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ESTABLISHED 1870 “m“: @fifl‘gfimflm SOUTH NGRWALK. CONN; TUESDAY. JULY 7, 1914 Partly elm-Id} t°niohi and Wean-‘IIY- TWO CENTS “I:
your uni: liillL
tilt in unsiu
Greenwich Authorities Puzzled
at Strange Circumstances
oi Shooting
AMERICAN
lunuus
SIAIEM u
troversy in Connection With
the Carnival Music
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GREENWICH, July 6.—Mrs. F‘rank
Maguire, aged 45, wife of the super-
intendent of Railway President Wil-
liam H. Truesdale's Greenwich es-
tate, lies in the Greenwich hospital in
a critical condition with a bullet n
her body after havng been shot at
three times, late Saturday night as
she walked near her house on Rail-
road avenue. Two are held for the
shooting, but owing to the fact that
unable to say for certain whether or
the men deny it_ and witnesses are.
J not ill is nun
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FAIRFIELD. July i.-~Three auto,
mobile case! and one of assault were‘
disposed of by Judge Bacon Wakeman,';
in the local court this morning, and}
four burglary cases will be heard this.
afternoon. George L. Catlin, formerlyl
clerk of the Board of Contract and"
Supply, of Bridgeport. charged with!
operating an automobile without a.
tail lamp lighted. had Ills case nolled.'
R. S. Gross, of Norwalk, charged with
reckless driving, was lined $5 and
costs. amounting to 319.41. E. Wu.
Step To Suppress Activities ol
Anarchists and I. W. W.
Planned by Police
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WilMiNKi
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District Attorney Smith GIVesI
This Theory, as Coroner’s
Inquest Abrupliy Ends
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Was Working in Madison on
Supporting Wire—Spurs
Touched Live Wire.
MADISON, July 7,—Eimer ‘Tuttle.
employed by‘tlie Southern New. Eng—-
land Telephone Company, as a line-
man, and engaged at the time in ad-
justing a cable which was being sus-
pended between poles. was electrocut-
ed yesterday noon. Tuttle had work-,
ed his way out on a supporting trolley:
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iwire to a distance of fifteen feet from
NEW BLUES ARE :the pole and was pulling on the cable
jas it was being stretched. The supl
position is that Tuttle's climbing
spurs in some way formed a connec-
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Constitutionaiist Treasurer Set
erel Must Sign Dink Notes
to Make Them Legal
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humour
”0‘ be men held 81‘0" at Mrs. M” Moore, of Hartford, charged wituI
tion with a charged wire. The other
a
guir 0" merely were celebrating the reckless driving, forfeited a cash‘
Local:Band Has Always Been
Ready to liive Services to
Fourth of July, the police are puz-
zled.
Local Charities ‘IHREE [If RESERVE NEW YORK, July T.—-—One after- June 28. I 1““ Examiner Ayer found that f.
math of the dynamite explosion which Harry Currier was arraigned before . 'holes were burned in the calves and El. PASO, Texas, July 7.—The re»
I wrecked a Harlem tenement houseTJudge Wakeman on the charge of anfiREEPORT' X' Y” Juiy_7.—Private both wrists were scorched, marking lease of Zerapio Aguirre. treasurer if
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mornill" and requested “1 ~.‘ a conference of police officials today. Joseph Skidmore was the complain- Mrs. Louise‘Bsiley mysteriou l' 'h The place of the acCident was di- ‘1' “3 prisoner of the idiot faction In. 3
5' at “”5 pa- """"" at which a campaign was planned ant. and was fined $7 and costs and in the office of Dr. Edwin E: b 0‘ rectly in front of Russell Bartletts Chihuahua Lily. was among the main. 3,
' ' r nian. issues of the conference at Torreon to I
per correct the statements made
, in . . with a view to suppressing the ac- given a tail sentence of 15 days, the . .
1‘?“ night Si llour as to the” connec- NDIIIIIIBIIOIIB OI warburil and tivities of anarchists. industriallatter judgment being suspended .Erergilge“; “Sgt?“ ”titer-gay; islto -_- _.. adjust the Carranza-Villa dispute. an.
ion WI l tie musical end of the re- 1 , , . . . row pron e tie . 0 di C
M orhers of the \‘i arid, and kindred To Arraign Boys. . '1 c r .ng to arranza officials her“-
cent carnival. They are indignant Jones 8“" HBId Up—Former agitators in this city 0f four who Rocco Pace. aged it}, of Bridgeport, ma?" ‘5 not taken out of the euro- I , I 'Aguirre is the most prominent 01th.
