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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-07
HUN SPY
ONCE AT
ARMS co.
Especial to The Times.)

New Haven, Jan. Macmillan Won
Hoegan, the young New Haven attor-
new who was beaten into insensio1l1ty
for his pro-German utterances and IN
s,Its written on his army question
naire, by an armed and masked body
of men, boasted that he was one OF
the Kaiser's spy masters in America
and as such had worked in the Rem-
ington Arms plant in Bridgeport out
of which he had obtained valuable In
formation which was forwarded to
the Wilhelmstrasse.
AS a result of the insults which ne
heaped upon the United States Gov
ernment and everything American, ne
is now lying in bed suffering from the
effects of the unmerciful treatment
meted out to him by the band or
Americans who dragged him from his
luxurious library last night, and left
him panic stricken, bruised and bleed
ing in the snow near his home with
the threat that they would return to
give him a coat of tar and feathers.
Upon inquiries at the Remington
two years ago Won Hoegan boasted
that he worked for several weeks in
the plant, but this matter was very
thoroughly sifted by the force of de-
tectives maintained by the company
and found to be absolutely groundless.
When asked if the Remington Arms
Company had any further knowledge
of this self confessed spy an official
said: 1--WE kept track of him every
minute of the time since and as far
back as eighteen months ago and ur
to the time this country entered the
war our men visited his law offices in
New Haven.
"'They on several occasions saw let
ters on his desk bearing the official
seals and stamps of the German En-
bassy. All of this information was
carefully turned over to the Depart
ment of Justice and upon this coun-
try entering the war we withdrew sc
as not to hamper the government
men,"
In a letter to Mayor David E. Fitz-
gerald, citizens of the Ninth ward
| where Won Hoegan lives, asked
whether steps could not be taken tc
compel Won Hogan to change his res
:dence. The letter says that his home
overlooks a large ammunition ant
arms factory and the petitioners ex
press the belief that his proximity tc
the plant is "a menace to public
safety
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-07
KNEEL IN SNOW
AT MASS FOR
AMERICAN DEAD

With the American army in France,
Sunday jan 6.-(By the Associated
Press)-Masses for both the Ameri-
can and French dead were said in
the churches Of France today on the
occasion of the national celebration
of the birthday of the Joan of Arc.
At her birthplace, the little village of
Domerery, many pilgrims who had
come miles. to worship in the little
church where Frances saint was bap-
tised, were unable to gain entrance
during the service and kne1t in the
snow, while mass was celebrated
Within the church American and
French flags were draped over the
altar where Joan of Arc worshipped
Pilgrims and some newspaper CORE
spondents, who had travelled a long
distance in order to be present were
received by the local priests at the
conclusion of the ceremonies, at which
a battalion of French troops assisted.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-07
INCOME TAX BLANKS ON
WAY: CALL vOLUNTE EERS

Income Tax Collectors Mitchell and
Ryau announced today that the rush
to register by the people of Bridgeport
has assumed such volume that they
will be compelled to leave the office
Of the Internal Revenue where they
are located at present and take over
room No. s in the Federal Building.
The income tax blanks which have
been expected in this city fer the past
week have not arrived as yet They
are enroute and the collector expects
that they will arrive in Bridgeport
within the next day or so. The col
lectors are also calling for volunteers
from among the bank clerks and 9TH
ers who wiD help them handle tr e
tremendous rush which they say con-
fronts them as soon as the offices dre
prepared to receive It.
Up to the present time the collec-
tors have been busy with the auditors
and accountants of the big corpora
tlons here going over the pay rolls and
other matters and educating them as
to the proper procedure when the
time comes for them to make their
returns to the government.
OF the manv questions which have
been presented federal income tax
officials during the past few weeks
are two interesting and important
ones which relate to the status of a
wife and the earnings of children.
Federal income tax officials point
O1t that a wifes income must be in
eiuded with the husbands in deter
Continued on Page 81
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-07
WORKERS
INJURED
BY FALLS
Ice Covered Sidewalks
Treacherols to Early
Morning Pedestrians
Car Service Badly
Crippled Emergency
Hospital Busy.

