The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume], January 07, 1916, Page 12, Image 12

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Man' Who Dropped, Dead
Yesterday Chopped Way
Out of Ilurnang Boat.
The death ,of Brnai-df Henry, hero
6f the Nutmeg- State disaster, la de
clared by MeQical Exiniiner Samuel
M. Garliek to have pe n caused by
natural causes and not from an auto
mobile accident as was rumored yes
terday. , N
Throug the efforts of the police,
Horace Burr. 63 Vernon street, chauf
feur 'for Frank Fargo and Anthony
" Phillips,-1690 Main street, witnesses of
his death, were . closely t questioned as
to , the relative positions of Che Fargo
automobile and Henry. . Atno time
' was there any close proximity between
the two- and -when Hen-y fell, he was
upon the sidewnlk ' and ihe Fargo car
had not been started. ' -
"Heart disease is the probable cause
of death." said ' Dr. Garlick when he
had finished' Ms examination of the
-"Tody and received police reports this
morning. A. .
' Henry was on hoard the ill-fated
Nutmeg State on Si. tui day morning,
Oct. 14, . 18E9, when 1 aught fire and
burned to the water's "d.?e with a loss
' of a score of lives. - .
' Penned in a state room ; forward on
the port side of- the vessel 'cn which
he was employedas oiler witf? com
panion, Charles Anderson.! and a mate
named Patrick Coffv, the trio 'w?re
compelled to chop through compart.-
. mrit after com-partmnt pursued -by
ths flames which blew asj through a .
funnel. " . .- . i
,-. i They managed to chop through the !
overturned hull and attract attention '
of members' of the crew' of, the tug -
Jiast Chester- which was standing by
to pick up,' the dead. All hands on?
board had been given up- as lost,; when
the scared faces 'f, Henry vand his
' companions showed through the aper
ture. Willing hands cut the hole from
the outside in time to "rescue Henry.
who was pushed through bodily by his
heavy set companions. Anderson was
, a?so pushed through by Mate Coffee, i
' Who insisted that as an officer he '
should go last The hHe was not large
enough , to admit his body .and bexore
It could be made larger the flames hd
reached him arid" he fell back into the
furnace-like hold." , - v
His friends- were- many? partlcula
pf whom was Detective Sergeant Peter
Hackett. He had lived for many years
previous on the lower East Side. where j
he resided at 218-" Hamiltdn Btreet. -I
' - He was employed later as a spring
maker in the Spring Perch Co., on :
John street, but of late has been an I
employe . of the Remington Arms &!
Ammunition Co. on .Boston avenue.
He is survived by a widow, and two
sons.
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FURNIIURE BOUGHT AT 'i Hfcl JANUARY FURNITURii
EXHEBI HONS WILL NEED DISPLAY ROOM
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Cash or Credit
loors aiK
irelioese of AH Present Steclli
And in order to do this before the shipments of new Furniture and Rugs arrive we have placed at quick disposal
; the en lire stock, barring Ranges, Sectional Bookcases. Refrigerators and Vacuum Cleaners
Blinded by the lights on a nearbyj
bwilding Harold Cook of 1043 Broad
street, operating a motor vehicle at
Brxad-and Fairfield avenue at 6:40
this mornirtg collided with the silent
traffic policeman at that' intersection
arrd' broke the iron stand. He reported I
the matter to the policy and agreed
to pay' the damage. , He was not j
-held. : ' 1
An ebctremery cold wave struck the
-Middle West.' 1 ' '
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O MATTER ' WHETHER YOU BUY FOR CASH OR CREDIT )
Goods Sel:c:ed During Th s Sale We Will Stdre Fiee Until You Notify Us to Deliver.
We Never.
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ar Prciii'ses
As we advertised' a short
time past,
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WE WILi PIACE
V ON SALE
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for a few days
" ' only! ' ''
Jft "
nar aware
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minus cost prices '
Parlor Sui's
Regiilar Price $22.50 less 20 $18.00. Terms to suit
KegularPrice $27.50 less 20 $22.00. Terms o suit
Regular Price $30.00 less 20 $24.00.
