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VOL. 60 NO. 174
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000 In ActionInj unction Asked
.To Restrain Transfer Of The
Stock In Course Of Trial ' V' ..
Boston. July 2 4- Hearings on the I
order of notice Issued by Judge Braley .'
to show cause why a. special master
should not 'he appointed as asked In
the sutt brought against certain for
mer and present directors of the New
'York, New Haven & . Hartford Rail
road, fcy minority stockholders, seek
ing to recover funds alleged to have
teen misused ly the defendants, was
Segun in the supreme court today.
The action placed the amount 4m
'properly expended in extending- the
fiCew Haven system at $102,000,000.
The plaintiffs .set forth that, under
!the Sherman anti-trust, act, they were
entitled to dAmages of three limes
Shat amount, or $306,000,000.
The New Haven and Boston & Maine
CRailroada and William Skinner, one of
Ithe defendants, were represented "by
(Counsel- ' Attorney General Boynton,
ftyt Massachusetts, and George W. An
tderson, a member of the pub-lid ser
fvlce , commission were also represent
ee d. -
The session was brief, aw adjourn
ment of two weeks being taken at the
(request of the. defendants. Attorney
Jfiherman I "Whipple, repreeentlnif the
rplainttffs asked that an, Injunction 'he,
Issued to restrain the transfer Of stock
n the interim but court action was
fwived upon the agreement by Moor
"fleld Story for the railroad and the
ttorneys representing other defend
ants, that there "would be no change
dn the situation by attempts to trans
fer stock or otherwise while the case
rccas pending.
Mr. Story announced that, when the
JSiearlnc was resumed on August 7, the
defendanta would file a demurrer In
hchich it would be claimed that a bill
of this kind brought by minority
FORMER WIFE OF
CAILLAUK CALLED
TO VlTllESS STAND
Paris July 24. "C&ll Madame Guey
dan," was "the command of Judge
Lots Aibenal immediately the court
opened today for the fifth day's hear
ing Jn the trial of Madame Henrietta
jCaaHaux for the wilful murder on
iM&rch 14, of Garten Calmette. editor
of the Figaro. '
! Mme. Goeydan, former wife of tine
yi leouera husband, Joseph Caillaux,
tan ex-premier of France, had, how
ever, not arrived and Pascale Ceoaldi,
jthe most intimate private and polit
ical Criend of .M. Caillaxix. was. called
ito the stand.
The Interest today centered around
Jthe two intimate letters referred to
fn yesterdays testimony and handed
1to Mine. Oueydan to Maitre Labori to
ideal with as he saw fit. Great curi
osity had been awakened as to wheth
ler they would be read in court or
Communicated privately to the Jurors.
iMaitre Labori. before M. Cecal il be
pan him testimony, said he would defer
until the arrival of Mme. Oueydan a
commnnJcatiojn he desired to make to)
the court.
ML Cecaldi then addressed to the Jury
m Impassioned defense of the Cail
larzx family. He said Mmel Oalllatax's
efforts to restrain her husband - from
assuming political power was due to
2ser belief that his keeping, out of the
government was the only way in
which they could expect to have
5eace in this life.
II. Caillaux, seated In the crowded
court among witnesses and Journal
ists, followed attentively his friend's
panegyric, nodding his head in appro
ximation and occasionally ' casting a
jglance abont the court room as though
measuring the effect of the witness's
words.
I Mme. Caillaux, in the prisoners' en
closure, presented a sorrowful figure.
Hn her eyes was a look of bewilder
ment and' seeming terror. She did
not spealc to anyone, but she had a
long talk with her husband in the
prison before the hearing began. It
is understood that former Premier
Barthou was again to be confronted
"by M. Caillaux today.
M. Ceccaldi amazed those in court
fby giving his testimony in the form of
a speech in which he reviewed the
political and newspaper attacks on the
former premier. . The auditors mean
while kept up a continuous murmur of
protest or approval. The protests
caused M. Ceccaldi to shout:
i ' "If I defend M. Caillaux it is be-
cause an honest man."
I So great an uproar was created by
the speaker that Judge Albanel, who
'had hitherto remained impassive, was
i forced to pound his desk to restore
order.
