Newspaper Page Text
PI EASIJRE AND SHORE, RESORTS, SEE WEDNESDAY AND SATUR ' ; . . DAY FARMER THE WEATHER Warmer; Probable f howc-r- VOL. 50 NO. 164 BRID GEPORT, CONN., MONDAY, JULY-IS, 1914 PRICE TWO .'CENTS. K ' " !rTT"tTTTT!ll!T'tw"t'wttttttt . J : J'..- " t""'---"" -,-.- ! ' j .JLJL-i . New Ha-vein: Stockhojdieirs Lost Vjfce IF? j hi t a n ( n IT fT iLoriDONDEnny 1AT10NALIST8 FLY TO ARMS Volunteers Smlrgle Rifles Into City Under Vexy ' Nose of Police QUNS LA2IDEDlTOM A1TCRICAIT VESSEL tSir Edward Carson Blade Hero of Parade in Notth of Ireland. " doiidyL Ircfc, Jnly !- T5io jOrajsreanesoi liejro began Ube ct! ?bra- on of ttte amdirersarr of tbe battle tbe TuS'yn) wltb cannonacle docr- 'jing trhitii tbey projected, their eiplo Ifclnj so tbat they-Imrst over tlta resi '0ooes In tbe Catboiio section of the : Ifee MatiitMialists Tx-1if-vlnf tlie can pi(Kuu3be to be .the prelude to aggres sive motion on tbe part ot the Orangw mem, orgpuiizetl for defense bo, up until noon, no collision between 4he two parties here had taken place. TTbile the Orangonen were attend ant church on Sunday, the police were tctt bust gnaFOtiig other perscms and, hhe National Volunteers sucoeticled In bringtn? into the city two automobile loads of rifles. , The rifles had been landed at tlx? to Xioogh Swf 3y in the north Ireiand by a passing steamer from under the noses of tho crews flotilla of destroyers lying la the Belfast, Ire.. Jnly 13 The Insistent IdMmod of the Protectant portion of the province of Ulster for excloakon from the operations of the Irish Home Kale BlU lent ardent Interest to to-da.j-'s oetebration of the anntversary battle of the Boyne which was car ried oxrt here with the greatest en thuaiaam. . , . , : ' Sir Edward. Carson, the Ulster Un ionist leader, rode' at the head of some 5.090 Orangemen, accompanied 'by the usual tite and dram bands, and included a sprinkling of brethren from the United States and the Brit ish, colonies, as they marched- through the city of. Belfast to Dmmbeg where a greajt open air meeting was address ed by Sir Ekiward Oars on and other f leaders. .. .A great crowd of tourists, ' includ ing many Americans, came to the iproceesion' and 'heard - the speeches jwhich wtere a prelude to resolutions calling on Ulster to take what steps considered necessary to prevent Ul ster coming under the authority of .the DnbBn parliament. Sir Edward Carson was the hero of the day. Buttons bearing his, por trait were worn" by practically every roan in the procession- While great .canvesses spread across tma streets in rthe Unionist section of the' city bore jbis nkeness- It is regarded as significant that, In recent interviews he has given, Sir Edward Carson is quoted as say ing that the only condition' of peace is the exclusion of Ulster "for the present, while the more remote ac tion of the Unionists must, in his opinion, depend on the way the Dub lin parliament treats Protestants in the other provinces of Ireland.. "...-. Throughout the province of Ulster and notably in Londonderry, exten sive precautions were taicen, by the authorities against possible clashee between -the organized forces yot the frotestants and Catholics. y ill. Name" Receiver For Norwalk Garage ISeferee in Bankruptcy John ' W. Banks will appoint a receiver for the garage owned by Oscar H. Bs-nks in Norwalk, at a hearing to be held be fore him this afternoon. Ba-nits was .adjudicated a bankrupt on Julylst, and ' Edward Burns of iNorartvlk was appointed temporary- receiver. The creditors and the bankrupt desire that a permanent receiver be appointed. Banke' liabilities are JS1.456.41, witrj assets of t34.O40. Tlie bankrupt is rep resented toy Attorney A. E. Austin. It is requested that Edward Burns, the temporary receiver, be appointed per- . n.ner.t?.y by the referee. ' rue IK Lh -L CATHOLI m N'-sneo ANNONAT PLUMBERS OF :i STATE ELECT ' fJEiV OFFICERS Peter Tyer of Bridgeport Made Ilember of Execu ' tive Committee C'. UNION WOUIaD BETTER SAiriTikTION iLAWS Unusual ,Eff ort Pledged To Hake Good, Showing On . "Labor Day,-''- V..