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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-29
OUTLOOK BRIGHT FOR NEW YEAR SAYS CUNNING Head of BradStreet'S Agency Feels the Pulse of Local
 Activities. MANUFACTURERS, ARE
 OPTOMISTIC FOR 1914 Building Operations Here As Compared With the Rest
 of the Country.

A good outlook for manufacturing in Bridgeport is predicted by B. W. Cunning, local manager of the Brad street company, who is today quoted as saying that while manufacturers here express the opinion that business may be Slow for the frst few months of the new year, 1914 will probably gain in business volume as it pro- gressts He was of the opinion that the outlook was bright.
 Bradstreet's monthly publication, which gathers information concern ing business conditions in every part of the United States and Canada, and which is undoubtedly very impartial sE owS the gtneral business outlook throughout North America to be good, although it has beer set back in some sections by three cause.-the failure of the corn crop in three states, the holding back of money by the bank CTS of the country, and the failure Of some big houses to buy heavily pend ing the paESage of the currency bill. But the loss of the corn crop is made up by the huge wheat crop. Manufac- turers of goods for wear in cotton and wool have found that their markets have remained quite active with some changes in the grades of goods or dered, the tendency being toward the manufacture of more nigh grade goods
 
 No line of activity was so affected by the cIan-like attitude. of the mon ey lending banks during the time the currency bill was before Congress as the building trades. Bradstreet's made a canvass of all of the large cities of the country, and it found that, despite the holding up of the money, compar- ing November 1913 with November 1912 that there was 8 falling off of IS per cent This is. an indication that the country is now too large to be af- fected even by the so-eaueS n s<ssy interests. A few years ago it would have been possible TOT the same in terests to have held up over 50 per cent. of the building operations Of the country.
 But despite this falling off of IS per cent. in the country at large Bridge port, one of the seven fastest grow ing cities in America, did not show a falling off The figures showed that her building permits in November, 1913, were 2S per cent. higher than in 1912 or 46 per cent. greater than the average of the country at large.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-29
NINE ARRESTS FOLLOW STRIKE
 RIOT IN SHELTON EARLY TODAY
Chief Robbins Calls Upon High Sheriff Vollmer, Who Sends Score of Deputies Plant of Sidney Bumen- thai Go. Like Armed Camp. W. w. Representa- tive Address the Strikers Special Agents Protect ing the Strike Breakers Blamed for Beigerency.

consume the larger part of the day.
 There were really two riots during the morning, but only one was serious. The weapons used by the strikers were stones, which weighed about a pound each, and which had been gathered that they might be used as weapons.
 Most people here believe that the violence is invited and stimulated by the conduct of the special agents. who are said to insult and aggravate the strikers in many ways.
 The latter, 1t is believed, desire to conduct themselves peaceabIy.
 The condition is further aggravated by the presence of I. W. W. leaders. who counsel meeting violence with violence Last night, there were mas meetings, addressed by I. W. ". lead rs, in which the assaults of the aDeciaI agents were considered, and the men advised that they were not obliged to endure aggressionS or assault upon their persons
 Some 200 persons were present when the rioting began. The air for a few moments was thick with stones.
 The authorities, as a. precautfonary measure, will probably see to 1t that the special agents employed by the company conduct themselves in a. less belligerent manner. It fS believed that the strike can be handled with out calling in the ulfIss8a.
 The strikers are employed on piece work Recently new work was given . them, and their wages greatly dlrnin- ished. After demanding day work, or an increased rate per piece, the oper- atives went on strike.
 There is a dispute as to the wages paid. The company claims the strIk- earn $22 a week. The strikers ad- init that an operative once did earn $22 in a week, but assert he was ther eafter pointed to by his fellow op- orators as a curiosity. The striker say that wages are Tar below the liv- ing point, especially since the new work went to the looms.
 Among the T. W. W. leaders who have been in town was EGatilda Eza- binowitz, once well known in Bridge port
 A request for 15 eas more ms5 fe fie sworn in as special deputy sherIfs for strike-riot duty at Shelton was made to Superintendent Of Police Eu- gene Birmingham by Sherim William VoIlmer today. Special policemen and not regulars were desired The re- quest could not be compiled with on account of there being practically no special officers excepting those eD- ployed at theatres, as watchmen and at various factories.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-29
COURT DECIDES
 JENNINGS VS. CITY

