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VOL. 50 NO. 154
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1914
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"Chicago Joe" Hanged at WTeth
ers field For Murder of
Jennie Cavalliera. .
CONFESSES CRIME AS
' HE GOES TO GALLOWS
fanging Makes New State Rec
ord For. Quickness of' i
Execution. . t.
'CBy Staff Correspondent.) ,
Wethersfteld, Juno SO Con f easing
that it was he who fired the ah Ota
which killed Jennie Cavalier! on Oc
tober 22. 1912, Joseph Buonomo, fcnowe
as "Chicago Joe," met hk death jipon
the ac&ffold In Wethersfteld' prison at
- 12.-07 fhie mornlnr, his necfc being
broken, and death being pronounced
instantaneous atfter a lapse of ,the
, usual 13 minutes interval. Buonomo
. eaJd he killed the woman 'because he
was tired of her. , s
Buooomo, who has been In the state
prison since lecember 24, 1912, 'iiad
hoped against hope that his life would
be spared, and kept up his courage
until late into the night. Then he' all
but collapsed and. In the death march,
his steps were faltering' and slow.
The march, though slightly delayed
. by nte weakening condition, began
about five minutes past twelve. War
. Jen Ward A. Gamer, his assistants
: and assembled newspaper men, were
lined against; the whitewashed .vail
in groups waiting hie coming, s i
Preceded by two Catholic pri- . he
robed priests gave consolation Ills
' , one English and. the other Italian," he
i stepped over the threshold. The biaok
: robed priests gave benediction to his
1 departing soul, three prison guards
quickly strapped his feet, adjusted, the
: blacto-cap- ' and slipped the trtple
j wrapped noose about his neck.- - The
1 trap was sprung just 19 seconds after
! he had entered the chamber at ' 1207
a. m. It was the qnlcfkeet hanging on
recordin the state. v. -v
Prison Physician Edward G. Fox
; an House Fthysician Frank C,, Young
: later pronounced- the man's neck, to
have been. rokn and declared death
i-waa instantaneous.
! Though Buonomo had made -many
.' statements ; during his term, of ,1m-
1 prtsonment while awaiting death, the
moat important was that secured from
; him through the solicitation of his
spiritual advisers yesterday . when he
; admitted to Ward en . Ward A. Garner
; that it was actually he who had shot
I the girl with whom he lived In Chi
I cago. He refused to either implicate
or exonerate others? He simply eaid
that he fired the shots, and "confessed
to make everything straight."
- Asked by the warden regarding
'technical points which have xms&led
'the police, first as to' how both flat
1 nosed and round-nosed bullets' were In
; his revolver, when taken; he said that
. Jhe had brought a pocketful , of thm
i rrom jnicago and had reloaded : his
own gun. He atoo -accounted for the
numerous cigarette- stubs aftout the
i body by saying that he and all' his
companions were : smoking at the
time.
"With the departure xf his mother,
who visited 'him- at the prison on Fri
day last, Joe' seemed happy and in ex
cellent physical condition. With ' a
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ATTACHMENTS MAY
DELAY WORK UPOI
HEW HIGH SCHOOL
With attachments upon the boilers
and even the very bricks with which
the foundations and walls are to be
built being removed from the prem
ises under attachements today, the
i progress of the work on the -new High
school- building is now seriously
jeopardised, according to those In
close touch with the situation.
Under a suit for $1,000 filed by
Robinson & CMovanne yesterday, at
tachments were placed on the boilers
by Sheriff George Mara.
Today two suits for $560 tied up
76.000 bricks being used by the ma
sons, and, under the direction of Sher
iff John M. Donnelly, they were or
dered to be carted from the site. The
suits were, entered by Charles O'Ehea,
a former sub-contractor for 1260, al
leged to be due for sand furnished:
Another suit for $300 was entered
by Thomas Samplrl. a local truck
man for horses and teams furnished
on the work.
Bupt Henry Haas, foreman for Dur
Jtin & Lass, when asked what effect
the attachment would havefl stated
that was In hopes of having them re
moved within a few days, failing
which he would still continue the re
moval of rock. , He' declared that,. In
hla 15 years experience In contract
ing work he had never superintended
such an Involved operation as the new
Bridgeport high school.
