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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13
DOCTORS DON'T REPORT THEIR
 TYPHOID CASES
Authorities Charged With Hiding Facts Regarding Epidemic at T0rrington
Young Married Man 17lh Death Victim More Nurses to Fight Plague
Special from United Press.)

Special from United Press.)
 Warrington, Oct 13-The charge was current today that the authorities are really in the dark as to the serious ness of the typhoid epidemic or that they are hiding the facts. Several doctors admit they have not reported all their typhoid cases. It has been found necessary to send for more nurses to fight the plague. Five ar rived yesterday, and more are expect ed. There are today over 80 out of town nurses doing duty here.
 Ninety, patients are at the emer- gency hospital and probably twice the borough and in Winsted, Hartford and Waterbury hospitals. Several eases are reported as critical.
 The epidemic today presented it's usual tragic aspects. Sidney Smith. 23, the 17th death victim. was married less than year. The funeral of Raymond Cleveland, aged IT months, was held this afternoon. All fu- nerals of typhoid victims here are at tended by hehrtrending scenes. One of the new cases is that of a boy whose little sister is seriously i'll with the fever,
 There are comic sides to the scourge, also. Two children had. to be re7 moved from the emergency hospital because they kept the other patients awake with their incessant crying. One of the patients became dramatic in the poses she struck and was dub bed Sarah Bernhardt. g
 While the doctors are doing their utmost, Professor James Newlands, of Middletown, State chemist, is quietly at work trying to ferret out the epi- demic's original cause.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13
DEMOCRATIC
 DELEGATES

Upon page 10 of this issue of The Farmer. appear the various delegate tickets for the Democratic sprimar- ies on next Thursday evening.
 There are in the field altogether 19 tickets for the 12 districts. Three tickets appear for the Second district, and there are two in the Fifth. Eighth. Ninth, Eleventh. and Twelfth.
 While there appears but one set of delegates in the Sixth district, there are two Aldermanic candidates
 There are six districts in which there is no contest. The contests in the remaining six districts are purely local No general question is involv- ed. As showing the strength of May or Buckingham's administration, it appears that there is no opposition to his renomination and that he will be the unanimous .choice of the conven- tion, regardless of the particular fac tion that is dominant in any of the wards where contests are to take place.
 The primaries win be held Thurs day. Oct. 19.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13

own ladder and put it over the side, but that the ladder wouldn't fouen bottom. However, he went down to secured his Sody with clothes line. Beach talked with him and appar- !ently was in no danger of drowning
 Boss says that he then left Beach and went ashore to secure another ladder. : He called for help bur couldn't find anyone, nor could he get the la6der he wished. When hs returned, he found Boss dead, his body floating in the creek, tied tS the ladder by the rope Boss had put around him.
 Boss then went ashore again and rivals ssa at tef fHs ddap s Yard T who took sss a body from the water. Boss then re- ported at the Third Precinct police station. He was taken to f1eadquar~. ters where he is now detained whfle his story is being investigated.
 Beach, 1t is said, was drinking heavily yesterday. He was drinking again last night and was refused n- dition. Boss says that he met Beach In McNiH's saloon at ,1z3o Railroad avenue, and had a drink with him there. Beach was very much '7hu6- ed" when he was refused further drink and left in a rage.
 Boss declares the story about . quarrel between him and Beach is g mistake. He declares that he 0Boee5 had fight with another barge cap- tain on the barge sfuiford, which potI- ed out yesterdfy The fight arose over ss woman ol.s-ne Mulford- Eess says that the glGulford,s captain thfsw off the ropes and set Bosg barge adrift
 According, to the way the men at the coal yard have the storys it was Beach's barge which was set adrfft and the complaint was made by Beach against Boss.
 NS The authorities $are< conducting q searching investigation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13
MARKEY
 ENDS LIFE BY
 WHALING GAS
WE'LL KNOWN RESIDENT OF CONNECTICUT AVE. SUICIDES APPARENTLY WITHOUT
 REASON.

