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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-11
ConsumptIve Pleads
 For Chance To Live
Ordered Discharged From Posi- ton in Eating House by
 Health Board

Many consumptives are working in restaurants in this city. This was the startling information conveyed by a well known lunch-cart worker to Supt. Johnson of the Department of Charities, yesterday afternoon, during the pathetic recital of tubercular patient who had been denied such work by the Board of Health.
 The applicant who once before was called at charity headquarters yester- day and sought an asylum during the winter months. He stated that haV- ing stayed at the sanitarium but a little over a. month the authorities had thought him sufficiently we'll to pur- sue some vocation, and had permitted his discharge He had sought work at the only trade he knew-that of chef and restaurant worker. He was comfortably housed until two or three days ago when he was discovered by an inspector of the Health Board and his employer was ordered to discharge him. He could secure no other work and had to apply for aid.
 He stated that it was particularly hard not only to be suffering with dis ease but to be denied a chance to earn a living as well, and especially as many others in worse condition than himself were permitted to work in restaurants here- Pressed to divulge their names and places Of employment he refused, stating that he would not injure them as he had been hound ed.
 The Health Department upon hear ing of the accusation denied that to their knowledge such conditions ex- isted here, but promised to institute an inquiry.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-11
J. T. Logan Estate
 Is Left To Family
Bulk of Property of Late Mer- chant is Requeathed to Brother in Trust For
 Wife and Children

Under the terms of the will of John T. Logan, late president of Logan Bros, merchants conducting grocery houses throughout the state. the bulk of his real and personal property is left to his brother, Charles Logan, in trust for his wife and children. The will, which was offered for probate today, was made May 22, 1912. It contains the following bequests:
 To Ann Logan, mother, and to Mar garet, Jennie G. and Anna Logan, sisters of the deceased, $1,0Oo each.
 To Elizabeth Logan. his wife, the house and furnishings at 25 Yale street.
 To Fannie Mckee, of Bridgeport, $1,OOo.
 The rest and residue of the prop erty is left to Charles Logan, broth CT, in trust for the widow and two children, Fannie 4. Span and Harry T. Logan. The trustee is directed to pay the widow $3,00O annually and the children $1,OOO annually, from the earnings of the estate during the lifetime of the widow.
 Upon the death of the widow, the trustee is directed to pay over to the children one-quarter of the estate with earnings and incomes from all sources. The remaining quarters of the eSIaLe are lO De pau IO llS CAA1l- dren at periods of five, ten and if teen years after the death of the widow.
 In the event of the death of either child before the final division of the estate the property is to be divided 1 at the same time and in the same l manner among his or her heirs In the event of either child dying with out heir, all undivided parts of the | estate that would have gone to him 1 or her shall go to the surviving child | or heirs.
 Charles Logan is named as execu- tor of the estate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-11
PROGRAM FOR
 TARIFF WORK
 IS OUTLINED

Washington. Dec. 11-Chairman Un- derwood, of the House committee on Ways and Means, today announced the following program for hearings by the Ways and Means committee in prep aration for the tariff revision work of the next Congress-:
 Schedule A-Chemicals, oils and pains, Jan. 6.
 Schedule B-Earths. earthenware, Jan. 8.
 Schedule C-Metails and their manu- faoture, Jan. 10.
 Schedule D-Wood and manufactures of, and Schedule L, silk and silk goods. Jan. 13. : Schedule E-Sugar and manufactures of, and Schedule H, spirits, wines and other beverages, Jan. 15.
 Schedule F-Tobacco and manufac- lures of, and Schedule M, pulp and paper and books, Jan. F.
 Schedule G-.Agricultural products and provisions, Jan. 20.
 Schedule TCotton manufactures, Jan. 22.
 Schedule J-F1ax, hemp and jute and of, Jan 24
 Schedule K-Wool, Jan. 27
 Schedule N-Sundries, Jan. 29.
 Free list administrative features and Jan. 31
 There will be two sessions daily. A statement issued by the committee to- day requested all who desired hear lngs to apply at once and to file briefs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-11
Pleas In Her Coat
 She Seeks Relief
 Departments Dodge

