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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-05

sweet and wholesome she had been eight and not
twenty-eght years old. Her spars had been recently
scraped and oiled and were sparkling in the afternoon
Her decks white as the floor of a Dutch
womans kitchen The paint on her houses cleaned like
the toes of brides satin slippers But Perices had
been able pierce the deceit of it ALL so Jonathan
Blackstone.
"Who did all ths-this painting and dressing up?
Who's the artist" he asked, coming halt the
focse head and indicating thewhoe length OF hevessel
Joe Carver, answered Pericles
mo kin of Zoe Carver, who used to have the Sea
Witch?"
"oon. Been running things in Banding's Office for
four or five years. Quit the Bevan to go ashore
$50? Good ship MASTER he asked starting aft again.
"As capable his father. When things began to go
wrong with Blanding he brought this packet home from
Callao-and God knows how he did it!'
lust how bad things aloft?' asked Blackstone,
hating abreast of the mainmast.
For Perices drove his pocket knife the big
stick three four times and in as MANY places The
wood might have been much cork. Same way with
the Inizzen Mr. Blackstone; everywhere aloft
"Whoof!' grumbled Blackstone and then, chuck
ling, he added Couldn't drive your knife into the fore
mast that way, en- Percles?H
Pericles laughed with him. The Bevan's foremost
was Steel stepped some long ago voyage to England.
THAT sweet maple this the finest of Indian teak.
Money couldn't buy better mahogany Blackstone be-
gan leading the way into the ships forward cabin and
ahectonately touching panel and door he passed.
The cabins had been locked when Percles
aboard the day before and now, as he watched and
listened to the chandler the feeling grew that he
being drawn into hidden part of this strange mans
life As they crossed the threshold of the after cabin
Blackstone, still in the lead, stopped Short his eyes
fixed the full length painting of woman that
formed the central panel of the bulkhead between the
doorway leading to the companionway the port side
and the door of the shippers the staboard side
Thus he stood for perhaps minute in silence Turning
Perices and with surprising note of triumph, he
said:
"Pretty fine piece of work, isn't it? Wonderful-that
lavender veil round the throat and the sheen of that
dress, the natural of the hair You like
that in lifetime. It's like shell-a pink
SHE'LL
In the haight Pecles had to draw close the panel
see these details which Blackstone seemingly could
discern without effort. With shock he found himself
confronted by startling likeness of Constance Bland
ing. Unconsciously exclamation escaped him, and
Blackstone asked eagerly:
"Does she-does the Blanding girl look like that
Pericles?"
al thought it she. he said
"No; that's Connie Bevan, her mother, said he with
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reached the inner circle. why, if
Gentlemen. YOU don't know what co,
you're doing. She's one of the b.
best built vessels ever turned out wo
O. the State o Maine. Built by
DAYS labor-stanch, true, smart!
Men built vessels to last when she
was
"Forty-fve hundred cut in
Pericles, and Nillsen, standing a
pace away and opposite the new
bidder, went black.
Five thousand" he shouted,
and the metal men and small fry,
who had been running him up,
drew back
Pericles nodded and tilted him
to fifty-fve hundred, whereat 4 ~
murrnur of interest passed through
the crowd. The feud between !
Pericles O'Brien and the sinister -
shipping group represented by
Nillsen and Rosenthal was known
to all the port.
Soak 'eIni" somebody on the
margin of the crowd shouted.
Soak EN-, Pericles!'
six thousand!' roared Nillsen
wrathfully, and at the same time
endeavoring to discover the batter.
Pericles nodded a five-hundred
dollar raise Rosenthal tried to
draw Nillsen's head down to him to
whisper something. Nils the Bull
Necked refused to listen.
Seven thousand!' he sputtered.
n IL
a thousand profit for Constance
Blanding; but would Nillsen stand drive
reading something from notebook. made
writing therein looked at the ceiling, an
at the floor. 1t was good acting.
Remember the Nanaino! Remember I
Pericles!' shouted the man in the crowd
viously advised him to SOAK emf but b
could speak or nod Edward Johnson, br
Alaskan Canneries Company, who was sts
him, shot in a raise of thousand dollars. F
Pericles wondered if everybody had not
their senses. Only the day before the cam
had told Constance Blanding they did not v
Eight thousand dollars bid!' beam
tioneer. Eight thousand for the ship Cons
Do hear any more bids?'
"Nine thousand shouted Nillsen, and
to push Rosenthal aside.
"Ten!7 bid the canneries' broker, and
was singing.
Nillsen had shifted his attention to til
bidder, and his small blue eyes were q
malevolence. Eleven thousand he fail
"Twelvel7 countered the canneries' bro
A nod or the raising of finger now mear
dollars.
I'm DONE whispered the broker. clos
as he offered fourteen thousand dollars.
Fifteen thousand snarled Nillsen, cha
of them.
Fifteen thousand dollars bid!' marked
Ger. Fifteen thousand Already the pr
excess of what he had dreamed of getting
fifteen thousand! First call! Second call!
la-a-st-'
Pericles nodded.
Sixteen thousand registered the surpI
Ger. The crowd shuffled its feet; murmu
passed through it.
Seventeen thousand y cried Nillsen t
Rosenthal grabbed his partners arm;
At that Pericles wanted to drop and leave
their hands. 1t would be perfect reveng
have this pig in poke. He could see ther
the ships decayed spars and rigging He
the heads round him for Jonathan Blacklist
c,and1ar wac ,owhere in ciUbt T,rr,inS
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Sixteen thousand! registered the surprised auction
The crowd shuffled its feet of applause
passed through it.
Seventeen thousand y cried Nillsen triumphantly.
Rosenthal grabbed his partners arm; but too late
AT that Percles wanted drop and leave the Bevan
their hands 1t would be perfect revenge to let them
have this pig in poke He could them discovering
the ships decayed spars and rigging. He looked over
the heads round him for Jonathan Blackstone but the
chandler nowhere in sight Turning toward the
block again, he nodded.
Eighteen thousand bd!' yawped the auctioneer.
Nilsen's huge neck, which had earned him the
soubrquet of Nils the Bull Necked purpled with rage
please for Gods sake Nillsen let him have herr
pleaded Rosenthal worning his way in front
of his partner This amt busness It's craziness!
Nisen swept him aside, shouting Nineteen thousand
dolarsi' and the crowd cheered in glee.
Rosenthal stood wringing his hands.
Twenty snapped Pericles
Resenthal, with the strength of desperation, turned
Nscn round, planted his head in the small of his back
and puned him out of the crowd and away from further
temptation A of enjoyment went up from the
crowd, and Pericles laughed as heartily as anyone.
"Twenty thousand dollars! repeated the auctioneer
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-27
SUSPECT FOUL PLAY IN DEATH OF WESTPORTER Old Resident Reputed te Garry Large Sums Found
 Dead at Roadside GOLD WATCH AND
 MONEY MISSING Autopsy Likely to Deter mine Whether He Was
 Waylaid and Robbed
Especial to The Farmer. )