HUERTA SEMDS HIS
FAMILY TO COAST
Washington, June 80 Private dfes-f'-atebfts
received here today from "un
official sources In Mexico stated that
president Huerta had sont his son and
daughter toward Puerto Mexico' and
a!, making preparations for his own
departure 'on short notice. The In
formation was conveyed to the state
artment.
7 ry Gordon, postmaster at Dun
- . ,,. i'a.r ani his tlerk, Cozitio
" i. wr f-atally wounded by rob- j
BELIEVE BRIDGEPORT
SOGERS TOOK PRIZE
FOR BEST APPEARANCE
Probable Awards To Re Announced This Afternoon Include
' Hertford Men, Second Rest, and Waterbury j Supposed to
, Have Most Men , in Line Loving Cups'-Will Be Presented
v ' At Rivercliffe Picnic' . V
Stretching oyer more than a mile. of
city streets, and with more than, five
thousand , marchers in line, the ibig
prize parade )of the organizations par
ticipating in the Staats Saengerfest toe
ing held in this city, marched through
the streets of the city, amid he cheers
of the-multitude that lined the streets
over the entire line - of march, this
morning. t
More than twenty German, organiza
tions .from all sections of the state
were . represented. Beautiful floats
played a prominent part, while hum
berless women delegates rode In auto
jnoblles and carriages. The fine ap
pearance of - the delegati ons represent
ing the different cities ' of thev state
represented 'brought rounds of ap
plause from the thousands of specta
tors that ' lined the way -along the
course,
The delegations vied with each oth
er in an effort to capture the prizes
offered Iby the . committee . in charge.
loving cups ,for the 'best appearing
delegation, the second best appearing
AcAt&ntrr sj n thn la.-rcwfr d ftl Ara.ti rm
Hartford, New Havtn, and Waterbury
had delegations that stretched over
several blockst 'It was only after' the
delegations had passed, the stand twice,
that-lt was conceded that the prize for
the largest delegation weuld go. to
Waterbury; '
' The real difficulty was to select the
finest appearing, delegation.' The an
nouncement of the prize-winners Iby
Judges J. M.-Bueckler and Fred Ll
will toe' made at Rivercllf f e late this
afternoon, -where the ... Visiting dele
gates are to enjoy a gigantic picnic
and carnival this afternoon and even
lng. . '"' . A '"' ' : ;'
It was stated from arv authoritative
source this morning, that the prize for
the best appearing delegation march
inar in the parade would, probably go
to the Scbwaetoischer Maennerchor of
Bridgeport They were attired In grey
suits, with hats to-match. They 'were-
loudly applauded' all along the line of
march. - '"' ' '-
The second prize .will undoubtedly
go to the Saehgerbund of Hartford.
They were attired In-: white trousers.
blue coats,, and " wfiite straw hats.
While there were many other pleasing
appearing delegations in the parade.
It was conceded that the judges could
pick no others as prize winners. It
was-unofficlally announced that the
ludsres would make these selections.
' The par4.de was a; veritable mass of
colors. American and German flags
were carried toy each delegate, while
at the head of each was borne a ban
ner designating the v organization v It
represented.
' TYtm column formed In South ave
nue near v Broad street at; 9:30 tftlrf
tnornlng. It then marched down soutn
avenue'' to Main street, arid then Into
State etreet.'. In the reviewing stand
In front of the city hall was . Mayor
Wilson, all city off lclals, and the
judges. '"
The parade proceeded up State
street to the Wheeler - fountain, and
they then retraced their steps down
State gtreet, -past the city hall to Main
street, East Washington avenue. East
Washington, avenue to ridge to Wash
ington Park, where they disbanded to
proceed to Rtverelif f e.
Never before Jn the history of the
Saengerfest has such a stupendous
pageant been- held toy the organiza
tions. Beautiful floats and, many fine
bands made It an event that will long
be remembered by the spectators.
The column wae headed by a pla
toon of police, Lieut. Garry Sanger In
command. There were fourteen po
licemen In the platoon, all of tbem of
German birth or German parentage.
Following the platoon of police came
the Grman. Arion, and American
flags. The parade and' executive com
mittees followed. , attired In white
suits.
