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BRIDGEPORT, CONN.,SATURDAY,OCTOBER 23, 1915
VOL. 51 NO. 251
PRICE TWO CENTS
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Here to Win
Says Walker
to Democrats
Enthusiastic Meeting of Can
; didates and Party "Work-
. ers Brings Predictions of
- Democratic Success At
Polls.
No Dearth of Issues Upon
Which to Base Successful
Campaign Declares Head
of the Democratic Ticket.
VI am in this campaign to win -and
believe I am going to' win along with
the rest of the Democratic nominees."
With, these, words Alderman Daniel
K. Walker, Democratic, nominee for
mayor, brought continued cheers from
an enthusiastic meeting of the candi-
' ;'-
dates and party .workers in Hibernian
Hall last night. Alderman Walker's
' confidence in the success of the ticket
was shared by the other' candidates
who. were heard in brief but interest
ing speeches. - ' . -
The administration of Mayor Clif
ford B," Wilson was warmly flayed by
several of the speakers, as was the
. record .of Henry Lee, who now seeks'
the mayoralty ,on the Citizens' League
"ticket. v : - ' '. ' ,
"Thera are Issues and . plenty of
them on which we can push this cam
paign to a. successful outcome," ; was
' the burden of many of speeches by
candidates. "Both Wilson . and Lee
are open to attack , on their' public
records. . A careful, industrious cam
paign, continued up to electioavday
will spell Democratic victory."
There were about ,180 Democrats
,at the meeting. These included 'the
' candidates, executive board and 1 the
deputy: registrars, along with scores
who hadaccepted Chairman Hugh J.
Laverys general invitation to join. in.
the deliberation. '-r '
It was the sentiment of the candi
dates that a' series of district rallies
should be held next week, , starting
Monday. These tire to be -continued
.until the eve of- election and all can.
didates will be heard at thesa gather-
definite plans,' with" ?he eats and
meeting', places, for., these rallies will
be completed at a meeting tomorrow
of the executive committee.- The ex
ecutive . committee has bee appointed
a rally 5 committee; and .will meet in
Chairman Lavery's office-in the New-r
field building at o'clock tomorrow
afternoon. - ' ! ,'; -' "' ... v
; .Continued on Page S.)
OliLY QUARTER OF
JO-BE-MADES 'HAVE
-TAKE11 THE OATH
Twelve Hundred Have Not
, Yet' Applied'fpr Electors
-Ideas' than 400 of the more than 1,0
who. will be made voters had appeared
before -the selectmen up' to noon to
day. ,The-' first voter to be made was
LAfivette Evans, an employe of; the
city surveyor's office, ..living in Beech-
mont avenue, ine reiecunen wci? u
session today from o'clock" this
- morning until 5 o'clock this afternoon.
There are only two women on, the
lists of those to be" made voters this
'year. They are Mary B. Warner and
Mary Whiting, both living' at 81 Broad
street. - Neither had applied to be
made 1 yoters vtsp to- noon today, but
half a dozen women vasiteo tne- omcei
of the registrars of. voters in the Ma
sonic Temple under the impression
that, they might be made voters. They
had Hied io applications, therefore trie
selectmen could not administer the
electors oath. s ,
Women are entitled : to- vote , for
members of the board of education.
The selectmen will be in session again
on -Monday during the same hours
and in the same place. No new names
- will be -added to the lists after- Mon
day. - Those who. are not already vot
ers, and who are entitled to be made
must present themselves before Ave
o'clock Monday afternoon.
' The selectmen will not be in session
"after & o'clock Monday nor Tuesday
t aM baa been -reported. There will be
no evening sessions .of. the selectmen
this year. ; - :" ' ' '
Undertaker Says , ;
Bridgeport Cops
: V Are "Fresh Guys'
Because James J. Brennan, an un
Aertaker at 174 Meadow --reet, -New
Haven, forgot to light Tils automobila
tail Rght shortly after sundown last
evening, he was called "a fresh guy
- and told c that "he ; ought . to be
pinched. This happened when he
met Policeman Patrick Lynch doing
' traffic duty at Main and Him streets
Brennan retaliated . -with the result
that he was arrested. .
i In the city court this morning Bren
nan Informed Judge Frank L- Wilder
' that the Bridgeport police- are "about
the' freshest bunch of coppers he had
ever met. He then told the court
that he had . invited arrest and that
he - had d,rr'en Policeman Lynch' to
headquarters in his machine. ,
Judge Wilder told the Elm City un
dertaker that he had been very con
siderate and for that reason he would
be lenient. He then placed a One of
t and cowta on Brennan, - which the
latter paid, uttering, many .uncompl!
mn3tary remarks concerning the local
police department.
