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v. With the American Army in France, Nov. 15 (By
the Associated Press) There have been further encoun
ters between American patrols and Germans in No Man's
Land. Last night there were several clashes, but the night
was dark and showery and the firing was mostly at a dis
tance. There were no American casualties. v
v The Germans placed machine guns in several craters
and sprayed streams of bullets on; our communicating
trenches. The American artillery hurled shells from 75s
at the positions and silenced the enemy.
"American patrols have worked up to the German wire
entanglements. The artillery fire day and night continues
Jively. 1 y - ,
MAN WHO STOLE
AUTO MAY HOT
BE PROSECUTED
; In spite ot tha fact that he admit
ted at a court hsarlng m Warehouse
Point, yesterday, his guilt ot the theft
of an Oakland touring oar from H.
. D..' Btrsoc ot 11(4 Falrflald avenue,
this' altf, 'William A. Oilmere, ot
Wakeley street, stands In little dancer
of being prosecuted Cor this offence,
today, A" -
No request tor Ms arrest lias been
- filed wlttt'ths authorities by either
Strong or the Insurance company that
had ' to reimburse the owner for the
loss of the machine, and effort by De.
teetlye-Captain Edward Cronan to de
termine what stand these interested
parties will take have elicited only the
. infiormetlon that neither considers it
. . within Jurisdiction to ask for Gtl
fn ore's detention,
GKimore was fined " (44.TB in the
Warehouse Point town court, yester-'
day, lor fates registration of the au-
tomobils, and about three weeks ago
was fined 25 and costs in the same
court for his part in an accident.
At detective headquarters it was
, learned today that Gilmore. stole the
. car in this city, less than a month
' ago, and going , to Springfield with
some companions, was returning,
when, in Warehouse Point he collided
with another automobile ,and was In
, turn struck by a trolley car.
STELLA RUZY'S
DEATH PROBED
BY J.J. PHELAN
Despite the questioning of Coroner
3. 3, Phelan of a number of relatives
who appeared before him today no
i- evidence which would throw any
light upon the death of Mrs. . Stella
; Eiusy of 22 State street was slicited
to indicate it was other than a sui
cide, and no reason could be elicited
of any Intention upon her . part to
take her life, or any reason for the
, Suicide.
Coroner Phelan held a prolonged
hearing this morning at which De
tectives F. M. Holbrook and J. J.
Burns, with' Bamuel ! Ruzy, the
woman's husband; her brother, Jo
seph Sucholser, of-42 Ridge avenue:
Mrs. Ruzy"s sister, and other rela
1 tlves were questioned. ' None could
throw any light on the actual oc
currence. - . . .
Max Plotkln, the tailor from whom
the rooms were rented, described the
finding . of Mrs. Ruzy lying , on the
floor after the baby had been crying
an unusually long time.
Capt- Cronan of the detective de
partment alleged tpday that Mrs.
Kuzy had complained of being sub
- iect to hallucinations, imagining she
rad something upon the end of her
nose, and that people wers laughing
at her, and that she also made threats
to take her life.
. rpB WEATHER. "
PATROL
LAND
. '
Y. M. C. A. TOTAL
IS S126,440 AT
NOON TO-DAY
Bridgeport "went over the top"
today In the T. M. C. A. campaign
to raise 1126,000 of the $ 36,000,000
the country has .been asked to con
tribute, the grand total of all sub
scriptions up to noon being $126,440.
The campaign will be continued, as
the disasters -to the arms of Italy,
and the revolutions in Russia have
increased the need for funds.
Other . reports made are: Division
B, Guy P. Miller, total, $10,470: Boys',
division, today, 1,400, total $5,840;
Citizens' committee $9,475; Division
A,' A. E. Lavery, $6,999; leading
men's team, Leonard M. - Allen,
$2,033; leading women's team, Mrs.
W. R. Webster,' $3,694.
Reports from the outside towns,
totals are: Stratford, $2;913j Fair
field, , $1,200; .Southport, $1,053;
Westport, $1,200; Newtown, 1,0.
