I ‘ That Bridgeport Man Tried
' if he would vote for James H.
conscience 1870
JIMM I :VJIIIIIIE'
MMIE IIEE
TJlIs Senate Probe Committee
Twice to ,Tempt Him
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Could Have $300 and Expenses
for Out- of down Trip
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PIIIIE. IIEIIEIIS MIMIM
MIME IIMME AMIESSEM
Altair Held at Arloo Hbll the
Host Brilliant Held By Popu-
Attended by all of the class, by a
dozen couples from the , Bridgeport
class, and by members of dormer claés-
es of Professor iW. Gilbert Newall,
ranging back for some twenty years,
south Norwalk' Dancing Academy. in
Arlen dial], proved one of the biggest
successes Prof. Nowell has ever
known.
Clowns, fairies, squaws, soldiers,
sailors, colonial dames, Little Red Rid-'
1an Hoods, bypsles, HSpanish dancers,
flower girls, and many others, were
masking, which, came about 10 o'clock,
was accompanied by the usual sur~‘
prises.
MARTFORII), Feb. 13. ~Senntor John
Hurley, of Waterbury, before the spe
Hclai HSenate Investigating Committee
today named John A. Judge, of
Bridgeport, as the man who had offer-
ed him $300 to absent himself from
lthe Senate chamber the day the vote
nose to be taken upon the confirmation
oi’ 'Mr. Cadwell, of New Britain, for
highway commissioner. He also cited
meeting Mr. Judge in the Waterbury
railroad station and alleged that the
letter offered him half his salary
Mac-
iDonald for highway commissioner.
Senator John F. Mchneugh, ct
INaugatuck, testified before the com-
Hmittee, in which he corroborated the
a. {statement made by Senator-Hortense
e
,——.——.
(Centinuad on Eighth Page.)
our: one ounce
LIABLE“ FIIII IIII'I'I
BMIIIILII WAII IIIIIAE
‘ Connecticut has 137,233 men liable
Ito military duty in case of war. New
Haven countY. of course, leads, having
245,852. County by county the state sn~
,l‘ollment totals follow:
Iliartferd,‘36,320 enrolled, 2,304 ex-
empt, 84,092 liable to duty in case or
Mar; Toiland, 9.780 eniolled, 77 ex-
empt, 9,709 Iiable,io duty; 'New lla-
.ven, 47,191 enrolled; 1,889 exempt, 45,»
852 liable to duty; ‘Middleaex, 5,783
enrolled, 166 exempt, 6,018 liable to
duty; New tendon. 10,875 enrolled. 204
exempt, 10,611 liable to duty; Wind-
ham, 6.246. 232 exempt, 6,914 liable to
duty; ’Fairliold, 22,267 enrolled, 389
exempt, 21,368 lie-hie to duty; hitch-
field, 9,808 enrolled. 328 exempt, 9. 479
liable to duty; total,142,202 enrolled,
5,029 attempt, 137, 233 liable to duty in
nose of over.
Adjutant General George. MfCoIe’s
report for 1012 shows also in the
strength of Connecticut's N tionul
Hilliard to 2,986, divided as follows:
Adjutant general's‘ department, 2;
inspector genersl's “department, 2:
unwormsstar’s department, 9; out»
distance department, 1;
department, li: ordnlmcu doplftmanl.
at; illnnal Corps. 70; cavalry, 132;
hold artillery, dd: veterinhrlan. , 1:
.lousl Artillery Corps. 740; First ini‘ari
try, 729: Second Illinoiry, ’iiiilraepar.
ate Company, as; Naval Militia, 243.
in addition there Is the Governor‘s
Foot (learn. First and append norm
punish the strength oi which In each
lid Inch. making HHH total oi see, and
the Medial, Mervin dorms occasions
in July oi test your. whet-ting or the
following physicians: first lieutenant,
Arthur .1. Tunney. ‘HE‘HWME"! wt
he not, WW9 it uses HH. iv
‘HHmIIIIIeH rust Wings Annm- a.
