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IncflClilore
Dnialcium
Attorney,' Who While
a Cub Reporter in
' BridgeportEarned the
Sobriquet of "Scoop"
Makes Startling Asser-
tiqns. '.
Matthew E. ("Scoop") O'Brien,
who was a source of much dis
comfort to public officials in
this' city, about 15 years ago,
z and whose eccentric doings
startled the populace of the
city, on the average of. seven
( times a week, for many years,
- again looms jup,in.lb.e cafcmnv
this time stirring, the: entire
, country' with his ' statements
regarding the treatment of im
prisoned woman' suffrage
pickets at "Washington.
. "Scoop" O'Brien sot Ka nickname
; when m cub reporter on the old
Morning .News. . He was thrice de
nied admission to the Fairfield Coun.
y Bar Association, but went t
Washington and made good as an ai
. torney. '
Among the Imprisoned women
pickets, are several tor whom Attor
1 aery O'Brien. 1a ooanseL and living up
toy hie reputation sained In this city
"to be everywhere he wasn't wanted,"
the former . Brldgeporter gained ad
mittance . yesterday , to the ' District
' ColamMa Workhouse at Occoquan,
Va. - V
He conferred with his clients and
then declared that the women were
toetotf brutally and Inhumanely treat
ed. .' Newspaper correspondents be
. , slesed the attorney and spread his
statements broadcast.
"My clients reported c me," said
,0"Brten, "that from the time of their
" Arrival every effort was made to ter
rorise them; that they were not al
lowed to state their desires to the su-
' perixxtandent; that when an "attempt
was" me. . w one, speaking for all of
-then to efl Snpt. WfaUtaker that they
expected to be subjected to no indig
nities, SO women were seized by. 80
- guards, flius off their feet and dlrag
gred from the room." . ..
. He stated farther that becaase they
refased to grre their names they were
out . in tim men's punishment cells
and that one was manacled to the bars
becaase 'she ' persisted in talking to
other women prisoners from her cell.
Many iamorous Incidents of his ca
reer are told by nwii who knew him.
Since! leaving Bridgeport "Scoop's"
same bas been bat a memory and was
growing 'dimmer as the days went by
and daring he last few : years little
was heard of aim But' now he looms
up as the principal In a scandal of
country-wide interest.- x .'.
; Italians Are
Pushing Hun
Troops Back
Rome, Nov. 17 The Ger
man troops which forced a
crossing, of the (Piave river at
Zenson are being pressed back
steadily by the Italians, it is
announced officially. In other
sectors nearly 1,000 prisoners
have been taken.
Berlin, Nov. 17, via London
-Austro-German forces in
vading the northern province
of.;. Italy yesterday . stormed
Monte Prassolan, between the
Brento and Piave rivers, says
the official statement today by
the German general staff. Eight
hundred Italians were taken
prisoner. '. - ;..., ,
DRAFT EXPENSE
I J BRIDGEPORT
ABOUT $15,000
Disbursements, covering1 , expendi
tures of the draft boards prior to reg
istration day. June- 6. and exclusive of
fees for clerks, doctors and members
of the boards, will amount to more
than $15,000. This amount represents
the cost of printing, stationery, office
hire.' etc.. and as far 'as Is known, no
member of any board or doctor will
claim the fee allovjanee.. The chair
men of the eix local boards are busy
today com oil in their expense lists,
which, must Ibe in Washington before
next Saturday. '. .' -, -
The average ' expenses of each di
vision will .be about $2,2o,; with -the
exception of the First Division, the
largest in the city, which- will be in
excess of X3.000. 1 In some Instances
the government will be aslcetl to re
imburse the local . ibioards tfor, clerk
aire. Every board was forced to. em
plow 10 or more clerks and during the
process their, salaries were paid by
members of the board. Doctors and
boara members sacrificed their bus
inesses and some . gave their ' entire
time for a stretch of several months,
bat patriotically decline to claim the
fee allowed by the War ' 'Department.
JUDGE REFUSES'
PERMISSION TO
BUILD GARAGE
"A garage Is not a nuisance in
itself," Judge Howard J. Curtis finds
In . his denial of the application of
Julius Weiss and others for an in
junction to restrain James Romanelli
and Mrs. Romanelli1 from erecting a
public garage on the south side of
Stratford avenue between Cowles and
Miles street, "but may - become so,
owing to the danger, to the 'noise, and
the odor If not properly conducted."
