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eve g "S'matter Pop" The Times has obtained for its readers, the . famous "S'matter Pop?" comic car toon. It will appear in this newspaper daily. See Pago 8. ; The Weather Report For Bridgeport and vi cinity: Generally fair with slowly rising temperature tonight and Sunday.- and Evening Farmer VOL. 54 NO. 29 EST. 1790 BRIDGEPOKT, CONN., SATURDAY, FEB. 2, 1918 PRICE TWO CENTS XO LI viJJ U UUVJUi o c o) Dupes of Mrs. Chapman Make Ineffectual At tempts to Find Her at Her Deserted Stratford Home Another Batch of Her Victims Appear Today Demanding Redress. Although the Chapman mansion at Lordship Manor is de serted by its tenant, Mrs. Charles T. Chapman, an apparently endless stream of the woman's victims visit the place as if in expectation of getting their money back from the supposed heiress to millions. Neighbors of Mrs. Chapman have been so annoyed by people calling upon them to inquire the where abouts of Mrs. Chapman, that they vice discontinued for the time Every hour brings the" news of some fresh victim who ha been mulcted by the glib tales of mythical wealth told by the woman, and their variety is as great as their number. Among those who have been reported today as the victims of Bridge port's "Cassie Chadwick" are: - Christy Kost, a cnauneur, u. James Lynch, ,a local taxi cab owner, $178. Mrs. House, grocery, Hollister and Stratford avenues, $100. M. Bead, department store, $1,000. Whlttn -wholesale grocery store $200. Holland's Dry Goods Co., $200. Mrs. Glover, Stepney, $500. William Bradley, chauffeur, $1, 800. To the above must be added a long list of unitemized claims from the Gas Co., the Telephone Co., trained nurses, house decorators, landscape gardeners, small tradesmen and many others in all walks of life. William Ritch, one of the Chapman chauffeurs, who has been victimized to a great extent by the woman, has been invited to spend the week end n-ith Mrs. Chapman at her New York home and he will go to New York in an effort to get her :o return part, if not all, the money which she has buncoed both he and his family out of. (Continued on Page 2) marchwilTbe chief of staff FOR I). S. FORCES Washington, Feb. 2 Maj. Gen. Peyton C. March is slated to become active chief of staff of the army if Gen. Pershing can spare him from his present duty as chief of artillery of the expeditionary forces. No reply has been received yet from Gen. Pershing. The selection of Gen. March means that Maj. Gen. Bliss, chief of staff, is to remain permanently in Europe as the American military representative at the supreme war council, now sit ting in France. The permanent assignment of General Rlies to the war council may result in a request to congress for authority to appoint an additional rrral- As Gen. March will be In fact head of the army, it is regarded as probable that he will be given I both the rank and title of chief of staff later, Gen. Bliss being continued in similar rank but relieved as chief of staff to permit him to devote him self exclusively to his work abroad. Gen. March is 53 years old and was born in Pennsylvania, from which state he went to the military academy. SATAN'S KINGDOM NOT EXEMPT FROM FREEZING WEATHER New Haven, Feb. 2 It was so cold in Satan's Kingdom, town of New Hartford, last night, that the earth cracked and this condition was ac- j ' companied by explosive noises. The - oldest inhabitants were not disturbed, but residents who did not recall 27 degrees below zero got out of bed, in many instances to ascertain the cause of what they took to be pistol shots. On Highland lake ice cutting is suspended because of the cold. . Throughout the section the unofficial records were about "So degrees below zero. At Stiles Miner's general store in Burrville it was 38 below at 5 a. m.; 26 in Colebrook, and 26 below In Norfolk- . . .- . . M UVJ im u have had their telephone ser being. GROUNDHOG STAYS IN HIS HOLE IT IS PORKLESS DAY Get ready to stand a continued siege of cold weather. ' Today is Candlemas Day, the day on which the groundhog tips us off on the weather for the next month or two. Asked this morning If the animal had come ont In the traditional manner, Weather Observer William Jennings relied: "Certainly not. Today Is pork less day. Anyway a groundhog knows better than to come out a day like this when he doesn't have to." So there yon are. We're going to have cold weather six weeks more or something like that. ADMINISTRATORS WILL CONFER ON MEATLESS PLANS Washington, Feb. 2 The fuel ad ministration is willing to revoke the heatless Monday order after next week in favor ofrailroad embargoes now in force if state fuel administrators, who meet here Monday, believe the clQsing already effected has served its purpose. Dr. Garfield expects to get complete information on the coal sit uation and the result of the closing. DANIELS NOT TO ASK MONEY FOR NAVAL STATIONS Washington, Feb. 2. Secretary Dan iol authorized announcement today that he would not ask congress at the present session for any appropriation for new naval stations- on the south Atlantic, G"ulf of Mexico or Pacific coast, which have been recommended hv the board headed by Rear Admiral