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. THE FARMER: FEBRUARY 13, 1915
CHARGE AGAINST
DR. KIERNA1T N0LU3D
Olt RECONCILIATION
A i. reconciliation between Dr. J. M.
Kiernanj now residing-at 46 Sanford
avenue, and recently practising med
icine in New Haven, has 'been effected
with his wife, Mary, of 377 Beach
street, New Haven. This, informftion
was conveyed to-day to J udge Cough
lin, in the city court when a recom
mendation for a nolle rwas f fnado by
Prosecutor DeLaney.
- Dr. Kiernan had been arrested upqn
n. warrant charging' non-support. It is
understood that the couple will return
to domestic happiness in their West
Haven home. . .
Bars Lawyer's Questions
As to Wife's Conduct
In Non Support Case
When counsel for -Howard Sweezey.
a cabaret singer, tried to question Mrs.
Kweezey about -her acquaintance with
men other than her husband, as she
testified In her non-support case in
the city "court today. Judge Coughlin
refused to admit such testimony. Swee
ney was ordered to pay $S a week for
the support of hie Wife and child.. '
FATHER OF 13rFOUNA
BEAD FROM EXPOSURE
Joseph Kasthmar,' aged 60, the
father of 13 children, and for many
years a r laborer , mt the, Bridgeport
Brass Co. and other shops on the east
side was found dead today. In the rear
of the bakery operated : by ' Louis
Frankel at 100 Reilly street where he,
had recently slept undeS.the roofofi
a small horse stable In preference to;
going to '. Lake-riew ' home. ;, ': . ' ?. . ' j
The body was discovered at an early :
hour this - morning ; by Joseph; Euel-!
denk, a baker's boy! when he went to
bitch up a delivery horse. Medical
Examiner Samuel S- Garlick . called to
investigate the death. Id of. the opinion
that the infirm man died from a dis7.
order of the liver. ':-' '.-' ', :
j Whea last seen, by employes of the
bakeshop wiser -. he :. often ' warmed
liimself or -got pieces of bread to. eat,
he complained, of feeling ill and It is
believed that while on his way to or
from the loft over the horses fee fell
to the ground and probably died from
weakness - resulting from his . malady
and' escposrare.
: The body was removed to the Culli
ii an & Mullins city morgue wtere it
is jearpeeted to be -claimed by a "broth
er working for the Spragus See com
pany and .living' at S08 Church street
He is smrrtred by one son and one
daughter , in Bridgeport and. a wife
and eleven children, in; Hungary.
5 .According; to a friend, John 3ynek,
who rnns a saloon on Reilly street,
the aged man has lo'hg been infirm
and oat of work; . ; 1 :" .!-
TEW POllCE IG3Tt3
-V, TO BE J3T TTERATTOJr . .
, - BY MONDAY EVENING
The new police fights, ' located in
various sections of the city- upon
Ktptr.Aartim rtsinar from thi 1o1nt. fire
and -. poUea box Irtations; -will be : in
operation Monday night. There are
eighteen of the In the -city, directed
by the -Gamewell Fire Alarm 0ystem
of NeW.Torfc Engineer Louii Bills
of that company ; accompanied ' by
Electrician Ehertdan A. L&dd of the
police department and Arthur Piatt;
electrictatt of the- Fire department
gave the system -final--.tests today
which showed all in -working order. -
These Ughts, giving a constant red
plow within a large globe are to con
ttructed that in the event of a gen
eral police alarm' being sent out from
headjuarter"o -arty precinct station
the lights may , be "nickered' in
wbioh 'event all patrolmen will - at
orsca report through the street, boxes
nearest at hand. -
LfTLATTteFLX In this ey, Saturday,
, ; Feb. IS, ltlS. - 'Florence, beloved
. wife of William J. flattery, aged SI
' years,' 'mouths, 2 days. -
' JVleoSs are invited to attend the
funeral from ttU( home -of her aunt,
Mrs. James- Donnelly, 449 Ogden
St., on . Tuesday,-SVato. 16, at 8:30
a. m- and from St. Charles ehurch
at a. mw Interment Lsaeview
'S -csmetieffy.. -r . .'.:- :'B -IS. b
I BtSXBB In this city, Feb 13th,
1S16, CSaarteMi Soppert, agtd (3
ye--w)i 9 months, days. ;
Ulacds are invited to attend: the
f unseal at . his late residence on
Mandor, FeU -16, at S o'clock pi
m. Interment in ; family, plot at
' lC53Stt3X In this , ctiy, Pteifc. " '. 12th,
V UU, itany J. Otontoy, aged 4 years
1A months, 1 daye.
i STrtoradss are invited to attend the
frmeral eom the Wiemt M. EL cimych,
' oorer f Broad street and Fairfield
aveona, on Monday, fteb. 15th, at
s.-sfli p. m. . -
. . ZntermflBt at Mt. Gnove cemetery.
