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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-15
CITY MAY USE
DISPUTED LAND
New Haven Railroad
Makes Concession
In HousatoniC Ave
Will Not Cut Street In Half
By Fencing Property
II Claims

An agreement whereby the city will
retain for use as a highway that por-
ton of Housa tonic avenue between
Gold and Congress streets claimed by
the New York, New Haven & Hartford
railroad as it's property, will be reach
ed soon, according to information at
City Hall today. The railroad COM
pany claims a strip Of about 20 feet
width on the east side of Housatonic
avenue and recently took steps to
fence in that land.
Such a fence would have cut the
street to one-ha1f its present width.
Investigation by the city engineer
showed that the original lay out of
the street, made about forty years ago
did not set the east line of the street
company has claimed land that was
used by it when the tracks were at
the street grade.
/ City Engineer A. H. Terry i'm
mediateIy took the matter up with
City Attorney John S. Cullinan. when
he was informed of the company's in
tention to build a fence along the out
side line of their claim. The city at
torney. it is understood, gave an
opinion that tht city's claim to the
disputed land is very weak and advis-
company.
According to railroad officials, the
company seeks to build the fence only
to protect it's tool shed, etc, under the
it is nderstood has taken the matter
up with railroad lawyers and the lat
ten. have agreed that the company, if
it builds a fence, will build close to
the spiIes supporting the elevated
tracks. This will leave the street at
almost it's present width, about 40 feet.
It has been agreed, according to re-
port, that when the company builds a
fence, 1t will file necessary papers pro-
tecting their claims to the property
that will continue to be used as a
thoroughfare as part of Housatonic
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-15

Admitting she told Tax Collector
Cooney he had sweHed head but
DENYING she had furnished sufficient
cause for him to break a two year con-
tract Miss Carrie Kirk gave her YER
sion of her suit against the City of
Bridgeport before Judge Burpee and a
jury in the civil superior court today.
Miss Kirk is seeking $4,000 damages.
Miss Kirk, who was dressed quietly
81: dark blue, said that before the cleo
ton in November, 1911, Mr.. CoOney
visited her in the office of former Tax
Collector Donnel1y where she was then
employed. IF had my way, the
witness alleges Mr. COoney said, L
would like to retain both you and As
sistant Collector Reilly, the same as
the Democratic party is promising to
DO"
After election the witness called the
newly elected tax collector on the tele-
phone and asked if she would be re-
5ained. Mr.. Cooney replied that he
couldn't announce publicly what his
DECISION would be. He said she would
be ali right for a while and that he
had not selected anybody to take her
place
the witness testified he declared his
intention of retaining her. She asked
If she would be kept for two years and
he replied in the affirmative. Then
Miss Kirk asked if he would object to
putting his statement into writing.
Make it as strong as you like, MI
Cooney is alleged to have said, Il
need you Later a contract for two
years was drawn up by former City
Attorney CuIlinan- Miss Kirk was to
receive salary of s2e.16 every two
weeks.
Miss Kirk said she desired the writ
ten contract because she had another
position offered her and would take
that if she was not retained by the
collector. After the contract was sign
ed the witness declared she declined
the other position, which had been
held open for her.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-15
MISS KIRK ADMITS TO JURY
THAT She TOLD COLLECTOR
COONEY HE HAD SWELLED HEAD
But Discharged Clerk Who Is Suing City Bridgeport Denies
That She Refused to Obey Orders
Mr. COOnGy TeSteS Miss Kirk nterfeHed With Him and Was
InSOIent and Impudent In Her Manner