Helm. TRI ES TO PUT FRIEND STEVENSON 1 OFFICE A plan of Mayor Clifford B. Wilson j to "slip in" his friend, Henry C. Stevenson, as assistant city attorney to replace W. Parker Seeley, who is expecting a commission in the Avia tion corps, has met with sharp re buke by Republican district chair men. ': They charge that the mayor is not working in the best interests of the G. O. P..r because he would be swayed by personal friendship and install a man who has absolutely re fused to mingle in active politics. A meeting of the district leaders was scheduled for last night, it is understood, bat at ''the eleventh hour," the mayor, being fully aware of the reception awaiting his propo sition sentr word that "he would be unable to appear.' From an authentic source -it Is o) o) iTn fp 66 foi e a p e A-nil rm r id e fw 5 . . 1 : : : CODIFY ALL ORDERS ON FUEL USE State Council Places Garfield, Russell, and Holcomb Orders in Simple Form. Hartford, Feb. 2 The follow ing codification of fuel orders curtailing the hours of business in Connecticut, based on orders issued by. the United States Fuel Administration, rulings made by Thomas V. Russell, United States Fuel Administrator for Connecticut, and proclamations issued by Governor Holcomb is made public through the Con necticut State Council of De fense: SECTION A ON MONDAYS all factories, stores, offices and other places of business must be closed all days, except the following: 1 Factories -operated by water power. 2 Factories such as woodworking plants which - burn by-products,, in stead of coal, for fuel. 3 Manufacturers of perishable food. 4 Manufacturers of ships, air planes and explosives. 5 Manufacturers of government cloth, goods, ice, ammonia, binder twine, insecticide and fertilizer. 6 Printing plants for the printing of daily papers, only. 7 Repair shops for emergency repairs only. (Continued on Page 2) SENTENCE CAPTIVE BRITISH AVIATORS TEN YEARS IN JAIL Amsterdam, Feb. 2 Two captured British airmen, the Tages zeitung of Berlin, have been sentenced by a Ger man court martial to 10 years im prisonment for dropping a hostile proclamation in Germany. - London, Feb. 2 Reprisals are de manded by the Daily Mail for the ac tion of the -German military authori ties in sentencing two British airmen to 10 years in prison for dropping leaflets in Germany. DESTROYERS SAVE CREW OF STEAMER RAMMED ON SEAS London, Feb. 2 The steamer Mon treal has been sunk in a collision. There was no loss of life and two destroyers took off the crew. The other vessel in the accident suffered little damage. . . There are two British steamers named Montreal. One, of 8,644 tons, is owned by the Canadian Pacific rail road and its port is London. The other, of ,4,862 tons, is .owned by the Canada Steamship lines and its port is Montreal. -1 ,, There is a French steamer. Mon treal, of 3,342 tons. Its port is Havre. learned that the meeting was called for the specific purpose of listening to Wilson's proposition. When asked to confirm that statement and why the meeting had been called off, Town Chairman J. A. H. Robinson said to day, "There is nothing to say except that the meeting was cancelled." Stevenson has been one of the mayor's "close friends" since the lat ter entered politics, but never showed an inclination to become an active party worker. -. : When Wilson was coroner, Stevenson, his law partner, was made deputy coroner, which job he now holds. The home guards were organized and Wilson was ap pointed colonel of the Fourth regi ment. Soon afterward, Stevenson became the colonel's right hand man. called "adjutant," 'in military cir .plea ........ ..... .... MEMBER OF REICHSTAG ARRESTED Socialist -Deputy Dittman Accused of Inciting Mit iny in German Fleet. Amsterdam, Feb. 2 Berlin evening newspapers just received here say that Wilhelm Dittman, Socialist member of the reichstag, was arrested when he attempted to address a crowd hi a suburb of Berlin. Deputy Dittman's name was linked last October with those of Deputies Haase and Vogtherr, also Socialists, with the mutiny in the German fleet. The Vorwaeits In Its report of a reichstag debate quoted Herr Baase as saying the condemned sailors were accused of distributing pamphlets, given to them by Deputy Dittman, which had been passed by the cen sor. . The mutiny is reported to have occurred about eight months prior to the debate. Following the. debate reports quoting the Hamburg Freindcnbladt said the government had decided to. prose cute Deputies Haase, Dittman and Vogtherr in the imperial court In Leipzig for their alleged share in the sailor's mutiny. A national demonstration is be ing organized in Germany as a protest against the arrest. DUTCH BOLSHEVIK GROUP THREATENS GENERAL STRIKES Amsterdam, Feb. 2. While, the po lice, and military are preparing for a 'general strike in Amsterdam on Mon day, there are indications that the movement will not assume serious proportions. . It is said to be backed by Socialists with Bolshevik tendencies, and is de clared to be an outward sign of the discontent of the working classes, arising out of privations due to the war.. !' For the most part traffic was main tained in orderly manner, the state ment adds. Publication of