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BRIDGEPORT, CONN., SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1914
PRICS TWO CE2TT3
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ASSHOPPER AUTO
CKEfc RID
CAPEUMNJU
PARTY FLEES,
LEAVING GAR
IN FAIRFIELD
Stolen Automobile "Jumped
Fence, Leaped Forty
Feet Into Lot.
MOTOR WAS TAKEN .
FROM LOdAL GARAGE
& Co., Name of Driver
Is Kept Secret.
After stealing the handsome trrarijig
tlj B. T. Ierce. jr.. company
of this ity from the Aston garage,
end collecting- a. Joy-riding party, a
maun -wtioso description is already in
'the hands of the police, wrecked the
machine Just west of the -Ash Creek
Sbridge In one of the most remarkable
liurdling- feats that has been accom
plished in this -vicinity -without the
fcar.d of death falling heavily . upon
the occupants. -
The car, -which la - a. big-h powered
Tterco Arrow four seated touring' car
with over 0 horse ..power,- was being
dri-ren towards ' Fairfield, it -is be
lieved, by an intoxicated man with a
?arty of men and' women, occupants
Suddenly, the tracks deeply imbedded'
in the Warrenite paremcnt show, it
swerved to the left and' etrucki a. solid
rtn wall about ' the pasture lot
owned by illrs. -Brown, of Fairfield.
The znactiine leaped high, in the air
sd first struck the soft turf 42 feet
, from the wall." It then bounded into
the air again and landed about twen
ty feet further ap the pdigtit rise In the
ground. . ' -,
. Tte front wneele and parts of the
engine mechanism were badly ehat
tered, but, a the body failed to turn
over, the occupants are believed to
rimve - escaped ' witanout lnjdry - other
I than the shock -and .bruises. From the
condition of the steering wheel, it Is
fbeHeea that - the driver may have
aJTered internal injury. '
The ceident lev' said to ' have oc
;urred between 1 and. S o'clock in the
iTn oralis:, as the car waa discovered
shortly before that hour, None of the
i residents in - the vicinity were awafc
.ned, which leads - the authorities , to
HbeUeve none -were seriously injured.
At the Aston garage. It is said that
someone connected with the company
i-took the car from the place shortly
lef ore S o'clock, and , referred inquir
ers n. T. Pierce, Jr, the president
mt tine company.
i He in tarn stated tha-t Franlj Has
. tings, naoager of the ' company, vat
in possession of fufl details.
tings was unsparing in hie criticism
of employes who-, ' taking advantage
of the confidence reposed in them,
'took ca out and wrecked them,
'when the employers had no redress.
He said the name of the persen re-
eiponelhie had, been given to the'poliee
; and that -be would be prosecuted : to
the full extent ef - the law for aheft
'when captured.
J,n estimate of the damage could
jiot today be secured from the Aston
5 garage people, -who were instructed to
; salvage the wreck this morning. It Is
!figured, however, to be between $200
Vnd $300.
DIVORCES GRANTED
BY JUDGE TUTTLE
Judre Tattle in the superior court
this afternoon' handed down decisions
kn two divorce suits which were tried
yesterday afternoon. In the suit of
action of Iaura Swint - of this city
tegainst Henry Swint of Philadelphia,
the court gives Mrs. swim me oecre
an the ground of desertion, in ireDru-
iry 19- r 'The couple were married
April 2, 1902. i -3i2rs, Swint a . maiden
name was Laura iteynoias.,
James Wakely JLavis or ureenwien,
Was granted a divorce from Jessie
Ssioultcn Davis of Greenwich. Deser
tion on July 10. 1810, was alleged. The
poaple were married October 7, 1S98.
In New Tork's police parade on May
S, T,l0 men will take part. '
ojroed!
Best:
PUERTO MEXICO
ARMS SHIPMENT
ISSUE SETTLED
Assistant Secretary of the
Navy Declares No Fur-
ther Crisis Exists.