Judge Bennett Of the superior court handed down a decision today dissolv- ing the temporary Injunction obtained by Edward A. Jennings against the City of Bridgeport This action was brought to restrain the city from changing the grade of Elm street ad- joining Jennings Bros factory.
 It was claimed that the change would damage the factory property and that the property owners were entitled to compensation.
 In his memorandum Judge Bennett says: '"The prepayment of damages which may be caused by the chang ing of the grade of a highway are not required here either by general law or by the charter of the defendant. Neither the taking or appropriation. of property is contemplated and the damages which may be assessed are not payable compensation''
 Edward A. Jennings obtained the temporary injunction several weeks ago and former City Attorney Pull man made a motion to have 1t dis solved
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-29
By Our Staff correspondent)


 Shelton, Dec. 29-In a riot precipi- agents employed as aids to strike breakers, several were injured here at 6:3O this morning and nine persons were arrested, as an incident in the strike that has been some weeks in progress in the mills of the Sidney BlunnenthaI Company.
 The mills employ 1000 hands, some 300 of whom are weavers. The strike is among the weavers. Strikebreakers have been imported, some of whom are housed in tse factory, protected by Winchesters, and other go to and from work accompanied by a special agent, one agent for each strikebreak- CT.
 At 6:3O this morning Special Agent Light reached the neighborhood of one of the bridges crossing the canal that bounds the mill property, when he jostled Alexander F'i1ipcak from the sidewalk. Filipcak resented this treatment, words ensued. Presently somebody threw a stone.
 At the conclusion of the melee Stephen Mick1osz, said to have been an innocent bystander. had his head cut open with a club, and sustained a fracture of the left shoulder.
 He claims that he was pushed from an automobile. The special agents assert that he fell from the automo- bile Special Agent Patterson, head of the secret service force in charge of the strike breakers, received a se- were scalp wound. Others were less severely injured.
 A call was sent to High Sheriff Will liam Vollmer of Bridgeport, for help, and he sent in a score or more of ad- ditiona1 deputies.
 In the meantime nine persons were arrested as foIIowt: Alexander Fill ipcak, Andrew Ma4xw1tz, Anton Villi- ger, William PavIowski John Ros- chinelxi, Anton Grabonslxi Stephen NIicklosz and Stephen I'leyey.
 The technical charge of breach of the peace. assault and using abusive 5Iangpage Was placed against each per son.
 The little lookup, which is the only place of detention the town affords, will not hold all the prisoners, so it was determined to put the accused to trial.
 Alexander Fi1ipcak was placed on trial before Judge Dillon, Attorney Joseph Shapiro of Bridgeport acting as prosecutor, and Attorney P. B. Sul- livan of Derby for the defense. The hearing was long drawn out and may
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-29
DAVIS SUCCEEDS
 AMBLER;; CLANCY
 GETS CLERKSHIP
Collector of Internal Reve- nue Announces Partial
 List of Appointments
OFFICIALS TAKE
 OFFICE JANUARY 1
Danbury Man Is Made Dep uty Collector for Fair
 field County

Hartford, Dec. 29-Internal Revenue Collector James J. Walsh officially an nounced today the following appoint ments Of deputy collectors, each ap- pointee disp1acing a person now in the service:
 Charles W. Bagley Cfe1d), headquar- ters Waterbury, salary s1.2oO.
 Edward T. Mullen, Cfeld), headquar- ters New Haven, salary $1,20o.
 James ]. Devine, (stamp), New Ha- ven, salary $1,200. J. P. Whitaker, (ohce), New Haven, salary $500.
 h headquarters Bridgeport, salary $1,-
 William H. Farrell, (de1d). head quarters New London, salary $1, 200
 John F. Clancy, (stamp), Bridgeport, salary $720
 Edward J. Gildes, in charge of de- natured alcohol plant, Danbury, sal ary $1, 200.
 With the exception of Messrs. Whit aker and Clancy, the deputy collectors are each allowed from $500 to $450 yearly for travelling and other ex- penses.
 MT Bag1ey succeeds Frank C. Hill, first appointed to the service in 1905 MT. Mullen succeeds E. B. Brown, ap- pointed in 1904. D. L. Bryant, who is succeeded by Mr.. Devirse@ has been a QepuLy since 1858. A. E. 1-BeaFQSioy, who must make way for MT. whitaker, was appointed iii 1899. The same is true of J. w. Amb1er, whose successor Is MT. Davis; of Frank I. Royce, who .s to be followed by MT. Farrell and of Nellie B. Judd,, whose place is taken by MT. Clancy. MT. Gi1dea sue ceeds J. D. Williamson, first appoint ed in 1910. s
 By the new appointments there is a change in the headquarters of the first division from Norwich to New Lon don. No change has yet been made in the second or Hartford division, nor in the third division with head quarters at Avon.
 Collector Walsh has gone to Wash ington for a conference concerning the appointment of special deputies for the collection of the income tax. There may be as many as 10 of these ap- pointed.
 William, I, Davis, the new deputy collector, is now a deputy sheriff and is very well known in this city. He held the position of deputy internal revenue collector under a previous Democratic administration and is thoroughly conversant with the duties of the office.
 John F. Clancy, who becomes stamp clerk, was recently clerk of the Board of Appraisal of Benefits and Damages and was assistant tax collector under the late Frank G. Mooney. He is a of John Clancy, a veteran of the Civil War. He is unmarried and resides with his widowed mother at 541 Bousa- tonic avenue. He modestIy received the congratulations of his many friends today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-29
FOUND MAN
 FROZEN TO GROUND
Especial to The Farmer.)