. All 'of the workers were' mueh
pleased when the total was announc
ed at the luneheon at The Stratfield,
and expressed themselves as deter
mined to continue until the end of
the campaign,1 and add several thou
sands to the quota assigned ' to
Bridgeport. When the announce
ment that the allotment had been ex
ceeded there was a wild burst of ap
plause which continued for nearly a
minute, . " (
POTATO SALES
THE FIRST DAY
4,000 BUSHELS
BxceeBiing .all expectations, more
than 4.000 bushels of potatoes, nearly
one-ouarter of " the enormous crop
grown by the ' Bridgeport Hydraulic
Co. were sold yesterday, the first day
of the market opening. The sales in
the afternoon were unusually heavy
and up to closing time there was a
steady stream of (buyers, the number
failing: to fall below 200 during the
.day. They were sold at $1.60 a .bushel
and many persona were anxious ta
buy them in lots as high as 20 bushels
but only three bushels .were allowed
an individual. 1 " ''
Deliveries of approximately 2,500
bushels were started today tai the
company's trucks and a charge of 15
cents for each delivery is matfe. They
will all be delivered by next Thurs
day when the market w:l again (be
opened. One Italian woman yesterday
afternoon carried two bushels in bags
on her head from she market in Wa
ter street to her home in East Bridge
port. .''-.-.
.
AMERICAN ENVOYS
DINE WITH ROYALTY
London, Nov. 16 The members of
the American mission to the inter
Allied conference were invited to
Buckingham palace this afternoon
toe ' lunchsoi ' Tfitb, Xm k4a& aad
Oiteen,
BRIDGEPORT,
SCHEME FOR
HOLD UP IS
FRUSTRATED
Arrest of Thomas Ferguson
of 'This City Reveals Plan
of Gang "to Perpetuate
Wholesale Payroll GEtob
bery in Bridgeport.
That a plan to rob some local Con
cern of a considerable sum of money
was frustrated by th arrest, Wednes
day night, of Thomas Ferguson! alias
F. McCue,' alias -George Wilson, of 170
Thorme street, wanted In Hackensack,
N. J., for participation In an alleged
'hokl up," fwas revealed today by a
letter found on the person of the pris
oner. ',' , ' .
: On the night 'of his apprehension,
according to the hour appointed in the
letter, Ferguson was to have met and
discussed details' of the proposed local
Job with two friends'-from Now York,
That ho must have seen and talked
with these men, and perhaps formu
lated a definite course of action, is as
sumed from the fact that the appoint
ment was for 7 o'clock in the evening,
while the arrest lid not take place un
til almtost midnight. ,
The letter discloses nothing , that
mighit indicate What. roWbery. was con
templated, stating merely that the
writer had an excellent -"lay" In view,
and one which would ihean a. "sub
stantial bit of dough" for Ferguson;
"The plan win go, well, as everything
else always has under our supervi
sion," was one' interesting line.
Dated November 12, the letter stat
ed that the writer and one "Spike"
wore planning to spend a week ' In
Bridgeport. Ferguson Is understood
to have been in the company of
strangers a few hours before he was
locked up, and the police have no
doubt that they were his co-conspira
tors, and that a plan was decided upon
that evening.
J. H. Taylor and N. H. Allen, coun
ty detectives of the County of Hack
ensack, N. J., came to Bridgeport
this morning to take Ferguson Isack
to New Jersey for trial, and told an
interesting story of 'the events con
nected with the crime for which the
prisoner is to be tried.
The; firm rolbbed was tn Max (J.
Cohen Comb company, of East Ruth-
erfbrd. euiburb of - . Hackensaek. On
the morning of Saturday, August 25th.
at 9:20 o'cioek, Burt Bennet, the firm's
messenger, who . was formerly a pri
vate detective in (New York, and an
acquaintance of such police charac
ters as the notorious "Brldgle Web
ber," prominent figure in the Becker
(Continued on Page 12;)
MUNITIONS TOWNS
MAY HAVE RENTS
FIXED BY EDICT
' Waterbury, Nov., 16 'Mayor Martin
Seully and Judge Walter D. Make
peace went to Hartford today for a
conference with Gov. Holoomb -on the
question of regulating rents in towns
where munitions or other supplies for
the United States government, are
made. ' Judge Makepeace is chairman
of the Waterbury local committee of
the state council of defense. ' It is
claimed that excessive rents charged
by a small proportion of the landlords
here tend to keep munition workers
and other- factory operatives away
from the city,
A bill prepared by Judge ' Make
peace, which it is claimed the gover
nor's signature can make into law,
under the extraordinary powers vested
in. him during the time of war, pro
vides a means of relief for tenants
asked o pay unreasonable sums to
landlords. This.blll, in brief, calls-for
a board of rents, to be made up of
the assessors, in each city or town of
more than 25,006 population in which
work on munition or government sup
ply contracts is under way.
