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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-06-07
snc..in1 On for Dancc.

A special ca en- the interunoah
trolley rne to Fairmont has been en- en-
gagged by the NEnnet Club for us
members and friends who will attend
IA dance given by it Thursday even
ing at Traction Park. Mononsah. II
viii leave the lnterurfan station here
promptly at Z o'clock.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-06-07
Fuchre Party.

The Ladies Auxiliary of the An
cient Order of Hiberntans will hold
a euchra party Thursday evening III
Centennial Hall beginning at
o'clock. Refreshments will be
served and small silver offering
will be taken at the door.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-06-07
Evening Cnrd PnIty.

Invitations have been issued by
Miss Florence Grove for an even,
ing card party, which she viii give
Friday complimentary to her guest
Miss Eleanor Hopwood. of Union
town, Pa. Progressive euchre VIII
be played, III
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-06-07
Junior brotherhood Meeting.

The Junior brotherhood OF the
First Presbyterian church will meet IN
the lecture roam of the church Thurs
day night at : o'clock. Some impor-
tant business is to come. UP and all
memCsers are urged to be present.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-06-07
circle to Meet.

The woman's Mission circle VIII
meet at the Baptist church Thursday
afternoon at 2:3O o'clock. The
blues" will entertain the colds AZ
1t viii be the. last meeting OF the sea-
son all are earnestly urged TO attend
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-06-07
gwv mite Society Program.

The "old fashioned Mite Society
given by the woman's Home Mis-
sionary Society at the First Meth
odist church Tuesday evening was
a most decided success.
The quaint costumes worn, some
Continued on page 50
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CLAY DISTRICT
SUNDAY SCHOOL
Will Be Held in the Chris
tian Church at Shinns-
ton Tomorrow.
Q. Il. HIGHLAND, President.
PERRY G. WILLIAMS, Vlce-Pres.

The nineteenth annual convention
of the Stay District Sunday School
Association will be held in the
Christian church at Shinnston to-
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-06-07

tended. The Cadenza orchestra fur
.nished the music and dancing was
had from to 1880.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-06-07
SIX THOUSAND STRIKE.

CT fgy7EalAND. o.. juno 77.-Sfx
thoreana union garment workers
struck today. The strikers demand
recognition Of the union.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-06-07
Advancea Danelng Class.

The x. L. All Dnncing CIup Ilu y
"a d vanced clas dance-tn the IIoffman
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-06-07
LoTNo. 8.
LOT NO. 4.

80 pairs Women's tan vici Kid
and Tan Russia Calf, blucher ok
fords Sizes 21s to 5; were $3.50.
Now being shelf emptied at $1.39.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-06-07

smoke "caywood Prince" stoEtes.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-06-07
Wednesday, June 18th.
224-226 Main Street.
LoT nc. 2.

81 pairs Children,s Lace Slip
pers, welted and turn soles, patent
and plain. Sizes 80 to IL. Were
shelf emptied at 69c pair.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13
Interstate Commerce Commission
 tO Investigate Wreck of Federal
 Express, UnrepOrted tO Commission
Especial to The Farmer)

Especial to The Farmer)
 Washington, July 13.-The Interstate Com merce Commission has ordered full inquiry into the wreck of the Federal Express at Bridgeport, Conn., The reports of the agents of the Interstate Commerce Commission of their investigations are usually held for the statistical purposes of the commission
 But the Interstate Commerce Commission may, when it deem it to the public interest make reports of investigations stating the cause of the accident to- gether with such recommendations the com1ns- sion deems proper.
 Tn view of the nearness of the wreck to the un- usual freight wreck of June G. both in locality and time, it is believed that the commission may make report upon both wrecks with strong recommenda- tions
 That the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad has ignored the recent order of the Interstate Commerce Commission, requiring carriers promptly to report wrecks and has not yet notified the comis sion of the Bridgeport catastrophe, was the state ment today of Commissioner Caleb McChord.
 The commission has already sent inspectors to view the wreck
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13
RAILROAD MAN OF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE
 ON DUMMY RULES
Says That Cossover Was Put in Dangerous Place Because Was
 Cheaper Officials Cause Half the Wrecks