- rwith '. delegates regpresenUita: every local In the etate present, aad,s7 eral of the national offlmex'a attending to aivocae legislation for better san itary conditions in" the' , cities , and towns of the state; and to suggest means 'for the more complete organi sation of the union, the annual con vention of the ..State Association of Journeymen numbers, and eteant't ters was held in the rooms of the Central i Labor - Union, - Broad , streit, Saturday and Sunday. "'''..' At yesterday's session of .' the con vention, newt ofSiceDSi were elected as follows : President,' Joseph HL, Ber- ger, Bfaetton; vice-presiderrt, Peter Smith, New Barren; secretary and treasurer, John . R.. McCarthy, . Wllll- mantic; executive committee. Peter Smith, . New Bjaven. Peter Tyer, 609 Park avenuA, Bridgeport, and W. a. Farrell, . Oreerrwdch.x The election Of the new officers was made unanimous after President Charles Muihoiland of Waterbury refused- re-election. v.He has served in-. that capacity for the past -five years,' and desired to be re tired. Secretary and Treasurer John1 "Walsh -of Derby. , after serving four years in this capacity, also declined re-election. , v ' Throughout. ' the convention: was the 'largest and most successful ever held toy the union. Forty-two delegates. representing every union in the state. were present. This da, the largest showing ever" made . by ' the organisa tion. Besides the state -delegates, 3 on oral President "John R- MtoAlpin of Chicago and General Organizer James Higgins 'pf Not , Trat were present. At the executive session of the con vention held Saturday vevenlng" and Sunday afternoon, . discussion took place concerning the more complete organization of the union In the small er towns of the state. At the present time, the officers of the 'union refuse to djvulge the nature of the agree ment reached, holding It .would prove premature. It Is said that various means for the betterment of actual working conidtions -were also taken up. , The delegates refused to discuss what action was taken- in this .--mat ter. . ; . . Tentative plans, for the Labor ,Oay celebration were also taken up by the convention. In order to obtain a full representation of the , union in the parades and celebrations to be held in every city and town of the state, the delegates voted to Impose a fine upon all members of the union who failed to participate. This action was taken following a heated, discussion in which it was shown that members of the union had Ibeeri . lax in - attending the parades and celebrations in the past. As planned, the Plumbers will be one of the most active unions in the Labor Day celebration, The convention opened its first ses sion Saturday evening, upon the ar rival of the delegates from all sec tions of the state. . Th reports of tthe officers were read. . It showed that the union was the meet affluent of any in the state, and that its finan cial condition is much stronger than in any preceding year. The reports also showed that, there are fewer un organized plumbers and steamfitters In the state than any year in the past. From present indications, next year will see this union among the most powerfU'l in the state. Other reports indicated prosperous conditions every where. ' Testerday afternoon the delegates were entertained at a banquet at the Astor House by the local union. Ev ery delegate was present. It . was a huge get-together, affair for many of the delegates. 1 Speeches were made, honoring the efficient wort of the out '. CContinued on Page Two' . : efSECflON HUERXfl'S IAN OBJECTED TO BYGARRANZA Chief " of . Rebels Unwilling , To Deal With? Creature V ; of Usurper . PROYISIONAL HEAD TOLLING TO QUIT Expected To. Follow Dia? Into Exile. Unless Ene-- mies Reach Him Washington; " July 1 13 Mexico City was looked to today as the place where the next big scene in the Mexican sit uation would be staged. With Huerta about to quit and turn over the provis ional - presidency to his new foreign minister, Francisco Carbajal, hope was expressed that a way might be found peacefully to transfer the government to. the .constitutionalists and . avert mil itary conquest of ' the capital by their triumphant forces. . -CarrSLOza has announced his un willingness to deal with Carbajal re garding him,, as the, creature of Huerta. The . Impression ' prevailed widely In Washington, however, that hostilities la Mexico were near an end. It is suggeet-ad that if arrangements of peaceiiwer settled upon Carranza could enter the capital with only a comparatively Ismail force to help pre