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SAFETY OE
mm SCHOOL
THREATENED
Architect Rejects 100,000
Soft Brick Shipped fer
' Use In Foundations
Building Material Crumbled
to Pieces Under Pressure
of Hands, or Feet
Over 100,000 bricks, shipped
for use on the new Bridgeport
High school, have been con
demned at, the site, and' upon
the boat Marjorie Lenehan, of
Athens, N. Y., which is moored
to the docks in the rear of the
Livermore Lumber Co.; Knowl
ton street. Though they had
inla-nAoA fnr nsA in ill ft
J7CU 41AI1V. f m. " "
walls and piers of the great
EGUUU1, w gi o uifouuu
itv that it is said the inspectors'
would not even let them be us
ed for "filler" in the walls.
, " The first scandalin this big
work was nipped -by Architect
James Gambel Rogers. , ,
Architect Rogers sent an in-:
spectof to the school, grounds,
yesterday, and found that ; the
brick was being carted -there
'for use in walla; and piers. " As
the piers are a vital part of the
"building and hold great wght,
the safety of hundreds of pupils
VUviXt read upuu buiiu. ,
& Lass. the. contractors to
whom they : were consigned,
have ordered the barge" reload
ed and returned to the manu
facturers. : -v.. . .." . '.;,':''
' Ths,x bickv ; known , as the
tBichnrond" is" extremely Jsof t,
giving' but little "ring" when'
knocked together. Its exterior!
is filled with large pebbles and
ggraveli, and the bottoms of many
are-unfinished. -.'-' Large holes
iliere and .there " are apparent,
Mhe bricks can be ground to
kdust. Samples of the bricks
picked up upon the docks could
the crumbled easily between the
fingers. '"; - .. .-
Prominent building contractors of
the ,city wer -strong In expressing
;-heir horror that such bricks should
jhave been Intended tox, use in. the
'walla or foundations of so expensive
a structure and the piles of bricks
.were a source of much cariosity, yes--"terfiay,
among masons and. builders.
When seen at office, today, John
OuLUnan. a member of the Board of
"Education, said that it was planned
' by them to put additional inspec
tors or their own on tne worK.
Th-ee inspectors -would probably vary
from, time to time, practical " men
xrom each trade being employed. Be
sides this inspection it was said that
33! nil ding Inspector ' Daniel M. Row
land had supervision as weU as the
private inspector hired by the arch
itect. Hs said that Durkin & Lasa,
Ihe contractors, are heavily bonded
to perform then work; in a satisfac
tory manner and that, the terms of
the specifications must be carried out
to theletter.. v--.
- .Neither Rogers, nor Miss Iurkin,
could be located in the city today, al
though it was said both are expected
inhere tonight. '..-,.''..
ICHAMPIOH OUlMEr
LOSES C1IAUCE FOR
GOLD VASE TROPHY
Sunnlngdale, Eng., April 30 The 36
fbole stroke competition for the gold
; Illustrated gold vase, an event second
only in importance to . the British
amateur championship itself, was
. played here today and brought a reo
'" ord aggregate of 123 competitors, in-
eluding five Americans. These were
Ouimet. the American champion; C.
"W. Inalee, of New . York; Arthur J.
Ixrekwood, former amateur champion
of Massachusetts; Harold Webber, of
Toledo, and Frazer Hale, of Chicago.
Mr. Ouimet and Harold H. Hilton,
tne nno amateur cnampion, were
4 partners. In spite of a drizzling rain
. they were followed by an enormous
-gallery. The American started badly.
He was much- below his proper form
in every department of ths-game and
the turn of the first round found him
, seven strokes behind Mr. Hilton, who
went out in 35. The showing of Mr.
"Webber also was mediocre, he taking
41.
On the homeward Journey, Mr. Hil
ton increased his lead. -Mr,. Ouimet
.was unaDle to una nia game and the
round finished with Mr. Hilton 74 and
Mr. Ouimet 83. This puts the Ameri
can out of the running for the gold
vase.
x Mr. Webber completed the round in
88, while Mr. Inslee's score was 88.
' TOO PARIS GREEN. -
Coroner Pheland today decided that
jMarj- O'Karrell Houseman of Fairfield
Jied of poisoning, self administered.
, fehe took paris green In water.
"FEATURE STORIES"
FROM VERA CRUZ ARE
DECLARED "FAKES'
Vera Cruz, April SO Capt. - H.
