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Stemiord Woman Must Disperse
Clouds of Suspicion or Stand
Trial ior Murder
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Father Furnishes New Bond oi
$5,000—Dummy Flung Down
Stairs to Test Souud
STAMFORD, July 21.—Unless ‘Mrs.
Jiclen M. Angle, personally, or through
her counsel,
F1ida1'.of certain points on which Cor.
oner John J Phelan desires informa-'
tion in connection with his ln1estiga
tion of the death of Waldo R. Ballou.
and \tllIi 11 the coroner said seemed
to connect Mrs Angle with the death,
he will make a finding and turn the'
matter 01 er to the prosecuting author-'
ities of the state for action.
Must Explain Blood Stains.
This definite statement was made by
Coroner Phelan to counsel for Mrs
'Ani; Is as he concluded his inquest on
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Charge of Dynamite Goes oil
' Premeturely at Cuca-
rache Slide
I' PANAMA. July 21.-—'rhe premature
explosion of a 4,800 pound dynamite
charge at Cucaracha slide yesterdny'
killed the workmen, four of them
iwhite. severely injured one white man
and seventeen negroes.
i The 11 orkmen were aboard the drillI
barge Teredo, which was wrecked and
sank in the channel The men had‘
{just completed charging the last of
“eight drill holes with 600 pounds of
plosion occurred The charge was to
have removed the last stone in the is expected that one will‘ be forthcom pany and Its pTOGUCInZ companj 19‘
"channel cut.
The white men killed were: David
K9” captain Of the barge 0f Am— walk less than a year ago and it wasI
herstburg, Ont; Charles Beckett,
Iil’arkersburg, Md; J. F. Smith,
, Philadelphia, and J. H. Jones.
Elonghton, Mich. Michael Koenig,
Maryland. was severely injured.
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State Board of Charities Con-
ducts Investigation on Bequest
of Directors of lostltuiloa
Mrs. Harriet J. Dodge of Hartford,
president of the board of directors of
the Women's Relief Corps home in
Cromwell, will soon call a meeting of
the board of directors of the home, at
which the report of the state board of
charities on its investigation of certain
complaints concerning alleged abuse
of inmates will be rQCeived. Mrs.
Dodge said today that some time ago
she began receiving communications
from C. C. Adams. a resident of Crom-
well, in which he complained that in-
mates of the home were being abused
and were not receiving proper treat-
ment from Joseph C. Saunders, the
superintendent, or his assistants. As
the home is partially supported by the
state and partially by funds contribut-
ed by the relief corps of Connecticut,
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unionist
Citations Also Astra Court to
Dust it From That Slate and
License Cancelled
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Officers of CompaniorConcorn-
ed Deny the Accusations
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Mrs. Dodge said she decided to hem
Mr. Adam's complaints investigated
for the protection of the home.
makes explanation by .
of
Secretary Charles Kellogg of the
report to the board Mrs Dodge ls
i'expettlng t0'retei1'e a copy of the
report soon, and upon Its receipt she
will immediately call a meeting ofI
‘the directors of the home. Dr. Ed
'win A. Down. president of the board
of charities, said toda1 that Secretary
Kellogg s report had been made to the
hoard, and that' the complaints were
of little importance. Mrs. Dodge ac-
Icnsed Mr. Adams of being unduly ac-
five,
The home is for members of the
11'omans relief corp of Connecticut
and their husbands. Secretary Kellogg
has written to Mr Adams returning to
him certain evidlnce which Mr. A'dsms
, presented to char out his contention of
abuse of the inmates.
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The officials of the H. Jacobs chons
Company, of New
hers of shoes. having a branch factory
Iin the Bishop's mills, First district,
are considering the advisability of
moving the .‘orwalk branch to Bridge '
port. it was learned from an authori- ,
tative source today. While nothing of
In definite character as to the position
:the company’ a officials will take lnthe.
matter has so far been ascertained, lt‘
'is understood that a very favorable
proposition has been offered as an in
ducement to relocate the factory in
that city and it is not thought unlikely,
[50 per cent dynamite when the ex- that the change may come about
No
decision has been reached yet, but it
Iing in a short time.
The shoe manufactory came to Nor-
largely through the Norwalk ChamberI
of Commerce that Norualk was select-
ed as the city to locate in. The con-
cern has prospered and now has on its
Ipayroll over 100 employes. If a deci-
state board of charities has made his.
ork, manufacturr
ATOKA, Olka.. July2 i.~—Proceed-
tings asking that the Texas Company.‘
Ian oil pipe line and purchasing cor-
poration, and the :Produt‘ers' Oil Com-
pany and the Central Petroleum Com-
pany, producers of crude petroleum.
be ousted from Oklahoma, were insti-
tuted in district court here yesterday.
