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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-19
SUGAR TRUST FRAUDS
 REVIEWED BY OFFICIAL
 OF TWO ADMINISTRATIONS
Statement Made That They We're Unearthed Under Roosevelt and Largest Rebate Fine in History
 of Law Levied.

whereas the biggest fine before that had been $40.000.
 .since the recent agitation was raised. one question has constantly been repeated. Why were not those people prosecuted2' The answer Is a simple one At that period imprison- ment was legally impossible. The Hepburn law which restored the suS- pended penalty of imprisonment was passed on June 90. 1906. under the Roosevelt administration and the facts in the sugar trust rebate cases were previous to that date. The sugar trust the debate of the Hepburn law and helped the government to carry through the law which restored the prison penalty.
 bates ended in December. 1906. and 1t was Nov. TO- 1907 that the first weigh ing fraud was discovered Mir. Roose- welt and his Attorney General Bona parte took an immediate and active interest in the matter and gave every possible assistance to the prosecuting officials in charge of the case. The trial of the penalty suit against the American Sugar Company lasted rom February to March 5. 1909. and re- suited. in verdict against the com pany. to which the press paid little attention. until MT Roosevelt took this question up personally with the Out look.
 Tt is due largely to MT. Roosevelt's action and the article pubreh-d conse- quently by the Outlook that the sugar trust offered to pay all sums due for the sugar stolen
 "The settlement affected consisted in the restitution of the two million dol lars which had been stolen and the payment of a fine of s136 coo.
 '-The interest raised recently around the Earle case has come to n9t'ce- This was a suit under the Sherman Antitrust law in which Earle. as re ceiver of the Philadelphia Sugar Re- fining Company. claimed that he was being put out of business by a viola tion of the antitrust law. Bonaparte refused to take action. basing his an- swer on the grounds that he did not want the government machinery to be used to aid in private suit and that existing decisions were such as to con- strue the statute adversely to such claim
 .sThe question whether even a civil suit could be sustained was a very close one, In the. first instance, Judge Holt held Earfe's complaint stated no ground of action under the statute and although the circuit court of ap- peals later reversed this decision. the supreme court has not passed upon the question
 '-rhe decision. of Judge Holt indi- cates that MT. Bonaparte had at least reasonable grounds. from a judicial standpoint. for his attitude"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-19
WILLIAM ". WATERMAN IS
 CITY'S MARATHON INVENTOR
Makes and Destroys Ten Piano Players, But Finds the Eleventh Best er'-Waterman Euphonic is Name of New Mechanism for Playing Sweet Tunes.

A new industry for Bridgeport The Park City has long ranked as the fore most city of it's size in the country for the number and variety of its in dustries. Yet there is always room for one more. Now comes William w. Waterman, a resident of this city with his new invention, the Waterman Eu- phonic Player pianos. which he is ex- hibiting at AS Fairfield avenue.
 MT. Waterman, after years of hard and earnest work, has at last realized his ambition, and with the strong backing that is behind him is ready to show his genius to the world and especially to the people of his adopted city, Bridgeport.
 Its dinerence lies in the expression of the notes. It is claimed it has not that harsh drum-like effect so com mon to the made to sell affairs, but the soft. expressive tones. which it was always thought could be made by touch only, but the Waterman has completely changed this idea
 The Waterman is the invention of w. w. Waterman of this city, who has been in the piano and organ business for over a quarter of a century MT Waterman learned the turning busi- ness at the plant of the Bridgeport Organ Co, under A. c. Howard, who
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-19
INSPECTOR LYNCH IN HAND TO HAND
 WATERBUG FIGHT
Health Office Invaded by 0rthopterous
 Insects of the Genus Blaita.

