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VOL. 51 NO. 250
TWENTY-FOUR PAGES TODAY
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1915
PAGES 1 TO 16
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GOLDEN STREAM FLOWS
INTO KING'S COFFERS
UNDER WILSON'S RULE
It Pays to Be a Political Boss
Under Certain Conditions
King's Teams Working on
City to Exclusion of Many
i Who Need the Work Get Pay-
ments of $12,043.05 Under
Wilson Administration.
Payments to King, Since Wil
son Has Iieeir Mayor, Are
$125,580.63 Wilson's Poli
tical Dictator. Draws Prjncely
Income From City Whose
: Government He Directs.
' It pays to "be a. political boss. Dur
ing1 the four years that Clifford AB.
Wilson has .been mayor, John T. King-,
mayor do fLCto an-1, .head of the Re
publican party, has drawn from-the
city treasury $125,580.63.
Of this amount $113,437.58 is de
rived from garbage contracts and
$12,043.05 from hire of teams, to
. work upon the streets N - .
. r The figures are taken from the city
books and pay rolls-and are ' accurate.
The figures representing the contri
butions" from the city treasury to Mr.
.King, during the past- ten years are as
IU1JOWS. '. ' y
Amount
1905- ..
. . S S,60 7
. 1908-7 v. :..'. 21,024 18
1&07-8 25,444 70
1008- 9 22,783 09
1009- 1O I '. ... 22,943 6
1910-11 ..ii 1,883 S3
1910- 11 28,423 81
1911- 12 . ........ 773 07 "
1911- 12 ...... ......-,28,423 81
1912- 13 ....... 29,114 21
1913- 14 . .....i. 33,089. 40
1914- 15 -T.. 32,414 53 ,
1915- 16 April 1 to Oct- ,
18, ........ 18,540 44
TOTAIr
...v.. $268,256 98
, Total, amount received
on payrolls for team s
hire, . . . . . .r. . t .$12,043 OS
- - During all of Mayor "Wilson's term
complaints over the collection of gar
bage have been numerous. - There
also has been bitter complaining from
citizens owning each a liors and art,
or ; perhaps a cart and two toorses,
over the large amount of work given
to Leader King's horses, 'which it has
been claimed has com through Tils
influence with the administration.
"Business men did not neglect' to
point out the impropriety and flan
ged to good government fxisting, be
cause Leader King, by his authority
in the- conduct of the city necessarily
had the power to supervise his busir
"ness relations with the city.
LAKE CO. EXPECTS -RECORD
HI MAKING
SHIPYARpADblflOM
Efforts Will Be Made to Com
plete Extension of. Plant
. .. By Winter. ;
The Lake Torpedo Boat Co. expects
to make a record in the construction
of Its new shipyard on Sea view ave
nue. - General Counsel Fred B. Whit-
ney, for the company said today:- ,,
Every effort wHl be made to complete
our extensions before winter sets . in
and the. erection of these buildings
will bear watching." ,-
- A force of carpenters directed by
engineers of the Lake Co. completed
yesterday a frame building, one story
in height, 30x60 feet from foundation
to roof and interior furnishing for the
accommodation of 50 men in eight
hours. The bnilding is at the foot of
Jefferson street. ,
... The big steel angle and plate form
ing sheds have begun to rear their
frames along the newly made fringe
of land extending from the water
back to Adams street and ' ways will
soon be laid. -
YAQUI; INDIANS
KILL AND BURN
BAND OF TROOPS
; Topolobampo, Met., Oct. 22. A de
tachment of troops has been; ambushed
Ya-qul Indians between the planta
tion of the (United Sugar company at
Los Mochis and San Bias, Sinai oa, ac
cording to reports received here today,
and 44 of the- 46 soldiers were killed.
The Indians then piled the bodies on
a railroad bridge and netting: fire to
the latter, destroyed alt. The Band
consisted of 160 Indians. The Indians
are now reported crossing the Buerta
river and moving toward one of the
United Sugar company plantations at
Aguila, about nine miles from Los
Mochis. Carranxa troops have been i
sent from Los Mochis garrison against
the YaqHls. j .
Later reports say benditions are
quiet at Los Moehia. General Dieguez,
in command of the Carranza troops in
Sinaloa, is holding conferences with
the Yaqui chiefs and the necessary'
steps will- be taken in an attempt to
control the Indian situation..
