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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16
SAID RELATIVES NEVER CARED" IN LAST STATEMENT
fl Will Leave Them Moth
 ing," John F. Clancy De- clared on Deathbed.
FRIENDS TESTIMONY
 STARTLES WITNESSES
Probate Court Finds That Estate is Now $3,OOO In
 stead of $5,OOO.

They never cared for me. will leave them nothing"
 This, according to former Alderman John H. Coughlin, is what the late deputy collector of internal revenue, John F. Clancy. said in reference to his relatives while giving fnstruc ctions to Attorney Hugh J. Lavery about drawing his will.
 After my debts and funeral ex- penses are paid want all the rest to go to St. Patrick's church. .''-Mr. Clancy is alleged to have said next. The former alderman and Michael J. Dwyer, Democratic leader in the MT. Clancy made the disposition of his estate and were witnesses of the will They were close personal friends of MT. Clancy.
 Despite theN protests of relatives of Mir. Clancy, Judge Miller admitted the will to probate yesterday after the quiet though dramatic testimony offered by Alderman Coughlin con corning the last moments of MT. Clancys life. Attorney John J. Cuneo. who represents Miss Haze1ett of Nor walk, cousin of MT. Clancy, filed notice of intention to appeal.
 Alderman Coughlin was firm and direct in his testimony and did not change his story in any instance all LuOuSu Attorney OunSO III HIS cTOSS- examination vigorously tried for an opener. It developed at the hearing yesterday that the estate will be about $3,000, instead of $5,OOO, as was first supposed.
 The estate consists of about $1,6oo in banks and the remainder in life insurance policies o14 Mir. Clancy and on his mother. who died a few hours before he died.
 MT. Coughlin told of several visits he made to the Clancy home in Hous- atomic avenue, prior to MT. CIancy's death. and of finding MT. Clancy and his mother death1y sick. On his first go to hospital and have his mother 1t is trying to take care of my mother that has brought me where I am.''
 MT. Coughlin declared he had known MT. Clancy very intimately for him. and Michael J. Dwyer in politics. perfectly sound mind and knew ex- wiIled his property to St. Patrick s and the following Sunday MT. Clancy died. In telling about this, MT. Coughlin said in part:
 "I was sitting in my office with T. J. McNamara, when was told that MT Dwyer wanted me. outside. I went out and MT. Dwyer asked me to come to MT. Clancy's house as soon
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16
NEW YORK BOARD TO SHIP FOOD TO
 CENTRAL POW FRS
Business Not For Profit, But To Sustain Life in War
 ring Peoples.

New York, Nov. 16.-An organized movement to aid the civilian popula- ton of Germany and Austria by send ing food from the United States was launched here today by a t.citizens' committee for food shipment,''s con sisting of 45 physicians, clergymen and prominent women Rhe organization has provided for branch committees throughout the country. pr. Henry J. Wolf is chairman of the committed
 The committees announcement says:
 Americas position with reference to the Central powers, especially Ger many, is peculiar Germany has for many years depended on us for large quantities of lard and wheat, and is the principal purchaser of our cotton seed meal for the support of her vast herds of cattle The shutting off of our exports of cotton seed meal cur tailed the milk supply and created that are now becoming increasingly acute.
 Our government has declared that effective, illegal and indefensible,, and that it is entirely within the rights of any citizen of the United States to deal with civilian Germans in food stuffs,, and these rights are not merely privileges. Our obligations to Ger many as a customer in the past and of the future, and innunerable ties of relationship and sympathy, impose a. duty on us to five up to our rights because shipments of foodstuffs, while a matter of profitable commerce for us, may become to many, ,df our friends a matter of life and death.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16
FOUR CHURCHES TO COMBINE IN SUNDAY
 EVENING SERVICES
Congregationalists Provide Unique Plan For Spread
 of Christianity.

