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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-23
REBELS IN DESPERATE
 BATTLE WITH FORCES /
 OF DIAz AT TORREON
Firing from Tops of Churches and Other High Buildings
 Government Troops Fight Fiercely to Hold Off Invaders
Revolutionary Leader Madero Has Crossed Over Into Mexico and Attack Upon Chihua Is Reported
 Imminent

having large holdings in Viscaya, to- gay, received the following message rom its representative there:
 order considerably restored, Gov- ernment has full control of every thing. Five revoIutfonists executed fu Iorreon. No need for apprehension,
 New York, Nov. 23.-Wau street ia showing keen interest in the Mexteas1 situation. B. T. Bennett, president of the international Railways of Mexico. Tn charge of the New York office If the company. received a message. to- day, from E. N. Brown, pressselt of the company, sent from Mexico (,fr,. yesterday. in answer to a ouery- 1r sald there had been no damage 10 the railroads property and that many reports Of trouble were exazxeratej.
 Laredo, Tex, Nov. 2S-Reporfs Of an enlargement, today, between Federal and rebel troops at Santa Isabel Chi huahua, in which revoIutforlfgta V~er4. forced to retreat, have been recefved. here. The adrices say q detachrncu< Of government cavalry is en route t, san Pedro from Torreon and that q p1tched battle is expected
 Continued on Page Three1
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-23
LODGE BREAKS
 HIS SILENCE
Says Republican Legislators Have Resented Attacks
 of Gov.-Elect FoSS

Boston, Nov. 23-Breaking the silence that he has resolutely preserved in the face of what has been called a tidal wave of protest against his candidacy for reelection to the United States Senate. Henry Cabot Lodge, in his headquarters at the Hotel Toraine. to- day pointed out that he has the sup port of several prominent legislators.
 The Republican legislators have re- sented MT. FoSs' attack on me, and are taking my part in the Senatorial contest" he declared. when asked if he was yet ready to make a reply to Governor-elect Foss' pronunciamento. ''I do not need to engage in @ con- troversy with MT. Foss and I am not going to do so. Speaker Walker Rep resentative Washburn, and other leg islators, who have disliked MT. Foss' attitude in the matter, have come out for me today and are openly taking my part
 Lodge said that he thought Foss' statement had helped him consider ably. His attack is lining up the Republicans everywhere for me. I think the situation, at present, looks very favorable for my reelection" he added
 Lodge said Senator Crane felt con- fdent Lodge would be returned. The statement made by Foss, threatening to stump the State against Lodge un less the Senator withdrew, did anger several Republicans. who protested that the Governor-elect was attempt ing to usurp the legislators power, in contradiction to all principles of the Democracy. FosS answered this in a statement. last night. in which -ne de- clared that if he fights Lodge 1t will be as a private citizen doing his duty, and not as State official After am formally inaugurated" he declar- ed, 'I will take no hand in the fight
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-23
MODEM AND HERMAN
 LICENSES FORFEIT
There Is One License for
 Every 312 Persons in Bridgeport

Year by year the liquor licenses in this city decrease until that time when the city shall reach, as required by law. one saloon for every 500 inhabi- tants. Bridgeport at the present time is possessed of 327 licenses, liquor and beer. an average of one to every 312 inhabitants.
 It is probable that when Jan. ar rives there will be two licenses less in this city. John Modem at Union Square, will probably lose his license Frank Herman in Bank street, is also out of the running. Modem attempted to have his case re-opened in the ses- sion of the Common Pleas Court, criminal side which adjourned yes terday, but the matter was passed over. The law states that wherein there is a conviction the license shall become forfeited, unless its owner shall obtain a certificate from the court Modem forfeited his license, therefore losing his chance for a cer- tificate.
 Licenses in these days of stringent excise laws bring a high value. They are renewable here at the price of s450 per year. But that is their face value. They cannot be bought in this city for less than S1, 300.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-23
ASST. CITY CLERK RUSSELL DENIES
 STORY IN POST

