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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-02
Local Comment
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People who wan: to get in On paving
at sl.1S per yard should start their
petitions now. The city council can
sdopt resolutions advertise for bids
and let contracts within thirty days
for work to begin next spring and con-
tractors bidding now on low market
for material can protect themselves by
making contracts for material now.
Let's do some paving under the presen,
administration.
The Times-EepuDlican has at times
expressed its irritation at certain criti-
cism OF the aviator ST Henry in when
ne has been severely condemned by
large numbers Of people for apparent
fear to ascend IN his machine to suit
the convenience OF the spectators.
F'risbie, one of the aviators who de-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-02
TIMEsREpuB11CAN. MARsEAIlNowN. SEPTEMBER

/ lighted the crowds in Chicago . few
weeks ago, was dashed to his death At
county fair at Norton. Kansas. Fri
| day. because he mad been driven by
the taunts and jeers Of the crowd to
fly when his Judgment told him not TO-.
He had strained his machine the day
before and was afraid to trust 1t ex-
cept in a calm. As he waited for the
wind to die down, the crowd tainted
him calling him faker. At last rather
than send the people away mad he
started his machine When up 100
feet he fell. struck a barn and landed
under his motor dead. 1t should be
remembered that ST. Henry broke a
stay in his machine and hardly dared
ascend the second time. It was
nearby barn. too. that endangered his
ascent, but ne flew to please the crowd
and was roundly cursed by others for
his sacrifice When a second attempt
is made week from Tuesday there
may be delay again but let our peo-
pie remember poor Frisbie at Norton
and be patient.
Here is hoping that full week Of
rain may come before the county fair
We need the rain and we want the
fair.
If the city commission could now do
as we'll with Jones & Hovey as they
have done with the paving problem
there would be additional thousands
saved for our people. All it needs is
beginning. Time will develop a way
out.
An instance worth note is that Of an
exceptionally industrious man who
worked hard every day and drank the
wages every evening. The family We're
all workers The mother worked out
scrubbing until a serious physical all
ment made sucn labor impossible. Tie
boys always worked and are working
now. trusted and efficient employees Of
men who know trustworthy workers
when they see them. Things went from
bad to worse. The father became un-
bearable and in the end the mother
procured a divorce. Shortly Thereafter
the family moved out OF the squalid
Il -,,se where they had been living and
bought neat home on the installment
plan for which they are now paying
The mother Is finding the first comfort
and happiness Of twenty years. In"
saloons closed and here is the senuel
WHICH DcdrS uptII lIit ioSppiiSi'i''ss ~
the individual voter One of the sons
was congratulotiiig himself on The fact
that tn, father was drinking very lit
tie: shat he had fpirly good job rot
far from Marshalltown and is living
better than he had since the son knew
him. Since the saloons were closed
he can't get TT concluded the son and
the boy was happy in the conscious
ness that curse had been in large
degree lifted from his fathers should
ers and from the hearts of his ia n1ily.
When any one says more whisky Is
being used more drunkenness prevails
and conditions are worse under the
closed policy than With the saloon
wide open which sold this man liquor
In the face Of the protests Of his wife
and children. this boy knows 1t isn't
true. The man who walks along the
streets knows better. The women who
rode home on the street cars at supper
time in an atmosphere of stale booze
and who find these conditions utterly
changed know better: and the police
man and the police magistrate and the
taller. know best OF all. Why not quit
lying about it?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-02
In II. Police Court.

Guy smith, arrested by the police for
being drunk, was fined IS and the costs
by Mayor Jones this morning. and Civ
en- time In which to pay It,
Three gypsies. who had been ped
ding and begging in the city. were ar
rested in the depot district Friday aft
ernoon by Officer Edgar. They were
summoned before the mayor and or
dered out OF town.
Thomas Boggie. arrested by OFFICER
Edgar for being drunk. Yves arraigned
before Mayor Jones this morning. The
case was continued until Sept. Is. and
Boggie was released.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-02
MICHIGAN PEACHES
opeiee Fruit Company Will Receive
the First Car Of Elbertas for This
Season-Frut Said to Bs Fine.

