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The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10
Paris Discusses RooseveIt


 Paris, April 9.--As the date of MT. Roosevelt's visit to France draws nearer, thme leading newspapers devote much space to his personality and movements. The Figaro published today a two-col- umn sketch of the former President. laud- ing his wonderful energy, versatility. de- -nocracy and honesty, and at the same time prints review of his visit to Rome, 'n which the opinion is expressed that his conduct in that city offered "a strik- 'ng proof of his tolerance. broadness of rind, independence of spirit and high sense of honor.
 Tt is easy to understand" says the naper. "that many Americans consider the 'ttitude of the vatican which prevented ! -seir great compatriot from doing an act ,f courtesy to the pontiff, as an offense gainst their patriotism and their coun- ". The Mafin pursuing an investigation of hat it terms the "inside" of papal in -ansigentism says that some ecclesiastics sol that Cardinal Merry del Val acted in ncord with Cardinal Gibbons and other eminent American Catholics with the aret ohiact of prevent'nr Mir. Roosevelt ram winning new prest,1e in the eyes of -rerican Catholics 'hrouph a papal ard' ,ce. Nevertheless the paper insists thnt
 general corviction ana especially that , he card'nrls, is that the papacy alone 6 responsible for the great blunder."
 
 ries of speeches across the country n f-rse of the republican principles and 4e tnrlff Rut will Roosevelt defend the in9 VIII ho ar~aien it and it's mak- rs? Will he touch npon if at all?
 7hose aro rerplexiily questions.
 anoeerel will sreak lt Cheyenne Wyo..
 re co-venti'n of the stookmen, and VI spcar Tt the Texas fair in San An- ;c 'sfenrrinr 's no satisfied witt be a.i@ .os reyas Is a emocratic state, hon h republicans clam more s'rerg h han vsral for he campaign for next IL It is badly slpit over the prohibi- 'on cause.
 The approach of Halley's comet cannot said 10 be marker to the excitement used by the political comet-Roose- gelt.
 The political scientists are more than npafient 10 get some first hand informal lon but it is more than likely that they will con inue to be impatient until Colonel Roosevelt ascends the platform, and, with . Aaah of teeth and a ylgoE9ns gsstqEe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10
Taft Is Appreciated

The President here, who spoke with more emphasis than usual character ized his talk with temperance and was interrupted with cheers and applause of great. bully for you" and now you're talking" that's what we want to hear.' and many other comments shouted from the floor of tho banquet hall.
 '"The time has come,' said President Taft, flor doing and voting. and pass ing the measures which have been placed before this Congress. It is the time for doing things, and after Congress has ad- journed the republican party will have formed its lines of attack. Then will it be furnished with the weapons with which we are going into the next con test. Tonight we are reading nobody out of the party
 Continuing, he said:
 We want everybody In the ranks and want them to re-establish their claims of republican principle by that which they are Judged In both houses of Congress in helping to enact the legislation through before them. By their fruitse we shall know them."
 The President slapped the table and as- sumed a defiant attitude and continued:
 Tn the Senate and House those who stand for the legislation we seek in order to redeem the pledges of the party have the right to stand with any party of their choice They have right to their opin- ions. But we desire their aid as re- publicans and I do notw ish to assume that they are not insincere in the doc trines of republicans. The republican party is not rigid In its demands, but it is SO broad and liberal that 1t permits differences of opinion"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-10
Differences of Opinion