Crockett. Hllristpll» first Manhunt .
John, A. dithitsfimnwich‘ First Men ,»
issuer clue . a
I H up ms and dl'IIIIr 1.: not.
drum AIW
first}, 'i‘orrintton.
medical doi
pertinent. ill: diospitai Corps, 97; pay;
Prof. Nowell has enjoyed a success-
ful season and is correspondingly
pleased. His class has been of the us-
ual size and many dances have been
learned, among them the «following,
which was the program of last even-
ing's dance: March, waltz, two step,
caprice, Harvard glide, «Spanish Hwaltz.
Oxford, two step, waltz, Danish dance,
lnnciers, cotllilon figures, honors are
cosy, fox, mysterious hands, Yale, let-
ter Y, and Les Contra dance.
There are to be six more lessons this
year and on the sixth, six weeks hence,
the annual cetillion will be observed.
» {Perhaps one week thereafter a recep-.
, tion will be given.
I This evening a number of young’pee~
'ple of the local class are in Bridge-
“port returning the visit of last even-
ing's delegation of visitors. .
W
lilIIEII FAIR 0H THE
HEW, HAVEII IIHAII AIIE
illi0EIIEO lIEAII H. H.
NEW YORK, Feb. lib—Commutation
rates on . the New York Central and
New Haven railroads to points in
Westchester county, months reduced.
beginning March 1, to the scale in
force up to June 30, 1910, according to
an order issued yesterday by the Pub
lic Service Commislson of the Becoan
district. H
There Were. great rejoicing last night
among the commuters along both lines
over this ilnish of the fight they made
against the increase. Attorneys for
the railroads said they would study
the order before deciding what they
will do about it.
The changes effect reductions on sub
'ty-irip monthly tickets, ditty-trip fam-
Ily ticltcte and round trip tickets rang;
lug from 25 cents to $8.30, or; from 13
per cent. to 25 per cent. The new rules
must be maintained for three years.
is weighing the cocaine commission
considered that the burden lay upon
the railroads to show that increases
were Justified over former rates. made
voluntarily by themselves, whlcliiworn
accepted as just. by the public, and
with which the eonimntstlon business
prospered and increased. Nelthcr the
evidence our the ili‘liiillililllol' the cor
pornticnn overcame the presnmdlion
reasonable.
The commission holds that. in the in-
Ironde rates should he as low as possi-
ble, in older to encourage suburban
growl and to relieve city congestion
Devoid mcnt ‘IlM'WHIlMII hampered by
the increases the commission new,
Isnd the plea of the railroads that they
were necessitated breasts must this»
has fails in vlsw at Miami illowlbd
Hhc‘ catnip offset ‘thst been gluon»
tilled travel and no betterment of ii»
uisi: returns to the edinpnnleit. »
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Iar Dancing Master p
the annual Hpriyate masquerade at the
represented in the throng. The un-f
that the increases were uniust and our
torrents of the public and of the rail.
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54 human and scope Firemen
Believe That Strike Will Start
‘ ,1 Tomorrow
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Governmentlilediators and Fire-
man’s Committee Meet Today
NEW YORK, Feb. lit—Unless some
middle ground of agreement is reach-
ed today or tomorrow «by the titty-four
eastern railroads and their 34,000 tire-
men, it is considered likely that a
strike will be called Friday night. ef-
fective forty-eight hours thereafter.
This was the consensus of opinion
today of those following the center-
ences through which Judge Martin A.
Knapp, of ’the United Elston Commerce
court, has been trying to bring the two
sides together. Each has refused to
concede a single point, however. and If
no understanding is reached today
\
(Continued on third pm).
