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GRANT Undertaker and Embalmer 32 Providence St., Taftville Prompt attention to day or night calls, Telephone 630. aprl4MWFawl MYSTIC Death ‘of Joseph Griswold at Green- field, Mass. ‘Word has been received here of the death of Joseph Griswold, 76, of Green- field, Mass, Monday morning. Mr. Griswold was a former resident of Mystic and was the son of Joseph Griswold and the cousin of Mrs. B, F. Williams. Mr. Griswold at oge time owned the farm now accupied by B. F. Willikms and the lang now known as the Industrial place, where he was engaged for several years in farming and raising _tobacco. He married Miss Fanny Cottrell, daughter of John Céttrell of Mystic, and about forty years ago moved to Greenfield where he was engaged in the cotton business. He and his brother were owners of cotton mills ‘at Turners Falls, Cold €pring and Griswoldville, Mass. His body will be brought here for burial Thursday afternoon in Elm Grove eemetery. Chip Lost On Foul. New York, Feb. 22.—George Chip of Newcastle, Pa., former middleweight champion, lost” on a foul to Young Ahearn of this city in the fifth round of a ten round bot in Brooklyn today. Chip knocked Ahearn down in the third round with a left hook to the jaw, and had a decided lead when Afhrn claimed a foul in the fifth round. The club’s phy. after o - aming Ahearn, stater that he had been hit low on the body and the ret- eree allowed the claim. HOW TAFFETA BANDS USURP PLACES OF WINTER’S FURRY ONES Check worsted gives this juvenile suilt, with wide revers, a black patent leather belt and bandings of black taffeta. Please admire the leafy tur- ben with. its chic cockade of pink npses and their foliage. 4 THE AETNA. i BOWLING, . BILLIARDS. ¢ MAJESTIC BUILDING. T Alleyu. 6 Tables, Teem. (Special % The Bulletin.) ‘Willimantic, Conn., Feb. 22. —A double header in basketball was play- ed at the Valley Street Armory, Tues- day night. The South Manchester High School five defeating the Wind- ham High by a score of 38 to 26. Ana the Blues, a girls’ team, of Windham High Alumni defeated the Reds, the regular Windham High team by a score of 19 to 17. Two of the South fiunehefl.!r team failed to appear and iggins and W. Kern of the Emeralds took their places. The lineup: South Manchester J. Moriarty Higgins Willis Windham . Cotter Verplank Right Guard Goals, Higgins 8, Moriarty 5, Rilley 4, Willis 3, Eander 3; Pickett 3, Kearns 2 Cotter %, Verplanic 1. Fouls Rilley BLUES L. Hart Red M. Cheney orward .............. L. Chappell Harvey Kenyon 1. Hart Right Guard Score, Blues 19, Reds 17. Goals, Harvey 3, Chappell 3, E. Hart 2, Kenyon 2, Smith 2, Doyle 2. Fouls, Harvey 5, Chappell 3. Referee, R. E. Kelley. Scorer and timer Mr. Doyle. INTERESTING FACTS OF EARLY DAYS OF PROFESSIONAL BASEBA Expenses of the League From 1875 Were $475.50—Receipts Were $821.9%. New York, Feb. 22.—A number of in- teresting references were made to the early days of professional baseball at the recent “Anniversary Dinner” of the National league in New York city. None attracted greater attention than the reading of the finances of the se- nior organization for its initial year. The report showed that the receipts of the leagce amounted to $821.82. Each of the eight clubs forming the association contributed one hundred dollars and a sporting goods firm the remainder. = ° The expenses of the league for the vear 1875 was $475.50 leaving a bal- ance of $346.32. The chief item of ex- pense was the salary of $400 paid te Nick Young, who served as secretary and treasurer, during the first year of the league's existence. ostage ac- counted for,$17.25 with stamps costing three cents in those days. Stationary amounted to $20.45; score sheets $6.5 record book $4.50, and a post office box $4.75. There were a few stray items for telegrams, pins and other office appurtanceg, but ne mention of rent. As opposed to this statement the financial report of the National Base- bass commission for 1914 gives an ex- cellent idea of the growth of the busi- ness end of the game. The National League in 1875 was the dominating factor in baseball just as the Nation- al Commission is the supreme court of the game today. At the end of 1913 the National Commission had a bal- ance of $27,709.03. The receipts from all sources during 1914 amounted to $41,955.12 giving a total of $69,664.15. Owing to the baseball ar and other unusual and unsettled conditions the expenses of the commission were far above normal. ‘The books