Judge Curtis denies the injunction,
saying that if gasoline is stored there
it will be under the direction of the
city authorities. '
Julius S. Weiss,- Patrick Flahaven,
-Frank Jacoby, William Shaunghessy,
M. Slachter, Hyman Frank and J. S.
Harrington, joined in the ' application
claiming the place is unsuitable, that
it will be dangerous, and that their
property will be damaged to the ex
tent -of 150,000 by the proposed build
ing and its operation as a garage.
Judge Curtis finds that the section
is both 'residential and commercial,
but does nof find the proposed garage
will be the nuisance claimed by the
applicants.
CURRAN WILL BE
ARRESTED IF HE
SELLS ANY JILK
William Curran, the Btratfleld road
dairyman, who refused to allow his
cows to be .subjected to the tubercu
lar test, will be arrested next . week
if he attempts to sell any of his milk
unpasteurized. After refusal to .at
tend one meeting of the Board of
Health Commissioners. ' Curran ap
peared at a meeting (last night still in
a defiant mood. He declared emphat
ically that ' he would not pasteurize
his milk, neither would he allow his
to toe tested.
"I've (been in the milk business in
Bridgeport for 40 years," Curran told
the commissioners, -"and I'm going to
stay in it. You or nobody else are
going- to force' me out of business." -.
Curran declared his milk was-, the
best in the city art doctors had rec
ommended it -to sickly cnllOreri- and
thev thrived on ' it. When told that
he would either have to pasteurize
the milk or have his cows tested, Cur
ran said he would do neither. He said
the men making- the milk laws "didn't
know anything about milk and never
tasted jrood. fresh milk." .
' : BONDSMAN BtTED.
William H. Clark has brought suit
against Samuel Zimmer, a real estate
dealer, to recover the amount of Judg
ment granted by the Common Pleas
court October 29 last, in the suit oi
Clark against David and Betty Lesser
of $460.41 damages and costs of
$46.29. Zimmer furnished a bond of
$500 in the above suit which was
broueht February 16. 1917. but now
j refuses to pay the Judgment. Sam
ages of $700 are claimed.,
$2,000,000 OF XMAS
CLUB SAVINGS IS
NOT TO BE SPENT
The ranks of the "Royal Order
of ( Spogs" -persons who do not
give. Xmas gifts will be greatly
augmented this year by hundreds
of 1 Bridgeportera. . Bridgeport
bankers today state that the
greater part of the 2,000,000 odd
dollars which -will be turned over
to depositors in Christmas banks
on December 15, will be invested
in liberty Bonds. " 1
This' report today ' proved a
shock to. the merchants, of the
city. Those who ' do not Intend
to buy Liberty Bonds state - that
they will donate their, savings to
the war funds of the Knights of
Columbus, Y. M. C. A., Red Cross
and other orders. ;
HIT WITH GLASS
BOTTLE ON HEAD
ROBBED OF $232
Waylaid by hold-up men as he was
passing the plant of the American &
British Manufacturing Co., on Crea
cent avenue, while on his "way home
froni'-alTestauratit -where: her had'
Mopped for a bit of food, Lodgonqer
Archuich, of 749 -Arctic street, was
as-suited and robbed of $232 in cash
Owo gold . watches, early this
morning. , -. ' "
The robbers fled, after having taken
bis valuables, leaving Archuich lying
on the "ground with an ugly wound in
the back of his head, caused by a
blow from a bottle wielded, by one of
bis- assailants. The victim was able
to obtain a meagre description of the
men, which he gave to detectives to
day. , He made his way home , soon
after the hold-up. , .
ALLEGED WHITE
SLAVER FREED;
WITNESS GONE
With state's principal witness mi3S7
ing and believed to have been spirited
away by friends of the accused, pros-,
ecution of the -case of slashing his
friend Montanaro, - against' Charles
Bruno, who is also alleged to hava
been a "white slaver," was nolled in
the' city court this morning at the
request of Prosecuting Attorney A. I
DeLaney. ' " .
Bruno has been under arrest since
Sept. 29, when he was taken in cus
tody on a charge of assault with in
tent to kin. He was alleged to have
stabbed one -. Giuseppe Montanard,
whose address is not given, inflicting
a wound so serious that the victim
was confined in the Bridgeport hos
pital for two weeks. ;
V The arrest did not take plae until
after Montanaro's discharge from the
hospital, and Bruno had hardly been
made a prisoner when Montanaro
disappeared, leaving no, trace . of hia
whereabouts. Since that time repre
sentatives of the prosecuting attor
ney's office have made a " thorough
search for the man, but their efforts
have proven unavailing, and it was
finally decided ' to let Bruno, go, sines
'no evidence of his guilt could be ob
tained. .
