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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-11-20
WARDEN -BURGESSES
West Haven Officials Dine and
Discuss Business of
Borough,

The warden and burgesses of West
Haven held O feast at Hotel Time,
Savin Rock, last evening The affair
was given by Warden James D. Mer-
win. Only the host and board Of bur-
gesses, George w, Adams, Charles E.
Anderson, Henry A. L. Hall, Louis
B. Warner, Clarence e. Thompson
jr., and Secretary Clifford q. Smith
were present.
After dinner speeches were made by
each one of the party and all spoke on
the condition of the borough affairs. A
pretty good review of the work which
the board has done was brought out.
When the board went into office the
borough had debt of $4,000 and $4,000
in the treasury. AT the close of busi-
ness on November 10 all the bills for
the past year were paid The $1,5OO
note held by the Henry Coe estate has
also been paid
The current expenses Of the year hat
amounted to 1900 and had all beer
met. Many additions had been made
to fire department. The roads, side
walks and GROSS walks were never il
such good condition before. There II
row a small surplus in the treasury
All declare that Warden Mervin's ad
ministration had been biSinesslike ant
economical. 1t is the only administra
ton that can boast Of reducing the
borough debt 81 800.
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Mr.. CARROLL AGAIN
Committee of Aldermen to- See
Why Donovan Won't De-
liver Books.

At the special meeting Of the board
of aldermen last night Alderman Null
vey offered a resolution, which was
adopted, to the effect that the board
grant the request of Anthony Carroll
to appoint a committee to ascertain
why Captain jeremiah Donovan, the
clerk of the civil service commission,
does not surrender to him books con-
tanning the names of persons who have
passed the examinations of the board
from 1898 to the present time.
President John O. Johnson appoint
ed Aldermen Loos, Mulyey, Healey,
Davis and Dickerman as the commit
tee to handle the probe.
Last week Carroll wanted to see the
books, but he was given to understand
that he could not do so. Mr.. Carroll
says he has the right to see the books
which he wants to use in his flght
against the commission.
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SECURING SPEAKERS
Bryan Committee Trying to
Get Augustus Thomas
and Higgins.
TICKETS GOING FAST
Distinguished Playwright and
Governor Elect of Rhode
Island Asked.
TICKETS GOING FAST

The committee which has in
charge the preparations for the din
ner which is to be given to the Hon.
William Jennings Bryan on the night
Of November 20 when he visits here
for the dedication Of the new Bennett
memorial fountain on the green, held
a session last evening in the Tontine
at which reports were made on the
progress for the event. Three hun
dred tickets have been issued and the
report shows that these are being
taken up at a lively rate No more
will be issued, and it looks at present
as if those who do not get in their
applications early would get left out.
The out of town speakers for the
occasion have not yet been definitely
determined, but two have been cor
responded with, and il, is expected
that they will accept, in which case
no others will be secured from out
Of this city, These are Governor
elect Higgins of Rhode Island and
Augustus Thomas, the playwright, OF
New York city.
1t is expected that the toastmaster
will be Mayor-elect Martin, of this
city but none of the arrangements
as to the local speakers or the fna
details of the banquet have yet beer
made.
A subcommittee consisting of Johr
E. Doughan and Alexander Troup
has been named, which is to see the
mayor and urge upon him the erec'
ton of a stand for the speakers or
the green and the securing of a banC
for the occasion Of the monumen
dedication.
The board of aldermen at the meet
ing held last evening appointed thu
following committee to represent thu
city in the dedication of the Bennett
memorial fountain, Curtiss, Dicker
man, Collins and Allen.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-11-20
HITCHCOCK SILENT
Refuses to Answer as a Wit.
ness in Chanler- Hearst
Libel Suit.

New York, Nov. 19,-Raymond Hitch
cock, the actor, refused to-day to ans
wer questions put to him as a witness
in the action for criminal libel
brought by former Congressman VIII
liam Astor Chanler against William R,
Hearst. Hitchcock based his refusal
upon his constitutional rights in that,
as he was himself under indictment, he
could not be compelled to make ans
wers which might tend to incriminate
and degrade him. The witness was
sustained by the court and an ad-
journment until tomorrow taken, as
the defense was not prepared to cal
other witnesses to-day.
Hitchcock is under indictments grow
ing out of charges made by young
girls, and the libel alleged by Mr..
Chanler associated the complainant
with Hitchcock in the society of these
girls
The defense to-day asked Hitchcock
whether Mr.. Chanler was present at
the actors Great Neck, L. /. home on
certain Sunday in the latter part OF
1906, when two girls were guests al
the house.
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GRISWOLD IS TO
Be TAKEN HOME
Student Who Had His Neck
Broken to be Moved
from Infrmary
Friday.
CONDITION GIVES
HOPE OF RECOVERY
Takes Lively Interest in News,
and Has Pulled Through
Some Bad Stu
ations.