The Wheeler A Wilson band fol
lowed, after, which came the first di
vision of the parade. The: delegates
marched In the following order: Ger
mania, Bridgeport, Liedertafel, Rook
vMle. Governor's -FVot Band o Hart
ford, two floats of the Bridgeport La
dles' German society, following which
came "what 1s thought to be the prize
winning Saengerbund delegation of
Hartford. - .
The second divtalon was headed by
Marshal T. Horn, Concordia, Water
bury .Fulton American band of Wa
terbury, the" waterbury , delegation -Is
expected to receive for the largest del
egation in line, Teutonia, New Brit
ain, five automobiles bearing women
delegates, Colt's Armory band of
Hartford, Maennerchor, ' Hartford,
Germanla, Torrington. . v .
G Martin was the marshal of the
third division. Hermansaohne, New
Haven, Liedertafel, 'Stamford, Second
Regimental Band of New Haven, Lie-
derkranz of Thorn as ton, with a large
delegation of women delegates In car
riages. Marine Band, Thomaston, and
the Quartette club, -New Britain.
Fourth -division; H. Schnetmann,
marshal. Coast Artillery band of
Bridgeport, followed by the prize win
ning Schwaebiseher Maennerchor of
Bridgeport, float decorated- in flowers,
a harp depicting harmony, Maenner
chor, Anoonla; Arion, Danbury;' Arion.
Bridgeport. Fifth, division. Marshal J.
"Kullenberg,, followed by twenty-five'
automobiles carrying delegates.
The float of the Arion soicety cre
ated much attention. It was hand
somely decorated in pink and white
roses. In the shape of "a boat. It car
ried the women delegates of the so
ciety. It was a mass of color and
along the route received a great deal
of applause. As the pageant passed
.the ( Elks' club,. -all bands, struck up
Auld Lang Syne." in honor to the'
Bridgeport club of Elks. . ; .
FollotwJnjrJth disbandment of .-the
parade, the delegates boaraed ar for
iiverciirre, "Where the Saengerfest te
out wna a gigantic picnic and car
nival. Games of vori
indulged in while the prizes In the pa
rade and- the elnerinar
announced and awarded.
Over five thousand delegates were m
the city to attend the last day . of the
present Saengerfest. It is the most
successful ever held by the organiza
tions f .- .
. Singers Are 2ncored-
One thousand male volo.es. tolAnrinA
in - the most perf ect harmony as the
stirring words and catclxy music of
Dixie, one of the most famous o
War songs, were sung as the climax in
the Casino last night at the grand eon
cert given toy the male choruses of the
Connecticut Staats Saengerfest. But
It was only one nuiuber of a program
such . as is seldom afforded musical
loving ' people the opportunity of eft
joying. . That much- was expected was
attested to toy the capacity Audience.
That the expectations were realized
was noted in the applause, breaking
out with the completion of practically
every number and insisting upon an
encore. The concert was the' most
meritorious part of the 17th annual
saengerfest. ''''
Bridgeporters were afforded 'an op
portunity of learning what real musio
is. There was an attendance estimat
ed at -over 6,000 people. Director Fritz
K. G. Weber had a wonderful control
over the vast -chorus, the technique
being excellent at all times and -the.
singers obeying the :' slightest gesture
on his part. '. -5 r
Miss Vera Cameron Curtis, a local
girl now with the ; Metropolitan , Opera
Co., of New , York, . and Gyilym Miles,
famous New York toaritone, were the
soloists of the evening. The instru
ment music was by thei entire Wheeler
& 'Wilson band of 40 pieces, under the
leadership of L. F. Chermak.
Governor Simeon E: Bald wlrr aft
tended, congratulated the singers and
spoke briefly on music. He. was in
troduced by compensation commis
sioner and former Mayor E. T. Buck
Ingham. Both;Governor Baldwin' and
Commissioner Buckingham;were never
heard to better advantage.' Their ad
dresses,, tooth 'brief .. . were entirely In
keeping with the high quality of the
program. Many attended from ajl
parts or iwaeia county and. the state.
. ' Soloists Win Favor.
Miss Curtis,who lives at 164 Cole
man street, scored a triumph person
ally , and professionally. Although
hampered toy the somewhat poor
acoustic arrangements of the hall, she
handled her voice In a manner bring
lng rounds of applause. During all
the four numtoers, her clear soprano
voice was heard at its best, not "even
a false note being apparent. Two ex
tra numbers were demanded before
she was allowed to pleave the plat
form. Mr. Miles also had encores de
manded tout did not respond. .