"La Liberte" of Paris states that an
association of French ; physicians has
been i discovered supplying fraudulent
certificates of physical unfitness to
men desirous ef escaping military
duty.
St. Patrick's
School Soon
To Be Built
Site For Parochial Institution
Is Purchased In North End
Work Will Begin in the Near
Future Six Lots Included.
It is expected that within a short
time : plans for a parochial school in
the North End will be contracted for
by 1 St. Patrick's church, which has
j list completed the purchase of a large
ploton Gem avenue. The land has a
frontage on Wells and Charles streets
as well as on Gem avenue. At pres
ent the land is not occupied by build
ings. '- ' V
The sale was made by I. B. Goldman
to Alderman John H. Coughlin of the
'Eighth district, who in turn conveyed
the -property, to the- St. Patrick's
Church corporation. The plot consist
ed of six lots' but the purchase price
was not stated. At St. Patricks rectory-this
afternoon it was said that
the date of starting work on the' new
building had not been decided upon.
It wilL be - a modern edifice, however,
and an architectural addition to the
North End. , : .
BRITISH TO PAY
FOR ALL COTTON
CARGOES TAKEN
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Washington, Oct 22. The British
board of trade has arranged to make
final settlement for all seized Ameri
can cotton which is not covered by
sales contracts. The price to- be paid
will be the market value at the port of
shipment pn the date of Bhfrfrew--ni
contracts- of the same dates . will be
used as a guide in arriving . at the
price to be paid-' ; , ,'-'" '
CONGREGATIONAL
COUNCIL HOLDS
AHYJEETINGS
New BTaSn, Oct. 22. The National
Council , of Congregational . Churches
divided its third day's program today
into the regular Business session, the
annual meeting of the Congregational
Church Building Society and four sec
tional meetings, the latter held in
Center church In which the council
itself is sitting. At the sectional
meeting special subjects were taken
up for consideration, based upon the
reports of perma7it commissions to
the council on preceding days.
At the section given up to the sub
ject of Moral and Religious Education
the speakers were Rev. O. C. Helming,
of Chicago, who presided, and Rev. J.
Stanley Durkee, of Brockton, Mass.,
and Rev. Harry E. Peabody,' of Chica
go. At the gathering which discuss
ed ' "The Layman and His Relation to
the Larger Tasks of the Denomina
tion," James Logan, ' of Worcester,
Mass.. presided and W. W. Mills, . of
Marietta, 0s James Schermerhorn,' of
Detroit, ' Judge Alfred Coit, of New
London, Conn., H. M. Beardsiey, of
Kansas City, Mo., Prof. Albert Bush
nell Hart, of Harvard University, and
Fred B. Smith, of New Tork city,
were the sneakers. -
The third section devoted to talks
on "Congregational Women in Social
Service," had - President Mary E. Woo
ley, of Mt. Holyoke College, as the
presiding officer, and papers were
read by Mrs. Frederick S. Piatt, of
New Britain, Conn., Miss Alice P.
Adams, of Okayama, Japan, Miss
Kath'erine Z. Wells, of White Plains,
N. Y Mrs. J. W. Work, of Nashville,
Term., Mrs. H. H. Hastings, of White
Plains, -' N. T., and Mrs. H. W. Pea
body, of Boston.
' The fourth section' was given over
to discussion of work of women as
sistants in parishes and many women
gave five minufte sketches of their ex
perience. The - church building so
ciety was presided over by Dr. Luclen
Warner and after Secretary Charles
Ri chads had submitted his report, ad
dresses were -made by Rev. J. E. Kir
bye, of Des Moines, la.. Rev. G. F
KennRotto . Los Angeles and' Rev.
W. fp. of Chicago.
The afternoon was ' used for contin
uance of the sectional meetings and
in Woolsey Hall later, the speakers to
include Rev. Dr, G. A. Gordon, of
Boston.
SCHOOL TEACHERS OF
BRIDGEPORT ATTEND
. NEW HAVEN CONVENTION
All the. public schools In this city
were closed today. Supt, Slawson
end a number of teachers from
Bridgeport public schools attended
the meeting held in New Haven. Meet
ings for public school teachers from
other sections, of the state were held
in Hartford, New London. Danbury
aind other cities.-
General Carranza will proclaim Oc
tober 19 as Mexican Independence
Day, In honor of President Wilson's
recognition on that date..