Charles D. Griswold, the Yale
freshman who broke his neck
by diving into the swimming
pool in the Yale gymnasium
early in the college year and who has
been in the Yale infrmary ever since
will eat his Thanksgiving dinner at
his home in Wethersfield with his FAM
lily according to the present plans Of
hin doctors.
The young man will be removed from
the infirmary Friday morning Griswold
has been slowly gaining in strength
and the chances of his ultimate recov-
cry from his almost fatal accident have
become encouraging so that it is now
( believed that it win be possible to re-
move him without taking serious chan,
ces on his condition. Dr. Willis H.
Grove, who has attended the young
man constantly during the entire per-
10 dof his fight for life will accompany
him to his home and will arrange the
plans for his removal.
An air filed mattress is to be used
which will be placed on litter so as
to remove as largely as possible all
danger from jolting and vibration. The
young man will be taken in car of
some express train or possibly on a
/ special car provided for the purpose
and after arrival at Hartford will be
carefully taken out to his, home in
Wethersfeld.
Griswold's mother has been with him
at the Inhrmary ever since the acci-
dent. He, has gradually rallied and
gained strength and to-day is in the
best condition he has been since the
accident. He is quite cheerful and
! takes great interest in events that are
going on in the world outside. He has
read to him the reports Of the athletic
games and other current college news
and takes great delight in knowing
what the men OF Yale are doing Il
is believed now that ultimately he will
recover although how long it will take
cannot be determined.
Griswold is able to be moved. now
resting some on his side. He has had
a couple of serious spells during tht
period of his fight when complications
set In which threatened serious results
About three weeks ago he had trouble
from the presence in his blood of urit
acid but that has now been overcom,
and his blood is in fine condition.
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SUITS FOR 100000
Filed in Connecticut Courts
Yesterday Against New
Haven Road.
LOCAL CASES $4,000
Actions Arise Over Cedar Hill
and Bethel Fatal Ac-
cidents.
LOCAL CASES $4,000

Suits aggregating total of 100000
were filed against the New Haven road
in this state yesterday. One-third OF
this amount was involved in those
which were filed in tf~ Superior court
in this city on ACCOUNT of the deaths OF
Dominica Dostano, Paulo Creseo, To-
masa Socco and Pietro Mangone, the
papers in which were served Monday.
The suits are result of an accident
that occurred about a year ago, No
vember 26, 1906, in the Cedar Hill
freight yards. The men who were
killed at that time and who are named
in the papers were employees and were
employed on cut construction The
men we're on a gravel train which
crashed into a passenger train.
The suits are brought by the admin
istrators of the estates Of the dead mer
in behalf of their surviving relatives
Andrew LaPorte is administrator of the
estate of Mangone, Peter Turella fol
Destano and John L. ellison Of the
other two estates.
The other $4,000 is involved in suits
which were filed With the Falrnelc
county Superior court in Bridgeport
Yesterday. They arise out of an ac.
cident which occurred at Bethel, neal
Danbury, June 2S last. A train crashed
into a surrey, killing two of the occu'
pants, injuring three others and kill
ing two horses.
Gertrude c. Roseverear asks for IS, ,OO'
for head bruises and nervous injuries
A. Cooke Seeley as administrator o
the estate of Mary e. Seeley want
$1,000 for her death.
Katherine Decker wants $4,000 TO
nervous shock and injuries.
George F. Decker wants $1,000 TO
the loss of companionship and services
of his wife, and as the administrato
of the estate of Howard s. Hoyt, h,
asks So 900 for the death of Mr.. Hoy
on July and the loss of the horse
and surrey valued at $500.
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BOARD FAILS TO
ACT ON SALARIES
Action is Deferred Until
Anothersp Meeting
Sci for Next Tues
day Night.
MINORITY REPORT
OPPOSING LIKELY
Mulvey Opposes All Raises,
While Devine Stands
Out for Increase
of Fancher.