- -
McL. -I. Hose, Admiral Fletcher's
Chief of Staff, "said yesterday:-
" "The story -that Americans were
found imprisoned in San Jnan .de
Ulloa is unqualifiedly false. In one
dungeon, which was equal in hor
ror to the Black Hole of Calcutta,
we found 100 poor devils, all Mex
leans. There was no Rochester
murderer in the fortress.' The
whole story is a fake." - ' ,
The statement by Capt. II use was
made in answer to inquiries regard
ing a story printed by-a 3Sew York
paper , that among the demented
prisoners found in San Juan de VI
loa when the Americans took pos
session of the fortress .was lieslie
E. Hulbert, . formerly of Rochester J
JT. X ..who, with William Mitchell,
his brother-in-law, ; and Dr. C. S.
Harle of 251 Paso, was sentenced to
death' in 1905 on charges of mnr-(
dering two men for the purpose of
recovering $25,000 insurance from
the N ew fork Life Insurance Com
pany. Two other morning - newspapers
yesterday - printed circumstantial
accounts of the 'landing of Gen.
Funston'S Army, which 'did not
land until today.
RESCUERS HOPE
TO FIND MINERS
ALIVE IN SHAFT
Pumps Are Started to Help
Goverrjuent I.Ien Locate
Entombed Hen
": ' ? a 1 - r , v
Ecclea, "W. Va.; April S9- After S 4
hours, of exhausting effort, 'Chief Hen
ry and a party of "West Virginia mine
inspectors early; today reached the
bottom of Shaft No. 6" of the New
River .Collieries ; Co., where 178 min
ers were buried by an . explosion last
Tuesday, They found little gas and
no damp and expressed the belief tnat
conditions were such that some of the
entombed miners may still be alive. .
It was almost ' daybreak when the
news came .from' the tipple that the
cage was on its way to; the bottom.
The inspection "at the bottom was
brief and the Inspectors, who :;' had
worked all night, were hoisted to the
top to, prepare for further exploration
that, was to begin as soon as the res
cue men - could : be taken down. 5
' . Chief Henry said he did not think
the mine, was ; on Ore ' at. any point
and . he expected to find some of the
men ahve. '
, Governor Hatfield, who left
Charleston . last might is expected
here today and will personally assume
charge of the. doctors who have hur
ried here to care for such of the men
as - may- be brought from the mine
alive. ' .' i :"''.- "v",-.'W:
i 3, . "W. Panl, chief engineer of the
Pittsburgh station of the bureau of
mines, descended the' shaft early in
the forenoon, in company with govern-'
ment rescue men. They had proceed
ed only a short distance., from the
bottom when they found six bodies
huddled together and so badly burn
ed that identification was impossible.
Penetrating further into the galleries
they located other bodies. Soon after
ward the first bodies were hoisted out
and .. placed in a temporary morgue.
The crowd made a rush for the tipple
but was held "back by deputy sheriffs
and guards.
Fans were aonce started ' in the'
hope that thyntries could be. cleared
of gas and V Vpumps'were set in mo
tion so thaV'the rescue parties could
reach the farthest recess of the mine.
It Is thought that by afternoon pro
gress will have baen such as to de
termine definitely whether any of the
miners escaped. ' ; '
DAUGHTERS PLAU
TO USE FUND FOR
FLAG MEMORIAL
New Haven, April 30. A Star Span
gled Banner Memorial ' to be estab
lished by the Daughters of 1812 -"and
presented to "the , nation when the
Maryland chapter observes the , cen
tennial of the writing of 'the patriotic
hymn next' Sept-ember, was proposed
in resolutions off ered to - the - associate
council in national session here to
day. ' " " .
Mrs. B. Xm. Whitney of Detroit of
f ered the resolution, which is based
upon the official - announcement made
that New York chapter will assume
the obligatdo.ns of the Daughters to
contribute $10,000 for a room in the
proposed George Washington' Memo
rial Building in Washington, J. U.
leaving - the Daughters free to ' divert
to other purposes the r contributions
already made by state chapters to
the memorial room. Mrs. Whitney,
in her resolutions, provided - that r be
fore funds already contributed to the
George Washington Memorial are di
verted to the. proposed -Star Spangled
Banner Memorial, the consent of con
tributors shall be obtained.