Health Officer Mcclellan has not yet heard the last of those water bugs he tried to exterminate at the Second Pre- cinct station recently. They have ln- vaded- the sacred precincts of@ the Board of Health office. When FSani- tary Inspector David w. Lynch pulled out the shelf in his desk this morning two big insects as big as humble bees came out with 1t from under the desk and attacked MT. Lynch fiercely. It was only after a hard fight that one of the bugs was killed and the other driven off.
 Although not wishing to make any complaint to the board of health Chauffeur Burlison, whose rooms are directly over the health office, admit ted this morning that he hal been kept awake frequently during last week by the barkings of the bigger bugs as they searched the ofice for something to eat. Spot, the chauf- feur's dog had fearful struggle with one of the critters yesterday morn ing. He saw it crawling from under the door of the health office, and think ing 1t was a rat seized it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-19

IS now engineer at the plant of the American Graphophone Co. He came to this city from Vermont, in 1ss1 where his brother is now Chief Justice or the State- He has been a singer since he was a child and when a young man sang in the choir of the old Baptist church at the corner of State and, Court street under the late Prof Williamson. He is now in his 53rd year.
 MT. Waterman working in the piano factories. led kim into the inventive Within the last few years he has made no less than ten player pianos but they have all been chopped up for k1ndlfng wood, as they did not come up to his ideal of perfection His lat test try, however he considers toshave reached the highest pinnacle yet at tained by any piano player inventive.
 There has been no company formed as yet to promote the enterprise John A. Eckler and George F. Amthor. two of Bridgeport's business men are be- hind the scheme, lending what aid Is necessary. The fitting of the players into the pianos. wheh are like the or dinary make is in charge of H. M Brod of New York, former resident of this city.
 The pianos are now being given pub lie inspection at AS Fairfield avenue in the Crawford building.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-19
 IS AGAINST
 INJUNCTION Convention Adopts by Ris= ing Vote This Salient
 of Gomper's
 Report.
(speclal from United Press.)

Toronto. Nov. 19.-The American Federation of Labor to-day maintain ed it's firm stand against the issue of injunctions in labor disputes by ad pt- ing by a rising vote the injunction feature of President Gompers' report.
 When. therefore. any court assumes to exercise powers delegated to it by the constitution the report declared. 'it invades the rights Dec.ficaly re- served by that document to the states and the people. its action becomes void from lack of Jurisdiction and shall not be obeyed-"
 The report recommended an appeal in the case in which Gompers. Mitche and Morrison have been sentenced to prison.
 It protested against the language used by Justice Wright in dsnouncing Gompers. Mitchell anL Morrison.
 President Gompers. in speaking for this legislation. referred to the Cherry. Ills. mine disaster. and declared that the law was needed. not SO much to assist the widows and orphans of the mine victims as to create greater safe guards that will prevent such human sacrifices.
 The convention adopted the reDort in favor of the A F. of L. affiliating with the International Secretorate. Washington may be chosen for the 1910 convention of the A F. of L.. owing to the likelihood of its officers being in jail in that city at the time convention
 The convention voted to investigate the building trades department in Hartford. Conn.,. where a dispute now prevails.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-19
HILL DENIES THAT POLICE
 BOARD HAS GIVEN HALF
 WORLD" FREEDOM OF CITY
"MAMMA'S GOING TO DIE" SAID SON OF
 WOULD=BE SUICIDE
Youngster Shocks Family Circle d: Breakfast Iable-HUman Will
 Recover.

Despondent over an illness which has kept her in the hospital the great CT part of three years Mrs Catherine Powers. wife of James Powers. who is employed as watchman for the Bridge port Foundry and Machine company, drank two ounces of laudanum. while in bed. at her home. 115 Colorado aye nue, this morning. Her husband and six of her eight children were seated about the breakfast table eating. the morning meal when little Andrew. aged IA years. who had bought the poison for his mother said to the other members of the family. Mamma has taken poison She's going to die"
 The ambulance corps was summon ed Dr. M. J. Greenstein hurried the woman to St. Vincent's hospital She will recover.
 Mrs. Powers went to her home from the hospital only last Tuesday. The oldest daughter said to-day that her mother was very Respondent
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-19
Birmingham Admits That
 There are Some Women,'
 But Says Police Can't
 Drown Them.
City Never Had Lid Faster Than Now, and Tender lOin is Held With Tight Bit, He Declares.