all the newspapers has been resumed. I, C. COMMITTEE OF SENATE WITH RAILROADS BILL Washington, Feb. 2 Agreement to report favorably to the Senate on Monday the administration railroad bill was reached today by the Senate interstate commerce committee, which decided on government control to terminate 18 months after the war and giving the president power to in itiate rates subject to appeal to the interstate commerce commission. The committee agreed on a provis ion to empower the president to re linquish control of short line railroads up to July 1 if necessary, but after that date control would be retained as over other railroads. v The provision for compensation to the railroads on the three year basis was agreed on by the committee with out change. BOLSHEVIK! MAY WELCOME EMMA ND ALEXANDER New- York, Feb. 2 Alexander Berkman and Emma Goldman, sur rendered themselves at the United States marshal's office here today iD compliance with a federal court order sjgned here yesterday as a result of the decision of the United States su preme court affirming the conviction of the two on a charge of conspiring to interfere - with the operatn of the selective service law. Berkman before giving himself up said he bad obtained information that the -Bolsheviki in Russia would de mand of the United State3 govern ment that he and Miss Goldman be not forced to serve their prison terms jut.be returned to Russia. $12,000 Four Summer Homes of Bridgeporters Burned to the Ground Today. Fire, which started early to day from an overheated stove in the kitchen of the house oc cupied by Roh Lis in Laurel avenue, Walnut Beach, destroy ed five cottages in the residen tial section of Walnut beach. and for a time threatened the destruction of the entire colony, It was finally brought under control by the Milford and Stratford fire departments, which responded, but not be fore five houses had been en tirely burned, with a total loss of about $10,000 to $12,000. Lis discovered the fire about 1:45 this morning in .the kitchen of his home, and lost no time in getting his family or six out of the house. All escaped safely, but left nearly all of their clothing and household effects in the burning building. The flames spread rapidly, and burned with fierceness which gave the impression the entire beach section was burning. Alarms were sent to the Milford de partment, and also to the Stratford department, both responding, but ow ing to the extreme cold and the dis tance, not in time Do save any portion of the lis home. Just north of the Lis cottage le one owned toy John J. Ryburn of 105 Whit ney avenue, his summer home. This was unoccupied, ibut furnished. The (Continued on Page 2.) NEW HAVEN MAN IN CANADIANS' CASUALTY LIST Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 2. The names of H. B. Tobin, New Haven, and S. R. Taylor, Lower Falls, (Mass., are men tioned in today's Canadian casualty list as having been wounded. JOHN L FAMOUS FIGHTER, DIES OF HEART AFFECTION Abington, Mass., Feb. 2 John L. Sullivan, former heavyweight cham pion of the United States, died at his home here today. ( Sullivan, who was 59 years old, had lived on a farm here for the last 10 years. He was taken sick with heart trouble three weeks ago, but his health quickly improved and he went to Boston yesterday. This morning he arose as usual and planned another vicit to the cits but during the fore noon had an attack of the old trou ble, from which he failed to rally. New York, Feb. 2 Miss Marion McDonald, alleged sweetheart of Max von Hoegen, late, of New Haven, who was compelled by a mob to kiss the American flag in that city, because he had been insulting the United States, was arrested here by Agents Charles J. Scully and Oscar Piguolo, of the Department of Justice, charged with having represented herself as an agent of the government. Consider ably mystery surrounds the arrest of Miss McDonald. She describes her-' self as 26 years old,, and is of attract ive appearance. She was seized at her apartment at 343 St. Nichols avenue, where the offi rrs found her surrounded by six pet cats and stacks of letters, both in German and English, from persons who are suspected by the government as German operatives. Many of the notes were in the handwriting of Von ALLEGED OF VON Teutons Allege England Plot in Washington", to Industry Cavalry Corps Sent Amsterdam, Feb 2 A starving crowd, crying "Peace and Bread!" precipitated the noting a policeman in Berlin Thursday, strikers and onlookers. According to the newspaper stricken people started marching toward Charlottenburg, de manding cessation of the war and food. The police endeavored to disperse the crowd when someone fired a shot. A panic en sued and the police charged the A pitched battle followed. and using them as ramparts, police. v : Detachments of cavalry and collected in the neighborhood outbreaks. ... According to a London dispatch seven Berlin factories have v 1 a ,.