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VOL. 50 NO. 11
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., TUESDAY, JANUARY 13,1914
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WIRELESS CALLS FROM
LINER CClBEQMD STOP
AS SHIP
Watchers From Briar Island light, In Bay of Fundyy
Can No Longer See Craft Which Struck
' ' - . . Today
Vessel Struck On January 13 After Sailing In 1913 From
West Indies Port Owners Deny Passenger ,
List Is Large ' --..
'- (Special To The Farmer) r
Briar Island Lighthouse, Bay of Fundy, "Jan. 13 Sailing
from Grenada in the West Indies, for Halifax, N. S., on Dec. 30.
1913, the Royal Mail steamship Cobequid, said to have 150 souls
aboard including the crew is believed to be a total wreck at
the mouth of the bay. '
Vessels sent oher aid failed to reach her, she can no longer
be seen from here, her wireless has stopped and no small boat
could live on the sea which is now running, pushed on by a mile
a minute gale. ' It is feared that
When first sighted from the; light
house early today, the thirteenth, the
steamship Codequid, from -the West
Indies to Halifax with, her passengers
and cargo was hard and fast aground,
held on by the remorseless Sunday
tides and the gale , Her wireless1 was
calling Jtor, help, declaring" her post's
. tlon to be one of extreme dancer.;
The appeal. ' flashed to : St. - John's,
was responded to by the .marine de--partment;
which sent the Canadian
governmentrtBamer . Iansdowne and
two togs srpeeding' on ' thejrerratid ' of
mercy .The terrific- storm raging has
so far prevented - their , reaching the
-island, v'" . -. ' ' .
. By noon, the wireless of the atriok
en craft had failed to respond to that
of neaiiby points and from the light
house here, where she was :at . first
plainly seen, no glimpse of the steam
er can he obtained. The last report
from the ship said her foreword bold
was fall of water and it is believed
she has sunk, carrying down all ; ' on
hoard. ' . '
The CoSbequid Is a 'packet steamer
of 8,974 tons, sailing from the West
Indies to Halifax; N. 6....,
New York, Jan. 1 8 At the office
of the Royal' Mail Steamship Com
pany here it was said that the Cobe
quid. on her trips' north at this time
of year the steamer carried few pas
senger. , ,.::':' Aj ; -
CliEVV OF SEVE2S- LOST
Vineyard Haven, Mass., Jan. -13 The
three-masted schooner John Paul, of
Ellsworth, 1 Me., sank) in . Nantucket
Sound early today while in tow of
the revenue cutter Acushnet." Word
of the sinking came in the following
!wUrelea message ftrotm the Acush
net: ; , .'
"Schooner- John Paul sunk 4 1-2
miles southeast by east ' f ' Hedge
Fence Lightship. ,"" Position only ap
proximate, owing ' unfavorable condi
tions for taking soundings.",
. The message made no mention of the
crew of the John FaaL It' was,
thought here that, 'with the westerly
gale and with high seas that have
prevailed all night and early today,
IATI0NAL BANKS
ELECT OFFICERS
Connecticut National- Adds
Five to Its Directory and
First National Adds One
The three National banks of Bridge
port held their annual meetings and
election of officers -today. There were
"few changes in the officers or direc
torates at any of the banks. The of
ficers and directors t of the First
BritSgeport National bank have been
increased due to the recent consolida
tion of that bank with the Pequon
noek National bank. .
- . The officers are: Charles G. Sanford,
president; Peter W. Wren and. F. N.
Benbam, vice-president; O. H. Broth
well, cashier; H. C. Wood worth. F. N.
Benham, Sr., and F. W. Hall, assistant
cashiers. The directors are: II. L.
Fairchlld, E. P. Hincks, C. G. Sanford,
O. H. Brothwell, E. M. Jennings,
Jerome Orcutt, J. G. Howland, S. M.
Hawley, J. Mi. Wheeler, Frederick J.