'The petition charges the Texas Com-
pony as the parent corporation and
the producing companies as subsid
iaries 1lolste the state anti trust laws
in their alleged combination. Counsel
for the Texas Company, contested the
Jurisdiction of the district court. Ten
days were allowed for filing briefs.
I The state's petition asks that the
license to do business in Oklahoma or
the accused compsnles be cancelled
their property in the stats forfeited
and lines aggregating “00, 000. coon be
mposod.
NEW YORK. July 21. ~TheI legal
department of the Texas Company to
day issued this statement regarding
the anti-trust suit filed at Atoka, Okla,
“There has been on consolidation of
competing companies or combination
iin restraint of trade. The Texas Com
tpany itself is not in the business of
producing oil, but is a purChsser.
transporter,
drills and produces. it would not vio-
late any anti-trust statute for the
Texas to own the Producers‘ outright.
The two are not competitors and nev-
er were. They are in different branch.
es of the business, the one supple?
menting the other.
“As far as the relations of the
Texas Company and Central Petrol-
eum Company are concerned it is con.
sidered sufficient to say that these re-
sulted from a compromise of a law
suit in the federalcourt The total
production of Central Petroleum Com-
less than 1 1-2 per cent. of the produc
“tion of Oklahoma ”
PRIEST SAVES WOMAN FROM
SUICIDE. ’
HARTFORD. July 21.——A female pa-
tient of the Hartford Retreat for in;
sane, jumped from a carriage into
"The “’0 men Who wereucharging "‘e' siou to move to the Park City is made Goodwin pal-k pond 1esterday after
hole escaped without injury.
thought that several of the injured
progress will die. '
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HARTFORD, July 21 .—Seven peti.'
, tions at the Connecticut Company for
. trolley-1 work Lin various towns and
cities were heard by the Public Util
”dues Commission at the Capitol today
There was objection offered in only
one and appeal from the common
council of Not-walk in refusing to ac-
cept a plan to extend a turnout near
Bowayton
General Manager Potter, ofjhe Con.
Inacticut Company, said the turnout
pm desired go that more cars could
pass at that point
w. I. Tammany, corporation coun-
‘oal of Norwalk. said the cltl‘aobjao
many ways. A majority of the em-
Iployes of the factory are local people,
and a removal of the concern 'would
Ielther mean loss of employment to
Ithem, or, if they followed the factory
Ito Bridgeport, a decrease in the town' 5
population would result.
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AUTO VIOLATORS lN. HARTFORD
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HARTFORD, July. 21.-—Nearly.
twenty five additional automobile or.I
dlnancs violators were in police court
yesterday in' pursuance of the crusade
inaugurated some days ago. Some
were chargai With overstaying the
time limit in the restricted district,
and others with carrying dazzling
headlights within the city limits. Most
of them were fined 82 each Fred
Connor, chaudeur for Winchell Smith.
the playwright, informed the court
that-ho dxpsctod to be married in New
York today, and timed to be lot on
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stop was that it would seriously ‘Ih Judge Charla soaps-lad his lino as
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It ‘5 it will be a severe loss to Nor-walk in noon, and while a policeman who saw
the act ran to a pavilion some dis
lance away to get a rope, the Rev.
John J Downey. pastor of St.
Michaels Church, who was playing
golf nearby, threw off his coat. plung-
ed in, and saved the woman’ a life. The
[woman resisted the priest and scratch-
ed his face. '1 He also lost his specta.
cles. At the retreat the woman's
name was withheld. It is believed
she acted with suicidal intent, ’
.RECEIVE‘R‘ FOR FAIRFIELD CON-
TRACTORS.
' NEW HAVEN, July 21.—-—Elliott W.
