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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
MANS BODY TAKEN FROM
 DEBRIS OF FEDERAL EXPRESS:
 OTHERBODIES MAY BE FOUND
DID PARTIALLY OPEN
 SWITCH TO SIDETRACK WRECK FEDERAL EXPRESS

partially open of of today might switch safety
  
 is may have which the engine of to he yesterday . who He switch which the shifted the other He then noted the switch point whc to track which leads embankment which the had switch frog the side.
 lightly by the car wheels on the side of the
  switch
  by the fact that the spikes in fastening
  Not who made the exa steadily runored authority known crosover by signals entering had partially partially  began entirely changed
 
 ed The replenished bed is where
  of the crossing avenue. sidetracl~ section which siding resting
 
 tracks
 Trolley morning
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
Mir. Saunders
 Tells Of Awful
 Wreck Experience
(Special from IInited Press !

Especial from United Press.)
 New London, July 12.-A survivor s owns story of the yesterday Federal Express wreck at Bridgeport was told here, today, by w. H. Saunders, whose brother was killed in the crash.
 There was not the slightest warn ing of the impending calamity" said MT. Saunders Tt was still dark and in the blackness of the night there suddenly came a terrible crash, the like of which I never knew before and hope never to experience again. A blue haze settled over everything and out of the gloom the first cry I heard was My God, its af1re.'
 T was not dazed as one would actually expect but to the contrary, my mind as clear as it is now. When found that I could move my first thought was of my wife. AS I start ed to search for her man craw1ed through car window and cried to me. For Gods sake how will I get out?' Just then I heard my wife calling me and she told me that she was not hurt but that she was pinned down by something.
 'I yelled for a knife and somebody brought one up through an opening in the car floor. I did not wait for ceremony but slashed my wife's dress, skirt, in fact all of her clothing from her body and in that way extrica ted her.
 '"The scenes which witnessed were terrifying. I saw one woman carry ing her dead baby and crying pite- ously. The dawn was breaking anT illumfned the frightful scene. AT around were dead bodies and the cries of the suffering were too pitiful for words.
 Some one said, Let's see if we can get this woman out and I turned to see a woman's hand sticking up from the ruins. No other part of her body could be seen and with the help of willing hands we pulled off the debris piece by piece and were at last able to release her, badly bruised but not fatally injured.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
BIRMINGHAM
 PRAISES WORK OF POLICEMEN
Force Put in a Mighty Hard Days Work at Scene
 of Wreck
First Officers Were Invaluable in Getting Dead and Wounded
 From the Debris

''The busiest day I ever put an al | police station in my whole lne.'' is the way Superintendent Eugene Birmingham describes yesterday al police headquarters.
 Superintendent Birmingham was practically alone at the station house most of the day, every available po- liceman,. night and day, even to Clerk Smith. being pressed into duty at the .zain wreck.
 As soon as news of the wreck be- gan to spread, not only through the city but throughout the country, tele- phone calls from all over began to pour into police headquarters. Call err thronged into the station house. and Superintendent Birmingham was kept on the dive from daylight to dark. with scarcely a moments re- lief.
 erfui work" declared Superintendent Birmingham: you should have seen them when the first force returned from the wreck in the morning. All of them were soaked through with covered with blood. where trey had been lifting out the wounded.
 'T heard of the wreck before 5 o'clock" said the superintendent, "and I immediately assigned every available man to go out there. I was out there early, and I called around to the different stations and had the night men held on duty, and called them all out to the wreck.
 '"The police buckled right in and did great work in taking out the dead and wounded. Then throughout the rest of day the men handled the crowd in excellent style. They used their Judgment and were not offic- ious, but kept everyone away from the wreck, far enough to give the wofkmen plenty of room. It was hard work, too; that was one of the hottest spots in the whole city and it was a mighty hot day"
 The officers on the night force who stayed at work until 7:30 o'clock yes- terdAy morning included: Sergeant geant Bsansfeid and Patrolmen Cody. LasEin, E. Whselsr. c. Wheeler, Bar ton, Musante. F. Burns. J. Corrigan. Henksi, Dooley, Guilty, Gottschalk, Halp1n. Mccullough, North Bagley, Haux, Connery, Coughlin, Reilly, An derson, Malone and Watts
 The day force. who stayed at the wreck all day until the night men relieved them again, included: Cap tain Redgate, Captain Began, Cap tain Hazel. and Patrolmen Holbrook, F1uusean, Weston. Herb, .Dwyer, o. NeH, Poland, Sheehey. Glen, Daily, oorSas, LAdd. Burns, McGirr, wag- neR, McPadden, Lush, Kehoe, Callen. P. Campana, Ramsey. Flood, McGov- am and Specials W. P. Noonan, Len zel and MuYphv
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