I will continue my deposition," said
Of. Ceccaldi, and he proceeded with a
0L1DATED
stockholders could not be maintained,
New York. July 24 Not until the
civil suit filed yesterday to dissolve
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad is - further : advanced will
criminal action against certain direc
tors and officers be begun, according to
an announcement today by T. W. Oxeg
Ory, special assistant to the ' attorney
general. It is expected that a special
panel of the grand jury will be called
for the first week in August. s
The answer of the New Haven com
pany to, the suit in equity, ' brought
yesterday, must be- filed on or before
August 13. . -
It was expected that B. C.- Buekl&nd,
special counsel for the New Haven,
would lle the company's answer and
that it would contain a general denial
of . the government's allegations. - The
defense probably will be under the dl
reetion of Moorfleld Story of Boston,'
who has been associated with Chair
man Howard Elliott in the recent ne-
gotlations with the department of Jus
tice. . . ' , .
While the answer to the suit Is yet
to be prepared, it is known exceptions
will be taken to the application of the
government , for a .receivership whielv
it was pointed out. tn made, in.all tdis
solution suits, on the ground that the
railroad is paying its fixed ', charges
and that for the past fiscal year there
was a surplus of $111,000.
Th only official statement given out
by the company since the filing of the
suit was to the effect that about 100
board3of trade and civil and business
organisations, in New England had
passed resolutions sustaining the New
Haven system in its i efforts to retain
control of the Long Island , Sound
steamship lines. A list of these or-
sanitations was Issued.
criticism of former Premier Barthou's
course In reading in the chamber- of
deputies the document drawn un bv
Victor Fabre in pnnnn.tinn witTi
Kocnette swindle.
When M. Ceccaldi had nrmknn fn- Q
houlr. former Premlur RTitinii .
called to the stand nA iisfut'iui hi.
action in making public the Victor
x-aore aocuments. M.. Caillaux also
spoke Drieny before , Madame Chiey
den appeared. i
Maitre Labori and Maitre Chenn
then explained tbli- ilxi- t-v.
lication of the letters placed in Maitre
j-a.oon s cnarge by "-Jme Goieydan.
Maitf e Chenu remarked that the letl
ters did not concern thA na -wutx.
' w . fcv TV
Maitre Ijabori retorted that he thought
three of them did. . Maitre Labor!
then returned the letters to Madame
wieyoan and asked her what her
wishes were in the matter and she re-
"I do not care what you do. Pub
Ush them all if you "want to do so.'
It was thereunon flwiHo .l-..
three of the letters among the papers
in the case but to read, only one of
them after the rpfosa
The question of the reading of the
letters gave rise to another scene when
the court reassembled. Judge AlbaneK
who had talked over the subject with
the lawyers on both sides during the
recess, recalled Mme. Oueydan to the
stand and Maitre Leibori at once ad
dressed her saying: ' '
"These letters will not be read by
me. Madame, , do you wish them
back?" '
Mme. Oueydan: "No." .
Lvborl: "Well then, no one shall
have them except myself. If you have
heard of me being caught in a trap,
you are mistaken."
Maitre Labor I appeared to regard
Mme. Gueydan's seeming reluctance of
yesterday and her impulsive- consent
that- he should have the letters as a
device to place . him in the position
either of suppressing the letters or of
reading them to the disadvantage of
Mme. Caillaux. . He asked her again,
"Madame, do you wish to take back
tnese letters :
Madame Oueydan, "No sir."
Maitre Chenu: "Give me the letters'
to tear them up."
MAID BIjOWS OTTT GAS,
ATD IS ASPEXUted
Waterbury, July 24 Eva Apolsky, a
young Lithuanian girl, only a few days
in this eountry, was engaged by Mrs.
1m M. Oser as a servant girl yesterday.
Last night, on retiring, she blew out
the gas and her , lifeless body was
found by her employer this morning.
Medical Examiner A. A. Crane pro
nounced it an accidental death.
Miss Edith Lexell. 18 years old, was
killed and three others injured when
their automobile overturned near Tip
ton, Ind.
The American training ship New
port, with a number of apprentices
from New York state aboard, arrived
' at Marseilles.
HEARING ON INJUNCTION TO
AYING OF
' AWAIT COMING OF NEW' WITNESSES
New Haven, July 24 -Before Judere William HI Williams in the county court house today
a distinguished array of legal talent from Bridgeport appeared for and against the injunction
suit to prevent the laying of $160,000 worth of .W'arrenite pavement in : Bridgeport, upon the
claims that the contracts are illegal.