IXsEE in- this city, Feb. JS, 1915, at
the " homes of . his sister, Mrs. J. P.
Omana, No. 708 Park avenue, Wel-
- come Morgan Lee, in his 69th year,
Funeral service and burial In Karl-
vUle.l New York. . ap
; a jTN Cll In this city, Saturday, 1 Feb.
18th, 1915, - Catherine Elizabeth,
wife of John F. Lynch.
Friends are invited to attend the
funeral from her late residence. No,
' 109 George St., on Tuesday, Feb.
16th at 8:30 a. m., and from St.
- : Augustine's chm-ch at 9 o'clock- a.
Vri. Interment St. Mcihael's ceme
tery. " -B 13 b
MnXiCAHX In this city, Friday,
Feb. 12th, 191-6, John Mulcahy.-
Friends are invited to attend the
funeral from - the- residence of his
daughter, Mrs. Mary Stone, No. 481
Lafayette street, on Monday, Feb.
15, at 8:t0 i n., and from Sacred
Heart church , at 9 o'clock.- Burial
at Mt Stj Peter's cemetery, Derby,
Conn. - - ' a
5IOYT. At Norwalk, Feb. 5, "Warren
Smith Hoyt, aged 85 years.
JOJfE&f At New Canaan. Feb.
Adelaide JF Jones, aged S3.
3LOST -Gold laValier. Finder kindly
return to 944 ' Madison Ave. He
ward. B 13 bp
WANTED By young woman, work
of any description. .Mornings - or
part of day. - Address Willing, Care
Farmer. B 13 dp
TO RENT -Large store, fine location
for any business. Corner North ave-
,. nue and Center street.
B 13 spo
TO RENT Five very pleasant sun
ny rooms with all the latest im
provements; strictly up-to-cate new
house on corner. SIS. 180 5 North
avenue. B 38 sop
PUPILS OF MISS ;
BURR ENTERTAIN
WITH MUSICALE
Pleasant Afternoon at Home
of Fairfield J Teacher
Other News of Town
CSpecial to The Farmer) :
Fairfield, Feb. 13 The pupils of
Miss Alice Burr .held an : enjoyable
mualcale at the home of their teach
er on Elm street, yesterday afternoon
at 2, After, the musical refreshments;
were served by the hostess. - The
programs Duet, Miss Florence Fox,
Master James Fox; Norwegian Dance,
Mullen. Master James Fox;. Gertrude's ,
Dream Waltz, Beethoven, Miss JLor-
thy Wheeler; Dorothy, Read, miss
Theodora Gravesen; Nimble Fingers,
Orth, Miss Dorothy Banks; Shep
herd's Dream, Heins, Miss Florence
Fox.; Lullaby, Eilenberg, Miss Har
riet Randolph; a, Etude No. 23, Heu
ler, b, Simple Avenu, xnorne, naias
Louise Bawden; Scherrino, Gade, Miss
Eliza Perry; a, Parr, - Qodard, b.
Valse Op-1 69, No. 1, Chopin, Miss
Aretta Burr; A la Blen-aimee, schutt.
Miss Elizabeth van Ness; Second ,Ma
zurka, Qodard, Miss Kate Perry.
Mrs. Harriet MiUett, formerly
Miss Harriet Glover, entertained a
party of friends at her home on Fair
field avenue, yesterday afternoon. Mr.
and Mrs. Miliett have recently, pur
chased property in Greenfield - Hill
and will take up their residenoe -there
in' the spring.- ':'.'.;''?. '
XJnquowa tribe of - Bed Men. held
the regular "meeting in their ' wig
wam, n: ficRetfs feuiioing lasx even
ing. - The regular routine was gone
through and the members then de
cided to hold an initiation March 5,
when 25, candidates will receive the
first; degree.. :-: ' ' -
Rev. E. A. Thompson, Tale univer
sity, is spending the week end . at his
home in Greenfield Hill, . anjd will
conduct the services in. the Greenfield
Hill Congregational church Sunday
morning and evening. Proceeding the
evening sermon the Christian Endea
vor service will W held,' led "by . Oliv
er H. Meeker, the subject being, "The
Solid -Fouhdation of .Life."
The Home Missionary society of
the Congregational church furnished
supper, served in the church parlors
Thursday eveninjs. A great number
of the church members, and their
friends attended. ' 1
The members of Fairfield H. & L.
Co- No. 1, held their annual dance
in . Sherman hall last evening. This
the ' twenty-second .dance given
by "the company and It is said that it
was one of the most successful. The
funds realized will be used to pur-
phase additional equipment for the
department neaaquarxers.