serve order. Huerta,' it was believed," .might quit Chapultepec some day this week. Au tomatically, the new foreign, minister Francis Carbajal, would assume the role of president. Carbajal is a man of 'law ..He Is less than 60 years of age. Of an academic temperament, ne never has served in the army. A few weeks ago be was .elected chief justice of the rsptsblic's earprerse court. mmm railways TO ' REBUILD LINES " -London, July IS. The manager of the Mexican. Raitways cabled today that Provisional - presidept-. Huerta's government ; had ; ordered htm to re construct the portion of the line near "Vera "Cruz which -was destroyed by the Mexican federal troops when the city of Vera Cruz was occupied by the Americans. , HEARSE HORSES, SCARED BY MOTOR, DO LIVELY SPRINT v While on the way to a . funeral, a handsome team of horses belonging .to Edward Wakeley,' a local liveryman and driven by Oeorge ILee, were scared by the racing of an automobile engine at the corner , of Golden Hill and Main streets. They swerved into a trolley car and one was thrown to the pave ment. In the struggle to - release themselves, the team broke the traces and dashed north on Main street until striking a light runabout owned by the Weinsbsin Brothers, the frightened horses swerved , to the sidewalk, up which they ran until stopped by John Hickey, an expressman, in 'front of the Hotel Stratfleltf. ' - - That none were . injured seems re markable, as the streets were crowd ed at the 10 of clock hour with early morning shoppers and business men. A large crowd collected as oo as the horses were under control and they were greatly, surprised that, when quieted, the team was so docile that, with the arrival of new trace-straps they could be -Jiitched to the undam aged 'hearse and. continue on the way to the funeral. y 1 - At the ' time of the accident . the hearse was being driven North on Main street. Lee had a narrow pass age way between the automobile stand ing in front of the iwfleld building and a southbound trolley car. Just at this moment the driver of the car started his engine which raced with a roar that sent both horses directly to the left and almost directly in front of the trolley car, . which was brought to - a standstill as It - struck' them. The hearse, when left by the horses, rolled gently to the curbing, ' though Lee was pulled from his seat. Police and other pedestrians were loud In theirpraise pf Hickey, but for whose presence of mind, it is believed injury would have resulted to men and women upon the sidewalk directly in front o" the hotel and upon which the horses were already running when their harness fouled the trolley pole that gave Hickey the minute's time needed to catch them by the bridle. Although a large hole was left In the dash-board of the Weinstein rig, it was not upset. The hearse team wtere severely scratched and bruised in their short run. -. . Mv : i Ktr-irr mis rrri rra n --; 1 1 -1 n r """ ---1 1: -1 jst? " - mmrrr AGED MAN FALLS 10 DEATH FROM ROOF OF PORCH Frederick A. Holste, S4 years of age,, of 2069Main street, janitor of the Wheeler school, Was almost - in stantly killed . shortly after' seven o'clock this morning, when he missed his step from the roof of the porch of his home to a ladder, and plunged to his death 25 . feet below. ' Mrs. Hoste. the. aged wife of the dead man, is nearly prostrated with grief. She herself did not witness the accident, but a. short time, before had warned him to be exceedingly careful: She was frightened, and listened care fully for his return. He had not been gone long before she heard a scream, and the thud of his body as it struck the ground. ' She rushed to his side, but he died several minutes later. It is thought that as he placed his foot, over the roof to descend he miss ed the ladder and plunged to his death. , T . . ' " . ' v - :' The ambulance was called, but tbe aged man had expired 'before medi cal aid could 'be given. , . Medical Ex- aminer Garlick authorized the remoV - al of the body. CUP DEFENDERS' OFF FOR ANOTHER i DRIFTING MATCH i Newport, . R. L, July 13 Over v trian. gular course, the American cup yachts Resolute,-" Vantfie and - Defiance were sent away in a contest today- tha promiBea ..to . mua mtiiv mou & drifting match. ! . . ' - ,, The yachts went . over the line In .the following , official , order: Resolute 12:15:15; Vanltie, 2:15:18; Defiance, 12:15:56. : . .. . , " " STATE TROOPS PUT THROUGH PACES Nlarrtic, Cbnnvi July 13. Under a hot sun the state infantrymen got their first real taste of active military life today. It was 7 a. m. when assembly sounded in both the Second and First regiments and in a very few minutes the companies were marching out - of the tented streets and into regimen tal formation on the parade. Drill ing was begun which lasted until mess call sounded at neon. ; The com panies were broken Into squads for unit drill' and then -reassembled Into companies -for skirmishing. The reg ular army officers drove the men fast and with determination. ' In the af ternoon the companies had more skir mishing1 and deploymetn for battle. The mounted scouts engaged In more field work. The officers of tooth regiments- left" camp for a two hours' ride in the nearby -country to survey the ground for a suitable place for, the sham battle on Saturday. HOWES' FUNERAL IS FOR FAMILY ONLY With only the members of the fam ily, and a few intimate friends pres ent, the funeral, of the , late William T. Howes, president of. the firm of Wheeler and Howes, coal dealers who r died Friday morning, was held from his late residence -in Lord ship Park, Stratford, at 8:30 o'clock this afternoon. , It was th 'wisli of the- family that the funeral be strictly private. The Rev. X3erald H. 'Beard, pastor of the Park street Congregational church. conducted the Impressive servicesf?as the sorrowing relatives surrounaea the bier. Mr. Howes was beloved by all who knew him, and during his life was especially affectionate to all the members of the family. Expressions of regret from many prominent business men pf : the city, with whom Mr. Howes was associated during his life-time were received, as well as others from various business men's organizations of the city. The house was filled with beautiful floral tokens, sent by his former associates and friends of the family.! Burial took place in Mountain Grove ceme tery, v - "JOE" AKD JEWELRY ' MISS ED'AT. SAME TIME (Special to the Farmer.) Stratford, July 13 A boy "named Joe.'" working for F. S. Schnell of Fremont avenue, suddenly 'disappeared on last Friday afternoon. At the time of his disappearance a woman's gold hunting case watch, a long gold chain, a razor, a silver nail file and several other things were missed. The police, of nearby towns have been notified to be on the lookout for the lad, who is described as about 18 years of age weight 135 pounds, wore a new pair of black shoes and a brown suit. ILLEGAL -PAVING CONTRACTS ARE ORDERED! BEGUN Courtade Calls On Warren . Brothers To Resume Work At Once SENDS LETTER AFTER POLITICIANS CONFER In Meantime the Mayor Will Prepare For Another Appearance " Before The Paving Commission. ; ' Director of Public Works Jacob A. Courtade has -written to Warren Bros. J - Co. of Boston, today, notifying ' them to at once resume work on the $160,- 000 Warrenite contracts which he re cently signed with the company and which City Attorney William H. Corn ley, Jr., has branded as illegeL The director's letter was a very brief epis tle. In it he directed the company to resume work forthwith and to no tify him at once the probable date on which they would take up the- work in West and Myrtle avenues and car ry out the - preparations for laying the patented pavement- on the eight miles of streets for which .the illegal contract was made. 1 VTh en action of .Director Courtade is the aftermath of a conference which Mayor Wilson and local Republicans who are taking a prominent place .In the direction of affairs of this ad ministration, had on Saturday. The news that the "director - had. written the letter leaked out after the mayor bad left his office today. ..Director Courtade said that he' had sent such a letter, briefly outlining its contents as - above. The, director would hot say whether he had writ ten the leter on his own initiative or whether 'the letter had been written after the conference of politicians as mentioned above. Courtade said hs would probably have a statement to make tomorrow but today he did not care to say how the letter " was prompted. ' . From the. letter of the director it is evident that those who directed the making of the contracts