An Austrian military aviator named
Wally- was killed by falling from his
' machine at VIen"-
VOTBi DOWN;:
SEWER BONDS
Pave Way for Piecemeal In
stallment of 'Hering S3rs-
tern, Says G-oodsell
Result Would Be An Addi
tion of Four Mills to the
AnnuaVTax Rate '
Hon. Zalmon Goodsell, who is
opposed to the' reckless bond
ing plans put forward by Mayor
Wilson, today, turned the vivid,
fire of his logic against the pro
posed issue for sewer bonds.' In
a statement . made to f, The
Farmer today he proves con
clusively that the sewer bond
proposal is a continuation an
attempt to thrust the rejected
Hering system upon the city,
and shows . that the "ultimate
cost, to this city, would mean
an addition of three or four
mills to each year's . tax ; rate.
His statement follows, and" ev
ery thoughtful citizen should
read it before ' voting upon' the
sewer bonds: "
The taxpayers of the City of
Bridgeport should be : willing -to pay
the $25,000 mandatory order ' of the
Court as agreed to by our former City
Attorney- as ; a very cheap proposition
when they consider that this $25,000.
assessment would rot pay one-year's
running expense A of the - proposed
pumping station - besides spending
$300,000 borrowed ' money for the
building of these unnecessary inter
cepting sewers. This plan is slmply
a wedge for greater expenses to fol
low hereafter. It continues the - build-.,
ing of the unwarranted Hering lue
print-double sewier. system when -time
has proved that the Scofleld Sewer
System now in'use, up to the present
time, has been adequate for all pur
poses for; the .- present ' and future
needs, of our city. :- '' ' v
The proposed new Knowlton Street
Intercepting sewer is planned to "etnp-
ty,a large .accumulated mass otXfiX,
garbage sewage peiow congress sueei,
hrlilink ft below low water.' ' -It is
claimed, and stated in tb.er later ' plan
that this mass of foul garbage sew
age will be; rendered innocuous with
the mixture of .tide water. The state
ment that . saline water ' , will ; make
sewage innocuous - is now publicly
acknowledged ,by parties interested
in- forcing this, unwarranted Hering
double sewer system at a, cost of
millions of dollars, upon the easy go
ing taxpayers of Bridgeport. ' This
has been the principal claim and ar
gument previously made to -impress
upon the minds of the citizens of the
City of Bridgeport for several years
past, because our city does not bor
der on fresh water rivers and streams.
This latter day acknowledgment by
these interested1 parties , that saline
water " makes sewage innocuous con
demns, the necessity of further agitat-.
ing the building of the Hering experi
mental double blue print sewer sys
tem, which acknowledgment' up to
date makes the Scofleld isewer system
the one best sewer system for the City
of Bridgeport. ,
Accepting their plans and state
ments as correct, why cannot the
present lateral sewers emptying from
Barnum avenue, Stillman, . Ogden,
Shelton. Jane. Arctic and Maple Sts.,
which now empty into the Pequon
nock River above low tide, also have
their present outlets : lowered below
low water mark at their several out
lets. Here the t sewage will also be
rendered innocuous with the mixture
of tide water, equsftly above as below
Congress St. . : . v , .
Mr. Scofleld, many years ago, reme
died the outlet of the Pembroke St.
trunk sewer by the same method. A3
his plan has proved successful by ac
tual tests for a , good many years,
what's the need .of. an- intercepting
sewer? ' ' ;.
Instead of a $300,000 unwarranted
issue. of sewer bonds being voted for,
a proper amount of money i should
be appropriated ' by the Board of Ap-;
portionment for the building of two
incinerating plants which were recom
mended, by the Board of Health. This
is conceded the only feasible, means
of disposing 'of garbage without a pos
itive nuisance being created, and la-:
ter' on the Board of Apportionment
should plan to bulkhead the Pequon
nock River. This would satisfy the
Court, if our City Attorney so rec-
The less that can be' said in regard
to the action of the Board of Appor
tionment in making no' appropriation
for small lateral sewers,, the better,
for these lateral sewers are and have
been for all time a part of the annual
needs in the growthof our city for
encouraging the building of - homes
for our people to rent. This action
will naturally check, to a certain ex
tent, a desirable added wealth to our
city's growth, besides forcing the own
ers of new buildings in certain sec
tions of our city to build out-houses
and cess-pools for their families use
or for the use of their tenants. This
Is certainly taking a backward step
by the Board of Apportionment," in
this great question ot sanitation, after
so much of a hullabaloo has - been
raised upon this important subject of
cleanly and wholesome health ; sur
roundings for our people to live un
der. ' . . " ' -
The holding up of the customary
appror.riatlon for lateral sewers for
old' and new streets where sewers are
petitioned for, Is not explainable ex
cept to f orce our taxpayers to accept
the unwarranted proposed sewer bond
issue of $300,000, for building Her
ing's blue prihtv double sewer system.