Regular, Price $35.00 less 20 $28.00:
Terms tosuit
Terms to suit
Dining Exlension Tables
'Regular Price $lf.75 less 20 $ 9.40.
Regular Price $14.50 less 20. $11.60.
Regular Price $15.00 less 20 $12.00.
Regular Price $20.00 less 20 $16.00.
Regular Price $30.00 less 20 $24.00.
Terms to suit
Terms to suit
Terms to suit
Terms to suit
Terms to suit -
Regtilar Price $40.00 less 20 $32.00.
Reed Baby Carriaaes
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Regular Price $22.0 less 20 $18.00. erms to suit
Regular Price 25.00 less 20 $20.00. Terms to suit
Regular Price $30.00 less 20 $24.00. Terms to suit
Regular Price $31.00 less 20 $24.80. Terms to suit
And all other Baby Carriages at the same discount
Terms'to suit , 11 otheij Dinner Tables at the same discount
ITS
SPECIAL FOM
RIP AY and SATURDAY
500 Linoleum Mats 18x36
Bnffels and Sideboards
Regular 'Price $14.75 less 20 $11.80.
Regular Price $15.75 less 20 $12.60.
Regular Price $17.75 less 20 $14.20.
Regular Price $21.00 less 20 $16.80.
Regular Price $23.00 less 20 $18.40.
Regular Price $25.00 less 20 $20.00.
Terms to suit
Terms to suit
Terms to suit
Terms to suit
Terms to suit
Terms to suit
And all other Buffets at the same discount
library Tables
Regular Price $ 9.50 less 20 $ 7.60. Terms to suit
Regular Price $10.00 less 20 $ 8.00. Terms to suit
RegularrPrice $15.00 less 20 $12.00. Terms to suit
"Regular Price $20.00 less 20 $16.00. Terms to suit
Regular Price $1.10 less 20
Regular Price $1.50 less 20
Regular Price' $2.10 less 20
Regular Price $2.50 , less 20
Regular Price $3.25
$0,88.
$1.20.:
$1.68.
$2.00.
Terms to suit
Terms to suit
Terms to suit
Trms to suit
Terms to suit
less 20 $2.60.
And all other Dining Chairs at the same discount.
Bed Davenports
Regular Price $30 less 20 $24.00. Terms to suit
Regular Price $35 less 20 $28.00. Terms to suit
Regular Price $40 less 20 $32.00. 1 Terms to suit
Regular Price $45 less 20 $36.00. Terms to suit
Arid all other Davenports at the same discount'
Mattresses
Regular Price $ 3.50 less 20 $ 2.80.
Regular Price $.5.00 less 20 $ 4.00.
Regular Price $ 8.50 less 20 $ 6.80.'
Regular Price $10.50 less 20 $ 8.40.
Regular Price $12.50 less 20 $10.00.;
Terms to suit
Terms to suit
Terms to suit
Terms, to suit
Terms to suit
ssers
'RegularrPrice $10.00
' less '20 per cent ....... $
Regular .Price $12.00 v
less 20 per cent. . . . .
Regular Price $14.00
less 20 per centJ .
: Regular Price $18.00
s les 20 per cent.
. Regular Price $20.00 ,
less 20 per cent."'
i Regular Price $25.00
less. 20 per cent. .....
Regular ''Price" $30.00 '
less 20 percent.
and all other ' Dressers
' discount. '
'.
8.00
,9.60
$11.20
$14.40
$16.00
$20.00
$24.00
at this
: ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN FIGURES
Iron Beds
Regular-Price $2.00
less 20 per centl . .
Regular Price $2.50
less 20 per cent. .
Regular Price $3.50
lesw 20 per cent.
Regular Price $4.00
less 20 per cent.
Regular Price $5.00
less 20 per cent.-.
Regular Price $6.50
less 20 per cent. .
Regular Price $8.50
a less 20 oer cent. . ...
and all other Iron
discount. .
$ 1.60
. $ 2.00
$ 2.80 '
... $ 3.20
t $ 4.00
w. $ 5.23
. $ 6.20
at this
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; Colter - '
, For Cottage, Camp or
Kitchen
KniTes, Carving Sets, etc.