' ners hands by the grand jury. '
over the published misrepresentations.
'l‘he standing of the American Band in
the City of Norwalk is too favorably
knowil to accuse the organization of, WASHINGTON. July 7.—\\'hat ans-
any unfairness. it is the desire of the wer Paul M. Warburg, of New York,
members that wide publicity be givehtnommated to be a member of the fed-
tlie correct facts and have submitted cral reserve board. would make to
the senate ban‘ng and currency com-
mittee's invitation to appear before
—-*—— In next Thursday to tell of his Wall
iMERlDEN BUSINESS MAN SHOOTS ‘street connection, was being awaited
, HIMSELF. with interest today by committee
I MERIDHN, Conn, July 7.——Philip members and administration officials.
J. Handel, head of the P. J. ‘Hmmccmwas batman”
_ Company. makers of artlampshades, ,he would decline the invitation and
' shot himself with fatal effect, while'would ask President Wilson to with-
)n the garage conected with the plant draw his nomination.
today. Aside from a note left by himlia understood to be unwilling to un-
aud which was marked "confidential" demo the ordeal of submittins 10 9-
there is at present no reason why he grilling examination by the commit-
ahould have taken his life. The note 'iee. ‘
is held by the general examiner, and} The nominations of Mr.
while its contents are ilot made pub-‘and Thomas D. Jones.
lic. it is said to show that when writ- are the only ones awaiting the action
ten. Mr. Handel was right in his mind. of the banking committee. Mr. Jones
Other than illis note, friends do not yesterday told of his relations with
T908” any act which would have led the international Harvester Company
them to believe Mr. Handel was ill. and the New Jersey Zinc Company.
He attended a reception and ball iii both so-cailed trusts. The fact that
New Haven a few nights ago, and was their nominations hdve not been acted
DTthl‘Ibg to make a trip with Mrs. upon. however.‘will not interfere with
Handel to Montana to visit a brother. the work of setting in motion at once
w‘ like new federal banking system be-
covsrmon some 70 CAMP, ”cause three of the mm: are of the re
HARTFORD, July 7.-According m'serve board hgve been confirmed by
information given out at the adjumm. the senate. They are expected to
general’s office today Governor Bald- take “‘9 oath in a “W d3”-
Wanls to Withdraw
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Warburg
Mr. Warburg .
of Chicago. ‘
City May Not Grant Permit lor
Public Funeral
arrested by Motor Cycle Policeman
Fred H. Volderauer, Sunday evening,_
Inlet violent death Saturday, Arthur and Dominic Geanette, aged iii, of
It‘aron and Charles Berg were reputed New York city, will be arraigned he-
:to be I. \V. W. members, and Culture Judge \i'akeman, this afternoon.
Hansen was allied with anarchists. icharsed with robbing the store of Ed-
An immediate result of the confer~ word Reynolds. on Spring street. The
ences todayimay be a decision by the boys were arrested by the Bridgeport
city authorities not to grant a permit police lllt FFIdIY- Geanette’s parents
for a public funeral for Caron, Berg have been communicated with and
and Hansen in Union Squgre next they are expected here this afternoon.
.Saturday. Alexander Berkman, an- it is believed the boy ran away from
arclllst, has announced that his fol-fills home.
lowers have arranged for such a fu-i John Canary, 3130 “milled by the
nerai. with a’ march through the BI: . ..‘°"’ charged with live
Intre‘ots to g “metal-y, H9 m-cimlrobbarles 13’ Stratileld, Tunxis Hill
ed the bodies, which are in a private and Brooklawn districts. will be lit-
morgue near Union Square. ‘raigned at 5 o'clock. He was a mem-
A permit will be necessary It a higher Of a "Who camp" in the BT00k~
neral is to be held. Berknlitn has not 13"“ district “Id Md been under:
applied for one as yet. A member suspicion for several weeks. lie was
.of the board of alderman said today traced by State Policeman Frank
‘that he would introduce a resolution Vim“ 3"" Constable Hedberg.
at the board‘s meeting tomorrow, pro-I
vlding that no permit should lief
granted. . '
it was suggested that
STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE.