You can't run the police depart ment on rumors." said President George E. Hill of the Police Conmis- sion when asked this morning if he had seen a report in a newspaper. last night. to the effect that ''Tenderioin Conditions are Relaxing"
 President Hill said Just because the terms of myself and Judge Cough lin expire on Ian 1 and there has been a new mayor elected it should not be thought by the people that we are go- ing to lose interest and let the depart ment go to thunder"
 i, The article was based upon an al- legged report made by a local detec- tive agency supported by the Law Enforcement Organization It's. chief complaint was based upon the allega- world were in evidence on the streets than ever before. President Hill said in regard to thia. "Ever since I have been a police commissioner there have been times when this class of people have become more daring and it has been necessary to make arrests and drive them to cover. Whenever these cases have been reported to the com mission the officers on the beats have been informed to put a stop to fl and 1t has been done In this caseN there has been no complaint made to the police You can't run the police de- partment on rumors. or newspaper re ports.
 "As for gambling in Bridgeport. it can be taken for granted that policy is wiped out and If there is any gamb- ling going on that win be suppressed. The police board has just as much in terest iE keeping up the efficiency of the department as it ever had"
 Prosecuting Attorney Delaney said this morning. Nothing to 1t, If there is. why should those facts be given to the public before a complaint is made to the officials who are fighting crime in the city2''
 --The city is nc more open now than it was a. month ago" said Superin- tendent Birmingham. this morning. Tt may be that there IS gambling in this city. but if Axel Johnson knows so much about it why does he not make a complaint to the prosecuting attor- ney? We have women in this city. but we cannot drown them We can scatter them into parts of the city where decent people live if that is ths proper thing to do. I don't believe that they have been soliciting on Main street. Every one in the city knows that they have never been kept within bounds as they have of late. In re- gards to saloons running on Sunday have had men on every Sunday mak- ing raids and trying to get evidence. If we could have learned of these places we would have arrested them as we did the others. Every effo-t has been made to keep n strict observance of the law in the city"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-19
AXEL JOHNSON IN
 WRONG WITH BOSS
Old SIeuth Breaks into Print at unlime.
 Iy Juncture.

Somebody made a break yesterday that may cost Axel Johnson, the yer satile head of the Eagle Detective agency in this city his snug revenue from the Bridgeport Law Enforcement league.
 This league. about which mystery has ever been shrouded. has been de- voted for about a year to the task of seeking wickedness in the citys social condition, and of unearthing vi- olarions of the excise law rt has been remarked by the shrewd observers of things political that the league is wont to act spasmodically, and these spasms are generally accounted for by some political move
 Of late Axel Johnson. the acrobat 5icyclist, barber, insurance, agent, sleuth, has been assigned to the. task of getting evidence for the Law En- forcement League, doing business with its counsel, Judge F. K Nicholson. He makes periodical reports to the attor- ney Yesterday one of these was made It appears that Axel believed it time now for unusual effort, and he and his aides accordingly made a few revelations that were designed to af- ford the newspapers with such heads as "Startiing," Shocking" 'Incredi-
 Very we'll so far. The report was to 20 to the Law Enforcement Society and be held by them for further ref erence. Not so. By some hitherto un- disclosed means a newspaper, for which Axel used to work obtained a copy of the report. It published the report for what it was worth. a ga 1axy of giittering generalities, save for a few specific charges of gambling and the like, in which blanks were carefully inserted in place of names, to forestall libel suits
 Old Nick was to pay. The Law En- forcement league and it's packers were fncensed and started an inquiry The perturbation arose from the fact that if the so-called evidence had been con- cealed until the new administration had taken over the police department through the reconstructiQn of the po- lice board the report would have been used as a bomb to show that the city was going to the dogs Now, Tn the circles where the doings of Axei John son and his sleuths are given any consideration, the whole thing reflects upon the board of police commission CTS as organized by Former Mayor Lee In brief Axel has got in wrong
 Little was known of the latent abil- ity of Axel as a detective until the last few months He came into the lfmelight couple of years ago. Later he became cross country cyclist. and set out to ride about a million miles, Daily reports of his adventures form ed a humorous column for many a day, until he returned to the city. Of late he has opened the Eagle Detective Agency. and he promises to accom- plish what old Nick Carter never did. for reasonable terms. His chief source of revenue is said to be the Law En- forcement league and while the per- sonne1 of the league is unknown, 1t is said that it is backed by ns"angeI'' who has nothing but money.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-19
CITY COURT CASES