SIX HURT WHEN
OARS CRASH ON
0R0N0QUE ROAD
Tvvo U. M. C Employes Knock
ed Unconscious In Head
on Auto Collision.
ONE OF VICTIMS IS
SERIOUSLY INJURED
Driver of Machine Thought
Stolen Refuses to Turn
Out for Another.
'' Special to the Farmer.)
Stratford. Oct. 22 Six Ansonia
men, machinists at the U. M. C. Co..
Barnum avenue, Bridgeport, were ser
iously injured at 10:45 o'clock" last
night, when a car driven by "Albert
Bahnsen of 1576 State street, New
Haven, crushed head on into an auto
mobile owned and driven by Arthur
Bunting of 5 4 ' Franklin street, An
sonia. in front of the Oronoque post
office.
The injured are:
f William Carle, Ansonia, back se
verely wrenched. - x '.
Frank Croasmani, Ansonia, bead
split open and body greatly bruised,
condition very serious.
Cfearles-Kai9er, Ansonia, right knee
wrenched.
Harry Alcott, Ansonia, right leg
bruised. V
, Robert MulhoUand, Ansonia, deep
gash on head, condition serious.
Harry Osborne, Ansonia, face se
verely lacerated.
All the injured . are now .t their
homes in Ansonia. " , ,
" The car - driven ' by Bunting was
coming from . Ansonia with the six
machinists as occupants. Their
hours at the. Us M. C. C. are from 11
b'clock at n'iglt until 7 in the morn
ing and they were hurrying to get
to work.
"The ' machine driven, by Bahnsen
was proceeding to Derby and, ac-1
cording to witnesses was traveling a
very fast rate of speed. Bunting
signalled for Bahnsen to get on the
side of the road as the thoroughfare
at this point is narrow. , Paying no
attention to , the warning Bahnsen's
car smashed head-on into the other
car and threw the six machinists and
the driver into, the road. The break
ing of the windshield and the crash
ing of the wood and hood on Bunting's
ear could be heard a long way off
and it attractedmany of the nearby
residents. . .'7s .
, Deputy Judge rTSran1rSPlaTceman
and Sheriff E. 'Mills Tomlinaon, who
live close by, were the first , to get to
the scene. They carried the injured
to the home of Blakeman where the
men were given treatment and then
placed in an automobile, which came
up shortly after the accident.
So severe was thaj shock of the
crash that Crossman and MulhoUand
were precipitated 'on their 'heads into
the roadway. They were ' knocked
unconscious and it was not until
Croseman was well on his way to his
home that he regained consciousness.
Osborne was unable to give his naftne
for more than an hour.
After what treatment could be giv
en by laymen, the injured were rush
ed to Ansonia for treatment by a
physician. : Both drivers escaped in
Jury: s
While Sheriff Tomlinson was direct
ing his attention to aid the men in
jured, Bahnsen fled. Tomlinson
jumped in an automobile and soon
overtook Bahnsen. " ,
Later, the sheriff learned that the
car did not belong . to Bahnsen but
was the property of Casper Cum
mings, proprietor' of the Rustic Inn,
Guilford, Conn. He was placed un
der arrest and is charged with oper
ating a car without registration pa
pers and with reckless driving. Bahn
sen probably will have to face an ad
ditional charge when brought -before
Judge Curtis , next Monday, if it can
be proven that the car was taken
without permission. " The police au
thorities are . endeavoring 1 to locate
Mr. Cummings today.
DEMOCRATIC PLANS
TO BE COMPLETED
AT LARGE MEETING
Chairman Lavery Expects Big
Attendance at initial
Conference.
A big attendance " is looked for to
night when the .Democratic executive
committee will meet. with the muni
cipal candidates and the deputy regis
trars to outline plans for a busy ten
days of campaigning.-. - .
Chairman Hugh J. Lavery' will pre
side at the meeting which is called for
8 o'clock in Hibernian hall,, in the
Franklin building. In addition to the
officials and candidates, other Demo
crats interested in the success of the
ticket are invited to take part in the
meeting tonight.
