants in the
Shelton and Derby communities over
the class of guards and -special depu
ties sent: to the scene,, which. it is
thought has occasioned much ; of . the
disturbance resulted in a visit to-the
.scene, yesterday, of Hign Sheriff. Wil
iam ' Vollmer -of this city. After re
viewing the situation Sheriff Vollmer,'
In consultation with George ? Barlow,
warden of the borough, of Shelton, and
D.'N. Clark, president of the Shelton
Business Men's Association, expressed
his. apologies for the character -of the
men, stating that many of. them had
to be impressed intio service at the lasjj
moment and were the best availab
at that time. - . -
Conferring with Chief Smith of the
New Haven police, Sheriff Vollmer has
been able to secure from that city ten
Of Komicks Dies Ofc Cold
By B
of the special uniformed force, ' who j
reached Shelton today.,. It is -the be
lief ot the residents that the effect of
these drilled ar-d uniformed men, who
aire waiting their turn as guardians of
the - peace in New ' Haven, will tend
greatly towards reducing the former
clashes between the-strikers. and the
"chip-on-the-shoulder" guards and
specials heretofore employed.,
At the mill, today,, there was no ad
dition's to the 4trike-'DreL!ill& force,
the only persons being employed 'be
ing those strike breakers and guards
already held in the mill at the expense
of the management. A few local loom.
fixers, who are authorized to continue
the up-keep, of vthe factory by the
strikers, went to their usual labors.
It was claimed by the I. W. W. lead
ers today, among whom Miss Matilda
Rabinowitz, "the' Shelton Joan of
Arc"; as she has been termed, Is the
head, .that a coup had been success
fully carried &ut which . prevented the
bringing of several ; hundred strike
breakers to Shelton from Passaic to
day. v ; ' ; '
It was alleged that "P. L. Garety,
"The ! Efflcieney Man," : who, It is
claimed by the strikers, has done much
to- Initiate . the ' strike, - attempted
through Invitations to Passaic, N. J.,
weavers to bring many of them , here.
It is said they bad been assured
there was no reason why, as organized
labor, they could not come to Shelton
Tt is further reported that the I. W.
W. leaders learning of the- attempt,
frustrated it through their I organiza
tion in Passaic.' - Garety returned to-'
day without additional .- help.
Investigation, today disclosed that
one of ' the principal '. causes , of the
strike was the ; system "under which
the workers Were paid, i There are but
two pay-days monthlythe 4th and
19th fof each " month, i If either of
these fails on: a. Sunday' the payments
are withheld ' until . the next pay-day, ,
, This means , the holding .. of four or
DICING::!
: SON W101ENIES PIEENTS
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Bennett's Wife Does Hot
. . Died, or Mystery of Husband's "Past-Margaret
V' . Coen Bennett Interviewed In Boston :
(Special , to The Farmer.)
Saddened by the belief that the son
who. left t her almost Impoverished
nine years , ago, is alive and prosper
ing, - but will., nof . acknowledgt .his
humble mother, Mrs.. -Margaret Coen
Bennett of . Waltham is dying - at the
home of another child in Brookline,. ,
On what is thought to be aer death
bed the aged women. - last night de
clared it ' to be her firm belief that F.
Alberts Bennfett , of Bridgeport, , Conn.r
husband Vof a wealthy woman , and
prominent in Masonic circles, is the
Albert J. Bennett. her son, 'who left
Waltham in his teens. - , .
When pressed for details as to when
her mother-in-law hard died, or where,
she said she did . not. know, and de
clared that she- did not" even know
what her name had been. She in
sisted she did not know where her
husband - had- been born, where he
came from nor where ' he--had been
nine or ten years previous.