President Taft spoke of the differences of opinion in the party which created a smile among his auditors. Alter the turnult of shouts that arose had sup- sided the President continued:
 But when the evidence is shown that a member of the party does not desire the success of the republican party and is unwilling to redeem his allegiance ana takes n position which indicates he does not desire the success of the party, the label he bears is not republicanism.
 we've gone a long ways in Congress and hope there is but month or two left but in that time much Is going 10 he done and much shown as to the char acter and identity of those who belong to the republican party.
 "No man has a right to read another man out of the republican party. He reads himself out If he Is disioyal anu ;f he cannot by his own works show his colors."
 The President was looking straight at Ina assemblage and emphasized his re- rarks with forceful gestures. You see,' ha continued. q am In no wise in de- 6,nt snirit at heart" This was accom- nanied by a laugh which started afresh th, chorus of laughing from his hearers
 "I want everybody In the rank and e,e :" he said, and the help of all re- n,hI,cans who have slipped away little. want them all back to help that grand old rarty known as the Grand Old Party ana say it with due deference to our ,emocratic friends upon whom the real nraeress of this country Is mounted upon he back of a mule.
 This was the signal for long continued ~r~rc~~~~ ~-~->~-~>>>s~'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-06
RED TOP AND TIMOTHY BLOCK
 MUCH TRAFFIC
Load of Hay Overturning on Main Street Keeps
 Many Busy

Two tons of red top and timothy hay were overturned in Main street, just opposite the Post Office Arcade. at noon today. and for fifteen minutes all traffic was blocked.
 Hay jumped to $23.50 a ton yester- day, and Louis Go1dstein of Easton Center, with three men atop of a load drawn on a small wagon. came to town thtiS morning to deliver the hay to Hamilton Bros stables.
 In Main street the trolley tracks pro- trude through the asphalt pavement top-heavy load passed over the rails the load and the men slid to the pave nent.
 The loose hay spread across the roadway from curb to curb. Supt. Chapman arrived on the scene in a few minutes with a wrecking car and a corps of men, and they helped Gold stein's men pile it in the gutter. The more they tossed the stuff about the minutes it was impossible to see the front of a big portion of the Bishop block from the east side of the street. Several hundred people gathered about to enjoy the pastoral scene. and Officer Edward Mccarthy kept circling the heap. to keep practical iokers from throwing a lighted match into the stuff.
 A bunch of kids tumb1ed about in time excepting poor Goldstein. who took a stand on top of the wagon and worked like a trojan trimming the load as fast as the hay was passed to him. It was nearly ? o'clock before the hay was out of the way.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-06
SCHREIBER'S PLAN
 FOR EARLY CLEANING
 OF HENRY ST. BASIN

Supt. Schrieber of the Street Clean ing department. to whom will fall the duty of overseeing the work of clean ing the Henry street sewer basin this year. has hit upon plan for doing the work which will save the city a. great deal of money and time.
 He suggests that the fire department loan the street department an engine for about two hours at low tide some day this summer and that the basin be given 8 securing out with two DOW erful streams of water. Last year the contract for cleaning the basin was let to a private contractor for $500.
 Chief Mooney has told the superin- tendent that he will be glad to assist at any time. and as the fire depart ment engines will be given several tests this summer. Supt. Schrieber will suggest that one of the tests be at a, hXdrant in Henry street so that the hremen can direct the streams into the basin.
 Last year hydrant streams were used, but there was not enough force to the water to give the proper cleans ing. Supt. Schrieber will take the matter up with Mayor Buckingham at once so that the arrangements can be made with the fire department for a flushing of the basin in the early sum- mer. and before the hot weather ar TiveS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-06
PLAYWRIGHT
 ROSENFELD
 DOESN'T PAY
New York Landlord Attach es Home, Which Stands
 In Wife's Name

Sydney Rosenfeld. the noted play wright. who has @ number of plays now upon the American stage. with a big city. and a summer residence in Bethel, has not come across as yet for that little bill of $52918 which Quincy F. Cushing of New York alleges is due for the rent of an apartment in that city. This sum is the judgment all lowed Cushing in the Common Pleas belonging to Rosenfe1d could not be found by Cushing. he was brought in to court to show what property he owned, which could be attached to sat- isfy the judgment. This was in March last, ROsenfeld proving to be a very entertaining witness. He then stated that he had no money. but that his wife allowed him so much a, week.
 Yesterday Sheriff Kyle of New Mil Bethel. in another suit brought by Cushing. The suit was also brought against RosenfeId's wife. Genie Rosen- field. The latter is added as a de- fendant. as the property in Bethel stands on the records in her name. This property the plaintiff alleges Nhas been purchased by moneys of Sydney sideration. caused the title to the prop erty to be recorded in the name of Genie Rosenfeld for the purpose of cheating and defrauding the plaintiff, and to prevent him from collecting the claim upon the judgment rendered in his favor. The plaintiff claims a Foreclosure of said Judgment lien against all defendants. and that he be put in possession of the said prop arfv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-06