At 1 o'clock this afternoon, Judge Williams adjourned the case until 2 o'clock in order
to give the -defense an opportunity to present certain witnesses who will testify what in their
opinion constitutes "permanent pavement" in the technical language used by engineers.
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Attorney iiiawara iv. nicnoison toia tne coun ne was wuiuig to aumu mat inese witnesses
would testify that no pavement is permanent unless it has a concrete base with some kind of
surface, using the word in its technical sense. 1 v t
The city was represented by Attorney John Pullman and the Warren Brothers, the con
tractors under the contracts, by J. T.,Head of. Bpstoh, Bxbert. E,. DeForest and RobeA G. De
Forest of Bridgeport. . ( , .
The defense contendedr lor a construction oi tne worn permanent ana holds that it will
haveits technical scientific meaning rather than its ordinary meaning, but Attorney Nicholson
contends that the word should be construed in its usual meaning as opposed to the word "tem
porary." ., ' . " " ' : . '
. -The significance of this contest over the definition of the word arises out of the language
of the Bridgeport charter which gives the power to the paving commission to make contracts
for permanent pavement and to supervise the laying of such pavement. , '
. Mr. Pullman and counsel for Warren Brothers are contending that, in the scientific usage
of the word Warrenite is not a permanent pavement and they are readv with a whole array of
experts to testify upon that point. - . . , - ' S
, As the casewas concluding jat the morning session a discussion arose between Judge Wil
liams and Mr, Pullman as to whether or not it would be advisable to hear the experts. .
. During the progress of. this discussion, Judge Williams expressed his mind upon two points :
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Stories : Of :Hie
Bit
-for the Loss of a Coat By a Little Girl 611 the Second Car the " Loss of Life
Would Probably Have Been Much Greater--Added Evidence That the Motor
man on Fatal Car Was Apparently Puzzled at the Action of the Signal Lights
-Constant Whistling of Car Caused Occupants to Fear There WasSome Dan-
Had not ten-yearTold Edith Walker
lost her coat from the car following
the first of the Point Union . Mission
picnic cars wrecked at Westport Wed
nesday afternoon, it is- probable that
the second load of Sunday school pic
nickers would -have crashed into the
first and a greater number pf 'fatalities
resulted. The little girl, who is the
daughter of Police gergeant and Mrs.
James Walker of 131 HOugh avenue,
was riding on the second of the trolley
cars which were .carrying 'the pic
nickers toward. Bridgeport.
As the car in which -she was rid
ing was speeding toward the curve be
yond which the fatal crash occurred,
little Miss Walker lost her coat The
garment was whirled out of sight be
side the swiftly moving trolley. The
child cried out and when she mail
known. the reason of her cry some of
her elders signalled the conductor to
stop. While the car was held wait
ing the child' ran back and secured
her coat .
. As the car was started slowly
again those on. board heard the crash
NO REDUCTION
IN PRICE OF
GAS LOCALLY
Public Utilities Cdmniission
Decides In Favor of
Gas Company -
The public utilities commission has
filed its opinion in the Bridgeport Gas
case, that there ought not to be a re
duction of rate at present, but that
the return is fairly liberal, so that a
reduction may be anticipated within
the next few years. ;-
The value of the property for rate
making purposes is fixed at $3,000,003.
The' Income for the last fiscal year
available -in , the case, is given as
$203,000, which Is found to be equiva
lent to six and three-fourths per cent
on the value.
The company has earned during
its entire history more than seven per
cent, per annum.
It purchased in 1902, the commission
finds, the property of the Citizens'
Gas' company, which property had
been sold under the hammer for $85,
000, and appraised by a court as worth
not more than $400,000. The company
paid more than $1,000,000 for this prop
erty, while its actual value, the com
mission says, was much nearer
$500,000."
The decision is eubject to appeal.
The action was bronght a year ago
by Representatives Lynn W. Wilson
and John H. Murray and John J.