The rain and hail storm of
last night combined with the
already crippled and sadly in
efficient public service to
such an extent that the
bones of Bridgeporters were
much endangered and in sew
eral cases injured. Lack of
trolley service in the early
morning forced workers to
walk to their work and in many
cases pedestrians were badly
shaken up by falls,
In one case on Parrot avenue a
man fell the AIn length of a set of
steps striking his head on each one
and finally landing heavily ON the
sidewalk below, Apparently the man
was hurt and one of the onlookers,
without iDquiring, sent in a call for
the ambulance, Before it arrived
however. ths man had regained his
composure and was again on his
way.
SIippeEy walks this morning In at
least fnar cases caused severe injur-
les The first case called to the at
tentbon Of the emergency hospital was
that OF Hercules PeItese Of 1899 State
street, who fell at the corner of
Fairfield avenue and Middle street,
sustaining a painful fracture of the
right shoulder.
Hercules was Immediately removed
to the Emergency hospital and was
treated by DR.. Gavias While the In
jured ShollEe< was being dressed the
physician noticed several ball
wounds about the injured. mans
body On inQuirang the doctor was IN
formed that his patient had taken ar
active part IN the war between the
Turks and Greeks nboUt six years age
and had been wounded several times
Hercules submitted that while hi:
wounds IN battle had been painful
they were not nearly MS bad as the
injury to his shoulder sustained thi.
morning. He WAS sent to St Vim
CENTS hospital
Patrick Murphy of the Grant
House on State street., an emplOye o
the freight house, arrived at work thi
- morning about o'clock and after
ward walked out into the street H
slipped and fell heavily to the paw
ment and IN suffering from a painful
laceratiOn over the right eye as a re
suit OF the fall
NeaIs Hartvig, of T13 Howard ave
rue, fell at the corner of Howard ave
nue and State street, and for severa
minutes remained on the sidewal
unable to move he was finan
taken to the Emergency hospital. Hi
hip was fractured
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-07
COAL STRANDED
NEAR HARTFORD
IN r. R. YARDS

Hartford, Jan. 7.-"Coal enough to
relieve the shortage has been idle be-
cause the railroad operatives did not
move it to coal yards for unloading. -
was the statement of Chairman Ar
thur G. Woolley of the federal fuel
administration for this city, today.
WHY the coal is not moved I don't
know he added. but it's there, all
right.
THE railroad isn't to blame, that
is, the officials. If the operatives them
selves don't show the right spirit and
hustle around, instead of waiting to
zee whether the government is goine
to give them a raise in wages, Well
never get that coal"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-07
u, S, MUST Send
entente $4,000
OF BIGGEST Guns

Washington, Jan. Cannon coah-
ton and speed are the three elements
needed to win the war in the short
est possible time, Representative Me-
dill Mccormick of Illinois told the
House today in a speech reviewing
his three-n month tour OF the battle
fronts. The Allies, he said, want at
least 25,oe0 great guns, first of all;
then they want men and want the
Heartiest cooperation of all political
elements in America for its effect on
morale to win the war;
THE German staff" he continued,
must strive to induce France 10
make peace on the score that America
will not make ready in time That is
why the front from the Alps to the
channel has assumed q greater i'm
portance than at any time since the
battle of Verdun-"
German soldiers deserted in in
creasing numbers last summer, he
said, and among the captured during
the last few months there were many
tear-faced youths of 16 and II.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-07

be provided for and it will also be a
blessing to those dependent upon
their soldier or sailor sons to know
that they will not be left helpless
the supreme sacrifice has to be made.
The rate per thousand is so low
that it is within the reach of every
private or ordinary seaman. For men
at the age Of twenty-one the rate is
only sixty-f1ve cents per thousand
dollars per month which amounts to
only $3.50 per year, a rate which in
surance companies thought impossible
a few years ago.
With the advance in years the rate
is only slightly increased so that even
if a man is 80 or 35 years of age he
can obtain his insurance with but a.
very small percentage of increase in
the rate.
There is every reason to expect that
the army and navy insurance will
reach the five billion mark before the
final date set for filing, but men and
parents are sometimes given to put
ting off and they are urged to take
advantage Of this great boon imme-
| diately so that every man in the
armed forces Of Uncle Sam will carry
/ his insurance policy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-07