New York, July 12-The New York American prints the following today:
 Although dead men tell no tales, the widow of Engineer Curtis is very much alive. and the sad story which she related to the New York Ameri- can last night, as she comforted her three fatherless children, contained an entirely different version of the re- sponsihility from that officially" given to the public by the railroad company.
 "It was overwork that killed my poor husband" declared the widow of the engineer in her home, at No. S36 Beekman avenue, the Bronx. last night.
 For eight hours on Monday my husband ran a switch engine about the freight yard in the Bronx. You know how hot that work is in the heat of such a day as Monday. He came home to me and the babies all played out, and we just rested about the house in the early evening gasp ing for some fresh air, like almost everyone .else did.
 "Along about nine o'clock that night the call came for Arthur to report for duty as the engineer of the Fed eral Express, which was to leave about midnight. Tired as he was,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
CETTz AND FUREY
 HAILED AS TWO HEROES OF WRECK.
Conductor, with Fractured Skull, Struggled to Signal Tower to Clear Tracks Gettz, with Broken Ribs, Performed Wonders of
 Rescue Work

Tales of heroism and of seif-denial in the face of awful suffering are com ing to light from the survivors of the wreck of the Federal express here yes terday morning.
 Among the men, two shine out for their wonderful pluck in the face of serious injuries. They are Michael Furey, conductor of the ill-starred ex- press, and William Gettz of Philadel- phia, a passenger. Y
 Gettz,i with two ribs broken, ani other injuries, performed wonderful work Tn rescuing injured women from the train. He topped off his perform ance by carrying Furey, the conduc- tor, whose skull was fractured, up the steep embankment to the signal tower.
 Furey, covered with blood from many wounds, and only keeping his consciousness by supreme will power, shouted instructions to the towerman to block the line on both sides of the wreck, to prevent other passenger trains from crashing into the debris and sharing the fate of the Federal Express.
 Furey lapsed into unconsciousness from the wound on his head, from which blood was pouring all over him. From the moment of the crash, his first thought was to get to the signal tower and to clear the line on both sides, to prevent a repetition of the recent wreck at Fairfield, in which four freight trains piled into each oth- CT. His duty accomplished, F'urey's nerve failed him and he tainted away
 How Gettz, in his wounded condition, with a sprained back and fractured ribs, succeeded in accomplishing the amount of physical work that he did, Is tho marvel of all who were first at the wreck His feat in carrying Furey up the embankment would have taxed an able bodied man in the best of health. The intense excitement of the moment doubled his strength and made him forget his own serious in- juries.
 Gettz is accredited with having res- cued more women from the wrecked train than any other man at the scene of the catastrophe. He is now pay ing the price for his strenuous exer- tions in his wounded condition, for his hurts are proving much more serious than they would have been, had he been content to lie on the ground and not attempt to help the others.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
BALDWIN NAMES RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC
 UTILITIES COMMISSIONERS

the state railroad commission ta which Hale and Ford were lately ap-l pointed by Governor Baldwin.
 All the nominations are to take ef~ feet immediately upon confirmations by the House and the Senate. Com missioner Hale is to hold office until, July 1, 1913, Ford until July 1st, 1s15.< Higgins until July 1, 1917.
 AS railroad commissioners the merIi receive a yearly salary of $3.000 andj as public service commissioners they
 will receive a yearly salary of s5y0J1L !
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
MAJOR SALTzMAN' COMES HERE TO
 SEE AER0PLANE!
Inspects Murphy McDer-i mott Model on Assignment from General Allen Is Delighted with Model ands Predicts Success for the
 Big Machine,