Bruno, It is believed, 1s now await
ing trial in the Superior Court - an
"white slavery" charges, for- which
he was bound over last July. The
man has a bad police record, and i
is quite likely that if aver.Mon.
tanaro can be located,, the case will
be re-opened and Bruno will be tried
for this offence. -
HUBBELL ESTATE
SUED FOR $1,500
Ida S. Mansfield of Oxford, has
brought suit in the superior court
against Louis B. Hubbell, of Stratford,
administrator on the estate of Fred
erick "W. Hubbell for damages of
$1,500. Balance on a bill for nursing
Frederick W. Hubbell between Nov.
2, 1913 and Dec. 4, 1915, of $1,100.7$
is alleged to be due. ( J
RODIN, FAMOUS
SCULPTOR, DEAD
Paris, Nov. 17. Auguste Rodin.the
famous sculptor, is dead. Rodin was
probably the greatest of twentieth cen
tury sculptr-a. His busts and other
works of art are displayed in the
greatest - museums -of -the worja -
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., SATURDAY, NOV. 17, 1917
Envoys of
to Death
Caught in Burst of Ger
man Gun Fire While
Inspecting Advanced
, Trenches None In
juredReturn to Eng
land. British Front5 in Belgium,
Friday, Nov. 16 (by the Asso
ciated Press) Five members
of the party of American Con
gressmen and private Citizens
who spent' yesterday and part
of today visiting the Belgian
war zone had a narrow escane
Jrpin dethojn4urvlhis morn-
In nn i : , ' V
H w iicu fjxcy . were caugni in
a sudden burst of German
machine gun fire ; while in
specting the front line trenches
near Dixmude. . .
, The Americans in dianeer were Con
gressman C. C. tHll. Washington;
Congressman Charles B,: Tlmberlake,
Colorado: Congressman John ' S. Mil
ler. Washington: .Congressman . Albert
Johnson. Washington; , and " former
SRepresentative 'Stout of 'Montana.
Nobody was hit, but it was :otte of
thse peculiar freaks of fortune tyaX
soldiers call luck, because the shots
came in a shower, so close to . them
that It seemed almost- certain that
some one' most be wounded, although
they .were exposed only for a (brief
time. ' ,
The seven - other - members of the
party were in another section of the
trench at the time and were not dls
turfbed Ibv the fire. Later, however,
when the Americans wei together,
the Germans dropped, a big shell some
10 yards away, seriously endangering
everyone. One of the members of the
party in, describing the incident to the
correspondent later, salldi he and hia
companions heard the shell coming. .
"It sounded like the roar of an
aeroplane," he said. :
Again fortune favored them, and no
one was tnjured. '
The visitors spent ! the " night near
the front and rose early this morning
for a trip to the trenches in1 the vicin
ity of Dixmude. : The Belgian and
(Jerman lines run within 80 yards ot
each other at one point, and it we4
there that the five men fell into dan-?
ger. . At that distance it is quite easy
to see anyone in the opposite trench
who raises . his head above the topi
Only the usual firing was under vway
when the party, accompanied by 'Bet-j
gian officers,- reached this place. N ;
The Americans were having an ex.'
cellent view- of the lines when several
of them rot into an exiposed position
and were seen by, the - Germans. Sud
denly the enemy guns nearby began a
vicious, chatter s , and' bullets earner
whizzing across the narrow strip of
No Man's Land at the rate of several
hundred a minute. Before the vis
itors realized the situation bullets were
whining all around them like a storm
of . hail, and ;dirt was being thrown;
into' their faces as some of the steel.
pellets struck on tod of the trench.
They all bent down for cover. .
The. -Americans departed this', af
ternoon 7 for ' England. On arriving
at the port whence they sailed fthey
sCid their trip to the 'Belgian - front
had been most satisfactory and that
the reception accorded to J:hem could
hot have been more cordial. Thej
were especially pleased at the invita
tion of King Albert to take tea with
him. ; The king . chatted freely with
them for some time. , .- ' i r
, LAWLER jSTOLE SHOES. ,:
' Daniel Lawler made no effort to dis
tinguished . between, ''mineand thine
when he saw 16 pairs of shoes 'un
attached," yesterday, - and he appro
priated ' the shoes to himself. - This
morning, before Judee Frank L. Wild
er in the city court, A. Snapper, shoe
dealer at the corner of Wall and Mid
dle streets, claimed the foot-wear as
his, and Lawler was sentenced to 20
days in Jail. '
The kinz-s of Denmark- and Sweden
will visit King Haakon, the Norwe
gian king. - at Christianla, for a con
ference. . - -
EEraSIY ELE1ES
M GARB"
MJSS A
Haparanda, Sweden, Nov. 17
randa from Petrograd indicates
ensky came in consequence of
forces amounting to 30,000 men
The power of the maximalists at
strengthened.