After she went to work for Collector
Cooney, Miss Kirk testified that their
ed the routine of the office to him
and never tried to interfere with OF
bumiliate him On January the
first trouble took place.
A taxpayer wanted some Informal
ton which the collector thought could
be obtained in the assessors office
Wouldn't find it there but Collector
Cooney remarked, wen go just the
same They didn't get the informa-
ton and the taxpayer was leaving the
door and told him what he was look
ing for. Later Mr. Cooney said, to
her, Miss Kirk nthe future when a
taxpayer comes in here looking for
som ething look it up and give me the
information 50 I can tell him
won't have you overriding me-
ness in their relations and Mr. Cooney
never npoke. to her, the witness said,
except upon business. He never even
said Good morning although Assist
ant Collector Smith always extended
the usual polite formaHties.
In regard to the charge that she
Fsf4sea , to tSsf the c9eotor Re%F1re eTe M1as
asked if she could use a typewriter.
She replied in the negative. One day
when she was looking at a book ana
had an eraser In her hand, Mr..
Cooney approached and said. ''I. told
you not to do any posting" The wit
ness replied, I'm net doing any post
ing '+Then you're erasing.' the col
1ector declared I'm not erasing,
said Miss Kirk After that remark
Miss Kirk said he took the book away
from her.
Then the collector told Miss Kirk
that in the future he wanted her to
confine herself to work on the index
cards. He announced that Assistant
Collector Smith would do the posting
and that Miss Kirk would SIT in the
rear of the office.
.(ContinueA on Page %
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-15
ROCKEFELLER CAN TESTIFY
IN MONEY INQUIRY

Washington, Jan. 15-William Rookie
feIIer, Standard Oil millionaire, is not
too sick to testify briefly in the
money trust inquiry.
This was the opinion given today by
Dr. Richardson, the committees throat
specialist, who examined Rockefeller
at Miami, Fla, last Sunday.
He said a long examination might
be dangerous to Rockefe1ler's health,
but that the brief questioning would
not.
DIR. Richardson gave it as his opin-
ion that if the committee desired to
question the oil magnate on a matter
of, very great importance, Rockefeller
could endure about two hours ordeal
on the stand without danger.
Chairman Pujo announced that the
money trust committee would decide
during the recess whether Rockefeller
would be called to testify.
DIR. Richardson said that the mil
lionaire the victim of shaking
palsy, which would make it impossible
to conduct an examination in writ
ing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-15
BOMB EXPLOSION CAUSES
PANIC IN TENEMENT HOUSE

New York. Jan. 15-A five storV
tenement was shaken almost from itu
founda tions and an entire block af
11th street and Firet avenue thrown
into panic, early today. BY the eE-
plosion Of a bomb The explosion
shattered every window in the build
ing, destroyed the stairCases for two
stories blew almost all the contents of
a grocery store into the street and
injured many with pieces OF brick.
plaster glass and lumber
F'rancieon Cardfnalc IS believed rf1
have been the object Of the bomb
planted for sstVenKeance.'' He had re-
ceived several threa teninE letters of
"blackhand'' character.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-15
ABESSINIA SAFE Is REPORT
NOW FROM HALF Ak

New York. Jan 15-Fears for the
Safety of the Hanbur~-Auerfcam
freighter Abessirfa and her crew we're
aIlayed today by message received
at the company's general Offices here
telling of the injured vessels safe ar
rival in Halifax under her own steam
No particulars were received but tt
is believed that her crew succeeded in
repairing her broken propeller shaft
and rigging an emergency rudder
while drifting about on the storm
tossed seas off Cape Race in a deuea
fog. So heavy was the fog that t1s
Armenian. which was supposed 10 have
gone to the disabled ship 10 tow her
into port, could not find the Abessiufas
and had to push on without her.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-15
NATIONAL ARSON TRUST
UNEARTHED IN CHICAGO

Chicago, Jan. 15-The existence of a
national arson trust Is expected 10 ba
revealed today after an investigation
by the States attorney MacL<zT
Hoyne. A hundred fires with 500. 60
loss to insurance companies are be-
lieVed to be the basis for the activt-
ties The members of the gang sr4
supposed to have preyed upon small
merchants.
Local officials say the arson trLlGe
here is connected with that uncov-
cred in New York. Several arrests
have been made and others are eE-
pected
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-15
MR.. AND MRS. DOOLEY
REJOICE IN PROGRESS
OF SON IN PRIESTHOOD

Mr. and Mrs James Doo1ey, well
known residents of the North End,
were taken aback, in reading an an
nouncement of the promotion of their
son, the Rev. Father John Dooley, in
The Farmer of. last evening, to see
themselves referred to as 'tthe late Mr.
and Mrs. James Dooley.' Both Mr..
and Mrs Dooley though advanced in
years afe hale and hearty, and are
as much pleased as any of their young
friends in the North End, at the ad-
vancement of their son in the priest
hood
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-15
TURKEY TROT MUSIC AT
WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION

Washington, Jan 1.-THE era ggiest''
of rag-time music and the hottest of
turkey trots fea tuTed the White House
reception of President and Mrs. Taft
to the judiciary last night. President
Taft looked on and chuckled at the
terpischorean novelties.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-15
EIGHT INJURED BY
TROLLEY CAR CRASH

Philadelphia, Jan 15-Eight men
were injured, two seriously and con-
siderable damage done when a Chester
Short Line trolley car bound for Edi-
stone loaded with woFkmen, crashed
into the rear of another on the Island
road near CrunS Greek. An open
switch caused the accident. Both of
the cars were carrying employees of
the Baldwin Locomotive plant at
EdiStOne.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-15
CORONER FINDS MOTORNIAN
NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DEATH

Waterbury, Jan 15Deputy Coroner
Walter d Makepeace, who has been
investigating the death Of H. J. Cos
grove, who was killed, Monday night
when the coal wagon he was driving
was struck by a trolley car, finds that
William J. Parma1ee, the motor
man of the trolley, was not RESPONSE
bic for the accident Parmalee. who
was held under bonds of 81, 900 has
been released
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-15
EXPRESS TRAIN
WRECKS FREIGHT
NEAR NEW LONDON

New London, Pan. 15-Two cars of
a, west bound Adams Express train
on the New Haven road split a swith
here early today, the train was
entering the yards and smashed into a
freight car which was badly wrecked.
The train was moving slowly and no
one was injured.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-15
SMALLPOX CASE CAUSES
WHOLESALE VACCINATION
IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Chicago. Jan 15-Wholesale vaccf-
nation of $500 school children in
Evanston, a suburb, will take place,
today and tomorrow, on the order Of
the city council of Evanston follow
ing the discovery that a schoo1teacher
suffering from smallpox had taught in
three of the schools.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-15
TAFT REL EASES ANOTHER
BANKER FROM PRISON

Pittsburgh, Jan 15-After serving
four years on a IS years sentence in
the Western Penitentiary. James B.
Rhinehart, a bank official, today be-
came a free man Rhinehart re-
ceived his release papers, signed by
President Taft, early today.
Leading businessmen of Green
County have asked the former banker
to start life anew in his home tow II.
He will remain here several days to
settle up some old business.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-15
SURVIVING MANY WRECKS
MINISTER KNOCK ED OUT BY
CHICKEN BONE IN THROAT

Richmond. Va, Jan. 15-After hav-
ing survived a railroad wreck in which
his skull was crushed, his jaw shat
tered, his teeth knocked out his ribs
fractured and one of his legs was cut
off, Rev. William Meade Clark editor
of the Southern Churchman,' is near
death here today with a bit of chicken
bone lodged in his throat
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-15
WEAVEIsS STRIKE
IN MYSTIC MILL

Mystic, Jan. 15.-The weavers of
the Rossi Velvet Mill, mum bering 125,
are out on a strike, today, because
they have been asked to operate two
looms instead of one. The men claim
that they cannot operate two looms
and turn out satisfactory work and
poor work is thrown out and charged
up against them. The new plan was
nut into effect, yesterday by a man
from WilIimantic brought here for
that purpose The weaVerS have no
organiza ton but an I. w. w. organ
izer Is expected here tomorrow or Fri
Gay to form an organization.
IF the strike continues, and it seems
likely it will, the VIII ole mill employ
ing some 500 hands will be closed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-15
WIRELESS REPORTS
COLORADO ON REEF

Key West, Jan. 15-Wireless messages
today, stated that the steamer ColoraJ-
do, with 100 passengers on board, is
On a reef south of here The dispatches
say she is IN no danger. Tugs have
been sent out.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-15

Rome-According to an official rs-
turn issued by the ministry OF COM
merce, Italians have lost S45.25O .OO0--
600 in gambling during the last So
years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-15

Colum bia. S.C.-Gov- Blease, of ITO
He'll with the constitution fame, has
Introduced law making it a penal Of
fense for reporters to misquote a pub
fia official.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-15
THE WEATHER

Rain tonight and probably
tomorrow
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-01-15

EVENING FARMER
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New-York tribune., 1913-07-26
\ Notable Gain in Surgery.