For the first time in the history of Bridgeport, the North, South, Park Street and Olivet Congregational churches will hold a, united Sunday evening" service, and for four follow ing Sundays will do the same.
 The meeting will be held at the Lyric theatre on Main street. The new method of service has been chos- en to attract the thoughtful. Many strangers who have enrolled in no particular church, will be beheftted.
 The great themes of Christianity, including God, prayer, the Christian church and the Message of Christmas will be talked on. The pastors of church will speak. One minister will be the leader each evening and the three others will talk for about eight minutes each, at the end of which they will be called. upon to cease. The whole time occupied by the addresses will be 25 minutes.
 Besides the uniqueness of this ser vice because of the above mentioned features, it will be attractive for this reason. The four quartettes of the cooperating churches will be present each evening and will form the nucleus for chorus of 200 voices, under the leadership of J. H. Cross ley. Professor Hutzel will lead the orchestra of 20 pieces.
 Nothinglof this kind has been at tempted before in this city. Ten thousand cards were distributed throughout the city yesterday. Fifty posters, eight by 12 feet were hung today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16
TUG CAPTAIN LOSES rows
 IN BIG BLOW
Ten Thousand Dollar Cargo Sinks and Vessel Is Severely Damaged in Storm on Sound.

High winds and waves on the Sound yesterday caused havoc among shipping which was compelled to put into port all along the Connecticut coast. A small Rect Of tugs and barges are tied fast in Bridgeport harbor.
 The tug Clarence B1akeslee of New Camp of this city, well known to ex- tain of the excursion boat Elm City of New Haven, which for many years has piled to Port Jefferson, put into port late last night after desperate battle with the elements
 In the fight for port the B1akeslee received a damaged stern and lost two heavily loaded traprock barges valued at about $10,o0O with cargo. '
 According to Captain Camp, who re- ported the matter to his owners at once upon reaching shore, he was off Norwalk when he was caught in the stim northwesterly gale In shorten ing his hawsers he was in collision with the four barges which were blown alongside. Although he strug- gIed to save the barges by making a safe port when off Captains Island, near Greenwich he was compelled to cast two of the barges loose.
 An attempt to anchor them proved fruitless and it is believed that they have drifted on shore
 Captain Camp reached Bridgeport with two tows and is now laid up for repairs which will probably be com p1eted before the wind subsides enough to proceed orf the trip from Pine Orchard to New York.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16
POST TO
 GERMANY, AUSTRIA
 AND HUNGARY ENDS
Service Discontinued Be cause Steamships Will
 Not Garry Packages.

Persons who have been sending packages by parcel post to Germany, Austria and Hungary will be unable to do so from now on according to 2. mo- t1ce contained in the Daily Bulletin of Laws and Regulations. Relating to postal service. which says that,the suss- pension of the parcel post service to these countries are necessary because steamship companies refuse to carry such packages
 Post offices now will refuse to ac- cept any packages mailed for delivery in those countries. Such packages as may have been mailed, or may be in advertent1y mailed, hereafter, will be returned to the senders and the post age prepaid on the said packages re- funded to the senders if application is made in accordance with the postal laws and regulations.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16
Kitchener Preparing Egypt For Threatened
 Invasion By Germany

Milan Nov. 16.-Earl Kitchener, the British secretary for war, who bas arrived in Mudros, is accompanied by the resident general of Egypt, accord ing to a Sa1onili dispatch to the Cor riere Della fSera-
 The resident general of Egypt re- ferred to, may be Major Gen. Julian H. G. Byng, who has been commander of the British forces in Egypt since 1912 It has been assumed that during his trip to the east. Earl Kitchener would visit Egypt and prepare it's de- lenses to resist a possible invasion of troops of Germany and her allies.
 Naples, Nov 16@The stamer Cretio from New York and Boston has ar rived here safely. There was intense anxiety among the passengers on board after they learned in Gibraltar tof the sinking of the Ancona. The captain took all precautions against attack. The vessel was shielded from submarines by a heavy storm that ragged while she was crossing the Med iterranean.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16
ITALY AND AUSTRIA IN SHARP DISAGREEMENT IN REPORTS ON
 SINKING OF ITAkIAN LINER

Washington, Nov. 16-The Ameri- can government will await the receipt of the Austrian governments state ment of facts concerning the sinking of the Italian liner Ancona before considering whether any rights of Americans have been violated. These facts probably will be sought through Ambassador Penfield fh Vienna.
 The State Department now has be- fore it the Italian governments com nnunicatiQn addressed to neutral na- tions, denouncing- the sinking of the Ancopa as "an unparalleled atrocity," and officials have also seen the pub 11shed statement of the AustFo-Hun- tack.
 The two statements differ. Italy's communication charges that without
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16
sWTFE WOULDN'T LET
 ME-" WITNESS WHO
 DIDN'T APPEAR, SAYS