Petrograd, Thursday, Nov.
diers. captured at the winter palace is arousing speculation. It
is said they have been transferred to Ldavoshzva, beyond Bie
laiovtrof, Finland where it is reported they have been treat
ed harshly. Three of them are said to have disappeared alto
gether. The British embassy has made futile efforts to ascer
tain the conditions tinder which the women are held. M
Petrograd, Nov. 16 Deserted by
most of his officers and Virtually or
dered to surrender to the bolsheyiki.
Premier Kerensky evaded the guards
sent -forv-hini and ;vhas disappeared.
General; Dukhonln has resumed temporarily-
the post of comimander-in-chief
of the Kerensky, forces, recently
defeated at Tsarskoe Selo. - General
Krasnoff, former commander under
Kerensky, and who was arrested with
other members of the premier's staff,
has been released on the ground that
he was only obeying the orders of his
superior. General KrasnofTs report
concerning the disappearance of Ker
ensky confirms . that he fled under
disguise. '
Premier Kerensky, when told that
his officers were against him and that
his i men were on the point of deserting,-
agreed to come to Petrograd, but
while a guard was being, arranged he
dropped out of sight.
BOY DELIVERS
Oil TO RAISE
WAR AID MONEY
Wallace Chambers, aged nine years,
walked into the headauarters of the
T ft4i C. A. war Work campaign com
mittee at The Stratfleld last evening
and laid L.i on the desk, the pro
ceeds of hia week's work helping- a
mlHcman from - daybreak . to school
time'each morning.
Toun Chambers informed" the com
mittee that he had a brother in the
service now. stationed at one of the
camps ina Georgia and that he wanted
his brother to . have everything . that
might helo him to become a godd sol
dier for Uncle earn. ; v
The youngster has-been fretting out
'of bed each mornimr at daybreak and
: deliverintt : bottles of . milk In order
' that, be might be dn a position "to as-
lst in raising the T. M. C, A fund.
Ts M. C. . A. headauarters today re-
ecived an urgent , telegram Trom Dr.
John R. Mott to the .effect that in the
interests of raisin the full quota of
the $36,000,000 war work fund of the
T, Mi C .A.. that all churches be urged
to take wo collections tomorrow.
ALLEGED DRAFT
EVADER QUICKLY
ALLOWED TO GO
- 'Arrested on suspicion he ', was a
draft evader, Fred Mannas of 5S2
Olive street, was brought to police
headquarters today by Policeman
Qulnn, to whom he was turned over
to the Remington shops where he ap
plied for employment, and later re
leased when, it was ascertained his
record is clear. - He has been drafted
in Amsterdam, N. T., but has not
yet been called for service.
Mannas ' registered in - Amsterdam
In June, and later obtained employ
ment with the General Electric Co.
in Schenectady. A few days ago he
came to Bridgeport - and applied for
employment at the Remington shops.
He said he had been drafted but not
yet called. Inquiry of the: General
Electric Co. also brought the infor
mation that his record there was
clear. - v .
IF A
L0
Information reaching Hapa-
that the defeat of Premier Ker-
the intervention of Lettish
on the side of the maximalists.
Petrograd is said to have been
. ' ;
15 The fate of the woman sol
"At 3 o'clock on the afternoon of
Nov. 1 (old. stile, Nov. 14 new style)
I called at the quarters of the com
mander-in-chief," said Generat Kras
noff." , '"He appeared nervous and ex
cited. 5 -,' . " V;' ?: .'-.. , ':
'General, Bald he, :. yoti have-.be-
t rayed me. , Tour Cossacks say they
will arrest me and give me up o the
sailors.' . ,.' . ...
: " 'Yes,! I. answered, 'such a discus
sion is now going on. There appears
to be. little sympathy for you."
" 'Do the officers . feel the same
way?" he asked.
. " What shall I do? WU1 I have
to commit suicide V - '
.. " "If you are an honest, man you
will go to Petrograd under -a white
flag and appear -before' the revolu
tionary committee, where you will
negotiate as head of the govern
ment.' . , Continued on Page' Two.)
OF CULLEN CASE
IS INSTITUTED
, - Under , the direction of Governor M.
H. Holcomb the State Aid Society, an
organization connected with the State
Board of Charities, will investigate
what seems to be an" effort upon the
part of the town of New Fairfield and
relatives to shift the care of Arthur
W. Cullen of New York, believed in
sane to the county and the . state.
