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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-16
BORGLUM
TURNS TO POLITICS
Stamford Artist Pays Visit To
Our Own City Hall And
Talks To Scribes

Gutzon Borgluna, the sculptor, has a
plan to establish commission form of
government in all cities and towns in
Connecticut. Mr.. BorgIum who lives
in Stamford paid a social visit to May
or Wilson today and talked for a
while with the newspaper men at the
City Hall In discussing his plan for
commission government Mr.. Borklum
said:
'It seems too bad that we should be
constantly fretted with questions of
paving and police service, and these
other matters which are continually
arising in our city government. With
out attention to party lines we ought
to select the best men possible to car
ry on our municipal government and
then keep them in Office.
'Our state constitution requires that
towns shall have such officers Sc
Iectmen. I would keep these select
men in office but increase their numb mber
so that we would really have govern
ment by commission
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-16
THREE HURT AS RESULT OF
WILD ESCAPADE OF LOCAL
YOUTHS IN POWERFUL Auto
Leo Best And David HaWes In NorNaIk Hos
pitaI Following Collision With Trolley Car
In Westpor = MOtOrman Injured
Automobile Demolished

westport, Sept 16-As the result of
a wild night of dissipa ton, and fol-
lowing an escapade which recently
fleft the same automobile in the hands
of the police after it had been aban-
doned on Golden Hill street, Bridge
port, with broken headlight and run
ming board, David Hawes, All Golden
Hill street and Leo r. Best, of North
avenue, are today confined in the Nor
walk hospital seriously injured. Their
large four cylinder Stearns touring car
which they drove into a trolley car
near Westport shortly after midnight
is a total wreck. That their lives as
we'll as that of trolley car conduc-
tor were spared is said to be almost
miraculous.
folly in Westport last night, the young
men had been drinking heavily and at
IL o'clock were put out of a cafe and
had to be helped into their machine
at Westport Center. They had gone
but a, short distance when Chief Heath
in charge of the Connecticut Co.'S cars
at that place observed the pair shoot
up close to a trolley car and attempt
to pull the coat from q conductor as
they passed. The conductor is said
to have c1ung to his car to avoid being
pulled to the street.
The large car was then driven to-
wards Riverside avenue. which follows
the west bank of the Saugatuck river.
They were apparently bound for Nor
walk. Chief Heath had just time to
remark There they go, and my car is
coming down this way when there
was crash which could be heard
for some distance and all knew that a
serious accident had occurred The car
which weighs about two tons had
struck the front Of the approaching
trolley a glancing blow with it's left
around struck the twenty ton trolley
I1oTy4
with its rear. AS the motorman had
seen the danger and reversed his pow
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-16
TnAW VICTORIOUS IN
FEDERAL COURT; GETS
INDEFINITE RESPITE
Remains In Custody OF Sheriff Drew And
U. S. Marshall Mute Prisoner Is EIated
And His Counsel Pleased

Littleton, N. H., Sept. 16-Harry
Kendall Thaw, fugitive from Mattea :
wan, won a victory in the United
States district court here, today, when
Judge A1drich Indefinitely suspended
a, hearing on a writ of habeas corpus
obtained by the Thaw lawyers. This
means that Thaw will have a, federal
writ to check his immediate return to
New York state in the event Governor
Felker orders his extradition after the
hearing to be held at Concord.
William Travers Jerome, especially
deputized to return Thaw to the asy-
Iu1n, endeavored to block the post
ponement on the ground that the writ
had been obtained as a matter of ex-
pediency. He produced an affidavit
of a newspaperman quoting Thaw's
counsel as saying this, but he was un-
willing to press the matter after
George Morris, of counsel for Thaw.
had assured the court that the ap-
plication for the writ had been entire
1y regular.
do you wish to press the question
of bad faith ?'' asked Judge A1drich
of Jerome after Morris had finished.
NO. said Jerome, mot in view of
what Mr.. Morris has said. I'll accept
his word
What do you propose to do then ?''
insisted the judge. Jerome hesitated.
"The Immediate question" continued
the court, ''is whether the proceedings
shall go on or be suspended. It is tn
judgment of this court that a suspen-
sion would not menace the interests of
either side and in view of the fact that
the governor hesitates to proceed with
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-16
FIRE HAZARD IN EAST END
ENORMOUSLY INCREASED BY
RECKEESSLY CLOSED STREETS
Straford And Connecticut Avenues Both Shut
Off By Street Paving Operations

