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MEASURE AND SHORE RESORTS, SEE WEDNESDAY. AND SATUR DAY FARMER . THE ' WEATHER i Fair and Warmer VOL. 50 NO. 175 BRIDGEPORT, CONN., SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1914 PRICE TWO CHITT IS i I I ; I " . I m" i- ,1 I'j 41 ir mi I V Jl l l ' . l . v tarn a I l . l r 9 14 : . l if a r fe . Csiil J nets es Jio Have Duel Challenge Is Given Because of Remark Made at Hearing s -DEIUNDANT SWOONS AS LETTERS ARE READ ' Thousand Million of Kiss es On Your Dear Body;" Pledge of Her Lover " Paris, July 25. A challenge , to duel was sent today toy Judge Ixmls JU barrel, presiding Judge of the court trying Madame Henriette Caillaux for the wilful murder of Gaston Calmette, to Judge lUouis Dagoury, one of the i three other Judge sitting on toe :bnch with him. The quarrel between the two Judges arose out of an Incident -which oc curred at the Palace of Justice late last evening. . When the discussion concerning tine reading of Madame Guoydan's letters eeemed to be going favorably for the defense before yesterday's- hearing, Judge Atbanel announced that there would be a recess: . The Figaro affirms today that Judge Dagoury then said in low tones, "You dishonor us, Bir." . The seconds appointed by Judge Al Ibanel are General Julee Datatein, for merly military governor of ParU, and Emlle Bnineau de LaborL Another version of the affair say that yesterday, while the discussion 'about the reading of the letters was at Its height Judge Albanel Interposed a remark that the time for a recess ! had arrived. Judge Dagoury, who .was seated, beside him on the bench, betn over and said In an undertone, "You disgrace us, sir." ' ' The two Judges, after they had isone into their private room during the re cess, engaged In a heated dt3Ciifion. i Eventually Judge Dagoury admitted .'that he had said more than, he had i meant to say and apollgiaed. Malt re 3 ' Henri-Robert, Liabori and Obenu ln itervened as peace makers between the j two Judges and. the Incident was re garded closed. 'V This morning, however, a report of iit was made public In a note on the (front page of Figaro which, left Judge Albanel no option but to send his seo ienda to his colleague. Madame Henriette Caillaux, soon af iter she was brought into court today jfor the sixth , day's hearing of the '(charge of wilful murder of Oaaton ! Calmette, collapsed when the rf sailing Lot the letters handed in by Madame ciaeydan began. She wa carried tfrom court Insensible ". The sitting of the -court was Im mediately suspended amid great up Lroar. V . . As soon as the court had opened to jday Maltre Latoorl began reading some .jf the Gueydan. letters. He remarked jwhen he took up the second one: i "In this you will find burning love r"but nothing indecent as common ru !mor has reported." In the letter, M. Caillaux, writing to the present Madame Caillaux before his divorce from Madame Gueydan, re ferred to the happiness he would feel when he could "press a million kisses over your dear body." When the reading was going on Ma dame Caillaux, with her head bent low ;was crying bitterly and her sobs could It-e heard , all over ; the courtroom; Then, with a sigh, she fell prostrate to the oflor. Two Republican ' guards istandlng near raised her and carried fher out of the chamber. . ! The four Judges at once arose -from j -their seats and Judge Albanel an liiounced suspension of the hearing, i In the meantime Madame Caillaux ihad been laid upon a bench in an ante room wlieie she was surrounded by , doctors. One of the Republican guards itook oft his tunic and made a pillow (for her. .- i The physicians, who had thought .she was suffering mere ty from a pass Mng fainting spell, decided when she i remained unconscious to give her a hypodermic injection of ether. Mine. Cai Jla.ru appeared to have.broker.Jkwn completely and was breathing with .difficulty and such was her condition (that her husband was admitted to her .wide. i The letters were written in the sec ond person singlar, indicating the closest friendship. The first of them eaid: "My dear little "ftiri (an affectionate dtmtatrttve for Henriette) When T met thee I felt the impulsion of all my being toward thee. I was unhap py. I was humiliated and wounded. I mrew myserr toward thee with a ftrriotw passion. With splendid cour age, thou hast reconquered they lib ,rty, asking of me tout one promise- to give thee my love. There . was be tween another