Tenants whose rents have been
raised may appear before this board
and in cases in which dispossess pro
ceedings have been begun with the in
tention to secure a jiew tenant at a
higher rent, the aggrieved. party may
also appear. The board If in its judg
ment such action is warranted, is to
fix the amount of rent at an amount
net exceeding 20 per cent, more than
tha rental of tha same or similar
promises Jan. 1,1815, '
CONN., FRIDAY,NOVEMBER 16, 1917
Force Fuel
Saving
Here
Bridgeport's White Way
and Electrical Signs on
. Business Houses and
Theatres Must Be
Dimmed at 11 P. M.,
Fuel Board.RuIes.
Bridgeport merchants and
theatre managers, who last
night failed to heed the order
of the United States Fuel Ad
ministration in the matter of
regulating ttie use of electric
ity to save fuel,' violated the
law, according to State Fuel
Administrator Russell, who to
day emphasizes the order that
the law, must be complied with.
Complaint to the efTect that
Bridgeporters failed to heed
the order was made to the ad
ministrator by Carl F. Slemon,
chairman of the Bridgeport
Fuel Board. -
No signs, except those for which'
exemption is provided must ibe llerhted
between the hours of 7:45 and 11' p.
m. The United ntntna Arimlnla-
trator, H. A. Garfield, is acting under
authority or an executive ord"er from
President Woodrow Wilson, approved
on August 10. It became, effective
yesterday. "
ParaeraiDh C of the administrator's
order tells what signs must be ousted
'before and after the prescribed hours.
It is as follows!
. "Electrio signs affixed to the street
fronts of buildings over the street en
trances thereof or over the street en
trances to stores, shops, or " other
places Of business therein, or extend
ing1 therefrom over the sidewalks, for
the purpose of announcing the name
or business of a retail shop or store,
or the name and location or a theatre
or other olace of amusement or of a
hall -or other place of public assem
bly, together with the name of the
play or other entertainment given
therein, or of the purpose of any
public assembly to be held therein, as
the case may Ibe. may toe lighted or
illuminated or operated by electricity,
generated- or " produced by the use of
coal, during the period from one-half
hour after sunset until such time,, not
later than 11 o'clock in the evening
at which time in the case of a place
of business the same is closed for the
conduct of business therein In the
same manner' and to the extent that
such business is conducted therein
during the daytime ibusiness hours,
and in ; the case of places of amuse
ment an' public " assembly hereinbe
fore referred to until one-half hour
after the time fixed for the beginning
of an ' entertainment or of the meet
ing or other public assembly, as .the
case may "', (bet- Provided that the size
of any such sigh and- the amount of
electricity, hedded to operate and il
luminate the same shall te reduced
at any time upon direction 'of the
State Fuel -Administrator of the State
within which such sign is located." '
The order does not apply to any
lights that may be needed to illu
minate? the interiors of any building,
driveways, garages or. porches, only
when the use of such a light is
deemed unneoesasry and consequently
resulting1 in wasting fuel.
I), S. Steamer
Losrat Sea
Washington, Nov. 1G The
American steamer Kansas City
is believed to have been lost at
sea. Nothing has been heard
of her since she was separated
from her convoy in a storm on
Sept. 5. .
The only person aboard of
whom the navy has record was
J. H. A. Muir, wliose parents
live at 26 Marymount road.
Roland Pack, Md,
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KRIHOZO
IN CRITICAL
CONDITION
a ' v "
Woman Hurt in Motorcycle
Accident Lies at Point of
Death While Her Husband
is Held onCharge of Man
slaughter by Police.
. . ! " ."v.
Mrs. Stephen Rihozo, of 116 Park
Terrace, is, In a critical state .at St.