Engine Company,; No. z, held the
annual entertainmesnt and dance, m
their headquarters in Stratfieldi last
evening, and a goodly . number of
vnnn, nrnnl, nf thH district .were in
attendance.-' The meinbers . will hold
pinochle and whist party in their
headquarters next DTiaay evening.
The Ladies Auxiliary will have, charge
of the affair. A meeting was held recently1-
at which committees were ap
pointed. v;., "'. .'-'.I 'A
The regulajr semi-monthly meet
ing of the Greenfield Hill grange will
be held Tuesday evening. Howard I.
Wakeman, the newly elected lecturer".
has prepared - an-interesting program
which will include a talk on spraying.
The last ; meeting of the order was
postponed owing to inclement weath -
er and the business session Tuesday
evening : will include that of both
meetings, tf; - 5
Arthur Treadwell, a well known
resident ; of ': this' ' town, .. was taken
Thursday; afternoon by Deputy Shan ft
EL - R.1 Ersrood to Wallingford where
he will be treated at the State Tuber
culosis hospital. -. a - 1 : .
Mrs. 'Samuel H. Wheeler entertain
ed the members of the. local Equal
Franchise League, at a tea party held
in her home yesterday afternoon.
t'A Country School". -is the name of
the sketch ; presented in the Sherman
school by the , children of the eighth
grade, this afternoon. The proceeds
will go-toward a. fund for additional
school equipment. ; The following chil
dren appeared c inv thef cast: Grace
Bulkley, May; Connelly. ' Anna , Dun.
leavy, Mabel ' Egelind, Dorothy Jen
nings, Marguerite Jennings, Katharine
ODwyer, Mary Paulding; ' Josephine
Swelnis, Burnice Wheeler, Ethel Xan-
sicki -Eben Burr,' Howard Burr, Leroy
Carlson,- James Fox, Keven Furniss,
Lynn Betiel, Wendel. Horn, - John
Schumann, Russell Scranton, Marland
Whiteman, Christian Wyrtzen and
Arthur Knight ' ;
The anthem sung by the choir at
the S Greenfield - .Hill Congregational
church,. Sunday evening, was com
posed; by Dr. Dunham, of that place,
The new fire alarm is now in work
ing order and will be sounded'-by the
operator at the local telephone ex
change, the number- sounded will
designate . the locality in which the
fire is. The following are the list of
fireboxes:..;..--,
8. : Spring street, from Thorpe ave
nue to library. Broad street, to Flint's
corner,,- i and Fairfield avenue : to
Marine avenue.
4. ' Spring street from Thorpe ave
nue to Mill River bridge.
5. 'Fairfield avenue, from : Flint's
corner to Congregational church and
south to the beach,
8. -Fairfield avenue - from Church
street to Benson avenue, and south
to the beach.
i T. - Fairfield avenue from Benson
avenue to Ash Creek and King's
Highway frpm Grasmere to bridge
8. ' Eliot " street from XJnquowa
place to Benson avenue, Center street
and Benson avenue from Eliot street
to Fairfield avenue.
9. , Fairfield Rubber company.
12.: Pine Creek road from Spring
street to Fairfield avenue.
18. . Fairfield .' avenue from Pine
Creek road to Marine, avenue.
14. Marine avenue from Fairfield
avenue to the beach
15. Pine jCreek road to the beach
Including the north side of the beach.
16. iThe beach from Penfleld ave
nue to Pirie. Creek. .. ,
17. Cemetery avenue and Green
field Hill -road from Spring street to
Mill River bridge.
18.. Mill. Plain road from Spring
street to Perry's Mill,
19. . Unoquowa road from Spring
street to Mill Plain road and to Cen
ter street.
21. Center . street and Round Hill
road, from Eliot street to Mill Plain
road.
V. 22. Benson avenue from Eliot
street tdJCsborne TJA1V- toad"-",ta Jen
nings road, to King's Highway.
23. Osborne Hill road from More
house corner to Hope chapel.
24. Mill Plain road from XJnquowa
road to Brothwell's bridge and to
Hageciorn place: ; - .
25. Kennel Food Supply Co.
26. Right fork of Bronson avenue
from Brown's brook to Greenfield' Hill
school (via Bronson dairy.)
27. Bronson avenue from Brown's
brook to Greenfield Hill church (via
Country club.)
28. From Greenfield HiWehurch to
Easton line (via Dr. Dunham's place).
29. Burr street from' Brothwell's
bridge to Easton. line including Con
gress street. '
31. 'Black Rock turnpike and Hoy
den's Hill road from Hope chapel to
Easton line. ' ' ' .
"Will Send Delegation
To Capitol to Try for
Better Trolley Service
Next week a committee from .the
North End Improvement . association
will appear before the General Assem
bly railroads committee at Hartford in
ah effort to have the North Main street
ears of the Connecticut Co. run as far.
as the -city line for a five cent fare.
