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The Weather Report ALMA5AC FOR TODAY Bridgeport and vicinity Fair tonight and Tuesday; slightly colder tonlsht. YOTk " XO. 77 EST. 17fK) 2To Official Confirmation Has Eeachsd State De partment As Yet. JAPS HAVE LONG SOUGHT HOLD Land Originally Granted to American Company by General Diaz. Washington, M.ireh 31 Hie American embassy at Mexico; City was instructed today to j make inquiries concerning the I report that the Mexican gov-j eminent has granted agricul- j inral concessions to Japanese 1n Lower California and to re-; port the facts as quickly as pos- 5ible. i Washington, March. SI No official j confirmation has reached the depart ment about the concessions end sur prise was occasioned by the despatch from Mexico City yesterday quoting General Amadn Aguirre. under secre tary of development and agriculture, bs saying they had been granted.' The American government . Is interested, .both because of the apparent success of Japanese in obtaining a long sought foothold in Lower California nnd because the tract of land involved was developed and is claimed by an Amerioan company, whose j-jg-hts wer-; declared forfeited by the Mexican froveroment In 1917. The land, upwards of a million acres, below the California border was granted by the then President Tlln to the. California and Mexican 'Land Company of L03 Angales. of 'which C-eneTal Harrison Grey Otis of 'Tos Angeles was the leading figure. It was desert land with nothing grow ing on It but sage brush, cactus and chaparrel. The soil, however, was rich, in places 0 feet deep, formed, by deposit for generations I y the Col orado river. It produced nothing for Mexico and (Continued on Fn.ge Two) IGERMANYGIVES CHILEJURPRISE Pretends to Consider Valid Negotiations Which Were Not Completed. Santiago, Chile, Saturday, March 29 Oermany has surprised the Chil ean government by pretending to con sider valid negotiations which Chile entered into for the leasing of the German ships interned In Chile which ure soon to be handed over to th-? Vnited States In keeping with an agreement reached at the Peace Con gress. The Chilean government an nounce that it does not recognise the contract because it was never completed, Jn the spring of 1913 Chile began negotiations with Germany to leaso the German vessels, but dropped tha negotiations in September, after the German crews of the interned ships had attempted to destroy them. Th attempt to damage the ships cami while Germany apparently was stir willing to negotiate for their lease. Death of Capuaro Due to Accident Declares Coroner That Leonardo Cagvua.no met death by accident is the finding of Coroner Phelan made today in the case of the man who was crushed under th wheels of a motor truck near the Remington Anns plant on March 2i last. The coroner said he could find no evidence that would make David Havery, driver of the truck, respon sible for the fatality. Capuano, who was employed at the Arms plant, was riding a bicycle, on the drive vsr the plant and ap proached the tiuck from the rear. There were a number of persona walking along this drive. The cor oner says it cannot be determined for certain whether the victim lurched toward the truck to avoid hitting these persons or .0 get a tow from the truck. At any rate, it was es tablished that Havery did not see Capuano until the latte was falling toward the truck. Capuano's legs were crushed and he died soon after Kntered ss second class matter at the post office at Brlil geport. Conn., under the act of 1R79 WOODEN SKIP PRINGS A LEAK Alapaba in Distress Many Hours Was Bound For Peru. New York, March 31 In the gale south ot Cape Hatteras last week the United States Shipping Board's wooden freight steamship Alapaha, 3,5(1(1 tons gross, sprang aleak and was in distress for many hours, offi cers on the United Fruit Co.'s steam ship Santa Marta reported on arrival here tnnlay. The last the Santa Marta heard of the Alapaha was at 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, when the Santa Marta. having stood by the wooden vessel all night, proceeded on her voyage after receiving a wireless message from the United Stales Coast Guard' tug Yam ncravr. .saying the latter was on her way to the Alapaha's aid. The Alapaha was on a voyage from Norfolk, Ya., to Mollendo, Peru, via the Panama canal. Sno sent out dis tress signals at 4:30 p. m. Friday, and the Santa Marta reached her three hours later. She found the Alapaha with heavy seas breaking over the decks, steam pipes broken, leaking hadty, several feet of water in th holds and with only two days' supply of oil left for the engines and barely able to make headway. The United States Shipping Board officials here were without advices up to 10:30 a. m. today regarding the whereabouts of the Alapaha. AVER LEHINE HAS EEN SLANDERED English Writer Minimizes Stories of Outrages By Russians. London, March SI George Lansi bury, e Kor of the new labor news paper, the Daily Herald.