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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
PRISONER SAYS
 DETECTIVE MADE
 ANARCHIST BOMB
Plot to Wreck Cathedral Prompted By Police Spy,
 Is Defense Offered

New York. April 2.-Carmine Car bone continued to testify in his own behalf when the trial of himself and Frank Abarno, accused of attempting to set off bombs in St. Patrick's cathe- dra1 was renused today.
 Carbone began telling of the events that led up to his arrest. He, de- nied mixing Ingredients for the bombs, saying this had been done by Poignant. He said that although he had no interest in anarchistic litera- ture, Poignant insisted on purchasing for him considerable books and pamphlets which he never read.
 So insistent did Poignant become in his demands that he make the came to blows. Carbone described in. detail how the detective made the bombs. He said Polignani told him the following Tuesday would be the best time to plant the bombs.
 '1 promised to go along" the wit ness said, sfbut I hadn't the slightest intention of doing so."
 sCarbone said policemen at head quarters struck him when he said he could not duplicate Tresca and oth- CTS. Captain Tunney, he declared. said that if he did, not give such tes- timony he would get from 40 to 50 years.
 Carlo Tresca, the Industrial Work CTS of the World organizer and orator who was present at the trial, made a statement today in which he com rnented upon a remark made yester- day by Police Captain Tunney to the effect that two detectives -Elrich and Spivak-who. had been working as spies among anarchists had mysteri- ously disappeared. Captain Tunney expressed the fear that the detectives had met with foul play.
 | ':I could have informed Captain Tunney where his two spies are," said Tresca. .'Elrich, is in Baltimore do- ing work for the T. w.. w., while Spivak is in Wi1Iimaptic, Conn.,, with his wife and children''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
ANDERSONvILLE STORIES START
 VETERANS ROW
Ex- x-Prisoners' Association in Hot Discussion At Meet
 ing Today.

Hartford, April 2-Something of a furry was raised at the 3Srd an nuaI meeting of the Union E-Pris- oners of War Association in G. A R. Hall today when Major George e.. Whitney and others spoke bitterly of the treatment accorded to Union prisoners by the south during the Civil War, particularly in, Anderson vile and 5 of the 50 members pres ent stood up and registered them selves as believing that such treat ment was by preconceived plan. 9th CTS greatly deprecated the bringing up of the subject fifty years after the war closed, among them w. c. vigorously. closing with Let us have peace.''
 He said the federal government had a echain'' around the south in war days and the southerners could not get food for themselves nor their prisoners, also that the federal govr ernment. suspended exchange and pa role.
 MT. HiIlard's remarks were not well received by the other side. Col. George Robins, of the Soldiers Home, Noroton, paid tribute to the late de ceased secretary, Mrs. May Phelps Gardner, of Rockville. These offic- CTS were elected: s-ti
 President, Samuel J. Griswold, Guilford; presidents, Frederick A. Adams, Hartford; Francis Will Hams, Bristol; secretary and treas urer, William F. Sternberg, New Bri- tain
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
Temperance Campaign
 Grips All England

London. April 2.-The attention Of the British public is today concen- trated upon the question of absti- hence. For the moment it has over shadowed the war. This is Good Fri day and in London there are no af- ternoon papers but it is doubtful if the blackest headlines dhronicl1ng military activity could divert the at tention of the people from the all- absorbing topic of the possibility of g "dry'' country.
 That some drastic measures are contemplated is beyond question but the public is divided in opinion as to whether the prohibition is to be to- tai or whether the consumption Of alcoholic liquors will be permitted under sharp control.
 Several-of the London morning pa pers appeared today with full page advertisements presenting petitions with the request that supporters of the movement cut them out, sign them and send them to MT. Lloyd George, chancellor of the exechequer- These petitions read: a5
 t'I am entirely in favor of the sus- pension of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors during the war which I consider imperative for d quick and successful termination of the war. I shall heartily support the government in any such measure. %
 The peI1I1On 1oeae IS pact&6O py 1Llet- chants and businessmen and other employers of labor. who disclaim any save a war interest in the proposed measure.
 The sense of personal liberty IS so strong in England. that it may defeat total prohibition. But the sense Of fair play fights on the side of the extreme measure for the opinion is growing that if employees be deprived of their right to drink. the rule must extend to employers as well,
 It is believed that the cabinet is in favor of total prohibition which, under the defense of the Realm Act. it has the power to enforce without legislation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
Wheeler Coachman, Two Score Years Tn
 Service, Is Dead