Peck, of Stratford, was appointed by
Judge William in the Superior court,
receiver for: the -Forsytho Company, ,
builders, of ‘Fairilold, today. The as-
sets are said ”to be $10,000 and the
liabilities the same. The receiver was
asked for by H. Williams. vice-presi-
dent of the comma! Who wished
that the boots were in a muddled con-
dition. 111a resolver. who furnished:
llodlofledItonflyontbsbns-
refiner and marketer.‘
Producers' Oil Company takes leases.‘
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Hm” silica Anne
The Ford authobilo owned by Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Webb and Miss Anna
Dauchcy. of m Norwalk. was com-
pletely burned to. last night, on the
turnpike, between Woodmont and Mil-
ford. The thus above mentioned, with
bliss Edwina Cassius. of Taylor ave
nus. made a trip to New Haven, early
in the evening. is: the purpose of wit-
nessing the decorations for tho Eag-
les' convention. seeing the fireworks.
and calling on firs. Bradley, a sister
of Mrs. Webb and Miss Dauchey.
On ther eturn trip they left New
Haven shortly before midnight, and
had nearly reached Milford,
alighted, and had proceeded but a
short distance from the car when the
gasolene tank exploded. Fortunately
no one was injured. Two other auto
mobile parties crime along, but they
Lcould be of no assistance in saving the
:car, and there was nothing to do but
watch it being speedily consumed. The
car was insured.
An auto delivery car com 11de the
Norwaik party to the New Haven de
pot and they took an early morning
train for home. arri1ing here about 3|
Io'c.iock
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sr. ParansmrsoI'Juiy 21.-Sar-
- ious strike disturbances broke out to-
day iu St. Petersburg, one hundred
thousand workers having laid down
their tools as a protest against the
drastic measures of the authorities at
Baku and elsewhere against demon
strafing strikers. The cossacifs In the
capital were mobilised In tho Viborg
quarter. to disperse the strikers, who
indulged in much stone throwing and
also tired some revolver shots. The
troops succeeded In clearing the
streets without resort to bullets, fir-
ing a couple of rounds of blank car-
tridges. Several of the strikers were
hurt during the disorder.
Later in the morning the strikers
made a raid on the street cars, driv-
ing out their occupants and overturn-
ing the vehicles. The strikers ap-
peared to be in an ugly mood. dis—
regarding the summonses of the po-
lice to disperse
CONNECTICUT AT
PYTHIAN ENCAMPMENT
Several Cities Represented at lndlana
I Gathering.
I A good sized delegation from Con-
Inecticut is attending the biennial en-
campment and golden jubilee celebra-
tion of the Knights of Pythias being
held at Terre Haute, lnd., this week.
Although Hartford sent onlyasmall
number of members of the order,bierl-
den, New Haven, iWaterbuu and
Bridgeport are well represented at the
gathering. Brigadier-General George R.
Tryon,-chlef officer of the order in this
State. took with him from Merldeu
twelve officers of his stdff. Colonel
Louis E. Jacobs, of the First Regiment
left New Haven last week with five:
members of his staff, and Colonel
George E. Pettijlne. of the Second
Regiment and staff of four went from
,Waterbury. The program‘includes a
historical excursion for women and a
military bath on the asphalt of a main
thoroughfare. and any of the wives
and friends of the Co necticut officers
are now enjoying the celebration.
‘ SUMMER RESIDENT MlBSING.
BRIDGEPORT, July 21.——The police
of this city and of New York have
been asked to iind Dr, Roland
Knowles. of New York. a summer resi-
dent of Folrileld Beach. who left New
York Eiiurdsy at 6 or p. 111., and has
not been seen since. His wife and
daughter, at Bomb Mortar: Cottage.
heal. Aaotb‘orbsarinstsrmofmud Beach. known! scrum
ymmmmum'sM-mumu moysysunouidmsrnoazt
[mammoth
A.
and
Iiaar aeolian or tool but
when1
there was a peculiar noise and the'
machine suddenly burst into flames:
IThe members of the party hastily'
sour-11 spawns. cats. reason. JULY 21. 1914
Generaihy fair tonight and Wednesday.
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TWO'CENTS
WIIBH IIII
IIIINAKI. WIIII
IS IN A CHI
Alleged Slayer of Two Comrades
Who Sank Dtt Pontield is Ile-
meved to County Jail
IIiEIflI CiIItII. "IIIIKIII"
BECAUSE 0f HIS SIIEIIBI
Neither of Bodies Has Yet Been:of We miles
Recovered
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Louis Kanakl, held for the murder
of Steven .Wargo and Paul Aurllch,
who were drowned Sunday mornin'.
near the Peniieid reef light, was re- 5““ 0’ “ammo“-
Fairfield shown in the decorations and the par ‘paratc the New York New Haven and.
e hrs 11ers transformed into a bower Hartford Railroad Company from it.
moved yesterday from
to the county jail. in the meantim
search is being
Deputy Sheriff H. R. Elwood
Fairfleld.