Every one cans some peaches. some
should can good many. The fruit Is
going to BE ane and the price will be
attra ctive. The first car OF Michigan
Oppice Fruit Company tonight. They
arc coming in bushel baskets. We sug-
gest that YOU get Your cans ready and
go TO canning Monday morning.
Call a the store and see this fruit
OPPICE FRUIT COMPANY
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-02

AOernathy says the animal 1s the pest
wolf hunting horse he ever saw.
Rest on Sundays.
The Alternately boys do not travel on
Sundays. They expect to make more
than sixty miles today, and to reach
Omaha on Wednesday. The Trans
continental route Is being followed
across Iowa, but from Cedar Rapids to
this city another road was taken. which
took the travellers thru Toledo instead
Of Tama.
The boys were entertained during
a part Of their stay at the George a..
Muliin store. and 1t was planned by
McIord and McCord to entertain them
at lunch. This, however. could not
be done, as one OF the rules OF the
trip is that no meal shall! be eaten un-
der a roof. and no night shall be passed
indoors.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-27
LASKI, PERPETRATOR OF
 FAIRFIELD WELL HORROR, GOES MAD IN. PRISON CELL
During First of His 30 Years Prison Sentence
 His Mind Breaks Down
Associate is at Hard Labor, Apparently Unaffected by
 Memory of Atrocious Crime

They thought the woman was dead at the bottom of the well. Laski helped build the we'll, and knew 1t was deep and dangerous, and he did not realize that 8 thin coating of Ice and the arrangement of water pipe was sufficient to keep the woman from drowning.
 Marok, already married, persuaded the girl to wed him in Hartford a few days before the Bridgeport trip. represented himself as wealthy and desirous of taking the girl to his faith CTS estate in Hungary. On the way they stopped off at Fairfield, and trudged over the hills to the we'll where Laski expected to do away with the girl.
 Their speedy apprehension was fol- The men, pale and apprehensive, were awaited at the railroad station on their return from Springfield, by a mob of hundreds. An automobile hustled them away before the men acing crowd could do them harm. The court room was thronged during their arraignment.
 Laski became morose and appar- entity conscience stricken when he entered the walls of the penitentiary and his morbidness soon gave way to violent insanity. He is now in a celh in the department for criminal insane. Marock, who was regarded as the instigator of the crime, has not shown and sign of mental decay, though several times it has been re- ported here that he has attempted to tentiary it is said that Marok is much like the other prisoners, and that there is no record of his having at- tempted his own life. F
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-27
MRS. SCHIOTT
 DIES AT HOME
 OF HER FATHER
Daughter of Vice President of Standard Oil Co. and Wife of Former Lieuten- ant in Norwegian Navy.
Mir. and Mrs. Schiott Were Devoted to Christian Sci ence and Death Followed Birth of Child-Bridge- port Doctor Called Too Late to Save Her.

Mrs. Mary Esther Schiott, wife of -1ieut. Johannes snhiott, formerly of the Norwegian Navy, and daughter of Edward T. Bedford, a vice-president of the Standard oil Company died at the country home of her father. satur- day, in Greens Farms. under circum- stances that have excited the keenest sympathy.
 fbirth to a child. Her death was due Ito Puerperal septicemiae following child birth
 ' The certificate of death was given by Dr. Chester E. Blackman of 1119 |: Gtratford avenue. who was called in- 10 the case a few hours before Mrs. lSchiott's death occurred and who kSound it impossible to do anything for ,her the disease having made fearful i1eadwaF.
 Both MT and Mrs. Schiott are mem |, bers of the Christian Science church and devout believers in the principles laid down by Mrs. Eddy the founder 'of the faith.
 Indeed 1t is asserted that reliance upon the guiding principles of this 'Saith preceded the alarm which finally caused doctors of the regular school Eo be summoned from Bridgeport to Mrs. Schiott's bedside
 Up till o'clock this afternoon the certificate of death had not been lodg- Ned with the town clerk of Westport
 The certificate of birth is signed by Mrs. Sarah Fiuch-Vattery, M. D., 129 pite the fact that it is usual to have such certificates signed by a physician resident within the State.
 Mrs. Schiott was the eldest daugh- Ser of the oil man, and formerly lived with him at No. 1S1 Clinton street II, was the son Of the Venezuelan Minis ter to Norwaly, at a concert given by fnfs brother Christian Schiott in 1904. They were married on October 13, 1906, after the lieutenant had taken post with Wells, Fargo & Co. MT. Bedford Place, Brooklyn. and a country home at Bridgeport. lieutenant Schiott is now connected with the Blue Ribbon Carriage Company of Bridgeport. Mrs. ,Schfott leaves her husband, her par 'ert<, two sisters and two brothers.
 Mrs Schiott was an enthusiastic snotorist She was also an enthusias- sIc horsewolnan and devoted to ath-, fetic pursuits. She was a most low able woman and had a large acquaint- Rnce and many devoted friends.
 The circumstances under which the death occurred have occasioned much wossip in Westport but Medical Ex- arnfner Powers had not taken official ccgrlizanoe of the matter at o'clock this afternoon and Coroner c. B. Will son had not received official inforrna- tion relative to the death
 Several physicians were summoned From New York.
 One of the physicians in the case said: ''T have little doubt but that Mrs Schiott's life would have been saxed had she had the usual and reg ular treatment ordinarily provided in such cases"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-27