II the report of a new method Of inducing anies-
thesia which comes from London be fully verified
n distinct advance in surgery will be achieved.
Usually the effects Of the agents now employed,
whether the vapOr of ether or choroform inhaled,
or cocaine applied on the surface, cease in few
hours. According TO statement made at the
meeting Of the British Medical Association this
week. it is or soon will be. feasible to proong the
period of insensbility for days. Means have been
found il Is said to cut off the scene Of the opera
ton from the brain temporarily, and, presumably,
TO restore the connection after a proper interval
Probably such delay will promote the healing
process after the surgeons work is done. Perhaps,
too. il will permit patient TO watch operation
on himself The essential point gained is that both
pain and the anticipation Of pain are avoided.
Whether the plan has other advantages is yet to be
learned.
I'm the merciful work of reducing suffering from
dentistry and surgery America has had large and
honorable share Laughing gas was first employed
professionally in Hartford and chloroform in Boston
Simpsons use OF the latter in Great Britain for
specia class of cases--chdbirthcame little later
than IFS trial for general surgery in Massachusetts.
What Is known as lumbar puncture'-the introduc-
tion of cocaine into the spine to prevent sensation
New-York tribune., 1913-07-26
DoMINoS ON SUNDAY
A Strict Sabbatarian Opposes the
Idea and Urges the Puritan View.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Kindly permit me to reply TO
Walter Lehman. He asserts that no one
objects to the playing OF domnos OH
Sunday
object, for one. My mothers ances-
tors were Connecticut Yankees where the
blue laws were said to be observed, and
my fathers ancestors were Scotch-Irish
Pennsylvanians, and all were strict Sab
batarians. | have every reason for bellev-
ing that they and their descendants were
all opposed TO the playing of such games
or Sunday. I believe this is true Of the
great majority Of the early settlers Of this
country and their descendants. and that
there are untold thousands OF homes in
this Christian land Of ours where il Is
taken as "A matter Of course that no games
may be played on Sunday.
Who were the men who have made their
lives count for tine most in the upift of
the race? How did they spend their
youth? Are we striving to induce our
young people to equal or surpass them in
deeds that really count?
You hear IL over and over again You
must not be too strict with the children
or they will break away when they leave
home" and yet we know the Puritans,
generation after generation, were strict
New-York tribune., 1913-07-26
The Davis Cup in the Balance.

The defeat of Mclaughlin by Parke in yester-
days matches for the Davis Cup at Wimbledon con
siderably dms our chances of lifting that elusive
mug An American defeat to-day in the doubles Is
the forecast of the experts and we will then he eft
in the unpleasant position of needing both Of the
remaining matches in singles.
The most dscouragng feature of yesterdays
matches was the Staleness Of Mclaughlin. The
erratic game which ne had displayed since the all
England tournament indicated that he had lost his
top form. And yesterday plain physical WEAKNESS
seemed TO handicap him severely.
That is the weak feature of his cometwise style
of play. II makes huge demands upon physique
which only the pink of condition can meet The
entering of Mclaughlin in the Wimbledon tourna
ment now seems TO have been blunder for the
sustained strain Of that long drawn-out contest was
apparently the breaking point in his game
However. three matches yet remain, and the spirit
of our Youngsters makes chance still fair one
Williams has risen to each demand thus far in mag
nfcent style. And who knows at what instant a
comet will find its favorite swoop once more!
New-York tribune., 1913-07-26
"Rah, Rah, Rah for Kennedy ~

Yesterday was big day in Ossinins. The hotels
and saloons were full up with stranger, TO the
town, who arrived from somewhere below l4th
street with the glad tidinss that something was
going TO bust" young men with slickcd black
hair leaned over bars and boosted that all Of cX-
Warden Kennedy's friends would make Warden
Clancy wish he'd never entered prison Tammany
Hall said these heeers. was Kennedys friend.
So reports "The New York Sun'-and what "The
Sun" says about Tammany may well be true
Meanwhile that portion of Tammany Hall which
was inside Sing Sing responded to that portion
which was at large by banging on steel doors and
shouting: 1--WE want Warden Kennedy. Three
cheers for Kennedy" And
There was no Jail delivery. And those faithful
souls who remembered their friend and protector,
Tammany, even behind the bars. will scarcely get
what they cried for, return Of eX-Warden Ken
nedy For that distinguished prison head. having
been condemned by every investigator Of Sing Sing
prison. was removed for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and now
lies under indictment by reason thereof
A peculiarly interesting political incident is this
episode that nearly turned some hundreds of con-
yicts loose upon community. II suggests in a
fash and with startling cearness that whole under
world System which a year ago murdered a
s0uealing gambler, which sought through the power
Of friendly Mayor to save the murderers Of that
.heir crimes and as they execute them, and remains
socitous of their welfare afterward when they
turn up in Jail.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-26
What to Do with an ex-Nfayor.

