The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-21


 other day, they again vamoosed no one knows where. In the absence of any explanation from the men for the odd course they have been following it is believed they have repented of their offer to testify for Mrs. Mellen powerful influence of Mellen, will land them in jail. In the event of their return to Pittsburgh it is all | most certain that they will be pun ished for contempt of court in ignor- ing the subpoena issued for them, so that however the case turns out, it seems certain their gallantry will in cur for them more trouble than they counted upon on leaving England.
 Feted and dined like a prince of the realm, Giuseppe Garibaldi, grand son of the famous Italian liberator and Brigadier General in the recent Mexican revolution, has been tasting some of the blessings of peace here for a week. Escorted by some ad- mirers, he visited the shows at Coney Island the other afternoon and for the delectations of crowd of open mouthed, enthusiastic natives, gave an exhibition in one of the local shooting galleries of how he and his compatriots pulled down the Federal army of the Mexican government. Whatver else he may be able to do, he demonstrated that his shooting eye is a. mighty formidable asset and means trouble for those upon whom it happens to be focused. During his stay in the city he visited the mod est Staten Island house occupied by his illustrious grandfather during the latter's exile here, following his first unsuccessful effort to re-unite Italy. Like the liberator, his grandson is soldier of fortune and stands ready to fight wherever there is need for the service of a lusty musketeer, to whom the smell of smoke is incense to the war gods of Mars. To those who can recall the participation of the elder Garibaldi in the revolutions of South America in his early days, the story told by his grandson presents an in- teresting analogy.
 T was in Panama two years ago last December" he said when I heard of the revolution in Honduras. thought that I would help the rer-, olutionists and went to Honduras, but thee revolution was not to my liking. It was not hot enough, and I gave up my effort to assist and went from there to Fl Paso, Tex. There I met Mexican revolutionists and they told of what Mexico had undergone during the long years of the Diaz regime. started for Mexico, all of us deter mined to offer our aid to the Mex ican revolutioniSts.
 "I made. a flying trip through Mex ico and from what I heard decided that the time for revolution was ripe. I reJoined my companions and we went to the camp of General Pas quale Orozco and offered our ser vices. We were told that our services were not needed. We were disap- pointed, but decided to establish a command of our own. We got to- gether a band of about 100 fighting men and made our way to the camp welcome from the General and Madefo did me the honor of making me his chief of staff. I ranked Madero's own son. in fact.''
 The grandson of the great Italian fought in all of the big engagements between the revolutionists and the Federals, and assisted materially in the capture of Jaurez.
 If the republic of Haiti filled a more imposing position on the map of the Caribbean Sea, the disposition of the local prints to- treat as a joke the destruction of that nations navy the other day might prove a casus beu for the institution of hostilities As it is, the little republic of ssthe blackman must stand by and allow the jokesniths to have their play un- challenged. As described by the of ficers of the steamship Allemania on her arrival here the loss of the navy, which consisted of a single ship, sal-a vaged from an obsolete age. while a dramatic incident, in the lives of the participants, presented many humor- ous features to cynical white obser- vers of the wreck
 When the Allemania touched at Haiti President Simon was starting out to inspect the navy and give it test. The captain of the navy had seen service On a tug and the first and only engineer was a bartender who abandoned his calling as a life saver to take up the more stirring and the grim calling of sea warrior.
 President Simon summoned the army. which consisted of about 800 men, come without shoes and all with uniforms and plumes. He had most of the army accompany him aboard the President Simon, but, being eau tious he had a yacht follow in the wake of the bargain gunboat.
 e President Simon put out to sea. a. ran full tilt on the first reef A big hole was damned in her tin bot tom and she filled and settled, and water reaching up to the waists of the members of the terrified army. The yacht which had trailed the war ves- sel took off the President, but left the army to the sharks.
 It was here that the Allemania play ed her part in the crisis of Haiti's army The navy had already suc- cumbed. The Allemania put out her boats and rescued the army, taking it to Cape Haiti and landing it there.
 The army did not bother to form ranks on landing. It dispersed in all directions to seek shady cafes, and there held many meetings in groups.
 Among the older men in the office of the billion dollar United States Steel Trust, who were able to recall the blowing up of the office of the late Russell Sage, the $S0,000,000 money lender of Wall street by Norcross, the lunatic, the sudden invasion of Judge Gary's office here by crank the other day brought back disagreeable memories before. any one realized it the visitor, who was later identified as c. E. Piper of Atlanta, brushed by the host of attendants in the outer office of the Steel Trust designed to protect its officials from intrusion and dashing into the office of Judge Gary chairman of the board of direc- tors, demanded to see either him or President Farrel, both of whom are now in Europe. The incident is prin- cipally significant as revealing the comparative ease with which a de- termined man unmoved by the pres- ence of an army of guardians, is able to penetrate to the inner sanctum of the most prominent of corporation heads, supposed to be inaccessible