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Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-14
MISSOURI RAILWAY
 OPPOSES ADAMSON LAW.

KANSAS CITY. Nov. 13.-Action against the operation of the Adamson 8-hour law was filed in federal court here late today by the Chicago Great Western Railway company. The |. $. district attorney, Francis NJ. Wilson, and officers ill Missouri of railroad brotherhoods were made defendants. The complaint alleges the law is in violation of contracts existing between the roads and the men.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-14
IIIIIZIll;z;iljIla IIIZIjll;;ilj,IIl
Gate of Ohio. City of Toledo, 1, !.

Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co, doing business in the City of To- ledo, County and State aforesaid. and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and ev- cry case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use Of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
 FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence. this 9th day of December, 4. D. 1886.
 (SeaD A. ". GLEASON.
 Notary Public. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and ac.s directly upon the blood and mu- cous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials. free
 .. J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, O. Sold bv all Druggists. 75c.
 Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-14
FIRST SNOW -
 HITS TEXAS PANHANDLE.

AMARILLO, Tex. Nov. 13.--The first snow of the winter has been fall ing over the Texas Panhandle during 24 hours Considerable wire prostra- ton has resulted. Tonight the thermo- meter stood a few degrees above zero. a record for November. Frozen side walks in Amarillo today caused sew eral persons to suffer broken bones.
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OF LAWYER FOR
WIFE MURDER START

ST. JOSEPH, Nov. 13.-The first day of the resumption in the criminal court today of the trial of oscar D. Mcdonald. prosecuting attorney of Buchanan county, who is charged with the murder of his wife, resulted in four venirmen being chosen for the special panel from which the jury will be obtained.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-14

that the arrival of the Duke of Devon snlre as governor-generai oI Canada should be marked by the resignation Of General Hugnes, under whose ad- minIstTatiOn as minister of militia
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lt is taken as . striking coincidencf
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES
ARRAIGNED FOR THEF~Ts

Two employees of the New Haven
road were in city court today charged
with theft of articles from their en-
ployers. Thomas Cohan of ATT Broad
street, a brakeman. was charged with
theft of a baggage check, designating
the shipment of a trunk. He ad
mitted taking the check but said that
he was intoxicated at the time.
Judge Bartlett said that although
the check virtually worthless to Co
han, serious results would probably
have occurred had it been of value to
him. For this reason he imposed a.
fine Of ST and costs.
George williams of III Bread
street, a Watchman at the depot, was
charged with the theft Of pair of
shoes from a box on the station plat
form. The shoes were valued at 81.
Williams said he sold them fer $1.75.
He was fined 81 and costs and SEN
fenced to Jail for Is days. The jail
sentence was later suspended.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12
CHILD MENACED
BY RUNAWAY, IS
SAVED BY PAIR
Youths Grasp Brides of
Speeding Horses and 4
Change Their Course


But for the quick action of Louis
Forte of the Y. M. c. A. and John
r. Daley of s15 Broad street a girl
of about six years. would probably
have been crushed beneath the feet
of runaway pair of horses drawing a.
heavy wagon belonging to the Latin
Storage Co. at Main and Gilbert street
at II AS this morning. Daley jumped
at the horses just after they had
crashed into a. touring car belonging
to F. E. Hoffman Of 789 Main St.,
but lost his hold and was thrown to
the roadway.l a small child, crossing
the street behind her mother, was
directly in the path Of the team wnen
Forte seeing her danger jumped to-
ward them and succeeded in gazing a
hold that finally stopped them but
not before they had run into with
considerable force the car of Jack
Speidel, a musician.
No one was injured although Forte
suffered a, sprained wrist. The driver
of the team was about to feed his
horses and. had removed the bride
from one of them when the pair
suddenly ran away. The horses dash
ed up Thompson street and turned
into Main, striking Hoffman's car as
they did SO. The wagon which the
horses were drawing was piled high
with large boxes. none of which fell
from the vehicle in the mad ride.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12
BELIEVE TRAIN
VICTIM FORMER
HOTEL BELLBOY
Body Mutiliated on Railroad
Thought That Of Daniel
MaIoney.