Jurisdiction over the killing of f1eas
 upset three city departments in Bridgeport yesterday, every official coming in contact with the case dis claiming responsibility. It all came about in this manner: During a per formance in local theatre yesterday afternoon several small fleas were noticed upon the caracul coat of a woman spectator, one of which jump ing upon and inf1icting bite upon the occupant of an adjoining seat complaint was made to an usher who in turn presented it to a, special of fcer. Investigation proved that so those seated nearby that it was thought a. real charity to conduct the woman to the Charities board organ ized for the relief of sufferers.
 It was found when she reached Headquarters that nyriads of the champion insect were marching and counter marching about the exterior of her coat Believing that the case was one for the police she was sent over that side, but there it was be- neved one for the Board of Health day denies that she ever called, and according to a patrolman on the beat the last seen of the human menagerie was a crying woman who had escaped from the building while mem bers of the different departm ents were quib- bling over the question of jurisdic- ton. The only point upon which all were unanin ously agreed was that the Charities Department should dis had passed and this was promptly done.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-11
Stratf0rd Murder
 Case Before The
 Grand Jury Today
BuOnOmo and Two AccOmplices Face First Degree Indict-
 mentS

The grand jury convened at the county court house this morning to consider the cases of Joe Buonomo. Frank Pezzichemi and James Motti, charged with the murder of Jennie Cavalieri in Stratford early in October. The jurors started work at 10 a. m. and were busy all morning hearing witnesses. It is expected that the en- tire afternoon session will also be re- quired to dispose of the cases.
 Among the witnesses summoned were: Medical Examiner W. B. Cogs- we'll of Stratford; Seth Jennings, Chas. Wells. Ralph Wells, John Fancher, Chief of Police Judson. H. M. Booth, Samuel Lewis, all of Stratford; Chief of Police Robbins and Edward Hayes of shelton; State Policemen Frank Vii relli and Rowe Wheeler.
 The grand jurors are: c. B. Stillman and P. H. Mccarthy, Newtown; John Hawkins and Simeon Pease, Fairfield; Frederick Botsford and L. w Booth, Huntington; J. N. Near and John ORourke, Bridgeport; J. w, Porter and J. B. Cuff, Danbury; William Shelton and John H1nckley, Hunting ton; J. N. Tucker and E. S. Fairchild, TrunbuIl; Frank Brown and F. T. Byxbee, South Norwalk; J. G. Tough ton and H. s. Miller. Stamford.
 The other two cases to be consider ed are Nettie Palmer and William Hoy of Danbury charged with killing ba- by by throwing it into well.
 No true bills had been brought in at press hour.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-11
CLAIM EVIDENCE CAN'T
 BE USED AGAINST PRISONERS

Newark, Dec. 11-That the evidence obtained by the post office inspectors against the three men arrested in the North Jersey mountains charged with having attempted to bIackmail Pres ident-elect Woodrow Wilson cannot be used against them was the declar- ation today of attorneys who investi- gated the case. The inspectors who made the arrest have stated that the chief evidence they have comprises the letters written by the men after they were arrested, which show the same
 nisspelling of words that character ized the letters sent to Wilson. Un- der the federal law such writing can- not be introduced in evidence.
 Because of this development, the three men were today subjected to a severe cross-examination by the off, cials in the Newark jail where they are being held pending an examina- tion before a United States commits sioner, next Monday. It was reported that one of the Dunn brothers had made discriminating statements but the inspectors positively refused to deny or confirm this report.
 According to the sheriff, Jacob Dunn has been employed as a guard on the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad run ming between this city and New York. He was said to have good reputa- ton in his home community. Peter Dunn and Seeley Davenport admitted to the sheriff that they had been ar rested for stealing chickens.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-11
EMPLOYER FINED
 ALSO EMPLOYE