If a fire should occur on Stra tford
avenue, or on Connecticut avenue, or
almost anywhere in East Bridgeport
east of Yellow Mill bridge and south
of the tracks Of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford company, there
would be great difficulty in getting the
fire apparatus to the spot.
Stratford avenue is torn up on both
sides for many blocks. Connecticut
avenue is shut off a little distance be-
yond it's junction with Stratford ave-
nue.. 1t is impossible for long dis
tance.
These streets are torn up that they
may be paved, and men familiar with
such work say that every principle
that governs the usual conduct of street
paving work, has been defied, either
for the convenience of contractors, or
in mad haste to give somebody ttthe
credit for putting down lot of pave
ment in a short time.
To close both sides of a street like
Stratford avenue, a main thorough
fare out Of the city. is an unusual pro-
cedure, but to close at the same time
Connecticut avenue, which is the only
other main thoroughfare through this
part of Bridgeport is chara cterized as
an extraordinarily reckless proceeding.
The risks are increased in respect
to the fire hazard to which all East
Bridgeport is subject, because BarnuIn
avenue is partly stopped by other paw
ing operations.
Within the district bounded by the
railroad tracks, and the Sound, east of
Yellow Mill bridge there is one fire
house
There is another fire house on Bar
mum avenue, which would ordinarily
enter this district over a bridge ad-
jacent to the house, but this bridge
is also stopped out by paving opera
tions extending directly across the
street where it enters BarnuIn ave-
nue..
But the confla grafton risk is not
the 2n1y risk created by the reckless
procedure which has been described.
All forms of traffic are UNNECESSARILY
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-16

the extradition hearing until the
status of this matter is assured, sus-
pend it. 1t is not adjourned but sus-
pended and I suggest that either side
notify me within six days when they
are prepared to go on with it."
ThaW, smiling, sat with his eyes riv-
eted on the court. His lawyers were
grinning. Thaw was remanded back
to the joint custody of Sheriff Drew,
of Coos County, who arrested him af-
ter his recent deportation from Canada
and United States Marshal Mute
Counsel then announced that they had
heard the extradition hearing might
not be held until Friday and both
sides went into conference to decide
where to hold the fugitive
In open discussion with Mr. Jerome
following the announcing of the sus-
pension of the hearing, Judge Aldrich
said that search of the statutes had
failed to reveal to him any law under
which a man in Thaw's position, a
lunatic charged with crime, could be
extradited.
Crowds, packing Main street in front
of the court building, cheered Thaw
as he was driven to a hotel for dinner.
The little courtroom began to fill up
shortly after 10 O'Clock. The general
public was not admitted but about 100
selected friends of the court attendants
and the like managed to gain admit
tance. Outside the court building
crowd in which women predominated
jammed the street from curb to curb.
They did not get a glimpse of Thaw,
for his quarters were in the rear OF
the building.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-16

er the momentum was diminished
somewhat but as the automobil is said
to have been running about 40 miles
per hour the lighter vehicle was thrown
clear back in the road and the two
occupants some distance to the side
of the road. Both are said to have
been unconscious when help arrived.
Drs. Frank McLaury and J. M. No
Ian hastened to the scene in their
own cars and upon finding them ser
iously cut and bruised took them to
the Norwalk hospital. At that insti-
tuition it was said today that both
would recover. Hawes had sustained
a, broken collar bone and lost his left
ear, besides multiple cuts and bruises
about the head, face and body. Best,
who was cut in many places is rest
ing comfortably though it is said that
he may have been injured internally.
It was but a, little over a week ago
that the Hawes car was found aban-
doned on Golden Hill street above Har-
rison, Bridgeport, and the local police
were compelled to take charge of it.
Later it was placed in a local garage
and repairs had just been completed.
All but one wheel was torn from the
car in last nights accident and auto
mobile dealers say that it's engine has
been so badly smashed that it cannot
again be repaired.
Hawes is a grandson of the late E.
V. Hawes, who built Hawes opera
House, now the Plaza theatre, in
Bridgeport. His mother was the late
Mary A. W. Hawes of Southport
Burr Baker, the motornan of the
trolley observed the wild approach of
the onconfng car and attempted to
bring his car to a stop. Before he
could apply full power the crash came
The radiator tore through the front
platform of the car pining Bakers leg.
When the trolley hit the auto the sec
md h h1Txxr n To
day he is confined to his home with a
wrenched knee and strained ankle.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-16
BRIDE WHOSE HUSBAND WAS Z,
CHOSEN BY HER SISTER is
SUICIDE BY CARBOLIC ACID
Maid In Mill Hill Residence Found Dying
With Glass OfPoison Near Her Side
Hurried To Hospital, She Ex-
pIreS lin Few Minutes