person and myself such aw difference of character." While this portion of the letter was , heing read Madame Caillaux disap P eared completely behind the Bide of : the prisoners' enclosure and her crou-ohed body was shaken with ner . vous tremors. The reading continued: "We have everything to fear from a woman's Jury." f Trie second letter, 1 6 pages In length, was begun on October 18, 1909, and finished on the following day. It was written on the official notepaper of the prefecture of the de partment of the Sarthe and said: "My beloved little Rlrl:- At last I have a minute- to write thee." Then followed a long account of a cattle show at Lemans and of a visit by M, Caillaux to Paris and then it resumed: "Thou must be very reasonable and stay at Dlnard for the present. I lear (Ccaclsued.cn Pas Two) SERVIA YIELDS TO AUSTRIA'S DEMANDS BUT FILES PROTEST Russian, Government Ready to Mobilize Army 'for 3e fense of Slavic Nation Extension of Time Is Re - fused Czar's Represent ative By Foreign Office. ' Vienna, July 35 A despatch from Belgrade to the Neu Erie Presse says Servia has decided to accept the Aus trian demands under protest, j A stir was created by the commun ication published here Iji the Official Journal of the Russian-' government slating ihat the St. Petersburg gov ernment was seriously occupied by the ultimatum addressed to Servia by Austria-Hungary and that Russia could not remain Indifferent to the dispute. It was Inferred from this communication that the localization of a possible war would he prevented by Russia. , . Belgrade, Servia, July 25 The elec tion of members of the Servian par liament has been postponed and the members of the old parliament havo been ordered to meet- In special ses sion tomorrow to discuss-, the situa tion between Austria and Servia, The Servian press In its comments is divided in opinion, some of the newspapers demanding, the refusal of and others compliance with the Aus trian governments demands. St. Petersburg, July 25 Orders for the prompt .mobilization of the Rus sian army were anticipated today as a result of the council of ministers RIFLES NEEDED TO GIVE IRISH RULE OF EBIN Volunteer Leader Tells A. O. . H. That 100,000 Guns- '? Will Help' Cause; ,' ' Z Norfolk, ia., July 25 Sir Roger Casement, Irish Volunteer leader, ad- Ndressing the convention of. the Ancient Order of Hibernians yesterday, stated that, when the volunteers' are equip , ped with ISO, 000 rifles and ammuni tion. Home Rule will become a real ity. ' i "-England Is - trying to evade the home rule Issue by , giving virtual sanction to the Ulste movement," said Sir ' Roger. , "We stand for an armed Ireland, in other words, a free Ireland, and the time is not jar dis tant when we will have' It." Officers elected yesterday by the Ladles Auxiliary include: President; Mra Ellen Ryan Jolly, Pawtucket, R. I.; -vice-president, Mrs. B. A. Ma honey, - Calumet, Mich.; secretary, Mrs. : Adlla Christy, Cleveland,- O.; treasurer, Mrs. Mary E. Connelly, Syracuse, N. X. believe Warburg will. withdraw' HIS IIOMIIIATIOI Washington, July 25- Some Demo cratic Senators closeto the adminis tration were. predicting today that Paul M. Warburg, of New York, would follow the example of Thomas r. Jones, of Chicago, and ask President Wilson to withdraw his nomination as a member of the federal reserve hoard. SHERIFF VOLLMER WILL CELEBRATE 32ND ANNIVERSARY County Sheriff and Mrs. William Vollmer will celebrate their thirty sec ond wedding anniversary tonight at their residence oil North avenue. All the deputy sheriffs in the county have been Invited and v the married deputies will .bring their wives. Deputy La drigan of South Norwalk will repre sent the bachelor delegation. Clerk Lioren Delbridge of the Board of As sessors will sing and Assistant City Clerk Frank Bralthwalte will also warble a few selections. ""heriff and Mrs. Vollmer are noted for their lav ish hospitality and It is needless to say that everybody will have a good time. Needn't. Stay Up All Night to Shovel Off Your Walk, Says Court That It is unreasonable to make citi zens clear their walks of snow in six hours, Is the decision handed down today -by Judge Scott of the common pleas court when he declared the city of Norwalk's ordinance invalid. "Ac cording to that ordinance," the court said, "a citizen must sit up all night with a shovel in his hand." Judge Scott made the ruling when he sustaitned the demurrer filed toy Lewis Udelman of