When she was asked point blank
MR. HARTIGAN BUYS
' THE DTJPEE STORE
Well Known Drujrg-Ist to Take Over
Popular Establishment Will
Conduct Tno Stores
Joseph D. Hartigan, . the popular
pharmacist of Main and Congress Sts.,
has purchased the stock and acquir
ed the lease of the H. A.' Dupee Drug
Co.,, in Fairfield avenue, which recent
ly N went into ' the hands of the re
ceiver. This was learned today,, when
Attorney C. E. Williamson,- receiver
for; the company, applied to .the su
perior court for confirmation of the
sale. Judge Curtis granted the appli
cation. -
- Mr. Hartigan will take immediate
possession of the premises: at 81 Fair
field avenue and beginning' tomorrow
morning the store will ' be conducted
under his management. It Is an in
teresting fact that Mr., Hartigan was
a clerk in this same store -for many
years when Harry Dupee was proprie
tor and that he left the Fairfield ave
nue establishment to go into , busi
ness for himself at his present stand,
at Main and Congress streets. 'He has
been? very -successful ; in business,
largely because of his personal at
tention to details and unfailing cour
tesy to patrons. The store at 81 Fair
field avenue : will be ' entirely refitted
and a complete stock installed.
WINDHAM SHERIFP
HBRT BY TEOIfflY CAB
Danielson, ' Conn., Jan. . 2. Sheriff
Preston B. -Sibley ,of Windham coun
ty," who is 75 years ord, was thrown
to the street today while attempting
to board a moving trolley ear and
rendered unconscious. He was given
medical attention , at a 1 neighboring
drug store and afterwards removed to
his home here. . . . ;
He is suffering fron cuts about the
head and shock. Today is the 50th
anniversary of Mr. Sibley's wedding.
Malcolm Cary Williams, an electri
cal engineer, committed suicide In his
home at Babylon, TU. I.
rutal Silk Mill Guards
five days' pay in some instances as
long as 20 days, together with back
pay- besides. .. It is said to be con
trary to state law to pay otherwise
than once a week in Connecticut fac
tories. , v .'-v .
Warden Barlow, in an, interview with
a Farmer reporter yesterday, spoke
harshly of the conditions being car
ried on as they were. The reported
attitude of the Blumental managers
at Shelton was condemned and it was ;
the opinion of the town head that had '.
the officials been willirig to meet the j
strikers committees, looking for arbi
tration of the difficulties the town
would not have been plunged into .the
great expense of 30 deputies, 10 special
police and the loss of trade tand gen
eral depression ' which has resulted.
The strike-deputies- are costing $5
per' day each, plus $1.50 for expenses.
It is contemplated visiting the owners
Of the factory in' New York, and at
tempting to have ' them consent to
meeting the strikers' ' committees, x a
tentative . "proposition . to , such effect
already-having- been refused'by the Vo
cal Blumenthal superintendent, Fritz
Stolzehberg. . -. . :' . ,
It was learned today that ' Mr. Do
herty again-took, active charge of the
O'Brien strike ; breakers in the vfac-tory-
and developments are soon looked
for.-- - - ;,, .
i There was no violence and but 'one
arrest today in "the person, of Steve
Glades,, who, after conversing with a
group strike sympathizers, was seen
to Tunsway. - He was promptly plac
ed under arrest, probably as a peace
measure. ': . "
The first closing of a. store in Shel-
J ton ; during the strike Is recorded in
tne case oi iwnovan a grocery, wnicn
carried a. large credit trade amongst
the strikers, i The closing-was volun
tary; as far as could : be - ascertained
todayv Over 200 strikers are said to
have secured -their- supplies .through
him, paying their accounts from their
earnings when received at the mills. -
OTHER BELIEVES
Know Where Mother-in-Law
whether - it were not true - that ' Mrs.
Bennett's; claim: to the effect that her
son; was ashamed of her humble po
sition, and. did not want to injure his
social standing by: admitting the. re
lationship, she hesitated a moment,
and then hung up the receiver.-.
-Just before going to bed with
sick headache at his Bridgeport home.
G. Albert Bennett denied specifically
that Mrs. Margaret Bennett of Wal
tham " is his mother. son-in-law of
Mrs. Bennett,, jo.hn O'Nell, " who has
visited Bennett, declares R. Albert
Benriett is his brotheivin-law, how
ever, and the marriage license pro
cured by Bennett in. 1911 gives his
mother's maiden name as Margaret
Wilson. Mrs. - Margaret Bennett ' was
Mlas - Margaret Coen. ,
Last night his wife, .who was Miss
Maud Homer Blackman' of Newtown,
N. Y,, answered a call on -the long dis
tance telephone. She repeated her hus
band's denial that Mrs. Margaret Ben
nett was his mother, saying that both
his parents were dead. ' .