Conrad and Peter Turko. brothers, were in the city court this morning charged with shooting off firearms in the city limits. The shooting occur red about midnight on Railroad avenue and attracted many a peaceful sleep CT to the street or at least brought him to the bedroom window. The men were arrested near the scene and gun loaded with 3S calibre bullets was found near them. They denied the gun was theirs and were freed.
 William c. Hopkins who was arrest ed Wednesday. charged with assault ing Fred Clark and attempting to rob him at Federal and Main streets, Tuesday night. was found guilty of theft this morning in the city court. He had stolen a pair of whiffletrees
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-19
LITTLE HOPE FOR
 INJURED FOREMAN

Andrew Christopher. single, aged %. of 7OS Main street, is at the point of death at St. Vincent's hospital with a spinal injury that amounts practically to a broken back and a fracture of the right arm resulting from. being hurled in the air by tightening guy rope on a derrick at the Housatonic Avenue plant of the Bridgeport Brass Co, yesterday afternoon. Christopher is a foreman for Toole & Sunderlin.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-19
Keller Bros. Buy
 LabOrde Stock

At a public sale held yesterday af- ternoon Receiver A. B. Chamansky fo. the bankrupt estate of George J. La borde of 991 Main street sold the com plete stock of .cioaks. women's suits and shirt waists to Keller Bros, the Main street merchants. the highest bidders. This evening the receiver will dispose of the safe and fixtures.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-19
GREENWICH FLORIST
 GETS MOST OF BILL
Wealthy Brewer EVerard Must Pay Lit' orally for Flowers That Decorated
 His Home.

Judge Lucien F. Burpee gave judg- ment today to Robert MacMillan. a Horst of Greenwich. to recover s1.115 from James Everayd the wealthy New York brewer. The florist had decorat- ed the Everard home with flowers on the occasion of the 18th birthday of Miss Eyerard and had put in bill for 1,245. The evidence showed that the profit in flowers was about 100 per cent
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-19
RAILROAD STOPS
 WEIGHING MAIL

Late yesterday afternoon the rail- road employees acting on advices said to have emanated from headquarters in New Haven. discontinued weighing the mails at the local station This step precludes interference from the Postal officials who were averse to the weighing of mail by other than pos tai employees
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-19
SOthern and MarlOwe
 To Leave New Theatre
Especial from United Press. ]

New 4ork- NOV. 1y.-E- H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe, are to leave the New Theatre company shortly after Jan 1. The management announced today that there had been no friction but that the two prominent actors had merely been loaned to the New Theatre. Sothern. it is asserted held Manager AInes responsible for the re- cent attacks of the critics and they quarrelled.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-19
Divorce for Husband
 Jail for Param0urs

Judge Lucien F. Burpee. in the Su- perior Court. this morning. granted Nicholas Kurucz. an employe of the Crane Valve Co. a divorce from Mary Godo Kurucz. for infidelity. Michael Szuks was named as the correspond ent Mrs Kurucz and Szuks were living in Fairfield as man and wi e. Both are now in jail charged with adultery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-19