Come i'm and see me some day and We VIII depdte
the whole thing scrpturally theologicaHy ana esd-
y. We will not leave stone unturned ana II heEes-
sary we will even split hair now and then' lhat
would give me a pleasant half hour, ana assure
YOU all of my half hours are not pleasant, athousH
believe / am OF a cheerful disposition and tiA 10
make them so.-MayOr Gaynor in letter to Inc Kew
Joseph Keevil.
In the above touching invitation a complete solu-
ton is offered of the problem. what shall we DO
with our present Mayor when his term of Office is
over?' Most of us would hate to see him move
away from the City Hall, with his philosopher
chair and his truSty typewriter.
New York has never had "A Mayor so htted To u'S
cuss all things with all men 'scrpturay. theoIog-
ically and legally" Why not keep him on that part
of his job in which he has won Wiivaled dstihc-
ton? After he throws off the other cares OF state
why not retain him as the citys oracle:
Citizens with a crouch, a grievance or theor!
couldn't ease their feelings in any better way thah
in splitting hairs with him or induging in other
forms of high converse. Let somebody endow
Gaynorium in the Municipal Building. Here IS
chance for the city Club or Andrew Carnegie.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-26
A Second Cocaine Seller in Jail.

Another exemplary sentence upon cocaine and
opium iend gives cause TO all decent citizens for
hearty satisfaction. 1t would not be human TO- eXult
in the conviction and punishment Of a fellow man
per SC; but when one becomes so depraved as TO
make himself an insdious agent for the ruin of his
fellows it is only human to be grateful that his
activities have been suppressed.
Glicksten, who has been sent to prison for two
years and made to pay $1,000 fine, was a peculiarly
flagrant offender. As physician he snned against
expert knowledge not only of the law but also of
the effects of his practices, and he outraged the
ethics Of noble profession. There can scarcely be
anything viler than for healer to become a
posoner.
His conviction and punishment are the work Of the
federal authorities, who thus admirably parallel
the work Of the municipal and state authorities in
the same direction. The prccedents thus set can
not be departed from. and we may therefore con
fdenty expect that as result Of The Tribunes
campaign the illicit traffic in pernicious drugs will
be made so Odious and so perilOus to those who
engage in IT to suffer practical extinction.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-26
Another Enemy"

The District Attorney of Kings County Is also in
danger Of being catalogued in the books of the Po-
lice Department as an enemy He has had the
hardihood to write letter to the acting Police
Commissioner complaining that the investigation by
Deputy Commissioner Dillon into the mysteries Of
the Dulfer case in Brooklyn was neither complete
nor thorough
Dulfer. the police captain whose son was accused
Of stealing womans purse, seems to have acted
on the good old theory that anybody who seeks 10
bring misconduct home to q policeman or to any of
his relatives becomes thereby calumnator Of one
Of the noblest agencies for good maintained at
the expense Of a grateful public Mr. Cropsey the
District Attorney does not share that view and has
tried to bring TO light all the facts connected with
the spiriting away Of the who lost her purse
and he has apparently reached the conclusion that
the departments zeal to cooperate with the Dis
trict Attorneys Office was anything but feverish.
lie does not say, but probably suspects, that the
police authorities were just as ready to clamp down
the lid in the Dulfer they were to clamp it
down in the Harlem graft collection cases
District Attorney who cannot appreciate the
departments favorite method Of keeping the repu-
tation of the police force above suspicion is ac-
cording to the orthodox headquarters view, as much
an enemy" as the pucked victim conscience
stricken graft collector who occasionally turns
"snuealer"