Assistant City Clerk William F. Russell and Alderman Daniel E. Wal ker this morning refuted statement made in the Post last night to the effect that they had made overtures to William V. Dewitt, clerk of the Probate court. to have him retain his position for six months under the in coming administration. City Clerk Stephen F. Boucher. who was also ac- credited by the Post with having tried to have Devitt's berth for Alderman Hugh Lavery, was indignant this morning because of the connection he was given with the case
 Both the city clerk and assistant city clerk said they were at their office all day yesterday and that the Post re- porter could have found them there if he cared to ascertain whether they had ever approached Mr. Dewitt with any such proposition as the one mem toned.
 Attorney William V. Dewitt said this morning that he had been given con- siderable unnecessary notoriety and as he was not the source of any of the information that had been given out, he did not care to discuss the matter at all A friend of aAlderman Lavery said this morning that he was a can didate for the place and that he was not seeking anyone to hold the job for him until he finished his course in Yale Law school.
 Attorney GeorgeIT. Mara is a can- didate for the clerKship. and he has an extensively signed petition.
 Attorney William L.. Zepp yho was clerk of the court under Judge Thomas c. Coughlin, has the support of a large number of German voters for the place.
 Judge of Probate-elect Edward F.. Hallen who is in New York upon bus mess, will make the appointments of clerk and assistant clerk sometime be- fore he takes office, Jan. 1, 1911.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-23
Special from United Press.)

Special from United Press.)
 London, Nov. 23-Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen, American citizen, was hanged this morning in the yard of Penton- vile jail, for the murder of his wife, Cora Crippen, known in the music halls as Belle Eamore.
 Crippen met death with the same courage that had marked his conduct since he was apprehended at Father Point, Que. Not once did he falter on the march to the gallows, nor did he break down when the moose was be- ing drawn about his neck. The trap was sprung exactly at g o'clock. A seven foot drop was sufficient to break the prisoners neck, and death was pronounced by the physicians to be instantaneous.
 Ethel Clare Leneve. for love of whom Crippen is charged with having mur- dered his wife and buried her body in the cellar of their Hill Drop Crescent home, did not see her lover after the painful parting of yesterday. Miss Leneve had booked passage on the Majestic, sailing for New York today at noon. She will travel under the name of Miss AlIen.''
 Miss Leneve did not board the Majestic at Southampton. 1t is thought that she will go aboard eith- CT at Cherbourg or Queenstown. A cabin has been reserved for her.
 Before dying, Crippen joined the Ro-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-23
SENATOR'S TO MEET HERE TO MAP OUT THEIR PLAN
 FOR COMING LEGISLATURE
MILLIONS IN PROFITS FOR
 STREET LINES
Especial to the Farmer.)

Hartford, Nov. 23-The enormous profits of street railway corporations and. their subsidiary enterprises can be partly disentangled from that maze of disingenuous figures which consti- tute the report of these companies to the Railroad Commissioners.
 The net earnings of the roads from railway operations in the year just ended were s3030, ,445S7. In addition to this 'other income" amounted to q, PSI, ,536 and further profits were en- tered in the form of a payment to the Connecticut Railway & Lighting Com pany for rental of $1,164.O6o.
 From these great sums the entire 8I5 miles Of street railway in Connecticut could be established on a better physical basis than at present within two and a half years.
 In other words the public is paying in earnings" enough to build every two or three years all the railway and all the equipment in use in the State.
 The Railroad Commissioners give the following figures, relative to total street railway mileage:
 Total length of track. S75.229 miles; capital stock outstanding. $61, ,215, 300; bonds outstanding, s17, Ill, TOO; total stock, bonds and floating debt, s79.122,- SS4.93; capital stock a mile of road, $I2.950.12; total cost of construction and equipment, S7S.996. 117.40; gross earnings from operation SS.026, 1S4. .05: operating expenses. $4.995, ,7381S; operat- ing expenses per cent. of gross earn ings. 62.24; net earnings, $3.0S0. .445.S7; income from other sources, s1, ,2S1, ,536. .43; gross earnings a mile operated, $S- ,S6z-32; gross expenses a mile operated. $5.519. .29; taxes paid to the State, $40,- 105.S5; interest paid, $S08. .750.42; divi-
 
 ages 29S42. 734; fare passengers car ried. 151 .631 .091; average number of em- ployes, 1850; accidents, 39 killed and 21S9 injured
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-23
OPEN WINDOW INVITES MAN
 MAKE ENTRY But Mrs. Earl l.. StrattOn Sees Face in Moonlight and
 Screams Intruder Drops Backward From Sill and Escapes to CIump
 of Trees