-j :i 1 uccn pxaAu uixutJi ixia.1 ncix iavv dered to resume their work by latest, according to a Central Their failure to return, it is rniHincr in militnrv Hisfinlinf DYNAMITE KILLS TEXAS MEXICAN WHO SLEW FOUR El Paso, Tex., Feb. 2 After shoot ing and killing four persons and dan gerously wounding another, early to day, Felipe Alvarez, a Mexican, was himself blown to pieces by dynamite which was thrown into the house in the Mexican quarter where he had taken refuge from more than 100 city and military police, who attempted to capture him. Four charges of dynamite were ex ploded before the building was wrecked and Alvarez's body was hurl ed high into the air. Examination of the body discloses that he had receiv ed six bullet wounds from the police men and soldiers who had exchanged hundreds of shots with the fugitive. PARIS CHILDREN FED BY AMERICAN RED CROSS FUND Paris, Feb. 2. The American Red Cross began feeding the school chil dren in one of the poorest and most crowded! districts of Paris yesterday by providing lunch for 3,825 children. It also is supplementing the work of the municipal administration in that district and is looking after the com fort of refugees from the invaded dis tricts. FRENCH SUCCEED IN RAID. Paris, Feb. 2 "The night passed in quiet," says today's official com munication. "There was some artil lery fighting in the region of Burn jaupt le Haut (Alsace). A raid north of Mortier wood enabled us tobring back prisoners. ' SWEETHEART HOEGEN HELD Hoegen, for whom the. authorities are now scouring the country. Miss McDonald's letters were taken to the office of Superintendent Wm. M. Offley, of the local bureau of in vestigation of the Department of Justice. She was escorted to the office by Garrett Cotter, assistant United States attorney, where she was questioned concerning her German I friends. She was arraigned before Samuel M. Hftchcock,, United States commissioner, and held in heavy bail for examination. i The young woman expressed little surprise over her seizure, which she boldly declared to be a "frame-up." She said' it was an .outrage that her private letters, should be taken from her by government agents, and re marked: "I told a friend of mine a (Continued on Page 2.) and America" Hatched Disorganize German " and Machine Gun to Capital. , which resulted in the death of and the wounding of many Tyd, a frantic flood of famine- mob with drawn sabres. - r Strikers, overturned tram cars fire or hurled projectiles at the - . machine gun corps have been of Berlin to cope with further ? - j tv. t:i i i auu Lilt? Builders llctvc JJctJM. or 7 o'clock Monday morning at the IJews dispatch from Amsterdam. announced, will be punishedSG " Serious rioting on Thursdav on j.nursaay m Spandau, where important German war industries are located, is reported in German newspapers. Soldiers were attacked by a mob. A policeman was dragged from his horse and beaten. Four thousand men who have been employed at the Spandau works are on strike. Strikers cut the railroad leading to one of the factories. In Siemenstadt, a suburb of Span dau tram cars were' overturned. A mob stormed a bakery and com- pelled the proprietor to distribute bread without bread cards. The main centers of the German -strike movement, according to a semi official statement from Berlin, are the districts of Berlin and Altoona. The latter includes the armament centers of Hamburg and Kiel. The frontier correspondent of the , Handelsblad speaks of secret meeting held in western Germany to decide whether to join the strike. The Koelnische Zeitung declares a majority of the workmen in Cologne are opposed to the strike. One of the leaflets that was circu lated in Berlin and helped to cause the strike in Germany has been ob- , tained by the Amsterdam correspond ent of the Daily Express. The leaflet calls the government's expressed de--sire for peace only a mask and de clares the only way to end' the mis ery and the wholesale massacre is to overthrow the present government : and establish a republic. (Continued on Page 2.) receIverelIef for bridgeport! goal shortage . Relief from the coal shortage otm-S tinues for Bridgeport despite the sudS den drop in temperature and enough-' coal was received yesterday and to-1" day to keep the city advance supply.' at three days. More ' hard coal has ' been received in the last 24 hours ' than during any period of same length since the shortage became serious. Approximately 2,000 tons of anthracite came in by rail and water. New Haven road conditions are re ported greatly improved and the lines are kept wide open for the transpor tation of fuel. Last night 150 car loads of hard and soft coal came in but only nine cars were consigned to Bridgeport dealers. The rest were, sent speedily on their way to relieve the shortage in other New England cities. Shortly after noon four bargjs, two of them anthracite and two of bituminous, were towed into the harbor- Organization of restaurant proprie tors will be completed at a meeting with H. G. Stevens Monday. In order to get a regular supply of coal each restaurant proprietor must be on. Stevens' list and should get into com munication with him regarding Mon day's meeting. He can be located . at the office of the .Bridgeport Bread Co., Housatonic avenue and Wells street. Eight clerks were required to is sue orders for quarter ton allottments to the incessant stream of applicants at- the fuel committee's office, 142 Golden Hill street today. I