Ways and means for the conduct oi
the campaign will be discussed and a
program of district rallies will be
mapped out. ' It Is expected that
Daniel E. Walker; candidate for may
or, and the other . nominees will be
heard, at the several district rallies,
and plans are being considered for a
general rally near the close of -the
campaign. ,
WITHDRAWS REQUEST
FOR DANBURY LICENSE
The county commissioners were
scheduled to go to Danbury today to
hear a remonstrance against Patrick
Br.ennan, who had filed application for
a liquor license. At tfca last minute
Brennan decided to withdraw the ap
plication. The remonstrants claimed
tliore were too many saloons in the
neighborhood. j
ADVANCE
Cross Varder River, Driving
Forces of Enemy to Positions
Further South of Captured
Strumitsa.
Greece to Stay Neutral, Is Re
port in Rome British Ships
Detained at Hamburg by Ger
man Orders Are Sunk.
Berlin, Oct. 22. Bulgarian troops
have advanced south of Strumitsa and
have driven the forces opposing them
across the Varder river, it- was offi
cially announced today by German
army headquarters. .
Greece to Stay Neutral
Rome, Oct. 22. From information
availaple here today it appears that
the Greek government is likely to re
ply to the representations just made
by the allies that Greece will abide by
her policy of armed neutrality.
Germans in New Attack.
Paris, Oct. 22 German troops yes
terday evening made an unsuccessful
attack upon certain French positions
near Givenchy, according to the an
nouncement made this afternoon by
the French war office. i
BritiV . Steamers Sunk.
iondonr Oct., 22. -"The British
steamers City of Berlin, Auk, and
Iris, which were detained at Hamburg
at the outbreak of the war, have been
sunk by the enemy."
This statement from Lloyd's is all
that the censor will permit to be pub
lished at present.
V
Invaders' Losses Heavy.
London, Oct. 23 A despatch reach
ing London frorn Nish today says of
ficial announcement has been made
at the Serbian capital that the losses
of the Austro-German army of inva
sion Iwtve-i- reached 60,000 dead,
wounded, and' prisoners. The Ser
bians are said : to have repulsed the
invaders.
SERBIA IS MENACED ,
' BY HOSTILE ARMIES
London, Oct." 22. Serbia's military
position is critical. Hammered by su
perior forces on twd sides, her armies
are threatened with being? crushed as
no army has been crushed during the
war. Not only are these facts admit
ted in. England, France and Russia
but they are reflected in official Ser
bian .statements. The key ' to escape
from this situation is the speed with
Which France and England can throw
forces north from Saloniki, to relieve
pressure from the Austrlans and Ger
mans in the north and the Bulgarians
in the east.
The Bulgarians are now. battling
under the eyes of King Ferdinand.
Notwithstanding the - presumably su
perior artillery of the Austrians and
Germans it is the flank attack by the
Bulgarians which seems most menac
ing' to the Serbians. At few places
are the Teutonic allies as much as 20
miles south of the Danube.
In fact,- the ground gained aver
ages a depth of only 10 miles. The
Bulgarians, for their part, are dis
playing tremendous energy, indicative
of carefully laid plans preceding the
declaration of war. With twenty
miles of the . Nish-Saloniki Railway
in their hands, they have a strategic
advantage which it will be difficult to
overcome. ' ,
The movements of entente troops
from Saloniki are still unknown to the
public but if any considerable force
has been detailed for the task of do
ing for Serbia what England attempts
ed to' do for Belgium, it must be heard
from soon. .-
From Sofia and Saloniki come de
nials that the Bulgarians have lost
Strumnitsa. This means - that Bul
garian soil is still free from invasion.
It is reported that Turkish cavalry is
co-operating with the Bulgarians and
that a great battle is raging at the
Macedonia town of Veleze, where the
Serbs won a victory, over the Turks
in the Balkan war of 1912. Accord
ing to an official report the Bulgar
ians have taken the town. ,
On most of the long eastern front
the , Russians seem to be in the ascen
dency, but both Petrograd and Ber
lin, emphasize the increasing danger
of Riga's position.
From the southwest the Germans
are nearing the village of Olai. Ac
cording to despatches from Chris
tiania, the Russian port oi Archangel
already has been closed by ice. If
this be true, Russia will be deprived
of this means of bringing in supplies,
unless ice breakers are able to work
successfully.
WILL INVESTIGATE USE
OF BRASS KNUCKLES BY
PRISONER IN HOSPITAL
With additional evidence procured
by the police against Andrew Mol
nar, aged 36, of 80 Hallam street,
charged with resistance to Policemen
Martin Kane and Martin Kelly during
which he was clubbed into submis
sion the city court today continued
the case until Saturday that witnesses
who ignored subpoenas might be
brought into court upon a capias. The
use of a pair of brass knuckles found
by a sister at St. Vincent's hospital in
the clothing of Molnar, will be further
investi Rated
STATE WOMAN'S
SUFFRAGE ASSOC.