This requirement will not be hard for Lake boats. however. as they have travelled for an hour without a greater variation of depth than that required
 by the government specifications. ~ Some of the foreign built boats have had great trouble in keeping anywhere near a line while under water. Cap tain Lake has an outline chart show ing the performance of a foreign built boat. It looks like the sky line of a range of mountains and shows that the boat must have behaved in the water like a. hooked bass.
 Capt. Lake says that the greatest surprise in Washington when the bids were received was that there were only two bidders. There are several con- cerns in the country, including the Cranap people. who have participated in the bidding in the past. but they did not take part this time. The Lake and Electric boat people. the lat ter the builders of the Holland type of boat are the only bidders this time, with the local Iconeern the lowest.
 The inventor said that the United the best boats because of the open bid- ding to meet specifications that the country was also going to get the low est priced boats ever built. for the price was down from about 5000 ton to $1,00O a ton, when compared with figures of the bids for other con- tracts in the past.
 The cost of building the boats on the Pacific coast will be about per cent. more than the cost on the At lantic seaboard at Bridgeport Of New port News. But no matter where the pany lands a part or the whole of the contract. the major portion of the boats machinery will be turned out at the Bridgeport shops of the concern.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-06
CHAIN OF VILE RESORTS UNDER ONE MANAGEMENT
 ARE UNEARTHED BY POLICE
Shocking Revelation Comes Preparatory to Driving Keepers Out of Town-Ex Convict Proprietor With Automobile Had Become Conspicuous Figure In
 Tenderlon

and at the request of Attorney F. B. F,al1on, retained as counsel just before court opened, they secured con- tinuances until Saturday in the same bail. $200.
 ''The Herrnans have got to get out of town,'' declared Superintendent Bir-
 ningham, following the continuance of the cases today. The same sentiment was echoed by Prosecutor Delaney. 'tI have information that the vilest conditions exist in these resorts, and that they are all run under a common management. The. inmates are sent back and forth like so many beasts. The police have found for me that the places are run under a. sort of system There will be no trouble in convicting the three men now under bonds of trial Saturday but what we want to do is to make it so unpleasant for them that they will leave the city.''
 According to the Hartford police, Jacob Herman, the father of John and Samuel was arrested with John in 1903 for conspiring to steal from a harness shop there. The father was sentenced to from two to three years in prison and John escaped with z months in jail. Samuel was but a little fellow at the time, but later was arrested for burglary and sentenced to the reform school.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-06
ALLEGED MISER OWN COUNSEL IN
 DIVORCE ACTION
Greenwich Man, Worth $1O,OOO, Four Times Ar
 rested for Non Support
SAYS STEP SONS ARE LAZY
Spouse Tells Story of Hun ger and Constant Fear
 of Injury