If this was primarily the reason, can
any' citizen conceive of the possibil
ity of the scheme being successfully
carried out. -
As a rule, the taxpayers, of our city
ContJnued on Page 2.) .
MUNICIPAL FINANCIERS
' PLEAD FOR BIG DEBT
New tactics to get a vote for the
big bond Issues have been resorted
to. City Clerk J. Alex H. Robin
son, District Chairman John . Kin
sella, Alderman Steigler and Jwlius
Bachman, the financial experts of
Mayor Wilson's : administration,
have been designated to plead the
cause of bonds before the Slavo
nian, people of Bridgeport. , Ijast
night" they addressed the Slavonian
Republican club, picturing the
beauties of a large municipal debt
in touching language.
The bonding brigade - is leaving
nothing undone that will assist In
getting a debt vote. '
The "boys" are oat hustling, and
they understand that the admin
istration wants the bonds "put
II. H. DIVIDENDS, .
NOT EARNED, SAYS
I. C CV WITNESS
v Washington, April 30. FMrther
testimony regarding the acquisition of
the New Tork, : Boston . Westchester
and Po'rtchester railroad properties by
the New Xork, - New Haven & Hart
ford railroad,' was submitted, when the
interstate commerce commission today
continued its : investigation ' of the
financial affairs of the "New Haven.
' Among, the witnesses were George
S." Hansel, , secretary - to Oakleigh
Thorne, who . engineered the trans ac
tion; ; Frank S. Fowler, examiner of
the commission,.. who stated yesterday
that there" was a discrepancy of mere
than ' $1,032,000 between the amount
allowed Mr. Thorne by the New Haven
to make the purchase and the amount
expended . as shown by books of the
MUlbrOofc" company, the 'holding con
cern of the i two roads and L. S. Mil
ler, president -of the Westchester
"road..., ' . ' " .. . v-.'; -
Examiner Fowler testified he had
made a thorough examination .of the
hooks of the New Haven road for
the JO years' -ending June SO,. 1918. knJ
had f ound-Jthatr ihe; cnipay;jraft 'bei
bind SS0.400.00O durimt that" time. The
floatinff indebtedness on the-daie inen-
ttoned, 'he said, was . 33,39S,O0O. s ,The
company, in epite of ,'this he ' said.
parfd out- dividends .- thatwere not
earned during some of these years.
Mr. Fowler further- said that In 1908,
1908, .1911 an 1912, the-New, Haven
had not -earned the dividend it paid.
In 1908 alone he said the road' ran. be
hind $2, 516,00fl ,The total dividends
paid in 10 years amounted - to $89i-
000,000.--: ... v - - ; - - ; ; ; ;
The " bonded ;.' indebtedwess jumped
during the decade from. $25,000,000 to
$204,000,000, but the capital , was- in
creased in the same period from $17, -000,000
to $138,000,000. " -
The MJillbrook . company was organized-
in 'December, " 196, Mr. Fowler.
oald, and ' started out with an indebt
edness of $8,250,000. - . - -
James P. McDonald of New "Tork
told ' of getting a contract from the
.Subway & ? Westchester company
through, the purchase of some stock-,
to build the ' New Tork,. . Boston &
Westchester road. This contract he
said he later turned, over to the City
& County Contracting ; company,? r
celving ; $375,000 for relinquishing hie
rights to it.
. Mr. McDonald remarked that he did
not know at the . time the. New Haven
road was interested. ' . - r
"If I had," he added, T would have
asked , $1,500,000 for, Klvine un . mv
contract." '. '
George H. ' Hansel, of ' Cranf ord, N.
J confidential, secretary- of Oakleigh
Thorne, - was ; questioned as '"to'.: pay
ments that passed' ': through . i Mr.
Thome's hands in the Westchester
transactions He: said no vouchers
were given. i,'.'-.
"Have you any cancelled checks to
show?": . :'-.'..,;.-. : ,--',y'";.