INFORMED WiFE
BY POSTAL CARD
OF HIS DESERTION
Alleging- her husband notified her
by postcard that(ie would never, re
turn home, Catherine Helmer of South
Norwalk obtained a "divorce In the su
perior court this - afternoon from Ar
thur Helmer of South Dakota. Mrs.
Helmer ran. away to New York with
the defendant July 4, 1906, and mar
ried . him. He deserted here ' July ": 8,
1908. She ' claimed Helmer was so
shif tless that he had 19 jobs in two
years. ' ..."
Carolina Rydberfe- of " this city was
freed from Baltzer Kudberg of New
York. ' Desertion on September 13,
1B09, was - alleged. The - couple : were
married April 1, 1895. Mrs. Rudborg's
maiden name was Carolina Monser.
Judge Curtis granted both decrees.
IiEVD'S VISIT TO WHiSOV
SCBKOtJNDE30 BX MYSTERY
Pass Christian, Miss., Jan. 2 Mys
tery enveloping the visit here of'John
Lind, President Wilson's personal en
voy to Mexico, ever since his coming
was announced, was increased today
when officials refused all information
as to when or . where the . President
would see him. ' -
OBITUARY
Eleanor Heyden, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Heyden, 85 Fifth
street, died yesterday after a short
illness from tonsilitis, at the home of
the bereaved parents. This death casts
an added gloom upon a family who
have suffered much from death this
week. Charles Freeman, recently
killed in a fall from a trolley wagon
on Main street, was a grandfather of
the deceased and an uncle died Wed
nesday In Hartford. '
Search Of Home Of Aged Oecluse
Discloses Second Wil in VJhich
Sisters Are Left One Dollar Each
Largest Bequest to Brother In Boston Remembrances
for Others Who Were Kind to Her Eesidus of Es
tate to St. Mary's Clrarc h Cash Aggregating $1,000
Found Scattered About the House of MaryMahoney
After again searching the home of
Mrs. - Mary Mahoney, the recluse ot
108 Church street, Medical Examiner
Garlicb and police - officers from the
Second Precinc station, discovered a
second will today. Wednesday morn
ing, Mrs. Mahoney was found in a dy
ing condition from kidney trouble, by
Officer John F, McGovern, who was
sent to' the houses At that time Mrs.
Mahoney wSS( removed to St.-Vincent's
hospital where she died shortly after
ward. -.'.-.'."' .
When her home was searched by
the officers and the medical examiner,
a will . was discovered. ' But many
clauses had been scratched out with a
lead' pencil by the testatrix. The
document, which was .drawn in 1909,
was sent: to the probate office.-
Attorney M- J.v Flanagan, who ren
dered legal services for ?Mra. Mahoney,
remembered that -he had drawn an
other will for her In JFuly of last year.
He, informecLProbate Judge Hallen
and th' latt directed that another
search be made' of the apartment oc
cupied by' Mrs. Mahoney with the re
sult that the later will was discovered
behind one of the : pictures on the
wall. - ...... - ... -' - N -
In the later will Mrs., Mahoney prac
tically disinherits ' her sisters, Ellen
Hickey and Hannah Roynayne, .both of
Bridgeport. - She bequeaths them Dut
$1 each.. , ' --':''. . '' ' .'
The search also disclosed that Mrs.
Mahoney had the propensity cotamon
with people- who live the lives of her
mits, she ; had secreted various sums
of money about the house. - Between
the leaves of her prayerbook a con
siderable sum was found. fOther money
was found under the carpets, In the
proverbial tea-pot, in tea-cups, in
vases and under articles of wearing
apparel in a . bureau drawer. Judge
Hallen was unable to say today how
much the sum found aggregated, but
it Is believed the total amount was
nearly $1,000. . .It is-said that -the . es
tate left by Mrs, Mahoney 'will inven
tory about $6,000, most of which 4s in
cash In savings banks. '
BIRDSEY-SUSSDORFF
VEDDIIIGTOMORROV
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank H. Birdseye to Be
come Bride of Philadel-
.phian.;';:;;
' Bridgeport has been the scene, of
much nuptial ;Jiestivity this week. By
tomorrow , night . three of its socially
prominent young daughters will have
taken the vows to love, honor and
obey "from this time henceforth; two
of them going to homes in other states
while one Is to remain with us in the
ranks of our young, matrons.