Washington, May 9 Munitions of
war tJii board, the steamer Kronprin
zessin Ceeiiie now' at Puerto Mexico
will be returned to Germany,' Secre
'tary Bryan announced today.- . . v
"Washlngton, May 9 Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy , Roosevelt , an
nounced today, that, the , state depart
ment- has satisfactorily settled issues
which -had arisen over the reported
cfmsJartenenT.-tof'arms to'Qeneral Huer-
ta a?iard ther -German vessels Jiron-
dnzessin Cecilia , and Bavaria '''to,-' be
ivered Ai, Puerto .Mexico. . t' '" .
RMVAlnrv nf St-M. ' RrrjiTi .'callftfi' at
the White (House early today before
the . President' had reacbed ttie execu
tive ofBce. He left without -seeing the
President and would not discuss the
reports about the German .merchant
vessels In Mexican waters.
At the navy department announce
ment was made that the monitor. Ozark
has light draft and two -12-tnCh guns
and is capable to navigating the Fa
nuco river. , She is now on the -way
to "Key. West. .; :r A '
Secretary of War Garrison reassert
ed today . that' as yet no additional
troops had been ordered : to t Mexico. .
FALL OFIAZATLAN A ! r
-BELIEVED IMMINENT
On Board XJ. 8. S. Calif ornia, Mazat-
lan. Max., May 8 By Wireless to San
Diego, CaL, May '9-UThe fall of Macal
lan seems to be imminent. The city
officials - embarked last ; nignt .on the
federal gunboat Guerrero , and the
steamer' Limantotir, both of which, are
ready to sail for Salina Cruz.
- By order of Huerta, lighthouse ser
vice on the west coast of Mexico has
been abandoned and the1 coast last
nierht was In darkness, u u -
- The American tirig Geneva was cap
tured on the high seas April 26 br the
Mexican transport. Korrlgan, accord
ing -to information received here to
day At the demand, however, 'of Cap
tain ' Magrudei' of the United States
cruiser Raleigh, the brig was released.
VICE CONSUL SILLIMAN
SAFE IN SALTILLO
'Washington. May - 9- -Vice-Consul
Kllllman, reported Imprisoned by fedi
erals at Saltillo is safe and well, ac
cording , to assurance made to the
French legation in Mexico City by the
Mexican war minister transmitted to
the state department , here today. '
State Infantry To '
Be Recruited Up To
' Its War Standard.
Wew Haven, -May 9 Orders from
the war, department to the national
guard of the various states to re
cruit infantry to a war footing of. 160
men instead of 108 as at present is
not taken by military officials here to
mean that the infantry of Connec
ticut v IB to be immediately called tQ
war service. -
. The orders simply provide for the
strength of organizations when,
should a call for mobilization ' come,
the . federal government takes them
over " as volunters. . . ; 1
PASTEL PORTRAIT OF
WASHINGTON SOLD
New York, May 9 The uasted pod
trait of George Washington : painted
for Oliver Wolcott, then secretary ef
the United States treasury by James
Sharpless of Philadelphia, was bought
for $1,658 by James F. Egan, of this
city at a sale last evening.
This has been pronounced the best
likeness extant and possesses the ad
ditional attraction of having been the
last . portrait of Washington taken
from life. 1 -".-.- -. .
- "Reb" ' Cliff Regan, a : notorious
bandit, who is wanted in Oasis, Cal.,
was captured by a sheriffs posse near
Goldfield, Nev.
Move
LOGAL NURSE
- ASSIGNED TO
MEXICO DUTY
Miss Carrie Milligan, For
mer Bridgeport Girl
- j to Join Army.
GLAD TO HELP TJ. S.,
SHE WRITES FRIENDS
Has Had Successful Career
In Uncle Sam's
Hospitals.,;
' Word, has just been received in this
city by relatives of Miss Carrie Milli
gan, formerly - of : this city, but at
present a nurse in the employ o( Uncle
Sam,-of her expected departure to the
scene of the hostilities in Mexico.