' It was shortly after 8 o'clock when
the Wheeler & Wilson toand rendered
"Qtoerori," C. M. Wetoer, as an over-.
ture. It was 'about 10 o'clock when
selections from Wagner's operas were
played as the floor was cleared for
"dancing. Dancing was enjoyed until
midnight. ' .
Musical Program.
The program of the concert follows:
"Oberon," "overture, C. M. Wetoer,
Wheeler & Wilson band, L. F. Cher
mak, conductor. v
"Der Einsledler an die Nacht," Mas
senchor ,a' capella, F. Aug.' Kt-rn. x
Aria, ' "Jewel Song" from Faust,
Gounod, Mlae Vera Curtis.
Fantasia, ''A Night In Berlin." Hart-
man, band.
"Neuer Fruehling," Petschke, Mas-
senchor.
"Abendstern" from Tannhaeuser,
Wagner, Gwilyn Miles. '
Paraphrase, "In the Deep Cellar,".
Loventoerg, toand. ,
(a) O komm mit mlr in die Frueh-
lin-gsnacht. Van der Strucken; (b)
Waldelnsamkeit, Reger; (o) Im wun-
derschoenen Monat Mai, Hammond,
Miss Vera Crtrtls.
(a) Ritter's Atoschied, Klnkel; (to)
Dixie, Emmett. toy the Massenchor.
(a) Widmung, Schumann; 0b) Ich
grolle nigcht, Schumann; c) Zueig-
nung, Strauss, by Gwilyn Miles.
"Die Drei Gesellen," Podbertsky,
Massenchor and -band. ' . '
Selection from Wagner's Operas,
band. ' " -
In the singing contest yesterday af
ternoon, the soceties In the four class
es were: .
First class, 100-1 B0 voices. Con
cordia, Waterbury, Hans Saro of Wa
terbury, conductor; Hermanssoehne
Maennerchor, New Haven. Prof. Fritz
K. -G. Weber of this city, conductor;
Saengerbund, Hartford. August Weid-
lich of Hartford, conductor; Maenner
chor,. Hartford, S. Leventhal of Hart
ford, conductor.
Second class, 82 voices. Concordia,
Seymour," Prof. ' Fritz K. G. Wetoer.
conductor; Teutonia, New Britain, ,8.
Leventhal, conductor; Quartette Cluto,
Nev Britain, Hans Saro, conductor;
Germanla, Bridgeport, m Prof. Adam
Hugo, conductor; Schwatoischer-Maen-nerchor,
Bridgeport, John Keller of
New Haven,- conductor., v
Third class, 24 voices. Liederkranz,
Thomaston, Hans Saro, conductor;
Arion, Danbury, John Keller, conduc
tor; Maennerchor, Ansonla, John Kel
ler, conductor.
Fourth class, 20 voices, Liebertafel,
Rockville, Oscar Badstubner, conduc
tor; Germanla, Torrington, Max Des
sauer, New Haen, conductor; Turner
Liedertafel, Stamford, Robert Weber.
Jr., Bridgeport, conductor.
Prizes will be awarded at the picnic
today. '
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CONTRACTS BAD
IN LAW AND IN
COMiilOiJ SENSE
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Commissioner Harry H. DeLoss
So Characterizes' Warren
ite Agreements In Let
ter' to Mayor.
IN RIiXGIXG TERMS
; DELOSS STATES FACTS
Law and Charter Requires Pav
ing andN Sewer Matters to
Re Handled Ry the
Commission. . r
a Mayor Wilson's attempt to induce
the paving commission to ratify the
illegal Warrenlte contracts resulted in
a letter to the several -commissioners,
written June 55, In which he request
ed them to meet with the aldermen
"as a most desirable method of talk
lng over the situation." ,'
; To this letter Commissioner Harry
H. DeLoss, has written the following
straightforward and dignified reply
June 29. 1914
Honorable Clifford B. Wilson, ';.
Mayor.. Clty of Bridgeport,
' Bridgeport, Conn.
Dear Sir: '
I beg to acknowledge receipt of
your letter of the 25tn Inst, notifying
me of specfal meeting of the common
council to be held on Monday evening.