Major c. Mex. Saltzman, L. S. A., an officer of the United States Sfgna1I Corps, and one of the army's rnost| and use of wireless teIegrapf1y. camel to Bridgeport this morning on assign-I ment from General Allen, to inspecr| the model Murphy -McDermott aero-l plane constructed by the Bridgeportj Aeronautic Company on the plans ofl Inventor John NJ Murphy
 MT. Saltzman was delighted with tnei many remarkable inventions embodiedf in Inventor Murphy's model, and pre-l dicted sure success for the workinal machine which is now being constructs ed on the lines of the model
 He was particularly interested fn, the adaptability Of the Murphy nono>1 plane for war use. Its stability. ifs] immense carrying power, it's wireies7' telegraph and signalling outfits all ap-' pealed to him as preteminently fitting 1t for the use of the Signal Corps.
 E. ssIt iS she duty and the policy Of tf1a War Department to cooperate in the development of inventions of this kind,'' declared Major SaltzFnz-y after & xasnining- t5gx sozls. FJ,, = Hnfcsf 'has been cn Exhibition sJcaliy.
 Major Saltzman left for Washing lOI iIlS lIiOIIiUS dlteT Uldklnx dE< arrangements to be present at the first test of the big machine, when # i8 completed.
 The, assignment Of Major saItznnau is sufficient indication of the inteTesE taken by the U. S. War DepartmenE in the development of this flyer, which, has been described before in the Far-s mer, and which, it's packers conf1dent->t ly believe, will be a world-beater wheD completed.
 Inventor Murphy. who is an exper>. fenced aviator and has made many fine flights, both in Curtiss and Wright machines, has purchased two Curtis9i machines one from Harry Ford, pro<5 prietor of the Ford garage, and the other from the Curtiss Aeronautio Company.
 While his big machine is buildings : he will test various features of it, ons> by one, on these two flyers, and fng that manner expects to demonstrstsl the efficacy. of his inventions and givef them hard and thorough working test8s before they are all embodied in ;hs: new machine [
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
Body Of Golf
 Admitted To Be
 In Train Wreck
Especial from United Press. ]

New Haven, July 12-New Haven road officials, today, practically ad- mitted that Conductor Edmund J. Golf, of this city, who was dead heading in' on the Federal express, yesterday, was killed in the wreck on the Fairfield avenue v1aduct. This brings the total number of dead to 13. Goff's body is believed to be in the wreckage and had not been re- covered up to 12:45 this afternoo. A coat and hat containing a cardcase belonging to Golf were found in the debris.
 Mrs. Golf left this city for Bridge port, this morning.
 Golf was missed after the wreck and inquiries at his home here de- veloped that he was in New York. The search there led to the discovery that he had boarded the Federal ex- press. The roads officials after the finding of the coat and hat were all but ready to admit that Golf met death in the wreck A careful search of the Bridgeport hospitals and mor- gue failed to give any traces of the missing man and tended to confirm the belief that he was in the wreck are.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

Lewis in conferring singly with the jurors.
 An investigation of Lewis case is pending before Congressional com mittee in Washington.
 Lewis is the oldest son of Rev and Mrs. William H. Lewis of this city. On a previous occasion the govern ment issued a fraud order" against him, denying him the use of the mails. After a vigorous legal battle, he sue ceeded in having the order revoked.
 Lewis is the founder of University City and originated the penny maga- zine idea. He claims that he is be ing persecuted by clique" which is bent on ruining his business.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
FOUR HIGH UNION OFFICIALS
 INDICTED BY GRAND JURY IN
 CHICAGO FOR ALTMAN MURDER

Plumbers; Morris ''Moss'' Enright, al- legged professional slugger and gun man, business agent of the Steam Fit ters' Union, which Is associated with the United Association of Plumbers.
 All are charged with the murder of Vincent Altman, professional slug ger and murderer.
 It is alleged that Enright was hfr- ed as "slugger in chief" of the build ing trades council connected with the American Federation of Labor and Altman, "as chief slugger'' of the riv. al independent council. It is charg- edthat a plot to kill Altman was for mulated in O'Donne1l's saloon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

set for his train to cross over to the outside track so that it might make the Bridgeport station stop. He was the regular engineer of the Cannon ball', the fastest freight train on the system, which did not include Bridge port in its schedule. The regular en- gineer of the Federal, Fowler, had been overcome by the heat and was unable to make his run, so the freight engineer was drafted to pull the throt- tie.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
Indictment Is
 Issued Against
 Edward G, Lewis
Especial from United Press.)