At present the North Main street, cars
only run to Winthrop street.. Rev.
Nestor Light, pastor of the Bethany
chapel, is a member of the commit
tee. At a meeting in the chapel last"
night Compensation Commissioner E.
T.. Buckingham addressed the mem-,
bers and urged them to take an active
part in political affairs, saying that
by! such action they would ; be : more
apt to obtain various improvements
which the members desire. '
A committee will shortly' ;be sent to
the common council to ask for sewers
and more lights in the North End in
view of the raise in the taxes and the
fact jthat this section of the city has
been included in the Second tax dis
trict. Jasper Mctevy, several times the
Socialist party candidate for , mayor.
told the members that he was willing
tO' do anything he could to aid them.
He said he was obliged to leave that
section of the city -because the North
End did not have proper trolley com
munication with the other parts of the
city. ; ... . " ' ' . ,
C. A. Dana, president of the Men's
club! of Olivet Congregational church.
spoke encouragingly of ' the aims : of
the association and pledged the asso
ciation of which he is president to aid
the North i.' End organization ..in any
thing it attempted . for civic . better
ment. '''".-.' ..- ..' -j . ''. '
JACOBS,
TROIJYMAN,
DEAD IN BRASS CITY
; On a special; funeral trolley car and
accompanied b,y a guard bf honor of
his trolleymen associates and the "Wa
terbury camp. Woodman of the World
the body of William B, Jacobs, assist
ant superintendent for the Waterbury
division , of . the: Connecticut Co., and
lormeriy an inspector .for the com
pany in this city, who died yesterday
in Waterbury, .aged 88. years, will be
brought here for. burial.' ' i ,:'-
' The funeral, will be held at 1:30 to
morrow afternoon from the mortuary
chapel of . H. E. Bishop in Fairfield
avenue. . Jacobs was a' prominent
member of the Woodmen Of the World.
The burial will be In, the Union cem
etery, in Boston, the -town ; in iwhicli
Jaeobs was born and where "his -Tuotb-
er and two sisters still- reside. Besides
these relatives his widow also- survives
him. . . . .: -v- .- . -t : .
Jacobs, for several yeirs, --was sta
tioned at Fafrfleld avehue , and . Main
street as car dispatcher '-and; inspec
tor and. .'by his unfailing- courtesy
and good nature' he made ...hosts'. j'of-
friends .here. -V ' , - -, sv
His rise to a postion of trust ' and
prominence with the company that
employed him was by sheer merit
and hundreds of his associates in the
Connecticut Co. employ will sincerely
mourn him.
CITY COURT
In the city court, Judge Couerhlini
sitting m the case of Mildred Bell
held under $50 bonds -for , keeping ' a
nouse or- iu lame,, with live women
frequenters under .bonds-of $15 each,
was called. None appeared and for
feiture of the bonds - resulted. , Two
men charged with frequenting, had
thei cases continued until Febru
ary J.O. .. t
Louis Fanterello, 200 North Wash
ington avenue, accused of . assault
with intent to kill upon Antonio Tes
tani, 50 Columbus place,' pleaded not
guilty. . Attorney , Fallon. In entering
the plea asked for a discharge upon
the ground that" while it would -not
be denied that a pistol had been fired
there was no malice "between the men
and no attempt was made upon the
life of Testani. . v . 1; - .
The prisoner was held for the su
perior court under bonds lot $1,
000. . - '-- '-.
.The cases against twenty hotel and
saloon proprietors of this city charg
ed by the state police, with maintain
ing gambling devices in the form of
slot machines again were continued
until the 15th upon the plea of law
yers who have just been retained..
, William Kelly, Grand, street, ac
cused of 'breach , of the peace . and
injury to property, was fined $2 and
costs.,, . : -.
Louis ; Delibro of East" Main street,
accused of abduction of Mary Butt
ner. also charged with breach of the
peace, was released , from . custody
today ' upon recommendation of the
prosecuting attorney that the cases
toe nolled. ,. ,
OBITUARY
FLORENCE SLATTERT. 'i ,
Death claimed Florence, wife ' of
William J. Slattery, early this morn
ing at her home. 336 Ogden street, af
ter a very brief iMness. The deceased
was 31 years of age and was the
daughter of Charles and Sarah Gom
perts. Mrs. Slattery was an active
member of St. Charles' church. Be
sides her parents and husband she is'
surpived by three sisters, . Mrs. Miles
McLaughlin and the Misses Margaret
and Irene Gomper'ts, also by two
brothers, Charles and George Gom.
perts. ,- ':
JOHN MULCAHY. . ,
f -John Mulcahy died -yesterday, at the
Rome of his daughter, Mrs. Mary
Stone of 431 Lafayette street,, after
a short ' illness of pneumonia. Mr.