. Kingsbury, Peter W. Wren, Ruatjell T.
Whiting, Clinton B. Seeley, DeVer H.
Warner, ml. N. Sperry, F. N. Benham,
W. S. Plumb, Wa-do C. Bryant, R, S.
Hinckst B. X. Pierce, Jr., E. W. Bas
eick, JJ. C. Wheeler, George E. Soia
ers, Andrew R axial, Isaac W. Bird
seye, J. B. Klein, F. W. Hall, W. J.
Grippin. k" '
Mr.. Grippin is a new-member of the
directorate.
Five new names were added to the
directorate of the Connecticut Na
tional bank. The directors re-elected
are Samuel W. Baldwin, Hamilton S.
Bfceatoa; Marshall E. Morris, Henry A.
DISAPPEARS
v
ell on board have been lost..
their transfer I to the revenue cutter
couM "have- been accomplished only
With great difficulty and idanger. The
John Paul ordinarily carried crew
of six men r in command . of Captain
Hutchinson. ' T ---j.'
- Early last night" the' Acushnet sent
word that the John Paul was leaking
badly and. that the cutter had taken
her in tow for Vineyard Haven.- The
Acushnet had ",' not arrive "here early
this forenoon. . The John Paul regis
tered - 352 tons " , net " and was . built
at, Franklin. Me. . ' 1 , "
-j..' BAROE31EN' FACET DEATH
. ' .
Nantucket, jan. 13 The Lehigh
barge '-No. 788 broke adrift from 'the
tug Irving-ton during -the '' night and
drifted on the ;bar - off Great - Point
early today. 7 An hour-after -sunrise
she ; was In' danger of going to pieces.
The'Coskata Lifesaving -crew launch
ed their- surf -boat1 after repeated - ef
forts and , started -for the stranded
craft .but 7 made very slow ; progress
against" the-SO mile gale-at zero tern',
perature. ' - "
- No, 788 was one of three light barges
which left ' Boston for New ' York '-, on
Sunday in tow. of 1 the Brvington,
When abreast of Cross Rip Lightship,
last night, the hawser patted. The tug
succeeded ;in getting- a heaving, line
on board tout the gale "was so fierce
that .no one on the barge could"' stand
on deck, long enough to haul the haw
set oyer , the side. .. -' ' . "
The- barge dirifted down Nantucket
Sound and finally fetched op on Great
Point Bar1 as day was breaking, -i V;
NO SIQNS OF UFE
- Chatham, Mass.', Jan. 13--When dawn
broke today after the colJesS aad
most boisterous night :in many years,
two schooners were, anchored under
the leei of "Cape Cod- with distress
signal. set.": A- fifty mile off-shore
gale was -"sweeping the coast and. the
mercury, was" -down to the zero mark.
A. long' boat was blown from 'Nan
tucket Sound into ;the bay to the
westward of Mon imoy Point but could
not be reached -because of the thin
and treacherous ice that formed about
the shore. , No sign of life was seen
on board. - . ' , '
Bishop, Morris B. Beardsiey, Thomas
I.. Watson, Samuel H. Wheeler, Silas
Burton,'--. William B. Buraham" - an-d
Nathaniel "W, Bishop. The new direc
tors are: Willis F. Hobbs, George
Windsor, Walter B; . Lashar, William
T. Haviland and Louis B. Powe.
The former ofllcers were re-elected.
They are Samuel- W. Baldwin, presi
dent; Hamilton S. Shelton, vice-president;
L. B. Power, cashier; T. C.
, Cumminer, ; assistant cashier.
I , AD officers -and directors of the City
j National bank were re-elected. They
' are: -
Frank Miller, president; David F.
' Read, ' vice-president; - Charles . E.
Hough, cashier; Henry B. Terrill, as
sistant cashier; Robert .A. Beers, ' as-
, sistant cashier.. . - - ,v " . -,;
L The directors are:; Frank Miller;
George C. Edwards, Lyman S. Catlin,
; David F. Read Frank A. Wllmot,
Harvey Hu'bbell, John R. 'Woodhnll,
; Henry C- Fairchild, Friend W. Smith,
Angus- H. MaeKenzie, Sylvester Z.