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the police G. w. Lane, Former Mlddletown Tait1
would request the health department Collector. M‘y 3. Fatally Hurt. I
to order the bodies buried at once and‘ MIDDLETOWN, July 7.——<George W.1
I” this way “a“ 0“ the 9'09”“ Dubious. 63 years old, a former tax C0“:
lic funeral. if the services are “11°W'Ilector, of Middletown, was probably‘
ed to be held, it is certain that there I fatally injured last night as the result
will be close police supervision “dict being struck by an automobile
measures will be taken to prevent “driven by John W. Helm, of South
demonstration attended by disorder. iWindsor. I AM ‘3 very deaf and up-
I Michael Murphy, 0" Auspenti, “11° parently did not hear the horn whichi
;escaped his companions' fate on Sat- the driver of the car sounded. I
urday's explosion, has succeeded in About three years ago Lane was'
He is wanted in: i
Imen heard Tutle shriek once and then.
Dim" FII'OII at éof flames around.Tuttle’s feet.
Dr. Carmen said today that he wel-V
coined the arrival last night of the
head of a national detective agency
and his men.
"it the county had not hired this
man, i would have done so when the
inquest was concluded," he said. “Dur-
ing the interviews this man and his
subordinates have had with my wife
they did their best, just as the county}
authorities did to make her change her
story. i bpliovg lbs has told the whole
truth.‘ 'fihdé‘tectlve‘chief is welcome
at our house any time. I hope he can
find the person who murdered Mrs.
Bailey, and i will give him all the help
i possibly can."
FREEPORT. N. Y.. July 7.—The a-
brupt ending of the coroner‘s inquest
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PUBLIC PLAY GIIIIIIIIII ‘
BEBOMES POPULAR
in spite of wet, cool weather last
week the attendance at the public
play ground was large, reaching near-
ly two hundred some days. Consider-
ing the fact that every boy cannot at.
tend every day. the number of individ-
ual boys who have enjoyed the play
ground during the week has reached
several hundred. The hours are from
bond of 815. The latter three were Dr. Barman and MP. Half 18” ”This body fell to the ground. A woman}
tWilO was nearby told of seeing a burst;
Medr I
two ’
house.
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Big Hoie'ioln in Frontol Build-i
ing in Bridgeport 4 Railroad
Towers Also Hit
BRIDGEPORT, July 7.—A series of
thunder storms lasting nearly all night
brought a deluge of rain, sales and
blinding lightning' that struck in spy;
erai places here with a total of com-
paratively small damage. One bolt hit
the roof of the county court house, on
Golden Hill street, tearing it great
hole near the front of the building but
llast week by This agents and smug-
‘gled into Chihuahua, has been declar-
ed invalid. Carranza followers in Dir
; doing little harm to the Interior, ex-
cept by the water that later came
through the hole. Another bolt hit one
of the two hundred foot towers .sup-
pumps the feed wires of the New Ha-
ven road over the drawbrldge and for
a second or two caused a pyrotechnic
display of an unusual sort. The steel
0 {the tower carried the electricity to
the ground, however, without damage
to the structure.
ODD FELOWS’ INSTALLATION.
Officers Elective and Appointive Take
New Positions.
installation of the newly elected of-
ficers of Our Brothers' Lodge, No. 10,
The aid of the State Department
Other Questions Are Still Bela.
Considered
twenty-four Carranza officials arrested-m
several weeks ago in Juarez by Villa
military authorities and sent to Chis-
liuahua. the state capital.
Aguirre still retains his title as trelli-
urer of the Constitutionalists, and withr'
out his signature the three million po-
sos worth of unsigned Carranza I8
currency, alleged to have been seized
Paso declare that if Aguirre siglod
this issue while a virtual prisoner of
‘Vllia's men, it would not be recognis-
ed, as his act would be considered an
under compulsion.
El Paso police today continued their
Constitutionalist treasury agent hr
whom a federal warrant has been io-
sued in Washington. Winfield In:
remained in Juarez.
Alarmed by the report that othu‘
Villa followers might be sought bytho
American authorities for connection
with the alleged money theft, the via-
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search for Santiago S. Winfield. til" ‘5
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its to El Paso from Juarez of several . '
of the men connected with the flair
have decreased. Carranza omelet:
here say this money question was also
taken up at the conference in Torrents.
NEW BE‘DFORD, Miles. July 7:-
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obtaining the release of Juan De Ve-
lascoa, wealthy Mexican cotton man—
ufacturer, who is reported to”be held.
:win and members of his staff will
spend two days at the state military Warburg of New York today formallyims knowledge of a . ,
. . possible plot to . stated at the hos ital last night, and
camp at Nlantlc next Week, going requested President Wilson to With'jmake us e of explosives in “'O'tcmsm‘lsuiterlng from pconcussion of the seesawa. chute and dressing room en-
tllere Wednesday afternoon. They,draw his nomination to be mom-[Coumy’ either at the estate of John D.‘ closures, are all completed and in
will sleep under canvas.