Westport, Dec. 27-At almost the same spot near Harrison's switch where his son, Charles, met a horrible death early last summer by being cleo trocuted in coming in contact with trolley wires while working as a line man, the dead body of Patrick O'Con- nor, an old resident of Greens Farms and reputed to be wealthy was found shortly after daybreak today by a passing nilkman. The corpse was frozen stiff and huddled in an un- natural position close to a stone wall. It is believed, by the auth critics that he was a victim of robbery and mur- der. His valuable gold watch and the large sum of money he is reported as always carrying with him are report ed missing. Dr. Frederick Powers, medical examiner, was notified, gave permission for the removal of the body to Fables morgue and an in vestigation has been started. An autopsy probably will be performed.
 It has been learned that O'Connor was about Westport last night calling cn old acauaintances and helping them to enjoy post Christmas cheer. He left on the zl1:1O o'clock eastbound trolley and got off at Harrison's s switch. No one has been found who saw him alive afterwards.
 There are two theories held by the authorities, the first of which is con sidered the more probable. That is that some thug, knowing of O'Connor's s carrying money or seeing him display it, waylaid him, either killed him by Q, blow over the head or disabled him so that he froze. The other is that he stumbled over the wall and was disabled long enough to freeze On account of the height of the wall, the latter is not considered likely.
 About six months ago a conservator was appointed over O'Connor's estate, relatives fearing that he was in dan ger of dissipating it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-27
WATER FAMINE THREATENS CITY
 WITH DISEASE
Zero Weather Adds to Ter TOTS of Situation In
 Canadian City