ADAMS EXPRESS
DRIVER IS HELIf
FOR BIG THEFTS
Allege James Hale Stole $4,-
000 Worth of Goods From
' Company Depot.
POLICE INVESTIGATE
MANY. OTHER LOSSES
Think Valuable Goods Have
Been Hidden With Inten
tion of Sellin
..James A;. Hale a driver Jn, the em
ploy of the Adams Express? Co room-
ing.at the Royal hotel. Was arraigned
before Judge Wilder in the city court
today, charged with vthe theft, of ex
press shipments to the value of $4,000
from the railroad 'station platform.
Hale is a typical .Texas ranger, hail
ing from f the section' known as the
"Panhandle.' He has scars of bullet
wounds in his back. When arraigned
in the cify court todajshe wore the
ranger's regalia, with leggings, a ban-'
danna handkerchief and khaki cloth
ing. He resembles ' Charles Davis
Conn,- the bank burglar from .Hot
Springs," Ark.. apprehended here a. few
months ago. . 1
(Hale has been in the employ' of the
Adams Express Co. as a driver for
the last three months. Goods to the
value of more . than $5,000, which were
officially checked as having left the
depot for local shipment, have failed
to reach ' their destination. Detectives
had been unable to disover the man
ner in vwhich the i articles had' been
stolen. " ";
Shortly af tenl' 11 o'clock - yesterday
morning Policemen, John , Dempsey
and Robert Hoffman detected., two
longshoremen, rolling two new automo
bile . tires down 'union Square. The
policemen asked the longshoremen
where the- had obtained the ires and
they ' were informed . that an express
driver had paid, them 25 cents, to- do
the Job.' They were brought to police
headquarters, '.J..- v . t
: The. longshoremen pointed out :Hale
as the driver m'entioned by them. . He
was taken to. police headquarters and
after a severe cross examination la
the office pf Capt. George Arnold he
confessed to; the many "thefts. He said
lie used to bade his wagon to tie. rear
piatrorm and loaa iz wit n packages,
undetected. vHe ha .already planned
to ship them all to Ne York city
where he could dispose of them readr-
ily. , '
In a search of Hale s sleeping apart
ments at the Royal hotel, stolen i ar
ticles to the value of more than $4,000
Were located. Among them was a
fsuitcase, the , property of one' C. J.
Pic.kney. -; When .Hale ' was searched
at. police headquarters, he had on . his
person a letter of . recommendation for
Pickpey, to be used in searching for
employment. " 1 It recommended: Pick
ney as a first, class mechanic and ah
honest ' workman. " It is believed that
Hale planned to use, the recommenda
tion to procure employing after leav
ing, tms city- ' - .
It is the belief' of the local .police
authorities that many other valuable
express goods have been hidden away
by . Hale and for the 'purpose' of mak
ing a further investigation a continuance.-
until October 27 was .granted at
the. request of the detective bureau.
BROTHERS SHOT BY
HOSPITAL GUARDS
FOUND HOT GUILTY
Attendants Warned to Se-
lect Suspects More Dis
. ' s , ;crimihatelyf
" Guards at St. ; Vincent's hospital
were warned, to use more judgment
when endeavoring to apprehend sus
pected prowlers and. chicken thieves,
ay Judge Wilder this morning in -city
court, jfhen they appeared in con
nection with the cases of Maxwell J.
Klrause and Albert Krause of Chestnut
Hill road, 'arrested Monday. .
The Krause brothers we're return
ing td their home in a buggy on that
night, wlien ' they noticed '. what : ap
peared to be a f ree-f br-all -fight in
progress at the rear of the hospital.
They drew up their horse; to see the
excitement when suddenly-they were
attacked by four hospital guards.
Albert Krause then whipped up his
horse and attempted to .escape - what
they feared was an assault on the part
of a crowd xt toughs. A volley of
'buckshot followed them and part ht
the shot entered the forehead of Al
bert. He stopped the horse : and
was played under arrest, after re
ceiving treatment at the institution.