St. Louis, July 12-E. G. Lewis, head of the Lewis Publishing concerns of University City. Mo, was indicted today, by the Federal Grand Jury on charges of violating the postal laws. After the jury's report had been sub mitted to the court, one juror arose and informed the court that District Houts had displayed prejudice against
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
(speciaI from United Pres,)

Especial from United Press)
 Chicago, July 12-Not since the ar. rest of the McNamara brothers and Ortie M'Manigle charged with blow ing up the Los Angeles Times have labor circles here been so stirred as today's announcement that the Grand Jury has indicted four high union of- ficials for murder.
 Those indicted are: Simon O'Don- nell, president of the Chicago uilding Trades Council, with 60,000 members, and business agent of the United As- sociation of Plumbers; Thomas Kearney and James Garvin, business agent of the United Association of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
Mystic Shriners Elect J. F. Treat
 Imperial Potentate
Especial from United Press

Rochester, N. r., July 12-John F. Treat. of Fargo N. D., was unani- mously elected Imperial Potentate at today's session of the Imperial Coun- cil, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
 The annual conclave decided on Los Angeles as the meeting place, next year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
MeIIen Not On
 Federal Express
(epscial to the Farmer. )

New Haven, July 12-It is said that he statement of Mrs. Curtis, wife of the engineer of the Federal Express, that her husband worked 16 hours out of the A hours preceding the wreck, win be investigated.
 A sensational rumor that President Charles s. Mellen of the New Haven system was injured in the wreck was denied officially by the road, today Tn reply to a query submitted through the press agent, MT. Mellen said he was not on the wrecked train.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
Especial from United Press.)

Especial from United Press)
 Hartford, July Ex-Governor Baldwin today, sent to the House for conf1rma- tion the names of John H. Hale of Glastonbury, Theodore B. Ford of Bridgeport, and Richard T. Higgins, of Winchester, to compose the new public utilities commission provided for in the bill regulating public ser- vice corporations recently passed by the Legislature.
 These three men presently compose
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
CURTIS WAS
 NOT FAMILIAR
 WITH THE RUN

Especial from United Press.)
 Providence, July 12-Curtis, the dead engineer, was unfamiliar with the run and did not know that the switch was
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

WANTED-Woman for starching anR
 plain ironing. Model Laundry. 10E
 Middle street 12 a~p
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

TO-RENT-Five room flat with alBt
 conveniences at 585 Union avenuesI
 D. R. Whitney, 1925 Main street P 12 so f
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

"Classified' ads on inside page of this paper.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

LOST-Red cover memorandum book
 with name Chas. Kitcher on. Suis- able reward. Return II P. o. Ar-
 cade. Il bspo |
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

FOR SALE.-O1d established bakery. Wishing to settle estate. Address Bargain, care of Farmer.
 F 10 O
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12
UNCLASSIFIED

FOR SALE.-The 30 it. cabin crufser Elf II. Inquire E. s. Ogden. Fe- quonnock Yacht Club, City.
 P 10 p0i
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

LOST-Commutation R. R. ticket go-l ing from station to West End. Rel ward for return 10 R. +. Burton.
 187 Lindley stret. P 12 bsp
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

ENGRAVED WEDDING invitations, 100 with two sets of envelopes com plete $6.50. Engraved on copper plate. Southworth'S, 10 Arcade.
 D 16 = If. o
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

TO RENT.-5 rooms, 101 Goddard Ave. Improvements. Inquire uui stairs or E. Wiles, R. F. D. No. 2.
 P II sspo
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

WANTED.-To exchange a two fam-, fly house for a farm. Write A. L4a Farm, General Delivery, City.
 P 10 so
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

classified" ads on inside page of this paper.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

STORE FOR RENT.-Store and iiv- ing rooms at 1776 Main St. Gen. tral location. Only $22. J. F. Sell leck Jr. Co.,, 1094 Main St, Room
 Mo- l. DIS" If. o
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-12

TO RENT-First floor, six rooms, steam heat, all improvements. z1z Pearl St., between B. Main and Brooks St. P3 tfo
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-27
TALK OF THE TOWN.