Montreal, Dec. 27-Zero weather to- day increased the suffering caused by the water famine. Many big buildings. including two hospitals, put out their fires because they could get no water for their steam boilers. The cold hampered the distribution of water in tank carts because the water froze before it reached consumers. In the hospitals, doctors and nurses went about their duties in fur coats and extra blankets were heaped upon the patients. Many business offices were closed from lack of heat
 Mayor LaveIIe's advice that the manufacturing plants shut down tenn porariIy was generally followed. Rail- loads are having trouble getting water for their locomtives. The hotels have bought up the supply of aerated and distilled water and are dealing out these in pitchers with the request that guests drink as spartngly as possible. IT. most of the hotels, baths are un- bought of.
 The city faces two dangers-fire and disease owing to the lack of sani- tary conveniences.
 Several days may eIapse before the 60 foot break in the intake pipe from the St Lawrence, which caused the trouble, can be repaired.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-27
WILSON ANXIOUS TO GET AT MEN RULING COMBINES President Would Have Com petition of Industries Re
 stored Tn Nation NOT AFTER DIRECTORS OF THE CORPORATIONS Chief Executive Wants Dis solution of Big Trusts to
 Help Small Men

Washington, D. C., Dec. 27-TAat President Wilson in his antitrust leg islative program aims to assist rath- CT than disrupt business is the state ment made by an official high in ad- ministration circles. He hopes only to break up the community of inter ests'' among big corporations and to punish only those individuals who stifIe competition and fair dealing.
 He is studying out a scheme that will supplement the Sherman law, fix ing responsibility upon directors and officials of corporations who premit violations. He is said to be after the immensely wealthy men who really run these combinations of com bina- tions. He has said in his speeches that he can name the men, if he de- sires, who have concentrated in their own hands transactions of gigantic proportions.
 These directors are said to be mere puppets for these comparative1y few men. It's the ftman higher up'' the President has set out for in his com ing trust legislative program. The President has asserted in speeches that competition cannot be established d by law, but that the obstacles that stand in the way of competition can be removed so that there will be com petition.
 President Wilson asserts now, as he did months back, that all the eggs of the country shall not be placed in one basket and the basket intrusted to the same group of persons.
 His trust program, therefore, will proceed upon the assumption that there is ample law in the Sherman act to break up combinations, but there is too little law for the punish ment of the big men who sit back in the inner releases of their offices in New York city, Chicago and e1se- where and pull the wires and mani puIate a half dozen or so of the great combinations of the country-nen who have got the business of the country all in one basket, as the Pres fdent has expressed it.
 With this condition strengthened out MT. Wilson hopes honest competition will be established. Then, he thinks, with a scheme of rural credits busi- ness will be in a, position to prosper.
 MT. Wilson does not anticipate that the present session of Congress will last long. He is anxious that the bills he has in mind be passed by late spring and that the lawmakers get long vacations during the hot months as a reward for the continuous grind over the tariff and currency bills
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-27
CONSTABLE HUDSON CAPTURES TWO AT
 POINT OF PISTOL
King and Genung Taken at Midnight Were Seen Near
 Lyford Home

When Constable Allan D.. Judson If Stratford asked Everett King of Hart ford and Fred Genung, just out of Bridgeport jail, to give an account of their presence in the old town at mid night, one of them dropped a piece of iron pipe, so the constable arrested them, and they are in a, cell at head quarters, to day, while the police in vestigate their records.
 It is thought the suspects may have had something to do with the Christ mas burg1aries in Stratford. Mr. Baternan heard the men in an alley way next his lunch room. He ordered them away. A little later MT Kelly saw them in the same ne1ghborhood Kelly and Batenan went for the con- stable
 Judson covered them with his revo1- yer, marched them co the lunch room, where they were searched. Nothing was found on them.
 Bridgeport police headquarters was called and it was found that the de- scriptions tallied with those of men King and Genung, seen lettering re- gently about the home Of Fred H. Iy- ford, 23 Park street, this city, whose house was entered
 Mrs. Lyford left 8, key in a letter box, so that her daughter could enter upon returning to school The key was found in the door. and the door unlocked.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-27
NEWS OF THIRTY BREMEN A JOY
 TO POLITICIANS Acquisition of Fire Commis- sioners Shows Purpose to
 Keep Job Promises TO NEW AUTOS
 FOR FIRE CHIEFS Fire Budget for Next Fiscal Year Calls for ,Appropri-
 ation of $396, ,227