Z Information was Received by the
police this afternoon that leads them
to believe that the body Of the young
man mutilated by freight train at
the foot of South avenue at s:1O
O clock last night may possibly be
that of Daniel NfaIoney, formerly re-
siding on Pembroke street. and at
one time chief bell boy at The STRAIT
field.
An acquaintance of Naloney visited
the rnorgue Of CuI1inan & Mullins on
Main street this afternoon and he is
of the opinion that the body is that
Of Maloney.
At The Stratfield this afternoon it
was said that Maloney has not worked
there in some time although he visit
ed that ulace a, few days ago. It was
said he had been confined to a sana-
toriurn in Stamford for a short time
and returned to this city Monday.
MaIoney was not located at the
Remington Arms Co. plant, where
his friends believed him to be work
ing.
The young mans head was cut
from the torso but his face was not
disf fgured to any great extent. He
was Of slim buid, had sandy hair and
had no beard. In the pocket of his
trousers was found a handkerchief
bearing the letter t'M." A gold watch
was. found on his person as was a
sapphire ring. He wore Paris gar
ters and had on a blue suit and a.
brown and pepper cap. His teeth were
even and there were no gold crowns
or filings in his teeth.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12
R. H. DAVIS, NOTED
WRITER, is FOUND
LIFELESS IN HOME

Mount BEisco. r. Y.,Apri1 12.-Rich- :
ard Harding Davis. author and war
correspondent, died at his home here
late last night, from heart trouble
His body was found early this morn
ing and he had apparently been strick-
en- while at his telephone.
He had gone into his library to die.
tate a telegram to friend in New
York His wife assumed, when he did
not return. that hel had seated him
self to read and she did not visit the
library until after midnight. Mr. Da-
Wis had been in failing health for some
time ana had sought quiet at his eeun-
try place under the caro- Of his wife.
who was Bessie MCCOY, the actress.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12
COPPER fortune
IS .MENACED BY
FREIGHT THIEVES
Ingots Stolen From Brass
Co.'s Consignments of
Valuable Metal.

A thief entered freight car loaded
with coppar i1gots on the siding of
Union braffc4 of the Bridgeport Brass
Co.. on Housatonic avenue sometime
last night. The door of the<car was
opened by smashing the paddock. One
of the ingots weighing 252 pounds and
valued at SIS was stolen. Another
ingot was found in the roadway near
the car. The burglar was apparently
frightened away from the, scene.
The car was loaded with a consign-
ment Of approximately 1000 copper
fngots to the. Bridgeport Brass Co.,
and were shipped from the copper
country on Lake Suerior. The. car
load of copper was worth SIS, 900, ac-
cording to officials of the Brass Go.
The car was on a siding of the Hou-
satonic railroad outside the yards of
the Brass Co. A gang of men were
unloading the consignment yesterday.
When. work stopped for the day the
door of the car was securely locked.
The watchman of the factory passed
the car every hour during the night
He said he saw no suspicious person
about the car during the night.
1t is the belief of the police that
the burglary was the work Of one man
and that he was endeavor1ng to car
ry away two 9ingocs when he was
frightened, possibly by the approach
of the watchnaan. They believe he
dropped one of the ingots in his hur-
rv to. escape The car is still half
stocked with ingots and an inventory
of the consignment taken by the Of
sficials of the brass company :. this
morning shows that only one ingot is
missing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12
Admiral Fiske Hits
At Naval Policies

washington. April 12-Lack of log
icaI method in the development of the
American navy was dep1ored by Rear
Admiral Bradley A. Fiske. U. S. NJ,
in a paper, Naval Strategy present
ed at today's session of the annual
convention Of the Navy League of the
United States.
The admiral did not appear in per-
son, his paper being read by dele
gate .fIn the elementary parts OF the
naval professional said the paper,
1--WE do very we'll; but in the higher
branches, particularly of strategy, we
have little clear conception. In Ger
roanv the development of the navy
has been strictly along the lines of q
method carefully devised beforehand;
in our country no method, at least, no
logical method, whatever is apparent" :"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12
Halter PRESSES
$4,000 LAWSUIT
AGAINST UNION
Bethel Man Ousted For In
fraction Of Union Rules
Says He Cant Get Job.