The death of Michael Carroll at his nome, 42 Highland avenue, this morn ng removed one of the best known fig tres of Bridgeport Forty years age Mir. Carroll was a familiar parsonage as he guided the carriage of the Ma thaniel Wheeler family about the streets of the then much smaller town. But the city grew, customs changed and with them went the horse and carriage. giving way to the more lux lrious and speedy automobile. , So fond was the Wheeler family of Hr.~Cafroll. however, that he was kept in their employ though he no longer wore the coachman's livery, and so he completed more than 40 years in their service. MT. Carroll was a faithful employe who was held in the highest esteem not only by MT. and Mrs. Wheeler but by all the members of
 hat prominent family. Surviving him are his wodow. four daughters, Mrs.
 'as11es Page, Mrs. Frank Carroll, Mrs. George Mante1l. and Mrs. Edward Jones. also a son, Daniel Carroll. His wide circle of friends included many Trominent people of the city and his death N ili grieve all who knew him.
 He died after an illness of only one week.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
DISMISSED FIREMAN. HAS WILD NIGHT AT
 PINE STREET HOME.
Arrested For Disturbance "Me Drunk Not Guilty
 He Says To Judge.

Following a wild night in the home of stephen Tirnko, aged 31. of S36 Pine street, during which runors that he had shielded were broadcast, Po- licemen Langham and Connery were upon a charge of intoxication last night
 T4mzo was dismissed from the fire department Wednesday evening. hasy- Ing been found guilty of intoxicatfon, characterization and conduct unbe- coming a member of the department
 In the city court today the case was continued by Judge F. L. Wilder until tomorrow under bonds of $50 which were at once furnished by his friends. Attorney w. ". Bent an nounced that Timko had consulted hi1n with reference to appealing the decision of the fire commissioners. The circumstances concerning Tim kos dismissal are being investigated by the attorney who has not yet de- cided what action will be taken.
 Tmko was arrested at o'clock this morning, following an evening of excitement beginning soon after midnight when the policemen were called into the house to ascertain if Tnnko was ''dying with pneumonia '' He was then found hudd1ed upon the floor in heap and the police rec oInfnended that he be treated by a physician. Later Timko is said to have become violent and attempted to opena a door leading to a, bed-room with a pen-knffe. Failing in the ef- fort he, procured two large blocks of wood and battered down the door. When asked by the policemen why he had done so he said TT wanted to get into the room because there was a girl there I wanted to mar F
 When Clerk E. Earle Garlick read the charge of intoxication to him to- day he said, .eMe drunkl Not guiltyY' The case was continued that further investigation of the circumstances might be made.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
Summary War News

German submarines have sunk four more vessels, one of them flying the U-20. and three traw- 1ers from the Tyne were blown up by the D-1O. The crews of all four ships escaped.
 Heavy fighting has been re- stunned in eastern France, near the German border. The official statement. from Berlin today says the French were defeated in a. battle near Le Pretre forest and forced to give up ground they had won.
 Elsewhere along the western front there were artillery en-, counters yesterday but no infan- try engagements of consequence.
 Raids by two aviators of the allies in the German province of Baden inflicted damage in the cities of Mullhei and Neuen- burg.
 The destruction of property in Mullheim is described in 8. Lon don despatch as considerable but only slight damage was done in Neueuburg.
 "A decided. extension in the range of operations of German submarines is indicated by Lis- bon despatch to the effect that the U-2s has been operating off the coast of Spain. The British steamer South Point, which went \ down off Cape F7nnisterre, is said to have been torpedoed. The cape is about 500 miles north of Gibraltar.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
SUED FOR ACCOUNTING OF
 OLD TRUST FUND