Vincent's hospital, "expected momen
tarily to die; and her husband is un
der arrest, locked up in default of
$2,500 bail on a charge of mafislaugh-.
ter, in consequence of a motorcycle
disaster in Fairfield which yesterday
afternoon resulted In the Instant death
of Mrs. Jennie - WIszniensky, of the
same address. . " ' . . 1
' With a fracture of the skull, a.
broken arm, and contusions about the
face . and body, Mrs. Rihozo; condition
is aggravated by the fact that she was
otherwise in a delicate state before
the accident, and all hope for her re--covery
Is-abandoned. . - Her- husband
escaped , Injury. ..." .. .
. 8 An 'effort by Rihozo to a veld strik
ing a pedestrian with; themotorcycle
and sidecar on which he and the two
women - victims . .of- the -, catastrophe
were racing along the Boston- road,
brought abput the 'fatal mishap. The
driver lost control . of his machine
when he took two sharp turns and
his. cycle ran' into the gutter, bringing
up against the curb with suoh tremen
dous force that Mrs. Wissnlensky was
hurled six feet into the air and sent
crashing, head 'first, into a telegraph
pole. ' "
The impact of the blow crushed her
skull and scattered intermingled -portions
of bone, brain, flesh and hair
about, A tooth was broken from the
woman's Jaw and buried itself in ,the
wooden pole, where , today It Is at
tracting many curious spectators, not
having been removed. ' Mrs. WIsz
niensky was killed outright. '
Mrs. Rihozo was flung heavily
from the side-car to the pavement,
and was rendered unconscious. Her
left arm was broken, and her. skull
fractured by impact with' the curb.
In some way, RShozo managed to
bring his motorcycle to a stop a-nd
rushed to assist the women. He be
came frenzied with fear when neither
responded' to" his efforts to - rouse
them, , , . .
A eall was sent In to the Bridgeport
emergency hospital, and Dr. B.- C.
Pasuth responded with the ambulance,-
In which he took. Mrs. Rihozo
to the hospital, turning the dead,
(Continued on Page 12.) C '
WEARIED WIVES
SEEK FREEDOM
FROM HUSBANDS
Four unhappy wives were separated
from husbands by Judge Curtis in the
superior court today, decrees of - di
vorce being granted. In two cases
cruelty was the cause alleged, and
in the other two .desertion,
Irene Bradford was granted separ
ation from Edward Bradford, on ac
count of cruelty. They were mar
ried June 2, 1916, Bradford having
been a sailor. He .was in the habit
of carrying a lGaded revolve his wife
told the court, frequently threatened
to kill her and finally telling her he
was tired of her, ordered her out of
his house. Her story was corrobor
ated : by others, and Judge Curtis
granted the decree, "
Katherine Murphey of Bridgeport,
was granted a decree from Harold . J.
Murphey of Bridgeport, on the ground
of cruelty. They were married Sep
tember 7, 1910, and shortly after the
wedfting his abuse commenced. ax
one time he met her in Courtland
street and assaulted her.
Annie Marie Fanton Lobdell was
granted a decree from Charles Ij. Lob
dell, both of.vWcston, on the ground
of desertion. ' They were married
September, 1964, and the husband left
in the following April, saying he
would no longer live with his wife.
Change of name .was . . also allow
ed. Judge Curtis also granted a decree
to Dora Tpth, from Paul Toth, both
of Bridgeport, on ttt dwxgo- f desertion.
0D-GATE
OPENED. JJP0W
wwm
Rome, Nov. 16 All along the mountain
' front from Asiago to the Piave river, the at
tacks of the-Aiistro-German forces which are '
seeking to crm-h jn the Italian line have been ;
repulsed, it is announced officially. All the
positions attacked yesterday remained in the
hands of the Italians. y
Berlin, Nov. 16 The town of Cismon, on
the northern Italian front, has been captured,
the war office announces. Near the Adriatic, :
v on the western bank of the Piave, Hungarian
troops advanced and captured 1,000 Italians.
Italian Headquarters , in Northern Italyr Thursday; Nov. v
By the Associated Press) The flood gates of the Piave and
the Silej or' old Piave, rivers, have been opened by Italian mili
tary engineers, and the enemy is now; faced by another Yser of
inundation. , ., - '' ", . --, . '.
The flood was loosed at the point where the enemy suc
ceeded in crossing the Piave near Grisolera (four miles from
the coast) and. the whole region where he gained lodgment is
now under water. .'