- declares that tha Allies have received a proposal for an understanding: "with the present rulers of Russia and intimates that the. conditions of that understanding are the withdrawal of Allied troops from Russia and the abandonment of the policy of interference in Russian affairs. Russia, on her part, would be will in tr not to interfere with the affairs of other nations; allow Finland, Ksthonia. Ukraine and. other republics formed from the bygone Russian em pire to choose their own forma of government and to pay Russia's in ternational debt?. The writer minimizes stories of out rages by Russian revolutionaries, de claring that such happenings have been less frequent than in other revo lutions on a Bimilar scale. He avers that Nikolai Lenine, the Bolshevik, premier, and Leon Trotzky, the Bol shevik minister of war and marine, have been "outrageously nlandered" and describes the present administra tion of Russia as "clean and uncor rupt." The reorganization of indus tries is proceeding everywhere In Russia, Mr. Lansbury says. Local Man Sued By Father of Boy Hit By Automobile Stating that his seven year old son will be permanently crippled because of injuries received when he was struck by an automobile owned bj Andrew Vargo of this city, Ernest Lepore of Norwalk, .acting on behalf or the boy. has sued Vargo for $5,- 000. Papers in the suit were filed tday in the Superior Court. The boy was attempting to cross a street in Norwalk last July when he was hit bv the machine. Vargo is accused of negligent driving. It is alleged that the boy's skull and both arms were fractured. The young ster's name is Alexander Lepore. Aitken Divorce to Be Tried Tomorrow The contested divorce suit of tRitgne K. Aitken of Stratford against Hugh Aitken of the same town is assigned for a hearing tomorrow before Jud-ge Curtis in the Superior court. The wife alleges intolerable crueltly. Alt ken has entered a general denial to jhis wife's charges and will fight the jcase. The couple were inarri?tl Au isust 3.' 1899. the wifr'; i-taie having ieen Signo Ericksonr1 l"lo!alm ken owns real eJ sjks the GKXEUAL COLE REGISTERS New York, March 31. Brigadier General Charles K. Cole, who ar rived on the Ao.utta.nia yesterday with a vanguard of the 26th Divi sion, registered In Hoboken early and left for Boston, where ho is to make plans for the division's homecoming, next month. V J CLERK SCHULTZ DIES SUDDENLY Republicans Prepare for Election of His Successor at Special Council Meeting. Stricken with a heart failure of long standing at 9:45 o'clock, this morning, Town Clerk Joseph Schultz died a few moments later at his home, 1160 Kossuth street. His sudden death came as a shock to his many friends and associates in official life at city hall, who had only recently rejoiced at his return to his desk in the town clerk's office after recovering from a fall of a few months ago. Mr. Schultz would have completed his sixth year, and third successive term as town clerk in November, 1919, he having been elected to the office in November, 1918. Previous to that he had been a city sheriff for three years, filling the unexpired t?rm of the late Sheriff Thomas Hamilton. A successor for the office of town cleric will be elected by the common council at a special meeting to be called by Mayor Clifford B. "Wilson. Nomination of candidates will be made by the aldermen, and the one receiving the majority, of votes will be elected. Although the suddenness of Mr. Schultz's death has left the ad ministration with little thought of his successor, the names of Assistant Town Clerk Clarence K. TVinton, Rep resentative Thomas Chew and James TJurner have been mentioned. Joseph Schultz was born in Lan dau. Province of Bavaria, Germany, September 5, 1S56, and would havo reached his 63d year