Poll, "John; T. King, and. Charles E.
Hough. -; V .
PORTLAND CHUHCHES
BENEFIT BY WILL
New Haven, Jan. 13. Under the will
J of Mrs. Betsy Ritter, ao . -died here
aboua a year ago, Trinity Episcopal
! church of Portland is to receive JoO,
' 000 outright and St. Thomas church or
! that place $2,000. The remainder Of
the estate .amounting to aoout 9351,000;
is divided equally between, e. nlee.
Addle - L. Payne of Portlar-d, and
Charles S. Go&drich of Glastortbarjr,
- This became known 'today with the
filing '.of the executor's accounting
here. The inheritance tax to the stat?
is $15,000.
' Following his physician's advice, to
take a. course of manual labor,, Em-
peror William sawed wood on. his es
, tate near Potsdam.
TIDAL WAVE,
onfirrno nir
liUINED TOWNS
' 1 11 . . "
Earthquake, and " Volcanic
. Eruptions Folio-wed By
. ' Inrush of Sea
JAPANESE VILLAGES
NEARLY WIPED OUT
Number of Dead Is Un
known to Few Survivors
Reaching Nearby Island
Tokio, Jan. 13. A tidal wave added
its terrors to . the earthquake and
eruption which struck Kagoshima in
southern Japan, yesterday, according
o official advicesr Hundreds of houses
eie destroyed or damaged and many
persons killed or injured- ,
' The full extent of the dlsaste?. couid
not b'e ascertained this morning, as
all communication was cut ' off from
the . stricken, district, south of Kuma
moto, i80 or 90 miles .north of Kago
shima. ' . -: J - .- ' ', V- - ;'
1 Ashes to- the depth 'of. six inches
have fallen In the seaporj of Miyazaki
n the east coast of Kiushiu. -v- "
A .. postal , employe who fled " from
Kagoshima says the post office, build
ng - collapsed uring the earthquake
an-d tidal wave an-d that a great number-
of residences were ruined while
man , people and .animal were killed
or Injured. - -
- The t navy - and army departments
are hastening succor and supplies to
Kagoefhima. - '"
HEALTH; BOARDH--PLANS
TO ORGANIZE
AT SESSION TONIGHT
Mayor Summons" Members
to Meet at Home of ,
Fred D. Ives
Efficient Clerk and Inspect
or of Board, D. W. Lynch,
Candidate or Re-election
Tonight at the home of Fred D. Ives,
the hold-over Republican member, the
board of . heaUh is to meet : for ; the
purpose . of - organization. ' Mr. Ives
is a candidate for the presidency and
it is understood that he. has the back
ing of the administration. The prin
cipal business is the ; election of a
clerk whose duties also : comprise the
investigation of complaints received at
the department. The oocupajrtt" of
this office, David W. Iynch,; seeks re
election upon . his record and it is no
idle : boast ' to say that Mr. Lynch
bad ; proved ' to toe ' one of . the most
capable officials this department ever
had. If the much boasted efficiency
plans of . the ' present administration
were to be taken seriously Mr. Lynch
would have the unanimous support
of' the board for re-election.
- The effort to "get; htm" represents
the cheapest wkind of politics and is
inspired partly by revenge and part
ly because one of the administra
tion's henchmen has been promised
a Job. The new health commissioners
are Dr. F; W. Stevens and Edward A.
Lambert. ; The Democratic - holdover
is Louis " Schwerdtle, now a member
of the school board. Mr. Lamoert
is the other Democratic member. The
reason the meeting - has been called
for ..the home of Mr. Ives is because
the latter has been all. ;
CLAIM MORPHINE
ItiFlUENCED WOMAN
ih making Will
,-. Alleging that her mother -had been
unduly Vinfluenced ,by. the use of mor
phine, Ida Davenpwt of Norwalk ap
peared in -the superior court today to
testify in her -appeal from probate.