Because he wanted to eat "a nice piece of red hot mince pie'' without being disturbed by visitor, Henry Beaudin of 1249 State street. order ed his Visitor, Harold Blakeslee of Fairfield, to leave his home at mid night Saturday night BIakeslee became offended at being ordered out of the house and he resented by punching Beaudin on the nose.
 Beaudin had Blakeslee arrested but failed to appear in court when the case was to be tried yesterday. He gave as his excuse this morning, af- ter being arrested on a capias war rant, that Mrs. Beaudin had ordered him not to appear against B1akes1ee. Judge Bartlett fined BIakeslee $5/and costs and Beaudin was released upon payment of costs of the capias being issued.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16
JENNINGS TRACK SWEPT BY FIRE;
 ONE MAN KILLED
Score of Valuable Horses Burn ed-LoSs Is Estimated
 at Sf35.0OO.

Washington, Nov. 16-One man was burned to death and three oth- CTS were probably fatally as a result of fire at the historic Benning race track, in the suburbs of Washington, last night, which in addition to des- troying IA of the stables and other structures, burned at least 20 valuable horses. Estimates today placed the loss on the buildings and horses and equipment at $135,00o.
 While the track had not been used since 1908. having been turned into a winter home and training quarters for horses, the stables were filled with horses racing at nearby tracks. Among the stables destroyed was that of August Belmont, but none of his horses was on the grounds at the time
 A hundred or more valuable horses were turned loose to seek safety and it is feared that many of them was burned or other wise injured.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16
Mayor Wilson's Citizens Commission in Executive Session For Discussion of Site and Equipment of Municipally Owned Ice Manufactory.
Cold Storage Feature is Civ en Considerable Attention
 Commission Fears This May Be So Expensive That It will Have To Be Eliminated. :.

Bridgeport's own ice plant will be erected in the city yard, Housatonic avenue. and the money the commits sion might be called upon to spend for a site will be saved for the use of the board in the construction and edIiipnent of the building. This was of the board, in city hall. last even-
 Having decided on the site of the plant the commission is now consider ing. the matter Of machinery. There are many kinds of machinery for making articificial ice such as it is proposed to manufacture in the mun- icipaI plant. There are also a number of different methods of cold storage. Most of these methods of refrigera- ton are so costly that the commits sion is seriously considering leaving out the matter of cold storage Whether they have a right to do so or not was another matter the com mission discussed behind closed doors at it's session last night
 Regarding the ice plant the ques- ton on the voting machine on which the people ba11oted at the special elec- ton last spring was whether or not a municipal ice and cold storage plant should be established Now whether they can establish an Ice plant with out the cold storage feature is a. problem which the com1nissi oners will probably decide to put to the city at torney.
 At this writing the cemmi ssioners are undecided as to whether they will choose the plate system of making ice or adopt the method known as the can system. There are a number of special types of machinery fsEE each system.
 Ts,1rfno fine mast few weeks the conn mission has made a number of trips to other towns to inspect systelns of -u7akilag ice. The Commission will pTSbabIy have several more meetings before deciding on the system of making ice to be accepted The conn mission is also getting figures as to what tonnage the capacity of the plant will be and how cEeaply it's product can be sold
 The members of the commission are, Alderman Vincent S. Whitney. chair man; Timothy C. Cumming. assistant cashier of the Connecticut National bank: Frederick W. HallS assistant cashier of the First Bridgeport Ma tiona1 bank and former Alderman Frederick CederhoITn- The latter is engaged in work for the American Federation of Labor at New Britain and was not. at the meeting last night In fact, although he was an ardent advocate of the ice plant he has been at but few meetings of the commission. Mayor Wilson presid- ed at the meeting last night. The commission will meet again in about a aFeek4
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16

London, Nov. 46-The exact situation in central Macedonia is uncertain. Dispatches from the Near East are conflicting, and doubt as. to the time of events to which they refer in jects an additional element of uncertainty It is clear, how ever, that the Bulgarians have been reinforced and have begun a new offensive.
 The operations in central Mace donia, according to Rome accounts, present a most powerful menace to the armies of Serbia and her allies which are attempting operations from Tetovo thruogh Perlepe to the south eastern Serbian frontier. TeIegrams received almost simultaneously from Greece announce that Tetovo is in the hands of both the Serbians and the BuIgarians, but the preponderance of evidence points to Bulgarian occupa- tion of that front.
 The Bu1garians are making desper- ate efforts to- force their way through Katchanik Pass in the direction of Pristina. They also are attempting to
 