Norwalk, who was fined $10 and costs for failing to shovel his walk. Udelman's lawyers appealed from this sentence, claiming the city ordinance was invalid because It al lowed only six hours for the clearing of the walk. Udelman was arrested last February. James W. Wads worth of Genesco, N. T., announced his candidacy: for the United States Saoate on the Re publican, ticket. presided over by the Emperor of Rus sia, at the palace at Peterhof. From present indications, .' Russia will go to any extremes rather than tolerate the downfall Nf Servia. . Many bf the newspapers of . the Russian capital today demand, the Immediate mobilization- tf the Rus sian "army on the - Austrian frontier. The Bourse Gazette declares that "Russia cannot for a moment tolerate an attack on Servia or on Servian independence.". ' Vienna, July 25 An extension of time of 48 hours in which Servia may reply to Austria's note was request ed today by the Russian charge d'af faires.. There was marked " improve -n)ent on the Bourse here on a report that Servia had yielded.- , . f . London, July 2 5 A special des patch from Vienna says the Russian charge d'affaires who requested the Austro-Hungarlan foreign office for a prolongation of the time limit for the Servian reply to the Austrian note was Inforrrfed that it could not be granted. Paris, July 25 -According to semi official information received ' here (Continued on Page 2.) ' ' THREE BUILDINGS FLAME SWEPT AT SAVIN ROCK PARK ' Pleasure Resort Saved From Destruction by Absence . . x; , of Breeze. New Haven, July 25 Absence of wind today probably saved Savin Rock Park, on of the pleasure, resorts of the state oil th west" shore of ' New Haven, harbor, from ibeing fire swept. Merchants, residents and concession lessees In the park are congratulating themselves) on the narrow escape they had. The fire which hroko out in a small lunchroom in 'Palace street behind the tSeaview Hotel, from . grease boiling over upon a hot 'stove,' took three frame buildings having a total front age of 150 feet. The lunchroom, own ed 'by Mr. McArthur, a house in which there was a drugstore 'kept toy Mrs. D. Carney,- a widow and another build ing were destroyed. The 'blase threatened Ihne's Hotel fmt employes from the kitchen, roof kept streams of water playing on the smoking outside. A hrlck fire wall also stopped the flames. For three hours the West Haven firemen worked and held the flames within the three -buildings Until the frames .crumpled and the danger was over. . 1 v The loss totals several thousand dollars. . , . Decides Complicated Case for Company Waterhury, July 25. Compensation Commissioner Frederic (M. Williams rendered a finding -in a most compli cated case today. Patrick Boylan,.ari employe of the Farrel Foundry and Machine company, of Ansonia, sus tained a hernia whll working in the factory last March. He was removed to the Griffin hospital in Derby where he developed soarlet fever. . He died after toeing admitted tothe institu tion. ) V - OommisBioner Williams was called In to decide whether Boylah died from scarlet fever or from hernia. He de cided that the man died from ecarlet fever, which was In no way caused by the hernia. . LARGE QUARTERS FOR COURT OF FORESTERS Court Nathaniel Wheeler, No. 92, F. of A., at a meeting last night, decided to remove to Jarger quarters In the Odd Fellows' hail, 1,087 Broad street. Their present quarters are on Cannon street.. It is expected they will re move to their new quarters toyt the beginning of October, and a change In the night of meeting to the second and fourth Mondays of each month will, with the meeting of Court Ma rina every first and third Monday, give the exclusive use of the hall to the Foresters on Mondays, tit is ex pected that when a fifth Monday falls in a month It will be utilized for prac tice of degree or ball teams. Victory Leaves Hayti Free From Rebel Army Washington, July 25 Capture of Quartler Morin, Hayti. by the federal forces has completely freed the Hay tian district from rebels according to an official despatch today from Consul- Livingstone. The revolutionists, defeated at Llmonade, made a last stand at Quartler Morln where they were followed by the federal army and put to flight. The territory is now entirely in J he hands of the President's men, It is stated, and even the strag glers have withdrawn. President Wlllbn nominated . Ed ward A. Brand, of Virginia, and 'Frank R. Butler, of (Maryland, as Asistant