The special meeting of the alder
manic board last night was to settle
the vexatious question of increasing
the salaries of Chief of the Fire De-
partment Rufus R. Fancher, Building
Inspector Joseph e. Austin and City
Engineer Cassius w Kelly, but when
the matter came up on suggestion
of Alderman Henry H. Townshend
the head of the special committee to
which the proposition had been com
mitted for investigation, at a former
meeting of the board, that the report
Of the committee be finally acted upon
so that it could come within the juris-
diction of the board of finance right
away, there was an objection on the
part Of the minority members of the
committee, Aldermen Joseph H. Mul-
vey and James j. Devine, the city
clerk-elect.
MuNey was opposed to any raises
at all and Devine favored an increase
of the salary Of Chief Fancher from
$2,5OO to $4,000 per annum. The
board decided after a discussion last.
ing half an hour, that the matter
had better be deferred until mex
Tuesday night, when, at a specia
meeting unanimous consent will bt
probably asked and the question dis
posed of so that 1t may be taken III
by the finance board, which Is nov
considering the estimates of the vari
GUS city departments as to the expen
ditures for the next year.
When the special committee, Al
dermen Berne A. Russell, Henry Fl
Townshend, David L, Davis, Joseph II
Mulvey and James ]. Devine, met las
week it arrived at no decision as t
the raises although at that time tn
committee seemed to think that tn
fire chief should be given what h
asked for.
Shortly before the meeting las
night the committee held another ses
sion
The arrangement understood whe
this committee meeting opened las
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-11-20
PROPOSED PURCHASE
Parties After Old Theological Institute
Property in Windsor.

Hartford. Nov. 1S.-Negotiations
are under way for the sale of the his
torical buildings and land, occupied
by the Theological Institute eof Con-
necticut at East Windsor Hill until
1866, when the institution moved to
this city and changed its name to the
Hartford Theological seminary The
property now belongs to Miss Nanny
Werner who is at present in Mantle
or New London.
Town Clerk Ralph M Grant said
to-day that Springfield parties were
desirous of getting title to the prop
erty and clergyman, whose name
he. did not recall, had been at his Of
flee recently searching the records
and looking up its title. The clerk
understood that the parties want II
for education purposes, and if the
deal is made, the buildings will be
thoroughly renovated for a place tc
educate boys of foreign birth. Wha
the name of the organization was
Mr.. Grant could not say.
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BALLOON TRIP
ENDS IN ORANGE
Leo Stevens and New York
Millionaire Drop in Peach
Orchard to Avoid
Sound.
SEVENTY MILES AN
HOUR AT 1000 FEET
Great Excitement Over Unusual
Occurrence Watson Wood
ruff Has Aeronauts
to Dinner.


Especial to the Journal and cer,,s,,
orange, Conn, Nov. 1s.-Intenye
excitement and interest was stirred up
in this town to-day by the dropping
of large balloon in what is known
throughout the town as Platt's peach
orchard. The balloon was very larre
one and contained two passen gers
The balloon passed over a large part
Of the town before it came down. tina
man who was guiding 1t apparently
seeking a suitable place to land and
large number Of people saw it hov-
ering in the air. So when the balloon
came down large throng quickly
gathered and watched with interest
the work of gathering up the big ap-
paratus
In the balloon were A. Leo Stevens.
one Of the leading aewnatus Of the
country, and leader in the Aneri-
can Aero society, and A.. H. Forbes, q
New York millionaire Of Fifth avenue.
The balloonists had narrow escape
from a serious spill as they came
down the balloon striking current Of
air just as it was reaching earth,
which caused it to rebound to the
height of about forty feet, and nearly
| tipped the occupants out. The ma
chine righted again all right and came
down without injury TO the passengers
or damage to the balloon.
The trip through the air is q truly
twentieth century incident Mr.. Stew
ems says that this excursion, for such
he regarded it, was his trip number
1899, and he has but one more to
make to complete his twentieth cen
tury. The trip was made as a pleas
ure trip for Mr.. Forbes. The latter Is
a great motor car enthusiast, and he
desired to be one of the first to take
j an alrship excursion, and to satisfy
l this desire Mr.. Stevens planned this
Il trip. They started about 1885 from
i Pittsfield, Mass, and originally plan
Y ned to end their journey in New York
4 city The car went up about 1000
feet at the start, and there, accord
ing to Mr.. Stevens statement, they
struck no air current They cir
cled about for nearly two hours with
out making more than five miles pro-
gress forward, finding the air balmy
!, and pleasant.
1 About 2 o'clock they struck an air
u current which started them off on
!, their way, and in an hour and half
they had come down over Waterbury.
This town they recognized, and after
taking brief glance at it passed over
circling into the Houastonic valley.
The next place they recognized was
, the long bridge over the river at Der
I. by. Mr.. Forbes had often covered
} that road in his auto car and was
the one to recognize this locality.
J This showed the aeronauts that
i they were nearing the sound, and as
/ they were then some 5000 feet in
the air and travelling at the remark
: able rate of nearly seventy miles an
/ hour 1t was decided that the trip to
New York would be too dangerous
to attempt for fear Of being swept
out to sea- They began to drop ball
0 last and descend. They passed over
Milford at much reduced altitude
{ and continuing to come down until
| -
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-11-20
CALCIUM LIGHT
NIGHT CELEBRATED
Sophomore Football Men
Nearly All Go to Delta
Kappa Epsi-
lon.
GERMAN COMMITTEE
TO PSI UPSILON
New Haven Boys, Russell S.
Fem and David I, Dag
gett, Make zeta
Psi.