Especial to The Farmer)
 Westport, Dec. 2s-Thomas Hill, co1ored, was discovered in Willow Brook at an early hour this morning frozen to the ground. When Hill was found it was thought that he was dead. He was paced in a wagon and taken to the office of a doctor where it was found that he was very much alive After a short rest Hill was taken to his home. It was stated by those who found Hill that his body was so badly frozen to the ground that a. bar had to be used to remove it. He is being attended to by physi- clans today. Hill did not know how he came to get to the place.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-29
Especial to The Farmer.D

Wilton, Conn.,, Dec. 29-Another gruesone tragedy has been added to the list of tragic happenings in the town of Wilton and ttThe House of Mystery on Belden Hill, in a remote section of the town again attains notoriety. John Carrieri, resident of South NorwaIx was there shot to death by a shotgun in the hands of AuguStin Bebaldi, 9 -caretaker ap- pointed by it's new owner. The wound ed man was apparently shot at close range as the charge of shot tore a gaping hole, two inches in circumfer- ence through his entire side. Though he managed to walk 150 yards to a neighboring house and survived his in juries over two hours, he died with out recovering speech.
 The scene of the shooting is a lonely spot upon the outskirts of Wilton, and was the scene of g. spectacular raid by secret service agents about five years ago when a. band of counterfeiters supposed to have been working in league with the notorious "b1pO The Wolf were apprehended- Since that time the house has been occupied but short periods at a. time and bears a bad reputation.
 According to information received by Detective Sergeant Thomas Leath- erIand and Deputy Sheriff John H. Blake, who arrested Beban whom they found hiding in one of the out-bui1d- ings the shotgun was discharged within three feet of the dead man. The shooting occurred at about o'clock last night, and was either the result of g. card game mistaken identity of the victim.
 It is asserted that Carrieri has been living on the premises for the past week, and according to Beban had been told to leave the house yester- day afternoon. He is believed to have
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-29
BIG INCREASE IN
 POSTAL BUSINESS
Local P. o, Force Handled 100000 Pieces of Mail
 Tn March

Over 100 per cent increase in pos tai business for the first 25 days of December is the record shown at the local post office today where the an- ti-hoIfday cleanup is now being made
 Although Everybody is tired but de- cidedly happy over the result shown by the office, all are Jubilant that
 .ots. severe tasks ever imposed upon postal clerks here has ,,s--.4 successfully handled without delay or loss. It is shown by statistics that 100000 pieces of mail were handled last month in excess of the same month in the year 1912
 In the regular mail delivery 5,586 sacks were handled up to December 26, as against 2,993 last year. Out going sacks Tor the same period were 2,354 as gainst 4,72O in 1912. This is 100 per cent increase. It is said that the general business for the year will average about 80 per cent in- crease.
 This is taken as a clear indication that the volume of business done dur ing the year will be found to be far in excess of 1912 and pointing to con tinued prosperity rather than the de- pression which had been predicted in some circles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-29
INVESTIGATION INTO DEATH OF WOMAN
 KILLED BY AUTO
Mrs. Fierabend, Well Known
 As Costumer, Killed Near Baird Machine Works