1 Andrew J. Clark, known as tht 1 ttAIiser of Mianus'' was the defendant this morning in the Superior Court ir
 a suit for divorce brought by his wife Gertrude I. Clark, of Stamford, Clarl | defended his own case. Mrs. Clark | brings the suit on the ground of in | to1erable cruelty. She said on the stand that her husband would have starved her ito death if she continued to live with him. He was so miserlyi she said, that he would not allow he1 to. make fire to cook breakfast. Of tentimes she would awake in the to make a fire and get her sons breakfast ready. Clark would put the fire out. She lived in constant fear of her life, while under the same roof as he.
 tsWhy,'' she said, "the rustic of a leaf would cause me to start, fearing that it might be my last moment on earth.''
 ''The day I left him, he stated that he was glad to see me go. He never wanted to set eyes on me again.
 Mrs. Clark had her husband arrested four times for non-support and aS- sault The two sons of Mrs. Clark by former husband told of the alleg- ed cruelties heaped upon them and their mother by their step father.
 FtHe was so mean said one of the boys, ''that one day, when he saw a piece of beefsteak on my plate he grabbed it and fed the dog, whom he thought more of than his wife, The other son stated that there were a number of barrels of apples in the cellar. These their father kept under lock and key, letting them have only rotten apples.
 Clark in his own defense, told the court that he tried to make a happy home for his wife, but it was her two sons that spoiled it. They were con- Sf2nfIv him into 6Rhf hu onr tracing bills. His home in Mianus was open to her any time she wants to come to it.
 ''You were arrested four times?' asked Attorney Heating for the plain tiff.
 'sYes, every time she wanted money she had me arrested replied MT. Clark.
 'It's a fact that you struck your wife?" fNo, I never struck her in my 1ife.''
 this man Hubbe1l,'' referring to a rel ative of Mrs. Clark's, 'the got her away from her first husband, and now he wants to get her away from me. I supported her two boys from infancy to manhood, but in that latter stage of life they became too fresh. Yes, I was her second victim, she started me on the road to the a1mshouse. want you to ask me all the questions you will I have nothing to conceal"
 ''You state you have no money, yet you live in one of your own houses?'' asked Attorney Heating.
 ssI'm stopping at one of the houses, I'm trying to live"
 FFYour wife and the boys work?''
 My wife has worked but the aboys never did They wouldn't even chop a piece of wood for pne. They were brought up as two vipers, and when they grew older they stung me-"
 "fYou were convicted in the Green wich court for asasult?'
 fsYes, on the testimony of my wife, her sister and those two reprobate sons of hers.''
 fsBut you did assault her?'
 tsI have told you No, sempha ticaIly mo- no. mo-" replied MT. Clark hammer
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-06
UNITED STATES TO HAVE BEST AND CHEAPEST SUB
 MARINES IN THE WORLD
Tn Statement to Farmer Captain Simon Lake Tells of Advantages of Open Bidding-Price of Under
 water Craft Cut In Two in the Middle
 Will Be Built On Pacific Coast

There is great likelihood that the government will order that the four submarines be built on the Parifi coast" said Capt. Simon Lake, fnven- tor of the Lake submarine torpedo boat, this morning. The captain, who had just arrived from Washington ddent that his company, being the lowest bidder, was going to secure at least the best part of the order from the government.
 we would like to build the boats here. but there is much agitation to the captain.
 Asked when he expected to know who will get the contracts, he replied, s-'Not for several months
 "One thing is certain" said Capt Lake. "no matter who gets the con tract this year the United States is going to have the best submarines in the world. The policy of open build ing and placing the matter in the hands of the navy department has a high state that the boats meeting them will be from 200 to 800 per cent. better than any boats in the world.''
 The captain, when asked what was to be required of the boats to be built fore said the boats will be compelled to make performance at the trials never required before. First they are to be very fast boats. The speciffca- tioHfs will require that the boats shall travel for a mile under water with fin the depth of Ssubmersfon. This means that the submarine has got to travel on almost bee line to the perpendicular.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-06

day.
 Roosevelt was greatly pleased with. messages from his many friends in, America many of them coming from Catholic priests, approving of his stand in. the Vatican controversy.
 The editors of several Catholic pa- pers cabled the Colonel that the lay sentiment among the Catholics was altogether favorable to him. The Colonel would not disclose the names of the senders of any of these mes- sages but their receipt put him in a happier frame of mind than at any time since the controversy was preci-
 All attempts to get a further e,r- press1on from Roosevelt regarding the Catholic-Methodist row that is now under full headway met with failure [ thing further" declared he. This waat construed as a fling at the Rev pr ripple of the Methodist church. who angered Roosevelt by his continued at tack upon the Vatican and Catholics
 Despite a rain this morning ColoneI and Mrs. Roosevelt went shopping. 2 spending most of their time in shops where antiques were for sale.
 At noon the Colonel received Baron { Fava. formerly Italian Ambassador < at Washington. The American Elm ! bassy was visited this afternoon where ! Mrs. Leishman. wife of the A7neri- can Ambassador, gave a tea. for Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Ethel, to which a number of prominent women were in- vited.
 Mayor Nathan gave a formal i've o'clock tea in honor of the Roosevelts. Tonight the Colonel and his family will be the guest, of honor at a dinner rendered by the municipa1ity which will probably be one of the most note worthy functions arranged for them. They will go immediately from this dinner to the railway station and take a, train for Spezia-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-06
Especial from United Press.)