in 1919. Ho me to this country 40 years ago and settled in Bridgeport a few years later, entering business here and be came widely popular. He is survived by a widow, Cecelia Schultz, a son and daughter by his '(Continued" On Page Twelve) WILL REOPEN MURDER CASE Coroner Informed that Fan nie Sachosy Lured Dicko visky to His Death. "After he had been informed new evidence had been found to show that Fannie Sachosky lured Nicholas Dickovisky to the Alpine hotel on the night he was shot. Coroner Phelan announced today that he will reopen the case of the woman, recently ex onerated of blame for the killing. The new evidence will be introduced at a hearing to be. held tomorrow morn ing before the coroner. Judge Thomas C. Coughlin, repre senting friends of the victim, asked to have the case reopened. ITe claims witnesses wil say that on the night of the crime Fannie Sachosky induc ed the man to slt the hotel for the purpose of killing him. She had a grieva.nce against Dickovisky, friends of the deacesed say, and had once visited his home where she threaten' ed him with a revolver. The woman's story as told to the coroner was that Dickovisky -threat ened to kill her because she would not change her testimony in a suit she had brought against him. She claim ed she shot him In self defense. ' SIMS GIVEN BIG SENDOFF AS HE STARTS FOR HOME London, March SI Vice Admiral William S. 8ims, who commanded the American naval foroes in the war zone, was given, a rouBing send off at naval headquarters this morning' when he said farewell as he was about to leave for the United States. The streets about the headquarters were packed with soldiers of all nationali ties, while the entire headquarters staff turned out for the occasion. Scores of cowbells mingled their din with the cheering as the vice-admiral waved the crowd .goodbye. Vice Admiral Sims wilr bail from Southampton on the steamer Maure tania tonight. Accompanying him are Captains Richard H. Leigh, Dudley W. Knox and Joel R. P. Pringle, Commanders Fairfield and John V. Babcock, and Lieutenant Comman der Edwards. AMES REACHES HONDURAS. Tegucigalpa. Honduras. Sunday, March SO Wilson Ames, a special agent of the American state depart ment, arrived here today. He was re ceived, later by President Bertrand. and Evening Fanner BRIDGEPORT, CONN., MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1919 CULGOA NAVAL SUPPLY VESSEL IS IN DISTRESS Has 104 Returning Troops Aboard Her All of Whom Are Casuals. LEFT BREST ON MARCH FIFTH Her Circulating Pump Said to Be Out of Commission Hove to in Bad Sea. Halifax, X. S.. March 31 The "United States naval supply ship Cul goa, with 101 returning troops on board, all casuals, is reported in dis tress off New York, according to a wireless message picked up here. The message said the vessel was hove to in a strong noiheast wind and rough sea. It further stated that the ship was capable of making six knots if the weather moderated. The Cul goa sailed from Brest for New York on March 5 and put in at the Azores, from which she departed on March 19. The Culgoa's position' was given as 35 degrees, north latitude, 6.38 de crees west longitude. Her circulating pump was said to be out of commis sion. According to the position given the Culgoa was about 600 miles southeast of New York. VIENNA STRIKE 0T SETTLED Situation In That City Still Reported Very Grave. Paris. March 31 Reports that th-? railroad strike in German-Austria has been settled are untrue, according to a Vienna despatch to the Echo Do Paris, which was forwarded by way of Genoa. Negotiations between the strikers and Herr Rcrner, tho chancellor and Herr reutsch, secre tary for miTTvary affairs, have failed and the strike continues on the East ern and Southern railroad, it is said. Colonel 0ry, of the British army, who is at Triest, has offered to act as arbitrator, but the strikers have been destroying rallroa 1 property and stopping the transportation of food. A council of railroad worker has been formed In Styria. Chancellor Rcnner has Implored the strikers to moderate their de mands, pointing out that In case of complications, the "Entente troops will occupy the country. Employes of the western section of the Franz Joseph railroad have Joined in the strike which prevails on the northern f-jid northwestern systems. A Brit ish representative at Vienna is re ported to have Issued a proclamation