they never could make their time. and they know if they do not make it, their discharge Is sure.
 There are rules never to make a flying switch, and yet how long would a yard master hold his position if he a train shall not receive clear sig nal so long as another is in the block, and yet it is broken every day.
 The Engineer of the i'll fated train was of course going too fast, but he was behind time, and it would be to his credit with the officials of the company to make up all he could, and the same officials who now put the blame in him Cbecause he is dead and can not speak for himselD would have congratulated him on his ability to make up time, had there been no accident.
 The fact of the matter is, that through the greed of the gigantic cor pora tions of this country, and railroads are not the only ones, the ordinary 1aborer has not the slightest show for anything. He does not get for a months labor the money that 1t would take to keep some of the officials one day, and in case of accident he takes all the blame
 A month from now, when the ter rible shock of this affair has passed away, 10C any IIIdu tdhG HIS WAUGH and go to the Fairfield viaduct, and time the first class trains as they pass there, and he will not find one that shows down to fifteen miles per hour, and the Engineer who would have the temerity to obey this and other dummy rules on the time card, would lose his position in thirty days.
 In order to save a few dollars this cross over was placed in about as dangerous a place as could be found It could just as we'll have been fur ther west where there was no bridge, and the disaster would probably not have been as bad.
 The American people are long suf- fering and patient, and they don't mind being butchered and having their families butchered, but they hate to have the blame for the butchery on to the dead Engineer who was only doing what it was nec- essary for him to do that he might hold his position.
 AMERICAN
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13
view the wreck.
Editor of The Farmer, sir:-

Editor of The Farmer, Sir:-
 Regardless of what happens, not only on the N. Y., N. H. & H. Rail- road but on any other, where life and property is lost, the officials always say, Engineer is the cause of wreck or the brakeman Or operator, etc, as the case may be. In all the years since railroads have been in exist ence, it is not on record that ever a railroad official has said, in case of accident, Officials of the Co., caus- ed the wreck" and yet it is a fact that can hardly be successfully con- tradicted, that many more than half the railroad accidents are caused by the officials of the Company.
 The appalling accident that has hap pened right in our midst and sent so many to an untimely grave, and crip pied so many others, should not be put upon the dead Engineer, and the officials should not be allowed to shirk the responsibility, by saying that there was rule on the time table that trains should take the cross over at that point at fifteen miles per hour
 The writer of this article was a rail- road man for twenty years, and serv- ed in several capacities, from tele- graph operator to Division Superinten- dent and is we'll aware of the fact that rules like the one mentioned are put in the time table, not for the pur- pose of having them obeyed, but for a loop hole for the officials to get out of in case of accident.
 Engineers are supposed to make their time, and especially so on these first class trains, and if they come in late they are ttcalled" and must show every place at which they were delayed and give a good reason for it, and if an Engineer on that Congress sional Express continued to lose time on his run for a month. you may be sure he would be pulled off and put on an inferior train, and if he con- tinued to lose time he would eventu- ally be discharged.
 Any railroad man knows that if the Engineers of these fast trains were to slow down to fifteen miles per hour at the points mentioned on the time cards, and to follow to the let ter, all the rules on the time card.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13
HUGE BONFIRE
 FUNERAL PYRE
 OF IA VICTIMS

A huge bonfire which shot flames many feet into the air in a vacant lot alongside the railroad tracks at Burr Road, was the funeral pyre of the Federal Express and it's IA vic- tims
 Ths bonfire was built by the wreck ing crews today of the remains of the train which met with such terrible dis aster
 At the spot where the wreck occur red, practically nothing remains but the roof of the sleeping car Atreus When this is lifted other bodies may be found.
 Iron workers in the wreclxing gang are engaged in dismantling the loco- motive this afternoon, and the big cranes are lifting it up and carting it away. piecemeal
 Poor people in search of wood were turned loose" on the wreckage last night and carted away every available stick and splinter. The wrecking trains moved the remaining heavy pieces away this morning and built bonfire of them
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13

