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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-13

other criminal sources, was used on
| registration day and on the election
day following to buy voters. to en-
| ploy repeaters, to intimidate legal
voters to prevent them from register
ing and voting. in attempting to bribe
registration boards and in other I'M
lawful ways. The testimony con-
corning the distribution OF the funds
TO the various workers was nothing
short OF amazing The distribution
took place In the Democratic city
headquarters. and the paymaster was
Mayor Beii,"w witness said. The
money was done up in packages and
in envelopes. and handed to the
precinct workers as they we're admit
ted one at a time to an inner room.
Every detail of the transaction was
proved in open court
There was an abundance OF evil
dence to show the purchase of voters.
the employment OF repeaters and
other Illegal practices One Of the de-
PENDANTS who pleaded guilty to the
charge testified that on the day of
the election Mayor Bell came to him
at one of the polling places. put one
arm around him and shook hands. AS
he did so. the mayor left s11 in his
hand. The worker. dissatisfied with
the small amount received, testified
that he denounced the mayor and
called him a cheap stiff" The Incl
dent OF the mayor putting his arm
around the man and shaking hands
with him was told by a number OF
eye witnesses
Violence Also Resorted To.
On the day Of registration violence
was also used by the members of
the conspiracy. Policemen armed
with riot clubs. charged negro voters
who were standing in line waiting
to register and dubbed them indis-
criminately. Many men were chased
down streets and alleys. some clam
bering over fences to escape
Built Around Saloons
The whole conspiracy was built
around the saloons OF Indiana polls
The money came from the saloons
the workers for the most part were
saloon men or saloon hangers-on
the whole conspiracy was pointed out
by Frank c. Daley. government at
torney in his closing appeal to the
jury.
Immediately following the convic-
tion OF Chief Perrott and SIX other de-
PENDANTS Judge A. B. Anderson called
a special session of the federal grand
jury to meet July II. Federal author
tiles announce that the grand Jury
viii make further Investigations into
corrupt conditions in Indianapolis. as
A result of disclosures In the trial just
ended. Some men high in the official
and political life OF the city and state
are likely to be indicted
1t is also limited at in some quarters
that the grand jury will make a thor
ough investigation into repeated vio-
lations of the federal law which pro-
h.bits the sale OF liquor to soldiers In
uniform. Conditions surrounding Fort
Benjamin Harrison will he gone into
thoroughly, it is believed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-13
liberty bonds Below Par.

New York, July .l2--Liberty loan
bonds cold at new low records on the
Stock Exchange today A lot Of w.
o"o went at 90 $3.50. or equivalent to
Il loss Of 81 on a 81 GOO bond
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-13

Washington. July i2-aecretarv Of
War Baker TODAY approved Hattiesh burg
Mississippi. Alexandra. Louisiana and
Charlotte, n, G, as sites for national
guard camps Fayetteville, y c. lost
out in ITS fght against Charlotte
These selections concluded the list OF
sites for the sixteen natiopal guard
camps
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-13
workers " mix Out.

Bridgeport, Conn. July , --Beot4ss
women nave been employed as polish
trs Al the Remington Arms { o. and
Mere being paid half the wages Of the
men. 1000 workers allted out t1la,.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-13
Neutral Conference Postponed.

Bueuos Aires. July l2.~~The congress
~ south American neutral nations.
n htch Was 20 be held thls month nnde~
the spices of Argentine p the inter-
cs,s Of a common polo. IN tn var, has
2 E.tu bon nostn4..n-
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-13

Philadelphia, july ~ The f'hlladel-
phla Hotel Mems association today fol
lo,, Ell thAt ~ New York Ia eliminating
meat from + hc ntrig one Inv \ week,
Restaurants ~ilI ;iso Join in tne move
mont
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-13

Four rugs were reported to the no
lice as having been stolen from a fence
az 1"l5 North Twenty- street yes
terday morning. -Four rugs were stolen
Wednesday night from a porch on
South Fifth street
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-13

Autom ohiles driven by Mrs. r f
Hubbard and Mrs. c. H 1.assiter. col
lided at Tenth and BROAD streets yes.
terdav morning at II .05 o'clock. anf
both cars were damaged Neither oc.
cupant was injured.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-13

There will be showers Friday In
New England; Friday and Saturda '
In the South Atlantic and East gulf
states. and Friday night or Saturday
In Tennessee. the Ohio valley and the
lower lake region. In the upper lnl,e
region the weather will he generally
fair Friday and Saturday,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-13
ocal Rainfall.

local Rainfall
Rainfall last twelve hours. ..... CT
Rainfall last twenty four hours. oil
Excess In rainfall since March ! %-2
Excess in rainfall sine. JanuArY' ! us
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-13
Local Tempera ture Yesterday.