Louis Harvard. employed in the Of- flee of s. Loewith 6 Co.,, is under bonds of $1OOO to make an appear ance in the Stratford Justice court pending investigation of the death or Mrs. Rosa Fierabend, killed by his automobile on Stratford avenue near the Baird Machine Tool Company.
 Investigation by Allan Judson, of the Stratford police, to whom MT. Harvard surrendered after the affair, is said today to disclose that the ac- cident was unavoidable and due to the sgIar1ng of headlights used on car and automobile.
 According to the statement of MT. Harvard, he was proceeding towards Stratford while the car was destined for Bridgeport. Mrs. Fierabend ac- cornpanied by Mrs. A. G. Doty, sis ter of Police Captain George Arnold of this city, was awaiting the car which passed them. Harvard sudden ly transferred from the blinding light to intense darkness was unable to per ceive the victim who was knocked down by thee ar. So sudden and dark was the scene of the accident that Mrs Doty did not know her friend had been struck. The ambulance was sent to the scene and carried the un- conscious woman to Bridgeport hos pital where she died. Medical Exam iner Garlick ordered an investigation.
 
 ing that there were survivors friends of the family today declare that there are no immediate relatives living, though there was an adopted daugh- ter who recently displeased her foster parent That a contest over her eS- tate may ensue is perststentIy runor- ed today, and was tacitly confirmed by Attorney Cohen, of the firm of Bartlett, Keeler & Cohen.
 For many years Mrs. Fierabend was Bridgeport's foremost costumer She conducted a place of business in Main street at the head of Cannon street. Here from her stock, many customers fitted themselves for theatrical en- tertainments in which they took part and many Bridgeporters now famous on the professional stage were her pa irons. In the days when the old German residents held masquerade balls, Mrs. Fierabend's services were in much demand and most of the cos tunes worn at such balls as those of Concordia, Germania and Arion socie- ties were furnished by her.
 On one occasion when the late Thos. o. Seabrooke was appearing at the old Park City theater, now Polls Plaza, in a famous comic opera, ''The Isle of Champagne" an attachment which she had placed on the box of flee kept the performance waiting more than hour. Some years before
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-29
MOVER SAID TO BE ON HIGHWAY
 TO RECOVERY Bullet In Shoulder Small Menace to Life of
 Labor Chief MINERS ARE KEEN
 FOR EARLY TRIAL Probe of Disaster Will Be Launched to Locate Pres
 ident's Assailarts

Chicago, Dec. 29-Char1es H. Moy- CT, president of the Western Fedora ton of Miners, who came to a hos pitaI here after having been shot and escorted out of Calumet, Mich, was said this morning to be out of danger. The surgeons attending the wounded chief of the miners organization ex- pect to decide late today whether the bullet should be removed from his shoulder.
 Calumet, Mich, Dec. 29-With most of its dead buried, Calumet today turned it's attention to the cororer's inquest into the Christmas Eve panic which cost the lives of 72 persons and to the Houghton County grand jury investigation of the forcibIe election from the copper country of Charles H. Mover, president of the Western Fed eration of Miners.
 The coroner's inquest began here today and the grand jury investigation IS expected to begin tomorrow at Han cock, where Mover was put aboard a Chicago bound train. John B. Dens- more, solicitor for the department of labor, is expected here today to make an investigation for the government of the strike of the copper miners Before reaching here he will consult with Governor Ferris at Big Rapids.
 Gathering of evidence as to the identity of the men who escorted 9TeS1oent Moyer out or Hancock Fri day night was continued by strike leaders.
 Several witnesses who expected to testify at the coroner's inquest were prepared to say that the cry Fire which started the panic came from near the center of the hall instead of from the door way as was related in first accounts.
 Only nine of those who were killed remained to be buried Fifty-nine bodies, including those of A children. were given a public funeral yesterday Thousands of miners with their wives marched in the funeral procession
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-29
SUES RICH WOMAN
 FOR UNPAID BILL

Emile Carstairs Ferguson, the veal thy Philadelphia woman who was the defendant in startling divorce proceed ings brought in the superior court here by Walton Ferguson, Jr., of Stamford, about year ago, has been sued for $3, 900 by the Abercrombie 6, Fitch Co.,, of New York. They ob- tained a judgment of $2,277 against Mrs. Ferguson in the New York courts which they cannot collect. In the divorce proceedings Ferguson named a half breed Maine guide as core spondent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-29