Attorney Hugh J.-. La very, counsel
for the Krause brothers, was ready
to present five witnesses to prove an
alibi for his- clients- but this was un
necessary as the reputation-' of both
Albert and"; Maxwell Krause stood
them in good sfead, and Judge Frank
L. Wilder ordered a nolle entered in
their case. It is probable that the
incident may result in a civil suit.
CITIZENS' LEAGUE PLANS . .
MEETING OF, RATIFICATION.
Henry, Lee. . candidate for mayor,
and other nominees on the Citizens'
league :tieket,s -wiil be speakers at a
ratification meetin'g in Warner Hall
at 8 o'clock Monday evening. Pre
ceding the meeting there will be . a
street parade. . The Wheeler & Wil
son band will play and ladies" will be
welcome at the meeting. .
THE .WEATHER
Fair - Uynight. with ... heavy frost;
Sunday fair and slightly warmer;
I moderate northwest to north wind.
WARRENITE LOSES W
COMPETITIVE BIDDING;
STATl SAVES FQRtP
State Highway 'Commission
er Bennett's Policy, Re
jected By Wilson Admin
istration Keeps $12,572 in
Treasury.
One Small Job Run By State
'" Shows Great Saving on
Figures Proposed by War
ren Bros. Co. Even Under f
Spur of Competition.
CSpecial to The Farmer) '
" ' Hartford, Oct. 23. The1 State. High
way department, has . awarded con
tracts for 2O.S00 yards of bituminous,
concrete favemeni m North HavenJ
There were six biddders, one for War
renite, xme" for Amiesite; and four for
Topeka specifications . . ' '
The contract is " awarded the Union
Paving 'company, which bid 74 cents
for a two inch Jbiluminous concrete
top, and partly to the ane, company,
which bid 70 cents' f r a two inch. top.
Warren Bros., who asked $lil4 for a
two inch" top, were high bidders. A
The cost of building the road, under
the lowbid, is $23,000. The high'bid
was $35,572. '- I "
"The difference between the low and
the high' bid is $1 2,572..; -'; ,
Competition in bituminous concrete
pavement has saved more, than $12,-
000, Or 5Q per cent. of the cost, on one
small job.. This means'1 that, similar
competition in Bridgeport would have
saved about $100,00 on the streets,
which were , paved with Warrenite,
without competition.
THREETHOUSAfiD
BOSTON FREIGHT
HflflDLERS QUIT
Boston, Oct, 23 "-Freight handlers
of the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford and th& -Boston & Albany rail
roads joined jthe Boston & Maine rail
road employes- ih a strike here- tor
day for "an increase in wages and pay
for holidays. Union leaders elaimed
that. 3,000. men employed by the three
roads were out.
The New Haven and the Boston &
Albany forces went out at noon after
Mayor Curley had made an unsuccess
ful effort to. bring about an agree
ment at a conference of the represen
tatives from both, sides. The Boston
& Maine declined to take part-in the
conferenc on the ground that it could
not submit to the. methods adopted by
tha men. - The company also claimed
that it had 250 new. men at work and
that it expected, to have its freight
terminals! in normal working condi
tion by next .week. . ' .
GEN. CARRANZA
ACKfl
U. S. GREETINGS
Washington, Oct. 23 -General Car
ranza through his representative here,
Elizao Arrendondo, addressed a note
to the United States '"and the other
American republicswhich have recog
nized his , government, expressing his
appreciation of their action -In an
nouncing that diplomatic representa
tives soon wuld be accredited to the
Various -countries. General Carranza
stated it was the purpose ,ofs his gov
ernment to establish -cordial relations
with all countries. - f
State department officials today ad
mitted hearing a rumor from Juarez,
attributed tcf Villa Officials," that Felix
Diaz , and 4,000 Zapata troops i were
menacing Mexico City. It was said
at the department that no such num
ber' of Zapata' trps had ever been
reported before . as in the field and
it was' not credited. . . '
"Hello Red" Starts
. - Lunch Room Fight
i Because Joe Ochs of 22 Brothwell
street greeted jDavid" Murphy of 153
Golden Hill street with the salutation
of "Hello Red" on entering the Shef
field Lunch room on Fairfield avenue
last evening a fight ensued.