Local Temperature Yesterday.
IL noon temperature ......,. IS
P NJ temperature ,...... SIS
& NJ temperature .........., ~
Maximum temperature to 2 P NJ IS
Minimum temperature to r. NJ c5
Mean temperature .............. &c
Normal tempe nature ........... -
Deficiency in temperature Hestcr.
daN r............ -..-.... ..--.-
Deficiency in temperature since
January ] Observation-Disclosures. .33
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-13
ETHE WEATHER;
T Omitted States Weather Bureau.
Department OF ARriculturc.)

Washington, July I2.-Forecast for
Friday and Saturday.
Nirginia--Fair Friday. except show
ers In southeast portion. Saturday
showers. except fair IN southeast por-
ton.
North Carolina-Local Thunderstorm J
FRIDAY and probably Saturday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-01
president, SEES
SIAMESE PRINCE
AT WHITE HOUSE
Sends Congratulations to
Ruler Of Siam, Whose
Birthday is Today.

Washington, Jan. t--Celebration of
New Years Day in Washington was
without many of the official features
which have marked the advent of the
New Year in the past. President Will
son held no New Year reception,
custom he omitted when he came in
office and Secretary Lansing did not
give the customary diplomatic break
fast.
Secretaries Baker Of the war de-
partment and Secretary Daniels. of
the navy, however, held. receptions.
Cablegrams from rulers of the
world arrived at the White House.
They came from heads of the belliger-
ent and neutral nations of Europe as
well as from the presidents of South
and Central American republics con-
tanning New Years greetings
President Wilson's only formal
greeting for the day was a call of
courtesy by Prince Mahidol, brother
of the King of Siam, who was pre-
sented at the White House by the
Siamese minister Phya Prabhakara-
vongae.
The President sent cablegram to
the King of Siam congratuiating him
on his birthday which falls on today.
Government departments were closed
all day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-01
BRITISH GUNS OF ALL
SIZES unite I'm 1917
GREETING TO ENEMY

year of welcoming January first with
salvOs against their enemy from guns
of all calibres. Along this front ev-
erything from machine guns to the
biggest of the "heavies'' joined in fir
ing, first one round, then nine, then
one, finally six.
I'VE do not now whether the Ger
mans recognized it or not but we
will try them again tonight" said an
artillery captain as he started for a
distant part Of the line to give the
necessary instructions.
In sending this fiery greeting to the
Germans there was a further comp1i-
cation of difference of time, the Ger
mans observing continental time,
which is one hour ahead of the Brit
ish and French clocks. To avoid all
doubt, the British artillery fired signal
salvos at both II o'clock and mid
night. Low. black clouds scudded
over the battle area the last night of
the old year accompanied by a high
wind which caught up and carried
the thunder of the guns. The grim
booming was swept far beyond the
battle line until it mingled with the
church bells summoning the people to
prayer in the war-bound villages of
France.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-01

With the British Armies in France,
via London, Jan. THE arrival of
1917 was welcomed on the western
front by the British and French SOL
diers as a beginning of the end of the
great world war. There may be
varying views and theories as to how
the end is to be brought about, but
there is no question that throughout
the British army there is a conviction
that the next IL months will bring q
victorious peace to the allies.
Opinion among the British and
French fighters as to how the war
will end is divided into two schools.
The one believes that Germany will
be willing to grant extrze concessions
and the other that only military press
ure will bring them the fruits of VIC
tory. Both schools are, however,
agreed that this is the decisive year.
On most sections of the British
front the new year made it's bow with
little ceremonies. So many flares
and rockets are sent up. from the
trenches on these long, dark winter
nights that it was impossible to say
how many of these last night were
in honor of 1917. There is one sec
tor, however, where the British artil-
lery followed the practice adopted last
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-01
COMPLAINS HIS
BRIDE IS CONE
WITH $40 Cash
James Motto of Pembroke
ST. Says He Would Rath-
er Die Than Live.
BLAMES SLAYER FOR
ENTICING WIFE AWAY
Stranger Promised Her
Furs, Fine Clothes, Jew
els and Travel.