PRODSTHIS CITY
Demands Abolition of So-Call-ed"Segregated
Vice" In
Bridgeport.
RESOLUTION ADOPTED
BY UNANIMOUS VOTE
Deplore Conditions Flourishing
Under Local Admin
istration. At the closing session of the Con
necticut Woman Suffrage association's
annual convention yesterday afternoon
in Hartford, the delegates there, from
all parts of Connecticut, adopted a
resolution demanding the "abolition of
Bridgeport so-called segregated vice
districts." "-.
What was considered a severe ar
raignment of the system that has been
allowed to flourish under the adminis
tration of Mayor Wilson was thought
worthy of the attention of the women
of the whole state yesterday at the
meeting and in a document introduced
by Mrs. M. Tosean Bennett, treasurer
of the association and chairman of
the committee on resolutions, the as
sociation very emphatically showed its
opinion of the conditions here.
The session was prolonged an hour
especially for this and some minor
resoltlons. The members of the con
vention unanimously adopted the res
olution. ' 1
It was explained hat such action is
desirable now more than ever because
Bridgeport is growing and many per
sons are coming to this city from oth
er places. . . j '
Mrs. Thomas N. Hepburn, president.
Opened the meeting with an address in
which she said that she desired to re
mind those present of what had hap
pened in the last session Vf the legis
lature, and said that Connecticut was
behind other states in the matter of
legislation for the improvement so"
'cial conditions. She gavev a list of
bills which failed to pass at the ses
sion, among them the abatement and
injunction law "for suppressing and
regulating the social evil," the . bill
raising the age of consent, the bill to
shorten the hours of working women
the woman's reformatory bill, and the
teachers' pension bill-
She said that one-fifth of the women
in vonneticut factories are paid. less
than a living wage. She said that al
though the appropriation for a wo
man's reformatory had been denied,
one had been made the same day for
the Troop B armory in West Hartford,
"a place for .: wealthy young men to
ride around on horseback and feel
something like soldiers." . She drew
the conclusion that the defeat of the
ibllls mentioned showed the need of
giving women something to say- in
state affairs. ' s. -
Miss Emily Pierson spoke', of the
campaign work in New Jersey, saying
that the suffrage workers there had
known for a month before the election
that they would lose but had kept on
for the sake of the . other campaign
states. " .
LOW BIDDERS ON
SCHOOL SEEK TO
REVISEFIGURES
T. O'Brien and Son Ask Leave
To Alter or Withdraw
Bid.
T. O'Brien & Son of this city, who
were low bidders on the additions and
changes that are to be made to the
City Normal school in Clinton avenue,
have asked the board of education for
leave to withdraw or to alter theik- bid
of $40,323 for the work. President Ha
vens of the board of education has
called a special meeting for - Monday
night to consider the matter.
Neither Timothy O'Brien or his son,
Richard, who is the Junior member of
the firm, would discuss the -matter
when asked for a ' statement today.
Members of the board of education
said they understood some "irregular
ities" had come up in ' the bids which
the low bidders had asked to have ad
justed. The next lowest bidder is William
M. Martin & Son of this city, whose
bid was $44,225. A certified check for
6 per cent, of the amount ac'comipanies
each bid and there are some members
of the board of education who think'
any bidder who - refuses to accept the
contract should lose this guarantee.
It is said that O'Brien & Son desire to
add $2,400 for marbloid stairways
which were in the specifications and
which they forgot to figure on. This
addition still would, if permitted, make
them the lowest bidders.
DONATION DAY TO
BE HELD THURSDAY
AT ORPHAN ASYLUM
Donation Day will be held next
Thursday at the Bridgeport Orphan
Asylum on Fairfield avenue. An in
vitation has been issued to all the old
friend and new e.nes to attend the re
ception that will be held there.
MAKES 6th HOLE AT
BEARDSLEY PARK IX OXE
In a game of golf pjayed at Beards
ley park golf grounds yesterday af
ternoon George Brady a clerk at
Farmers and Mechanics bank made
the sixth hole in one stroke. It is
known to many players that this is a
most difficult drive, ,
THE WEATHER
Fair and tKIer tonig-ht; Saturday
fair. Moderate northwest winds.
