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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13
BRID6EPORT. SAILOR MAN
 SCOPES AT STORIES OF
 BRAVERY OF JAPANESE

John Keegan, a brother of Hugh Keegan, the local real estate man. who has been in. the U. s. navy for the past IA years, most of that time stationed in China, Japan, and the Philippines is visiting at the home of his brother in this city for a few days
 He is at present petitioning the gov ernment to be pensioned off as he Is on the invalid list as a result of re- ceiving a concussion of the brain in a gun explosion on the battleship Michigan in 1909- He only left the hospital a few weeks ago after under going several operations by two fam ous specialists, one from Berlin, Ger many, and the other from Vienna, country by the U. s. government to operate on his skull, one of the bones of which was broken in the terrific explosion of the big gun.
 Keegan looks the picture of health but behind his left ear is a deep de- pression where the broken bone was removed and a, silver plate substituted.
 Keegan enlisted in the navy when he was only IA years of age, so a1- though he has seen a lot of service, received honorable mention and a gold medal from Congress for valor in ac- ton in the Philippines, he is still only 2S years of age.
 Like every bIue-jacket who has ever visited Japan he has great contempt for the people of that country and he said this morning that in event of war between the United States and Japan being declared he was sure the United States would overwhelmingly defeat the Japs. He characterized them as ''the most profligate race in the world,". and said that the status of woman in Japan is far lower than it
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13
TAFT ATTACKS
 THE RECALL AS
 REvOL UTIONA AIRY

New Haven, May 13-In his fourth lecture on Some Questions of Mod ern Government Professor William Howard Taft at Yale, yesterday after noon, characterized the form of goT- ernment advocated by the progressives as "hair-trigger'' and Heading to an archy and a despotism Of the major ity.''
 The objection to the recall is not that it takes away the office from the official,' he said, ''but that it is an obstacle to the efficiency of govern ment. Men do not administer govern ment fearIessIy. under government of which the recall is part, but ad- minister it so that their enemies may have no opportunity to make malicious attacks upon them. Had men like Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson and Madison served under the recall they would probably all have been recalled Time has since said of them, Well done, thou good and faithful servant .
 Such hair. trigger methods of gov ernment are said to be progressive They are not. Instead, this Is retro greSsion; it is going backward; 1t is adopting a feature of government re- jected years ago.
 -'The sole thought in all is social istic-the idea to make the rich poor CT and the poor richer, a, levelling of property holdings. Ultimately this fact will be known. People have talk en more interest in affairs of govern but even in the Western States where the new forms are in vogue the min ority is in control of affairs.
 @"This will ultimately result in des- potism of the. majority and lead to an archy and revolution
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13

 ARE INDICTED
 IN CRAFT CASES

Chicago. May rs-Indictments of sev- eral politicians supposed to have col 1ected heavy tribute from criminals in exchange for protection will be voted by the grand jury which today will begin an investigation of the crime trust in Chicago. States Attorney Hoyne made this announcement and intimated that at least four officers high in the police depar tment are in Volved.
 '.I am certain that can convince the grand jury that there is a. gen uine crime trust in Chicago" asserted the prosecutor, "but the evidence have would not result in the convic- ton of the men I am after. The in dictments will pave the way for secur- ing needed additional information which Twill get before the grand jury adjourns"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13
Petition To Keep Banks In
 Common Pleas Court Has Not
 Been Lodged With Judge=Eleet

Judge John J. Walsh of Norwalk who was recently named by Governor Baldwin as judge of the common pleas court, criminal side, was asked today if he had heard anything about a petition cs.cntated by those who de- sire tO have Judge Elruore :. Banks retained as prosecutor.
 T saw som et1ing about 1t in a newspaper" said Judge Walsh, "but I have received no such petition. As my appointment has rot been con firrnrd of co Iree it would be improper for me to accept such 8 petition or even discuss the matter.
 Would it be proper for you to ac- cept such Q petition after your ap- po;ntment has been confirmed ?' Judge Walsh was asked.
 'Oh. yes" was the reply. Tt is one of the rights of the Amers@cn
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13