The New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad Tug. No. 9, arrived
in the harbor today from New Haven
and she will smash channel for
large barge of coal to the docks Of
the Connecticut Company. Her cap
tain reported that there were five hun
dred or more people including several
automobiles on the ice covering New
Haven harbor yesterday and stated
that the ice which he encountered on
his way here was the worst he has
ever experienced in all his life spent
at sea.
Traffic has been resumed on the
Sound by the heavier ships, but no
general breakup is looked for until
the weather has moderated for sew
eral days. ............
| 1t was reported along the water
front that there is an unusually high
tide today and that when that goes
out it may clear the harbor of broken
ice to some extent.
Some of the manufacturers here
suggest that a large boat be brought
to Bridgeport to clear a passageway
in the ice. This could be done, but
the channel must be patrolled con-
tinually after it has been broken or it
will freeze over much worse then be-
fore. On account of the local towing
boats all being out of commission with
smashed bows, broken rudder posts
and other injuries there are no boats
available for patrolling purposes, sc
that the hard work of many days and
nights has all gone for naught.
The preparations being made tc
dynamite the ice in the channel lead
ing to Black Rock started early this
morning and it stated that charges OF
the explosives will be laid every fifteer
feet. As soon as the detonation:
occur the tugs will be ready to forct
a wider passage and in this mannel
the fuel so sorely needed by the doz
ems of plants in that vicinity will hav'
a chance to get to the docks.
Little relief was looked for whe1
the rain began falling today as it wa
> forecasted colder weather would onl,
freeze the harbor tighter. Ice cutter
> worked all day Sunday in a desperat
> effort to cut channels to the variou
city docks and this morning were re
q warded by small cleared space, bu
not enough to give rise to hopes of a.
early resumption of harbor traffic.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-07
ISSUE LAST CALL TO GET
INSURANCE FOR SOLDIERS

Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo,
issued a statement today which said
that the insurance of the men in the
army and navy had up to noon last
Saturday past beyond the three billion
mark.
There were $4,000 policies issued
and the total amount came to $3,105,
T76, 500, making an average for each
man of $S,557. AS ten thousand
dollar policy is the maximum that can
be taken out by anyone in the Navy
OF Army this shows the wonderful
appreciation which the government
insurance is held by the members of
all branches of the service.
Those who have overlooked the op-
portunity offered them by the govern
ment to avail themselves of this insur-
ance will only have another month to
take out their policies as the final date
upon which applications can be filed
is February IL.
Parents as well as the men in
camp or in field are urged to avail
themselves of this opportunity offered
by the government Immediately. as
it will undoubtedly make the soldier
/ or sailor feel more tease to know
that in case of accident ms family wiA
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-07

Many factories are still on the
verge of famine and are keeping
more than $4,000 skilled hands at
work only by scientific conservation.
The Bridgeport Gun Tool Co., Trans
istan avenue, employing score of
men on government orders, will close
its doors tomorrow unless coal is sup
piled. A representative of the firm
made statement to that effect at the
fuel committees office this morning
The thousands of tons of coal held
in cars of the New Haven road, with
in easy distance of Bridgeport, would
keep the wheels of Bridgeport indus
try in motion Indefinitely. When con-
fronted with these facts today, Carl
F. Siemon, fuel COMMITTEES chairman.
said he had been in communication
with Arthur T. Hadley, railroad az
i rector, who admitted many carloads
of coal were held on sidings, but said
they had "been only there four or five
days" 1t is expected the committee
will request the power to commander
for immediate conveyance to Bridge
| port.
! Other than the 40 carloads arriv-
i ing yesterday, no shipments have
been received either by rail or water,
but Chairman Siemon is endowed
with plentiful number of promises,
upon fulfillment Of which he relies to
relieve both the domestic and indus
| trial shortage in this city.
Upon an official statement from
| Director McAdoo, ordering coal sup
plies for the vicinity of Boston from
the thousands of tons allotted for
| the use of the war and navy depart
ments, it is expected Bridgeport will
be benefited in a similar manner
McAdoo's announcement that this
was accomplished in Boston brightens
| the hopes of local manufacturers
The joint domestic and industrial
coal committee, including Chairman
Siemon, George NJ. Eames, Clarence
E. Billion, George E. Crawford, w. R.
Webster and A. H. Bullard, will leave
for Washington tonight. The com
mittee will stay IN Washington until
Bridgeport is adequately supplied.
Three barge loads of soft coal, one
of which is relied upon to keep the
Connecticut Co. trolley lines in oper-
alton, were expected in the harbor
Continued on Page 81
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-07
AWAITING
ADVICE
SPELLA(,Y
Federal Agent Lane Ex-
poets to Receive De-
mand for Action in
Cases of Men Who
Will Not Fight For U.
S. Tomorrow.