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VI Ri J ,PJ I PJ J .7 B HO i
NEW HAVEN" ROAD
MRS. BUDLONG'S
BIRTH STATUS
BEFORE COURT
Judge Case Reserves Decision
On Her Motion to Ex
punge Charge.
Asserting that Mary Gorham Bud
long "was guilty of - entering into a
fraudulent contract when she ; con
cealed from her husband facts con
cerning her birth, counsel for Herbert
A. Budlong argued before Judge Case
in the superior court this morning
against Mrs. Budlong's motion to
have the charges regarding her birth
expunged from the cross complaint.
Attorney John J. Cullinan, represent
ing Budlong, maintained that Mrs.
Budlong deceived her husband- by not
telling him the true facts regarding
her birth.
Attorney J. B. Klein, counsel for
Mrs. Budlong, said the matter was
"scandalous and impertinent" and
should be expungedi The charge ob
jected to by Mrs. Budlong's lawyer
was filed by Budlong in a cross com
plaint. His wife originally sued for
divorce on the ground of cruelty and
infidelity. He then . made the same
charges against her.
Judge Case reserved decision on to
day's motion.
U. S. REGIMENT
IS ORDERED TO
TEXAS BORDER
Washington, Oct. 22. The 28th regi
ment . of .infantry: as Ivsen- ordered
from Galveston to tarligen, Tex., -by.
the war department as a result of the
renewal of bandlte raids 6n Texas bor
der towns. - ' :'.
The troops will be Hised by General
Funoton to give added protection to
s.T;aller posts such as that at Ojee
Agua, where three soldiers were killed
and eight wounded yesterday morning
in a bandit attack.
The 22rd infantry, now at Jackson
ville, Fla., Will be returned to Galves
ton where it .will be held, in reserve for
use on the border. . ;
BLAMING GYPSIES
FOR MONEY THEFTS
ABOUT BRIDGEPORT
George Cleveland Grocer,
Reports Loss of Nearly
$100 in Cash.
Investigation by the police into the
reported loss of nearly $100 from the
person of George E. Cleveland a gro
cer of 945 Broad street, while talking
with two gypsy women in his store,
has failed to discover those responsi
ble for the theft.
A" gypsy camp in Stratford was de
scended upon by the police in their
automobile, but neither Cleveland nor
2. clerk in his emplpy was able to iden
tify any of the women found there as
the one who so cleverly abstracted the
grocers roll of bills from his "pocket.
Meanwhile . other complaints of dep
redations laid to the numerous gypsy
camps in Stratford, .Fairfield and
Trumbull are being received and are
having the close attention of detec
tives. Many North End residents as
cribe the loss of milk to these nomadic
tribes whose presence here recently
occasioned much uneasiness on the
part of dwellers" in. the vicinity of
camps,. '
National Guardsmen
Are United Service
Marksmanship Champs
(Special to The Farmer.)' ; ,
Jacksonville, Fla., Oct. 22 The Na
tional Guard team with a score of 2,
22 8 out of a possible 2,400 points, to
day won the United States Match in
the National Rifle Tournament here.
The marine corps team was second
with 2,205 and the army, third with
2,174.
The National Guard team consisted
of .marksmen from almost every state
in the union who by process of elimi
nation in practice at the ranges for
more than two weeks, were finally
organized as the best shots of their
branch of the service. In the same
manner the teams who competed
against them had been organized.
A number of Connecticut Guards
men participated in the shoot among
them Capt. E. S. Hall of the 11th
Company, Conn. C. A. C. of Bridge
port. None of the Connecticut men,
however, shot in the final matches.
O. G. Bowne was appointed assistant
chief claim agent of the New York
Central Railroad with headquarters in
New Tork.
The Almirante Lobo, a Spanish
army transport, arrived in New York
harbor and anchored off the Statue of
Ijiberty.
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Former President of Company,;
Appearing for Government in
Suit Against. Directors, De-!
scribes Details of Big Deals.
Acquisition of Rhode Island
Companies Accomplished by j
Swapping of Stock After Pro- t
position Had Once Been Vol-'
ed Down.
New York, Oct. 22. Charles S. Mel-.
len, former president of the New York, j
New Haven and HarJJ&rd railroad, ap- j
pearing as a government witness in 4
the trials of past and present direct
ors of the road for conspiracy, today
continued his narrative of the New
Haven's acquisition of various trans
portation companies of New England.