don't like the way you're treated, why don't you get out?" The captain is said to have cIencb- ed his fist during this interview and slammed the door when Gray went out so that the sound could be, heard several blocks the plaintiff stated
 In reply to this Gray said he would not get out but would call for a court martial. The defendant told him to go ahead.
 Following this, Attorney Joseph A. Gray, father of the plainttff, wrote to Col. Gilbert L. Fitch to say that Capt Mossnan was discrlmizlajtfna- azagnst his son. Other people were getting more consideration and the colonel ought to take notice or such favorft- ism.
 This letter was sentrby Col. F1tch-to Capt. Mossman and in explanation the captain wrote, "that while Gray was bright young man he had an uu- fortunate personality and if advanced it would be injurious to the company This is what brought the trouble to a climax and resulted i1 leaa1 action be- ing taken On the stand this neFufng Horace Gray admitted, when sunder cross ex- animation by States Attorney Judson, that a captain had a. right to assign a sergeant to any duty that was proper. The witness claimed 8Ioss- mans actions toward him were influ- enced by malice.
 The trial was still on at press hour.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13
MANY CONNECTICUT VETERANS PLAN TO
 VISIT GETTYSBURG

Hartford, May 13.-It was said at 8 meeting of the Connecticut Gettys- burg serni-centenniaI commission in the capitol today that cards have been received to date from 25O ClV1l war veterans saying they will attend the celebration on the .5Oth anniversary of the battle, July and~S. One card is from g. soldier who fought on the Confederate side. The commission ex- poets to receive responses from about 100 more, making $50 in all Former Conptroller Thomas D. Bradsreet Of rThonaston, president of the conamis- sion, will start for Gettysburg We'd nesday to look after the assignment of Quarters for the Connecticut veter- ans.
 E So far as arranged the plans cali for a special train to leave Hartford about 8: 30 a.. m. -Monday,.June 30. A physician and one or more trained nurses will be on board to look after the welfare of the veterans. The transportation provided by the state will be good on any train until and in cluding July Is. There will be no provision made for women who may want to accompany husbands or fathers or. relatives.
 The United States government is to furnish cots,- tents and rat1ons in Gettysburg. A limited number of old soldiers who did not participate in the battle will be taken if they pay their own. transportation. All Gettyslourg veterans that desire to go must give the name of the regiment, whether in this state or some other.
 An interesting fact was brought out a the meeting of the commission to- day. When it was made known that two applicants had died since sending in their cards it was said that the veterans of the Civil war are dropping off at the rate of one a day in this state. Three hundred and seventy seven died last year and 4125 the year before.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13
Claims Superior Officer ACtuated by Malice Ruined His Prospects
 of Military Career
CLAIMS FAVORiTISM RULES THE MILITIA
Captain of Sixth Company Is Defendant in Suit Brought by New York Merchant Who Charges That LibeIous Sfate-
 rlentS Were Made

Horace M. Gray, a. New YoasK bus mess man, who sued Capt. Albert Mossrnan of the Sixth Co.,, Coast Ar ttllery, c. N. C., because of alleged Hbelous statements made by the cap tain, appeared before Judge Greene and a. jury in the Superior court, this morning, to tell his story. Gray is seeking $15,000 damages on the ground that l1isy military hcareer was ruined because iof the derogatory statements madeNby Capt. NIossnan.
 The plaintiff testified that he is man ager of the foreign department of the William R. Jenkins Co, publishers in New York His home is in Norwalk and he enlisted in the militia in June, 1907. He was advanced from private to corporal and then to sergeant. He re-enlfsted in 1909 and was anxious to become a lieutenant.
 It was claimed by Gray that Capt Mossman promised to give him advice but instead gave him the wrong in structions. Then Capt. Mossman be- gan to show discrimination against Gray. atw alleged On drill night he put GraX at- the roc of the line and sNEs6n sthe plaintiff remonstrated the defendant said, q didn't think you would mind.'' When the company was in camp at Fort Wright, Capt Mossman removed the plaintiff from the command of a gun and stationed him elsewhere.
 Gray remonstrated with Capt. Moss man for this treatment and the defen- dant is said to have replied, eff you
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13