Asking for an accounting for g trust Iund given in 1871, William R. Branch Df Totno, Va, has brought suit against Rev. E. Livingston formerly rector of St. Luke's church in this city but now located in GuiIford. Rev Mr. Wells Is executor on the estate of Charlotte M. Bu1kley, who died in Fairfield in 1913.
 Branch claims that his father, " M R. Branch, gave Charlotte M. Bulkley deed of trust in 1s71 He says she received $1, ,907. .2s but accounted for only $219.So of this. Following her death the plaintiff made a demand upon the executor for the money but was refused. In addition to an sac- counting, Branch wants g, 00O dam ages. The action is returnabIe to the superior court, April term.
 Rev B. Livingston Wells, who re- gently was married, practiced law in Bridseport several years before enter ing the Episcopal ministry.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
SEATS COLLAPSE WITH CROWD AT
 EAST SIDE HALL Spectators At Boxing Bout Crash to Floor in Mass of
 Splintered Wood. POLICEMAN AVERTS
 PANIC BY GOODNESS Only One Person Seriously Injured When 125 Fallen
 Are Extricated.

z One hundred and twenty-five per sons were endangered last night as a big bank of seats, rising SIX or eight feet above the floor of Hunyadf hall on Willard street, gave way just before the staging of a boxing exhibition pre- czpitat1ng the spectators into a min gled mass of humanity and sr1intered wood.
 4 George Hubbben, aged 2s of 76 liar ris street, New Haven, was the onls one found by the police and eHner4 gency surgeons to be injured seriously enough to require surgical treatment, though the ambulance and a squad of police were rushed to the scene. His left leg was foud to have been severe 1y scraped by a falling timber. Treat ment was given by pr. J. H. Beaudry.
 The bout,which had attracted sports from all over this section of the country. was. to be staged under the auspices of the Savoy Athletic club. At an early hour the place was jam med with people who had to climb a marrow outside stairway to get into the building. The staging supporting eight or ten rows of seats was said by some of those present to have been faulty constructed and of second hand timber, some of which had partly rot ted.
 Young McAuliffe and Young Daily were about to appear when 8 creakIng was heard throughaut the second floor hall, followed by cries from the fright ened spectators as they felt the staging sway. This was followed by a crash that shook the building as the enor- mous weight came down upon the floor. In a moment all was excite ment, as each person tried to extricate himself from the mass of humanity and debris. That there was not a panic which would have resulted in death at the marrow staircase leading from the building is almost beyond un- derstanding. acccording to spectators present.
 Policeman John Dempsey Is given credit today for restoring order in the hall. AS soon as he had ascertained the conditions he shouted there was no danger and called up the second police station. A squad Of b1uecoats were sent over on the run and the am- bulance was summoned Though only one treatment was required many bear scratches and bruises today which are more or less painful.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
ADOL PH SHERMAN IN NO DANGER BECAUSE
 OF PET DOGS BITE
Examination of Animals Head Shows No Evidences
 That Dog Has Rabies.

Ado1ph Sherman, member of the board of taxation who was recently scratched on the hand as he tried to extricate what he believed to be a fish bone from his dogs throat. and who has since feared an attack of hydrophobias- is apparently in no dan ger.
 Word was received today by the To- cal health department that a bac- teriologica1 examination of the dogs head. showed mo evidence of rabies; was present The dog had been killed tmm mediate1y and the head shipped to the Connecticut Laboratory of the state board of health, Middletown, for analysis.
 pr. A c. Knapp, department veter- marian received today word from D1- rector H. w. Conn as follows:
 This morning (Apri1 D we receiv- ed from you the head of a dog SUD- posed to be afflicted with rabies. A mfcroscopical examination .of the brain did not reveal the presence of negr bodies. According to this ex- animation, the animal Is not suffering from rabies
 No word has yet been received of the condition of the brain of the big Great Dane dog killed on the estate of Samuel T. Davis. Dr. w G. Sou they. who had the case in charge to- day awaited reply, though it was pos itively stated that no member of the Davis family had been attacked The inquiry was instituted to relieve the minds of neighbors owning valuable dogs which they fear may have been bitten.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
Official
 VIEWS OF Worlds w ar
GERMAN

Berlin, April 2.-The war office made the following announcement today:
 'fWestern theater of war; Between the Mouse and the >Mosel1e heavy artil- 1ery fighting has ta.kn place. Infantry fighting near and in the forest of Le Pretre continued the whole night. West of thet forest of Le Pretre, French in fantry attacks broke down under fire. In our counterattacks we inflicted a heavy loss upon the enemy. and drove him back into his old positions. The French are now in possession of only two blockhouses in the forest near our most advanced positions.
 ftIn the eastern theatre of war the situation Is unchanged.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
Bankrupt Banking
 House Again Figures
 in Court Proceedings