Claiming that he was deprived of
his livelihood when he was discharged
from the union, Nathan Speize1 Of
Bethel appeared before Judge Webb
and a jury in the superior court this
afternoon to testify in the 5000 action
Carson and other officials of Local No.
1, United Hatters of North America.
The co-defendants are Secretary Chas.
Lathrop of the Bethel local, Jack Ho1-
lander, shop steward, and William
Herman, one of the members.
Speize1 alleges that in July, 1910, he
was a halter in the employ of the
Baird-Unteidt Co. in Bethel. He said
Steward Hollander told him he was
fined so cents for :'pinning out hats
which is the shop term for saying he
took more raw material than the rules
allowed. Speize1 refused to pay the
fine after which a shop call was or
dered. His union ticket was taken
away and he said he went all over
the country trying to get work but
was unable to find employment be-
cause the unions control the hating
industry.
The union claims Speize1 violated
one of the shop rules for which he
voted as a member of the union It
was provided that no halter could
take more than a certain amount of
material at one time but SpeizeI took
more than two dozen weigh outs
and refused to return the surplus.
After he had been fined Speize1 was
notified that he could appeal to the
union but he refused to take this ac-
ton, declaring he would bring suit
Judge John 8. Pullman represents
the union and Attorneys Walter c.
Merritt of New York and William A.
Redden of this city appear for speizel.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12

Nearly 1000 employees Of the Ameri-
can NGraphophone Co. are on strike to-
day, according to union figures. Three
hundred and seventy-eight night
workers, including pressmen, helpers,
sweepers and others, struck at mid
night. This morning the day workers
in the same department struck, about
400 strong. Later in the morning 178
girls quit.
Manager ]. p. Hanson Of the com
pany declared this morning that be-
tween 800 and 400 are on strike.
A meeting of the strikers was held
this morning in Ciglar's hall, and ar
rangements were made to have Or
ganizer Patrick T. Duffy of the Amer
lean. Federation of Labor come here.
He has notified the strikers that he
will be in Bridgeport Friday. Then
demands will be framed for an in
crease in wages from "a to 40 cents an
hour, the straight eight hour day, time
and one-half for overtime, recognition
of the union and reinstatement of men
alleged to have been discharged be-
cause of union activities.
For several weeks the employees of
the Burt Co., a part of the Graphic
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12
JOIN STRIKE
OF GRAPHOPHONE CO.'S
PRESSMEN AND HELPERS

phone Co., have been perfecting a
Federal union and have been arrang-
ing to make demands, under the di-
rection of Organizer Duffy.
The committee of strikers said to-
day that this came to the attentio on
of the factory officials and yesterday
two men were discharged for their
activities. Members of the commit
tee called upon an assistant manager
last night to enquire the reason and
they Were told that the men were in
competent, although they had been
with the companay 13 years. Later
the enquirers were discharged.
Then, it is said, 378 men quit. The
400 members of the day gang did mot
go to work this morning, according to
the committee and nearly 200 girls quit
today.
Manager Hansen said the men are
worAii1g eight hours and get time and
a half for overtime. The night work
ers' committee denied this. They said
it was promised but they never got it.
They declare they work II hours and
one-half and get no overtime pay
Organizer Duffy will be in Bridge
port Friday and demands will be pre-
pared on the company.
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Brass Co. Gives
Workers $50, 900
Bonus With Pay

In accordance with it's announce
nent made a few days ago, the
Bridge0ort Brass Co. distributed to-
day in the pay envelopes of its 27oo
employees a cash bonus aggregating
over $4,000. This represents a pay
ment- of per cent. of the earnings
of all, employees for the months of
January, February and March and
equals in amount the quarterly divi-
,dend to stockholders.
The Bridgeport Brass Co. is enjoy
ing a period of unusual prosperity and
in this manner is passing on to it's
employees a share in the EARNINGS of
the company. This cash bonus is
paid to all employees whose names
were on the companys payroll on
April 1st regardless Of the length of
time they have been in the conlpany's
employ.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12
MAYORS $1,000 LETTER
Is THREAT TO PUT new
BURDENS ON TAXPAYERS

threat that a tax rate of 36.2 mills will
be laid, unless the bonds are voted.
The effect of issuing these bonds
would be an almost Immediate in
crease Of mills in the tax rate, which
amount would slowly diminish during
many years
For the first time the mayor makes
no reference to the effect of bonding
upon the tax rate.
He has always said, in the past, that
if he could issue bonds, he would keep
the, rate at four mills.
His consciousness of the attitude of
the public toward Warrenite is appar-
emit IN what is said about the paving
bonds. He makes no reference to the
pavement for which so much of the
city's money has been expended since
he took Office, but says: 'tIt is pro-
posed to spend $500, 900 for improved
street paving this year
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12
THREE KILLED
IN EXPLOSION
AT DUPONT co.