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prosecuted by of palms and flowers.
0, ed and a sumptuous
for four fishermen who ser1ed. After recei1ing the congratu-
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Miss-Bessie Louise Crotutt Bo-
comss the Bride of Arthur
Lawrence Frost
Miss Bessie Louise Crofutt, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Willis S. Crofutt.
and Arthur Lawrence Frost, were mar-
ried at the home of the bride's par-
ents. 464 Edgewood avenue, New Ha;
ven. yesterday afternoonat 5 o'Clock.
Only immediate relatives were in at-
tendance. The officiating Clergyman
was Rev. Harvey B. Munson, pastor of
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church.
The bridywas handsomely gownod in
white net with tunic of French 9111‘
broidered chiffon and carried a show-
er banquet of bride roses and lillies
The maid of honor was
Miss Agnes Lee Golden of South .\or
walk. She was attired in a gown of
cream embroidered batiste, carrying a.
bouquet of lavender sweet peas.
best man was James Edmund Croi'utt.
brother of the bride.
the florist 11 as
Winslow cater
collation was
were not far from the scene of the lations of their relatives. Mr. and Mrs.
drowning and who are said to have Frost left for a sojourn in the Berk-
11'ltnessed the whole Incident of the 5111753
The was blue serge with black and'white
alleged heating by Kanaki.
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IWAKEFIELD "Milli
'pink sweet peas.
'to New Haven. they will reside
Mrs. Frost‘s traveling suit
corsage. She carried a bouquet of
Upon their return
372 Norton street-
Among the guests were Mr and
u" DUTY “MI Mrs. J. .11 Frost, of Muskegonir Mich
{ xsw usvusr,.1uuai.~'rhe trial of But“. 01 Chicago. “L:
charged Golden. Mrs. George R. \anAlstyne.‘
with murder of her husband was re» MI“ 53”“! A Baker, Mrs. Stlsan G. '
today_Holn1es,. Miss Ray Fielding, Edmund
Mrs. Bessie W akefield.
sumed in the Superior Court
pare ents of the bridegroom:
Mrs. TJames
John l. Hubbell, of Ansonla the juror E- CTO‘Wv George B. Haney, George
who was taken ill on Friday, has In “ 8rd VanAlstyne. of South Norwalk,
his seat.
Judge Joel Reed expressed and Dr WilliigH Crows, of New Ha-
his pleasure at the appearance of Mr 1'.eu
Hubbell. and also the hope that there
would be no untoward incident to in-
terrupt the trial, \lrs Wakefield was
dressed in black today and wore
hat with a veil drawn across it, the
veil. however. being lifted from her
face. Mr. and Mrs. Webster. parents
of the defendant. had preceeded her
to court, and when Mrs. Wakefield ap-
‘peared, she heartily kissed both, they
having been given seats inside the
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rail, and to the right of the table used Newark Internationals Agreenio
by the attorneys
Mr. Devine, of co:_:sel for Mrs.
Wakefield, was asked if he purposed
to put Mrs. Wakefield on the stand in
her own defense, and he replied that
' he had not determ'ned his course on
this point.
would hate her testify
Buy ' Nashville's Insrest
in [Kraft
NEW Y,ORK July 21 —-There will be
He thought 9°"!ny he no strike of baseball players in the
two major leagues. The Kraft C33; ,
M" Holmes the court stenographer, basis for a strike order, issued yester-
bv direction of Judge Reed, read ques- day. b1 the Baseball Players “um
lions and answers in Mrs. George Gil-
nity. was settled today by the Newark
"file's testimony covering the last lnternaticnam agreeing to buy Nash-
few minutes of the trial Friday, in or
der that the course of the evidenCe
ville‘s interest in Kraft
PHILADELPHIA, July 21 .—Beiija
might be taken “0 Within" a“? break min 1". Shibe and Connie Mack, cr 1.. .
State's Attornev Ailing had \lrs Gil
Philadelphia Athletics. left for .\c11
lette resume her story from the point York, today to attend the meeting of
she 19“ It 0“ Fridav and 11lthout 01’ the American Leagiié at which
jection from the defence he offered threatened strike of the plalfil‘s
a copy of the Waterbury American of be the principal
in .
Wile
matter considered.
June 30. COmBlnInB a 1‘90““ 0" and They were noncommittal us to the
ing of the body of an "unknown man"
in the Cheshire woods, and under cir-
probable outcome of the meeting. Beth
on... he: were not iamiliar nth the
cumstances which pointed to the death details of the differen'é'es between ill"
having been caused by foul play.