Ford, Albert Mussler, Daniel Murtha,
Bernard J. Lee, Edward Llnders,
(Hans Cbristensen, Charles Ives, Jo
seph Carpenter and. Daniel CNeil and
WARRENITE HELD UP TO
Westport; Wrecf
evera
ana the cries of anguish r which de
noted the tragedy that was .taking
place out of sight around the curve
in front. - -
Mrs. Daniel McGurn, of 144 Cedar
street, whose seat in the ill-fated pic
nic car was directly "alongside the sig
nal box, corroborated today the story
of Mrs. 'Henry Mitchell, ' given in The
Farmer last evening, that the signal
light glowed but dimly when the mo
torman turned it and that he sem4d
undecided what to do and spent an
unusually long time in examining it.
Tine fact that he want back to the
signal several .times -called her atten
tion to it particularly.
- Another -thing which Mrs. McGurn
spoke of wae the persistency with
which the motorman kept blowing the
whistle of the car. She claims that it
was blowing almost continually and
that it seemsjas though those on the
other car ought to have heard it. Just
before the crash she mentioned it to
a friend who was with her, and re
marked that perhaps they were blow
ing it for the amusement of it.
others. ,
It has the effect, : as a collateralre
suit, of determining! substantially the
value of the property for taxation.
From this determination . the city of
Bridgeport, and the neighboring towns
of Fairfield and Stratford should re
ceive an increased revenue from taxa
tion. The decision- also has the effect of
shutting off ' the funding of excess
earnings into capitalization, so that
profits are capitalized and charged
against the consumer.
Representative Wilson, when asked
today- his opinion of the decision, saidt
"No copy of It has reached me. I
have no opinion? to offer until I have
read the decision." , . -
(Representative John H. McMurray
said as soon ae he . (had received a
copy of the decision and perused it he
would probably have a statement to
make.' After reviewing the case the
commission concludes thusly:
"Under all the circumstances con
nected with this case the commission
is of the opinion that the present rate
of return is fairly liberal and that
should the company's business in
crease during the next few years in
the ratio of increased income and ex
penses shown during the past years a
reduction of rate should be anticipat
ed. On the other hand, considering
the risk assumed, the increasing cost
of operation, the better and more ex
tended service that can fairly be re
quired of and furnished by a company
with a fair margin of . profit above
mere compensation, we are of the
opinion that the present rate of the
company ie not unreasonable.
"For the reasons herein stated the
petition is denied."
An "arson squad" of militant suf
fragettes set fire to and destroyed a
large unoccupied house at Birming
ham, England. -
Crazed by the excessive heat, a po
lar bear in the Forest Park Zoo at St.
Louis, attacked and severely injured
the keeper, Harry P. Zimmerman, 62
years old. -
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Mrs. McGurn also said that the mo
torman kept looking 'back continually
as though he were afraid of some'
thing- coming upon them from' the
rear. While "she thought that the car
Was going at a good rate of speed it
did not impress her as being an ex
traordinay one. .
Mrs. McChirn is severely shaken up
and bruised, and her leg is hurt quite
badly. Her little eight year old
daughter Eleanor, who has just
been recovering from an attack of
appendicitis and inflammatory rheu.
matism, is' also suffering from the
shock, and has her lip badly cut and
her teeth loosened.
Mire. Shepherd Wells, of 29 Pierpont
street, claims ' that from where she
sat she. saw no light either before or
after the motorman turned the switch.
She was watching the , switch and
says thaf while she is not very fa
miliar with the signals, she. knew
that the light ought to have glowed
after he turned it and that she was
surprised when it did not do so."
vcanu1 on Page Two)
Col. Murphy and
Son Seeing Sights
In Nation's Capital
' (Special to the Farmer.) .
(Washington, - July 24 Col. T- J- Mur
phy and ' son, James E. Murphy of
Bridgeport, are ' registered at 'The
Winston" .'and have spent several days
In seeing the sights. . They 'called up
on Secretary Tumulty at the White
House yesterday and on Tuesday they
were introduced to Champ -Clark;
speaker of the House, Leader Under
wood, and a number of the senators.
Today they called at the Treasury,
the Bureau of Engraving, and the
Navy Yard and Marine Barracks. They
will return to Bridgeport in a few
days.
CONGRESSMAN MAHAN
VISITS HERE TODAY
Congressman Byran F. Mahan of
New ' London called on friends in
Bridgeport today. The congressman
said there was no political significance
in his visit here and that he had run
up to Connecticut to escape the heat
and the weather in Washington.