ployees of the railroad and their dis clpl1ne is seriously disturbed by rea- son of too much being required of them because of economies occasfoned by an effort to pay dividends upon vast aggregations of capitalization road
 Resolved that these resolutions be accompanied by a statement of req sons as follows:
 That as between the people Of Connecticut and the railroad corpora- t1on concerned in this case the general impression exists that the corporation by reason of it's operations in politics and its influence upon public appoint ments has been unusually free during many years from the restraining jn- fluences of government exercised in the interests of the public:
 That this state of public opinion. soundly based, makes it unwfse that further investigations by the public authorities into the responsibility for railroA1 wrecks in this county should be secret. That a sound public policy demands a public investigation Of ths wreck of the Federal Express SO that the Investigating authority may have the advantage of that information likely to be presented where the in- quiry is public and so that the pub- lie may have direct and detailed KnOWiedge or the factors which enter ed into and caused the disaster. Fur thermore that the conducting of A secret court is against the recognized policy of the administration of jus tice in the State of Connecticut. sets a bad precedent and tends to arouse suspicion and distrust in the minds of the people.
 Furthermore, be it resolved, that a copy of these resolutions be sent to Coroner c. B. Wilson and to the sew eral persons who are by law given power of the appointment and remov- al of the coroner in Fairfield county.
 CENTRAL LABOR UNION
 OF BRIDGEPORT.
 Adopted July 12, 1911.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13
CENTRAL LABOR UNION DEMANDS THAT CORONER
 HOLD AN OPEN COURT
Protests Against Secret Investigation of
 Federal Express Wreck

!. In a set of resolutions accompanied
 by powerful reasons, the Central La bor Unionsof Bridgeport at it's meet Ing last night called upon Coroner Clifford B. Wilson to hold open court in his investigation of the terrible f'ederal Express disaster in ethis city, instead of conducting secret inves- tlgat1on, as he has publicly announced his intention of doing.
 The resolutions, which will be sent not only to Coroner Wilson but to the Judges. who appointed him and who may remove him if they see fit, were as follows:
 Whereas, the wreck of the Federal Express, July Ii, caused the Joss of IA lives and injury to many others, and whereas said wreck was preceded by the wreck of four freight trains June 6, in the same neighborhood and whereas, these wrecks have been pre- ceded by many others potentially of the same nature and whereas there are involved in these disasters the in- terest of the public of the railroad em- ployees, and of the railroad corpor- ations which operated the trains Therefore Be It Resolved:
 That we, the Central Labor Union of Bridgeport do request and demand as an organization of citizens and electors of Connecticut a full and OPEN investigation of the wreck of the Federal Express so conducted as to demonstrate and bring to public attention the general causes of the wreck, the manner in which said rail- road was actually operating; the pos sibility of any defects in the sys- tenn of operating the blocks from the signal towers; to show the actual custom or practice sof the railroad in operating trains. as distinguished from the book rules of the company; to show the nature of the equipment at the point where the wreck occurred; to find the number of hours the en- gineer of said train had been en- ployed just prior to the wreck; as to whether or not the morale of the em-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13
AUTO PIRATES, CAUGHT HERE,
 MUCH WANTED Long List of Warrants For Quartette Under Arrest
 in Bridgeport Young Men Have Bad Police Records-SOught by Authori-
 ties in Many Towns

Warrants for burglary were receiv- ed from the Boston police today for | two of the four young auto thieves arrested in this city on June 30th while en route from Roxbury, Mass, to New York in a stolen car. With the warrants came a complete descrip- tion of the four, showing that they are an accomplished quartette of young criminals, all with well established po- lice reputationS.
 The boys left chain of burglaries behind them at various garages on the line of march, until they were appre- hended by the Bridgeport police. The names given by them to the Bridge port police, together with their right names as disclosed by the Boston of ficfals, are as follows:
 George Weeks. aged 16, (gave correct name), chauffeur. Wanted for bur glary in Somerville, Mass.
 Thomas Doolan, IT, metal caster, right name James Glennon, wanted by Boston police for burglary.
 William Johnson, 19, carpenter, right name William B. O'Bren, wanted in Boston for breaking and entering.
 James Timithy, IF, shoemaker, right name James Keegan, has bad police record.
 All four are now held in bonds of $500 for the Superior court here for burglary. Apparently they have a long, hard row to hoe, for when they are through with the local authorities, which bids fair to be some time, all four most answer charges of burglary in Stratford. East Hartford and Rox- bury, Mass, and two of them, O'Brien and Glennon, must answer burglary charges in Boston
 The warrants from Boston are in the hands of the local police and prob ably will be served on the pair as soon as they get out of jail locally. The others will probably be turned over to the small town authorities
 The four started out on a career of automobile piracy. They stole an au-l tomobile bearing the Massachusetts H. cense number 1899 from garage in Roxbury, and then started for New York, with Weeks, the chauffeur, at the wheel.
 They burglarized a garage in East Hartford, stole a set of t1rcs, and soi.f them in Waterbury. They then pro ceeded down the Naugattrolk valley, puncturing a couple of their own tires on the way down. They burglarized a garage in Stratford and another in Bridgeport, and were trying to fit stolen tires to their stolen machine when apprehended in Bridgeport
 Apparently they planned to be motor pirates. When arrested here, a large revolver was found in their possession, but they disclatmed knowledge of it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13