The absorption of Rhode Island
companies occupied much of the wlt-j
ness' time during the morning ses-H
sion. Frequently he was asked to
identify minutes of the directors,
meetings and other papers.
Counsel for the defense lost another
point today when Judge Hunt, pre
siding at the trial,' ruled that the gov
ernment might put into evidence an
agreement made by the New England
Rail & Steamship lines in 1881 fixing-!
rates and providing penalties for its )
infraction. The agreement had never:
before been made public though it j
was brought out that it had been for i
years in the files of the interstate .
commerce commission.
The attorneys for the defendants
argued that the agreement was e(n- i
tred into prior to the enactment of
the Sherman law in 1890 and was not j
relevant to this case. The govern-
ment contended that it was continued :
in force after that date and upon its i
admission, put in evidence through
Charles S. Mellen that the directors
had taken official cognizance of it at
a meeting held in 1890.
Mr. Swacker, of government coun
sel, first showed the witness a copy
of socalled Corsair agreement which
divided the transportation traffic of
New England, between the New Ha
ven and the Bosfep-and Maine on the
Boston 'ft '"-'A lTany l'isie. V . -
Mrs Mell r'- explained that this -5-i9
not the real Corsdir agreement which
was made on Mr. Morgan's yacht.
"The real Corsair agreement,"- he -said,
"covered a division of traffic be
tween the New Haven and the New
York Central at the Boston & Albany
junction (at Springfield, Mass.) But j
I have always referred to this agree- i
ment here as 'the Corsair. - It was -made
at Mr. Morgan's house."
The witness then identified the sig- j
natures of Mr. Morgan ?and other di-
rectors who signed the agreement.
Mr. Mellen was then asked to '
Identify minutes, of New Haven direc- !
tors' meetings which described the j
successful negotiations in 1902 of a ;
lease of the New York, Providence & ,
Boston line, one of the New Haven's f
early competitors, through its steam- :
ship connections at New York.
The lease carried with it a con- ,
tract , under which stock of the New)
York, Providence & Boston was to be i
subsequently exchanged for New Ha- ;
ven stock, share for share, and' the j
lease - cancelled.
William Rockefeller, the minutes I
showed, was not present at the direc- ;
tors' meeting at which the lease was
approved, but wrote, a letter asking
to be'recterdedas in 'favor of the pro- j
position. " Two years previous, other
minutes rpvealed, the New Haven had I
rejected a similar proposition.
The New Haven stock, in order to (
provide for the exchange with the
Providence line shares; was increased
by $5,000,000, according to other m:n-,
jutes which, the witness identified.
This action was taken in May, 189Z,.
and four months later it was shown ,
that the New Haven began neotia-1
tions for the acquisition of another in- ,
dependent line. the Providence & Wor- ;
cester. By November, the minutes re- i
vealed , this was accomplished.
In the meantime, it appeared that,
some question of the legality of the
unw of the New York, Providence &
Boston had come up, but minutes re-,
corded in Mav, 1893, showed that th ?
Rhode Island legislature had passed I
an act approving the New Haven's j
lease of the road and the Connecticut,
legislature had passed an act author- i
izing the New Haven tov increase its
capital stock.
Mr. Swacker then laid 1 before the
jury, still reading minutes, an account
of how the directors were aoie to get
control of the minority shares or
'Providence & Stonington S. S. com- I
ny. the majority of whose stock was ,
controlled by the New York. Provi
dence & Boston. , It was the desire of
the directors to obtain the complete
unison of the steamship line with the ,
New Haven.
At one meeting it was reported to
the board that 1,430 shares had been
a.csuired at $150 a share. William
Rockefeller and Charles F. Brooker,
both defendants, were recorded as
present at one of the meetings.
SALTS TEXTILE CO.
EMPTX5YES WTLX, Ml'lT
A meeting of tbe Salt's Textile Co.
employes will be heTd ac S o'clock to
night in Sadler's hall.
SEEK CLUB IJICEXSES
Three more local organizations filed'
application with the county commis
sioners todav for ciuo liquor licenses.
They -were the Schwabischer Maenner-
chor, 3 7" French street: Bridgeport
Ai-;on S-'r.e-ing society. Cannon ti-oet;
Young Emmet Football Etspociatlon .
Main street. The commissioners will
bein next Monday to issue club li-
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