After a .conference with two other
heirs, however, the suit was settled
out of court. No statement could be
obtained regarding the amount oi the
settlement. - -. -.
, The estate - in dispute belonged to
Ida , James, ; who died March 5, 1312.
Her husband, Edwin James, who is
still living, is a former editor of the
New' York Clipper. He has been blind
for 40 years. - He is satisfied with his
share of the estate. - The entire estate
amounted to only about $3,000.
WATETtTm rtY eojiPLE
ACCtTSEJD OF THEFT
New Haven, Jan., 13 Nicholas Cav
anaugh and his wife, Mary, were
bound over to the superior court to
day for trial on a charge of theft of
a valuable fur coat and other fm-s
from a local dealer. They gave Wa
terbury as their home.
HEAVY IS
-DAMAGE
BY WIND
Hartford Boat Blown Ashore
' and Church Steeple Top
- pled Over J-
INTENSE COLD ALL
t
THROUGHOUT NORTH
Lowest Temperature
In
State Reported From Cole
brook, 26. Below Zero
BIG FEATURES OF ;
GALE THROUGH EAST
Colebrook, Ct. Reports 20
below zero; Wins ted, 15 below;
Northfleld, Vt 24 below.
- Cape Cod Gale of sixty miles
an hour. -v-: . '
r Hartforl 8pire ' blown ; oif
, New . Fourth Congregational
. church. - .-
Syracuse, ; N. ' Y. All north
ern New York; State In grip of
blizzard. - -.. ' ; ; .
- New York City 25,000 peo
ple appeal for relief . from suf
. fering caused, by storm. ' -Odean
' traffic halted all plStrg coagTT?
800" passengers -scared, some
hurt, a when galed rivesT' f erry--boat
Into collision. . ' , , ; .
r PlalnBeld, Conn. - Mercury,
drops to 12 "below -
Springfield, Mass. Thermom
eters register 14 below. -1
Pittslielti, Mass. 28 - below
zero. . ' - .- .-
ENTIRE" EAST GRIPPED
BY FREEZING WEATHER; I
GALE DOES DAMAGE
New York, Jan. 13 The entire cen
tral and, eastern sections of the coun
try today are - in the srip . of- hard,
freezing .weather with prospects -that
it will , continue another 24 f hours at
least and in some sections for-a long
er period.- - - , '' -
From fhe Rocky . Mountains to the
Atlantic "5oast -drops .in temperature
were reported last night an-d early
todav. Even in the. south reports in
dicate a general cold , wave arid it is
feared' that in many places the orange
crop will . be damaged.
In New York the temperature drop
ped to 10' above zero and . at White
River, Can, ' 30 degrees . below zero
was reported. , Other low temperature
today-, were 14 degrees above at Cleve
land; zero at 'Syracuse; ; 10" degrees be
low at Boston; .10 below at "Quebec
Zero - weather at Chicago probably
will give way r to a rise in tempera
ture before nightfall. While but one
death , was recorded in New. York last
night, ' much suffering - resulted , from
the extreme cold. Nearly 2,500 men
and women ' sought shelter last night
at municipal lodeing houses and char
ity organizations. - J
, The coldest night of the; winter in
the Adirondacks . was reported, , the
thermometer registering . 20 ' below at
Ulca. '--..- '- .
Hundreds, of unemployed in Mon
treal have been given work moving
the snow. - -
In ' New York harbor this morning
the number of vessels engaged in 'tow
ing and' . transf ering freight was f ar
below normal. The dirop in tempera
ture of 19 degrees since, noon .yes
terday brought the first genuine win
ter weather to 'New York this year. 1
V
HARTFORD CHURCH SPIRE
, BLOWN OFF BY GALE
Hartford,' i Jan. 13 The 40-mile an
hour gale that raged here throughout
the night blew the tall spire off the
new" Fourth Congregational church in
process of .erection and scattered it
about-Vine street. .The fall occurred
about . midnight. As the spire was
that which was for a half century on
the old church now abandoned ' as a
place of worship and; much sentiment
attaches to it, it will be re-ereeted.