Loss of bride of but a few
months holding, the theft of $40 hard
earned savings, considerable personal
wardrobe, and the odium which will
be cast upon his name by the dis
appearance Of his pretty wife, James
Motto, of 1922 Pembroke street, today
is seeking revenge against white slav-
ers of Bridgeport.
TO the police Motto related today
the fact that he was married to a wild
ow last April, being the choice among
several suitors for her hand who
awaited the passing of an invalid hus-
band.
"For her I worked by day and night
to save money that she might have
pretty clothing" he told the police
with tear-filled eyes. Il was a good
husband to her in every way and she
loved me until last Wednesday when
she confessed that she had met a
handsomer mana white slaver-
who openly told her that he would
place her among other women con-
trolled by him and that she could wear
jewels and furs and travel in other
cities until she has seen the whole
of the United States"
After using all the arts of persua-
sion to show her the error of such
WAYS, Motto believed that he had won
a great victory but was deeply sur
prised when his wife was absent from
the home Friday night when he re-
turned from work. Also missing
was $40, which was kept in a small
tin bank in the house, two suits of his
clothing newly purchased and a hand
some overcoat.
Motto says he would rather die than
live now.
After a vain search all Saturday
and Sunday, Motto learned that, she
was seen on Friday night in company
with a local man having the repute
Of being in the councils Of white slav-
ers in other cities. The police have
been furnished with his name but de.
clare today that he is not to be found
in fai. usual haunts
When told that the laws OF Connec-
ticut do not permit Of the arrest of a
woman who has taken money from
her husband, 1t being construed that
their possessions are Jointly owned
Motto declared that he will institute
the law Of his countrymen.
He left police headquarters swear
ing vengeance upon the man who has
alienated his wifes affections though
he had been warned of the conse-
quences Of such rash act.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-01
HARB0RS BILL,
NEARLY READY,
ASKS MILLIONS

Washington, Jan. 1.-The House
rivers and harbors committee will
meet this week to determine finally
upon a bill which it will report for
passage at this session of Congress. A
tentative measure, carrying about
$29, 100000 for the continuance of
maintenance of existing waterway
projects, with possible additions Of
$40 100000 for new projects, has been
completed by Chairman Sparkman, OF
the committee.
The committee has before it new
projects which have been favorably
reported upon by the army engineers
calling for an outlay Of $135,000, 600
or an initial application of $28,615,-
900. From the list Chairman Spark
man has selected these which he be-
lieves to be the most urgent. Among
the new projects most vigorously
pressed before the committee include:
New York harbor. where $4,000
900 is sought for East river and Hell
Gate with the initial 100000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-01
ANARCHIST PAPER
PLANT is RAIDED
TO Get EVIDENCE
District Attorney of San
Francisco Acts in Con-
spiracy Case.

San Francisco, Jan. 1.-Oficials OF
the district attorneys office raided the
editorial rooms of The Blast, local
anarchist organ. last Saturday and
seized the subscription list, letter and
paper files, manuscripts, private cor
respOndence and cartoons, it was
learned today. The raid was made,
it was said, for the purpose of procur-
ing evidence to be used in the trial of
Thomas J. Mooney, alleged leader in
the conspiracy which had It's climax
July % last in bomb explosion
when ten persons were killed during
a preparedness parade.
MONEYS trial will begin Wednes-
day. District Attorney Charles Flick
ert said:
1.-The Blast had some information we
wanted and we got it. The bomb
plot was Matched in The Blast Office
Miss Eleanore Fitzgerald, assistant
editor of The Blast, said the officers
were in possession Of the office for
three hours
Their conduct she said was IL
legal and without Justification
The Blast office was raided by the
district attorneys deputies July 29, but
on that occasion they got nothing of
-'alue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-01
bad Man" GETS
S0J0URN In JAIL
OF five MONTHS
"shot' Up" North Washing
ton Avenue Saloon But
Nobody Was Hurt.