Mrs. Earl L. Stratton, wife of an assembler of the Singer Mfg. Co.,, liv- ing at 120 Parrott avenue, flung her window wide open as she retired at II o'clock last night, and prepared for a healthful sleep.
 Snap. Cr-r-r-rk! Gr-r-r-,
 That rat again:" complained Mrs. Stratton, while her husband snored peacefully.
 The noise continued, until Mrs. Stratton suddenly realized that it was too much racket for one little rodent to create. She sat bolt upright in bed just in time to see man climb ing into the room.
 The bedroom is on the ground floor, but the window is about feet above ground. The man had both thrust over. Another second and he would have been in the room. Mrs. Stratton screamed Justify, and the in- truder fell backwards out of the win dow.
 Stratton jumped out of bed, and ents, MT. and Mrs. Charles Osborne They peered out into the open lot adjoining and though the moon ShOne bright, the man had disappeared to the north ill the direction of 8 clump of trees.
 Mrs. Stratton is sure she would know the man if she were to see him again for the moonlight came athwart his features so as to dis close them clearly. oday they learned that Mrs. James Suspicion of French street, a stones throw away, saw a negro and white man prowling through the yards. They also found a three legged stool taken from Pola skis yard, in French street. and two packing boxes, one of which they say would be too much for one man to carry The found a handkerchief marked ''S'' near the window.
 The man had made attempts on several windows, and had also enter ed the cellar and climbed the stairs only to find that the door leading into the first floor was locked against him. Mrs Stratton is a dreSsmakrr. Her father, MT. Osborne, is a well known builder.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-23
Especial from United Press.)

Fl Paso, Tex, Nov. 23.-The most desperate fighting. so far in the re- bellion against Diaz, is reported here. Torreon, where 500. soldiers and rurales were engaged all night in a battle with revoIutionists said to number nearly 4,606.
 Firing from the tops of churches forces and hundreds of the towns people are battling to hold off the rebels, of whom large numbers are reported to have been killed. On one occasion rebels and defenders engaged in hand-to-hand fighting and rendered and captured before the revolutionists withdrew.
 When the battle began, more than 2,500 revolutionists appeared before the city and were imm ediately assail- ed by the 500 troops forming the garrison. These, entrenched behind walls and in rifle pits on the city's river front, fought off the attack dur ing the night. This morning 800 additional troops were rushed to the defense of city. They will be de- trained some miles from the city and are expected to attack the rebels on the flank. At last reports, the battle
  are reported to be pouring in by hum dreds and, unless the government troops can obtain further aid, it is believed the city will be captured.
 Washington, Nov. 23.-Franciso I. Madero, revolutionary leader, has crossed over into Mexico and is sup posed to be in Guerrero, in the north ern part of Mexico, according to a despatch from Luther T. Ellsworth, American Consul at Ciudad, Portfrio Diaz, Mex.
 Mex, reported, today, that an attack upon that city by revolutionists is imminent. Reports of revolutionary successes in ChiT1Lal4ua, Durango provinces. gre fTysactica9ly confirmed in a despatch from Ambassador Will reyolutionists attacked Parra1 Chi huahua. but were driven back. Two hundred revolutionists attacked Guer- rero Chihuahua, and afterwards marched to Comargo, where an erf counter is said to have taken place with unknown results.
 Laredo, Nov. 23-Reports from Mex, give ahe first news of the Mexican bands, known to have crossed the Rio Grande. with rifles and ammunition obtained by the Md dero forces from Naco, Ar1z. These rebels have with them scores of rifles and ammunition in large quantities. Latest advices are that Temosachie is by bands of local revo lutionists reinforced by the Sonora bands and that an assault is hourly expected.
 troops and Texas Rangers, guarding the border, have so far failed to in tercept a solitary shipment of arms and ammunition or to block the cross ing of the Rio Grande bands of revo- lutionists.
 na4roit Nov 22-A local cnn1nanY
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-23
Judson's Candidacy for Ju- dietary Committee Chair
 manship to be Decided
Legislative Program to Be Discussed at Gathering of Republican Senators in This City on Tuesday of Next Week-Met in Hart ford This Week to Get Ac- quainted.