Miss Milllgan is1 well known in this
city having: lived 'here until, a .few
years ago. . She was popular in the
younger set. She served three years
in the Newark city hospital,, where
with constant study : she became one
of .the finest .trained nurses In that
city. Miss Mllligan is at present . at
the : Lettleman Hospital on the gov
ernment reservation at San Franciseo-i
With several others, she has . been or
dered to'-W TOajay- tu Uterptr atyahy
time, ;v - Af ' . .-, ..:'-...(-;:;
V She writes vthat "she . would- gladly
dievforiher country if ili -were rteces
eary," ; and that the idea of going to
Mexico is'j welcome ' to feer, . her-. only
regret being that he is a woman in
stead of a man and cannot take a rifle
in her hands for the protection "of t Old
Glory : ' . :; - ,-' .
It was Miss Milllgan -who attended
Mrs. " Funston, , the ... wife of General
Frederick Funston,7 commander of the
soldiers In Mexico at Vera Cruz,' when
she gave birth to a child at the "Lettle
man hospital.
' The s telegram apprising f ; General
Funston of the coming of a daughter
to him, was received at the time , of
the ; arrival of the v American fleet , at
Vera Cruz. :: The bajby . was a day old
at .the' time - and he immediately sent
the following cable to his wife: "Love
to all, including baby." ; : " (v: -;''---;.
Miss Milllgan received her yearly
educatipn in the public schools of the
west sid. ' She later " entered ; the
Bridgeport High school, from - which
she graduated with high honors. Af ter
graduation she was employed In sev
eral offices of the city.as'stenographer,
but she determined 'to train for a pro
fessional career, i ' She served for three
years at the city 'hospital, Newark. ., -i-j,
' About a year ago. she. enlisted as
trained,.- nurse in the United States
Hoepltal, corps. -. ; She was then sent to
Walter 'Read hospital, Takoma; Park,
Washin'gton, D. C,-,- where she secured
a high, rating. After four months of
service she was v transferred ..to the
Iettleman. hospitaLi , '
Until the hostilities broke outi In
Mexico, Miss' Milllgan . had expected
to be assigned -to -the Philippine Is
lands or to. Honolulu. i-Tfained nurses
in -the . hospital corps serve, one year
in the United States and the other ! two
years of enlistment in the island pos
sessions of the country.
- A brother,- George H. L Milllgan, and
a sister, Louise M4iligan, registry clerk
in" the Bridgeport post dffice live at"
65 Washington Terrace. They declare
that their sister is perfectly capable
of taking care of herself, and. express
no fear, even though she-is sent to
Mexico to 'serve in the field hospitals
there.- ",":
MYSTIC SHRIHERS
LEAVE CITY FOR
ATLAHTAjlEETING
Fifty Members of Pyramid
Temple Will Attend
Convention.
Nearlxc fifty members of Pyramid
Temple, - delegates" to the big conven
tion of Mystic Shriners at Atlanta, Ga,
left on the 2 o'clock train for New
York where they" will join the mem
bers of the delegation from New Eng
land and New York State, i when the
entire party leaves ; for the south on
the . Pennsylvania Railroad.
The convention, will be held May 12,
18 and 14 and during the convention;
the Bridgeport delegation will . make
their., headquarters at, the Piedmont
hotel where .the -convention will -N: be
held. . The Shriners will toe the guests
of the city during the three days of
next - week, and, between sessions ' pt
the convention, will be ' shown the
points of - interest . in the southern
town; i i '
The Bridgeport -delegates will visit
many points ' of interest in the south
Wheel fim Eaoluiqoc:",',
Cr. n -n-ji: n 1 Tvonn l .
Lest We. Forget
Ten years ago the New Haven
Railroad was one of the richest
and most profitable properties
in New England. . . . s
Then it passed into the hands
of men who wanted to get rich
er quicker. ., - ,"!"
These men shouted for "IM
PROVEMENTS." They denounced "LITTLE "
railroading- -
What they really -wanted was
money to spend.-. ..jv
The more money expended,
the 'more rakeoffs there would
- i
be, ...