BREATH FROM ARCTIC
HITS NORTHERN STATES
Boston, Jan. 13 A breath from the
Arctio which followed the St. Law
rence storm of yesterday brought to
New : England today the lowest tem
perature in three years, although the
extremes were not record breaking.
Northfield, Vt., with a reading Of 24
below zero, headed the minus list. At.
Burlington, Vt., it was 22 below; Con
cord, N. H., 14 below, - Portland, Me.,
8 below and in this city the minimum
was 6 below. ;
. The cold wave was harder to with
Contlnued on Page Twok
No Incoming Tide
Feature Of Storm
In This Vicinity
All Navigation Hereabouts
Effected By Hurricane
Winds and Big Seas
Clam Diggers Reaping Har
, vest in Local Water Beds
:Temperature Drops '
With a gale' blowing which at times
exceeded sixty miles, an hour and the
thermometers' throughout the state
registering from 26 below to 10 above
zero, Connecticut Js still in the grip
of the sudden cold which had its be
ginning yesterday. , , Aside from, the
cold which ; came - with it, causing
much suffering, the gale did consider-
able damage.. Outside -of Long Island I
Sound, four vessels, one the . Royal'.
Mail steamer Cobequid bound for
Halifax with a number of passengers
are reported lost or; aground. .
One crew of captain and .six men
are missing and their craft sunk. 7
In Hartford, the spire of the new
Fourth Congregational church - wa3
sent crashing to the ground by the
gale, while the steamer Hartford was
blown ashore at Haddam and, pullej .
off this morning by tugs, will go. into
dry dock at Hoboken for the winter.
Its trip .being abandoned. . .
Wires, are down - throughout- the
state--and .much damage is reported
from 5 the rural sections, . which will
undoubtedly be increased when full
reports are received. ': i . . .j '
. - Preceding.- the .-cold enap which cov
ered 1he city yesterday -and increased
to . almost the" zero point' about the
city early, this morning, most, unusual
meteorological, conditions' obtained..
I For the- flrat time within tl-i P-cm-
J ory "oT" theoiaet-tihabitant iAW Jtjawi
been Able to walk, to Penneld-f reef at
-si- iii. ; - '"- . ' -5
.- Small ;, and lightlyf'ladem ;tug-boati
lyiner- at the citye docks were, ground
ed upon bottom usually 'ooveredV:by at
least-12 feet of water. - . v -
ClaSn-diggers have been able to
reacfr . beds .neyer before , dug, .nd
along'; the waterfront large industries
! have been forced to r abandon . their
i condenser systems and work hollers
under -high pressure. - " " v.-
' The storm '. yesterday- - overturned
houses and . barns - at-Fairfield "Beach
and on Putney -roaa,' Stratford, up
rooted'- giant, century old elms," as
wejl as tumbling chimneys about -the
eaves 'ana roor or country nouses.
In Bridgeport, show windows, cases,
and signs were blown about the streets
promiscuously and . ' much damage
done. : Fires in the Fairfield section
of . Bridgeport and at Milford Were
stayed in their course by , the quick
res do nee of local departments. ?
Although It bad been expected that
snow " would ' accompany the rush
of the cold, this fortunately did - not
haDCen and reports-from maintenance
dmartments of traction ; and :: tele--
phone companies report but few wires
broken by the storm in . this vicinity.
For the first time' this year .the
hearts of the ice-consumers are glad-
AbtichT also - some dealers and. the
Housatonic is frozen across north of
Stratford. Small boys in various but
lying towns are rejoicing, for they are
able to skate not oniy on minor 'ponds,
but in vaeant lot depressions and pud
dles adjoining the roadways, j. .