Ind working of the Connecticut Senate for the session of 1911 will be practically mapped out at a meeting in this city next Tuesday when the State solons will be the guests of the Fairfield county Senators.
 A similar meeting was held in Hart ford Monday at which Senate matters were talked over informally, particu- larly the cha.rmanship of the judi ciary committee. for which petition Senator Stiles Judson of Stratford is candidate the presidency of the Senate. for which Senator P. Hart Tenn of Hartford and Senator Chas. w. Peek of Danbury are candidates.
 The discussion was entirely infor- nal. according to the Senators and his choices for the offices named, or on the question of the legislation which is to come up before the Sem ate.
 The Hartford Times carried a story yesterday to the effect that the meet ing in Hartford had virtually decided that E.. Hart Tenn shall be president pro, tenn of the Senate and that Stiles Hudson shall head the Judiciary conn mittee.
 Senator Judson when seen today by a Farmer reporter, read the Hart ford Times report and then said that he had no comment to make, beyond the fact that no action was taken by the Senators as a body but that A0he discussion was entirely an individ- ual matter.
 Senator C. s. Peck of Danbury said to The Farmer this morning that he was present at the meeting in Hart ford but that the discussion was so in- <~.rm S~.Eat no man committed him. self and that as far as he is con- cerned he does not think that any one can accurately forecast the vote of the Senate on the various subjects under discussion.
 N However we may go a step fur ther when we meet in Bridgeport" said Senator Peck.
 "Our meeting in Hartford was pri- marily for the purpose of getting ac- auainted with one another. With four or five exceptions we were all strangers and we thought it would expedite matters to become better aC- quainted with each other.
 Tn Bridxeport of course we'll start with that advantage and it may be that we shall get along a little further than we did in Hartford"
 Among the questions discussed at the meeting Monday were the various important pieces of legislation which are bound to come up inRhe Legis- 1ature this year. and the latitude of the Senators regarding them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-23
UNION
 HEAD RESICMS
President Clowry, Engaged : In Telegraph Business 50
 Years, Seeks a Rest
Special from United Press.)

New York, Nov. 23-Robert C.Clow- ", President of the Western Union Telegraph Co., today. resigned that position. He was immediately suc- ceeded by Theodore I. Vail, President of the American Telephone and Tele- graph Co. The latter concern con- trols the Western Union Co.
 In his letter Of resignation MT. Clowry said: Having been continu- ously engaged in the telegraph bus mess for more than 50 years I feel that I am entitled to retire and take a much needed rest.''
 Mr. Vail began life as a telegraph operator. Albert Vail uncle of the new president of the Western Union, was partner of Professor Morse and tine first real telegraph operator in America.
 Newcombe Carlton, formerly of the British Westinghouse Co. was chosen vice-president of ithe Western Urt ion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-23
J. p. MORGAN AND WALL ST.
 RESPONSIBLE E Victor Berger, Socialist Con gressman Elect, Blames Money Sharks for Mex
 ico Uprising
SAYS THEY CATER TO DlAz
Warns Uncle Sam to Keep Hands Off and Let Rebels
 Work Out Their Plans
(Special from United Press.


 St. Louis. Nov. 23-"J. Pierponi Morgan and other money sharks o1 Wall street are indirectly responsible for the state of affairs in Mexico said Victor l.. Berger, Socialist Con- gressman-elect from Wisconsin, to. day. Their influence has caused the United States to support Diaz ir crushing his opponents so their owr coffers may be enriched. This influ- ence doubtless extends to placing tho United States army at the disposal o1 D1az, along our border to harass Mex lcan revolutionistS."
 Berger, here as a delegate to the American Federation of Labor con- vention, has followed reports of the revolution in Mexico. He said, to. day, the uprising was not unexpect- ed by observers of the Diaz rule and the commercial relations between Mexico and Wall street.
 There can be no doubt that Diaz holds his position as spiritual mon- arch by having a close understanding with Morgan and other plutocrats who have railroad and mining inter ests in Mexico, and whose schemes Diaz had furthered in every way added Berger.
 ''It is significant that not only the plutocrats of Wall street and lower Broadway, in New York, but also German and English capitalists would like to see conditions in Mexico con- tinue as they are around Diaz. Under the pretext of upholding the nea- trality laws. our government has gone so far as to extradite political eXiles from Mexico. The jails of the southwestern states contain prisoners held there under trumped-up charges for the purpose of extraditing them fo io oh 0yr6 a grace to civilization.
 ''The United States is making it. self catch pole of Latin dictator and de facto imperator simply be- cause few of our American money sharks profit thereby.
 There have been several attempts to break down the yoke of Diaz. There have been uprisings, but Diaz has been holding up the danger of American invasion in order to put down the revolt. He tells them that, in case the Mexicans do not submit to rule, the Americans will come in and Mexico will be annexed to Amer ica. Moreover, the Mexicans are told that the press of the United States is continually insulting them. Thus the Latin racial pride is appealed to and the revolution fails.
 "The election, November 9th, made it clear that the American people are not in favor of such a policy. They hEve not only rebuked Taft but also Roosevelt. They have rebuked the big business of Wall street and Inn perialists at the same time.
 e The least they should do and the least that even Taft might do is to no circumstances will the United States interfere in the domestic af- fairs Of Mexico in favor of Diaz and J. Pierpont Morgan"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-23
NO VOLUME
 CONTAINING
 ORDINANCES