SEII I’EIIII REEIISES
M MIME IIMMII
Tells Sen. iohneoo He Was VII-
iiied and Traduced the 0am-
ocracv oi the State
HARTFORD Fob.13;—-Banater bea-
ter 0; Peck, of the Twenty-fourth dls‘
trial, and Senator Frederick A. John-
son, of the Twentieth district, both
Democrats, but who were on opposite
sides in the vote on the confirmation
of Mr. Cadwell for highway commie-
sloner, met yesterday in the sen-
ate chamber before the opening of
the day's session. Senator Johnson,
who was in the vote against Caldwell.
oxt‘énded his hand to aenater Peck,
saying: ‘ ‘
“Senator, new. that it is all ever, let
us shake hands." ' ,
"I decline to shake hands with you.
How can i shake hands with a man
who has viilliied and lruduced the
democracy of the state on whose
ticket he and I were elected? I will-
not shake hands with you,” replied
Senator Peek.
Bonnier Johnson did not reply, but
walked out of the senate chamber.
m‘uhumm— .
LIIIIIT (tilldPAlil .
ornate HHHvHHovHo
The depth Muln street oldest of the
Waited Electric Light end Water Com.
puny are In the hands at the decom-
tors and in the near future promise to
present the donut appearance of any
In the eltn decently carpenters rs-
Arranged the odious in order that thw-
worl: might be carried on by the W
player with greater dyspateh. .
The Elaine ceiling and walls Hus be»
ing redecorated. The woodwork is all
modifies attention and is tin-My be H
Avenue, l-‘o ,
Knapp 0o.
Perhaps the .
man in the hat
,. of being-the
”flown in the . '
cause he was ~ ,- president of the
celebrated Cro ,‘tsnd Knapp Hat
Company, know [the world em as
among the lee ‘ hat manufactur-
ers. . .
(Continued n Fifth Page.)
HART-FORD. wills—The legisia
Htive session rode”: wasyery brief.
There was no business in either
branch The season sat fifteen min
nice and then earned until Tues-
day. The house , here would have
dispersed Just as unfairly to the same
date, had not t u‘H-rnntier‘ of disputed
seats come up fl n. Several motor
bars did not a “ soatswhlah they
liked, and four at them are to straigin
ten out Aha matter .by mutual arrange-
meat. mpg humans pelican voted.
‘1’! to 1. Wu W19
Deming. ot Celebrook. meanness tie
occupy the- cost which he originally
drew.
The business in both branches was
almost identical. Two conference
commitueas' reported on bills on
. which there had been dim ac-
tion in the matter or reference One
concerning the transportation of
members and the other twisting to
the hours of labor: for employee iii
humane institutions. Then- hs‘d been
disagreeing action and the, dual agree-
ments were that the, transportation
bill should so to the railroads come
mitten. and live other to the combined
committee on labor and humans in-
stitutions. The knotty problem of
getting members transportation was
taken up by the railmnd committee
in the afternoon. The bill providing
that common carriers should deliver
session in exchange for the constitu-
tional allowance which members have
signed our tc'the comptroller. Yes-n
tel-day some members were in favor
or passing the hill, but otizn includ-
ing Ben. d’err‘y believed that it‘was
one on which thrill should allow the
railroads to ‘be heard. The opinion
was generally held betel-edits hearing
that an amusement would be made
through which mileage could be so»
cured in exchange for the 25 cents
‘per mild round trip allowanceI with-
out insulation on drastic as outlined
In the hill, Senator hurry said yes-
larder in debate that the bill Hut
drawn in“ effect Would mean on a»
monument to the; charters.~
, .
HOOMNIK woman INTO DEATH
'm HAVEN. EM: Itrwflofoiloi‘
Alix began an Inquest today this the
‘ death of litre. ,Iitsphen nlsvienssl.