Cullen ' is not indigent, but has bank
books showing consweraDie deposits.
and other sources of income.-
Early this week Cullen was received
at the county Jail, in Bridgeport by
Sheriff S.. E. Pease on . commitment
from New Fairfield oh a charge of as
sault. He was sentenced for SO days,
and with the costs in the case might
have to serve about 10 days more. It
was soon ascertained in the Jail that
Cullen is not mentally competent, i
, The assault for which , Cullen was
committed was but a trivial affair and
occurred in New Fairfield.
- Sheriff Pease did not like the aspect
of the case and reported it to Gover
nor Holcomb. . ;-
CORONER PHELAN
ASSIGNS HEARINGS
.: Coroner J. J. Fhelan has assigned a
hearing at 9: SO o'clock Monday morn-
! ing on the death of Robert Bradley,
of 6 OS, Noble avenue, swho died last
night as result ot an accident in which
he was struck by an automobile driv
en by T. J. Kirk of 810 Eagle street.
At 11 o'clock Monday he will hold
a preliminary hearing into the accl-
; dent in which Mrs. Sophia Kramer
of Avon park, Stratford, was injured
so it is feared she may die. -
Taking of evidence has been com
pleted in the death of Mrs. Jennie
Wiznienaky, killed in Fairfield, Thurs
day evening, when thrown from a mo
torcycle side oar, but the finding- is not
yet ready. One more witness is to be
! heard, on the death of Mrs. Stella
have committed suicide Wednesday
morning.
THE WKAT'-'
. For Bridgeport and vicinity! . Fair
tonight) . Sunday Increasing ,-eloudl-
PRICE TWO CENTS
men
Three Mentioned By
. ..
French' Commander
Are Among Dead U.
S. Batteries , Causing
Casualties in German
Lines. I
(Late Bulletin) , '
London, Nov. 17 British
light forces - today engaged
Grerman; light cruisers . off
Heligoland, the British "ad
miralty announced. The Ger
man warships retired and
the British forces are now:
chasing them. V. ;
The announcement fol-;
lows: ; :. r
::" "British light forces oper-,
ating in Heligoland bight '
have been engaged with Ger
man light forces this morn- !
ing. , The only information
we have received so far is;
that our vessels have engag
ed enemy light cruisers, that
the latter have ; retired at
high speed, and that our ves-;'
sels are in pursuit." .
With the American Army in '
France, Friday, Nov. 16 The artil
lery' fighting in the - sector held "y
American troops has . become' even
more lively, "and there have been
casualties., shrapnel wounding some'
of the men in the .trenches.
An enemy shell hit an American '
gun today and caused casualties, some
of the men wounded in the last two
days have died., . , -,
The American batteries have been '
firing rapidly in return. -The visibil-
ity is becoming : better, and it " is re
garded . as certain that more damage A
and casualties have- been caused in '
the German lines than the Germans
have inflicted on the Americana -
Patrolling 'Continued - actively last
night,;.'.-..;; . V
' The Amerieajt tronns tnrfn. . Tin
their! first view of. an aerial encounter. -Three
.enemy, aeroplanes appeared
overhead. Soon all 'but one of them
fled al the approach of five French - i
machines. One of - the" French out
maneuvered-this German and -"got- '
on his - tail." The German aviator '
then bolted. " v The rattle, of machine '
guns, finally "died away.'as the two v.
machines disappeared to the east.
The French general commanding
the sector has mentioned in the-die-.
patches 15 Americans officers and sol
diers, including three who were killed,
for excellent military qualities and for .:
bravery displayed in a recent trench "
raid. A note accompany the citations
says that between- 8,000 and 10,000
shells firere used in the attack, which
had been in preparations for three
months, down to the finest detail.; The
results obtained by the enemy were
very small, he having been unable to
penetrate more than the ' fire , Uhe .
trenches because of the resistance of -the
American soldiers with rifle and .
pistol fire and hand grenades. :. The '
enemy had to content himself, the, -citation
continues, with carrying off a
few prisoners. . ' - , '
The general specially cited in the -order
of the day Corporal i James
Gresham and Private Merle T. Hay
and Thomas Fi Enright, "who died
bravely in hand to hand fighting with -the
enemy, who had penetrated the
first line." The others cited, "who
showed excellent military qualities,"
are Second Lieutenants M. C. Laugh
l'n. R. O. Patterson and B. F. Erlck-.-
r-: Perjje!rit " John Arrowood, Cor-os-alsiBavIo
V Knowles and Homer
Qlvens,' and Privates Charles Massa,
William ' B. Thomas, 5 George Hurd,
Boyoe Wade. Robert Winkler and
John-J. Jarvla,
Ire Sited
For Ifaloi