Because she had to marry a man
not of her choice, but one whom she
detested, after one week as a matron,
Mrs. Mary Chirv1nak, 22 years old, a
maid in the home Of Alfred E. Gard
ner, 226 Mill Hill avenue, this morn
ing drained almost a tum mbler-fun of
carboIic acid, and died almost before
medical aid could be suramoned.
According to Mr.. Gardper, who with
Walter Marsh made the discovery the
girl had been in the employ of the
family for several years and was ex-
ceptfona1Iy bright and well balanced.
Lately she was inportuned by a sister
to marry George Chirinak who works
in a local rubber factory.
She became Blue and despondent
when she left to be married. The hus-
band called nightly. There was some
dispute as to- his being fed from the
Gardner table and he was told that
while he was welcome, his wife must
refuse to board him there. 1t is not
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-16
STATE LIQUOR
DEALERS FAVOR .
UNION LABOR
Frank P. Quinn Reelected Pres
ident At Session Today

Meriden, Sept. 16-Union Labor IS
their places of business SO far as pos
sibIe was the decision Of the Couuec-
ticut Retail Wine, Liquor and Bee
Dealers Association. at its concludinl
session of convention work, today
This action endorsed by vote was b
the request of President J. c. Strem'
lau the new head of the Connection
Federation of Labor. It was aisi
voted to join the National LlqUOI
League.
The association reelected its offtc
ers headed by Frank p. Quinn, OF New
Haven as president. The eXecutivf
committee are John MalIon, of NeV
London, and James J. Fitzpatrick. o.
Meriden. The next convention VIII be
held in New Britain. Sept 19, 1914
Last evening the delegates attend
ed a banquet at which there were
number of interesting talks Tn
principal speakers were Presiden
Quinn, John J. SpIafn, Philip Troup
editor of the New Haven Union anf
Fred Orr of New Haven It was tn
most successful and most largely at
tended banquet in the history Of tnf
association. The Bridgeport dele
gates who took a prominent psr- II
the proceedings were Col. T. J. Muir
ply, Thomas Flynn and Herbert Bald
win.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-16
MISS FINLAN'S DEATH
Legion of Friends Mourn Demise of
Popular Young Woman.

From many parts of the state teIe-
ceived today by the bereaved family
from friends and acquaintances of the
late Josephine Agnes Ftnlan, daugh-
ter of Edward and the late Catherine
LoughIin-Finlan of "a Franklin
street, whose death yesterday morn
ing at the family home caused such
universal sorrow in the circle in which
she moved. Her death was unex-
pected coming after an illness of one
week and at a time when every hope
was entertained of her ultimate re-
covery. The deceased was a young
woman of many charming traits and
in her social intercourse reflected those
gracious qualities of mind and heart
which she possessed to a marked de-
gree.
Graduated from Mt St Josept's
Seminary at Hartford, Miss FrinIan
distinguished herself while a student
and won many honors. Since her
graduation she has lived with her
father and has Travelled extensively
during the summer months. Her Ie-
gion of friends will share with the-af-
ficted family the sorrow that her un-
timely death brings
Miss FUinIan was a, devout member of
st. Augustines church, it being the
parish of her BIRTH Surviving her
are besides her father, four sisters,
Mary and Anna, Finlan, Mrs.
John F. Keane, and one aunt Mrs.
Patrick Morrissey. Her only brother
the late Alderman John j. FinIan,
died few years ago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-16
O'CONNOR SLATED
FOR $I,4OO JOB
Office OF Assistant Superintend-
ent Of Machinery Of Fire
Department To Be
Created