Chiefs of the Bureau of For eign and romestic Commerce. . LADY HOPE GUEST OF MISS MAYHER AT PERRY HOMESTEAD Distinguished English Social Worker to. .Be Entertained By Miss May her at Narraganset Pier Lady Hope, one of the most distin guished - members of the British no bility, has been visiting in Bridgeport the guest of Miss Josephine -C. May her, a.t the W. H. Perry homestead In East Bridgeport. She will be enter tained by Miss Mayher at Narragan sett Pier. Lady Hope's home is at London, Eng. ' She Is known the world over because of her work for the betterment of working people and - es pecially for her efforts for reforms In ' working for people's coffee houses and like Institutions throughout Eng land. . . . ' SADNESS IN ' THESE HOMES Funerals of the Four Vic tims of the Trolley Wreck IMPRESSIVE SERVICES ARE HELD TODAY Beautiful Floral Tokens Surround Bier, of Each , - - . of phe Departed v . ; - ' ' i.' 1 (Four newly made graves in differ ent parte of the city are this evening the only visible signs of the four bright young lives which -were sacri ficed last Wednesday In - the trolley wreck at Westport when - the Point Union Mission Sunday school picnic party was homeward bound. The graves are piled high with ; beautiful flowers and- in the stricken homes rel atives and intimate friends dry-eyed with grief are striving heroically to bear up under the tragic loss, of their loved ones. , Tomorrow It will all be a memory and Bridgeport will refer to its sad trolley accident as a thing of the peet, but" today everyone ceased their occupation a moment to, think of the young hopes which, were crushed and the homes which ' were saddened In the .trageayVV" ..-------rr-;v 5;--. .-i--rr- ' .. 3 label Sophia-Cleveland. .The funeral of 'Miss Mtaibel Sophia. Cleveland was held from the home of her parents, Mr. and iMrs.-Edson M. Cleveland,- of 2,970 - Main street, at- 2 o'clock this -. afternoon. The Rev. George M. Brown, pastor, of . the . First Methodist church of this city, of which "MHss Cleveland was a popular and valuable member, officiated at the services. . The burial was in the family plot In the Milford cemetery, of Mtlford. Hun dreds of friends of" the popular young woman attended the services. V; Besides her parents she Is survived by a sis ter, Mies Marie Cleveland. The ' many beautiful floral pieces attested the es teem with "which the young woman was held. MSss Cleveland was secre tary of the 'E-pworth 'League of the First. Methodist church and was a primary teacher of the Sunday school. She was not a member of the Mis sion, tout attended the -picnic for the purpose of helping to care for some of the younger children whose parents were .unable to go. The pall bearers for her funeral were Arthur and Al bert Bajdwin ' and Harry Hawley of Milford, Earl (Bonegan, "Samuel Dodge, and Oliver .Wilkins of this city. The young " woman's : many friends are grief-stricken at. her- sudden death, and are unable to reaiize that she who was so lately one of the brightest and most promising of them all, has passed away from., mortal sight. Andrew Thompson. . . The funeral of Andrew Thompson, who was fifteen and a half years ojd, was held from his mother's apart ments, behind the store which she conducts at 346 East Main street. The little room was lined with beautiful floral pieces from relatives and sym pathizers, and hundreds of people at tended the funeral which was held at 2:30 o'clock. The' Rev. R. C. Stein hof f , pastor of the, Berean church of ficiated. The interment was in Lake view, cemetery. ' Six young chums of the hoy' bore the casket of their little friend to the hearse and from the hearse to the grave. They were Earle Higgins, Frank Terry, Frederick M alone, Harry Rollinson, Ritson Graham, and James Williams. Among" the mourners were, he sides his mother, Mrs. Frank Fisher, his sisters, Mrs. Harry Kimball, ' of Springfield, Mass., Mrs. Harry E. Eno of New Haven, Mrs. C. B. Nettleton and Mra Annie Prout of this city, also a brother, John Thompson, of Bridge port. . - George Raymond Fuller. At the same time that the funeral of the Thompson boy was toeing held from his mother's home on East Main street that of the Fuller boy was go ing on a couple of blocks away at 482 Stratford avenue. ' . Little) George Raymond Fuller, who was but thirteen years old, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Fuller. The couple now have but one child, a daughter, Ethel, younger than the small