Calcium light night was celebrated
on the campus last evening, and the
Junior fraternities took into member
ship the first twenty choices from the
sophomore class. The junior and sem
ior members of Alpha Delta Phi, Psi
Upsllon, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Ieta
Psi and Beta Theta Pi, formed, in the
order named, at the Miller memorial
gate, between Alumni hall and Durfee,
between the old library and Dwight
hall, between the Art school and Chit
tenden, and at Osborn hall, and on the
stroke of nine marched slowly across
the campus walks in their fraternal
gowns and carrying different colored
torches-green for Alpha Delta Phi
white for Psi Upsilon, red for Delta
Kappa Epsilon, blue for zeta Psi and
yellow for Beta Theta Pi At the END
of each procession a large calcium
light was borne on the shoulders Of
four sturdy porters.
The hooded fraternity men, solemn.
" chanting, made their way to The
rooms Of the elected men and for.
mally notified them that they had beer
taken into the chapters.
Nearly all the sophomore football
men went Delta Kappa Epsilon. Those
who went were Coy, Murphy, Cooney
Bingham and Brown. Philbin spill
from the rest of the squad and wen
Psi Upsilon. The sophomore german
committee went Psi Upsilon, as die
Robert Alphonso Taft, son of Secre
tary Taft
Beside J Edward H. Coy, two New
Haven boys made fraternties, both o
them, Russell Sargent Fem and DaviC
Lewis Daggett, going zeta Psi Fol
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TO ATTEND FUNERAL
Orange Congregationalists Going to
Services for Late Pastor Wright.

A large number of people from
Orange and New Haven will go to
Greenwich today to attend the funeral
of the late Rev Benjamin Meade
Wright, former pastor of the Orange
Congregational church. The funeral
will be held at the home of Rev. Mr.
Wrights brother-in-law, Augustus l.
Meade, at 2:S0 o'clock, and special
car will be attached to the train leav-
ing here at 1910 for those who wish to
attend the services. From Orange
there are about 50 going.
Sunday afternoon at 2:3O o'clock in
the Congregational church at Orange a
memorial service will be held at which
the Orange, West Haven, New Haven
and Milford Congregational clergymer
will take part. The offlciating clergy.
man will be Rev. Mr.. Squires of West
Haven.
Conveyances will meet New Haver
people at the Orange trolley station
Sunday afternoon and a cordial invita-
tion has been extended friends of the
late pastor to attend the memoria
services.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-11-20
RoCKEFELLER's DENIAL
Says He is Not Hoarding Government
Bonds.

New York, Nov. 1s.-John D. Rookie
feller is not boarding government
bonds, according to a statement issued
tonight by those who said that they
were authorized to speak for him. The
statement follows:
John D. Rockefeller authorizes the
following:
II am informed that there have ap-
|peared in several newspapers recently
reports that possess $1OO, 900 of
United States government bonds which
1 have refused to loan or sell for the
purpose of helping the situation or Of
banks.
Il do not own at the present time
nor have l owned at any time during
the recent crisis, any United States
government bonds whatever"
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NEWS SUMMARY.
GENERAL.