June 29th, for the purpose of consid
ering matters relative to paving our
city streets. ' . v
, , Permit me to. call your honor's at
tention to the fact that your Invitation
is addressed to me personally, and
that if I attended the meeting it could
only toe as a 'Citizen and a tax payee
and that I would have no right or
authority to In any way represent or'
to speak for the paving and sewer
commission-; had you desired -to bring
about a joint meeting of the common
council and the , paving and sewer
commission, fyour invitation should
have (been addressed to the commis
sion and not to me personally.
v Speaking only for myself and not
for the commission. It. seems . to me
that the. opinion of the- lty attorney
relative to paving which was referred
to the common council by. the paving
and sewer commission needed no rec
ommendations or suggestions from the
commission, the opinion speaks for it
Self and it is now simply a. question
for the common council "to consider
and decide whether - they should ac
cept the .opinion of their own legal
adviser or go ahead and do something
which will tend to throw discredit on
the city -and work a hardship to- the
citizens in 'the holding up of important
work which should be started, now and
completed as soon as possible.
I personally believe that the city at
torney is absolutely correct in his
opinion, from a common sense, as well
as a legal point of view, and that there
is only one way to settle the present
controversy, and that Is for the com
mon council , to rescind the action
which they. have taken and proceed.
as toy; law and under the charter they
should- do. and -refer this and all pav
ing and sewer work to the paving and
sewer commission; either let the pav
ing and sewer commission do the w,ork
It was created to do or abolish it.
T fl-n-d that other demands upon my
time will make it Impossible ; for me
to attend the meeting called for to
night, which I trust will result only In
such action as will be for the bestxln
terests of the City of Bridgeport.- ,
very truly yours,
- Harry H. DeLoss. .
POSTPONEMENT OF
I. C. C. DECISION
Otl RATES DENIED
New York, June' SO jQpenlng -
Symptoms" of Increasing heaviness
were, plainly discernible in today's
early stock market. Baltimore & Ohio
and Canadian Pacific soon fell a point,.
the decline of the former toeing as
sociated with the company entangle
ments In Cincinnati, Hamilton & Day
ton affairs. United States Steel, Union
Pacific and Amalgamated lost substan
tial fractions. Trading in steel . was
relatively heavy but other dealings
were in minor proportions. . .
Noon The list made general recov
eries In the second hour on authorita
tive denial of the rumor that the inter
state commerce commission purposed
postponing Its decision in the freight
rate cases a fortnight or more. . v
Southern Pacific led the movement
gaining over a point from yesterday's
close, with lesser gains in Union Pa
cific, Northern Pacific and a few other
representative issues. '.An odd lot of
United Dry Goods pfd sold at 60, a
break of 3 1-2 points. The activity at- J
tending the rise wasof brief duration
and at midday the market had fallen
back to Its early dullness.
Bonds were irregular, with a gain
of 3 points in International fives.
FAMOUS SWEDE IS
SAENGERFEST GUEST
A number of Swedish singers from
all sections of the state who have
been participating in the Saengerfest,
are being accorded all privileges ry
the Swedish Singing society, Norden
hall. 129 Wall etreet. Emll Linberg,
who' for many years acted in the dip
lomatic service of Sweden, and who is
one of the most prominent Swedish
residents of the country, was a guest
yesterday. He is visiting City Sheriff
Carl Rising.
Senator Swanson introduced a "res
olution authorizing the use of the
army polo- field at Washington for the
annual army and navy football game.
HIGH TRIBUTE
PAID TO LATE
HEIR AND WIFE
Rodies of Archduke and ' His
Duchess Arrive In.
" Metkovitch.
MURDER PLOT STARTED
IN SERVIA, IS RELIEF
Government Was . Aware of
Treasonable Aims of
Malefactors' Group. '
Metkovitch, Herzegovina, June 3
The bodies of Archduke Francis Fer
dinand and his consort, the Duchess of
Hohenberg, arrived here on a special
train afr 6 o'clock this morning from
Sarayevo, Bosnia,1 the 'scene of Sunt
day's tragedy. Members of the arch-
ducal household accompanied the .bod
ies. '
The town, was draped in black and
the . flags on all the buildings flew at
half mast. Guards fot honor from
the army and navy1 drawn . up along
the platform and behind them were
gathered the local authorities all the
school children of the town and a
dense 'crowd of citizens. ,
The coffins . were removed from the
cars by bluejackets and, after a bless
ing had been given by a priest, con
veyed, amid the roll of muffled drums
and the tolling of church bells, . to the
royal 1 yacht , Dalmat, lying in the river.