victim of the wreck. The little hoy was so (badly cut up that his coffin was kept closed and the father was the only memher of the family who was allowed to see the child toe fore he was committed to the grave. The floral tokens of sympathy were very 'beautiful 'and numerous. One handsome large wreath, bearing the words, "Playmate" rested upon the closed casket. This was sent by the six young boys who were the pall bearers. These were James E. Butlef, Wesley Ford, Austin Munich, Jarvis Kraft, John Marvell and Norman Har rison. The Rev. Earl - H. Kenyon, pastor of St. Paul's P. E. church, of ficiated at the funeral. The little hody was laid to rest in Mountain Grove (Continued on Page Two) N THERE' IS NO PERMANENT-' : PAVEMENT 0,";N0T ONE Experts Testify That Warrenite is v Way Down In The Scale Of Imper mancy Among Pavements In IJse Throughout Country Not One of Them Would Think of Putting It In the Eri gineering Class of Pavements That - Last - a , Long Time Concrete the3&sis of Endurance In Road ; Laying. . i ' V--: : - "' (Special (to The Farmer). New Haven, July 25 The exigen cies of litigation produced some pecu liar' effects on Bridgeport's popular pavement- Warrenite yesterday. In' Judge William H. William's, court. It was necessary for the purposes of the defendants in the suit of Clar ence C. Anderson va City of Bridge port, art action to restrain the execu tion of $160,000 worth of paving con tracts, .to show that Warrenite is not a permanent pavement. ' ,- The oocaslon for this necessity -Is that the charter of Bridgeport gives the paving commission the 'power -to select the kind of permanent, pave ment to be used, and the duty, of su pervising the construction of such pavement. Under . this necessity Bridgeport's miles of Warrenite. hitherto popular ly supposed to have ' the enduring quality- of the pyramids,' took on the fragility of .i.jrlmresMr path of. dal-; liance, and It seemed fo a lay listener In the court room aS if there are few things on this earth so perishable as bituminous macadam highways, not even fish in August, or a political promise made two weeks before elec tion. ' ', - Inrthe strenuous race for the right to expend $160,000 of taxpayers' dol lars many - cherished traditions ' disT appeared. ' . Shattered is the pleasant dream that, under the tutelage of a reform administration, equipped with prince ly revenues and a burning desire for progress, the highways of the city have been improved- in an unusual degree ' - Upon the potent word of Director Jacob- A. Courtade,'. it appears that Bridgeport streets "are very - bad dangerous in' fact and need all fhe attention, that can be given them and need it at once." ' In the 'face of this illuminating statement of a pervading peril there was little difficulty in perceiving that Mr. Ccmrtade had gone tp the War renite contracts as to a sacred duty. Every stroke- of his pen eliminated a peril. . Every dollar of that $160, 000 removed a danger. Alack and alas, that a cruel Judge seems likely to expose the people of Bridgeport to a further dallying with hazards, be side which riding on New Haven rall4 road trains, or Westport .trolley cars, or climbing mountains in Switzerland,' is a tame sport. - From all this hurly burly of desire to -keep that-$160,000 in the Warren ite family, there arose a row of ex perts. 1 Men they- were with high foreheads, broad between the eyes, of assured mien, and certain language, who soon established the fact that nothing In this world Is permanent, no not a single , thing, and especially not pavement.- - - And pavement, it seems, is of varying- degrees of impermanency. V Just where the degrees ended, or where they began, nobody was quite certain, and no two agreed entirely except in thls, that , Warrenite' IS NOT a per manent pavement. There was upon this question of - Warrenite, that ab solute, unqualified and delightful un animity so frequently found among experts employed on the same side of the same litigation In American courts. - At any rate the lay listener observed this truth. No pavement is perma nent, and especially not Warrenite. At . one time it seemed as if there might be an agreement between one of those experts and Mr. Nicholson, of counsel for the plaintiff, regarding some term of practical permanence. City Engineer A. H. Terry was qn the stand, expert for the defendants. He listened with the rapt attention of one who understands perf ectly,,.whlle Mr. Nicholson read from