Administrations story of sugar
 trust scandal
 Roosevelt administration un-
 earthed frauds; Taft administra-
 tion completing prosecution.
 Under Roosevelt largest rebate fine in history of law levied.
 Prison sentences not obtained be- cause. legally unprovided for
 Sugar revelations responsible for
 passage law restoring prison pen
 atty.
 Roosevelt responsible for story of seventeen Holes in Outlook
 Collector Loeb's figures show ev-
 cry cent possible recovered for weighing frauds
 Taft administration forcing crim- inal prosecution in manner pleasing to Roosevelt followers.
 Bonaparte's refusal to take up
 government machinery aid private suit.
 New York. Nov 1e.-For. the first time since the gigantic sugar trust frauds have become the foremost top e in the business and political world l' Is to-day possible to give the inside story of the sugar trust pros acutlon n the Taft and Roosevelt administra- tions-
 From an official who is one of the most prominent members Of the pres ent administration ana WnO WaS dn equally prominent member of the pre- cedfng one. the United Press to-day obtained the following statement which was carefully reviewed and approved. The statement follows
 The evidence now being ruhlished as an attack on the Roosevelt admin istration Ss in fact. the evidence gath cred by that administration to defeat fraud The Case of the Seventeen Holesr appeared at Mir Roosevelt 2 sugpestion in the Outlook - 4"The Roosevelt administration un- earthed the frauds and started the prosecutions The Taft administration is continuing the prosecutions and ap- plying such administrative measures as are necessary to guard against a repetition of the frauds
 ssThe different prosecutions against the sugar trust may be divided into three heads which taken in their chronological order. are: One-the pro- eecutions for receiving rebates: two the weighing frauds: three-the Earle case
 s4The rebate cases were begun by the Roosevelt administration nearly four years ago when Henry L. Stfm- son was appointed United States at torney for the southern district of New York with especial reference to the prosecution of these offences The total fines collected from the Ameri- can Sugar Refining Company and its subsidiary companies were s16S 900.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-19

twenty years has been MT. W. H. Crawford. director and treasurer of the William M Terry Company. who has contributed in large measure to the success of the Terry interests
 It is not unlikely that the combina- tian of interests herein outlined is but tfe forerunner of the acquisition of a chain of elevators in this section Of New England that will do a business of mammoth proportions
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-19
THE FIRST
 SNOW FALLS

The first snow storm of the winter of 1sO9-1slo came to Bridgeport this morning. It was hardly a storm, but it was snow. It has made people think of winter. They have been re- minded that Thanksgiving is near and that Christmas is on it's way with its cheer to many and lonliness to others
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-19
PUBLISHER LAFFAN
 SUCCUMBS TODAY
fspecial from United Press.l .

NSptCIAI NIUIII U NIIttu IItSNI
 New York. Nov. 1e.-William NJ. Laf- fan publisher of the New York Sun, died at his home. Laffan House Law renee, L. T.. at 3:30 this morning fol- lowing an operation for appendicitis, performed last Monday.
 William M. Laffan was born in Dub lin on Jan. %, 1S4S and has been prom inent in newspaper affairs in the Uni- ted States since 1870.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-19
Chamberlain Will
 Hear Divorce Tale

Attorney John c. Chamberlain was. this morning appointed a committee by Judge Lucien F. Burpee in the Superior Court, to hear the divorce action of Mary E. Mcdonald agalnst James Al. Mcdonald both of East Brfdzeport The allegation is cruel ty. They were married July IT. 1so7- The plaintiff was Mary E. Leahy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-19
Scarcity of Water.

The scarcity of rain in the Norwalks for the past several weeks has caused the town to be threatened with wa ter famine. People living in the sub urbs who are forced to depend on the springs for their water supply, are be- coming alarmed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-19

Potatoes should boil slowly to pre- vent the skins from curling off
 Polish windows with paper instead of cloth to avoid lint and streaks.
 A tablespoonful of water or milk should be allowed for each egg in making an omelet