The arrival of the police-terminated
the fight and both participants were
arrested. In city court this morning
thev were each . fined $6. Both are-
employes of the . Adams Express Co.
as drivers. .
W.
A. TOMUXSON IS
SUED FOB BACK RENT.
William A. Tomlinson, prominent in
this city-as Ta; vocalist,-has -been sued
for $150 by L.' M. Sagal, doing busi
ness under the -name of the New.
England Advertising ; Co. Tomlinson
formerly had a studio in the Sagal
building in Fairfield avenue and it is
claimed that he owes Sagal $120 for
rent. Deputy Sheriff Delia has at
tached goods belonging to Tomlinson
in the possession of Mr. - and Mrs.
Harry P. Krentzman of this city. The
suit is returnable to the common
pleas court. November 1.
IOWLEDGES
WILSON'S BROKEN
PLEDGE AND HIS
FLIMSY APOLOGY
I believe that all work, except
such as is extremely urgent, should
be advertised for, as required by
ordinance, and awarded to the
lowest responsible bidder, and that
the waiver' of the mayor should
-not be requested, except in great
emergencies. Mayor Wilson in his
inaugural message, Dec. 4,. 1912.
The mayor then jnaany ' times
gave his waiver, to do away with
competition in bituminous con
crete pavement.
Warrenite is patented article.
It would do no., good to have bids
for 'it." Myor Wilson, excusing
-bis violation of pledge.
ALLEGED THIEF'S
MOTHER HELD FOR
HIGH COURT TRIAL
Judge Wilder Finds Proba
ble Cause in Case of Mrs.
Elizabeth Hoad.
. Judge Frank L.. Wilder in city court
today found probable cause in the case
of Mrs. Elizabeth Hoad, alias Rooney,
of 356 Congress street, arraigned on
the charge of having received - stolen
goods, the property of former Police
Commissioner G. M. Baldwin and oth
ers, from her son Harold, and she was
bound over to "the superior court.
Bonds were fixed at $800. (
. When arraigned, before Judge Wild
er, Mrs. Hoad said that the goods had
been shipped to her hous about a
wek ago and that she did not Jf now
what was in the boxes. She also said
that she had Tiot - seen her n for
more than three weeks and that she
"expected to-demand to learn what was
the-contents. of the packages and the
manner in which they had been ob
tained.'. ' .:' ;: . ":,-''
". In, searching the Hoad nome yester
day afternoon Detective Peter Hall
found a blue silk . gowi the property
of Mrs. Baldwinhanging in a clothes
closet. .This, fact, in the opinion of
.the court, proved conclusively that the
who is 'alleged : to have robbed -, the
probable cause was found in the case
of, Mrs. Hoad..
Mrs. Baldwin appeared and identi
fied several of the stolen articles that
were" found in the Hoad home. Mrs.
J. - F, "Andrews of Naugatuck also aP-
j-peared and identified $100 worth of
dress goods. - rr. HC H. Gordon of
Na.ugatuck identified a suit of clothes
and a gold dentaj society button stolen
from his home in Naugatuck. .- .-
In the city court of New Haven yes
terday morning a nolje was entered in
the case of Hoad, apprehended -as a
suspicious character in the Elm City
early this week, -and he : was then
turned over to the authorities of An
sonia. After this charge Is disposed
of he will be returned to tjiis , city,
where he- will - be' arraiemed on the
charge of . burglarizing ;ythe home of
George M- Baldwin on? 0olden Hill
street. ' : ' . " -
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Ansonia. Oct. 23 .--Harold Roonev4
who is allftred to haver burglarized the
home of William H. JoV, in this city
pome time between Sunday; night and
"Tuesday morning, was -arraigned in
the city court this morninr and bound
over to the next term of the P'VPer
ior court. New Haven, for trial. Bonds
in . the : msc. . wre fixed at $3,00 by
Judge P. I Munger which, the ac
cused . was unable to furnish and he
was later taken, to v the New Haven
Jail. - .;- ' '
FIRST SUIT FOR
DIVORCE UNDER
INSANITY LAW
Abbotts, Who Failed in Leg
islature, Tries Through r
County Court.