Rev. 7. F Wright Dead,
Prohibition for Alabama;
Barney Leaves All to Widow;
Georgia Bank Officers lndlcted.
False Report Causes Death
Ocean Rates Raised. y
Hitchcocks Trial Comes soon
Rockefeller Denies He Is Hoardlng'
Hartford Man Killed at Fishkill N. T.
STATE.
Balloon "trip Ends in Orange.
Harwintoh Tax Collector Fined.
Hospital Patient Disappears.
Death in Peculiar Form,
Man Probably Drowned at Braniora'
Brigade Staff Status: -
viii Purchase Theological institute
CIry.
Date Set for Wire Claims Hearing.
Noted Speakers for BRYAN dinner
Bankruptcy Against Mrs, carter
No Action on SALARY RAISE
Eagles Nominate officers,
Rev. Mr Kidd Asked to Remain.
Griswold Going Home for Thanksgiving
Gillette Going Home for Thanksgiving
Borough officials Dine.
sophomores Go to Junii9T Frets'
Memorial Service for flks.
Carroll Wants Records Produced Now
Suits for $4,000 Against n. H. Road.
SPORTS.
New Haven Poloists Defeated.
Rosemorc Wins Easily.
License for Empire City Races.
| Local Bowlers Dlned Twice:
Hardy Hits 1906 without Miss.
| High School Plays in Ansonia Today
| Light rractlc. for Yale Men
Polo and Bowling League Results.
EVENTS TODAY.
! West Haven Poultry Show
4 Mrs. Patrick Campbell at Hyperion.
! Convict 9Q9" at the New Haven
4 Attractive Vaudeville at Polls
! "a Celebrated Case at the BlJou'
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mrs. CARTER IN
| BANKRUPTCY SUIT
Bursts Into Tears When
Informed by Courier Man
of Action in New
York.
SEEN BETWEEN ACTS
AT THE HYPERION
Declare She Sees the Hand of
One Belasco in a Com
bination of Cred
itors.

Mrs. Leslie Carter burst into tears
last night when informed that bank
ruptcy proceedings had been brought
&against her in New York by a COM
Hbination of creditors. Mrs. Carter
was seen between the acts by jour
hal and Courier representative and
given the first news of the action.
"This is the hand of one Belasco, +"
zshe declared. She will not, she said,
he inconvenienced in any way by the
proceeding Her plans for the future
linclude new play now being written
for her by New York author whose
name she refuses to give, and this she
will appear in at the New Astor thea
ter next season.
In the interim she will go into rep
ertoire, appearing in her greatest sue
cesses, "Zaza' and "Du Barry" and in
1.-THE Heart of Maryland"
When the case comes up before g
referee in bankruptcy in New York,
Mrs. Carter said, II will be asked a;
to whether 1 have any assets. l will
Il tell them that 1 have an asset in the
q business of David Belasco, with which
l was connected for eighteen years, ant
# that asset will be an accounting"
This, Mrs Carter says, Belaeco hai
never furnished her, When they ter
minated the business arrangement tha
had existed so long between them sh
AYERS that she was left with only 6
cents.
A special dispatch from New Yorl
to the Journal and Courier last nigh
said:
To-day proceeding in bankruptc,
was commenced against Mrs, Lesli
Carter, the petitioning creditors bein
Laura E. Cook of New York wit
clai.ls of $4,226 on notes and $6,s91 fo
clothing; Louis Deutsch, with clair
of $196 for cleaning and dyeing, an
Charles T. Thatcher, with claim {
$5S assigned by the Tuxedo Garas
r company.
''It is alleged by her creditors the
she committed an act of bankruptc
in paying out 81, 700 to preferred cree
itors, knowing herself to be insolvent
Mrs. Carter says that while in tn
partnership with Belasco she had az
cumulated many debts, April l la
Mrs, Carter started out on speci
fourteen weeks tour of the west an
east. This tour will soon end.
# Belasco brought Mrs. Carter oil
eighteen years ago in "An Ugly Duel
< ling" she subsequently appearing
"Miss Hellyatt," 1.-THE Heart of Mary
land" ''Zaza" and "Du Barry"
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BRIGADE STAFF STATUS
Attorney General Holcomb to Render
Opinion in Two Weeks.

Hartford, Nov 19.-Attorney General
Holcomb will not be prepared for at
least two weeks to present an opinion
to the governor on the legal questions
raised at the hearing yesterday rela-
tive to the status Of Brigadier General
Frost and the brigade staff, 1t will be
optional with the governor to accept or
reject the opinion, but it is generally
understood in view of the legal techni-
calities involved that the chief execu-
tive will be governed by the action OF
the attorney general.
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RECEIVE $50 CHECK
Police Commissioners Hold the
Shortest Session in
History.

The board of police commissioners
last night held one of the shortest ses-
slons in the history of the body, the
members meeting for less than fifteen
minutes. The president called the board
to order and the minues Of the previous
meeting were read,
A check for $50 from the Garde hotel
for the prompt service rendered at the
time Of the recent fire was received and
II was voted to give It to the police
mutual aid fund The meeting then
adjourned