"No. Those 'were turned, over to
Miss' Mary Long, another employe of
Mr. Thome's . along.with the books
which she later sent to Mr. Thome's
home and which were burned' " -
ELLEN C, CARROL '
TO KEEP $10,000
IN LILLIS ESTATE
Decision In -Matthias Carroll's appeal
from the commissioners and in the suit
Of -Stephen B. Hayes. - administrato.;
against Ellen C - Carroll of Newtown,
were given this afternoon by Judge
Tuttle. . The court upholds the com
missioners in the first case but in
the second suit finds in favor of Mrs.
Carroll. ' ' ' "
These suits resulted from trouble in
settling the estate of Patrick Lillis,
who died in .Newtown in 1910. It was
agreed that ; they should be tried to
gether and arguments , were 'finished
this morning. Matthias Carroll, with
whom Lillis lived, xfiled a claim against
the estate for , $944. declaring , this
amount was due for services. The
claim was - disallowed .by the com
missioners and Judge Tuttle approves
this ruling. ;
Then Deputy -Sheriff Hayes, admin
istrator on the Xjillis estate, brought
suit against Mrs. Carroll to recover
$10,000, he alleged Mrs'. Carroll obtain
ed' from-Lillis by undue influence. Mrs.
Carroll declared ' Lillis lived in her
house for 17 years and had given heixj
the money at various times to show
his gratitude. ' Judge Tuttle decided
Mrs. Carroll need not return the
money. - - r ;
Mary Have you a village improve
ment society in your town? .
Alice Yes; we've-rnarried off every
bachelor in the. place. Smart Set.
MEDIATORS?' ASK FRIENDLY
SERVICES OF E
: - POWERS. TO PREV
- t
IMPORTANT ISSUES INVOLVED
- IN THE COLORADO MINE WAR
The strike in the Southern Colorado coal fields already has cost
between seventy-five and one hundred and seventy-five lives and a
money loss of more than $25,000,000. -
The demands of the union folloW: ' "
Firsts Recognition of the union. ; ; ' '
: 'Second Ten per cent advance in wages, on the tonnage and day
wage scale, which is practically In accord with' the Wyoming 'wage
scale. , ' .'.-'.." !. '.-' . '". '''.'"' -
-. ' Tliird Eight hour day for all classes of labor in and around coal
mines and coke ovens. . : '. '.. '." : - ' :-'
' Fourth Pay for all narrow work and dead work, which includes
brushing, timbering, removing falls;' handling Impurities, .etc .
' Fifth Check weighmen - at all mines," to ' be elected by miners
without interference; by. company officials.:-' J"1"- . !
' ' Sixth: Right to trade n any store and right to choose own board
. Ing places and doctors. ' " Y "; v
Seventh Enforcement of Colorado mining laws and abolition of
notorious mine guard system.
U. S. TROOPS TAKE FIELD V
AGAINST STRIKERS WHO
v KILLED LfilLITIA OFFICER
Denver, April 30 Nine Identified
dead and probably' many more whose
death was not reported, is the re
sult of the fighting last night In the
strike zone,of the southern Colorado
coal fields. ' ' 1
The killing of Major Lester,, a promr
inent physician . of Walsenburg while
trying; to s save the life of a wounded
guardsman, added to the tense' feel
iXLg: iJ:o4ay, ;, Thirty soldiers who-had
served in the militia , -under'Maior
Lester forgof their grievance against
the; state on account of not receiving
back pay and late last night went to
W4lsenburg vto offer theirs services in
ant - future 'conflict with the strikers
I IRASTIOAOTTOX. ABTISKD,
-The,! battle at Forbes, wfcere seven
mine' guards and two strikers J were
known' to . have been killed yesterday,
caused state officials to announce that
drastic action would have .to be taken
immediately to prevent further blood
shed.. .For this work. Gov. Immons
looks to the' United States troops who
now occupy portions of the strife-torn
sections of Colorado. The troops from
D. A., Russell, Wyo., arrived in Canon
City yesterday and took charge of af
fairs in that section which earlier in
the week was the scene of desperate
fighting.- "' '-. .' ',
What disposition-would be made 'of
the troops from Fort Leavenworth unr'
der Major Holbrook who arrived In he
Trinidad district was not known early
today tout it . was expected that a de
tachment would be ssent into ,Walsen-
burg -where the most serious fighting
of the strike-nas tanen piaoe. - - J
The battle -at Walsenburg : yesterday
was between 100 state soldiers, divid
ed into two commands of about 60
eachi and more than 400 strikers en
trencshed in rifle pits behind the lava
formation of the hills which form a
Beinl-circle around"- Walsenburg from
north to south for a distance of three
miles. The militia had started to the
Walsen-mine at the far ,end . of the
district . to aid in the . protection of
that property.