 Monastir and, by forcing Babuna Pass, to reach Perlepe from the other side. These operations are said to have placed Monastir again in danger.
 It is at present a problem whether the newly arrived French and British forces are large enough to meet this Bulgarian onslaught, which apparent Iy has begun with extraordinary vigor.
 What Greece will do Nin the event that the Allied troops are forced back over the Greek border is still a mat ter of speculation. A message from Greece says the government will e1- tend to the Serbians the same priv iIeges accorded tot-the French and British in case of their encroachment on Greek territoFy bs1tsin view of che fact that no defEste "a nnouncement has been made as to what these priv iIeges will~be, further than the orig inaI statement of Premier Skouloudis that the Allied troops will be per mitted to reach the sea unmo1esteds the intentions of Greece remain ob- scure.
 On the GaHcian front the Russians, while admitting that they have yield ed some ground in the neighborhood of the Styr forts, do not concede that they have been forced back across the river, as is claimed in the German official communication of yesterday.
 Further details of this fighting will be necessary to determine whether the Russians have lost the town of Czar- torysk and Russian control of the Ko- veI-Sarny railway thereby endangered
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16

New York. Nov 16--When5 the case of the five men indicted here in the alleged German bomb conspiracy was called in the Federal district court to- day, demurrers were entered in be- half of two of the >defendants, Robert Fay and Walter Scho1z. The deInur- rers aIfege that the indictment against these men is insufficient and does not state an offense under the laws of the United States in that the munitions vessels on which bombs were to have been placed, according to the charge, would have been bleWn up on the high seas.
 Counsel for Robert Kienz1e, Max Breitung and Engelburt Bronkhurst, the others under indictment, did not enter demurrers but stood on the pleas of not guilty entered at the first
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16
BINDS OVER DAWSON
 CHARGE OF THEFT

Although he claimed that he was under the influence of liquor and did not know what he was doing, probable cause was found by Judge Frederic A. Bartlett, and Charles P. Dawson, who lives at the Bronx hotel was bound over to the December term of the superior court under bonds of $500. Dawson was arraigned on the charge of having stolen a suitcase containing articles to the value of $200, from the automobile of Mrs. Joseph B. Crook of East Haddam.
 The theft was committed in front of Bronx hotel and was witnessed by Mrs. Joseph Dusette of 1856 Stratford avenue. In the case were many val- uable heirlooms. Dawson is employed as 9 steamhtter's helper at the Henck- el Lace factory. In default of bonds he was remanded to the county jail to await trial in the upper court.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16
PR0JECTILE GO, ABLE TO STOP MANUFACTURE
 OF ALLlES' MUNITIONS

ceiver, through it's president, Waiter Wood, prevented the Camden corpof- ation from selling presses to any other persons or corporations than the Bridgeport Projectile Go.
 It was common report that 1nslol- ous forces had much to. do with the establishment of the agreement but nothing along this. line could be con- f1rmed, and nothing to indicate it was brought out in the hearing.
 Wood, it was testified, had been paid $167.oO0 for executing the con tract, and SAP, 900 of this went to the agent as commission. Heulings Lip pfncott, he receiver, claimed that tn e s125.OOO is rightfully the property of the Camden Co.'S creditors.
 Wood contended that half the money is rightfu1Iy his as he'had ob- tafned enough other work to keep the plant busy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16

On tie ground that Herbert M. Knapp gave false s5szsas at sa former hearing and also concealed assets to defraud creditors, notice of opposition to the, discharge from bankruptcy of Herbert M. Knapp and Mary H. Burr has been filed by. Attorney Lawrence S.. Finkkestone. representing six cred- Itors.
 It is alleged in papers filed today in the office of Referee in Bankruptcy John w. Banks that certain notes. life insurance policies and large sums in cash were concealed or removedi with in four months of the time the peti- lions in bankruptcy were filed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16
CREDITORS FIGHT DISCHARGE OF BURR & KNAPP FROM BANKRUPTCY
 ON GROUND. OF FALSE TESTIMONY