to the public exhorting the people not to interrupt the movement of food supplies. The situation is reported to be still grave. VETERAN OF 102ND ENROLLS AT HALL FOR BIG WELCOME Nine men registered with the Wel come Home committee in the Com mon Council chambers at City Hall today bringing the total number of enrollments near the 2,400 mark. A veteran of the 102d was among those to enroll. Those registering up until noon were: Fred Carl, Xo. 118 5 Iranistan ave nue, engineman, second class. U. S. S. Michigan, XI. S. S. Virginia, transport convoy duty; George A. McLain, pri vate. Company K, 316 Infantry, 79th Division, Verdun, Argonnle, St. Mihiel, gun shot wounds in left forearm; August M. Vargas, Ko. 65 Laurel ave nue, private. First Company, 1101st Air Squadron, Tour sector; Terry A. Scott, No. 33 Porter street, private. 102nd Ambulance company, 26th Division, Bois Brule, Jary Woods, Marne, Meuse and Bois D'Ormont, gun shot wound in right hip; John A. Sullivan, No. 845 Kossuth street, sergeant, Company H, S04th Infan try; Peter Delabrera, private. Com pany I, 102nd Infantry, 2 6th Division, Chauteau-Thierry, Toul fiector, Sois sions; Samuel Kostolefsky, No. 157 Oak street, private, S. A. T. C. Con necticut Agriculutral college, Storrs, Conn.; Antonio Consentino, No. 217 Tunxis Hill Road, private, 24th Com pany, 154th Depot Brigade, Camp Meade, Md.; Walter V. Staples, pri vate, Q. M. C, Camp Meigs, Washing ton, D. C. TO EiXPKDITE PROCEEDINGS Paris, March 31 Premier Lloyd George and President Wilson confer red privately for an hour this fore noon before the Council ofFour met at the President's residence. It is un derstood that the purpose of the con ference was to expedite the peace proceedings. buoscnptJon FIJTflilL SUBS LEAVE FOR V. fi. Harwich, England, March 31. Four German submarines convoyed by the United States submarine tender Bushnell, left here today for the "United States. Many more than the required number of offi cers are making the trans-Atlantic trip on tho captured craft. SERGEANT "PETE" HACKETT DEAD Was Thirty Years Member Bridgeport Police Force; But Recently Retired. Genera! gloom pervades the police station today caused 'by the death of Sergeant Peter Hackett, who was1 a member of the Bridgeport police force for thirty years. Hackett died tUis morning at his home, 557 Main street. During his lon'g service on the po lice force he was known for .his genial manner tmd good fellowship. One of the old-timers said, this morning, "Pete was a great detective- aniA! a good1 fellow. He was always smil ing." Peter Haekett was born in New Tork City in 1S54. Early in life he rarae to Bridgeport. On September 22, 1SS4, he was appointed patrolman on the police force . On March 15, 1905. he was promoted to sergeant in which rank he served until June 16, 1905. when he was retired on pension. Arrangements are being made by the police department for proper rep resentation at his funeral which will be announced later. In his younger days Hackett was a slender man, very swift on his feet, and one of the best ciub fencers in the country. He was concerned in many notable cases. He frequently took his 'station at P'airfield avenue and Main street to look over the strangers In town and generally hold a levee for the numerous citizens who knew him. Mr. Hackett is survived by one son, William, of Beechmont n. venue, a daughter-in-law and two grand children, Helen and Harold Hackett. Other relatives are known to be living in New York city but on account of a separation of many years, their ad dresses are unknown to the surviving son. William. It is requested that ! Xj?,- York papers note the death in the hope of locating and informing the New York branch of the family of the demise. NECESSITY FOR QUICK DISCHARGE Gen. Ivlaich Emphasises iNeed to Release Men From Army. Wa s i n gt on, M arch 31. Nee e ssity ior the prompet discharge of all men who can be spared from the array and wVose enlistment contracts do not hold them. Ibeyond the period of the war, is emphasized by Oeneral March, in a circular of instruction to d'emoibiiization officers, made public today at the War Department. "The attention of all is again di rected," it says, "to the importance of discharging" from the military ser vice as rapidly as they can be spared all men drafted or enlisted only for the period of the emergency." The order (directs also that