Mulcahy who came to this city from
Shelton some four years ago, had
a large number 'of f riends here who
are sorrowing because of his death.
Besides-Mrs. Stone,- two other daugh
ters survive him, Mrs. A., Morgan of
Shelton and Mrs. John Hennessey
of Ansonia, also -two sons, Eugene
Mulcahy of this city and Patrick
Mulcahy of Saratoga and one sister,
Mrs. Catherine Harty of Dover
Plains. N. T.
Results From Farmer Ads
FARMERS INSTITUTE
AT GREENS FARMS
LARGELY ATTENDED
Interesting and Instructive
Papers Read at Gathering
at Wymfromere Dairy
(Special to the Farmer.)
i.Southport, Feb.. 13 HA number, of
local members and' residents attend
ed yesterday, Lincoln's birthday, at
the "Farmers' Institute," .given un
der the auspices of the Greens 'Farms
Farmers' : club, in the Wymfromere
farm dairy' building on the Bedford
estate in Greens Farms. The meet
ing commenced at 11 a.' -ta. and con
tinued throughout the day. 'The
program: . Introductory address;
William Hi Burr, president of the
club; address, ; "Alfalfa,' Prof. H. L.
Garrigus, superintendent of i Storrs
Agricultural college farm; buffet
luncheon served by the ladies of , the
club; address "Spraying Cucumbers
and Melons," Prof. G. P. Clinton,
Storrs; address, "The - East ; and- the
West," Dr. A. L. Winton, Westport;
addrass, "Lincoln," J. : T. Langlols,
Saugatuck. . , '. .; ' ' ; ;..
' At the service in .Trinity church
tomorrowi '; notice will. -Tje' taken' of
the hundredth anniversary ;. of - ' the
declaration of ' peace "between- this
country and Great Britain. - As a
thanksgiving, Te - Deum will be .sung
at the t conclusion of the service
which will bo conducted 'by the rec
tor, Rev. R.' D. Hatch. . -,,;-' ' : ,:i .-' -
William t E. Smith, " superintendent
of Fairfield . schools and a member- of
Trinity church, has, been engaged as
choirmaster, ; to take chargei. of -the
boys and ; men' who c will fQrm the
vested choir in Trinity church. Mr.
Smith also v will - act, ' as .the organist.
succeeding Mrs. Nina ,'Lang, of Nor--
walk, who has held the position for
the .past fifteen years. ' Drills " are
being held in' the parish hall and all
boys who wish, to join the choir will
report -to Mr. Smith, ; Monday,' Wed
nesday or Friday afternoons, between
and' 5. ' It is expected - that the
choir will 'be organized "by the first
Sunday in. May. ; ' . c !; ' ' : . . ,
The" formation , of an athletic club
among the young j, men of the .village
is well ; under way. A Daseball team
will be organized.. : - - . - '
The weekly meeting of the ladies
who are. doing work fox the- Belgium
refugees took, place yesterday after
noon - m j the, iWakeman ; memorial
building, .y s v;: -' '''f'fi "V "-' Ct''
'A four masted schooner was visible
on the Sound, sailing east,, a day. or
so .ago. -' Some 25 .years: ago! often
one could' count 2& scnooners sailing
this course in a favoring wind. Such
a - marine ' scene lent ,a charm to the
onlookers on the coast. ' .,
? This week the eouthport-Brldge-
port Bridge club was ' entertained by
Miss Helen Hayes, at her - home in
Fairfield. The usual game of (bridge
was played resulting in. Miss Mildred
Taylor, ; of Southport,. capturing the
prize. - After the game a dainty, re
past was served by the hostess. ' '
, . Mrs. ; Ernest", Jennings entertained
the cast of "Too Many Husbands,'', at
her home last evening, .when . the
wort ; of .rehearsal. of..'., , the ( ,yarlous
parts was continued.. .
The King's Daughters of the Meth
odist church are to present their play
the first week in March, as decided
at a recent meeting. , The exact date
however, has not ' yet been selected,
, A number of local members at
tended the : masquerade . dance given
1 ast evening :- by the , members of the
junior class of the.- Staples' - High
school, Westport.
Preparations are : beingf made by
members of the Woman's Guild of
the Trinity church for weekly ser
mons ' during the, Lenten season.
Mrs. Josephine Bradley is recover
ing from a recent attack of rheuma
tism. ',. , ' . '-.'
.'-Mrs. James D... Jennings, is enter
taining her niece . at her home on
Harbor road, s ' ' r
Several of the 4ocal .members of
the Christian Endeavor society : at
tended the rally at . Olivet church,
Bridgeport, Tuesday evening. .