John O'Connor. now engineer of
Chemical Co. No. 1 and acting assist
ant superintendent of machinery for
the Bridgeport fire department will
undoubtedly be confirmed in the posi-
ton in which he is now acting when
the Common Council creates the ordi-
nance. At the meeting of the council
last night the committee on fire de-
partment reported favorably on the
proposed amendment to the ordj-
nances to create such an officer at a
salary of $1,4OO per year.
Engineer O'Connor now draws a
salary of $1,000 per year. He as as
sistant to A. L. Tracy, superintendent
of machinery, has rebuilt and repair
ed much of the apparatus of the de-
partment. The superintendent of ma
chinery gets $1,70O a year. 1t is more
than likely that the Common Council
will report favorably on the ordinance
to establish the position and that the
Fire Commissioners will name O'Con-
nor to fill it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-16
C. O. P.
ENDORSES BULL
MOOSE CANDIDATE

Westport, Sept. 16-Westport Repub-
Iicans threw all precedent to the winds
at their caucus last evening when
they nominated two women, the Misses
Edith Wheeler and Catherine Taylor
to the town school committee. The
move is looked upon by the Democrats
as only a bid for votes.
Pushed to the wall by the declina
tfon of Se9ectman John K. Gault to
accept a denomination, the caucus
was forced to endorse the nomination
of Austin Wakeman, who was nomi-
mated first selectnlan by the Progress
sives at their caucus last Saturday ev-
ening.
Other nominations included, second
se1ectman, Robert Ripe; town clerk
and tax collector, Joseph Hyatt; board
of relief, George A. DarrOw assessor,
E. c. Smith; auditor, Henry Parks and
treasurer, William E. Osborne
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-16
Reduced in urade by
Order of War
Department
Col. SChuIze, Adjt. LandeTS and
QuartGrmaSter Wise Set
Down After Years Of
Service

Hartford, Sept. ia striking feature
of general order No. 36, issued from
the office of the adtutant general. C.
N G., is the demotion Of Col Edward
Schulze, inspector general, Col viii
liam E. +. LanderS, adtutant general,
and Col. Michael J. WISE assistant to
the acting chief quartermaster to Ma
jorities. After years Of DISTINGUISHED
service in the Connecticut National
Guard, these officers, through no fault
OF their own, are suddenly set down
two grades and forced to substitute
gold oak leaves for the silver eagles
on their shoulder straps. The order
denoting t1lem-and doing divers
things to other officers-is issued to
meet the requirements of circular No.
8, issued from the division of militia
affairs in the war department at
Washington on August l. This circu-
lar prescribes the number Of officers.
staff, departmental and line permitted
state military establishments in pro
portion to the number of enlisted men.
The war department ruling allows a
State like Connecticut with two regi-
m ents of infantry 13 companies Of coast
artillery and the auxiliary troops only
two officers in the adJutant generals
department, one to be a brigadier and
one major.
Col. Landers, while at exactly the
same duties he has long been perform
ing, must go backward in rank. Sim
ment now possesses only the one Of
fcer duly allowed in the new war de-
pa rtment scale but Col schu1ze. who
won his rank as commanding officer Of
the First infantry and who has the
brevet of Brigadier General must 90
backward. And Col. Wise. assistant Go
the acting chief quarterma aster, faces q
similar reduction.
Another officer Of the quartermas-
ter corps to suffer is the Teteraa. Ma
jor George Cornell. He is Transferred
to the reserve. It is not understood
however, that his transfer will affect
his employment at the arsenal where
he has proven particularly effective II
his work.
Capt Otto Mantei, ordnance depart
ment, also goes to the reserve Tbs
new order also effects several otheI
and transfers.
Some of the c. N. G. officers havf
expressed considerable regret over the
in grade visited upon thf
three permanent officers.
Maybe said Major Schulze. as hf
contemplated the order of demotion
maybe some day they'll make me
sea, gull in the naval militia
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-16
REGISTRATION IN
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
IS 9I8 GREATER
Enrolment For First Week Is
Placed At 15,S45 In Figures
of Clerk Eagan
Table Shows Growth In Nearly
Every School Despite Added
Facilities