HEARING ON THE ROWAYTON
sw1'rc11.
Corporation Council William F. Tam “on of going out cn strike
fraternity and the major leagues.
So far as could be learned the Clea»;-
land players who will open a series
here tcda1,-.1re not a unit came on. :-
All 0:
many is in Hartford this afternoon. them are not members L: the 1,3,“,
representipg the City of Norwalk at nity,‘
the hearing before the Public Utilities
Commission in the matter of the ex- TORRINGTON EAGLES
The
the
tensidn of the ROu'ayton switch.
Council refused the petition of
CAPTURE FIRST PRIZE
Connecticut Company for this change Excel Other Degree Teams as New
and the hearing is on the appeal from
the decision of the city fathers.
England Field Day in New Haven.
NEW HAVEN, July 21. —~The Tor
ringtcn As '-io tEagies took first prlzd
POLITICIANS TD DINE AT ROTON for the best (killed (Egret: tea in at the
invitations have been sent out. by New 'England field day fc.
A. C. \1‘ healer to the chairmen of the which was he‘d in t‘. 1.
Republican town committees. and the any. The team received 3.
of the Republican State of 97, which is‘ considered X‘ZIIZJTEX') 1'
from l'aii‘dotd high. Second prise went to Lawns. 1-
members
Central committee.
Eagles
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,. .21.: stage
County. for a nidgurnmer outing and Mass. and third 1:: fittest... .‘
shore dinner. to ba hold at ' Rotors
Point. Saturday, August. 1st.
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Acflen Maybe Filed In N. Y“
Court This Week
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WASHINGTON, July 21.—Ait0rn8y.
General McReynolds had ready for
'prescntation today to President Wil-
son and the Cabinet his plans for ill-
Iing the Government ci1i1 suit to so-
subsidiaries in the United States DI.»
trict court in New York within the
next few days. The attorney general.
had prepared for the president and his
advisors a detailed explanation of the
course pursued by the Department 0!
Justice in its protracted negotiations
with the New Haven road to settle the .,
case out of court.
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Two ArrdstsINade‘ In Branchviila 1'»
' for Violation of Auto Laws
c. 1. 1.
' According to local autemobilnsta
who went through Brancherllle Satur-
day and Sunda1'_as many as fifteen
automobiles were held up on the road
cut of Brancheville Saturday and Sum 1‘
day for alleged violation of the auto ', '
laws, and the Biancheville constables
fired shots at some who sped by and ,
refused to stop in response to the war- , I
plug of the officers.
As a result of the work of the of-
ficers by the Branchvllle constables .
1esterda1 and Saturday Heywood Y.
,Billings of Fort Road Block Island.:
P. l . apeaxed before Justice Valden in."
Ridgeiield yesterday morning and was
fined $1 and costs for operating hi-
automobile with the lights out. Wile . ,
ham '1‘. Wilson of 67 East Elm street.
Greenwich, was before Justice Valdem
r11 the same charge but his case wasw
continued until today for trial.
Just outside the Branchvllle. station
on the Georgetown road. Constables
Rosizwell Dingee and William Preuss
and Deputy Sheriff F. S. Bates had
set an automobile trap consisting of
red lights. spaced five hundred feet
apart. At cne of the lights Bates and
Preuss were stationed and at another
Constable Diitgee. In order to test out
the plan, Dates and Pl'euss got into
an nucmobile and ran down the road‘
towards Constable Dingee. Not recog-"
.nl zing his assoc. ‘ates Constable Din-
gee relied itr them to stop and when '
they til 11 not do so he fired several
shots in their dire: tion
' According to reports of local auto;
mr billets, h011'e",.er the constables did
nt use the trap Vto catch speedfii’g’ ans
wists, after the incident told c~,f but: ,
(cn? fined ti eir work watching for can ‘
wit-n wie e running 111th mufflers open.
or with lights pls ed to far away from
the numbeis to make the figures clear- 7’.
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.‘.'.cut fifteen tars werI'e stopped (or ;
these reasons. and after a warning
here allowed to proceed. Messrs. Bill.
lugs and Wilson, who were alleged to
have been running without lights were , '.
placed under arrest. "
A n: :accr of the (lri are who passed
thrs'dgl; iTJIKh ills to used to heed
the hunting cf the offltels' to stop. ‘ I
".2 (issuing their r239 vars the '03- >
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