tor" the Dingley bill, which, he said,
 increased the cost of living from 40 to 60, 70 and 30 per cent, created an inevitable demand for tariff revision. In his campaign, LaFollette said Taft promised a downward revision. gressive charged, worked with Ald- rich and other standpatters to kill the income tax feature of the tariff bill offered by progressives, by an alleged tax on corporations.
 what hose alarch sfandpat pat Senators tna knew knew" he continued, "that every cor poration would add the corporation tax to the fixed charges of the busi- ness and exact from the people, through increased rates and prices, every dollar paid as tax to the gov ernment.''
 Summing up his indictment against the President, LaFollette asserted the Executive had attempted to secure enactment of an interstate commerce law favorable to the railroads had thrown open Controller Bay, Alaska, the key to the coal fields, to the cor poration interests; removed honest and efficient James R. Garfield" from the head of the Interior Department, and replaced him with Ballinger, to in forceful language; and that his course had been vaciliating and without definite policy because, ap- parently, there had been, throughout his administration, no deep convic- tion other than what the hour makes it appear expedient."
 "Rebuked at the polls in the cleo ton of 1910," LaFollette continued, "the President foolishly tried to buy back with postoffice appointments the support of progressives which he had lost when he abandoned progress sive policies.
 "This bill,' he asserted, 'is cruelty unjust to 33,O0O,00O people, They are fighting for simple justice with their backs to the wall.
 It is the fight between the plain people and the confederated privi- leges."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13
TAFT EXCORIATED IN
 BITTER INVECTIVE BY
 SENATOR LA TOILETTE
In His Scathing Denuncation of Canadian Reciprocity the Insurgent Leader Accuses the President of
 Breaking Promises and Betraying His Party's Trust

which Taft was elected President.
 "It promises to reduces duties for the benefit of the people, he said. "It reduces duties, the effect Of which can never reach the people, but it does reduce them for the. mi1lers, the packers Standard Oil, the brewers. coal companies and in some measure for the already grossly over protected interests.
 "It is nothing that it pretends to be and professes to be nothing that it is. It is little brother to the Payne Aldrich bill, the greatest legislative wrong inflicted upon the American people in half a century,
 As a basis and justification for his views, LaFollette gave a history of the tariff situation for the past 10 years. asserting that the @'trust crea-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13
APPALLING DEATH LIST AND PROPERTY LOSS IN MILLIONS
 BY RAGING FOREST FIRES

The known dead at West Dome -25 foreigners crushed and smoth- cred to death in the West Dome Mining Company's shaft; Assayer Angus Butt and wife; Manager A. Weiss, wife and 3-year-old daugh- ter; Chief Carpenter James McQue and wife; Captain Jack Hamilton.
 At United Porcupine Mine-Fore- man and three workmen.
 At the Philadelphia Mine-Cap- tain George Dunbar and four oth- CTS.
 At the Dome Mine-30 laborers cut off in shaft and smothered.
 Drowned in Porcupine Lake Nathan Haas, Andrew Larme, Marvin Strain, William A. Moore and R. F. Mondue, all of Spokane, Wash.
 The latest estimate of dead in the Porcupine Mining district is 200. A majority of these are foreigners.
 In addition, upwards of 200 set tiers, their wives and families who had small clearings in the section swept by the fire, are missing and it is certain the death list there is very great.
 Mines reported completely or partly destroyed: Dome. North
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13
(special from United Press.)