OSIS
- Saws, Hammers
Planes
A. Levels
Trowels
Etc. ",
Bon't Mis This Sale
THE
LYON & GRUMMAN CO.
'BIG HARDWARE STOKE"
Fairneld AvV & SHddle St
CATHERINE A. LOWRET i
The funerafl of Catherine A. Low
rey was held from her late home 1444
State street at 8:30 this morning and
a half hour later from St. Mary's
churchwhere. the mass of. Rev. John
J. Conway. At ithe offertory,- Mrs.
Frank Munich sang "Ave Maria".
There were many handsome floral tri
butes. The- bearers were John Besch
r, JoKu Lombard, Alfred Lowrey,
Thomas Mulrenaxi, John Dugan andj
William Rogers.
DANIE A. STANTON. -.
Daniel A. Stanton, an employe of
; Pord's garage on Stratford avenue,
died this afternoon at the Bridgeport
hospital after a few days' illness with
jmeumonia. Mr.- Stanton was 4 0
"years of age, a native of New Britain
"and had resided in Bridgeport for the
oastv 12 years. .He is survived by
j one brother, James F. Stanton, of this
I city. The body will be shipped on
! the 7:38 train this evening to New
; Britain, where services and burial
will be.
"ARTHUR WAMiENTA
The funeral of Arthur Wallenta,
son of Frank and Adeline Wallenta
of 3387 Main street, who died on Wed
nesday was held from the mortuary
chapel of Walker & Banks at 2:30
this afternoon. Rev. John G. Sadtler,
rector of Christ Episcopal church con
ducted the services which were largely i
attended by friends and relatives of
the young men. Delegations were
present from Samuel Harris lodge, I.
O. F. and from the Carpenter's
provided the bearers and exemplified
their ritual at the grave in Lake
view cemetery. .-
TaunteWife By
Telling Her He
1 Entertained Girls
Serious .charges' of unnatural acts
were made, against Frederick- L. Tei
ney of Central avenue in a statement
filed today in the surepior court by
Lillian B. Tenney of this city. She
declares he forced her to submit and
in her' statement characterizes his con
duct as "brutal, licentious and inde
cent." Mrs. Tenney also claims that when
when they lived , iri Hawley avenue
he "cursed her and callled her out
of her name and told her to get the-
out of the house." He ofter re-
NEIL MiTCHiLL'S
WESTPORT HOME
. "OWEHOKE" SOLD
turned home and told his wife he had
been out with other women just to
tantalize her and cause her mental
pain, the statement relates. ,
These facts were brought out in a
more specific statement demanded by
Tenney. He brought divorce proceed
ings against her, alleging desertion
and she filed a, lcross complaint, claim
ing cruelty. Mrs. Tenney's maiden
name was Lillian Burgess. She mar
ried Tenney May 26, 1906.
Union. The Samuel H. Harris lodge
Leo "Vennice of Detroit, charged with
the theft of several petty articles from
the Grant 25 cent store on Main
street, was sentenced to 30 days in jail
when brought before Judge Bartlett in
the city court today. The articles
were identified as having been the
property Of the Grant store by ' Miss
Alice Charlton of 155 William street,
clerk In the store.
Handsome Residence on Sound
' Front is Turned Over to
Physician
Neil !M:itchill's beautiful home
"Owenoke" at Westport, commanding
an excellent view of the Sound has
been sold to a prominent New York
physician whose identity is not dis
closed tody. The deal was managed
.through the agency of B. F. Chase
in conjunction with Walter A.. Peck
of the Oronoque Realty Co.
It is understood that the shore front
property will be remodeled and will
De occupied by its new owner during
the greater part of the year.
Mr. Mitchill is, a noted marine art
ist. '
ICE-BOX PARTY IS ,
PLANNED AT POLI'S
FOR BRIDGEPORTERS
af fer the ' performance and will show
any ambitious .warblers among them
how he contrived, to find a.4: much
easier job than - that of peddling ice.
The icemen will meet in the manag
er's office at Poli's before 7 o'clock
and Resident Manager Saunders will
see that they are made comfortable
for the evening. - .