Two suits, in which the bankrupt firm of Burr & Knapp figures, were filed today in the superior court. Her vey B. Burr, trustee, brings proceed ings against Samuel Katz and Fer close property on Alex street. It is claimed that the defendant mortgag- ed the property to secure $8,50o note
 The other suit is brought by Wash ington Choate sof Essex, Mass, against Charles Bruno and Joseph Lang of this city. Burr & Knapp loaned s2,80O for which propereyt on Rocton avenue was given as ceurity It is said the bankers assigned the note to Choate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02

New York, April 2-The two Brf- tish cruisers which have watched the entrance to New York harbor for more than a month steamed away to the south during the night of Wed nesday Hast, according to incoming pilots aboard trans-Atlantic boats to- day The pilots thought the war ships were going to strengthen the squadron lying in wait for the Prinz Eitel Friedrich, off the Virginia capes.
 A report was current in marine cir cles here today that some of the fleet Of German liners tied l1p at Ho- fboken and Brooklyn docks would soon put to sea. Steam was up on all the ships as it has been since the war started.
 Newport News. Va, April 1.-Two
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
BRITISH CRUISERS DASH SOUTH AT REPORT ETEL FRIEDRICH IS
 READY TO START OUT TO SEA

and the other of the army, arrived here shortly after noon today and moored at the Prinz Eite1 Friedrich's pier. One tug, the Patuxent, was moored at the EiteIs stern. The other, the Reno, tied up on the op- posite side of the pier. q
 Shortly before their arrival; Col 1ector Hamilton with a party of of ficia1s boarded the Eitel
 Efforts to ascertain the mission of the tugs and officials were unavat1- ing. United States artillerynen with bayoneted rifles turning back in quirers 50 yards from the entrance to the pier.
 Lieut.. Commander Svarz, U. S. N., was among the government represent tatives at the pier.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
PINNED UNDER MASSIVE NEW STEEL VAULT
Immense Safe Falls On Gin cinnati Man Installing 1t At New Bank Build lding At State and Main Streets.
Legs Crushed and Mangled
 Surgeon Risks Life To Crawl Under Dropped Mass To Bind Torn Art cry.

Pinned beneath 5000 pound vault this noon in the new First Bridgeport National Bank building at the cor ner Of State and Main streets. Will liam Buck, aged 51 of Cincinnati, O. ennplozed by the Herrdng-Hall-Marvin Safe Go. of Sandusky, O., with both thighs bro9zen and q large arterJ of the right foreIeg gushing his iife,s blood calmly watched the efforts or 2. score Of Workmen to jack the huge mass Of steel from his body and ap- r,iv tourn1quets to staMnch the flow If blood As he directed the efforts unconscaoaSn0ss mercifu1y overlook him. while D. T. H. sFfnnagan at the rIsk of his own life crawied beneath flaa +a.uDorarily sustained weight and made fast the bands that tightly held the blood flow until a score of hands conveyed the unconscious form to the ambulance and thence to St. Vim cents hospital,
 ; That Bucks nerve and vitality is re- 1narkasslS is testided by all who have observed him today At the hos fracfureg of the right and left legs below the hips, but is sustaining the injury and shock reu1eE Ekab1y we'll He has lost considerable blood
 The accident, which occurred at 14:sa talAs morning. happened in a small vault in the rear of the main OCT Of the biz hank building. In what is to be the safe-deposit sec tion Of Cha bank. expert safe-workers were employed in raising big sec- tiona1 steel coznpartment, T1r7 feet aeatxsk 3Hze wall About ten sections are to Ae raised. The weight Of each is g1Een as a ton and a half The man had raased the section upon jacks and ware fastening it in place againgt the eaHE Wan when sonnethdHE sud- denly gaga way and with Ittae WaFnz ing tizs great weight topp7ea ma fen eurv All Nescaped by narrow xnaxRana except Buck who stood di- rsc41y 5af0Fe ik
 He was crushed vA0zentIy. against the West wall of the vault, the sharp edges of the top pierGzrg his flesh and crushing the bOnea Following tho caHrof inc ambulance a hundred
 men employed in the building rush. ed to his aid, bnt the combined effort of aI1 thoge who could gQneeze into the vazH was insufficient to ra1se the Wsiehk from his thighs. Pry-barH and jacks had to be resoEted to by the man skilled in their use. As the weight was poised sufficiently for a man to crawl beneath1 1t became ap- parent that an artery in the right leg had been severed for a large stream of blood pu1aated rapidly from the wound. Emergency Surgeon BInnegan was equal to the emergency for be immediately craW1ed beneath the vault and applied the tourniQuet upon the injured member.
 Buck has been living at 153 SGo1- den Hf1I street in Bridgeport. He is said to be married.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
Police Find Man
 They Sought Three
 Months For Assault