. - . - - - - - i -
' This money could not be tak
en from pie income of the com
pany, so it was BORROWED.
The debt of the company was
raised 400 percent. ;i
- Today the company is in hard
straits. . .
Its stock has lost three
fourths of its value.
' Its stockholders, including 11,
OOO women, are getting - no . di
vidends... .' .: -
- One of the company's subsi
diaries .' has Just. notified
BRIDGEPORT IT LACKS
FUNDS WITH WHICH TO
KEEP ITS LEGAL OBLIGA
TIONS to this crrxt ;' s
Some . of ; the officers of the
'long they can keep-out of, jail. ,V
- , Up to a few years ago Bridge
port, like the -New Haven- Co.,
"was a pay-as-you-go corpora
tion. . , . , ' ',
Now it is in the hands of men
who call it a "Little Bridgeport."
, , They .want a "Big 1 Bridge-
port". ' " . ...
Tliey say that the only way to
have a ."Big . Bridgeport is to
.have a big debt.
- These men have increased -the
; cost of rnnning the city by
t$685,000 in three years.
p They are 'trying to make the
debt 50-per cent. larger, or fiye
times as large.
- They want to MORTGAGE
all the homes In Bridgeport, so
: they will have lots of money to ;
t . spend. - s
'"" A great and unproductive
. debt Drought the greatest rail
road system in New England to
- its .knees. , A .
'-,' A - great and uti productive
debt will bring Bridgeport to its
knees. -
' Instead of a greater railroad
system ; there is a feebler rail-
road ' 8ystera.i v If the bonders
have, their way, -. instead : of a
greater Bridgeport, there will
be a smaller Bridgeport, or a
Bankrupt Bridgeport.
'-';-. Bridgeport, like the New Ha
ven road, grew great under the
pay-as-you-go plan. - V :
If you want New Haven rail
road - methods tried in Bridge
port,: go to the polls, May 16,
and vote for a great; debt.
-If yon do not believe that an
era ' of pernicious extravagance
win help your city, vote against
it. , ,.: .
- But VOTE. . .. .
Prove yourself entitled to a
freeman's right by performing
: your duty as an elector of a
free city, in a free
wealth. ' '"'' ;
before "t returning to this city. The
delegates' will stop at Luray, Chatta
nooga and other cities brought into
prominence during the Civil war on
the return trip. . '
Among the delegates are: Potentate
Frank Slosson, Chief of Patrol . F. A.
Bartlett, Lieut. H. C, " Stevenson,
George Kingston, A. C. Schultz,
George Wallace, Louis Kutscher, Jr.,
F. A, Strong, 1 Col. J. ,A. Wade, Barle
M. V Christie, Police Commissioner
George S. Hill, R. C. . Sherwood,
George Beers, George Foote, Grant
Kingsbury, B. A. Hooper, Henry Burr,
Frederick Atwater, C. E. Billings of
New Haven, George " Stadler, Carl y F.
Sieman, . S. G. Eetshaw; of Anson la,
Carlton E. Hoadley of New Haven,
.Frederick Northrop, Ralph Fairchild,
Otto , Lehmann,. O.: Wv Raymond - of
Norwalk, Fred Schussler, , D. A. Par-ker-,Judge
L. J.'Nickerson of West
Cornwall, - W. . S. - Rogers of Bantom, '
Mr. and Mrs. J. - P. Frisbie, Mr. and
Mrs.- P. L. Holzer, Mr. and Mrs. A.-H.
McKenzie and J. -W. Porter of Dan
bury. . . : .
A bill excluding motor vehicles from
Nantucket Island passed the Massa
chusetts House. I .
WILLIONIARE
PAST FATALLY
SHOOTS SELF
Battle Creek Manufacturer
Commits Suicide in
Santa Barbara.
JUST RECOVERED
, FROM OPERATION
Despatches From West Tell
of Breakfast Food
Man's Death..