The icerrien of Bridgeport are go
ing to have a theatre party at Poli's
tonight sort of an ice-box party, you
know. I x
As guests of S. Z. Poll they will turn
out to give a welcome to "The Man
Of f ih'e Ice Wagon" who recently
quit their ranks to . win fame In
vaudeville as a singer. The ex-iceman
will greet his former co-workers
CHRISTMAS PERIOD
BEGINS TODAY FOR
SOME BRIDGEPORTERS
Eleventh Company To
Begin Sunday Drills
Members of the Eleventh company,
Connecticut Coast Artillery Corps,
who are working nights, will begin
Sunday drills at the armory at 11
o'clock, Sunday morning. These drills
will be continued until' camp ,time.
Failure to attend will mean fines and i
discharges for Jhe benefit of the ser
vice. By a recent order of Adjutant-;
CJeneral George M. Cole, company
commanders are required to discharge
for the benefit of the service all men
whose employment prevents them at
tending drills.
The annual inspections of the Coast
Artillery Corps here will take place
the week of Jan. 17. The band and
the Second company will be inspect
ed on that date; the Fourth company
on Jan. 18, the Sanitary Corps on Jan.
19 and the Eleventh company, Jan.
20. Only a physician's certificate of
illness will excuse anyone from the
inspections. Any member who fails
to attend will be fined $6 arid dis
charged for the benefit of the service.
A tannery which will cost $7,000,000
and which will eventually employ be
tween 4,000 and 5,000 men will be es
tablished at St. Louis by the Interna
tional Shoe Co.
Christmas celebration began at mid
night In the Greek Catholic churches
throughout this fcity . last ight and
services will continue throughout the
day and tomorrow.
The churches celebrating the event,
which comes 13 days after the usual
Christmas period owing to the vari
ance in calendars, . are the Russian
Orthodox Holy Ghost church at Hal
lett ' and Jane streets, the Hungarian
Greek Catholic church, Bostwick ave
nue, and the-Ruthenian Greek Cath
olic church on Arctic street.
A watch service beginning at mid
night and concluding at 2:30 this
morning was well attended in all the
churches with mass today. Services
tomorrow will be at 8 and 10 o'clock.
Throughout the city today Russians
and Greek . Catholics are remaining
home and celebrating the birth of the
Saviour.
PASSENGERS OF GREEK
STEAMER IN PORT
New York, Jan., 7 The 177 pas
sengers who were forced to abandon
the sinking Greek steamship Thessa
loniki at sea arrived here today on
the steamship Patris, of the same, and
gave vivid descriptions or tne Hard
ships they suffered during the five
weeks that the Thessalonlki was bat
tered by gales. i ' ' '
On Christmas Day, passengers said,
the supply of meat on the Thessalon
iki was exhausted, only a few gallons
water were left and the ship's of
ficers began to portion out short ra
tions of the meagre supply of food
which, remained. "
Husband In Prison
v Mrs. Rockman Gets
Separation From Kim
Because her . husband Is serving
from 8 to 20 years in state's prison ioi
attacking a. little girl, Maybelle Rock,
man of this city obtained a divorce i
the superior court this afternoon from
Gustave Rockman. It was in 1911
that Rockman was convicted In th
criminal superior court here) of as
sault upon Florence Hamilton, thei
eight years old.
Since then Rockman has been sen
ing his sentence In the "WethersfieH
institution. Mrs. Rockman was man
ried to the defendant December 2 5
1907. Her maiden name: was Mayi
belle McClellan. She astfed for th
custody of a minor child and Judg
Gager granted the request.
Asks Administration
Papers For Estate of
Dr. James H. Kiernai
Mary J. Kiernan, widow of Da
James M. Kiernan, applied to the pro
bate court for papers .of administra.
tion of his estate today. On the petL
tion, no waiver of rights appears fron
his mother, "Mrs. Margaret Kiernan 04
46 Sanford avenue. She is the onlj
other heir-at-law. In the event thai
she desires to oppose the petition ot
her daughter-in-law, Judge Miller to
day named Jan. 11 at 9:80 a. m. as thi
time and date for a hearing. The ea
tate consists of an automobile arU
book accounts of uncertain value.
Fumr Want Ada. One Cent a ITs
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