previous instructions shall be interpreted, so that men will be let out where there is no specific reason for their being retained, even though they are not in the classes authorized for priority of discharge. Where a camp is to be used" for storage purposse and will require ad ditional personnel to be Tetained on that awount. General March directs that the commandant refer the mat ter to Washington for decision. SUED FOR DIVORCE AND FOR SLANDER BADENSKY IS BLUE The world looked like a dreary place to Frank Badenski of this city today when he learned that his wife had sued him for divorce and that Louis Matis of this city had started! legal proceedings against him for $1,000 damages, alleging slander. These troubles coming In connection with the changing of the clock so that Frank lost an hour's sleep, made him feel like blue around the edges. Matls claims he was accused by Badenski ef having been familiar with the latter's "wife. The charge was made in the hearing of several per sons and Matls says it is false and. malicious. In the divorce aetion brought by the wife, Mary Badenski, she accused her husbaPd of intolerable cruelty. The couple were married February 5, 1906, the wife's maiden name having been Mary Horvath. She asks" for ali mony, ' Washington, March 31 Eugene V. Debs' application for a, rehearing of his . appeal from conviction .and sen tence to ten years' imprisonment for violating the Espionage - Act was de nied today by the supreme eeurt. rates by mail: Dally J6.00 pr ye; month, Dally 50 cents. 179 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport 1 UH ; Commander Demands leiease GYPSY QUEEN IS NOT A BEAUTY Draggled Fortune Teller, Babe in Arms, in Toils of Law. The City Court and attachees were somewhat disappointed this morning when Ouyta Andre, a gypsy fortune teller, appeared before Judge Wilder on charge of the theft of $2,000 from Mary John of Portsmouth. Va. The much heralded beauty of the accused was not noticeable. Instead of a viva cious gypsy queen vith flashing black eyes and haughty air. there appear ed a woeful, pied clad woman with an infant in her arms. She gave her name as Iena Stevens, 55 Lexington avenue. The woman was arrested on a warrant issued by the police of Ports mouth, Va., charging theft. . Extra dition papers will follow. Judga Wilder continued the case and held the woman under $2,000 bond?. Sha is one of a band of gypsy fortune tell ers now operating In Bridgeport. They have discarded the old, some what trite name of fortune-teller and have adopted the more scienific title of "Phrenologist." It i said that this deception la very alluring to the One of the schemes by which these clever operators extract money from the credulous is practiced In the fol lowing manner. The customer who is looking for an insight into the future is brought into a darkened room where the appointments lnd an air of mystery. The victim Is seat ed at a table directly opposite the "phrenologist" who immediately plays on the imagination of her lamb. Through chan tings and other cajol ery appealing to the fanatically relig ious, an hysterical condition is brought about when the customer is instructed to lay money on th tafele. This money disappears up the sleeve of the operator and the genuine roll is substitcted with phoney bills. The operator then wraps tho fake money into a paper and "to prove that you are more careful of your soul than you are of money," the paper and its contents are burned. The gypsr woman, attired in none too clean red and yellow raiment, with her baby, was taken back to her cell. Others of her tribe hunted the po lice station all morning and finally raised enough money to furnish a bond for the release of Guyta Andre. GERMAN FINANCE AGENTHTSPA To Discuss Financial Ques tions With Representa tives of Allies. Paris, March Si (Havas) The German financial sub-commission, which is to discuss pending financial questions with representatives of the Allies, has arrived at Spa. The financial conference between German and Allied representatives ac cording to the first announcements, was to be held in Paris. Later ad vices said the meeting was likely to be held at Versailles, although other places, including Compeigne, have .