was in the case of the slaves in the south before the Ctvil war. It is 8 quite common thing in Japan, he said, for a, father to sell his daughters for debt, selling them into the worst kind of slavery.
 He said that the talk of the vaIor of the Japanese was taken by those who know the race for just what it Is worth.
 They can say what they feel like about the strength and bravery of the JapS, said Reagan, but I saw one clean-cut American sailor kill three armed Japs and knock senseless two others in a street fight in a, Japanese port not long ago and the sailor did 1t without the aid of a weapon of any kind except his owHS brawny fists. The Japs were all armed with their swords but they went down before the Amer ican just the sane.''
 Keegan has a wonderful collection of photographs which he took in China. and Japan, showing the horri- ble atrocities practiced by these na- tons when at war with each other He had pictures which he took dur ing the Boxer uprising showing bodies cut.and hacked into a hundred pieces. arms and legs cut from bodies, and scenes too horrible for description One photograph which he took during a. fight with Japanese pirates shows a sailor in the act of running his sword through the neck of one of the pirates. in a bloody hand-to-hand combat
 The young sailor certainly has had some great experiences since he left Bridgeport to enlist in the navy and some day of writing a. book about them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13
CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADES REASON FOR VIOLATING
 SHERMAN ANTITRUST LAW

Chicago. May 13-The unique answer of the Chicago Board of Trade to the governments suit for injunction to abolish the '+ca1I price,, that it was forced to inaugurate a rule in viola ton of the Sherman antitrust law in order to cfrcumvent a, conspiracy to restrain and monopolize grain markets by a grain elevator tra1st'' which had sprung up in its own membershfp, has resulted in demand by the United States district attorney for an immed- fate hearing Of evidence in the case.
 ] United States District Attorney Will kerson planned to appear today in the United States district court and ask that a. special master be appointed to hear testimony.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13
WILSON MAKES
 STRONG DEMAND
 FOR R. R. PROBE
BridgepOrter Presents Vigorous Arguments
 to Committee
WantS to Know What Became 0f$10O,OOO Strangely Spent
 In Connecticut
fspecial to rhe Farmer.l )


 Hartford. May 13.-Representativ Lynn w. wilson of Bridgeport argued his resolution for the investigation o1 the New Haven company, before the committee on judiciary, this after noon-
 He said that five years more Of the same kind of financing that has pre- vailed in the five years past, will put the New Haven into the same condi- ton as the Boston and Maine.
 He described the merger of 1907, which he said loaded the New Haven with 8 vast mass of poor securities, for which it paid enormous prices. The effect was to Ieech the earnings of the steam road, to create a deficit, and. depress the value of the stock. The object, he said, was less to create D monopoly than to divert steam road values into the pockets of trolley road insiders.
 He demanded an investigation into the use that MT Mellen testified he made Of s1oO.O00 derived from trans action in New Haven stock. '+It is ad- z1litted,'' said MT Wilson. that this money was used politically, but how was 1t used Who got it ?''
 He also demanded a thorough in 5vestiEation into the use made of $100,- GOO expended by MT. Robbins, to pro mote public opinion and legislation in Connecticut.
 How much are they epending this year to promote public opinion and 7egisla+ion2 ?" inquired Representative Wilson. We ought to know
 Representative Wilson's remarks, in part were as follows:
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13
SCHOOL SOCIETIES PUT UNDER BAN
 AT TORRINGT0N

Torrington, May 13-The school com mittee of this town at a meeting, last night, passed g, resolution pro- hibiting pupils participating in fra ternities and sororities All such soci- ties now in existence must diSband at the end Of the present school year. Beginning next September, membership in a fraternity or sorority will be suf- ficient cause for expulsion from the schools.
 There are two strong societies here, the Alpha Delta Sigma and the Alpha AInha the members of which are high ly indignant over the action of the school committee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13
LIVES CRUSHED
 OUT BURIED BY
 TOPPLED BELFRY
Fire Chief and Police Head Struck by
 Church Spire
Blaze Started by ThundeTbOlt and SteepIe At Once Bursts
 Into Illuminating Flames