WASHINGTON,
ber of the Federal Reserve
July 7.—Paul M. i
‘3"!de the police. struck and seriously hurt by an au-.
.9 to 12 a. m. and 2:30 to 5:30 p m.
lorder that he may be uestioned as to I ‘ , v ar
‘1 tomobile. He is unconscious, it was The equipment planned tor—swings, l. 0. 0. F., has held at the regul
weekly meeting held last night, There
was a large number of the members
on hand to witness to work. A no
Ibrain.
cial time followed the adjournment of
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'Rockefeller or in the Tarrytown court working order. Thanks ‘0 M" Tetlou S
for ransom by a band of Zapatlstas,
was invoked today by John E. Fur~
hand, of this city, the United Sunni"?
representative of the Velascoa factor.
ies. Furnand in a message to Secre-
tary Bryan. said that Veiascoa was
‘imeohanical ability, much of this work
3has been done by him personally, as-
sisted by older boys. Let it be said
right here that the boys from the first
have shown a great eagerness to be of
use. Mr. Tetlow. the committee, and
all others who are observing the work,
are pleased with the zine, manly spir-
it showh by the little fellows without
exception. . ‘ ,_
The advisory board of the play
ground committee, composed of men
aiding the movement. met and elected
officers, Wednesday evening, as fol-Imfd.
lows; Chairman, Reverend John Sta-I Left
threatened with torture unless a ran-
som of one million pesos was paid.
\VASHINGTOX, July 7.—¥The out-r
come of the parleys at Torreom.
where' envoys of Carranza and VIII! 'le'".
discussed causes that led to the our .
trangement between the constitutlol- _j
Bight 511913011” to the Noble Grand alist chiefsr was awaited here today. :1.
“LINEN-8 Fenniman. iWhile news from Torreon declared
Left Supporter to the Noble Grand the results of the meeting would in
—George Aiken. ,‘jentirely satisfactory to the constink
Right Scene Supporter—Harold Bal- tionalist cause," yet reports frm'
other sources asserting that the con-y
Scene Supporter—Clarence ference was in deadlock caused some,
'Maior Shuttleworth, U. S. A., detail-gbOETd- The president WI“ (10 5° t°‘ where Caron, Berg and others were pic. moN RATES 700 HIGH.
ed for the c. A. G. encampment, went-day. |to have been tried today in connec-i
to Niantic this afternoon to remain tion with their anti Rockefell I I
. - er dent-.inggrstatc Commerce Commission Qr-I
untl tI . ' I
W1 :9 0]: tlcioseuaonerggterld. d'Major‘sENdagnfggzlzggTzi'loTEfizs AS onstratlons.‘ There is no warrant out. dera That They Ba Rgvlled.
meilt' and Ill: force willng :3: . ‘ for Murphy's arrest. . WASHINGTON' July 7““! the so-
, . ' "" . IMurphy was identified today as aP"called Birmingham pig iron case the
Wed es . l - '
in“: 1018:1183; chinoisupratcticauy Mil-ego HI: TIOTObI°°:'°:T:t“‘:"“parentiy the same man who tried toginierstate commerce commission to‘
9 ie roops. ‘:A38;::0;0N. ":11 ° 7 OS t ,force his way into Mayor MitChell'stday held that the existing rates on
_ * Y .' . u y .- 8113 01‘ , office a few days after an attempt was 131 iron from the Birmingham district.
POMZTégomlg-fizgfll-LIAMS DENIES McLean having indicated that he didtmade on the mayor‘s life in April. He;togLouIS\'ille.' st Louis, ChiCago and
, ‘y . GOLD MINE. not oppose John F. 'Penders for Post-i wanted to complain.that a magistrate ; Bogton by rnil and water were \inrea-V
WASHINGTON, rJuly 7.—Com‘ptroll-;maoter at Merlden, the senate todaYEhad fined him unjustly for speeking‘soname, .\‘0 change was ordered on
fr liltil‘liiams,1 beforefla Senate commit-monilrmed Pender's nomination. The puhhcly without a permit. He did not ; proportional rates to Ohio River cross-
ee 0 ay, nvestigating'charges Of understanding is that Postmaster get as far as the mayor’s privateégngs, but it was ordered that they
the meeting.
The appointive emcee were filled
and the appointees installed. They
are as follows:
Warden—Cyrus W. Gray. Jr.
Conductor—William J. Wood. Jr.
Chaplain—«Richard Nesbit.