James August who gave his, ad-
dress to the police as lis North
Washington avenue when he was ar
rested for shooting UP the saloon of
James Chioto, on that thoroughfare
Saturday, was given a Jail senten ce
of fiveAmonths in the city court.
The police are investigating a. re-
port that August" may be identical
with a New Haven prisoner who was
sentenced for an indeterminate
period of from 1 to 10 years for q
similar offense.
August is alleged to have walked
into the saloon yesterday and before
any warning was given, to have
opened fire on the bartender and
Mike Marzena, of 113 North Wash
ington avenue, both professed
strangers to him. When disarlned by
Policeman Clancy, August gave bat
tie and was only subdued after sharp
resistance, Though he is said to
have fired five shots, which partly
wrecked the saloon and drove all the
customers to cover, nobody was in
jured.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-01
SWISS READY TO
DEFEND BORDERS,
PRESIDENT SAYS
Rumors of Forthcoming VIC
lation of Neutrality Are
Answered.
NEUTRAL POLICIES
WILL BE CONTINUED
New Years Message to US.
Hopes For Peace Preaty
During 1917.

Geneva. Jan. 1.-President Schulz
theiss, of Switzerland, sends the fol-
lowing message for 1917 to the
American people through the Asso-
ciated Press:
Switzerland, surrounded by four
great nations at war and faithful to
it's secular traditions, is determined to
maintain her absolute and loyal neu-
trality in this terrible conflict. The
Swiss people, banded about their flag,
are ever ready to sacrifice for their
independence, the integrity Of their
territory, their honor and national
dignity They are convinced that all
their neighbors will respect their de-
cision but whatever happens never
will they allow a foreign army to in
wade their soil. =
''The oldest democracy in the world
sends fraternal wishes to her great
sister republic to the American peo-
pie and to their illustrious President
Switzerland Ihopes to be able to sa-
lutte with the United States the com
ing Of peace in the year which COM
mences. In the meantime, Switzer-
giving hospitality and caring for the
victims of the war regardless of their
nationality and also in foreshadowing
happier future by showing that peo-
Piles of different languages and races
cannot only live in peace but even for
massing the nations.
Statements in Paris and Rome pa
pers that Germany might violate Swiss
territory have caused some anxiety
among the Swiss, which President
Schultheiss and several state council
lors thought it necessary to counter
act by stating publicly that they had
no fear that Switzerland would be
forced from her neutrality. Movements
of Italian troops near the Swiss bor-
der have been interrupted by the
alarnists as proofs that italy feared
an attack by way of the republic but
high government officials emphatically
ridiculed such an assumption.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-01
CELEBRATIONS
WITH PISTOLS
PROVE COSTLY
Heavy Fines for Those Who
Shot Bullets Into Air AS
Old Year Died.

Celebrating the advent of a New
Year with ball-laden firearms cost
over-zealous participants heavy fines
in the city court today. Though few
of the many persons heard to dis
charge revolvers and shotguns at
midnight could be apprehended by the
police a search instituted by Supt.
Redgate landed three men in the
tolls. They were assessed these
fines: Ludwig Guiamone, 1881 Ham
ilton street, $40 and costs; Henry Du-
pa, 229 Grand street, SIS ard costs;
Frank Keosiwicz, $40 and costs
1t was pointed out to the court that
most of the prisoners were foreign
born persons unfamiliar with the
laws. The comment of the court was
to the effect that education sometimes
comes high but that the only effective
method was by inflicting PENALTIES
that could readily be realized by all
natiOnalities.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-01
ARE
LYNCHED DURING
1876. IS RECORD
More Than One Quarter of
Whole N11nber Take
Place in Georgia.

Tuskogee, Ala, Jan. 1.--F'ifty-fou
persons were 1ynched in the United
States during 1916, according to rec
ords Of Tuskogee Institute here, made
public. today. Fifty were negroes and
four were white persons and included
in the record are three negro women.
Sixty-seven persons were lynched In
1915 13 Of whom we're white men.
In a statement presenting the re-
port, Robert r. Motion, president OF
the institute, said:
Fourteen, or more than one-fourth
of the total lynchings occurred inNthe
state Of Georgia OF those put to
death AZ, or II per cent. of the total,
were charged with offenses other than
assault
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-01
"Y0U FELLOWS
MAY'vE HEARD
this BEFORE"
But There Was an Under.
taker Who Laughed So
Hard His Jaw Dislocated