Department of Justice Agents
in Bridgeport are as yet mum"
upon the subject of their in
vestigation into the affairs of
the Workmen's Sick and Death
Benefit Fund, whose headquar-
ters at $40 Fairfield avenue,
were raided last Friday night
and a mass of evidence mostly
literature in the German Ian
guage seized by the Federal
men.
When seen at his Office in the Fed
eral building today Federal Agent
Lane, declined to discuss the matter
and confined his statement to the
! fact that he had forwarded all the
evidence he had secured in the raid
to United States Attorney Spellacy in
Hartford and expected word back
from him by tomorrow morning.
From the indications in the case it
appears that the government officials
think the matter very serious and
when word is flashed from headquar-
ters whether in Washington or in
Hartford, quick and drastic action is
looked for.
i Notwithstanding the apparent quiet
in the case, it is known that the gov
ernment sleuths have not relaxed
their activity even for an instant ant
when the final decision has been
reached by, the heads of the depart
ment the dragnet will be hauled il
and the catch placed in safe keeping
. From advices received from other
cities where the activities of this so.
ciety had reached the point where
they came under the surveillance OF
the Federal as we'll as the local au'
thorities, it appears that the detect
ives working on the problem have al
assumed an attitude which closely re
sembles the great calm which pre-
cedes a storm and it is openly init
, mated that when the storm doe
break the result will be of the mos
devastating nature to the hotbeds o
: German intrigue and propaganda.
l In many of the towns where tn,
society has branches the official
maintain a defiant attitude ant
claim their right as members of tn
l socialistic party to make rules ant
l bylaws for their society in confor
. nation with the expressed teaching
3 of socialism.
8 They also point out the fact tha
s the society was formed as far back a
1884 and that the oath which mem
bers are forced to take upon joining
preventing them from enlisting Il
the army, navy, militia or police fore
was long in practice before this wa
e started.
S U. S. AVIATORS KILLED
Washington, Jan. deaths @
S Lieut.. William s. Eley and S1rgean
: George E. Houdeck in an aeroplan
q accident in France were reported to
day by Gen. Pershing. Ely lived i
Rochester, N. Y.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-07
BRITISH AIRMEN
BOMB AERODROME
OF HUN ENEMIES

London. Jan british aviators
have dropped large quantities of
bombs on the Ramagnies-C Chin aero
dromes in Belgium and in the vicinity
of Metz, Lorraine. BomDs were
dropped on the railroad station in
Conf1ans. on the sidings northwest of
Metz and on the Courcelles station,
southwest of Metz. according to the
official statement on aviation activi-
ties issued last night MANY hits were
made. An explosion and a fire were
caused at Condans-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-07
SUSTA|NS
LEGALITY
OF DRAFT
Supreme Court Upholds
Contention of Govern
ment That Citizens
May Be Made Liable
for Service Both at
Home and Abroad.

Washington, Jan. THE Sc
lective service act was upheld
today as constitutional by the
supreme court.
The governments conten-
ton that the power given to
Congress to declare war in
cludes power to compel citi-
zens to render military service
both at home and abroad was
sustained by the court.
Chief Justice White, who delivered
the unanimous opinion in brie1
statement, declared that after con-
sidering the various contentious the
decision had been reached that most
of them were imaginary rather thar
real.
The decision resulted from the ap.
peals of 1a cases growing out of con
victions under the seIective service
law, five coming from New York
three from Ohio, four from Minneso,
ia and one from Georgia. Constitu
| tionality of the act was made the ba
sis for all the appeals.
The cases from New York wert
those Of Louis Kramer, Morris Beck
er, Emma Goldman, Alexander Berk
man and Meyer Graubard. The frs
four were convicted of attempting t.
induce others of draft age not to reg
lister and an additional charge o
failure to register was made agains
Kramer, who was sentenced to tw
years imprisonment. Becker wa
sentenced to one year and eigh
months in jail, while Emma Gold
man and Berkman were ordered i'm
prisoned for two years and fined $40,
900 each.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-07
GERMANS GRANT
RECOGNITION OF
FINNS' REPUBLIC