Santa Barbara, CaU May 9:
Charles W. Post, the millionaire man-,
uf acturer of Battle Creek, Mich., shot
and killed himself early today.
Mr. Post was taken ill here sudden
ly several months ago ' hurried , to
Minnesota aboard a special train for
an operation. He returned here only
recently apparently recovered.
POLICE, SEEKING
IDENTIFICATION
OF 2 SUSPECTS
Men Charged With Trying to
" Work Bunco Game Held in
- Heavy Bonds. ,
. . !--,- i - t ' ' ' '
working of the moss-grown handker-
on Eagle street t for two weeks past
and formerly of Eayton, O., and Al
fonso Larocano of Philadelphia, were
arraigned before City Court Judge
Coughlin today. . They were held for
a . hearing until next , Saturday : with
bonds fixed at $3,000 each. The con-
t)mmn 1a fnr -f-litt nn mncst tf all rt-rnr int.
. f - . .
the. police to send pictures and - des
criptions ' to departments , throughout
the east, also to allow local victims
of the "game" , to' "try ; and -identify
by the police, Larocano has -been iden
tified - ajt . thf. TYlfl.-n -wrH ; imilor . .th.
name of James DeRella, was' one of a
numoer arrested in Rochester, N, Y.,
on ' a similar cha.rnr ' T .a ricnti. ad
mits ; having been In Rochester but
says mat ne received only 'four; days
for the offense, committed there. !. The
Rochester authorities are to be com
municated with 'and more details ob
tained. , - , . . - ' i :
Another fle-ure In the trrnnn hai tuwn
partly identified as the. third man of
yesterday's Broun and the
escaped. This one Cosslno Caruso,
141 Willard street, recognizes as the
one successfully playing" the game on
him. .Thursday to the tune of nearly
$300. " VV ': . - , .
There .have been numerous visitors
at police headquarters in an attempt
to identify them. Nicholas Gaeto, a
barber at 668 State street, recognized
the picture of the missing man as the
person approaching him the morning
of Fast Day with the regulation in
vitation. Nicholas was "wise" to, the
"game" and declined with thanks.
' State Policeman SVant ttimih
municated with police headquarters
ioaay rrom iartrord saying that John
Benltino, 12 Lee ayenue, lost- $500 Feb
ruary 10," at the Atlantic " hotel, by
Playing the "game." He desired that
Benltino be communicated with- and
that his identification of 'the men be
sought. - .
Much credit is today being given to
Agostino Gonf aloniere, former Greg
ory - street -barber and - now. in the
real estate business at 623 East Wash
ington avenue, for his presence or
mind in causing the arrests, not only
for recognising the handkerchief
"game" and saving his own money
but in leading the get-rich -quick men
along until Capt. Redgate and Lieu
tenant Webb could round them out
Captain Redgate and Lieutenant
Webb have also been complimented
upon the successful manner in which
they caught the two. .
TWO MONTHS' SENTENCE
; FOR ASSAULTING WIFE
Joseph Wilenbinsky, 623 Broad
street, was given two jnonths in jail
at today's city court session for as
saulting his wife last night. She
testified that his treatment was noth
ing unusual. .
Miss Martha Burr, aged 81 -years,
died at the Galen hospital, this morn
ing, from meningitis. Miss Burr had
resided in Easton with her brother,
B ' F. Burr, for a number of years.
FATALITIES W!
PROBABLY 'EICI
' .'.". v' ' ' ' . ' ' 1 ' - "
Troops And Civilians JRushed To Sici
ly To, Aid In Rescues Of Thoca
Entombed Under Debris Of Their
.Fallen HomesFire Adds To Tits
"Horror a-x . r-p -:
Ruin Is Almost Complete For Miles
Around City Of Catania :. "After
Eruption Of Mt. Etna--Teleirapii
y- 7ires All Down And Railroa
r Unable ToMove
.. Catania, Sicily, May 9 -Earthquake and, eruption followed
by fire destroyed many villages and accorjiing to' official reports
caused the death of 135 people in the. vicinity of this town last
iiight besides injuring 283 others. . j
. t It was regarded as probable that the figures of the dead am!