VIOLETS LEADING
FLOWER AT PtnTERAL
OP BLIND POETESS
"Violets, the favorite flower' of the
dead hymnist, Fanny Crosby, ,will pre
dominate at her funeral which' is to
be held from the First Methodist
church on Monday afternoon at '- 2: 80
o'clock. v'Rev. -George M. Brown, pas
tor of the church will officiate' at the
services. Other " arrangements shave
not yet been completed but the funeral
will probably be one of the largest
ever held in this city. Many delegates
from the different circles f King's
Daughters throughout the state, , of
which Miss Crosby was a dearly be
loved honorary member, have al
ready signified their - intention to at
tend. ..-Most of the circles are also
sending beautiful floral pieces. -
The , local circle of King's Daugh
ters which was named In honor of the
blind poetess, will Occupy pews im
mediately back - of the relatives' and
behind them the members of the
Mary Silliman chapter, , D. A. R. will
be seated. - It i3 expected that many
admirers of the hymns of the beloved
writer will come long distances to at
tend the funeral . ! . ,
Six Lenten Meetings
at the People's Church
An interesting series of six meetings
during the Lenten season will be open
ed under auspices of the Men's club
of the People's church, ' beginning one
week from tomorrow night. Follow
ing are the dates and speeches:
Feb. 21 Dr. E. Stagg Whitin.
Feb. 28 Miss Ruth Angel.
' March 7 Dave Ranney, '
March 14 John J. Manning.
" March 2 1-Hon.- Amos P. Wilder.
.March 28 Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes.
included among the features is the
appearance of Hon. Thomas Matt Os
born,e warden of ISing Sing prison,
who will speak at a mass meeting on
Sunday afternoon, February 28.
JAILED .AS VAGRANTS FOR
INSULTING .BENEFACTORS
Because John : Riordan, alias Shee
han, aged 24, , and Andrew Sedlack,
tore up in the faces of benevolent
Persian's EiSSpers givrrLthenrdissIniiJthB shell In the magazine of the rifle
to "free "Toclgings, wherTthe two asked
for money for that purpose, they were
sentenced to lail as vagrants in the
City cburt today, Riordan for 80 and
Sedlack, for 60 days.-,
EPISCOPAL LETTER
ISSUED BY B.SH0P
ON LENTEN SEASON
Regulations of . Penitential
Period Issued By Head
of Hartford Diocese v
Rt. Rev. John J. Nilan has addressed
a letter concerning the observance t
Lent - to the priests of his diocese,
which is printed in the Catholic Tran
script as follows:
.' ' Episcopal Residence,
. Hartford, Conn.,
v' ' ' ' , Feb. 9,1915:
Dear Father: ,
The' holy season of Lent should be
observed by the faithful of this dio
cese in accordance with the following
regulations:
-1. ' The sick and delicate are not
bound either to fast or obstain.
- 2. The aged and persons under 21
years of age are not bound to fast, but
must abstain on abstinence days.
3. -The abstinence days for the la
boring class and all members Of the
household of laborers are Fridays, Ash
Wednesday and Wednesday and Sat
urday of Holy Week.
4. The abstinence days for all other
persons are the Wednesdays and Fri
days, and the second and last1 Satur
day of Lent. .,
5. All who are "engaged in an ex
hausting occupation are not restricted
to one meal a day and may eat meat
at all meals except on aibstlnence
days. - ; .;. ,,;
6. . Both meat and fish at the same
meal are not permitted on any day of
Lent. ; -
T.-'Those who are bound to fast are
allowed to take only one full meal a
day, .,; In- - the morning, however, "they
may, take a cup of tea, coffee or choc
olate with a piece of bread. In the
evening - they may take a collation.
At.this,; collation it is lawful "to use
fish, egg, cheese, butter and milk, but
the :iantrty of solid food should not
exceed ten ounces. Meat Is allowed'
only at the principal meal o$ the day.
This meal may be'taken In the evening
and the collation at noon. -
On Sundays no one is bound to fast
er -abstain.'
t The faithful Should be reminded that
the' law which formerly obliged every
one both to fast and abstain on all the
days of Lent has been modified for the
present only by special dispensation of
the Holy See In granting this dispen
sation the Soverign Pontiff requests
that , those who take , advantage of it
shall substitute other good works, e.
g., giving alms to the poor, . abstaining
from intoxicants' and attending -the
Lenten exercises in the church. The
customary e$xercises are Rosary of
the ' Blessed "Virgin Sermon, Way of
the Cross and Benediction-of the Bles
sed Sacrament; ', ' ' t 1 '
? Tours .sincerely, " t ' ,'.:
JOHN J. NILAN1, ,
" V' . ' ; : ' Bishop of Hartford. .
CIIICKEI! THEFTS
GALORE III DOCKET
j - - - Vii- . ' - . : - . t - . .