Tomorrow evening at seven, the
bells of North church at Bank and
Broad streets will peal forth announc
ing sthat therein Miss Beatrice Birds
eye, - the charming daughter of Mr.
and Mrsi- Frank H. Birdseye, of , this
city is plighting her troth to ' Mr.
Ralph Hayett Sussdorff of Philadel
phia. ' ' : ' i
The Rev. Herbert D. Gallaudet, rec
tor of the church is to perform the
ceremony. About 500 invitations
have been issued, 200 going ; to peo
ple living out of town. f
The church is still trimmed with
Christmas greens and these -will be
utilized for the wedding. Bankings
of palms will be placed about - the
pulpit and- masses of plnk-.roses and
carnations will transform the whole
Lintov a beautiful bower.
- The ' color scheme or tne weaamjj
is to be, pink and white and this wiU
be carried out in the gowns of tne
bridesmaids and the flowers which
they will carry.
The bride's gown is of white satin
charmeuse, trimmed with princess
lace. It is made with a panel down
one side and has a short train. Her
veil will be of tulle arranged, in the
fashionable cap effect. , , This cap Is
to be edged with dutchess lace which
once belonged to a great, great aunt
of Miss Birdseye. The handkerchiet
which she will carry is also a family
heirloom, having once been a treas
ured - possession of a great, great
grandmother' of the bride. Her bou
quet will be of lilies of the valley In
shower effect and her father will give
her away.
The bridesmaids, of which there are
four,, will wear shell-pink charmeuse
gowns made In tunic effect and drap
ed and trimmed with shadfow lace.
Each will wear. a lace butterfly in her
hair and will carry a huge bouquet of
pink sweet peas.
- Miss Edith Riker of Fairfield, is
to be maid of honor. The bridesmaids
will be Miss Ruth Gorham, of Cleve
land, O., who is at present the guest
of . Miss Birdseye at her home, 20 5
Seeley street; Miss Margaret Trubee
of New Rochelle, Miss Ethel Gray of
this city and Miss Elsie Sussdorff,
of New York; a sister of the groom.
Louis - Sussdorff, a brother of the
groom and - a graduate of Harvard
Law school, , 1913, is to be best man.
The ushers, who are all Yale men, are.
Sterling Seeley of this city; James H.
Carll of Garden City; John Freeman
and 'Marcus Munaill of New York.
Miss Birdseye, at the bridal lunch
eon this noon, presented each of her
bridesmaids with - a pretty gold pin;
and her maid of honor with a gold
friendship circle as a momento of
the wedding.
Mrs. Elmer Beardsley will preside
at the organ and will play a recital
before the wedding from the time
that the doors are open. - Her pro
gram - is varied, containing many
many beautiful and appropriate
The largest beneficiary under the -w'-U
just found, is her. brother, William
Mahoney of. Edgeworth Place, Eaitt
Boston, to whom she leaves $1,500.
Among- the bequests are $400 to Sla ?
gle Mahoney, wife of her brother;
Convent of Mercy, Pembroke street,
$400, to be 'Ufeed by the sisters In re
pairing the building , in return for
which they are to say daily prayers
for the repose of-ber soul, for her par
ents, her sister Ellen, her relatives
and friends and the Rev. John F. Ris
ers. ....
She also leaves $300 to the Utile Fil
ters of the Poor in f New Haven and
asks, them to say prayers for her
and the others mentioned above. A
bequest of $100 is for the care of h-r
lot in St. Michael's cemetery. Eirf
directs her executor to see that STr.
Annie Maloney of Pembroke street hM
j-the use of one-half of the lot for hsr
I self and family, , the other, half la t-
be for herself alone.' She directs that
100 be used to build "a. suitable bur-
ial vault, , lined with white frr my
body to be laid In, but Annl? Mo
loney's name or the names of her fam
ily are not to appear on the mon i
iment." - . , ".