the con tract of Bridgeport or rather of Mr. Director Courtade with the Warren ite company, thus: . "The contractor shall execute a suitable guarantee and surety com pany bond and shall bind and obligate Itself to use such material and so construct said pavement that It will remain In good repair ahd condi tion for and during a period of five years from the date the roadway is completed and opened to traffic over Its' entire, length, so that at the end of . said period, said pavement shall be in good serviceable condition and free from any defects that will Im pair its usefulness as a roadway, or dinary wear and tear accepted." From Mr. Terry clear in his con cept that ..Warrenite Is not a perma nent pavement, clear that It Is not suitable to lay In the neighborhood of trolley tracks and crystal clear to the idea that it is not as cheap in the long run as some other pavements came 1 the admission that a oavement which i did conform to the terms of the-gTiar-1 - WEST antee that it would last Ive years free from defects impairing its usefulness would, in his opinion, be a permanent pavement, in the engineering use of the word. ', '' . v , But there was a string? on Mr. Ter ry's admission. The guarantee was one thing. The "brutal fact is quite another thing. Experience shows, said Mr. Terfy, that Warrenite won't do any such thing. It won't last for five years. - - : '.;'' - ' ' And then Mr.1 Terry ' put a gentle finger upon what may toe termed the Joker in the contract, which consists in the .language "except ordinary wear and tear." . i "Ordinary wear -and tear' on War renite, according to Mr. Terry, Is a fearful thing, and has such results, and disturbing, rending, tearing, dig ging, and other castrop hie. effects as are quite sufficient to ' prevent 'any engineer even, thinking : of Warrenite as permanent.-' -f : .'' - ' ' , -A'most helpful lesson this was on the ' difference5 between permanent language and permanent pavements. To think that that "beautiful guaran tee in Mr. Courtade' contracts, should reduce to a count of 'hills and valleys, dips and holes; waves ' and' windows occasioned toy old Mr.' Wear and Tear. As for counsel for the defendants headed toy former City Attorney John S. Pullman, and he assisted by the distinguished former Congressman R. E. DeForest, and J. T. Head of classic Boston, and Former "Alderman R. G. DeForest, no group of rrten could have handled more perfectly a difficult situation. v - -Almost 'they caused the lay hearer to believe that no disaster could over take Bridgeport more to toe "dreaded than that this wonderful Warrenite should not toe laid upon the city's streets ' toy Mr. Courtade and the Common. Council. . With elegant precision they levelled the hill of repairs and the hill of con struction, until there was a plain com posed of tooth repair and construction, two operations without an. apparent difference. - , - Nevertheless TMr. Nlckerson devoted no little time, with dredging apparatus in the shape of decision of many courts m divers states, indicating, the exist ence of a judicial separation of pave ment construction from pavement re pairs. , ', . . ,. . - Repairs, in the ' light of these de cisions, seemed to end, and construc tion to begin wherever the old founda tion of av street was torn up,- made over, and entirely resurfaced with a new material. - ' Indeed 'fronji the very necessities f their situation eounsel for the defend ants were obliged to . claim -or did fContlnua nr.. t-ajp T .v Body of Veteran R. R. Conductor Taken to Grave In Auto Hearse Early today an automobile cortege, escorting the body . of George R. Beebe, retired railroad engineer, who died here, left this city for Green wood cemetery, Brooklyn, N. Y. The cortege consisted of - the automobile hearse pf H. E. Bishop and two lim ousine cars carrying the mourners. Mr. Beebe, who was in his 79th ySar died Thursday morning at the hoine of his daughter, Mra W. S. McCor mick, 768 Noble avenue. The funeral service was held there last night at 7:80. The Rev. Earl H. Kenyon, rec tor of St. Paul's P. E. church, offi ciated. The burial took ' p lac3 in Greenwood cemetery this afternoon. Expect State Police to -r Inspect Picnic Parka Great secrecy is being maintained at police headquarters as to the ar rangements for supervising- picnics within the city limits tomorrow. Su perintendent ' Birmingham , says that he has nothing to give out save that the law regarding- the sale of liquor