 Springfield, Mass, April 6.-Ber- tram G. Spencer, the suspect held for the murder of Miss Martha B. Black stone during a burglary last Thurs day on Round Hill, has made full confession of the crime. The police at first announced that a full state nent of the particulars of the con- fession would be given to the public. Obey1ng strict orders from District Attorney Taft, however, the authori- ties were obliged to retract their promise. District Attorney Taft inn pressed it strongly upon the minds of the department that this evidence should go before the court. before it was made public.
 After considerable discussion of the matter the police finally called the reporters in and said:
 sion, covering the full period of his life since he was nine years o1d.''
 What did he confess to ?'' was asked. That we cannot say'' was the reply. District Attorney Taft is in charge of the case and advises us the court first"
 Nevertheless everything that came from the police indicates that the full confession of Spencer includes the murder on Round Hill, and many other crimes, making it absolutely who paralyzed Springfield with terror is now safe behind the bars.
 Although the man who shot. and killed Miss Blackstone and seriously wounded Miss Harriet Dow. wore a mask during the Round Hill tragedy, Miss Lucy Dow has identified Spencer as the murderer.
 ''So far as it is possible to identify
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-06
SEVEN SUSPECTS UNDER ARREST
 AT PITTSBURC
Police Think They Have Men Who Shot Up the
 Town in Custody
TWO DYNAMITE BOMBS FOUND
Bank Officials, Killed By Robbers, Died As Martyrs
 to Their Duty
Especial from United Press.)

Pittsbur April 6.-With seven sus-
 poets under arrest the police are now
 satisfied that they have the men, who
 last night held up the Victor Banking
 Cornpany's office at McKee's Rocks. in
 custody. Private detectives. deputy
 sheriffs and Pittsburg officers are
 searching all of the surrounding bum
 try with orders to arrest all who can
 rot fully account for themselves. The
 task of experimenting the bandits. how
 ever. is admittedly a hard one as none
 Of those alive who witnessed the hold
 up secured a good enough look at the
 Quartette of highwaymen to positively
 identify them if they are arrested.
 Both of the two wounded. Robert King, shot in the groin. and Thomas Neary. shot in the breast. are doing nicely today and will recover The day, only s400. Last night it was be- 1ieved they got away with $5,000. but when the cash of the bank was count ed today most of the money was found intact.
 General Manager Freedman and Cashier Schwartz died as martyrs to their duty. Realizing. when the four men entered the bank that they came to loot it. and apparently not believ- ing they would shoot. Schwartz began drawing the money in front of him in tomatically. The foremost robber fired. the bullet crashing through Schwartz brain Freedman grabbed his own revolver as the men reached through the wire partition and grab bed at the cash on the counter. The Ia amplight flashed on the polished bar- rel of the revolver and the thieves turned to flee. Freedman followed them into the street and as he stood in the doorway. siIhouetted in the light the leader of the thieves fred and the bank manager fell dead. The sound of the shots attracted the at tention of crowd in front of Greens Hotel a block away. They were fired on by the thieves and King and Neary fell wounded
 Two dyna1nite bombs. each weigh ing between eight and ten pounds, were found in a shed near the bank early today by two boys. The police believe that the bombs were placed they failed to gain an entrance to the bank in any other manner. The ex- plosfves were equipped with fast fuses. Most of the banks customers are for eigners employed by the Pressed Steel Car Company. Fearing that their savings had been taken. a large crowd of men and women gathered in front 0f the bank this morning crying and wringing their hands.
 Chief Detective Muth this morning said that no clue had been obtained the identity of any of the Yeggmen. He received a report that ] horse and buggy were last night | stolen from a farm west of here and 1 t is believed that the robbers may 1 rave taken this means of escape and | Ire now en route to Steubenville, O. | Two additional suspects have been ar 'eSted.