. Oppositely, the orcmary pedestrian
clothed in city garments, and the au
tomobile demonstrator, who . with his
speed.-is compelled : to . intensify ,. the
icy blast -some 40 to 50 per . cent.,
mourns' the , coming' of the Boreas'-s
frigid ; breath, while ; the . poorer and
unemployed ..about the city, are sub
ject to the most excruciating . misery
through the lack of proper" fuel.- The
local charity' -department has been ap
plied to; for necessities and other in
dependent organiz&tions will . male
special eort to contribute such
warmth and sustenance as will miti
gate .the sudden-: depression -of the
temperature..
Local v enterpr'ees . for- the amuse -mentrof
the public generally felt the
sting of the weather , last night,
though 'audiences were considered f.t
vorable to the s unexpected weather
conditions. -, '
All" traffic is tied up along the
Sound, neither .the Pars City, which
usually make the trip resrardless of
weather, from Port Jefferson, or other
Sound craft . being able to enter the
port. The .tug ''James McWllliams."
which ventured Out beyond the-lighthouse
this morning . to dump ashes,
was compelled to run for the harbor,
reporting that the off-shore wind wis
V-icMnsr -up a - monstrous sea which
threw water down the smokestack and
coated her superstructure and' decks
deerlv; with ice. . ,
Local harbor and waterside men ex
pressed the or-lnion thqt seldom, if ever
have such tide; condtions been ob
served in this vicinity. - : The condi
tion was ascribed to a combinatlo-i
of two cauees first the excessive ana
prolonged off-shore wind and the; fact
that the moon was at apoarec, whlcn
is its farthest point from the earth's
surface.
At the power .--plunt of the - local
Traction company, Supt. Chapman r-"i-'-to-'
-i?t no water could e secured
for the oonfleneers and 'consequently
much difficulty had been experienced
In- running the boilers under high
pressure Thie did not affect the traf
fic schedule, and few wires-had been
reported g broken: Construction work
had been abandoned earlier in the
STOKM EFFECT IX
, BRIDGEPORT
No blgb tide for the first time
on record,
Tngs aground at local do?lcs.
Factory condensers fail to op
erate. , 1;r: - , -'
Houses blown over at Fair-
field Beach.
t ' Ancient, trees .nprooted in
Stratford. - '
Poor and thinly clad seek aid
of charity,' 1 7.. '.';...'".. ' !
'"Parle City" and other ship
ping etprm-bound.
. Housatonic River frozen over. :
Ice dealers look foilisrvest.
Clam diggers richly rewarded.
. . Penfleld Reef trodden at high
tide. - ;
Fires at Fairfield and Milford.
OnHEPERATTJRES IN ,
; .f;. BRIDGEPORT
Midnight 14 degrees above.
-: o'clock .this morning; ' 1 de
grees above. : . ;. ( ""' . x
. 2 o'clock this afternoon 4 de
grees above." v .
season and consequently no lay-offs
would be made.
Though ; the telephone company had
reports- C no extreme weather in aui
rounding towns, little damage was
done to; the wires yeateroay. and ser
vice wa not Interrupted. ..:-
Although it was reported -about the
streets of ' Bridgeport today Ha.t the
thermometer had been below zero, no
confirmation could . be obtained tit es
tablished recording points. .
Lyman's r : recording. - thermometer
showed that the nearest to the zero
point had- been ' reached shortly be
fore a m., when that instrument
recorded 7 degrees above." At mid
night - it was 14 above and at 2 P- nv.
today, between 4 1-2 and 5.
At the police headquart-rs no ofHeia.1
record was obtainable though ofHcers
Said' that3 : below; had toh ' recorded
early4oday.,'; r-: -,:. -'-;;. - .j- ; "
Fajr)5eld, reported-. 7, "degrees abofe
eaTly this roorifing with a rise of one
degree by 11 o'clock. ;. : " .