In apparent good healtha and spirits. Peter Markey. aged 50. of 705 Connec- ticut avenue entered his bedroom at 10 o'clock this morning, and closed the door, Two hours later his wife, smell ing gas, entered the room and found her husband on the bed, stone dead, with two gas jets open
 ' Mrs. Markey worked over her hus- band and then ran out and telephoned for the ambulance corps, which promptly responded. It was found, however. that Markey was beyond human aid Medical Examiner s. M. Gar1ick was notified
 Mir Markey came to this country from Ireland and lived in Bridgeport for about IA years. For long time he was engineer for the Park City Lumber Go. He. retired last Spring, expressing his intention of taking things easy. He was we'll known in the district where he lived and had a large number of friends.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13
Finish Evidence
 In Murder Trial

Tn order to show that Amelio Di- Martino was not seized by Enrico Caputo just before the latter was shot. States NAbtorney Judson this morning put on several witnesses in the criminal Superior court who swore that the accused had no provocation for killing Caputo.
 Tony Caputo. the 12-year-old son of the murdered man, testified that his father did not seize the accused. Tony was with his father and mother when the shooting took place. The boy said DiMartino grabbed Caputo around the waist Z AS soon as DiMartino fired the shots he released his hold on Caputo. the boy said. On cross-e -ex- animation by Attorney Klein, the wit ness wasn't sure which had the ac- cused had used. Ut was either the right or left" he declared, and at this the folks in the court room smiled.
 Capt. George Arnold of the detec- tive bureau, told about a conMersation he had with DiMartino at police head quarters The accused stated that after he shot Caputo, he shot Mrs. Caputo because she was the cause of the trouble. He threw his revolver away on Franlnn street after the
 
 said, declared he loved Mrs. Caputo in the old country and loved her now. Capt. Arnold swore that DiMartino said nothing to him about having been seized by Caputo.
 Mrs. Christina Caputo was then re- called by the State. She said her husband did not grab the accused on the night of the murder.
 Luke Petruschell's testimony did not agree with the statements of the otf1- CT witnesses. The witness said Di- Martino told him about having been grabbed by Caputo. DiMartino said Caputo made a. motion toward his pocket and the accused thought the barber was going to draw a razor
 Pasuuale Forte, who was employed in Cap5tos Main street barber shop, said DiMartino frequently came to the shop and appeared to be on friend ly terms with Caputo. He never heard the barber warn DiMartino not to come to the house.
 The State called Policeman Edward Wheeler. He said he was one of the officers who arrested DiMartino. The States Attorney asked him about a conversation he had with the pris- oner, but the court ruled the testi- mony out.
 The evidence was all finished at II this morning. Prosecutor Delaney opened the arguments for the State. He reviewed the facts of the case in an able manner.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13
Local K. Of C. Boys Home
 From Boston