The «so.» into during last «mm at
the Newhiliven minim as d mun
to members transportation for the:
ammuumnm‘ co.
andailhloksrinp Piano 00.; In
’ chicane, Sulfur
MIIIEIIIIMI iIE IIIMIS
IIIIIEII II Jill. IMII IMIIE
Highland Baptist Church, In
Springfield, Destroyed
M
CHICAGO, Feb. 13 -‘—Flre of a mys~
terlous orlgln,es early today caused a
being the BrimswickeBalkeOoilender
Company. makers of billiard tables
and supplies, on South Wabash ave-
nue; ‘Ohlckering Hammers' We deal-
iloors of the five-story structure, and
several smaller concerns.
The fire started on the first floor.
after the fire broke out,
(Continued on third page:
IIII WIIIII FACES
was today Merit
Princeton N. J.
“General" mastic G. Jones, oeminan
der of the expedition, sounded “Fer-
planned.
the start that the students from Rut-‘
gore College planned to meet the army
outside of New, “Brunswick and escort
the members lute town. The same
welcome is promised by Princeton stu .
dents who have been invited to hear
an address tonight by Miss Elizabeth
Freeman, "official orator" of the pil-
grlmase.
The nnsm-hltious disposition
lacunae. the mere which is drawing
the “ammunition" wagon," so alarmed
"(ion ” Jonas this morning that she,
called in the services of a local vet-3
urinal-ism The surgeon pronounced
the animal ”capable, but H'HpntbotIcJ;A
IILITIA BIIIAPAIII .
' MAPTIIIIEE 09 HEN
m an.»
CHARLEBTON. W. Van Feb. is.“
A. company of militia, commanded by
Mar . Davis, this morning at day»
brash announced the strikers‘ camp
at Holley firemen Paint Creek. and
septum all men, every man in the
camp. They were taken under guard
to Paint Creek Junction, where they
will no tried for alleged participation
in the disorders early this week when
a dozen or more men were tallied and
my wounded.
«out 125 itflltilt'd ”at”
WEATHER FORECAST. .
Fair Tonight and Friday. H'
, Named by President to no can-
Ioss of $200,000, the dime affected
ere, who occupied the Item upper;
A watchman and engine-er employed'
in the building could not be locatedi
nu apartments
‘L Humanism-ml. ., sec. 18.413”
mutton?” ivhidh is machine
to Washington, Mod a trusty-mile
an icy wind to
It was the second
lap of their tourney, begun yesterday
at Newark. Sixteen pilgrims compos-
ing the regular army responded when
heparin were received Just before
Tilers , are new
thiem
I’IIIIIIIIIIIIII EIIII IIMIEII
BIIIIIIIIIIIM IIE IIIIIIIIMIII. III
sol at Leeds, Eric... at In-
creasedSaIary
WASHINGTQN, D. 0., Feb. 1'3.—-'rhe
promotion of Homer Byingten, of
Norwallr, Conn, from consul at Bris-
to], England at $2,090, to consul at
Leeds, England, at. 82,500 per year, is
recommended in nominations which
President wat has sent to the Senate.
As the Democratic filibuster against
' confirmations does not extend teamm—
bers of the diplomatic and consular
service, it is not improbable that the
Protection will be confirmed by the
senate before March 1.
R. Byington, of New ¥ork, formerly of
The Norwallrs.
An increase of mansions lt'rom $19 per
month to 850 'per month for John
Robinson, of Westport, is proposed in
a bill which Senator McLean Intro-
duced yesterday. He served in com-
Ipanym‘di, Fifth Connecticut Volunteers
, Dr F. L. Chase. of the Yale Obser-
vatory. New Haven, will probably be
summoned to Washington within the
'next few weeks to get his opinion
whether .or. not the naval observatory
here in Washington should hp taken
from the jurisdiction of the navy Hie.
pertinent and made an independent
institution under the direction of sets
cutlets, especially trained for the
work.
Lending students of the heavens
from all sections of the country are to
be asked their opinions.
SAKS MEMEPH‘IIIII‘ ..