. Stratford -. reported, about. 5,' degrees
above as the maximam' drop.'
, 'Xsterday's storm.-, at .Fairfleld not
only blew aowh one 'harn belonging to
John Heffenor.-but many of the bath
houses along the' sound. Today's cold
snap froze, not only ' fire hydrants but
caused, iihtold damage and -inconvenience'
to householders whose water and
steami pipes were frozen bver-night.
' John :" Boyle and - Fred Maiberg, ore
Of .the Oldest settlers at Fairfield, were
last night able to walk to, Penfield
reef ; and., also to c the Spindle. It Is
said that . this has never before been
accomplished at h'gh' tide. ..
Clam- diggers made a harvest which
is likely, to' result in some depres
sion of prices in the local market.
Beds ' were uncovered by the lack
of tide,, which have never before been
dug.- - Henry ;.F. Burr uncovered what
is believed to be the father of cljms,
a bivalve weighing 18 ounces and ex
tending almost 10 inches in length, at
Its furthest extremities. .'' L
;i At. Milford - the thermometer was
reported as .4 : d'egrees - above zero at
its lowest j point this morning. Little
damage to hydrants or pipes was not
ed, though J a lire - which - started last
night - in the teeth of ; the fierce gale
gutted the Hurd residence, with dam'
age estimated between : J500 and- Jl,
000. That the flames did-not spread
is attributed to the prompt response
of the department. A f urious wind
blew at.thnt point, all night and con
tinues to day. .. ':
The fierce wind' which accompanied
by a 'flurry of snow swept through
Stratford between 12 and.l o'clock
yesterday, uprooted a huge elm tree
n ftsont of "the home of Charles W.
Walles, ; Putney hill. - The tree was
150 years o'd -and lies across the street
at. that point. III falling it struch
another tall elm ana carried away a
portion of its top. -Other trees were
reported thrown down in " Stratford
and Fairfield as well as considerable
damage to. barns and ichimneys.
SIX FAMILIES DRIVEN
- i ' OUTDOORS BY FLAMES
-' Hartford, Jan. 13. Six families were
driven from their homes in the zero
cold this "afternoon when fire broke
out in a tenement block at To. SO
Madison street. Confusion in sending
in the alarm resulted In considerable
delay and by the time the firemen ar
rived the entire rear part of the
building, a substantial r' brik struc
ture, jvas ablaze. v
Four children were carried out by
the- firemen and policemen and" the
occupants were able to save, only a
i,aa.l part of their belongings from
damage 'by fire and by water. The
fire' is believed to have originated
from a plumber's torch.
CATHEDRAL BURNING.
Montreal, Jan. 13 Notre Dame Cath
edral, famous the world over, caught
fire this afternoon from a blaze that
originated ln'the business district. The
oss. wi 1 probably ex?eed $200,000.
COLD CAUSES RUNAWAYS
A horse attached to a grocer's de
livery wagon, no name or address be
ing inscribed, got away from its driv
er and was stopped by firemen at No.
3 Engine house."
A. - team - belonging :. .litchel!
Dairy Co. was stopped at Psiirfldd
avenue and Water street. - A hore
attached to one of James Dillon's
wagons ran away on Wood avenue
with .practically no damage.
i CHCI T
OPFIG
fjbeputy Sheriff and Special
Policeman Alleged to Havs
Beaten Women
LABOR LEADERS I.IAZI
STARTUITG DISCOVmY
Declare llass.State Emploj
ment Bureau Is Used An
Strike Breaking Agency
'(By Our Staff Correspondent.
Shelton, Jan. 13 Formal complaint
was lodged today with Joseph Sha piro,
prosecutor of the Shelton town court,
calling for the arrest of William Don
ovan, deputy sheriff, and John Dono
van, a member of the Shelton polici
force, for beating , women In connec
tion with the She Hon strike.
': Attorney Patrick O'euilivan, coun
sel for the strikers, laid the n.ir.'-
of witnesses, with bis formal -plaint,
before the Khelton prossftci.