Declaring that there is grave dan ger in certain factory, tenement and theatre buildings in Bridgeport, Fire Chief Edward Mooney today describ- ed the condition of affairs by which the responsibility for these things is divided among several different groups of authority, and the fire marshal is left practically helpless.
 Chief Mooney sdeclared that it is improbable that Bridgeport will be exposed to ho1ocault so great as the fire horror in New York Saturday in which 143 people lost their lives. There are no such buildings in Bridge port used for factory or any other purposes.
 On the other hand the chief de- ciared that there is appreciable dan ger in other buildings. but that the responsibility for the enforcement of the law is so divided that it is easy to escape from it's operation.
 Furthermore he declares that he has put cases in the hands of the prosecuting authorities and that they fail. to act thereon. M
 eff I find danger in theatre.- then 1t is up to the state police" said the chief; eff a factory isn't properly provided with exits and fire escapes, then it is up to the factory inspector If 0 tenement house isn't properly provided then it is up to the local authorities-an nothing is done.
 "I have in mind for instance a four-story tenement house where six families are housed. Some of these families take in a large number of boarders so that the whole number of the people in the house at night time is very large.
 There is no fire escape and only ono staircase and that is about two. feet wide. In case of fire the people in the house would have to jump from the windows.
 q notified the owner of the house last May that he must change condis tions. The law gives him three months in which to make the change. He failed to do so and I laid the case in the hands of the prosecutor. The
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-27

to have all of the doors securely lock ed. As an excuse they say this was necessary as employees would report for work and then leave without Let ting anyone know, only returning to report off duty.
 The only single inside fire escape in the building, has been photographed for use in the Grand Jury investiga- tion- It IS so narrow that only ono person could descend at a time and C5 the kind eharacterized by the fire men as utterly useless.
 The district attornaey and his as- sistants, today, questioned 50 persons who had knowledge of conditions in the building. These include proprie- tors of factories on the lower floors: ture, who arrived from Florida, late yesterday, and a number of survivors Of the, horror
 That it was the habit of many of the workers to smoke cigarettes and pipes despite the 1nflammable material they handled has already been established by the fire marshal The rule against smoking, while conspicuously display ed, according to Fire Marshal Beers, was a dead letter in the Triangle fac tory and he says that the cause of the fire may have been a lighted match or cigarette carelessly thrown aside by a smoker. It is unlikely however.
 
 lively known. The proprietors of the factory say they think it came from heated, jan1med pulley, while other survivors say an explosion took place just as the fire broke out
 While preparations for fixing the responsibility for the horror went on apace: today, the various charitable organizations and civic bodies started out to care for the destitute depend- ents of the victims and to bury the dead. Mayor William J. Gaynor head ed subscription list to be distributed through the Red Cross committee of the New York Charity Organization society. The various newspapers also prepared to raise funds as did the Ladies Waist & Dress Makers Union with which a number of the dead were affiliated. This latter organization prepared to bury the unidentified dead.
 A large lot has been secured in the plot of the Worknlen's Circle, a Jew 1sh sick and death benfit association. in Mount Sinai Brith cemetery to bury the dead and others whose friends are
 (Continued on Page 3.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-27