OF SUPERIOR COURT
Two Ilurder Cases LIrs
Angle's Name Not Listed
for Ballou Death
; -' A wave bf chicken theft : seems to
have spread over the county for 18
men charged with this crime are on
the ' docket of the , criminal s superior
court which convenes here next Tues
day afternoon. : There are also two
charged with, murder, Salvatore Flol
rillo of Huntington and5 .Salvatore
Russittl of , Stamford. - Mrs. Helen
Angle, charged with manslaughter in
connection,,' with ' the death of wealthy
Waldo R Ballou of Stamford, ' may
also be tried, although her ' name Is
ho listed. ', Rev. Stephen Fisk Sher
man of St. John's Episcopal church
will open the court with prayer.
- The list of prisoners: ..Bridgeport:
William McMahon, Harold Chambers,
Louis Morris, Joseph Noel, John Fed
rock, burglary; Otto Stankey, .forg
ery; Daniel Galvin, chicken theft;
James Flaherty, J bseph . Svab, embez
zlement; Samuel Rubin,' Edward Mc
Avoy, ' theft from , person; David
Welner, . Elmer Poole, Frank Tlmko,
injury to property; . Mary . Blake, ar
son; ' - :.'':. " ' 'v
Stamford :-i Mike Molok, 'assault;
Joseph Tuclano, indecent assault; Jo
seph Connonde, Denis F. Dunn, chick
en theft; Salvatore Russottf, murder;.
Joseph Rogers, forgery; Edward Fal
Ion, theft;- ' Juintor '.Thomas,' Robert
McReynolds, Joseph Gentile, robbery;
George Dalton, Isadore Danziger, Jo
seph Bousa, Julius Miller. , Harry
Vackura, burglary.
Fairfield. Michael Sullivan, Martin
Robtison, Stanislaw Janisky; William
Tontges, Michael Bolka, chicken
theft. :
'Stratford.- Fred. Hayes, Samuel
Jackson, Stephen Kudeski, chicken
theft.
Greenwich. -David Treadwell, Sam.
nel Purdy .indecent assault.
Huntington. John Bros, intent to
kill; Salvatore Fiorillo, murder.
Westport. -James Glynn, forgery
"Joseph Klaskl, theft.- I
Trumbull. Joseph Lynch, . Henry
Hoffman, i chicken vtheft.
Out on bonds:, Trumbullr-r-Mich
ael , Montanaro. Tony Petrino, Louts
Buccasslo, John Gallucci, Frank Pair
mere, chicken . theft. Bridgeport-
Samuel Sattler theft; Samuel Splvoek
false pretenses.
Awaiting trial- from last term
Fairfield Edward Dawson,, . theft.
Westport Edward Wagner. , ' bur
glary. ' ''...,:"'..'-
PROBE NEW ANGLE
. , , OF TTMKO CASE.
State Policemen were to-day inves
tigating a clue, a story that John Tlm
ko, the man who was found shot and
dying in his little stbre in State street
extension, Fairfield, last Sunday, had
a strange visitor about an hour be
fore he was found. Timko's relatives
are loath to believe that bee ommlt
ted euiclde and incline to the theory
that he -was the victim of foul play.
Coroner Phelan Is inclined to the be
lief that Timko committed suicide, al
though he has made no official find
Ing. At his Instance William A. Thorn
as, ballistic engineer for the Reming
ton Arms-TJ. M. C. Co., examined both
the - empty shell found on the floor,
and the weapon itself. He announced
to-day that the cartridges had been
exploded recently; . There were two
exploded cartridges but only one bul
let wound in Timko's head.
HOLLAND'S
Entrances In Main Street, Fairfield Avenue, and Cannon Street.
Bridgeport, Conn.
Saturday, Feb. 13, 1615.
The Hbwland club
sends machine home
for one dollar.
one
regular cash price..
stated monthly amounts. There is not one extra penny
to pay; " no' membership fee, . no interest charge,
nothing but the regular low
price. 1 .
Howland mach ines sell at $15
$39, according to type.
They could not be sold at
price s,i if we did not handle them
like dry goods; in large quanti
ty and at small profit.
Every machine is guaranteed
to do satisfactory work in the
home; to stand ,up for years' of
service ; to be thoroughly
factory.
Every machine will do any
of home sewing quietly,smooth
ly, easily, finely. - -'
r Ball, and roller bearings insure
ease of running. Excellent con
trol ' devices insure a stitch that
shall be 'even and satisfactory.
A Howland machine is worth
while in any home sewing -
It will prove its worth quickly,
under .test. Each woman who
reads this is invijted to come and
make such a test and to make it
as thorough and rigid as
wishes. , . .
', ' ,, "Third
HOWLAND DRY GOODS GO.