Included in the- statements in x
hands of the aggrieved women'
friends is a certificate from Dr. M. A.
Parlato, of Derby, who attended cm
of the two womn.
The charge Involving William Dono
van is made by several witc?.ssi.--ira, a
well as the woman herswlf. It 1 cl rn
ed that four women were' sta.n.; : n j t
Howie avenue and. Cornell street. jt
Friday afternoon, ,whn Jowovim, tha
deputy, ordered ' ; em to r.v . T"h
women assert the got under way, '.
did riot move fast enoujrh to ple
the officer:- They claim thatDonovan
struck one Of their number tjri
times. , Dr. M. A. Parlato, to -whom
the women's friends .took her, is a.a
thority for the written statement tht
the woman is in bed as the. remiU of
her experience and that she la In a.
delicate condition. ".
The vCharge against John Iono-va.rs
relates -to a happening of last nlht.
It is. claimed that he clubbed a woman.-
- She hastened to the office of
Attorney O'Sullivan, where, with a dis
colored eye, battered hat,- and cloth
covered with dust, sh accused ths
officer of manhandling her.
. The information of the several w:
nesses was ' laid before Sha,piro in
formal manner by Attorney O'SuIliva.n
today. But before he had been calied
into the incident, of last Friday, a.
delegation waited on Shapiro with
their complaint. It was report !
that Shapiro called Donovan Into th
gathering, and put up to the offVr
the statements of the several wStn-B-es..
Donovan disclaimed resp on V ii '.': y.
said he had not maltreated the wo
man and Shapiro, the strikers Riv,
told them he . had reason to b:vo
that Donovan was an honest, careful
officer, that he would not be it, i
of the misconduct alleged. Friend
of the sheriff, who is widely kno-wn
in Ansonia, Derby ' and Shelton, de
clare there must be a mistake a to
his identity, for they say his reputa
tion is such that it is hard for thm
to believe he would be guilty of tb
conduct alleged. .
-v John Donovan, the special po I ire
man, is an employe of Sidney Elum
enthal & Co. when not working on
the. police force. He is a dyer, but
since the recent labor trouble devnl-
i there have been few dyers In t&
i plant,.
Attorney ,0'Sulllvan also aakeiS
Shapiro to issue a warrant for th
arrest of Frank Pinto, whoso brutal
ity to an elderly farmer is detai'ed
in other despatches from Shelton.
The lawyer assured the prosecutor
that he had in his possession the frag
ments of the pool cue that Pinto ha
smashed on the skull of the old man
In Bridgeport, this afternoon, Ean
Beardsiey, the Socialist leader and la
bor advocate, held a conference witij
Attorney Ernest Berger,' who has rep
resented several of the strikers in t'a
court cases." His object was to leara
from Berger what were the dutiea ot
the prosecutor, also to see what ac
tion could be taken in regard to sev
eral merchants who, he claims, io-; s-ht
to effect the discharge of a mart lo
calise he was a strike sympathiser.
That the State Employment hiir-i j
of Massachusetts is being used a m
stiike breaking agency is the chanr
made openly in Shelton today. Tl-.
declaration is. made by labor lealr,
not involved in the Rlumenthal strtir.
that at least five men have come to
the Shelton strike factory from 1 :o
ton. through the agency o' the f!s.a.t
employment bureau.
Investigation of this fart has !
instituted by the Central Labor lr, ''.--i
of Boston, Mass.. whose TSoton of
is conducted by Harry Dunderds.:
who is also the assistant '-ccrfta.ry ol
the Boston Central body.
"We expect tt relster a fonnal
protest at the -next rerular meetist
of the Central Labor T'nion r, , c-
Jan. 25."..-.:a;,..:-'.Vi:.:f" -"'-;'-..;-
the laltr's .io'v?:.'i'--i.T. ' "
towns, this afternoon.
Here is1 the advertisement th.t r
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