injured would prove to be much greater, as it is. thought many
were buried in the ruins. t
. The final and most disastrous earthquake hadbeen preced
ed by sixty others during the past two days and many of the
population had abandoned their houses and fled into the open
country. . '' "
' ; 4 . ,
Catania, Sicily, May 9 A violet earthquake greatiy resrrn!;
iing that at Messina in 1908, late st night destroyed about a
dozen villages in this vicinitv. yNo estimate, of s. the number or
casualties has yet been made' but it is known that-Hie dama:;a
was enormous. , 1 - - : ; ;-, v ' ; : ; '. "I ;' ....... .
; Fifty persons are known to have been killed in the. destruc
tion of the village of Linera, While, among the ruins of Passo- -porno
Bongiardo and Amalati,' 20 bodies have been found up to
the present. ', ' :r-. .'
--'''.VThe gravity of the' disaster was not realized until this morn
ing when reports came in from the surrounding country.
; Villages of Linera and Gonzenlini were transformed into
.heaps of. rains. ; ; -, i ;''-,"y '
In Zaffraha, every -..house was destroyed, ,
Enormous damage was caused at Santa Venerina.
? Roofs fell in and walls collapsed in the hamlets of Santa,
Mariai Ammalati, Carico, Guardia, Mangano, Santo Teola and
Bongiardo. ' ':''' '-.'P-:
The village of Santa Maria Vergine Catena was razed to t!ie
ground. ' '
' Railroad tracks were torn up, churches razed, houses shak
en to ruin and telegraph poles overturned within a radius o
several miles of Catania at the foot of Mt. Etna, the center of dis
turbance. ', - V' v -'".-' .'.' '--.''
Terror-strieken people rushed from the villages into Ca
tania bringing stories of ruin and disaster arid relating that ti
damage was as great as during the earthquake in 1908,
Immediate measures pf relief Avere taken by the authorities.
Military, naval and civilian officials received orders front tho
aovernment in Rome to render aid in the work of rescue and ia
giving surgical assistance and their efforts were aided by those
of the Red Cross. ' .
The difficulty of communicating, owing to the interrupted
railroads and telegraphs, made it impossible to obtain an ac
curate estimate of the damage and loss of life.
In the village of Cosentieni, 20 bodies were discovered and
at Santa Maria another six.
Prefect (Minervini, of Catania, and
all the officials under his superin
tendance were called ; together early
today and given orders to do all in
their power to aid the alicted inhab
itants. They have since been work
ing indefatigaWy together with all
the' soldiers in the district in the en
deavor to rescue those still alive be
neath the ruins and In extricating the
dead from the debris.
All the availa ble . nurses have been
mobilized' and are assisting in gath
ering the homeless and the children
who have lost their parents for whom
temporary ehelter is being provided.
HEARTRENDING SCENES
Along the roads from one village to
another the scene Is Heartrending.
Groups of people pass along, carrying
on improvised litters their injurea
, J..
surgical stations. In the neignoor- j
hood of' Santa Venerina the number
HH
WjWV
:i5'
of the injured is very Iwge.
The authorities have commanflncrea
all the available automobiles to as
sist in the work of rtecae.
For' several days pagt earthquake
shocks had been felt at frequent In
tervals accompanied by an eruption
of Mt. , Ktna. No attention, however,
was paid to these occurrences, the in
habitants -of -.the district being accus
tomed to telluric .agitations. The first
severe shock was felt at o'clock last
evening, 'but , the fact that this 3m :t
caused any destruction was not known
in Catania, as railroad and telegraph
ic communication between the -affected
villages and tills" town had been
interrupted.
The extent of the catastrophe v.a
not realized until this mornlns whn
terror-etricken groups of people vvhu
escaped injury came into, ton ss
- I brintrincr the traerlts news i
bringing the tragic news with them.
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