The fire commissioners plan an addition of thirty men to the fire department, as shown by their requisition, calling for 1896 ,227 to cover the expansion of the next fiscal year, filed with City Auditor Keating to- day.
 There was rejoicing among the politicians when the news spread about. The thirty new ffremen were taken as an evi- Idence that promises made dur ing the last primaries and cleo ton are to be kept.
 The regular expenses call for $234, ,17O. For special expenses $162 ,O57, including $24, ,OOO for a new fire house, in the North End and $2, ,737 to pay three months wages to ten men; for wages of 20 additional firemen, $2O,OOO; for two automobiles for fire chiefs, S4, 800; for a new fire alarm building, $5O,- GOO.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-27
DEBENTURE BOND NEW HAVEN CASE BEFORE JUDGES
Bulkeley Case Is Argued Be- fore Justices of Bay
 State Court
CHOATE SAYS PARTIES ARE NOT IN INTEREST
D clares Commissioners Have Made No Erroneous
 Ruling In Deciding Law

Boston, Dec. 27-Arguments on the validity of a decree of the public ser vice commission authorizing the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail road company to issue $67,552, 2,OO0 convertible debenture bonds, were heard by Chief Justice Rugg and four associate justices for the appeal ses- sion of the supreme court today. The matter came before the court on the appeal of Morgan G. Bu1keIey, former governor of Connecticut and other New Haven road stockholders, who had asked for the annulment of the decree on the ground that the com mission exceeded its powers.
 Nathan Mathews and James F. Jackson, counsel for the petitioners, argued that the public service com mission had no authority to approve an issue by a railroad company of evil dences of indebtedness which are con- vertfble at par at the holders option into capital stock, nor to approve the issue of stock. They claimed that the proposed issue violates the rights of the petitioners and other stockholders in that, under it, holders of certain bonds and stocks will be unable to subscrke fss the capital of the com pany under the terms of the contract contained in the proposed issues It was also scontended that the comnis- sion has no authority to approve an issue of bonds to an amount in ex- cess of twice the par value of the company's capital stock paid in at the time, added to the cash premiums.
 It is admitted that the issue of SGT, ,552, ,00O of the additional advance in indebtedness now will cause the aggregate amount of the outstanding bonds, notes and other evidences of indebtedness to exceed the limit by a large amount.
 Replying for the railroad, Charles F. Choate argued that the petitioners are not parties in interest within the legal meaning of the phrase and are not entitled to invoke the jurisdictio on of the supreme court in equity to re- view the order of the commission. He said:
 ttThe order of the commission is not subject to review as unlawful unless it is based upon a ruling on the law involved in the determination of the particular questions which the com mission is required to determine by the provisions of the statute. None of the questions as to the corporate power of the respondent was involved in this determination.
 ''The commission appears to have fulfilled every requirement. of the st atute, to have made no erroneous ruling of law and not to have gone beyond the limits of the wide dis cretion conferred upon it in it's con clusions from the facts within it's of ficiaI knowledge.
 '"The contentious of the petitioners are severa1ly founded on unwarraute ed conclusions of fact and unsound pre- positions of law"
 A decision is expected during the week of January 5, when the full court will be in consultation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-27
KARDONsKY FINED
 UNDER BOB VEAL LAW
Especial to The Farmer. )

Fairfield, Dec. 21-Charged with violation of the bob veal statute, Sam ue1 Kardonsky of 51 Burroughs street, Bridgeport, before Justice Bacon Wakeman today, pleaded guilty and was fined $25 and costs, a total of $3S.79. Prosecuting Attorney CIitus Fl. King appeared for the state and Attorney L. A. KornbIut, Bridgeport, for the defense. State Policeman Frank Virelli and Dr. A. c. Knapp of the Bridgeport Board of Health were witnesses for the state. A plea Of guilty was entered to charges aIIegfng g cruelty to a bull, resulting in a fine of $10 and costs, a total of $35. The charge of cruelty to horse was not pressed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-27
BUSINESS MEN OF
 STATE WILL HEAR
 REDFIELD ADDRESS
Secretary of Commerce
 Breaks Engagement to Attend Hartford Banquet