 Refusing to take cognizance of the labor troubles which may have origin ated the fistic battle which brought 1sidore Weissberg, foreman for Ed wards & Company, and Louis A Albert, a former e1nploye of the same firm, before the city court this morn ing, Judge Carl Foster considering only the charges of breach of the man M. J. Dwyer, imposed fines az gregating $25 and costs upon Weiss
 Albert stated that he had peaceably entered the factory and that he had not picketed, but was attacked by Weissberg without justified tion.
 It is alleged by police officers that several incipient demonstrations have been planned by workers against the shop, meetings for which purpose held in Mohican hall have been broken up after internal strife became so ram pant as to occasion complaint of neighbOrS-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-11
NERVE SPECIALIST SAYS MODERATE DRINKING
 LEADS TO INSANITY

Washington, Dec. 11-Dec1arins that 60 percent of all cases of Insanity, ner- vous diseases and diseases of the body are caused from excessive or even moderate indulgence in alcoholic drinks and the drug habit, Represen- tative John Joseph Kindred of New York, before the American Society for the Study of Alcohol and Other Mar cotics today declared that unless loco motive engineers, telegraphers and mental workers are total abstainers, they are apt to commit grave errors in judgment and execution.
 Representative Kindred is a physi- elan and nerve specialist
 Famous experiments,'' he said, 'fshow that drinking Of even one glass of beer Is followed by decreased per ceptive powers of the brain and ner- voue system. Contrary to the common belief. a few drinks do not strengthen the body or mind.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-11
matter.
matter. CONCLUDE HEARING ON
 CONGRESSIONAL PROBE


 Washington, Dec. 11-NeW England CTS continued testimony Before the House Rules committee today in their effort to induce Congress to apDoirt a committee to investigate the alleged New Haven Grand Trunk traffic ped on the Grand Trunks southern New England extension. Fyftuezses charged that this left New ElnR5ard in the alleged monopoIistfc clurcaca testimony was expected to conclude the hearing.
 That a report of the committee rliI- ing on the resolution Of Reptesentafve OShaunessy for Congressional lnFestf- gation would be had later today, was considered probable when the commit tee convened.
 Fred J. Mcleod. chairman of the Massachusetts Railway committee. told the committee he believed the present federal grand jury probe into alleged violation of the Sherman law by the New Haven railroad -syas thor ough and just. He was coHftderlt, he said, that the. alleged merger Between the Southern New England Railroad (Grand Trunk) and the New Haven system, by which unfinished sepnstruc- tion of the former was saHknrnar5Iv stopped, was in violation of the sher- man act.
 ''So far as Massachusetts, and the whole of New England was concerued. the completion of this report was only prise to make direct entry sfnto the city of Boston by road caEtnE the great western traffic from Chicago said Mcleod This enterprise was regarded generaIy as one of the most far reaching developments that had occurred in New England for years. Public sentiment was unanin cusiy ia vorable.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-11
MAYOR SILENT
 REGARDING NEW
 COMMISSIONERS
Seventeen Appointments to be Made This Month to vaTi- OuS Municipal Boards Politicians Busy Guessing Proba- ble Nominees While His
 Honor Maintains Dis
 erect Silence

seventeen members of various muni- cipal boards are to be appointed this month, most of them by the Mayor, and politicians and near-politicians are having the times of their young lives speculatfng to who will get the places. Mayor Wilson, in whose hands rest the appointive powers is giving a very creditable imitation of a Lynnhaven Bay oyster when it comes to talking about the new board members
 appointments probably will be made next week.
 One appointment is assured That is Frederick Sailer for the Park Board. MT. Sailer, who is a Demo crat has been renominated by his as sociates on the board and the conf1r- Common Council is practically a assur- Common Council is practically assur- ed It is generally accepted that s. F. vincent, now prominent Bull Moose, will not be renamed for the Board of Apportfonment and Taxation. His former colleagues in the Repub- llcan ranks hold him responsible for the defeat of Congressman Hill and say that he can't have any favors
 Here is list of board r-embers whose terms expire this month:
 Fire ssioners-Joseph D. liar tigan. Democrat; Wallace G. Taylor,
 