' Retrrnang from the Hub with mem Lbries of a splendid pageant and two kaays of hearty good fellowship, the lBridxeport delegation of Knights of tColumbus who attended the Columbus iDay parade at Boston yesterday, lreec1ged here shortly after midnight N The Bridgeporters were assigned to ,hA conspicuous portion of the monster iuarade, directly in the rear of the F1Uth Degree assembly, and they tvere frequently applauded on the line tpf march They were greeted on ar hfvins in Boston Wednesday evening 5by George H. Kelly. State warden of The Bridgeporters were applauded sVirorously as they passed the review i{nr stand occupied by Governor <F0sS, IaEayor Fitzgerald, and other notables,
 }cluding the national board of di-
 Sctors of the Knights and Supreme
 nlGfk JQmeS F1aherty. t#Thene are a. few of the comments rbade by the Boston papers relative
 c the Bridgeporters:
 Boston Post.
 s~Tba Bridgeport council Knights of nolumbus came all the way from K400IL were hsartaly applauded for so do- hng."
 Boston Globe.
 conc of the bbdies in the line which scarne from a long distance to partici- |Yate fin the parade, was John F. Rog- lerv Council, 124S, Of Bridgeport Conn.,, which appeared with quite large rep- Eesentation, and distributed a number |of booklets containing fnformation rel |affve tU their home city and their own brganizatfon."
 4monr the local delegation were msniel F. Harrigan, Attorney M. J. E9auaran, Edward Cronanr E. F. H,eonard. John F. Brady. Joseph Mo-, rgamara. William H. Brady, John F.. iCoatee. John J. O'Nefll, Dennis O'Neil. E. |. Leverty, Robert Hawkins, Pat rick Quigiey. Martin Griffin: John Lil- 6is, n. A. Dunnigan, Joseph Flynn, ". 67. Jones, John J. Grogan, Frank Brennan, F. D. Hayes, Rev E. F. Curran, Js F Curran. E. P Murphy. M. Il Reyes. James OfNen, Daniel Ryan, John W. Ryan. F. J. Connery, Danid J Reilly, John J. Halpin, James IBrnltZ Dr. F. T. Mclaughlin. and lgeorEq H- Kelly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13
COAL YARD EMPLOYES SAY THAT TWO. MEN HAD HAD 4
 QUARREL
Frank Beach, Captain of Barge Jno M Wheeler Drowned in Cedar Creek Early This Morning Harry Boss, Captain of Next Barge, Claims He Tried to Rescue
 Beach-Had Two Ladders and
 Rope But Beach Was Drowned,

With Harry Boss, barge captain, locked up in cell at police head quarters, and the dead body of Frank Beach, another barge captain, at Rourke & Rourke's mOrgue, the po- lice authorities this morning began the investigation of a strangely sl1s- pfciOus drowning case. Beach's body was taken from the waters of Cedar creek this morning, with a rope tieu around it's ankles. Boss admits hav- ing tied this rope. in an effort, he says, ito save Beach. 9
 Employes at Vincent Brothers coal yard where the barges lie, declare that there was bed blood between Boss and the drowned man, and that Beach nsade a. complaint against Boss and set it adrift.
 N Boss denies this story and says that he and the drowned man were good friends, but that he had had quar- rel with another barge captain whose barge pulled away yesterday.
 Owin8 to the remarkable circum- stances of the drowning, the authori- ties will investigate thoroughly. That Boss could not rescue Beach, when he had a rope and two ladders ar hand, and was able to tie the rope around Beach's body. seems unbe-
 Boss is captain of the barge M. M. Redmond of the McCaffery line. Beach vas captain of the barge John M. Wheeler of the same line. The two bafges lay off Vincent Brothers coal yard. Boss barge was 12 feet from the dock. and a ladder stretch ed across from the dock to the barge. Beach's haTge I4s ssext to Boss. To reach his own barge from the shore, Beach would first have to cross the ladder, then cross Boss barge.
 Boss declares that shortly after o'clock this morning he was awak en- ed by cries for help. He found that Beach, in attempting to cross the ladder had tumbled into the water, taking the. ladder with him. and was. clinging to it.
 Boss claims that he secured his
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13
Thousands of Angry Baseball Enthusiasts Besiege Office of Secretary
 Gray
Sale of Tickets For Worlds Series Causes Biggest Kind of R0W-Frank Farrell Owner Of Highanders
 Shabbi|y Treated