The first action to be filed vn this
county under the new statute which
permits a divorce from a person in
curably insane, is the suit brought 'by
Joseph J. Abbotts of this city against
Hepzibah Abbotts of this yjity. -This
action has just been filed in, the civil
superior- court. Abbotts claims his
wife has been incurably, insane since
September 5, 1909 and is now in an
asylum. He does not give the name of
the institution. .
Under the old law insanity was not
regarded as ai sufficient ground for
divorce. At the last session, of the
general assembly, however, a new law
was passed making, insanity a ground
for a decree but stipulating that the
person who secured, the divorce must
provide, an adequate bond for the care
of the mentally unbalanced- defendant.
Abbotts asks the superior court to
grand him the custody of five minor
children. The suit is returnable to
the November term.
Abbotts at the last session of the
assembly out in a special bill asking
that b . allowed a divorce but it
was rejected y the Judiciary com
yv, -t , '
COOL HEADS IN
THEATRE PANIC
AVERTTRAGEDY
Cry of Fire in New Fire
proof Structure Stampedes
Audience.
THREE WOMEN ARE
OVERCOME IN RUSH
Smoke From Bonfire Nearby
Stirs Patron to Give Cry
of Warning.
The" cry of "Fire!" in the 'West
End theatre, . a new and fireproof
structure at 1241 State street, last
night, precipitated a panic which re
suled in the fainting of three women.
One was so seriously overcome from
the crushing of a large part of the
1,300 men, women and children pres
ent at the time that she had to be re
moved to her home in an automobile
by Manager Nelspn C. Lund.
That a loss pf life did not.jresult
from the panic is today ascribed ! to
the efficient management and the vo
cal powers of Henry J. Waters, deputy
city auditor, residing at 1166 Fairfield
avenue, who was attending the mov
ing picture performance with his wife.
Mr. Waters, occupying, a seat in the
front row of the gallery, seeing the
danger below' and about him, vocifer
ously appealed to the panic stricken
audience, "Sit Down! There is no
Danger!" he yelled. TUesa and like
quieting admonitions finally had effect.
After the' three-women who had
fainted -had been revived in the open
air, many patrons returned and 'the
performance was renewed. .-
It was shortly after 9 o'clock last
night when the smell of smoke enter
ed the theatre through, one of the
exits well forward in the theatre. The
smoke had issued from a pile of rub
bish collected by the nigh" wind that
was blowing through a narrow pas
sageway -adjoining- the theatre into
Which it is belived 'a cigarette may
have been carelessly thrown. "
Those-in the front row of seats be
came uneasy as the volume of smoke
Increased and Mr. Lund had sent an
usher to ascertain the cause of the
smoke, though he felt no uneasiness
at the . incident.
Suddenly in the darkness that pervaded-the
auditorium the. cry v of
"Firel".rang from.the throat of some
:boy. . . , .,.. ., -.
-. It was like an electric sjpt-rk to
the powder - train. In , an instant
similar cries were being shouted
throughout ' the house arid the spec
tators were ori their feet.1
'-' The orchestra of. 12, pieces began
in strident tones, the playing of "Tip
perary" while women shrieked ,and
children cried. , For a moment it Was
a stampede in the dark, when , with
rare presence of mind a theatre at
tache turned a switch which . flashed
a blaze of light throughout tlje house.
, The picture that presented, itself
to Mr. Water-was astounding. .Where
all had been peapeful a minute be
fore there was-' chaos. Boy's were
climbing over vacated seats, while in
the aisles there was a mad, pushing
of women and '- children.- , In this
libelee many men displayed a 'coward
ice that caused hisses and cries , of
.warning from other more cool-headed
individuals who tried' to stay the
stampeded crowd. .
Warning his wife that the building
was entirely fireproof,. ; Mr. Waters
usea his voice to good advantage,
being plainly heard by others -above
the din below.
It was mot until one woman had
fainted in a downstairs aisle and was
dragged froni beneath the feet of the
people in the aisle, and two had tfeen
overcome by the crush for the main
doorway, that a semblance of order
was restored.
Mr. Lund Immediately mounted the
stage and assured all that " the fire
outside had been extinguished. The
majority of the audience returned to
their , seats, hearily ashamed of their
previous conduct- The performance
was continued. ,s
So weak was one of the- women
who had succumbed that she had to
be conveyed to her ' home in an au
tomobile provided by the management
of the theater.