There are 918 more pupils in the
public schools this year than there
were in 1912 according to the total
registration for the week just COM
piled by Clerk Eagen of the Board Of
Education. For the opening week
last year the total registration was
1927. This year it is 15,845.
Whittier school in the West End
will be opened this afternoon. The
committee on schools will meet there
with Architect Asheim. The Column
bus school will be opened Monday!
The committee on schools will meet
at 1880 tomorrow afternoon and go
over the plans Nichols street
school with Architect Ashein. The
registration at each school this year
and last is as follows:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-16

known whether he insisted upon re-
turning or whether she refused to
leave the Gardner house and live with
him elsewhere, but on several occas-
ions the unfortunate suicide complain
ed that she would yet end it all.
This morning Gardner was COM
PEELED to seek Safe Expert Marsh to
repair some locks. Upon returning
both were surprised that no answer
came from the door-belI. Obtaining
entrance in the rear Gardner discov-
cred the maid lying in her room upon
bed unconscious. An empty car
bolic bottle and glass partly emptied
told the tale. The girl was hurriedly
taken to Bridgeport hospital where
surgeons attempted to save her life
but she quickly passed away. Medi-
cal Examiner Garlick viewed the body.
Mrs. Gardner is at present absent
from the city with her daughter, Miss
Helen Gardner who is featured in
moving pictures, many of which have
recently been seeen at a local theatre.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-16
PLANNING BOARD
EXPECTS TO HOLD
PUBLIC HEARINGS

Members of the City Planning Cos
mission recently appointed by Mayo
Wilson, met in the mayors office =
4:45 this afternoon to arrange for e
date for a public hearing to discus
work for the commission.
When the public hearing is held tn
commission expects to have expert
on city Improvement present
This afternoon the commission plan
ned to invite Charles W. Leavitt, tn
engineer who planned the ground
surrounding stations along the Lacka
wanna and Pennsylvania railroads, {
address the first public meeting Of tn
commission.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-16
WOMAN SHOPLIFTER
CASE IS CONTINUED

After several physicians had testi-
fed that she was unable to appear IN
court at present, Judge John J. Walsh
in the criminal court of common pleas
today continued the case of Mrs. Eta
BIumberg, accused of shoplifting in a
local department store. Mrs. Blum
berg resides in Fairfield. DR.. Coops
and DR.. Sprague of this city said the
accused was in a very nervous condi-
ton and unable to leave her bed. Her
case will probably not come up until
the next term.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-16

cused entered her room as she was
reclining on the bed. He asked her
to get him a meal and when she re-
fused, the accused attack her. Tom
meschata pleaded not guilty. The trial
was still on at press hour.
William F. McDermott of this city,
charged with stealing jewelry and
cash to the amount of $4OO, was given
not more than two and not less than
one year by Judge Reed today. He
pleaded guilty to taking the articles
from house in East Bridgeport while
the owner was absent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-16
$3.50, 900 STOLEN PEARL
NECKLACE FOUND BY
WORKMAN ON STREET

est police station where they were
at once recognized as part of the ia
nous necklace from which only one
pearl IS now missing.
On September 2, five men, three
Englishmen and two Austrians, were
arrested when trying to dispose of
some of the pearls in London. They
were believed by the police to belong
to a notorious International gang Of
thieves
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-16

London, Sept. ia workman, today
found on a sidewalk practically the
entire pearl necklace valued at $780,
Oe0 which was stolen on July Is, while
in transit by mail from Paris to Lon
don. The man, going to work in High
bury, q northern district of London,
noticed the pearls lying in a heap
On picking them up, he found they
we're 5a- He took them to the near
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-16
TRYING BOARDER FOR
ASSAULT ON LANDLADY

Accused of a serious assault upon
his landlady, Stanley Tommeschata
was arraigned before Judge Reed and
a jury in the criminal superior court
this morning. Mrs. Podofo1a of IT
Reilly street, who made the complaint.
testified that on May 16 last, the ac-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-16

New Haven, Sept. ia bequest of
$4,000 comes to Yale University ur-
der the will of the late Justice H. B.
Brown, of Washington, formerly of
the suorcme court.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-16
TGET THE HABIT"

Read the Want Ads. in The
Farmer classified coltIrnns-
there s some good opportun-
tiles in "For Sales" aid
tfTo Rents.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-16
THE WEATHER

Cloudy tonight; rain, warm
er tomorrow
The Brinkley argus., 1913-04-18
Womans' Missionary
 Society Meeting

The Womans' Missionary So- ciety held their regular meeting Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Walter Brown with sixteen members and four visit ors present. An interesting lit erary program was very much enjoyed, after which came the regular business. Much interest was shown by all present and each member seems enthusiastic
 We are planning to have a public program the 1st Sunday in May. Every one is cordially in- vited to be present. No col lection.
 There being no other business, society adjourned to meet with Mrs. o. H. Cooper, Wednesday April, 23, 1913.
 Our hostess served us with dainty refreshments.
 Press Superintendent.