! B1uefeld, w. Va. April 12.-Three
persons were killed. a workman and
Du Pont Powder Co. at Nenours, Mer-
two children. when the plant of the
GER county. eight miles from here, was
blown to pieces by four explosions
early today.
The force of the explosions was such
that the houses in the little village
were wrecked. The children were
killed in their home, near the powder
mill.
Four thousand kegs of black powder
exploded from an unknown cause. The
property less is $100, 900.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12

Mayor wilson's 81, 900 letter, printed
and ready for distribution, among the
voters at their own expense, is q, threat
to put new burdens upon the already
sore1y pressed taxpayers.
After his usual denunciation Of the
newspapers, which the mayor says are
not fair in their discussion of the bond
issues, he advances arguments why
means additional debt Of $2.275, 600 upon
the city, should be passed by the cleo
forate. ~
In his appeal the mayor places the
school bonds first, bat on the voting
machines the paving bonds are to be
placed first
rate to the payment OF the state tax,
which nevertheless is a regular exc
pense Of the government.
The mayor makes a very apparent
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12
J. Edmund Skiff
Has No Assets, He
Relates To Court

Although. he has liabilities amount
ing to $T,S6s.41, J.. Edmund Skiff of
Newtown claims he has not dollar s
worth Of assets. Papers in his bank
rupty petition were fled today in the
office of Referee John w. Banks. Most
of skins indebtedness consisted of
notes. One Aof these was for $2.O61. .45
and another for 1,40O. Sxim said he
did not have $50 with which to pay the
filing fee. There will be no meeting OF
creditors unless Skiff can find money
to pay the expense of sending out no.
tices to the long list of creditors.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12
IRIS SPEAKER SIGNS AS
BIG LEAGUES GET UNDER
WAY IN RACE FOR FLAGS

major leagues will stage their initial
games equally between east and
west. In the National League Boston
will play at Brooklyn; New York at
Philadelphia, Chicago at Cincinnati,
and Pittsburgh at st. LOUIS. Detroit
will open at Chicago, IN the Amer
lean League; st. Louis at Cleveland; !;
Philadelphia at Boston and Washing
ton at New York.
More than the usual interest CEN
ters in the first contests this season
on account of the many changes in
the personnel Of the teams and own
ership of the clubs which have taken
place since the close of the season
of 1915. In the interim, the Federal
league abdicated to organized base
ball and there followed a general dis
tribution of the independent league
players among major and minor cir
cults of organized baseball.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12
Sugar Tariff Bill
Goes to Conference

(, Washington, April 1.-THE sugar
tariff bill, passed by the Senate s.4te
yesterday by a vote of 40 to 80 went to
a conference of the two houes to-day,
where a sharp controversy over the
measure is in prospect. The bill is a
substitute for the House free sugar
repeal resolution and would extend
the present duty of one cent a pound
on sugar until May 1, 1920.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12
U. s. WINS TAX SUIT.

Hartford, April 12-The United
States circuit of appeals has sustained
the decision of Judge E. 8. Thomas of
the United States district court to the
effect that the government need not
refund about $500 in corporation
taxes collected by the internal reve-
nue. department from the Middlesex
sc0Inp pany claimed that the money
taxed represented deposits Of custom
erS
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12

Ell Paso, April 12-Mashing his
trail with the deludfng fiction spread
broadcast by Mexican poems that he
had died of his wounds, Francisco
Villa is thought by Mexican military
officers in Juarez to be safely hidden
away today in the Sierra Madre noun
tains while the American, cavalry are
pursuing a rear guard band of Villa
bandits, whose strategy it is to beguile
Villas pursuers away from the hid
ing place Of their chief.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12
Col. Roosevelt Gives
Republican Leaders
The 80. O." at Station