TITANIC SURVIVOR
WANTS TO BECOME.
CITIZEITOPI. S.
After surviving the Titanic disaster
Osoar Palmquist of this city deter
mined to stay on this side pf the At
lantic and became an American citizen
so he appeared before Naturalization,
Clerk M. J. Flanagan this morning and
took out his first citizenship papers.
Palmquist said he was in the water six
hours before he was rescued and taken
aboard the: Carpathian' In Sweden, his
native country, he was a 'champion
swimmer and his, skill enabled him to
keep afloat until help arrived.
Palmquist is 30 years old and by
trade is a machinist. He lives at 3 8
Poplar street. He testified that he
was born in Smaland, Sweden. He
first landed in .this country April 18
1912, the date on which the Carpathia
reached New York with the Titanic
survifors. "
Continue Case of
. George L. Moshier
The case of George L. Moshier, 24 0
Fairfield avenue, held under bonds of
$5,000 for trial in. the city court on a
charge of manslaughter, was con
tinued today for another ,week. -An
accident to the car driven by -Moshier
caused the death of William Costello,
260 Davenport street, on Ox Hill two
mm FLEETS
Sm BG3 ATTAGZ
Italian, Squadron Joins
Bombarding Important City German "JToops
Cross Drina River and Bulgarians Troops
Capture Two Large Serbian Towns Ber-
lin to Take Up Problem of Conserving Food;
Paris, Oct. 23 An official communication was given out by;
the French ministry this, afternoon, announcing- that the war
ships of the entente allies bombarded on Thursday the Bul
garian port of Dedeaghatch in the Aegeaii Sea.. The statement
said: - . - .
"The allies' squadron bombarded the warehouses and
wharves at Dedeaghatch on the
not fire upon the residential quarters of the city. Besides this
the fleet destroyed a number of military posts along the. Bul
garian coast." - .
Brindisi, Italy, Oct. 23 The Italian squadron is taking part
in the blockade and bombardment by the entente allied war
ships of the Bulgarian coast in the Aegean Sea, according to a!
wireless message received here today.
' Bulgars Capture Serb Towns ' -Berlin,
Oct. 23 German troops have crossed the I )riri,t
river in northwestern Serbia near Visegrad, driving southward'1
the Sej-liians on the heights according to the official 'statement;
issued by German headqifarters. It was' also announced tliati
Bulgarian troops have captured the Serbian towns of Negotin
and Roglyevo. - '" . ! ;'"'', ' ,
GERMAN GOVERNMENT TO TAKE
CONTROL OF , FOOD SUPPLY JND
PRICES THROUGHOUT COUNTRY
CITl20SSr'BAHNER
FLAPS J5AILY THEM
FLOPS DEJECTEDLY
Breaks From Mooripgs, Ties
Up
Traffic and Sets Fire
a V To Hotel. -.
" Irridiscent in its delicate shadings
of red, yellow and blue, the- political
banner of the Citizens league flapped
gaily in, the.autuinn breezes above
Main street, near Wall, this! noon. At
flapping-," it proved to be one of -the
neatest flappers -that ever graced the
main stem, anad drew favorable com
ment from paSsersby.' ,
Then while the admiring crowds
were speculating-: as to whether it
would ever get in the flapping cham
pionship, something happened. A
gust of wind started at Seaside park.,
It was,' no ordinary gust; it was one'
of the ' fanciest gusts that ever step
ped off the Sounds '
It i gathered speed as it shot" up
Main street. At Railroad avenue, it
was smashing the speed laws; at 13tate
street, it was a vest-pocket cyclone.
When it hit the flapping-banner
bing! One long," writhing flap, and
the banner was .torn from itsvmoor
lngs. Within 2 seconds, these "things
had happened: '
' - A shirt-circuited wire had set fire
to tho roof of the Arcade hotel.
One ' trolley feed wire was torn
down, tying up traffic and sending' out
a few fancy Vbits of pyrotechnics as it
hit contact points. , ! .