ROOSEVELT NOT SHAKEN
BT BAKSES LAW SUIT
Oyster Bay, July 24 The reply of
Col. Roosevelt to the $50,000 libel suit
of William Barnes, today was a re
newed attack on the Republican state
chairman and a promise to help the
suit forward. Col. Roosevelt said he
would not be deterred from attacking
Mr. Barnes by the suit but. on the
contrary would assail him the harder.
He expressed the hope thae he would
have the health to take the stand
w ilnst :Barn- s ibeO" electi".
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miTllYlE-J'.U
OF EXCUR
Phelan is Told That The Express Car
Overlapped Excursion Vehicle Sev
eral FeetInjured Victims Rest
Comfortably After Accident
. By etaf f Correspondent) i
Westport, July 24 Inquiry, into the j
frightful trolley disaster, of Wednes
day night, at Westport, before Coroner 1
John J.f Phelan of this city, this
morning developed many ' important
facts relating to the conduct of the
Connecticut lines and the incidents
which transpired Just prior to the '
crash which changed Joy into sadness
and strewed the" car and surrounding
grounds with the dead, dying and ser-s
iqnsly injured.
Among the principal features dis
closed was the fact -that those who
died at the scene were horribly mang
led from , the crash which sent one
car crashing over another for a dis
tance of six feet, that, .In the opinion
of those familiar with trolley work,
the excursion car was overloaded, and
that cars passed upon the section by
the mere' wave of a hand, rather than
by mechanical signal .operation,. .
Of subsidiary interest was the tes
timony of .conductors, upon other cars
that there were many cars upon the
section involved s.nd that, while the
lights of - one sign! 'boi. was . well
lighted, another was- dim and showed
the effect of the power taken up by
motors upon 'the line. .
The hearing before Coroner . Pher
lan, of Bridgeport, began in the large
undertaking parlors of Charles Fable
at Westport, promptly . at . 11 j o'clock.
Attorney David Fitzgerald of New
Haven entered his appearance to re
present the interests of the trolley
men i held by the coroner. , Seth M.
Baldwin of New Haven, appeared for
the Connecticut" Co. Others present
at the hearing were Y- Potter; su
perintendent of -the Norwalk- division
and C H. , Chapman, superintendent
of the Bridgeport division of the- Con
necticut, Co. Fifty . witnesses . and.
many reporters crowded the room to
its capacity!. , ' .
The first witness to be , called was
Dr. Samuel 1 H. Huntington, medical
examiner' of .Norwalk, who related the
.cause of death of. Frank Negry, of
Steuben St., Bridgeport, at :the Nor
walk hospital, between 9 and 10
o'clock. .
JN egrys . injuries consisted of a
crushed -left knee, a deeply lacerated
left thigh, and p wound penetrating
to the abdominal cavity, which was
apparently caused by the puncture of
a. larger splinter driven to, the vitals.
Actual cause of death Was given, as
"Internal injuries and shock."
The next witness to take the stand
was Dr. Frederick T. Powers, medical
examiner of Westport, who testified
to the causes of the death of the Ful
ler and Townsend boys and Miss Cleve
land. J .
Dr. Powers stated that he had ar-
vived upon the scene between. 6:35
and 6:40 p. m.-, 'finding the .Cleveland
girl dead. In fact, at that time, all
were dead. Miss Cleveland had a frac
tured spinal column and heir right, side
was horribly crushed, though it was
stated to 'him that she had been taken
out of the car alive and did not die for
ten minutes. Her death was directly
due to "shock and a fractured spinal
column." ' , .
Andrew Thompson was,- said the
doctor taken from the car alive. He
was seen alive by- O. W. Peterson, of
Westport. ' Both legs were broken and
crushed in , several places as well as
many other bones In the body being
crushed. His death was ' officially
caused bys"general injuries sustained."
George Raymond Fuller died of a
broken neck and a rupture of the in
testines. He must have expired in
stantaneously. '
- rr. Powers testified that ' when he
arrived Upon the scene, the two cars
were- locked together. He said that
he had been informed that the car
had been overloaded and was coming
at a much faster speed than the ex
press car. ' -
With the conclusion , of Dr. Powers'
testimony, Coroner phelan called O.
W. Petersen, in front of whose home
the accident occurred, who stated that
the platform of the express car over
lapped the- platform ,of the trolley car
a distance between six and seven feet.