New Britain, Conn.,, Dec. 27-Presi- dent Frank H. Johnston, of the State Business Mems Association, today an nounced that he has received the as- surance that William E. RedfieId, sec retary of commerce. or the United States, and Harry A. Wheeler, of Chi cago, president Of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, will both be present to speak at the first annual midwinter banquet of the state assoc ation on March i0
 Tn consenting to speak at this ban quet, Secretary Redneld informs Pres ident Johnston that ne has told the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sci ence, where he had rormerly intended to talk, that they will have to select some other date than March 10, as at that time he is to address the Con necticut business men. In addition to being president CT the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, MT Wheeler is one Of Chicago's most prominent bankers
 The banquet is to be held on the evening of March 1U in the handsome dining. hall of the Hartford club, re- gently erected at a cost or about $100,- GOO. Representatives from about every city in the Nutmeg State will be pres ent.
 A number of prominent Bridgeport business men will attend this ban
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-27
CALUMET MINERS FULLY AROUSED
 BY DEPORTATION

Calumet, Mich, Dec. 27-Striking miners in the copper region were gen tra1ly aroused today over the deport- @4ion of Charles H. Mover, president of the Western Federation Of Miners. last night Feeling here between the strikers and the Citizens Alliance en- Goittered by the disaster of Chr istmas eve. reached a point where the con- Bervative look forward with relief to the early arrival of John B. Dens- more, federal agent who has been de1- egated to investigate conditions.
 It is the opinion of some there never was a, time since the strike began when there was a less chance of ar bitration, but it is hoped the presence of a solicitor from the department of labor will have a steadying influence,
 Mover was conducted out of the state, 1t is said. by members Of the -A1Iiance because he would not retract the assertion that, according to his 3nforma ton, the men who started the panic with a cry of Fire wero at the bottom Of the Citizens Alliance and because of his advice to bereaved families to accept no aid from the AL lfance.
 zIoyer was escorted by three men to a. railroad train at Hancock last night and placed on atrain for Chi cago. With him went John Tanner, who recently came here from the west where he was raising money for the strikers fund Mover and his com panion are due to arrive in Chicago early this afternoon.
 Men prominent 1T. the Citizens AL Tance discIaim any Knowledge of the deporta tion of Mover. Sheriff Cruse has begun an investigation Of the kid naping charges of the union and as eertes fe will find out the identity of inc three men who accompanied two union officials to the train.
 The sheriff admitted Mover made several requests for a guard within the last few days. He said he did not grant them because he thought a guard was unnecessary.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-27
HILL ADMITS
 THE TRUTH OF
 FARMER STORY

George s. Hill, president of the Police Board, who is a su- perior foreman in the factory of Warner Bros. Co.,, admitted the truth of The Farmers ex- posture of the effort that is to be made to displace such useful veteran policemen as Supt. Flu gene Birmingham, Capt. George Arnold, Capt. Anderson and Lieut.. Ouinlivan.
 He said: 'The story is about as near right as The Farmer gets anything and is about half the truth. Following the sug- gestiOn of Mayor Wilson as out lined in his recent message the commission may at some future time retire a few of the older men, probably five or six, in order to increase the efficiency of the department and the force.'
 He declined to state whether the commissioners had specifi- callY asked the officers to agree to retire on or before Jan. 1.
 The fact is that the police commissioners agreed to see certain men and ask them to retire, that some of these men have been seen. That at least ten veterans are in contempla- ton for retirement.
 The police department is now in a state of terror. It is felt that petty politicians are in 8 position to wreak punishment or merely to gratify personal vindictiveness The men are under a restriction of silence and subjected to other petty tyrannies.
 If the contemplated removals are attempted the police asso- ciation may make a united stand against the dangerous and unfair assault upon their rights and pay from their com mon funds the expenses of the necessary legal contests.