Included in the assets said to have been concealed are s11s0oO in cash sent to Burr & Knapp, $10.0oo in cash sent to the bankers by the Georgia Loan & Trust Co.,, two insurance pol lcies of $10,0O0 each, taken out on the life of Herbert M. Knapp, a mort gage on the residence of Mary H. Burr, 779 Fairfield avenue, valued at $14 900, and about 20 mortgages on other city property.
 The creditors who oppose the dis charge are F. w. Tomlinson, Eliza beth c. W. Lockwood, R. G. Betts Howard Wheeler estate, Mendelsohn Bros and Levy & Go.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16
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Especial to the Farmer.)
 Trenton, N. J., Nov. 16-Reports of the working of German inf1uenee were rife here today when it became known why the Camden Iron Works, one of the largest producers of shrapnel shells in the country hasn't put any of it's machines on the market since last May.
 A contract with the Bridgeport Projectile Co.,, which was established several months ago on Union avenue, Bridgeport, and which subsequently, received great notoriety in an expose of German propaganda here, was the pivot around which the testimony re- volved in a hearing before Judge Haight of the United States District Court for New Jersey.
 The contract with the Bridgeport concern, made by the Camden Iron Co.,, which is in the hands of a re-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16
CITY OFFICIALS
 JOIN HEALTH BUREAU

Supt. Spencer R. Gordon of the To- cal charities department and pr. Florence A. Sherman of the local public schools. have been appointed members of the publicity committee of the Connecticut Research Associa- ton and Bureau cf Public Health, the headquarters of which are at SC Washington avenue, Greenwich.
 The annual meeting of the associ>- tion will be held at the home of Mrs A. A. Anderson at t'Millbank,' Green wich,. Monday, November ,22.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16

even a blank shot of warning from the attacking submarine, the Ancona was she1led and that the killing and wounding of passengers continued af- ter the vessel stopped.
 The Admiralty statement, on the other hand, dec1arts that the Ancona to escape and only after repeated smelling was brought to a stop. It also claims that the" pas utes in which to escape in small boats, and denies the charge that the sub marine fired on the boats.
 Diplomatic exchanges between the American, and the Austrian govern ments probably will follow over the entire question of submarine warfare and the obligations of a submarine commander to see that neutrals are safe before destroying a prize.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16
HAVE YOU MALARIA?.
 QUICKI THE NEEDLE!

Monroe, La, Nov. 16-Surgeon R. H. Won Ezdorff of the federal public health service. has been detailed by Surgeon General Ru- pert Blue to come here and, with Dr, T. E. Wright, a local physi- clan, study the intravenous injec- tion of quinine in the treatment of malaria.
 Dr. Wright has made original investigations of the subject dur ing the last two years and recently read a paper on his discoveries be- fore the convention of the South ern Medical Association in Dal- las Tex
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16
CHARGE OF RECKLESS
 DRIVING IN CASE OF
 s. B. STERLING NOLLED

Judge Barrett ordered a noIIe in the city court today in the case of Samuel B. Sterling of 4052 Main street, arr raigned on the charge of reckIess1y driving an automobile Nov. 1. Ster- ling was autoing west on State street near Warren, when his machine skid ded the wet pavement and. leaping to the sidewalk, crashed through the fence in front of the home of Dr. Rod man c. Townsend at 466 State street. Witnesses said that the pavement was wet and the affair was unavoidable.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16
SERBIAN TROOPS NOW ASSURED OF SAME FOOTING AS ALLIES
 SOLDIERS ON SOIL OF GREECE

posed to permit the trench and Brit ish to reach the sea without interfer- ence from the Greeks, but to disarm Serbians who crossed the border.
 The change is due, the correspon- dent says, to formidable objections raised by the French minister in Ath- ems. However, it still remains for Greece to define her position clearly. Designation of neutral zone has been suggested.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16
TWO BURGLAREES
 DURING LAST NIGHT

The tailor shop of Abraham Comen at 4s6 Catherine street was entered by thieves during last night and several suits of clothing were stolen.
 The meat market kept by Irving Davis at 295 State street was also en- tered during the night Entrance was gained by breaking panel out of the rear door The thieves smashed open the cash register with a meat c1eaver and took S5 in change.