Hartford, April 12-Co1. Theodore
Roosevelt, who had visited his sister,
Mrs. CowIes, at Pennington, left for
New York at $40 this morning. At
the railroad station number of people
were present to see Mr.. Roosevelt and
among them were several delegates to
the Republican convention who were
returning home in preference to at
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12

San Antonio. Tex, April 12-Sup-
plies are being shipped to Casas
Grandes oyer the Mexican Northwest
ern Railroad for distribution to
American troops as rapidly as the
limited use of the line will permit.
It was announced at army head
quarters today that additional stores
will go forward under the existing
shipping arrangeme ments.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12
ITALIAN AMBULANCE READY

Official transfer of the handsome
Red Cross ambulance purchased by
italian residents of Bridgeport for use
in the Alpine campaign of the Euro
pean war will be made in New York
city Saturday. The auteraeb which
has been fully equipped will be driven
to New York under direction of the
committee headed by DR.. J. FoFEni-
che1li.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12
vILLISTAS
ROUTED IN
BIG BATTLE
carranza Troops Engage.
Rebels in Durango in Five
Hour Fight Villa Believ-
ed Alive and in Hiding.

Torreon. Mex, April 12-Reports Of
a hve-hour battle between the Car
rama garrison at Pasaje, Durango
and an attacking force composed of
Contreras and Ceniceros bandits were
brought here today The outlaws fed
in disorder. The de facto troops lost
four dead.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12
THRRIFEC BATTLE wAGED.

Paris, April 12-While bringing up
reinforcements to resume their attack
on LIE Mort TONNE Dead Mans HID,
the Germans are trying to recover the
ground regained by the French in
Cal1ette Woods and north between
Bouaumcnt and Vaux
Fsor\ three days the only actions on
the east bank of the Meuse centered
there with the habitua1 preparation i'm
heavily concentrated artillery fire,
with finishing touch. in the form Of
a couple of hours of heavy sheIIing
with suffocating and tear-provoking
gas projectiles.
After bon1;bardment with high ex-
pIosives lasting eight hours and the
use of gas for another hour or two
the Germans would attack in two col
unnns simultaneously on two fanks.
There was no Visible dininution in
their courage and ardor; neither did
the French show the slightest fatigue
and the consequence is that the un-
precedented carnage of the battle
of Verdun goes on.
Yesterday the whole front, beaten
by gas projecti1es, was overhung by a
yeI1owish cloud of chlorine vapor
which seemed to be suspended from
the sky. When the~cloud lifted the
Germans bounded forward seemingly
Indifferent to. the thick death-dealing
curtain of fire from the French artfl-
lery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12

S Washington, April 12-Reports of
a battle between troopers Of the Sew
enth cavalry and Villa, bandits south
Of jNamiquipa were not mentioned in
the war departments early dispatches
today and there was no further men
ton of the reported death of Villa
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12
WALL OF.FIRE
Wells LATEST
ONSLAUGHTS
Terrific Attack Made BY
Germans Under Cover of
\ Curtain of Flames, in
Drive to Reduce Verdun
Fortress.
French Admit Loss Of
Ground-British Mesopo-
tamia Expedition Suffers
Heavy Loss New English
Ship Torpedoed.

Paris, April 12- The German
assault on the Verdun front
west of the Meuse was renew
ed this morning. Troops ad-
vanced on Caurettes Wood,
south Of Cumieres, using flame
projectors, but were repulsed,
the war office announced.
East Of the Meuse, in the
DouaumontzVaux sector, there
was only artillery fighting. The
war office says it has been con
firmed that the German losses
yesterday were very heavy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12
Ready for the Start

Ready for the Start
New York, April 12-With clear
and fair weather reported from sew
en- of the eight major league cities.
the openingk games of the baseball
season today probably will attract big
attendance.
The American Leagues initial PEN
nant contest at Boston may have to
be postponed, but that is the only city
in either of the big league circuits
where incIement weather conditions
prevail.
AS is the case each season, the two
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-04-12
THE WEATHER

Fair tonight and Thursday. rising |
temperature Thursday. Fresh west
winds becoming light, variable.