 Police Commissioners-Geo M. Baldwin, Democrat; Frederick D. Ba- ker, Republican.
 Charities Commissioners - Patrick Kane, Democrat; F. William Behrens, IT,, Republican.
 Park missioner-Frederick Sail er Democrat.
 Health Commissioners-Jose H. Democrat; John M. Lund, 
 Board of Apportionment-W P. Kirk, $. Loewith, Democrats; George W. Jackman, Republican; s. E. Vim cent. Bull Moose.
 Board of Appraisal-James L., Me Govern, Democrat.
 Building mnissioner-Charles H. Botsford, Democrat.
 Sinking Fund Con1missioners-Da E. Read, Democrat: DeVer H. Warner, Republican.
 One political dopester has it that MT. Baldwin is almost certain of a 1 -eappointment to the Police Board. | while MT. Behrens will succeed, him l elf on the Charities Board. Two new Health Commissioners may be ap- pointed, says this politician. Since | lis election as State Senator, it is | lot thought that MT. Whitconb would | are for a reappo1ntment, and John 1 VI. Lund is slated to go by the ruling | powers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-11
CITY COURT CASES

In the City court, this morning, be- fore Judge Carl Foster, the case of Charles Coles, colored, for theft of eleven bottles of whiskey from a car in the Whiting Street yards of the New Haven road. resulted in a sen- tence of fifteen days in jail. Coles was found in a car adjoining the one in which the theft had been commit ted having been overcome by the ef- fects of the liquor.
 Peter Tokar. arrested by Patro1man James Wheeler and charged with in toxication, breach of the peace and resistance, was fined $15.
 Ado1ph Brothers, accused by Lena night fined $6 and costs.
 Two cases of non-support were for trial today. That of John Herman of 373 Main street re- suited in parole under the custody of the probation officer for a term of one year and a bond of s200 to insure pay ment of $4 weekly to his wife Anna. An appeal being taken bonds of $500 were filed The case of Eugene Bush was continued until January Il under custody of the probation officer.
 That further investigation may be made of the charge of theft preferred against Thomas Holland, a continu- ance was granted until Dec 12
 Michael Kubisko, 12 years old, brought before the court for truancy was probated for term of three months
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-11
BRIDGEPORT SENDS
 EUROPE $IOO,OOO
More Than $500 Daily Goes Through Postoffice From
 Foreigners Living Here

Bridgeport is about $1Oo,OOO poorer than she was a month ago, according to estimates of officials in charge of the money order department of the post office. Close to that figure has been sent from this country to Euro pean countries, in preparation for the holidays, and the rush is still on
 According to Cashier William T. Meyer an average of S3 500 day has been sent from the local postofffce, through the foreign money order de- partment- in the past month. An ay- craze of 100 orders is issued daily
 Thousands of dollars have been sent to the Balkan states and countries in voIved in the southern European trou- 5Ies. For the most part, however the moneys sent from here have been for happy Christmas on the other side
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-11
THREE JUVENILE BURGLARS PLACED
 UPON PROBATION

Three boys who practiced wholesale burglary by riding around in a wagon and robbing residences, were arraign- ed before Judge Case in the superior court this morning James Robbie, Is wears old, Louis Scher, IT, and Royal T. Starr, 15, all of this city, pleaded guilty to burglary, when their names were called All are good looking boys and come from respectable families.
 Because of their youth and their promises to do better, the court sus- the boys a year in jail. They were placed on probation for one year. They were charged with robbing the hom of William Benjamin, Julia Negley,
 = -~<a~ %<~ Ga-s<ia- a-u of this city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-11
WANTED FROM WILSON
 OR HIS LIFE
Trio Demand Sum From PreSi- dent-Elect, at Same Time Civ ing Death Warning Detectives After Hard Work Capture the Blackmailers in Hills of North Jersey