Amsterdam Jan. 7.-Germany has
recognized the Finnish republic An
official dispatch from Berlin says that
after the Russian government de-
clared its willingness to recognize the
independence of Finland as soon as
Che application OF the Firms was re-
ceived, and after the Finnish gov
ernment had taken a corresponding
step in Petrograd. which was received
favorably. the German emperor
charged the imperial chancellor to ex-
press in the name of the German
government RECOGNITION of the Fin
nish republic to Dlenip %tentiaries of
Finland now in Berlin. Chancellor
Won Hertling received the plenipoten-
tiaries on Sunday and informed them
that Germany had recosn1zed Fin
land ------ti----
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-07
KAISER REWARDS
SUB SKIPPER WHO
SANK u. S. SHIPS

Amsterdam, Jan. emperor
William has conferred the Order
Pour le Merite on submarine COM
mander, KOpsamcI, on a cruise 10
the Cape Verde island. During this
cruise Kopsaznel asserts, he sank
an American destroyer and IL mer-
cfaantnnen. most of them bound
from the United States for Italy or
France. He is said to have brought
back % tons of copper as booty.
1t is about 5000 miles from the
Belgian coast to the Cape Verde
islands and return.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-07
TWENTY-FIVE IN
BOSTON SUBWAY
HURT IN PANIC

Cambridge, Mass, Jan. 7.-Twenty-
two passengers aboard a subway train
for Boston were injured today at Ken
dali square station in a wild scram-
Bile to escape from cars that filled
with smoke after fuse blew out with
roar that resembled an explosion.
All lights in the underground passage
were extinguished and in the darkness
men and women broke through glass
doors and windows.
Traffic was delayed for an hour.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-07
GERMAN TAKES MAYoRAUrY.

Michigan City, Ind, jan Fired
C. Miller, alleged enemy alien, as
sumed office as mayor of this city
without opposition at noon today. AT
that hour no word had been received
as to the progress Of the Injunction
proceedings begun in Valparaiso by
persons who object to the installation
of a German" mayor. There was
no disorder.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-07
DORA SHORTER DEAD.

London, Jan Dora Shorter, the
poet, died in London today. She was
born in Dublin, the daughter of George
Siegerson, the biologist She was
married in 1896 to Clement K. Shor-
ter, editor of the Sphere. Collected
poems were published in 1899 and
new poems in 1912.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-07
NOTARY PUBLIC
EXTORTION TO BE
PROBED IN NJ Y

Albany Jan Gov. Whitman to-
day directed Attorney General Lewis
to investigate complaints that many
New York notaries public had been
guilty of extortion and other Of
fenses'' in connection with acknowl-
edging draft questionnaires The in
vesigation will begin within a day or
two
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-07

Owing the fact that the Bridgeport Towing Company
boats put less out Of commsiOnby their
with the harbOr ice pack the channels which were
through the frozen have all been closed over again
and the piled at places ten feet high AS last
resort shipping resOrng to dynamite and this will
tried today endeavor to get two barges of coal into
Black Rock.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-07
ASSAULTED HIS WIFE.

Frank Sewecry, of SO Reilly street,
was placed under arrest today by Po-
licemen Foster and O'Neill of the Sec
ond precinct on complaint of his wife
that he had assaulted her. When
searched a fully loaded revolver was
found in his possession. He was held
charged with assault and carrying
concealed weapons.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-01-07
TONS OF FUEL IN
STALLED CARS
NEAR Devon
Enough Coal to Keep Factories Going Indefinitely
is Alleged to be in Cars Between Bridgeport
and Derby-Trans Have Laid Idle
For the Past Five Days.

While tehortage of fuel threatens to cripple the prnci-
pal munitions center Of the United Sates of carloads
factory lie sideracs between
and Nauqatuc, and railroad officials, admitting has
there four five days. make attempt to it toward
Bridgeport The industrial situation remains critical even
thouqh 20 carloads arrived yesterday.