Haunted by. the memory of one of the worst crimes recorded in the an- nals of Fairfield county, Bartoni Las- Xxi. accomplice of Joseph Marok in an attempt to murder Annie Moskil and thus get possession of her savings, has gone violently insane.
 Laski is serving a sentence of 30 years in prison. He was sentenced during the March, 1910, term of the Superior court Marok is serving a sentence of 40 years in prison. He is kept hard at work every day.
 These are the two who on Satur- day, Jan. 15, 1910, one of the bitterest days of the winter when deep drifts covered the hills of Fairfield, threw Annie Moski1, Q domestic down a well on a hillside on the farm of Will liam Ferris, in Greenfield Hill. All night and morning the woman chung to an iron pipe to prevent her drown ing through the ice that covered the big well.
 When the Ferris family found their water supply shut off. for the cold was so intense that the pipes froze, they went to the well to investigate and on Sunday morning at 10 o'clock they found the woman, half conscious, her feet and hands frozen.
 She was driZen to St. Vincent's hos pitaa after doctors from the nearby towns had cared for her. She placed the police in possession of such in formation regarding the crime that the next day the two men were caught at the station in Springfield. Mass, where they were preparing to claim about $500 the woman had in 9 bank.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-27

Racing at top speed across the room he dived into a deep tank of water, and suffering from shock and pain, sank to the bottom of the tank where he would no doubt have been drowned were it not for the prompt action of 'Farrar
 Grasping the charred and water soaked garments of Lesko, Farrar hauled him out of the tank and placed him upon the floor. Mean while other employees ran to the office to sum- mon the ambulance corps from the emergency hospital.
 When Dr. Krause reached the scene, he found lLesko conscious, but so bad ly burned that he was in a critical condition. He plastered the mans burns with bandages of carron oil, stopped only long enough to see that the others were not badly hurt, order ed Grant home and then hurried to St. Pincent's hospital with the most gravely injured of the trio.
 Platt's face was bandaged with car ron oil, and he went home to be treat ed by his, family doctor Farrar re- mained at his work. The cause of the blow-up is unknown.
 Harry c. Penfield, secretary of the Atlas Shear Co.,. said at the office of the concern this afternoon he knew nothing of the circumstances of the accident.
 If Lesloo recovers he will be marked for life.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-27
GASOLINE EXPLOSION IMPERlLS EMPLOYES
 OF ATLAS SHEAR co.
Three Burned in B|ow-up of Tank Used in
 Rivetting Process
Most Seriously Injured Leaps Clothing All Ablaze Into Tank of Water, Whence Fellow Workman
 Rescues Him

Three men were badly burned. one Of them perhaps fatally, in an explo- sion of a gasoline torch at the plant of the Atlas Shear O., 230 North ave nue, near Island Brook avenue, at S:15 this morning.
 The victims are: Casper Lesko, S2. married, 1So River street, burns from his waist upward, all over his back, extending to his finger tips and cover ing his face and hair. St. Vincent's hospital
 Walter Grant, IS, single, 1S4 Grand street. severe burns of the face and hands Home under care of family physician
 George FaIrar, burns of hands and face. Treated by the ambulance corps.
 Lesko saved himself from burning to death by remarkable presence of mind. Just how the explosion occurred will probably never be known. for the torch was shattered in the explosion. Lesko was using the flame for a rivetting process when the blow-up came
 Lesko was enveloped ip a sheet of flame that for the instant seemed to reach from head to foot. The shower of blazing fumes dropped upon Grant Sn another instant. Fortunately for inc latter, his clothing was not ignit- ed. but Lesko's garments were instant ly abla1e-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-27
BISHOP BREWSTER ADDRESSES NOON
 DAY MEETING
Refers to Japanese War Scare as Pointing Toward
 Usefulness of Missionary
 Endeavor.