They were covered with military flags
and wreaths and on the yacht - itself
were hundreds of floral offerings from
military and naval officers and civil
ians.. .'
As the yacht left, the guard of hon
or fired a general salute. The r-essel
was preceded down the river by a
torpedo boat and followed by the gov
ernor's yacht, on board of which were
the members of ' the hdusehoids of the
Archduke and Duchess. The gover
nor also accompanied the bodies while
they remained in the waters of his
territory. ,- ..
Every village and hamlet aloncr the
river Narenta was draped In mourn
ing and their populations, headed by
the municipal officials and clergy, as
sembled alone: the banks, tbe mn
and women bearing lighted candles and
Kpeeung wmie the - yacht passed. ? At
the same time the-church' bells- tolled
land the priests uttered , blessings.
wnen the Dalmat reached the mouth
of the river It proceeded directly to
the battleship VirTbus, Unitis. which
Iwas lying at anchor waiting to con
vey the bodies to Trieste. The yacht
fired a salute of 19 guns as she came
alongside the battleship and the' cof
fins were then transferred to the af
ter deck of the battleship, , which had
been transformed into a mortuarv
chapel decorated with flags. Here
the bodies were again blessed ,-with
much ceremony by the ship's chaplain
in the presence of the members of
the archducal household and the naval
omcers, . the entire crew beine- drawn
up in a circle around them.
The Viribus Unitis weighed anchor
at 9 o'clock and sailed northward1 with1
the archducal standard flyiner at hair
maqt. .
SERVIANS BLAMED
FOR DUKE'S MURDER
Vienna, June SO According to high
officials, the plot which resulted in the
assassination on Sunday of Archduke
Francis Ferdinand and his wife, the
DucheSs of Hohenberg, at Sarayevo.
owed its Inception to nationalist pro-"
paganda which originated in Servia.
' This propaganda took deep root
among certain elements of the, So..-
vlan population ' of Bosnia. The Bos
nian government was aware of the
treasonable aims toeing pursued tout
was obliged to proceed with the ut
most caution In order -not tn ininV-a
another group of Servians who were
loyal to it Also there were certain
considerations of foreign policy which
had to be reckoned with.
The Bosnian authorities. wMTc
carefully watching and .' restraining
these fanatics, apparently Tjrere unable
to discover the conspiracy-in time , to
prevent Sunday's crime. "
How deeply this Servian danger
really penetrates .Bosnia is Impossible
to Intimate. it fears are expressed
here that it would be difficult to stem
It now. ! . ' '
MEIXEN INDICTED OX
v CHARGE OF CONSPIRACY
Cambridge,' Mass.,Jtme 80. Charles'
S. Mellen, former president of the
New Haven, railroad;" Frederick' S.
Mosely, a banker, and Ralph 15. Gil
lette, cf Westfleld, were Indicted to ¬
day for conspiracy on a charge of In
duclng - the Investment committees ot
two savings banks in Cambridge to
lend money to the Hampden Railroad
corporatiqn.
Other indictments charge that Mel
len, Moseley and Gillette conspired to
steal, and did steal, from the Cam
bridge and the East Cambridge sav
ings banks.
Stockbridge, Mass., June 30. "I
cannot conceive how any one can
say that I had any connection with
this matter," said Charles S. Mellen
at his home tonight. "
I know nothing at all of this af
fair. . Consequently I cannot make
any formal statement."
ROLLER POLO PLAYER IS
HELD FOR LAD'S DEATH
Hartford, June 30 Fred A. Jean,
roller polo player, was today bound
over to the criminal court under $1,000
bonds on the charge of manslaughter
In causing the .death of Kenneth Wil
lard, 5 years old, oh June 12. Jean Is
a test driver- for the Pope anufactur-
ng company and his auto struck' the
boy. t '
SITION :
commission define:
In Straightforward Statement Chairman Rogers Sheds
Light on Notorious Contract The Law and Itespsct
for Public Decency Actuates the Members of the
Commission.