.
ATTACKED PROM AMBUSH.
Under Lieut. Scott, one -detachment
advanced along " the Hills. The sol -
DONOVAN ARRANGES
SPECIAL HEARING
FOR LEARY'S FOES
Arranges Hearing for Thena
Before Senate Committee
On Post Offices and Post
Roads. . v ;
(Special to The Farmer,)
'-Washington, April 30 Representa
tive Donovan preserved his reputation
for uniqueness and fair play, today,
when he arranged with Senator Bank
head to give a hearing to the Norwalk
protestants against his selection of
Andrew Leary to be postmaster of
South Norwalk.
- Thus the Connecticut congressman
keeps open house for the opponents
of his choree, and doubtless, causes
some'fconfusion among those who per
haps had supposed , that their views
would die with the paper on which
they were expressed.
, Leary was recently recommended
by Mr. Donovan for the position, but
the Democrats say that Mr. Leary is
not a Democrat and want to -be heard.
Mr, Donovan said . today' they would
surely be given- the right to be heard
and that the Senate committee would
receive all of the evidence.- No one
deniesthat Leary is capable of filling
the. position, and the objection is made
solely upon the claim that he is not a
dyed in the wool Democrat. . ' .-
Among the men who " will decide
whether or not Leary is a Democrat
are John H." Bankhead of Alabama;
Boise Penrose of -Pennsylvania; Le.
baron B. Colt of Rhode Island; Hoke
diers were without thought of attack
when suddenly from the rifle pits came
a rain of bullets over the heads of the
first detachment. Lieut. Scott drew
his men up In fighting line and order
ed the fire returned. Soon he saw
that the attacking force greatly out
numbered his : men and had the ad
vantage of 'the natural fortification
and ' he ordered his men into the ar-
Wjrttc-. ,s :-, " i --l1"- "' " !--"!"-; ,
Captain Swope hurrid to'1-.reinforce
the-vanguard, .his men firing a they
ran. , 'When the two commands unit
ed .they gradually withdrew from the
arroyo; and advanced upon the tren
ches. .'.V V; ; '.-. ;'.,.'.';"-.
' Then, from the south came a small
command under Captain Barrett, hur
rying to relieve them. Captain Bar
rett deployed his men back to the
north flank .of the strikers, who faced
fire from thre( sides. -Finally Horace
F. Hawkins of the United Mine Work
ers, who was in communication with
the .strikers, called on Col. yerreck
berg in-Walsenburg' to agree to an
hour's truce to consider terms of sur
render. It was said' strikers- agreed
to deliver their arms to the soldiers
provided 1 they were not held prison
ers. v To ' this, it was saMd, Col. Ver
deckberg agreed.
. l MINERS VIOLATE TRUCE
v It i was arranged that seven' officers
were to go forward; to receive the
arms of the strikers as they filed past.
Col. "Vardeckberg so informed the mil
itia and they ceased firing. The offi
cers, it was stated, advanced a con
siderable distance and the strikers left
their position, passed " the militia and
renewed firing. ? ,'-'
'. It was at this ' moment that Major
Lester was killed. ' During the lull in
battle he had gone forward' to the
aid of Private - Glen Miller who had
fallen 150 feet from the point at which
the- strikers then were. -
So hot was the Are that the militia
men were unable to advance to where
Major Lester's body lay and were ful
ler oeeuniert in defending themselves.
For. two hours more the fighting con-
I tinued " and finally the strikers with-
I drew, carrying their guns with them.
Smith of Georgia; James E. Martins
of New Jersey; Vardaman of Missis-
sippi; Joseph L. Brlstow of Kansas;
Claude Swanson,- of "Virginia ,and a.
number of other leading lights of the
Republican and Democratic party who
ought " to know what a Democrat is,
as they have seen many of them of
late.
HOW ONE SMALL TAX
PAYER SEES BONDS
- - .'
. "I paid $15 taxes on my little home
last year. This year I must pay M0.
because they have all the tax collec
tions into one' district.' Now f why
ehould they expect any , one to vote
for the bond issue "that Mayor Wilson
and his' supporters in this adminis
tration propose?" '
This question was shot at one of
the extra clerks who has been work
ing for Tax , Collector Howard F.