Washington, July 13-Caustic crit1- cism of President Taft for mot keep ing his promises" ."adding betrayal to betrayal during his administra- tion. and sacrificing progressive pol icies to Aldrichism and the. reaction aries,'' with a bitter denunciation of the Canadian reciprocity agreement, was made to the Senate, today, by Senator LaFollette, CRep., Wis.)
 The speech bristled with invective and satire.
 Canadian reciprocity, LaFollett as- serted violated every principle of rec iprocity heretofore expressed in Re- publican platforms and violated every tariff pledge in the platform upon
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13
Emma Flames Has Religious Marriage
 In St. Pierre Church

Paris. July 13-Following their civil marriage, yesterday, Emma Eames, tke prina donna, and Emilio De Co., gorza were married today according to religious rites in the Church of St. Pierre
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13
CARD OF THANKS.

We the undersigned desire to ex- press our sincere thanks to our mary friends who assisted us during the re- cent sickness and our bereavement in the loss of husband and father, es- pecially to the B. P. O. E. and F. Q. E. of Waterbury. the Bavarian Socfe- ty and the Bartenders' Union, also to all who sent floral tributes to the funeral.
 MRS. HENRY A. HELLMANN AND a" SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13

 ed Porcupine, Standard Imperial, West Dome, Success, EIdorado Porcupine.
 Especial from United Press1 Cobalt, July 13-With the death list already exceeding the 900 mark and the property damage reaching into the millions, the fire in the Porcupine dis trict of the north Ontario country is still raging The flames, famed by heated winds, are rushing like light ming through the thousands Of acres of heavily timbered lands that stretch northward and westward from Porcu- pine Lake
 It will be several days before the death list and property loss can be learned with any degree of accuracy, but indications today are that the holocaust is the greatest in the fis- tory of the Dominion.
 Employed in the Dome mines were 300 workmen. When the fire reached the scene the entire vicinity was en- veloped so quickly that the only means of escape was down the shafts. The outside shaft was fully timbered and
 (Cont1nueo on Page Two.l
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13

TO-RENT-Five room flat with all conveniences at 5S5 Union avenue. D. R. Whitney, 1925 Main street.
 12 so
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13

"Classified' ads on inside page O. this paper.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13

FOR SALE.-New cottage, family house, Barnum Terrace. Small payment down, balance monthly. Lamson, 2S89 Fairfield Ave.
 F 13 ss DO
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13

FOR SALE.-The 30 it. cabin cruiser Elf II. Inquire E. S. Ogden, Pe- Guonnock Yacht Club, City.
 P 10 DO
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13

Dome, Preston East Dome, Vfpend, Foley O'Brien, Philadelphia, Unit ed Porcupine, Standard Imperial, West Dome, Success, Eldorado POrcupine
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13

TO RENT.-5 rooms, 101 Goddard Ave. Improvements. Inquire up stairs or E.. Wiles, R. F. D. No. 3.
 P Il s~ D
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13

FOR SALiE.-Old established bakery. Wishing to settle estate. Address Bargain, care of Farmer.
 P 10 q 70
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13

"Classified'' ads on inside page of this paper
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13

FOR SALE.-The Waterbury Cafe.
 Owner must sell. Apply 433 Water
 St. a%p
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13
UNCLASSIFIED
Especial from United Press.J

WANTED.-Girl of 14-16 to help general homework, good home, German speaking girl preferred. Write to Kimmig, Brookheld, Conn
 a ID
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13

LOST.-A Boston bulldog, screw tail. marked black and white, license tag No. 5562. Reward $10 to 1s4
 Elmwood Ave. D1es tf O
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13

LOST.-On July 4th, Boston bull, brind1e, white neck and breast, liberal reward. Return to Dr. O'Hara ,361 Barnum Ave.
 P IS b o
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-07-13

STORE TO RENT.-I7 it. by 4z fl. TIT Fairfield avenue, Farmer build- ing. For particulars call at Farmer Office. Ill if.