"It does seem to me," said CoL M.
H. Rogers, chairman of the paving
and sewer commission today, "that If
the mayor Is so solicitlous for the
aid of the. commission In straighten
ing out the Warrenlte contracts mud
dle now, he might have solicited the
aid of the commission before the con
tracts Were made.
"The paving and sewers commis
sion has the best interest of the city
at heart, and no member of the com
mission wants to hold up .paving
work. We have no axes. to grind. We
simply want'to find out which in the
opinion of the city attorney Ms the
proper bodyto handle the $200,000
bond, issue which "the people voted
for paving. ' . - ' , ,
"Having found that opinion, we
simply put the matter .up to the com
mon council without comment.. There
was no necessity of ariy mtember of
the commission appearing at the
meeting last nigrft. The council Is a
legislative body. It Is not up to the
commission to suggest any action by
that body or to define the course It
may pursue.
f "No member, of the paving and
sewers commission wants the job of
supervising the laying of pavement
from this bond Issue recently granted
but we do want to know under whose
jurisdiction the, money, is to be ex
pended and what constitutes perma
nent pavement. We have put the
matter up to the city attorney and he
has given us his opinion. ' We have
submitted that opinion to the com
mon council. .
"We understand that the council
has voted authority -to the mayor to
name a committee to wait on the pav
ing and sewers commission for- a con
ference in regard to he matter. When
that conference Is called every merc- ;
ber of the paving and sewers commis
sion who Is In the city will be, present
and we will give the representations
of aldermanie committee the courtesy
a tod respect--due them. ,
xi it is aecmea mat., tne paving ana
sewer commission Is to have the hand
ling of this 1200,0-00 bpnd issue, "con
tracts will toe made as they have In
the -past with the lowest responsible
bidder. The proportionate cost of per
manent, pavement has to toe assessed
against abutting property owners. No
one but the common eouncil hapow
er to abate these' assessments. Prop
erty holders in Park avenue from
Laurel avenue - to the park were as
sessed $2.62 per square yard for wood
en blocks laid in front of their prop
erty, tout it Is proposed to pave from
MRS. ANGLE
BELIEVED TO
c KNOW SLAYER
Stamford Police Investigators
Hold Woman knows
About Death. ,''
EXPERTS WILL. ANALYZE
SUPPOSED BLOOD STAIN
Witness Is Not Suspected of
Direct Complicity in
Ballou Case. ,
Stamford, June 30 It was learned
today that the police are working
definitely on the theory that Waldo
Ballou, the aged political leader and
prominent cltizenj whose tragic death
early last week is under investigation,
was murdered. There was also- an
Intimation of new revelations by Mrs.
Helen M. Angle, at whose apartments
Ballou was a visitor on the night of
his death and who is held as a wit
ness for the coroner.
It was learned today that the po
lice do not believe that Mrs. Angle
had any' direct connection with Bal
lou's death.-but do believe she knows
who was responsible forMt and may
be, regarded as a very material wit
ness. The theory on which the police are
working Is that a second man was In
the Angle apartments ' after Ballon
left, that the latter returned unex
pected and that a quarrel ' followed
during which Ballou received the
blow that caused his death. The po
lice, It Is - understood, claim to have
evidence to substantiate this theory
which. It is said, may lead to an ar
rest, i
The coroner expects to resume his
inquest Friday and meantime the
chemists employed by the investiga
tors are continuing their analysis of
the various stains found at the Angle
apartments, including most recently
discovered supposed blood marks on
the matting near Mrs. Angle's bed.
Leonard Blondel, father of Mrs.
Angle, said today, when the new evidence-was
brought to his attention,
that be was satisfied that, if Ballou
was murdered. It was not in his
daughter's bedroom and reiterated his
belief that she had nothing to do with
it.
BIG ILLINOIS FIRE.
Elgin, Ills., June 30 Fire did $200,000
damage at West Dundee, four miles
i"om here today.
OF PATH ! ':
Laurel avenue jiorth with Warrenlt
without assessment to the propert
owner. ,
"At present I understand there is a,
resolution before the council present
ed toy Alderman Walker, to abate tfcn
assessment aalnbt all property own
ers except the Warner , Brothr a r- "
the New Haven road for the Bran
blocks laid In Atlantic, Whitfnp, K.f -er
streets andj Singer avenue.