To Mrs.- Florence Redden, Khfl'on.
she bequeaths $50 Un trust Jor If r,.
Redd en's daughter, Bessie. To Mr.
Mary Constance, Brooks street. S'fl ' .?
the latter's son, Howard. To ?!"-..
Henry Galbrunner Hallett street, t ..
In remembrance of past kindnsasg; to
William 8. Redden, 8 Cedar itw,
$200; to St. Mary's R. C. church, Pcri
broke street, $200; .to .Our L.dy of V. ;
tory Home, Buffalo, N. T-, $K;0: i
James Healey, Maple street, $ly; ft
Rey. Father Mulcahy and Rev. Kathf-r
Fitzpatrick,, both of St. Mary's cbtiw'i,
$100 each. All the rent, ruHl'ln a- I
remainder of the estate she ci.r--.- t
be given to St. Mary's church.
William 8. Kearna is named a ex
ecutor of the wilL .The document w n
drawn at the county coarthou, J ' -2,
''ISIS, and Jessie Lounsbury, Char:
S. Evans and M. J. Flanagan. wr s
witnesses. " "
pieces. , :
"The much beloved we33ing marc hr-i
from "Lohengrin"1" and trig one t r
Mendelssohn, wjll .signal .tb brii i
party's advance and' retreat from th
altar. f
Following the ceremony t h pre ' i I
be a reception at the Btratfieid X'i
which only a few Intimate frien-li
and relatives of the bridal party have
been bidden. Here too, the floral dec
orations will carry out the pink and
white color effect of the wed rl in sr. An
orchestra will play soft strains of -music
while they are receiving.
After the reception, Mr. and Mrs.
Sussdorff will leave on a soothri
trip .which will Include all points cf
Interest in that . part of the country.
Afterward they will journey to their
future home just outside of Los
Angeles, Cal., where a new and beau
tifully furnished bungalow awaits
them. i
Miss Birdseye, who 'is an alumna
of Bridgeport High school, has travel
ed much in this country and abroad
since her graduation from that insti
tution. She is a charming and ver
satile young lady and is very popular
in the leading social circles of this
city. ... . -
The hundreds of handsome gitt.n
which : have, come to her and hr
fiance -attest this popularity both in
Bridgeport and in many other cities.
WEALTHY BROKER
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OHIO I Mill iilliEild
STARTER DIVORCE
Byrd Wilson Wenman Declares
Society Girl Infatuated
With Another Ulan.
Charges - of ' taxi cab cldes with a
young New Yorker, were made by
Byrd Wilson Wenman. a wealthy mum-
berof the New York Cotton E-xchansre,
whenr-he appeared In the superior
court this morning- In a preliminary
hearing of the divorce action bruarit
against him by Louise Ladew Wn-
maii, a member of the prominent La
dew family of New York and Newport
society fame.
Wenman, who has a country hem
at Stamford, is contesting the su;t, in
which his wife alleges intolerab!
cruelty. Wenman has filed a cross
complaint In which he charges in
fidelity. He declares she has eea
guilty of misconduct at her own hom
at 815 Madison avenue. New York, at
her country home in Shlppan Poir.t
and at a house in 59th street, Sc
York. The name of the co-respondent
Is not given.
Mrs. Wenman's father is John T.
Williams, a .rich New Yorker. Th
Wenmans separated some time acj
and since then Mrs. Wenman has br
receiving $100 a month alimony. I l
asked to have this amount continu'
and Judge Curtis granted the r';
Counsel for Mrs. Wenmanaskerl for a
more specific statement -r . tt! ! r, sr ttii,
client's alleged acts Attorney Home."
S. Cummings, representing Wenman.
said, if necessary, he could rnettuori
taxi rides and suppers.
The actual divorce trial will 'f
reached soon and it promises to
startling. Wenman testified that h'n
salary with the firm of Fairchiid fz
Co. on the Cotton Exchange was $7,
500 a year. v-
Upon the request of his wife, Jos
eph Ryan of 282 Seaview aven ue, wai
transferred to St. Vincent's U?;tt!
yesterday in the ambulance au" '-r:--from
a breakdown.