Lightning is said seldom to strike twice in the same spot. It did this morning with the result that John Church, sought by the police since January IS, was arrested and tomor- row will be charged in the city court with assault. According to Policeman Miller who made the arrest, Church had assaulted a man at 427 Myrtle avenue, last January. He repeated the dose today upon another man with the result the policeman was called 10 interfere and he recognized Church who is 26 years of age and gives his addres as 427 MYrtle avenue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
FRENCH

Paris, April 2@The French war of flee this afternoon gave out a report on the progress of the fighting, which reads as follows:
 There is today nothing of inn portance to add to the communication given out by this office last night.
 South of Paronne near Dompierre. de destroyed several more German trenches with mines.
 "In the attack yesterday on the aviation camp at Handeyaem. French and Belgian aviators dropped 8 total of about thirty bombs.''-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
WOMAN THROWN
 INTO ROADWAY
 IN AUTO SMASH

A Ford automobile in which a, man and a. woman were riding skidded in the roadway at the PeQuot swamp, Fairfield, about 2 o'clock today and crashed into the fence there. The woman was thrown out and cut and bruised about the head but she was able to get up unassisted.
 The man helped her into the road and a passing autoist took the pair away in the direction of South Nor walk. The automobile registry gives the name of the owner of the car having this number as t'Rfta, M. Meek, South NorwaIk.''
 The rear axle and one of the rear wheels of the Ford car were broken and the steering gear was damaged.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
STATE DEPT. WILL INVESTIGATE
 AMERICANS DEATH ABOARD FALABA

Washington, April 2.-whiIe further reports from Ambassador Page and Consul General Skinner at London on the death of Leon C. Thresher. an American, in the sinking of the Brit isE steamer F1a1aba by a German sub- ne rine, must be received before the W ashin gton government can determine ol what course it will pursue. State department officials let it be known today that there would be no delay in arriving at a decision when the tofh- ciaI version of the incident was at,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
BULLETIN SERVICE AT FARMER OFFICE
 ON HAVANA BATTLE

Bridgeporters interested i'm the Johnson Willard championship bout at Havana, Monday, will find the most complete and accurate accounts of the big battle in Mon- days Farmer. Expert sporting writers of the Associated Press will be at the ringside and the story of the fight, round by round, will be received over The Farm
 CTS leased wire. Yt
 In addition, there will be a bull letin service of the fight by rounds in The Farmer windows. The bout is scheduled for E12:3O o'clock Havana time, which will be about o'clock here.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02

hand.
 Such reports as are now at hand oalld not form the basis of any repre- sentations on the subject.
 Unless evidence gathered by Ameri- can officials abroad clearly shows the German submarine commander was within his rights under the rules of international law, as they were ob- served before the present war, the question of Thresher's death, officials believe; will be taken up with Ger many through diplomatic channels
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02
Asks Superior Court
 to Reduce Valuation
 of Trunbull Property

Charles M. Cole, who owns property on the Long Hill road in Trumbul, is aggrieved at the assessment levied by has appealed to the superior court to have the valuation modified. He listed the property at S4,375 but the asses sors valued it at $7.95O Cole says this is excessive and unjust. He appealed to the Trumbun board of relief but this obdy refused to make reduc-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-04-02

Newcastle, Engr April Tyne trawers, the Goz iana Jason and Nellie have been sunk by the German sub marine U1O. After all the enabers of Iy in small boats the Germans blew up the
 They then lowed the fish toward the Tyne they encountered fishing craft which brought ashore The fishermen say tha the quite gentle He supplied to them but told them:
 "We have orders to sink everything Eng land started it."