are determin ed ythat they shall be carried out de spite the opinion ,6f City Attorney Comley and despite the opposition of the paving and sewer commission an ! the public in general. . f Mayor Wilson will attend the meet ing of the paving and sewer commis sion tomorrow evening and submit the arbitration "proposition of J. M. Head, counsel for the Warren Bros". Co. The commission will not change its attitude which is to -have-nothing to do with " the Warrenite contracts butwlll simply receive-' the commun i cation from Mr. Head and place It on file. '.' ,' . ' HIGH SCHOOL WORKMAN ASKS FOR COMPENSATION Gregory V." Tavares, colored, of 40 Gregory street, an employe of Durkin & Lass, contractors on the new High school building, has applied to Com pensation Commissioner E. T. Buck ingham for compensation for injuries received on. June 27. Tavares, who Is employed as a laborer, was knocked down by a heavy box which was' be ing hoisted by a derrick. He received injuries to . his head and shoulders. He has been unable to . work since that time. ' ' '"."'' Jury Commissioners Say TKey Welcome Full Investigation In order that there might be the fullest opportunity for Investigating the method of choosing jurors in this county, the Jury commissioners did not transact any business at their meeting this morning but adjourned until a week from Wednesday. A New York .paper' has been criticising the jury system in this state and one of the paper's reporters 'was told, through .a mistake, that the meeting would be held the coming Wednes-. day. In order that the .reporter might be present the meeting was 4 adjourned until the later date. The jury commissioners ar William T. Hlncks. I S. Catlin and Clerk Haviland of the superior court. France Wins Doubles From English Team Wimbledon, Eng., July 13 iFrance was the winner of , today's doubles match with Great Britain ,in the Dwight Da vis tennis trophy tournament. - Growing crops were damaged to the extent of many thousands of dollars v a hall storm near 'Rome, N," T.. L'.C. :'G. AWSSES' ' SUIT' T0;''EMAl! w WASTfiDF-;-M0'.'' Reasonable Estimate Of Unn ecessa Loss Is Placed At Between' $6 0 000,000 And $90,00,000 In Find -ing Given Senate Today Reckless, And Scandalous . Gain Monopoly in New' England ' is .Scored in I I Drastic Opinion Ever Published by Interstate Cc merce Commission. - Washington, July 1.3-U"Orie of maladministration revealed can railroading, is, the, Interstate commerce commI. '. characterization of its findings 4n the investigation of T-i. Haven Railroad financial affairs, reported today to ts IT ate. , ; V'v" .,; ,5" ': : .,''V':.; '. '-'"'T ' '. '"' In a report of thirty thousand words, prohibly the r. drastie In terms of any ever m ade by the' commission, . Xew Haven's directors were. pronounced "criminally n'Il gent,"' -Evidence pointing to violation of the law has been transmitted to. the district 'attorneys . in ' -Massachusetts, Rhode .Island and New. York Misuce...r - ,.. ' . . "A reasonable estimate of the, loss to the New Haven 1 reason of waste and mismana gement,""says the report, "v 1. amount to between $60,000,000 and 90,000,C00. Dircc' should be made individually liable to civil and criminal I." for the manner-in which they discharge their trust." All the commission's strictures were J bers of the board of directors to t upon the management of the New Ha- I will of these two; the unwarranted i ven system . under Former President Mellen and In justice to the present management the- commission says, it is but fair to say that Chairman How ard Elliott and Walter D. Hines, spe cial counsel, "have co-operated with the commission and rendered it sub stantial assistance throughout this in vestigation." x The report says: "Marked I fea tures and significant incidents in the loose,- extravagant, improvident ad ministration of the finances of the New Haven as shown in this Investigation are the Boston & Maine, despoilment; the iniquity of the Westchester.' ac quisition; the double price paid for the Rhode Island trolleys; the reck lessness in , the purchase , of the' Con necticut and . Massachusetts trolleys at prices exhorbitantly in excess of their market value; the unwarranted expen- dltue of large amounts in 'educating public opinion;' the disposition, with out knowledge of the - directors,, of