Walter Smith, residing on Bell ave
nue, Norwalk, motorman on the sec
ond car following the express car that
was wrecked, testified to his position
in following the express up the hill
from Westport, leaving ' the bridge
about 6:10 or 6:15 p. m. He was on
an extra run and had orders from Ro
ton Point ..received from Supt. Copely:
to proceed to Westport. At the Coun
try Club switch coming to Westport
he met an extra and a regular car
going to Norwalk. These two cars
proceeded to Peet's Swamp.
At this point and subsequently the
witness became very doubtful in his
answers, and had to be prompted con
tinually by Coroner Phelan before he
could be mads to testify with any
clarity, and constantly during the sub-
LOAB
tips
SION
-
sequent testimony . he was so retioeAV
about material points that Supt. Chap
man had to be placed on the stand
to clarify the testimony. The witness
appeared to be nervous, though 21
years in the employ of the company
and continually sought the eyes of his
counsel when testifying. .
Asked - about the signal lights the
witness was not at all sure about their
operation and Supt. Chapman was put
upon the stand. The superintendent
said the company t used single box
lights and double box lights: The sin
gle box lights are Used -by cars com
ing from double tracks to single tracks.
A light in the box always indicates
danger. No motorman is allowed to
pass such - a light and as soon as ha
gets there must put this light out.
Double box lights are used by a trol
ley coming from a singie track to a
switch and the motorman when pass
ing, must put out the light in the
rear and turn on the light in front
of him in order to safeguard pass
engers in other cars.
Two cars are sometimes allowed to
pass' -'when meeting a it;;'i with
a waive of the hand,- infli-.ating-. that
nosethe-- cars are following and that
all is cafe. In, such an instance they
do not touch the lights. ,
At this Juncture Smith was again
allowed to return to the stand and
testified this was the case when he
had met these two cars at the Coun
try Club switch. He arrived at -VTe.Tt-port
where he aw the express car
that was later- wrecked. upon th
switch, leaving for Saugatuck.
Alertness Of Donovcn
Kills Small "Grab"
(By Our Staff Correspondent)
Washington, July 2 4 Representa
tive Donovan, of Connecticut, put a
stop toah appropriation , for mail
chutes for the Federal building at
Cleveland,' Ohio. . It was a matter of
unanimous consent. . It was for $800.
Mr. .Donovona said: "I think that
w e have here one of the finest exam-
pies of 'pork' appropriations thai ex
ists." . , .. .-
Mr. Asbrook of Ohio: "It is a small
pig then." S
Mr. Donovan: "A bill was passed
originally in 18 99 limiting the cost
of this building to $2,500,000. But
through the cleverness and the adriot
ness of the people back of this bill,
three or four years afterwards they
got another half million dollars, mak- .
ing $3,000,000. But they were not
satisfied with that, and they oame
in here six -years afterwards for $775,- '
000 more, and got it, . making In all,
$3,775,000 for. the postoffice , f or
which it was voted to limit the cost I
to $2,f00,000', leading. Congress to be
lieve at that time that was all they ;
wanted. There does not seem to .be
any .limit to the ..greed ,of the Ohio
cljap when the treasury is in sight." :
Mr. Asbrook wanted to state his
case further and Mr. Donovan said: ;
"I object. They have had their share, j
They have had their fingers in the
pie wagon enough."
The Speaker: "The gentleman from
Connecticut objects and the bill will
be stricken from ' the calendar."
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The New Tork Central ferryboat
Weehawken was launched at Wil
mington, Del. The boat is for use la
New York harbor. .
THE WEATHER FORECAST
General
Showers have occurred dur
ing the last .24 hours in the
eastern portion of the lake re
gion and gulf coast. There is '
well defined storm areaf east of
the Rockies. High tempera
tures were , reported from the
central districts.
New Haven
Forecast: Fair and slightly
warmer tonight and Saturday.
, - . . State
Probably fair tonight and
Saturday; light to moderate
variable winds.
Automobile Drivers
Automobile drivers should
light their lamps at 7:47 o'clock
. tonight. ' . i
' Almanac
Sun rises tomorrow 4:42 a, m.
Sun .sets today . .... 1:Vl' iir,i.,.
High water 12:02 a. i .
Moon sets .."...".'.. 8. -2S jx tu.
Low water- . 5:29 a. m.
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