Bridgeport is probably the only city of it's size in the country that has not all of its laws intact and bound in one volume.
 The Republican politicians have played such havoc with the charter by constant tinkering with it in the legislature that it is difficult for any one to know what the ordinances nf the city are
 A prominent city official received a letter today from New York law yer, asking for a copy of the charter and ordinances of the city. The of dcial said: "I am simply going to tel my friend that there is not copy of the charter ordinances available
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-23
KILLED BY FALL FROM
 NEW HAVEN ROAD BRIDGE
 AT MIDDLETOWN TODAY

Special from United Press)
 Middletown, Conn.,, Nov. s23-E. H. Johnson. of Worcester, Mass. was killed. today, by falling from the New Haven roads bridge, in construc- tion, across the Connecticut river at this point. Johnson was employed by the American Bridge Co.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-23
Senator Gore Probe
 In Indian Contracts
Especial from United Press )

Washington, Nov. 22-The final ses- sions, of the special committee inyes- tigating charges of bribery and cor ruption in connection with Indian con- tracts alleged by Senator Gore, be- ban taking testimony today bearing upon the Washington end of the nego- tiations. Several attorneys engaged in arranging contracts were summoned as witnesses.
 The primary object of the investi- gation is to ascertain the true facts said to be held by J. F. McMurray Of McAlester, Okla, in connection with which the charges of bribery were made. The inquiry extended, however to cover all contracts with Indians of tha five civilized tribes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-23
FAMOUS PEDESTRIAN SUES

John Ennis, the once famous ped estrian, who only this year walked from the Atlantic Coast to the Pacific in 80 days, is the plaintiff in two suits now in hearing in the Superior Court before Judge William H. Will
 Hams, against Charles Hirschborn of Greenwich. Ennis is building con- tractor and resides in Stamford. One suit is for $2,O00 for the balance of q contract with Hirschborn. The other ts for arrest and false imprison-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-23
THANKSGIVING
 DARK AND WET
Especial from United Presa. l,

N0PCCxc1H 9sJ
 Washington, Nov. 23-A dark and wet Thanksgiving with rain and pos sibly snow, is In store for the mid dle Atlantic and New England states. and the upper Ohio valley, according to the forecast made, today, by the weather bureau. Elsewhere east of the Mississippi, the weather will bs generally fair. Storm warning are displayed in Lake Erie and on the Pacific coast from Point Lobos north ward.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-23
ABATEMENT PLEAS FILED BY MRS.
 SCHENK'S COUNSEL
Especial from United Press.

Wheeling. w. Va, Nov. 23.-Coun. sel for Mrs. Laura Framework Schenk, under indictment on q charge of attempting to kill her hus- band, millionaire, John O. Schenk, by arsenic poisoning, filed special pleas in abatement, before Judge Jordan, this afternoon. The pleas allege that the special Grand Jury, that indicted Mrs. Schenk, was not properly drawn; that the court had no authority to summons of the jurors should have been in the hands of the clerk of the court at least 20 days before it's se- lection: that the code provides that no special Grand Jury may be called during a regular session of the court
 and that the indictment is defective.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-11-23
NEW YORK HAS
 BIG INCREASE
With Population of 9,113,N9 Empire State Is Entitled to Nine New Congressmer
Especial from united pr..~

@@ OI11 F Washington. Nov 2s-Tfe census of- nee. today. announced the z31o cZdwsT- ation of New York and Ohio. aa2ol- lows:
 New York;, 113,z7s increase. ts,zzs or 25.4 per cent. Under the present apportionment. this gives New York nine new Congressmen.
 Ohio-4,767.121 increase, 609,57s, Or 14.7 per cent. Ohio gains three uevz COngreSsmen.