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$2222: 2: zizgzléette‘: heads for pro-{Dryhtirst will be permitted to serve ‘ room. Ibe revised 50 as not to throw all the pleton: vice-chairman, Wilbur F. London. uneasiness.
l are on gold mining his full term expiring August 1-: The police scouted the claim of ‘reductious on the southern lines. Ex? Smith. . ‘ Right supporter to the Vice (gt-stud| The crux in the Ton-eon situation, ’
it appeared, is based on dispstes‘ over a
the personnel of the “advisory
project, reiterated his previous state-iGeorge M..Blekeslee has declination-Jugs Louise Berger. The board also discussed the pun—Charles “new.
. ‘ ment that he had no interest whatever”
in the property, and denied that he
ever arranged a conference between‘
the promoter and the prospective buy-'
ers.
pointment as postmaster at North
Haven for which‘he was recommend-
ed recently by Representative Reilly.
Today Mr. Reilly urged that Walter
H. Bishop be nominated for this 01-
fice. Both men are farmers. It is
V Hansen's half 15mg rail and water rates to interior
,slster‘, that Hansen, Berg and Carongh’ew England were pronounced un-I
{were killed by a bomb sent them by;reaaonalllc. and reasonable rates to with Mr. Tetlow, play ground director. w
ienemies. IPortlmld- Maine; Springfield. Mass, land expressed confidence in the plans
I -' Iand Lowell. Mass, 'were prescribed outlined by the latter.
: EMPRvEs OF IRELAND INQUIRY. with reduction to interior New Eng- This present week it is planned to
. MONTREAL, July 7.-—The judg. land points lay out the baseball diamond. level the IS as (CHOW? "I“
illiam Northrop.
lnslde Guardian—Howard Worden.
Outside Guardian—Herbert Brown.
gram of work for the coming weekI Left Supporter 10 the Vice Grand—-
The personnel of the committees
estigatlng commit-
,boards" surrounding both Cari-am
and Villa. Each side, it was said, was
demanding the elimination of certain
counsellors of the other.
FOURTH AUTOMOBILE VICTIM
, DEAD.
eonnsrown, Penn, July 7.—iMrs.
James Topley. the fourth victim of
stated Mr. ‘Blakeslee was unable to
give the necessary time to the Post-
ofilce.
‘mentof the commission which lnquir-I
ed into the wreck of the Empress of; pR|EsT HA3 AfiM BROKEN.
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lot and organize baseball teams. Mr.
Tetlow will also organize a life saving
-lreland will be delivered on Saturdayi NEW HAVEN, July 7.—Rev_ Jere. corps. composed of twelve older boys,
tee: Charles W. Kellogg. N. W. Bene-
Idlct; Revision'committee; Harry A.
‘Smith. Joseph Malkin, William
Allrens; Paraphernalia committee: Cy-
atlons were under way for eventual- g
tiles in Mexico city were contained
in reported statements of John R.
Stillman, former American vice con—
lndlcatlons that preliminary prepar-l ‘
morning, acoordtnl to ”MOB! roceivedmhh Curiln. pastor of St. Lawrence’s six of whom will always be on duty
In“, from QWM Church. West Haven. visited at. in-Idurlnz bathing hours. The float has No W. Gray. Jr" Herbert Brown. 1". out at Saltilio, bow on his way frame-1
“F‘— pbael's Hospital today. Afew mlnutea,been tarred and will be put out In the W. Benedict; Delinquent Com “"91 Washington to Carranza's heldqmb
“water. The need fora boat huariaen. lrving H. Reed. Wilbur F- .81!” ‘V‘iors. ’Sllliman was quoted as having
IEven an old one worth fixing up would P. D- Slmfll'd- said that he would plead with com
to very acceptable. but would be nationalist leaders for the life at ,
Huerta. it the dictator were captured '-
locked In the dressing room ucioo'
the automobile accident on the Lin.
coin highway near Toyeetown last
Sunday, died In the hospital here to
‘iday, John J. 'Hildinger. whose wirg
mccumbed to her injurlca ”mu.
was reported in a dying condition In
,EIGHT FIBHERMEN ADRIFT.
nonhuman, July ' 7.-—T|Io . ,
Maritime Exchange in this cly wan SIALOHIPT OYSTER SAL! CON- “1..- he left as a caller he returnodu
today muesli by. on: ammo Fish , Hanan. 3. patient, having iii-circa his arm while
Company. of Ansell“ N. J., that, Judge lot-tea in United States Dis- “mung ills automobile. which It, had
eight man an adrift In a dell poaad'trict Court. Eastern bu calmed kn main; outside.
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