Newark, Dec. 11-That the three
 mountaineers who are in the local jail
 awaiting examination, next Monday,
 on the charge of having attempted to blackmail President elect Woodrow
 Wilson and having threatened his life.
 will tell all they know Of their plot before they are taken into court, is
 the belief of the officers who arrested
 them
 Tn trio, Seeley Davenport, alias
 Snake; Jacob Dunn, alias Mig; and Warren Dunn, also known as Pe-
 ter Dunn, are admittedly not highly intelligent. They are natives of the barren north Jersey mountains. None has even had a common school edu- cation And because of this fact the post office inspectors who made the arrest do not believe that their at- tempt at blackmail, of which the gov ernment claims that it has positive proof, was anything more than the general belief of the district in which they have lived that those who have much should give to the less forum ate. But it is admitted the men are upon to try to carry out any threats that were made. This is the real danger of the present case, according to the officials. And because of this an attempt will be made net only to convict the trio of sending the threat ening letters to President-e1ect Wilson put also 10 other persons Tn North Jersey who have been threatened.
 The first of the letters was received by Joseph L. Tumulty, secretary to Gov. Wilson, on Nov. Il. It demand ed $5, 900 in gold to be sent by mail. No attention was paid to it. But five others in the same handwriting were quickly received and then the post office inspectors were called into the case. While they were working on the clues two more missives were re- ceived.
 Inspectors Butler, Larabee and Beekman, going to the address men tioned in the letters as the place where the gold was to be sent, which was rural free delivery route No. 2. 1 Box 43, Wharton. N. J., found that the 1ox in question was in front of the home of Pearl Utter, resi- lent of Newark whose house was ;losed for the winter It is some miles l nut from Wharton and accessible to | he mountain cabins where the men 1 Lrrested live
 Inspector Beeknan. as a, hunter. 1 fired guides from the mountain col 1 ,ny and securing the needed evidence i 'eported to their chief.
 The arrests were ordered and last l night the three men were taken into l custody and brought to Newark.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-11
MELLEN'S PRIVATE SECRETARY
 BROUGHT BEFORE FEDERAL GRAND.
 JURY PROBE COMMITTEE TODAY
information Received From MT. Dugan l; Intended To DovetaiI Into Evidence Already Obtained From New Haven Road Directors and Other
 Witnesses

New York, Dec. 11-While President Mellen, of the New Haven railroad will not be examined by the grand jury which is now probing the a11eg- ed illegal monopolizatfon of the traf- f:c of New England by that corpora ticn, the federal inquisitors expect to get possession of all the information that he possesses. In order to do this they had before them today N K. Dugan, private secretary to the New Haven's president, and he was interrogated at great length regarding his personal Knowledge of various al- legged rnonopolies.
 The grand jury examined a number of witnesses today, regarding the agreement between the Grand Trunk and the New Haven. The majority of them were smuggled into the room and all information regarding their identity was refused. ' It was learned that the jury was impressed with the information secured from Private Sec retary Dugan as it dovetailed into other evidence obtained earlier in the week from directors of the road and he was able to clear up matters that had been more or less conjecture.
 Among other witnesses today were Arthur Clark of the New Haven, and H. K. Sellers of the Grand Trunk.
 District Attorney Wise left here to- day, and it was reported that he went to Washington to take up in person, with Attorney General Wickersham, the offer of President Cham mberlain, of the Grand Trunk, to appear before the grand jury and tell what he knows about the New Haven agreement.
 The special grand jury, drawn to take the place of the sitting body in order that the latter can devote all of it's time to the New Haven probe, was sworn by Judge Hough today It will take up all reported violations of law and the regular grand jury will consider nothing put the New Haven