I'M “WI ESACII
“Booth NorwnIk bridge, 6. 709, Beno-
volept and Protective Qatar oi Elks,
is melting "arrangements to tender a
reception on 2Sunday afternoon, Febru-
ary mid, to Grand Treasurer Edward
Leach. ofHNew Yarn Lodge No. 1, the
candidate for grand exalted ruler at
the convention in Syracuse, in July.
ward March," shortly after 9 oc“wkI'l‘reneurer Leach will probably be ac-
this morning. A score of local Suffra- ,
gotten joined the ranks with the totem “r“ ”“3“ and ”1" “new °' “1"
tion of marching as far as New Bron-3
swicit, where a luncheon rest was
icoprpnnied by other members of New
Elke' Lodges in Greenwich, Stamford,
Bridgeport and Danbury will also be
invited to be present, for the purpose
of getting acquainted with Mr. Leach.
'Dietrict Deputy Grahd Exalted Ruler
Cassldy, of Waterbury, is also expect-
ed to make his otliclal visit to South
Norwaik lodge at this time, and as
there are a half desen candidates to
be initiated a large attendance is e”:-
lpeopled
There will be a social session at the
close of the initiation ceremonies,
of which will start at 3 o’clock, an hour'
‘eariler than usual
The first nomination otyetllcers took
place, and there will be other upper
tunitisa to nominate previous to the
annual election to be held next month.
The committee on the Charity bail.
to be given Friday awning. April I.
at tho Norwalk Armory, reported that.
arrangements were progressing finely.
Them In to be continuous dancing, mu
ale being provided than the American
hand, and a large string orchestra
The rHHHHxHeHHfl .
" 80HTIEBII£PIILBEII
SIGMA, Bulgariareb. low-Two, Hut
tempted sorting by the beleaguered
'f‘urhiuh garrison, of
Monday and Tuesday of this word:
were repulsed by the Billzurinns, who
indicted a loss oi more than one
thouslnd killed and wounded? on the
'i‘urlrs.‘ according to the omnisirepbnt.
m
issued by the nuisance Mile "
He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. George I
Adrianople,“ on ,
Marine florpawlleedy for IHIHIHHA
ate Embarkaiion ‘
MEXICO CITY. Feb.13.——~
ilghtlng was expected to occur,
today barman the rebels and
federal-forces in the center or the pi
At 6 ecloch movements of troops
observed both in the rebelyan“ ‘ ‘
ernl positions." ‘ ‘ HH
There was a scattering tire; to. .
out the night and where exchange
cannon shots shortly after 1:
but this lasted only a few tulips
The government forces War
ly reinforced in the night had
the federal . commander decl
morning that he had almost 7,00
iContinued on entangle.
IIISSMLIITIIIM III,: I H_ ,
"IBM“ ”III 0 HI.
It moppohuootl this moth ‘
the partnership enlisting
nor a I’m-an (“hides 3.11“er
Michael F. Ferns), at present.
ing the South Norwslk Dry G’oodg,
puny, is to be dissolved immed 7, ,
Mr. Magnet stated this morning
he is to manage the store in the __
having commenced preparations" ' ‘
purchase the interest of Mr. Forum
About the middle or last Am
Messrs. Magner and For-an formed ‘ ”'
partnership and opened the dry
store located at the cornered
Main and Havlland streets. They ,,.
carried on a successful auto: ”
since that time
The dissolution of the partners
does not come altogether as a pimp '
however. as the move has been ‘
ed through rumors that have
around for some time.
:Mr. Mother is a capable chums
man, well acquainted with the e
IDI‘IIC which he is to conduct in
lfuture. He has hosts at friends
wish' him success in his venture.
IAIIIIIIIIILII IIIIAIHS
liAliTF'ORl), ”Mb. , .
General Light yestdi'dsy a,
there was no Information to
public at this time so to th
lieu of charges against lillh
mlesioner MacDonald to on __ _
to the finperior court.,bs ') ‘
statement submitted to hi
governor. Last week the utter!“
anal said that the drawing up
charges would not he done nil .
week. The attorney general well“
into conference by Governor En;
yesterday it was understood
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