"When it was proponed to pa -f
Fairfield avenue ahd make it part -
the state, highway nothing was .
about Warrenlte. The -board r t s -portlonment
had granted $13,000 f
macadam rerJairs and It was t nm
this money miRht toe expends -J a
cording to the wishes of the h!f' ' '
commissioner for the city's part n t
building of the state road.
. "I went to Hartford and had at?'
with ' State Highway. Commirw-lon"
Bennett and proposed that the c!-y 1
a gutter two 'feet from -the c u -v f
beyond that eight fet of marjii"
for Its portion. This would rive a
gravel eurfaeee for horse drawn vehi
cles to travel on, I proposed th.t t -state
might lay 10 feet'aurfvs e
bitumlnous, macadam and tv--t f
Connecticut Co. could lay 19 f - t '
this same surface in and e.bont
tracks for its share of the m v
Commissioner Bennett to' 4 me t1- t 1
would not consent to that fi ,
road and that if he dirt con:
he was sure the city of 1-trldge or ! t t
especially Mayor Wilson wouH -r-r
consent to have the road la 11 in t
tashlon. ,
"Then came the special bo"-
of $200,000 which the people r
stillnothing was said about
ite. One day we f-und that th - rri !v
-d director ,'of p'--bHc. vo'rka h . ... -f.yvfhe
-first Warrenice contracts
that .the work' was to be paid for t . -part
of the bond Issue. Mayor v. si
son gave us to understand r tr - f
time that the laying of Warroi -e v
any part of our business.
"We iwanted to find, out -what con
stituted - permanent : pavement and
when , Commissioner O'Rourke aske i.
Mayor Wilson the latter told him that
he had an opinion from the city attor
ney that Warrenlte was not a perman
ent pavement. Mr. O'Rourk asked
him if he had that opinion in writing'.
The mayor said he had the city attor
ney's verbal opinion. v
"When the matter of Warrenite came
up again we determined to find out
for ourselves. We put the matter cp
to City Attorney ,CorrUey and his opin
(Continued ? on Page 3.)
t
Mr Leeds Closes Controversy
Over Attempt to Extort, Con
tribution' From Mr. Catlin.
Norman Leeds, -chairman of the
board of Contract and supply, today
closed the controversy over the at
tempt to extort a campaign contribu
tion from George L. -Catlin, late clerte
of the board of contract and supply,
with a pointed note, intimating that
City, Clerk J. Alexander H. Robin
son, quite fails to measure up to tee
ideals of the Republican rank -and t :
respecting what a man- in the city
clerk's position should be.
Mr. Leeds' letter follows:
Bridgeport, Conn,
. , June 30th, 1914.
J. Alexander H. "Robinson, City:
My dear'sir: I beg to acknowlec! -- -s
your letter of June 27th. Your desire
as. expressed,-in your letter to end this
controversy I am quite wiTlingr to re
spect, and on this point I am entirely
satisfied that your Judgment is sound
both as a citizen, and as leader of the
Republican party. I should not in
the first place have called public at
tention to -.the matters, the publica
tion o which was apparently eo dis
tressing to you, had I not felt tnat
there was a persistent attempt to
make the clerkship of the Board of
Contract and Supply a football of pol
iticians, and that, a statement ought
to toe made which would put the citi
zens of this city on their guard. . and
which might prevent a repetition of
such acts. As clearly appears from
your own letters and the letters of
Mr. -Turner there was an attempt to
procure from Mr. Catlm a subscrip
tion based on the salary paid to him
by the city of 'Bridgeport for the per
formance of his duties, and It more
over appears that there Is a regulariy
established system of political con
tributions from other public officers,
the salaries of which are paid from
public funds. While this was going
on In private the rank and file of the
Republican voters were publicly led to
believe that the platform of which a
salient feature was to give to the city
a business administration free from
political control would be lived up to
by the men who were the leaders o?
the party. Tour welfare, in this re
spect and your attitude as indie?
in your letters convince me that -5
fall short of being able of me-i -the
Ideals which are expected ty V--rank
and-Hie of the party of oris I s
your position.
very truly youre,
y ' ' - NORMAN! IS"' -,,
ROBINSON -IS
not a bit ,;Li:::
G. 0. P. IBEaL