Special Sunday dinner at the City
hotel.
Don't miss reading our adj. on page 5.
&c. N. Kenyon Il Co.
G. +. Daniels of Boston was bus
mess visitor in the city to-day.
w. J. Walsh of Walcott was in the
city yesterday ON business trip.
A good time to buy Christmas presents
at the Uniyersalist fair, Nov. l and 2.
Ladies if you want good wool dress
at only $5.9s, 60 down to Abbott's at
once.
Kenyon & Co.'s windows are attract
ing great deal of attention. There
viii be more excitement Saturday morn
ing,
Mrs. NJ. II. Altrock returned this morn
ing to her home in Portland, Me-, aft
er passing a month with relatives in
Barre and nearby towns,
Special for Saturday; Butter scotch,
l5c per h., peach blossoms, l5c, per ID.
This candy is made fresh Saturday
morning at the Barre Candy kitchen.
Cottage with about two acres Of land,
also cottage with extra lot to exchange
for some well-located farm. These prop
critics are located in southern part Of
the city and are desirable for homes
or to rent. Prices right. Perry Real
Estate agency.
Granite City lodge, n. +. 0. P, has
leased the Miles hall and all organiza-
tions desiring a suitable place for dances,
banquets, fairs, etc, may lease the hall
of the trustees, NJ. M. Gordon and G.
% Perkins. Miles hall has recently un-
dergone a complete renovation and is
now an IDEAL place for gatherings Of
any description.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-27
TALK OF THE TOWN.

Don't forget that there is whole
week fair coming. November TO H.
The Clan Gordon and auxiliary.
w. +. Mercy of Swearingen, Tex, is
passing several days in the city as the
guest of A. A. Lamorey Of Cliff street.
Mrs. Leon Keith Of Circle street has
returned home, after passing a few days
with her brother, A. L. Barrett, in Lyn-
donville.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-27
TALK OF THE TOWN.

Special Sunday dinner at the City
hotel
Buy your garments this week. Sale
closes Saturday night Faughan's.
Louis w. Provost of Rutland was
among the business visitors in the city
yesterday
Twenty per cent discount on felt
hats Friday and Saturday this week
at Mrs. w. F. Shepard's.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-27
TALK OF THE TOWN.
More of those good sweaters for chill
dren at Vaughans.
c. l. U. Delegates.

Regular meeting of the Central Labor
union of Barre and vicinity will be held
in Nichols block Friday evening, 0cto-
Der 81, at 1880 o'clock. Jas. Mulch,
secretary.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-10-27
THE BARRE DAILY TIMES
FRIDAY, OCTOBER ~, 1911.
Weather Forecast.

Rain tonight and Saturday; colder
moderate northwest winds.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1911-11-17
MEHARRY BEATS TALL
LADEGA in STUB
BORN CONTEST.

Saturday, November 18th, at Athle-
tic Park, Meharry and Talladega
played what ought to be termed a
first-class football game To be sure
there were fumbles and fouls, and
upon t. occasions the game was
stopped to consult the rules, but
Everything was done in a sportsman
like spirit and there was a delightful
absence of undue roughness, and If
there was any slugging, nobody out
side of the players could detect it.
There was hard and daring playing
galore, some times spectacular and
magnificent. Taken all in all, it was,
rs stated before, a frst-class game,
and the spectators and officials all
felt that among cur Negro colleges
the spirit of the true sportsman has
been evolved.
The teams were quite fairly
matched, with Meharry having the ad-
vantage in weight and experience,
both of which told greatly in their
favor The most notable features OF
the game were the following: At one
time Meharry and Talladega about
one foot from the latter's goal line
and tried several times to carry the
ball over, hurting her powerful backs
ike calapults against the op-
posing line, but three times did the
stalwart boys from Talladega stand
firm and beat back the charges. It
was as fine a piece of defensive foot
ball as any man would care to see.
Another notable feature was the
fickleness of fortune in the kicking OF
Zubar. Four times he attempted
goals from the field and three times
missed by few inches and only once
did he put the oval between the up
rights. Zubar Is a fine kicker An
other feature was the perfectly daz.
zling run of As yards of Matison, Me,
harry's left end, to touchdown, un,
der the escort of the finest and most
approved interference furnished by
Canady and Zubar. II was a perfect
piece of work Then there was Brown
right tackle, who was a whole host
in stopping the onslaught against his
side of the line His defense was
worth going miles to see. He plays a
different game from his teammate
Canady, on the left, who smashes
into the opponents and breaks ur
their plays and is also a good grouno
gamer, while Browns great value lies
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