The inundated territory forms a
huge triangle about .12 miles on each
Bide,, with the apex at Dona di Piave.
The enemy, has been driven back, but
still held on within this triangle until
the dykes from both rivers released
the water over the - fow lying plain.
The chief menace at that point was
that the enemy might be able to ap
proach Venice through the lagoon or
bombard the city from his position
between the rivers.- The Inundation,
interposes a barrier of water 12 miles
across and several feet deep."
! Reports that have reached head
quarters from other points on the
front also are favorable.
.Venice, Nov. 16 Venice is new al-
DEATH CAUSED
BY POISONING
FROti TOMATOES
Tomatoes which .-she ate .yesterday
afternoon induoeki an 'attack -of pto
maine Doisoning from which - Mrs.
Willi.m RzlrnaTioski. of fiS "Emelewood
avenue., died suddenly thftp forenoon J
The woman was- au years oia, ann ia
survived only by her. husband.
She was takan in last night, but af
ter ; receiving medical treatment re
covered somewhat. Today she suf
fered a recurrence of the ailment, ana
before , a . doctpr could arrive' in re
sponse : to . her .husband's . summons,
was jdea4- .-
aaimonoskl was sr overcome "by his
wife's death that he had to be taken
to v St. Vincent's hospital for emer
gency ' treatment. He was released
this afternoon. -
Medical Ejc ami iter Dr. S, M, Qarlick
investigated the case and learned that
the woman's death . was attributed - to
the rtomatoes.
UNUSUAL DEMAND
FOR VEGETABLES
Arrivals of fresh gathered eggs
continue light and new laid qualities
are extremely, scarce. The eompetlt
tlon to secure the few lots that show
enough full fresh production to sat
isfy the better class of trade Is forc
ing the prices still higher, and in the
course of a few weeks an Increase
might be expected.
Vegetables, including carrots, cu
cumbers, cabbage, celery, cauli
flowers,, horseradish, lettuce, onions,
peppers, v spinach, tomatoes, and tur
nips are. presently at an unusual de
mand. -'
SUIT ATTACK FALLS , '-
Earia, Nov.. 16.--A German attack
afe Fcaach llaes Waa ipuls4 last
4ghVh var sem wue8V
PRICE TWO CENTS
SAKE
n h
been reduced from the usual 160,000
to 20,000. Despite the proximity of "
the enemy, lines at the mouth of the
Piave river and : the unsuccessful ef
fort the Austro-Germans have made
to take the long triangle between the
mouths of the " Piave and the Sila
rivers, the remnant, of the popula- -tion
Is calm. , .
The city may not be defended in
case- of an attack, in order that th
monuments and art treasures may not
be destroyed. The mayor of Venio
who is a descendant of the Doges
and a chamberlain to the queen of
Italy, announced today that he would
remain at his post.. .
(Continued on Page 9.) . '
FRENCH PREMIER
WELL KNOWN IN
THIS VICINITY
For several terms during the period
immediately following - the civil wan
Dr, Qe6rges ClemenceaU, ' just ap-
pointed French premier and given the
task of forming a new, French cabin
et,, occupied the -French professorship
at Miss Aikins school tor girls in
Stamford, and was a more or less fa
miliar figure in the vicinity ' of
Bridgeport, and is well known' to Dp.
Jonathan -Godfrey of this city. .
Few people at the present time re
siding In this , city, Remember Dr,
Clemenceau. He was, fiowever, very '
popular in society of Fairfield -county.
In 1368 he married one of the pupils
of the school and shortly, afterward
returned to France with his bride.,
. After remaihlng in France for some
time it Is undermoew thu toll? ,.
domestic difficulties; Madame Clemen
ceau secured a divorce from her hus
band and returned to this country, '
According to one of the .odder resi
dents of Stamford, Madame Clemen
ceau visited there on her ' return to
this country. This was said to have
been about 1873. and nothing has
been heard of the lady sines'.
Dr. Clemenceau, after returning to
France from this country, studied
politics and was a pronounced adical
on many subjects.
TWO AMERICANS
ON CASUALTY LIST
Ottawa, Ont., Nov. 1 6 The fol
lowing American names iear in
today's r - . Vst r." -.oops
overseas: . . .
"Wounded, and fe;.--Hartford,
Conn. '
founded A, B. JicCarths, Bap
llRSton, -