sorting and returning the checks. <l
 Hundreds of irate fans. who receiv- ed neither the tickets they ordered nor return of their checks, stormed about the halls of the National League headquarters. k They were not satfs- fled with the assurances that their money would be returned, early next week, probably after the series had been finished.
 Bach man had an individual. case that he insisted required a. personal interview with Gray, but Gray lock ed himself in his private office and de- tailed a policeman to send away all visitors. Other officers were assign ed to the clearing of the halls.
 Baseball enthusiasts from all over the country, who had mailed money orders for their seats, expecting that they would be here and ready for them when they arrived. have come either have to, pay the exorhtant prices asked by the tsca1pers" or re- turn without seeing the games.
 The commonest mistake made by those ordering tickets by mail was that of sending. money for single games Those in charge of the tick cts made no reservations for single vations had to be for the entire series or for none at all. But there are scores who say they sent money, for the entire series and have failed to get either the tickets or money.
 The angry mob argue that if reser- vations were made only for t1e entire series there would only be As many tickets to be sold for Tuesdays and Thursdays games at the box office as there were for Saturday. The Satur- day tickets were reported sold yester- day, but 1t was possible to buy tick .etS xoaf 4ucsday's and Thu sfiay's game, early this morning.
 One man pointed out that he had sent a certified check for $75, order ing a box reserved for the three games. He has not received his res- eryation, despite the fact that it is rez ported all box orders have been fill ed.
 At Gray's office, this morning, he asked: What redress will I have in case those tickets have been missent and are used by someone else? T am not to have my check returned until next week. Tickets have been sent by the club in good faith, and would have no redress if they are used by someone else.''
 Some men had sent checks for over $100, some ordering complete series tickets for three, two tickets for one game and one for another. In such cases not even the three series order was filled.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13
Especial from United Press.)

lSpeclaI from Un1IeQ PreSS.)
 New York Oct. 13-Onering, $500 to any person who can prove he know ingly permitted single ticket for the worlds series to go into the haads of a .scalper". Secretary William Gray of the New York club today de- nied that the officials in charge of the sale of tickets are in any way respon- sible for the fact that speculators are offering thousands of tickets for sale at double and treble the box office price
 Neither this statement nor the as- surance that John T Brush's $10,000 offer for a scheme that will eliminate the scalpers still stands, appeased the woe of disappointed baseball fans who have been storming the door to Gray's office all day. Many of them stood in line for hours waiting for chance to get to the box office window, then to be advised that all the tickets had beenk sold, while spectators with hun dreds of the coveted pastebords were offering to sell them at profits of 100 and 200 per cent. Despite Gray's of fer, it was stated this morning, the same methods by which speculators years gone by, were used this year. One of the men closest to Gray. up- on returning from conference with hfrn, said:
 @Without a doubt we'll dressed men were hired by specuaatOrs to wait in line until they could purchase tickets. In other cases, speculators had people write from other cities, sending cer- tified checks for the series. After these orders are filled they are sent by the people receiving the tickets to the specuIators in New York. There is absolutely no way in which the specuIator can be eliminated He gets tickets for the worlds series in pre- cisely the manner he gets tickets for the theatres"
 ! Concerning the statement that Frank Farrell, owner of the Highlanders, was given no consideration in the matter of tickets, despite the fact that he gave the Giants three months free use of his grounds when the Polo Grounds were burned, officers in charge of the ticket office had nothing to say. When the matter was called to Grays atten- tion, he said:
 1T know nothing Of the Farrell af- fair" Pointing tQna big box stack ed high with certified checks and money orders, he added: There is $100, 900 in that box, ali of which is to be returned because, for one reason or another, the orders could not be filled We are completely swamped here. Fifteen girls were put at work
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13
Black Hand Letter Received By Clerk
 Of Charities Board

Charities Clerk 'sDennie" O'Neill was peacefully preparing to assume his daily task this morning, when he was given a severe shock, on opening an innocent looking envelope, to re- ceive the following bloodthirsty com munication:
 From the Blacka Handa.
 Subscription accompanied by picture of skull and cross bones. skull with plug hat and flower labelled, "sama- rocka.',)
 From Sixta-dist. You dam harpa, I fixa youp'
 Accompanying this was a life like reproduction of a human finger. Dem rlie will carry an extra wad of Long shor eman's Delight in his old corn cob and will be prepared to blow his assailants away when the time comes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13
Especial from United Press.)