Even an undertaken has the power
of laughing, though those who wit
ness them in the performance Of their
grim duties may entertain an ooiniou
that their faces are craven with aus
terity.
That they may laugh so hard at
some witty remark was demonstrated
shortly before O'Clock this morning
when a guest at The Stratfeld whose
name is withheld by the management
but who admitted to DR.. c. c. Taylor
that he was a Hartford undertaken,
went into such hilarious paroxysms
that his jaw was dislocated.
Over an hours hasty telephoning
about the city disclosed the certainty
that many medical men were busy cell
ebrating and the patient had to be
sent to the emergency hospital.
When his injury had been reduced
the victim refused to relate the story
which caused his mishap, fearful that
others might suffer the same fate
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-01
PICK OUT WRONG
PLACE TO pawn
A STOLEN WATCH
Fairfield Couple Walk Into
Arms Of Detective Look
ing For Them.

Joseph Johnson and James Joyce,
colored. of Fairfield, stepped right
into the clutches Of the law this
morning. Both are now held under
charges of theft for the Fairfield au-
thorities.
Detective Martin Kane has just
concluded his description of a missing
watch to a local pawnbroker TINS
morning when Johnson and Joyce
stepped to the counter, and present
ed the timepiece for loan.
The watch is alleged to be the
property of Wallace Shelton, colored,
of Fairfield, who declares that it was
stolen from him when his coat was
laid on the ground for few minutes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-01
Health Department
Will Exculpate Meat
In Poisoning Inquiry

DR.. w. H. Brown of the health de-
partment said today that bacteria
logical examination of the meat that
was suspected of having caused i'll
ness in a Read street, Stratford, fam
ily. failed to show anything that
would warrant branding the meat as
unfit to eat.
DR.. Brown said such an examina-
ton was attended by unusual dlffl-
c,lty. Three or four days elapsed
before the case was called to the at
tention of the health department, and
the meat was cooked. Besides the
health department here has no
chemical laboratory
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-01
IF YOU'VE COT A LITTLE ARMS
PLANT TUCKED AWAY ANYWHERE,
WATCH FOR U. S. TAX AGENTS

Washington, Jan. New federal
tax on incomes, munition manufac-
tureres, corporation stocks and GER
tain businesses became effective with
the new year today and revenue col
lectors are maing vigorous efforts to
obtain early returns. The taxes are
provided by the emergency revenue
bill enacted by Congress September s.
Unmarried persons with net incomes
of 5000 or more and heads Of families
with incomes Of $4,000 or more, are
subject to pay normal tax Of per
cent. instead Of the present rate of /
per cent. and additional taxes are i'm
posed on incomes of more than $4,000
by a graduated scale running from 1
to 3 per cent. A tax of 2 per cent. is
made on the income Of corporations
with stock valued at $4,000 or more;
the former rate was 1 per cent.
A graduated tax Of from ] to 10 per
cent. is laid on estates OF $50 $50 or
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-01
LACK JURY ROOM
FOR CIVIL SIDE
SUPERIOR COURT
Judge May Have to Excuse
Special Panel Until There
is Vacancy.

Lack Of a jury room will probably
cause complications tomorrow when
the civil superior court convenes here
to try cases. A special panel of jur-
ors has been summoned for the term
over which Judge Bennett will pre-
side.
In the old building there was a
room in the western tower which was
used for the deliberations of the jury
Because of the addition to the court
house this room had to be abandoned
and no other place has since been
provided. If a room cannot be found
it may be necessary to excuse the jury
unless the civil common pleas court
room happens to be vacant, in which
event that room might be used for {.
few days.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-01
VIOLENT DEATHS
I'm CONN. DURING
MONTH Are ITO

New Haven, Jan. 1.-Unoficial rec
ords of deaths from violence in Con-
necticut during December show that
no less than % persons were killed on
the railroads and two on trolley lines.
Fatalities due to automobiles were
less than in the preceding month, Is
persons at least having succumbed to
their injuries, the same number as Of
persons who had been burned with
fatal effect Twelve persons were as
phyxiated three electrocuted and
three drowned The accidental deaths
Of the state exceeded "a, the suicides
II and the homicides five, a total of
110 as against 79 in November.