Rt. Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster, head of the Protestant Episcopal church in Connecticut, indicated new motive for missions when he referred today, to the recent statements that Japan can land troops upon the Pacf- fic coast of the United States, saying that under these circumstances the to have the keenest interest in the kind of civilization that exists upon the other side.
 The occasion was the monday ser vice at Trinity Church, Broad and Fairfield avenue, where a devOut con- gregation assembled, and heard with intentness the remarks of Bishop Brew ster, briefly delivered during ten or fifteen minutes. Present were several clergymen connected with Bridgeport churches.
 Bishop Brewster's remarks relative to missions were. incident to a discus sion of the best use to be made of the Lenten season. He said that. this period, midway of Lent is an excel lent time to look within, not in self contemplation. which might lead to vanity, but in rigid self scrutiny, to ascertain the besetting sin, and thus church
 But we should also look outward" :" said he, ito ascertain the practical duties toward others, for Our Lord did not preach the region of personality alone, but he spoke also of the King dom, and spoke always of Our Father, excepting when he referred to My Father"
 Bishop Brewster spoke of the prac- tical side of Christianity, referring to the municipal exhibit in Hartford, and to what is being done to prevent dis ease and to make the conditions that surrounds life better. He indicated that such endeavors are highly profit able for the Christian man to pursue.
 He also said that men are at the beginning of a time and that the minds of men are turning from small, petty and individual matters, those af- fairs that make for division, to the unselfish, great and generous things that make for unity.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-27

building is in the same condition t. day as it was at that time and notf :; ing has been done.
 "I have five complaints of tenement houses under way at the present time. Notice has been served of the requir-! ed changes in each case, and when' the three months time has passed, the cases will be put in the hands of the prosecutor, but what good will 1t do if he doesn't prosecute?
 "I found q big factory here in which the conditions are dangerous. I complained to the owners, and the factory inspector was called in. He said that it was all right which let me out. But I know that conditions are unsafe there, yet I can't do any thing about it.
 T received complaints about the theatres. Thereupon the state police were called in- That let me out again. If the state police say the theatres are all right it goes.
 "But there is one thing which tho local police can do, and should do. They can prevent the over-crowdinss of theatres-people standing in tts aisles. and in back. It should ba stopped. Furthermore the law re- framed and posted in every theatre in a conspicuous place and rigidly enforced.
 .'The laws of Connecticut ought to, be changed to place all the power for the regulation of fire risks upon ono person, and make him enforce tho law and hold him responsible if he doesn't"
 Chief Mooney has received a letter from the New Haven Civic Fedora tion regarding a change proposed by the federation in the tenement house laws of the state, requiring much bet ter fire protection. The chief in re- ply expressed himself in favor of the change. He said:
 'I have not been able to have Sec tions 262S and 2629 of the General Statutes enforced in Bridgeport. think there should be state laws com polling the prosecuting officers to take action against violators of said sections when requested to do so by. the proper officials
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-27
G. o. P. Combine with Democrats to Elect
 New York Senator

Albany, March PA combination of Republicans and Independent Demo- crats may elect the next United States Senator from New York. On the eve of the new Democratic caucus called for tonight, William Barnes, Jr.. the new chairman of the Republican State committee put a proposition for set clement up to the Democratic insur- gents. He said that if they were really in earnest in their desire to have elected a Senator who would be free from Tammany domination and would submit a list of independent Demo- crats whom they could support, the Republican minority would try to aid they by supporting one of these men.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-27
EVANGELIST'S WIFE BURNED TO DEATH
 WITH THREE SONS

Harrodsburg, Ky, March 27-Mrs J. M. Briggs, wife of a Methodist Evange- list, was burned to death, today, with her three sons, aged 4, years and 6 months, when fire destroyed tic resi- dence of her father J. T. veatch, near here.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-27
BREWERS UNION IN
 NEW HAVEN MAKES
 BIG WAGE DEMAND

New Haven, March 27-The local brewers Nunion submitted a demand for a wage increase of 20 percent. to- day, to go into effect May 1. The em- ployers have not yet answered the petition
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-27

man head as the object of their search. scores of men are today tramping through the woods near Falls Church. Va. following the discovery of the de- composed lower limbs and part of a torso in an old suit case, yesterday. The police declared it impossible to tell whether the victim was a man or R woman