Stratford. Ont, May 13.-The tall spfre of the Knox Presbyterian church, 160 feet high, was struck by a thunderbolt early today and in the ensuing fire the chief of police, the fire chief and a policeman were killed and a fireman was mortalIy injured. The three men who lost their lives were buried beneath the burning bel fry which toppled and fell; the fire man was laid out with a, blow on the head from flying timber. The dead:
 J. A. Mccarthy, chief of police
 Hugh Durkin, fire chief. A
 Matthew Hamilton policeman,
 The injured man is Sidney Van Stone. He is suffering from numer- ous cuts on the head and shoulders and possibly a fractured skull.
 When, following the lightning stroke. the steeple burst into liam es that illuminated the country for miles around, it was found that the fire en- zines could not force water within many feet of the fire, sparks from which were falling on the roof of the church Mccarthy. Durkin and Ham ilton put up a ladder to the roof and hremen, dragging hose, scrarn bIed to the roof. A fresh blaze flared up from another part of the roof. and the three men named were in the act of moving the ladder to check it when the belfry toppled and fell.
 It came down a. ponderous, glowing mass of wood and bricks, showering glowing enbers far and wide On- able to flee. the three men were caught beneath the mass. McCarthy and Hamilton died instantly; Durkin lived for few minutes and died on his way to the hospital.
 The blaze ate it's way to the heart of the building and burned itself out. At noon today the, ruins were still snouldering. The loss Is about $40.-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13
5O,OOO SHRINERS
 AND GUESTS AT
 DALLAS TEX. NOW

Dallas, Tex, May 1S-Shriners and their guests from many sections of the country-a throng of 50,000 persons had reached Dallas this morning for the second day of the orders annual convention. Business sessions of the imperial council began today and cit ies in the race for the next convention began to canvass the members.
 Abba Temple, of Mobile, announced that it would ask the imperial council for permission to conduct "a class of rovices in one of the locks of the Panama canal.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13
NEGRO LYNCHED FOR SHOOTING
 YOUNG FARMER

Fagansvi1le. Ga. May 1S-Sam Owens, a, negro who yesterday shot dead Brooks Lame, 8 young farmer, was taken from the Hogansville jail last night and 1ynched. He was hanged to a, tree near the jail and his body was rfddled with bullets.
 Lane was killed on bis plantation near Franklin, Ga. His trouble with the negro was said to have resulted from a discussion over the trading of 8 cow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13
1000 BARRIERS THREATEN
 TO LEAVE THEIR CHAIRS

Jersey City, N. J., May 1s-A thou sand barbers in Jersey City, who have recently become affiliated with the Industrial Workers of the World, made demands for increased pay and shorter nouns today and threatened to leave their chairs unless the boss bar bers yielded. In Brooklyn several thousand barbers have been out for days, and yesterday the nov em ent spread through the smaller shops in Manhattan
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13
NO AMERICANS KILLED
 IN PHILIPPINE TYPHOON

Washington, May 13-No Americans were killed or wounded in the latest typhoon to sweep over the Philippines though there were a number of fa- talities among the natives and great damage was done to property. Gov Gen Forbes reports that the principal damage was in the north.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13
GAMPAIGN ON NOISE
 STARTS IN CHICAGO

Chicago, May 1S-A campaign against needless noises was started f1s9t night when the council authorized t4f1e health commission to find ways and means to reduce the racket which, Gone speaker asserted, has given Chi srs<o the reputation of being one of lef1e noisiest cities Of the universe.
 The chairman of the committee said zfnat unnecessary noises are responsi- Die for discomfort, deafness and even death
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13
DROWNED BY EXPLOSION
 WHILE DYNAMITING FISH

Parkersburg, Va, May 13-waiIe preparing to dynamite fish in Steer Creek near here, yesterday, a stick of the explosive let go, stunning five young men and throwing them into the water. Ern est Van Horn was drowned. The four others were res cued just in time by persons attracted by the explosion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13
EMMONS-DAVENPORT
 NUPTIALS ON JUNE 3