Smith; by a resident -of Black Rock
who has paid taxes in Bridgeport for
many yeans. t .
Under the arrangement of the pres
ent administration tfie tax rate has
been increased' to 19.2 mills, the high
est rate the city has ever known.
HEAR KEMONSTRANCE OX
COUJBR.V SATURDAY MORNING
The county commissioners wllj hold
a hearing Saturday morning on the
remonstrance against Edward Col
burn, who wants to. transfer a liquor
license from 206 Church street to 1857
State street. Residents in that neigh
borhood object to the application be
cause they say there are enough sa
loons in the vicinity. , 1
A -proposal has been made for the
convocation at Bogota of a Spanish
American Telegraph Congress.
0ROPEAI1
ENT- VI.
A. B. G. EfllfGYC
INDUCE REBEL
Tt iniM .Tf!f f '
IU JU1U 1U
Foreign Nations Will 1 1:
No Effort to Ilcdlfj
Wilson's Demands
AMERICAN C0I7CUL:;
' RTITXT Tt A HIT TO T f
Carranza's .' Accept-sr;::;
Mediation Gives Dip!:
mats Wider Ccop 3 ,
Washington, April 30 1 1
n5SPrtfH rirf fnrTav nn it r- -
p j .... i ,
f.innahlft nufhnritv Ihst '
South Axnerican envoys
are seeking to avert a cri
ikir - - 1 . i . i r
iucjui;u uavc "H' A 1 -' -
pean goTernmenls for tta.
offices to facilitate '
between Mexico and tl;e Ur
Slates.
The appeal, it mb - '
not include a tc ' -ported
from nhrr - !. !, !
powers use their ir,f i - - -on
President ,Vi3 on - i
conditions which ', i
success of the nr-r J'-;1; - .
Jt also was :rn- '
proposal to General C:ir
as iread of the contj'liif ',
to Join the armitie r ;
between the-.United Sf -,
Huerta, has been iua'de : v I
mediation envoys. '
The proposal was tew. :
to General Carranza toV.-'.,
his acceptance of the
fices of - Brazil, Argentir.''
Chile and is a part of t.V- j '
of the envoys to secure a '
eral cessation of holilit;--all
.Mexico pending tha rnr
tion negotiations.
clared, already has borne frtii. -eral
. diplomatic repreaenta s i
European nations hare eoi)Suit1
Secretary of State Bryan with ria
to the negotiations.
FRIKNTHiY OFTICES OTf N I
abroad with regard to this it-a ''t
was pointea out, were vojwi'j. n
to insist upon modification r,f
attitude 'of the United States. '
here who are In touch with tr- r
tiations insist that such action w
even considered and that the trim
offices of some of the European e
ernments had been extended
eral request.
It is believed here that any r
taken .byy the European ffrrvri -probably
'will be limited to err r
ing through their represenUUi
the hope that the mediation wom i
successful and their desire to f --.
this purpose. There was no J
Is said, on the part of tneee w v
ments to Interfere with th po
Bresident Wilson.
The mediation envoys. Am
De Gama, of Brazil, Minister ? ,
Argentina, and Minister Hj-r". i
Chile, renewed their ccmfrwr' t
day after- the Brazilian am' i-
had conferred with Robert -counsellor
of the state departm-t
President Wilson indicated in t
A reported. conference betw--n V;
and Carranza was regarded a
nificant.
With the exception . of the cm
sired by the mediators, is bIiev !
be in operation, although Its t-
have not been defined, nor. In f-
has there been any lormai accr '
on the part of the princtpals.
secretary nrysn nas oui n'"..
of the belief, of the mediators
their efforts to accomplish om!1
by the proclamation of st R"
armistice.
CAItRAXZA'S ACCETTANf i:
Swift developments in the Mt;
tutionalist chief, within the - r!
proposed settlement' plana, prev-r;
a broadened field of enrteavor to
It was believed their next rnov- w.
be a request for an nrrnim ' -i
tween Huerta and the northr i r
els.
Carranaa's entry into th Mr.
diplomacy was conflrmrfl r-n r ,
day .by his acceptance in rr;r: ,
gen tin a, Brazil and Chil. fi rt
forwarded from Chihuahua., i :-
the envoys for their oTTr-r "In
tempt to solve in a pn"f t
friendly way the rtiiT'TTsr-oa- m--4Continu-l
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