IUFAI1TICIDE CASE
BEFORE CORONER
PHELAN ON MONDAY
Coroner John J. Phelan announced
at his office today that a continued
hearing would -be held in. the Infanti
cide case 'discovered by the police last
Thursday night, 'at the county, court
house ,iIonday at 9:3. Several wit--
nesses, including- ueteotive : oargBani
Peter BPalli who secured ,a statement
from .-'MErs. Roger Morehouse,, now
charged with murder, will be put upon
the stand. ,..'".,
Coroner Phelan today declared , that
as far as Investigation had , proceeded
there was nothing to show that, any
other parties had been implicated in
the crime, nor has the ' name of . the
child's father been ascertained. .
. Coroner . John J. Phelan yesterday
conducted the - first hearing In con
nection with the ) Infanticide , of the
new 'born ibabe of Mrs. Roger More
house for which she Is now charged
upon the police records with murder.
(Medical Examiner S. M. Garlick, who
had performed an autopsy upon' the
child during the early afternoon, tes
tified conclusively that it had been
strangled to death and that it had
lived long enough to fill its - lungs
with air fby crying.
Mrs. , M. X. Ayles. with whom the
Morehouse 'woman lived at 153 IIoug-h
avenue, also appeared before the cor
oner, denying- absolutely that she
knew anything of the affair, that she
had seen the child, at any time, " or
that she was accessory to any of the
criminal facts. She told of her ef
fort to get Mrs. Morehouse to go to a
hospital so that notoriety "would be
avoided and was greatly surprised
that the event had occurred at this
time. She told ot her efforts to have
Mrs. Morenouse disclose the facts to
the police. ..." .
Coroner John J. , Phelan, appearing
as an attorney of .record in the city
court today condemned in the strong
est language the Inadequacy of the
room for the business now transacted
there.
Tfxe woa-tlicr: Oloudy and warmer
tonight; Sunday rain and warmer.
Every woman . admitted to
the Howland . club may buy a
Howland machine at its ,-reg-
ular cash - price mid pay for it
in small ambunts spread oyer a
period of several; months..
t She may choose any type of
mnehiTiP Brio wi s ri ass ' ' si trr" "h at
ill membership agreement, pay
dollar, and the selected
machine will be delivered at
once. . .
The dollar which insures de
livery of a machine is not an
extra dollar added to the pri5e
of the machine: It is the first
; dollar paid on the machine's
The balance of the prices is paid in
cash
,: ""Money - .' '-;V
Back, :
a merchant has
confidence in his
to
If
true
these
wares, he doesn't con
sider them sold till the
buyer is satisfied.
The old order of "Let
the buyer ; beware" is
passing away in some
stores. It never existed
in this store. . ...
The Howland idea is
that the buyer must be
satisfied ; that a ' pur
chase ' niust he exactly
what it was supposed to
be. ;;,'.v:
We say: Your money
back,- if " your purchas e
is not satisfactory. .
- Saying ia only part.
We give, it back
promptly , ' and witliout
argument.
There is just one re
quirement : Goods
must ' be returned in
same' condition as they
were purchased and
promptly.
satis
sort
room.
she
'
floor.
IC.OF Gi BALL II
i
9 1 till I 1 IkLU U
1 1
MONDAY NI
" The seventh annual ball "of the
Bridgeport Chapter, Knights of Co
lumbus will be held in the Stratfleld.
a-'tA. UU111 JiM-a ,T ' t V B " -
ises to be a most auspicious, pre-lent-en
affair. The grand march will start
at 9 o'clock and wlU be preceded by a
concert. New and old dances have
been arranged on the program.- The
committee of arrangements . is R. T.
Rock, John E. Lyddy and John J.
Scanlon. '. . . ' -
The same evening Division No. 1,
Ancient Order of Hibernians will hold
its annual ball in United Irish socie
ties' hall in State street. ' It will be
an informal pre-lenten affair. Rahrisr's
orchestra will furnish music for both
events. -
Swindling Gang Found
Victims Aplenty Here
- Continued from Pasre One ,
come before the New York- criminal
courts."
-From other sources however it was
i-j. (i,.t mcmil-MM-H of the :" 1
tcaiucu uiav .
became so bold jthat they even ,a,c.: nit
ted to the Bridgeport dupes that they
i 41 '4-v.Am and , axked to in.)
arrested. It is said that they were
.released upon bonds at the time and
that submission to the arrests in New
York was staged to prevent similar
proceedings being taken in Massa
chusetts. But recently one of the
h.n oonirVit nnemtinz in Chicago,
where he claimed police protection
told of similar protection in New
York, which story - is said to have
been corroborated by the Bridgeport
attorney. " It l&rupon this informa
tion that theBrldgeport police are
believed to 'be working secretly to
day. Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a Tor,i

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