Two hundred ' political . vt heeases
about, the downfall . of . the Citizeiis'
Ticket were manufactured and passed
around. '
Someone called the fire depart
ment, and someone else called the
emergency repair department of the
Connecticut company. . While the
firemen smothered the incipient blaze
on the hotel roof, the repair crew
made short work of the banner which
was draped most, ungracefully over
the trolley feed wires.. Last seen,, the
banner was being carted away in the
Connecticut oompany's team, while
hurried calls were being sent out for
a special meeting of the Citizens'
League banner raising- committee. .
RUSSIANS"' TO LAND '
TROOPS I IV BULGARIA
London, Oct. 23.- Rumanian' news
papers, as. quoted in a despatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company from
Zurich, say that the Russian General
Visnoliko asserted: N - . .
"In a fortnight at the latest Russian
troops will 'land on the Bulgarian
coast." -
General Visnoliko, who is Emperor
Nicholas' adjutant, is now on his way
to Serbian headquarters. -
ALLIES REPULSE DRIVE
" BY BIG TURKISH FORCE
Faris, Oct. 23.- The troops of the
entente allies on Wednesday repulsed
strong Turkish attacks in the Suvla
and Kritchia regions on the Gallic
poli peninsula, according to a de-r
spatch from Mytilene. The Turks
are said to have lost heavily. An ar
tillery action continues. Two destroy
ers entered the straits and bombard-
- -onjithK.. - . '
Entente Naval Powers in
afternoon of the 21st and did
Berlin,, Oct. .23, The, Gcrrnnji federal
government, today -decided to assume
control of the price and supply of vic
tuals throughout Germany., Up to the
present .time the state provincial au
thorities liad been considered compe
tent to handle the food situation .'
The German government now con
sides it necessary, the Overseas Xews'
Agency sab's, to equalize the position
of the various' seetionsof the empire
as to the distribution and the price of
victuals, which are abundant but uni
der different conditions in the variouai
states and provinces of Germany,
.Xew regulations will be made in or
der to' avoid differences and to dis
tribute food in an equal , manner
throughout Germany, thereby assur
ing for the poming. months full sup
plies at reasonable prices in all dis
tricts. '
Conferences are being held by tb
government authorities and it is b
lieved the conditions of the measuA
will be announced in the near future.
London, Oct: 23. The Amsterdam
correspondent of Reuter's Telegram
company says that, acoording to ad
ivces from Berlin, the Federal Council !
has forbidden he sale on two days of'
each week of supplies consisting of"'
meat, ' t ' ' .
RUSSIANS CHECK DRIVE
OF GERMANS FOR RIGA
J London,' Oct. 23. The latest offi
cial news from Petrograd gives soma
indicatibn that Field Marshal Von
Hindenburg's drive toward the Baltio
port' of Riga has agam been checked,
and that, nearer the center of the .
German line, German counter-attacks :
have been repulsed. . Fighting on ihe ,
left bank of the Styr continues, and
the' , Russians ' assert that they have ;
made further captures of large num- "
bers of men. ,In the Caucasus lively !
actions, in which cavalry is taking, an :
important part, are recorded.
Vienna acknowledges Austrian
troops' have retired in Galicia under,
the pressure of superior Russian. .
forces;. ' ,
The status of political affairs in tho ;
Balkans is. almost equal in interest to ;
the military situation. The belief is i
growing here that neither Greece nor ;
Rumania is likely to enter the war,
at least unless the. entente, allies gain '
some decisive state. Greece apparent- '
ly regards this as more Important than
the offer of the island of Cyprus, and
it is feared in Athens that the allied
troops have come too late into the
Balkan field. , t
Bombardment of the Bulgaria coast
by an allied fleet raises hopes in Eng
land that the entente powers will not
be content with landing troops in Sa
loniki but may cause enough of a di
version elsewhere to engage a consid
erable body of Bulgarian .troops.
It is believed here that the 'arrival
at the Dardanelles of General Sir
Charles Monroe, the new commander
of the expeditionary force will be ac
companied with renewed military ac
tivity on the Gallipoli peninsula.
G-oes to Jail For
; ( Stealing Bicycla
A sentence of 10' days in ,1ail -w as
given Harry Shapiro of New York, ar
raigned before Judge Wilder this
morning irt .city Court charged with
the theft of a bicycle, valued at $10,
from John T. Moriarity of 593 Ells
worth street, a foreman at the fac
tory of the American Graphophone
Co. The wheel was stolen from the
yard of the factory on Howard ave
nu. .
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