-been mentioned as the seat of the conference. A Berlin despatch on Saturday said the German commis sion would "'stop at Spa on its way to Versailles, there to await develop ments." KEEGAN ANSWERS HIS 955TH CALL Terminating his 18 months of ser vice at the Emergency Hospital and answering his 955th ambulance call. Dr. Keegan left hia emergency work today to become outsid physician with the Charities Department. His last call was at the home of John Skoge, 8 King's Highway, where a six year old eon, Nelson, was in convul sions as the result of drinking afbout two ounces of cough medicine. Dr. Keegan administered an emetic and, not knowing the contents of the bot tle and anticipating possibilities, the child was taken to St. Vincent's Hos ptal, where the patient is not resting comfortably, WITHDRAW RESIGNATION. . Santiago, Chile, March Si The ministry of which Armando Quezado is the head, and which resigned-, on March 26, has withdrawn its resigna- tion, ...... - , Snn risen Bon sets Kwrtl water . . Moon ripen . . . . . Low water . . ... fl:40 a, m. . . 7:15 p. xo. .. . 11:11 a. m. .... :H a. m. ... . 5:32 p". m. PRICE TWO CENTS Greatly Disturbed 'Condi tions Reported to Exist in Hungary. GERMANS WARNED TO I QUIT THAT COUNTRY j Report Hungarians Have Sent An Ultimatum to Czecho - Slo vackia. Paris, March 31 (Bv the As- jsociated Press) A small force I of French troops stationed in ! the neutral zone between Hun Ifjary and Rumania lias been at tacked by Hungarian troops, jou oi tne frencli being taken prisoner, according to an offi cial report received here. On demand of the French general the release of the pris- L oners has been promised by the Greatly disturbed conditions are re ported to exist in Hung Basle, Switzerland, March SI The Hungarian government is reported in Vienna despatches to have snt an ultimatum to the Czecho-Slovak gov ernment. This action, it is stated, was taken because of the concentra tion of Czecho-Slovak troops and a rumor that there would be a general mobilization in Bohemia in the near' future. Berlin, Sunday, March SO (By The Associated Press) The diplomatio": agent of the German government at J Budapest has advised Germans t. j leave Hungary. ? WILL NOT TAKE ( PART IN STRIKE j '-' i Participation Would In-: ; volve Violation of Funda- mental Laws of Union. - 5 ---'-! Indianapolis, Ind., March SI Th United States Mine Workers of: America will not participate in any general strike on July 4 in behalf of Thomas Mooney, convicted of com plicity in a bomb explosion in San, Francisco in a preparedness ..day parade. Announcement that the exe- ; cutive board of the' mine workers had decided againiSt participation In sueih, a strike was made here today through ; the L'nited Mine Workers' Journal, the official publication c-f the union. j The executive board saya that the. 1 convention of the International Work- - ers' Defense league of San Franclscq, , j held in Chit ago, which issued the ( strike call, was not authorized by the American labor movement through f the American Federation of Labor - and the International 'Union of the ' i Mine Workers was not represented' j officially at the convention and is notJ j bound by the action taken there.-:. j The membership of the mine work- ! ers organization cannot participate in : i any such strike without violating the fundamental laws governing the union and abrogating- the ioint irag . agreement under which miners now I are working, the executive committee said. (Local unions had' asked the tor ternational headquarters here what.' was the policy toward the proposed - 5,503 TROOPS ( T?U" A Ml XTr"IITT J New York, March SI. With 2S7 troops, all casuals, the "French line steamship -La. Lorraine arrived here today from Havre. National army men of the 846th In fantry, ,S7th Hi vision, returned on he steamship Alaskan, originally destined to Newport News tout diverted to Newr York. The Alaskan (brought al together 2,216 troops, of rwhem afoou 200 were casuols of various branches of the service. Wltn more than S,000 officers fend men of the 91st Diviison. ?he vteaim ship Sliboney, arrived, tfrom St. Ne zaire. . ACT ONLY ON 14 POINTS London, March 51. The develop-f men of the foreign , offiee havine charge of the Peace negotiations has reported a decision as to its attitud' toward the negotiations, a Genns;: wireless message says. The depart ment has decided the German rov emment should act only in accordant with President Wilson's 14 points. hta arrival at the hospital, . - - - . ; court to allow tie j . ;- .V A, '0