Especial from Unlted PreSS.)
 Hankow, China. Oct. 13-Incendiary
 fres are blazing in every quarter of
 the city and scores of families have
 been massacred. All the prisons have
 been khrown open and the slum dweli- CTS are wandering about pillaging and murdering- The revolutionary leaders are making strenuous efforts to re-
 store order, but their main forces are yang and che situation is almost be- yond their control.
 The American Consul, Roger s. Greene, yisitef Wu-Chang. today. and
 escorted here "a party of A foreigRers. Americans, English and ItahRns He
 waa received most courteously by the rebel leader. Colonel Li.
 Dvery hour the flame of rebellion
 is spreading more rapidly over China
 and tho empire stands threatened .O1 its monarchy and thd establishment of the first Orientel republic In the his tory of the world
 Hu-Peh. Hu-Nan, Kfang-Su and fSxschuen Hu-Peh Is practically in f tho hands of the rev0lutionists Shang-
 Sha. the capital of Nan, has re. IyoIted, and Nankin, the capital of tKiang-Su, is the scene of fierce fght- ing. the result Of which IS not yer 1,
 sun Ya4 Sen. who was exfled for
 preachinE repub1icandsm, is leading tho revolutionists and his brother. 1 Sun Yu, has been elected president or lthe provincial assembly, Both are Ilu,eu Of wide educatfon and broad and liberal views All their operations show the result df long -thought-out ana carsfully prepared plans and thus Ff1r fhey have met with nninterrupted
 success. @
 X X Alfhourh strdct orders have been is- eued to respect the lives and property
 df foretGners. under penalty of death, fho rovolutionAry leaders have started
 a cbnfa9ratfon which they may not He abla to check. While there has noS
 yef h14n any anti-fOreign outbreak, masnacreg of Manchus are reported from every part of the revolting prov inooe and the. whole country Is abiAEe with fncendiary fire4- Thousand9 of c0n45cts haxe been re!eased and. pl- l1elng ie widespread. Grave fears are m fhat the lz1obs. once tastine blood. VIII uDf be easily reetrafned and the 1pro1en fenldof1ts Ara waiting anxious- 1y to heert the familiar cry-Down with the white devils.,'
 An q the missionaries who were in FNu-Chang have sought refuge here wfth tho exception of Miss R. A. Kemp. Of the Episcopa1 society and the 6isters of members of the Roman Cathol6c mission, who refused to de- |soe<t their p0sta Imperial troops are reuorfed on their ways here from ehankhai but it will be a week at 1east before q force can arrfve suffi- cieff to meet the rebels on equal terms.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13
Judge Guarding
 Against Misfrial
 In MCNamara Case
Special from United Press.)

Los Angeles, Oct. 13-When the ex- animation of McNamara veniremen was resumed by Attorney Lecompte Davis for. the defense at the opening of court, today, the prosecution regis tered strenuous opposition to Judge Bordwelfs ruling that the widest lat itude will be allowed in determining whether prospective jurors are opposed to labor unions.
 The state insisted that the fact that James B. McNamara is a member of a union is no reason to compel a venire to explain it's position on the union question. Judge Bordwell ex- plained his desire to give both sides the advantage of every privilege under the code and told District Attorney Fredericks he would have the same rights when he examined the men to determine whether the venire is op- posed to the Merchants & Manufac- turers' association.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13
EHssAGES FROM AMERICAN
 EMBASSY REPORT REBELS
 ARE IN COMPLETE CONTROL.

washington. Oct. 13-T4e State De- uartlnent today received the following telexram from Secretary Williams, in chara{ of the American embassy at Pekin:
 .sHanhow reported in flames, Amer1- cant reported safe. 10000 men, compos- irIr three army corps, have joined the rebeIs, Communication with Hankow is cut of"
 A mess&ge twas received by Consul General Greene. whose station is IT4ankow, as follows:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13
DEMOCRATS TO
 MEET TONIGHT

There will be a meeting of the Dem ocratic Association this evening at the rooms in the Taylor building, Cannon street, at which plans for the coming campaign will be discussed. All members are urged to attend. Town Chairman w. w. Bent will preside.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-13
COLUMBUS DAY PARADE. HERE.

With over 1000 in line, the allied Italian societies Of Bridgeport held street parade last evening, followed by an entertainment in Eagles hall. The parade was an inspiring one, l with lots of music and large crowds watched it's progress through the streets