hundreds of thousands of dollars for Influencing public sentiment; the habit-J ual payment of unitemized vouchers without any clear specification of de tails; the confusing, . inter-relation of the principal company and its sub sidiaries and consequent complication of accounts; the practice of financial legerdermain in Issuing large blocks of New Haven notes of the New England Navigation company 'and manipulating these securities .back, and forth; fic titious sales of New Haven stock to friendly parties with the design of boosting the stock and unloading on the public at the higher 'market price;' the unlawful diversion of cor porate funds ' to , political organiza tions; the scattering of retainers to at torneys of five states who rendered no itemized bills for services and who conducted no litigation to which the railroad was a party; extensive use of a paid lobby in the matters as to which the directors claim to have no information""; the attempt to control utterances of the press by subsidizing reporters; payment of money and. the profligate issue of free passes to legis lators and their friends; the Invest ment' of $400,000 in securities ' of a New England newspaper; the regular employment! of political bosses In Rhode Island and other states, not for the purpose of 'having them perform any service but to prevent them, as Mr. Mellen expresses it, from 'becom ing active on the other side;' the re tention by John L, Billard of more than $2,700;000 in a transaction In which he represented the New Haven and into which he invested not a dol lar; the inability of Oakleigh Thorne to account for $1,032,000 of funds of the New Haven entrusted tq him in carrying out the Westchester propo sition; the - story of Mr. Mellen as to the distribution of $1,200,000 for cor rupt purposes - in bringing about amendments of . the ' Westchester & Portchester franchises; the domination of all the affairs of this railroad by Mr. Morgan and Mr. Mellen and the absolute subordination of other mem- i in Expenditure Of Lloney to of the most glaring evi in all the history of Ar : 1 an,d the federal departmer erease of the New Haven liabilities from $93,000,000 in 1903, to $417,000, 000 in 1913; - the increase tn ffoatir, r notes from nothing in 1903 to stprrox imately $40,000,000 in 1813; the Indefensible-standard of ethics and the ab sence of financial acumen display f-tl by eminent financiers in directing tint destinies jt this railroad in its attempt to establish a monopoly of the trans portation of New Hhigland. "S "A combination of- all fhese re sulted in the present deplorable sit uation in which the affairs of this rail road are' involved." -' "From the facts developed , in tfc-: Investigation it would seem tha-t there is little question concerning the re covery, of a substantial amount of the stockholders' money that has .been wastedr- Several items of this nature Will be briefly submarined: "Over-paid Perry and Thorn la commission, " $303,750.00. "Illegally spent In obtaining West chester franchise changes, $1,624, 072.77. " . "In the Billard transaction $2,743, 700.00. . - . "The money with which Billard so quired the 15,756 additional shares r f common stock and "6,826 shares of preferred stock of , the Boston fr. ' Maine Railroad Company was furnish ed by the New England Navigation "jCcncinued -on Pase Two) . WEATHER FORECAST .;. General. A well defined disturbance is central this morning over Michi gan. It Is causing nnsettlcd, showery weather in the ake rr eion. Pleasant weather prevails generally in other dlMricte east of j the Rocky Mountains. The tem perature Was high -yesterday in the middle west- Several places re ported temper aturee above 100 de grees. The Iako disturbance will probably pass ovor this vicinity to night. It will cause rising: tern peratude with local showers fol lowed by fair and cooler. j New Haven Forecast: Unsettled wctthir with local showers toni srht ; Tues day cloudy in the morning follow ed by fair. State Partly cloudy tonight and Tues day, probably showers; moderate variable winds. , , Automobile Lights Automobile drivers should Ii,.r':t their lamps at 7:55 o'clock tonight. . , Almanac A Snn rises tomorrow . . 4:32 a. i s. Sun sets today ....... 7:23 p. in. High water 3:29 p. ? ., Moon rises 10:3S p. r - Low water 10:(M . i .