The marriage Of Miss Beatrice Dav- enport, daughter of Attorney and Mrs. Daniel Davenport, of this city, to MT. George L. Emnnons, of Schenectady. will take place Tuesday, June 3, at the home of the brides parents, 39O Park Place. Only the immediate members of the family will witness the nuptials, owing to the recent death of the grandmother of the brtde-to- be-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13
DIEsIN FOREsT FTRE-

Fall River. May 13.-One death has been caused by fire which has swept ten miles of woodland near here dur ing the past AS hours The body of Frederick W. Sheppard, who disap- the flames, was found in the woods last night. The fire was believed to be under control today
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13

Baltimore, May 12-The second an nraI conference of the American As sociation for the Promotion of lily giene and Public Baths opened here today, to continue until Thursday af- ternoon. The leading cities of the country are represented
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13

people to file petitions
 Judge Walsh succeeds Judge James F. Walsh of Greenwich. The new judge is a, Democrat but 1t has been reported that the successor. t:5 Judge Banks, who is a Republican, will also be Republican.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13
BURNED TO DEATH.

Donohue was burned to death in a fire which destroyed his cottage and store here early today. Mrs. Donohue es- caped by jumping from g second story window.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13
ARREST FOR VIOLATION
 OF MUFFLER SECTION

Orders to enforce many ordinances
 which have not for months seen the light of day in the city court, are be- ing handed down by the commissiop- CTS to the police. This fact became known today when. the long neglected ''cl1t-out'' ordinance was enforced by Motorcycle Officers Gorgas and EHofL- man against William B. Casey, 152 Grave street.
 Casey, who drives a delivery wagon distributing Drake's Cake and Shef- ford's Cheese, was converting pleas al1tlv with his wife while passing the Orphan Asylum on Fairfield avenue. outward bound. A merry tune was being played by the exhaust, accord ing to the officers who rode up, on either side of the vehicle, and an- nounced that the driver was under arr rest. It was indeed a. great surprise. but Casey accompanied them to head quarters where after arranging for $50 bonds for his appearance in court to- morrow, left to secure a muff1er-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13

Suva Fiji Islands May 1s-Thes American schooner Lyman D. Foster of Bellingham, WasA, was lowed fn-- to this DOT today. She had been abandoned waterIogged on April 30 af- ter losing her masts during a hurrl- cane on April 15 and drifting for IS days.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13

HFzALTT1 BOARD MEETING. An interesting meeting of the Board isc Health iB scheduled for s:so this nvendnms
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13
DoYoU

want a furnished room, or a flat, read The Farmer C1as- @sified Ads. You I'll find what you want.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-13

Unsettled tonight; fair, slightly cooler tomorrow
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-08-14
FINED FOR ABUSING LIVERY
TEAM

Geo. II. Wisner and F. w. Carl,
both drummers, one a candy peddler
and the other a booster for Schil-
ling's dope, came to grief Wednes-
day evening when they were arrest
ed for overdriving and otherwise mis-
using a team which they hired from
the Hoyey barn early in the week to
drive to Elk City.
After a great deal of parleying the
matter was settled out of court. the
drummers paying Hoyey $1,000, also
the costs, amounting in all to $32.4O
According to all accounts the team
was given a hard drive back from
Elk, and was not properly cared for
on the way, all of which complain
ant was ready to prove. The men
felt their arrest keenly, but public
sympathy was with the jaded horses,
and the drummers were lucky 10 get
out of it as they did.
They set up an awful roar about
what they would do to Kooskia over
themselves, but in our opinion no
travelling mana real man-will sym
pathize with anyone who will neglect
or misuse a team of faithful horses
pulling a party of men and their lug
gage over a rough mountain road.
The town of Kooskia had nothing
| tn do with this caSe-it was between
the men and the proprietors of the
livery stable-and these two partic
ular drummers, by their threats and
rough talk in stating how they would
even up matters by knocking the
town, are anything but credit tc
that jolly and wholesouled crowd who
style themselves knights of the Grip
-Kooskia Mountaineer.