MT. Seabrooke had rented a pair of velvet pantaIoons which he failed to return Mrs. Fierabend collected the rental, cost of the brooches and tn- terest.
 She is said to have acquired a rfuE sum in her business but changing cus- toms of late decreased the demand for her services and she left Main street to make her home just over the city line fin Stratford.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-29
WILL USE POWDER l. TO CHECK FLAMES
 IN MONTREAL CITY

Montreal, Dec. 29-FTre broke out here this afternoon in a block of stores and houses at the corner, of St. Hubert and Ontario streets and, on account of the break in the city water main,. the fire department was unable to check it.
 At 2:3O o'clock, 20 small buildings had been destroyed and the firemen were preparing to use dynamite
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-29
HEALTH BOARDS
 WOULD ESTABLISH TWO
 INCINERATING PLANTS

At a, special meeting held yesterday the health board voted to ask the board of apportionmenL for the estab- ltshrnent of two inc1nerating plants for the reduction of garbage, one to be located in the West End, the other on the East Side.
 The present board of health be- lieves that the only practical solution of the, garbage reduction question is the complete destruction of the refuse
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-29
Two Deaths In Westport
Special to the Farmer

NSp6C1eI IO LII5 F Westport, Dec. 29-Two deaths oc- cured in this town yesterday. Thom- as Gregory Of Cranbury Plains dis trict, died at his home last evening after a short illness. Mr. Gregory was 65 years of age and is survived by a number of grown up children
 The death of Anna Marie Morris oc- cured at her home in Greens Farms early yesterday morning at the age of II years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-29
MINGLED CORPSE IS
 FOUND IN GUTTER

New York, Dec. 29-The body of a man mangled almost beyond possi- bi1ity of recognition and tied up in a sack was found in the gutter today streets on the East Side. Residents of the neighborhood said it had been left there by two men who dumped it out of a pushcart.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-29

Hartford, Dec. 29-Cattle Comnis- sioner Jeffrey O. Phelps said today that he had called upon the Connec- ticut Humane Society to cooperate with his department in an effort to stamp out glanders among horses in the state, local health officers in towns and cities having failed to give the assistance which he considers the sit uation warrants.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-29
BONDS OF $500
 IN SEERY'S CASE

Hartford, Dec 29.-WilIiam J. Seery, clerk in the East Bridgeport branch post office, was brought before Judge Edwin s. Thomas in the United States district court today on a bench war rant charged with serreting mail mat ter. He was placed under $500 bonds. No date was set for the hearing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-29
MOVERS ARBITRATION PLAN IS SUBMITTED
 TO MINE OPERATORS

Calumet. Mich, Dec. 2s-Moyer's let ter proposing a method of settlement of the strike follows: "On the eve of the burial of the victims of the terrible disaster which occurred in
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-29
FIRE IN RUBBER PLANT
 CAUSES SERIOUS DAMAGE

Fire in the plant of the Housatonic Rubber Works, Know1ton and Still man streets, destroyed rubber scrap at 8 o'clock this morning, valued at S3, 900.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-29
EXPLOSION KILLS 8

BickneIl, Ind, Dec. 29-Three men were killed and four injured today at the Indian Creek Mine, four miles south of here when a gas explosion occurred.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-29
CONGRESSMAN DONOVAN HERE

Representative Jeremiah Donovan of the 4th Congressional district of Connecticut, was in this city today and renewed many acquaintances.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-29

Funeral services were held at 2:50 this afternoon over the remains Of Georgoula Malley, who died of blood poisoning yesterday in St. Vincent's hospital. In the Cannon uudertalz- ing parIors, a number of friends aa- emb1ed, including delegations from the Greek societies here and the pastor of the Greek church offciated.
 The funeral of Frances L. Burt. wid- ow of Richard Cheeseman, was held from the residence 90 Portland street. at 2 o'clock today. Many friends ettended. Interment was in Park cemetery.
 Jane M. Standish, 75 years old, died in the Grace hospital, New Haven. on Saturday night after an ny1ess of but a few days. She is survived by one brother, J. M. Standish Of this city and Joseph T. of Chicago. The body will be brought to this city for burial.
 The funeral of Josephine Is'onson who died on Saturday was held at a o'clock this afternoon from the mor- tuary chapel of Henry Bishop on Fair field avenue, where Rev. MT. Ely off, ciated. Interment was made in Park cemetery.