will be enforced. Officers plan to again make a round of the various picnic grounds and patrolmen whose beats include these localities will make frequent visits there. Representatives of the department are known to be making an Investiga tion today, as to tickets and invita tions reported as being placed on sals generally In: saloons and club room every Saturday. Police department officials - freely admit that they would not be sur prised should the state police appear and visit many of, the picnic grounds. YSTEI NO AXES FOUi! ON CARS, S One Declares Raymond Use :! His "Light" for Permis sion to Advance DECLARE " REGULAR WAS BEHIND Loss of Lives Would 11-. Been Avoided Had Expre:: Been of Standard Size (By Staff' Correspondent of Tha ' . Evening Farmer.) Testimony bearing out in detail the contention, of passengers - of the ex- . cursion car that was wrecked on trse. Connecticut lines at , Westport that the lights were burning dimly -w r.. i all the six cars were in motion upo.i the section and burned brightly r-s-i fore and after the cars were rum wae today made at- the coroner's in quest by mptormen On the ru'anirj cars. It was further disclosed that t" e rule book of the- Connecticut eomps,- is not the only operating guide ot em ployes, but that bulletin boards f rr. t time - to ,- time -.schedule . .rules an i changes. The startling . testimony that con ductors and motormen of cars had t-a-come so carelssa that" they 3ii nuc even look at th sienal lights as th pa' 1 wa reyre!ei, and It was a.'. determined 1 that. -Coffering from r.-f : -road rules, where loaded paera. -1" specials have the'rigiit of way, on the Connecticut system,- express cars, "iead" cars,' and any form of rolling stock, except regular scheduled cars might take the right of way. That the cars were running about five minutes behind the schedule shortly before the' time f the wr- ' was wrung from witnesses today by Coroner Phelan. - ; ' Besides a special effort made this, morning by Coroner Phelan, Publ.o Utilities Commissioner C. C. Elweil and officers of the company. at the fa tal switch, .to see if anyone had been able to tamper with the lights at either end, conductors and mortormen were forced to admit that the laxity of their conduct at the Westport ter minal Just before the accident v?ouM have permitted some member of the crew to turn the switch light without their having noticed It.- Motorman Raymond's story of yesterday was partially denied. , It was also testified that, had the frame of the express car not beon higher from the ground than that of the excursion car, there would prob ably have been no deaths. Before, a greatly , diminished num ber pf witnesses and spectators Cor oner' John J. Phelan today continued his Inquest Into fine Westport trollov accident, beginning sharply at 11 o'clock. In the room were Georgo S. Hall," of Bridgeport, official sten ographer,' C. H. Chapman, superin tendent of the Bridgeport division of the Connecticut Co., J., B. Potter, su perintendent of the Norwalk division. Attorneys David Fitzgerald and f t-th M. Baldwin, of New Haven. C. C. Elweil, chief engineer of the Public Utllties Commission, took a prominent part in the Investigation. . assisting Coroner Phelan materially in the questioning of various witness- ' es. -- , John J. Dorney, residing at East i Rbck avenue, Norwalk, who has beu : a conductor , for 19 years and who took the second car down the hill ; (Continued on Page Two) :-: THE WEATHER . FORECAST Genereal :-: , Showers have occurred :-: durirnr- the last 24 hours :-: from Illinois eastward to the :-: Jersey coast. The greatest :-: amount of rainfall reported :-: was I:4 inches at Scranton, :-: Pa. Showers were also re-:-: ported from the lower Mis-:-: slsslppl valley. The pres-:-: sure Is below the oormal In. :-: all northern districts -east of :-: the ttoctey Mountains. This :-: condition is causing a great :-: , deal of cloudy and unsettled :-: weather from the upper Mis- . sispippl valley eastward to :-: the east. - The temperature :-: are high in the central dis-:-: triots. , New Ha ven Forecast: - Lvoeal showers followed by fair tonight and Sunday, warmer tonight. State Generally fair tonight and Sunday, light to moderate west winds. Automobile Light Automobile drivers should light their lamps at 7:47 o'clock tonight. Alamnac Sun rises ..... 4:43 a. m. Sun eets 7:10 p. m. High water 12:03 a. m. Moon seta ...... 8:54 pv m. Low water .... 6:10 a. isa,.