show ‘that during 1914 the disbursements of the commission amounted to $58,178.08 leaving a balance of $1,485.07 ~ with which to start 1915. These expenses, which were rouhly three times larger than in 1911, cover 2 large field of activity such as ck Young never dreamed of and were CQue to the growth &f the fame and the r‘?nfilct that waged for its control. The National Commission paid $26,317.12 for salaries and $14,248.39 for legal fees alone in 1914. Advertising and the expenses of members of the commis- sion cost $3,271; and $3,542.06 respec- tively. Stationary, printing and type writing service ran'up to $1,092.02. Of- fice rent was $1.248 and postage $425 as against $17.25 for the Natlonal league in 1875. These figures testify mutely to the development of Ameri- ca’s national sport. THIRTEEN COLLEGES ENTER BIG ATHLETIC MEET. Host of Talent Will Compete in I. C: A. A, A. A. Games.. Thirteen colleges have entered big meet at Madison Square Garden on March 4. The L C. A. A. A. A, will stage the meet. Of this host of athletic talent Cor- nell, the intercollegiate track and field championship holder, has nomi- nated 203; Princeton, 109: Massachu- setts Institute of Technology 102, and Pennsylvania a neven hundred. Columbia’s Place. Columbia heads the Iist of New York city colleges with ninety-three ranking ahead of Pennsylvania State college with seventy -and Michigan, the lone representative of the Middle West, which forwarded the names of fifty ‘competitors. Yale entry blanks contain forty-fiive nominations, giving the Blue a numerical advantage over Harvard of eight. Other colleges and their entries are: Brown, twelve York university, eleven; Syracuse, nine, and Amherst, seven. Drew on Hand. In a letter received from Howard P. Drew, the great sprinter from the University of Southern California, he assured the secretary-treasurer of the A. A. U. that he wpuld return to New York for the national indoor cham- pionships on March 18. In reply to Drew’'s request for information re- garding the use of starting blocks he was informed that for the sprints and hurdle races blocks would be pro- vided. An’ effort is being made to have club of St. Louis, come east to match Irving Mahl, of the Columlfa Athletic strides with Drew, Loomis, Morse and many other college sprinters in the sixty yard championship. MMahl de- feated Loomis at 100 yards last an- tumn, running the distance in ten seconds, and two weeks ago won the 40-yard invitation sprint at the Illinois A. C. games in 4 3-5s, which is only a fifth of a second slower than the best time on record. the Will Decide Scene of Battle. New York, Feb. 22—The scene of the mext Army-Navy football game, it was announced tonight, probably will be declded definitely here tomorrow at a conference of representatives of the athletic associations of West Point and Annapolis. The navy, by a previ- ous arrangement, has the option of choosing the site. The game is sched- aled for Nov. 25 this year. With the Aid of Two Willimantic Emerald Players—Score 38 to 26—Windham High Alumni Girls Lose to Regular NEW ENGLAND INDOOR . RECORD FOR 1,000 YARD RUN. Dave Caldwell of Boston A. A. Made It in 2 m. 16 2-3 s. Boston, Feb. 22.—A New England in- door record for the 1,000 yard run of two minutes, 16 3-5 seconds was set today by Dave Caldwell of the Boston Athletic asociation, in winning the Mayor Curley trophy race at the an- nual games.of the Ninth Regiment. He defeated Joseph T. Higgins of Holy Cross, last years winner of the event, and Michael Devanney of the Millrose A. A, New York. The form- er record was 2.18 4-5, made by Hig- gins last year. The annual race between . Massa- chusetts Agricultural college and Worcester Polytechnic Institute which was marred by an accident at the meet of the Boston A. A. two weeks ago, was rerun today with the “Aggies” winning. Their time for the mile race was three minutes, 41 4-5 sec- onds, Babbitt, Russell, Montgomery and Nostrom, comprised the winning teamn. MURRAY CAPTURES NATIONAL TITLE IN TENNIS SINGLES By Winning from Alrick H. Man, Jr, Former Yale Captal New York, Feb. 22—R. Lindley Mur- ray, the young Californian who has been .the star of the national indoor tennis tournament here, captured the national singles championship today by winning from Alrick H. Man, Jr., for- mer Yale captain, in_three straight sets. The score was 6-2, 6-2, 9-7. Murray gave a remarkable exhibi- tion, working with spectacular smash- es, volleys and drives against which his adversary, although _ displaying skill and speed, was unable success- fully to compete. Murray is the first player from the Pacific coast to win the national indoor championship. In the championship doubles Arthur M. Lovibond and William Rosenbaum defeated King Smith and Arthur S. Craigin. The score was 3-6, 1-6, 6-4, 8-6, 10-8. Letter to the Sporting Editor Taftville, Conn, Feb. 21, 1916 Sporting Editor—As secretary of the Taftville basketball club, I am com- pelled to comment on the recent game in Willimantic last Friday night. The Willimantic. Chronicle’s com- ments on the game, states that Cap- tain Murphy did more damage with his tin whistle and his dollar watch than he would have done had he been playing. We will take it for granted that it was a tin whistle and a dollar watch, but we feel sure that it was held by a one in the world can distrust his honesty. He attended right down to timekeeping while George Shepaum whom they claim is so honest was looking for a fight every time as Taftville man got a basket. From the fact that we were warned by the Willimantic fans that the Em- eralds robbed a game recently from the All New Britains by making them play three minutes overtime, made us keep tabs on the time, and even more 50 when they run one minute over- time in the first half of the game. After being on the heels of the Em- eralds for the last six weeks for a game, and offered to play them for any amount of money, they now are handing us the worst niece of crooked work ever handed any team repre- senting this town. ‘Why, Manager Roy had to stay in Willimantic until the last car to get a paltry guarantee of 315 which was re- fused him after the game. Now they have got cold feet and refuse to come to Taftville, unless Taftville gives them another game in Willimantic Friday night. Some nerve after drawing for them the largest crowd they ever had. Just think what would have hap- pened if Captain Murphy and Stanley, two mainstays of the team had been in the game. The score would have been so high that they would have tried to make them play all night to ;ry and catch up with the Taftville oys. I must say that the Willimantic fans can surely be proud of such a bunch of quitters. Please take out your pencil and fig- ure from twenty-seven minutes of the hour to three minutes of the hour with two and one-half minutes out for time out. This game will go down on records of the Taftville team and the minds of the honest fans attending as a win for Taftville by the score of 27 to 25. JOHN B BENOIT, Secretary. Lemons Hard to Squeeze Win. The much talked of basketball game between the Blow Hards and Lemons, Hard to Squeeze took place in Jewett City Tuesday afternoon There was a large holiday crowd, each team being cheered and encouraged repeatedly by their followers. The game was hotly contested from start to finsh until the last few minutes of play when he Lemons, Hard to Squeeze added new strength to their team by substituting Fred Menard for Paquette. Warden J. H. McCarthy received a severe fall, mistaking the floor for one of the slippery borough sidewalks. Maynard, McCarthy, Desrosiers and _Crumb starred for the losers, while Massey, Carey, Guy and Menard shared the honors for the victors. The lineup: Lemons, Hard to Squeeze—Paquett, right forward: Massey, left forward; Guy, center; Carey, capt., right guard; Murray, left guard. Blow Hard—J. H. McCarthy, right guard; Pieracini, left guard; Smith, center; Crumb, ctpa. left forward; Maynard, right forward. Baskets, Massey 2, Menard 2, Guy 2, Carey 1, Murray 2; fouls, Paquette 1, McCarthy 3, Crumb 2, Smith 1, Des- rosiers 1, Maynard 1, fouls; Maynard 1; Time, three 15 minute periods. referee, Gingras; timer, M. Wolf, scorer, J. Weschler, score 19 to 15. Putnam Defeats Falmouth. Falmouth High School five was de- feated by the speedy Putnam team, Tuesday evening at Putnam. ‘The lineup: Putnam_ High: Lowe c, Maynard rg, Sub. Walsh, Baker. Falmouth High: Holland rf, Bow- man I, Gifford If, Hammond ¢, Pow- ers rg, Childs lg, Grag. sub. Field goals, Shaw 6, Giraca 1, Lowe 12, Lobardo 2, Holland 1, Bowman 2, Gifford 2. Foul goals, Holland 1. Referee, Bradford. Timer Handy. Two 20 minute periods. Shaw rf, Giraca 1If, Lombardo If. Ertle-Shubert Fight a Draw. New Bedford, Mass., Feb. 22.—A 12 round bout between Johnny Ertle of St. Paul, Minn., claimant of the ban- tamweight championship and Al Shubert of this city was declared a draw today. Dr. Edward T. Devine of New York, one of the best known social workers of the country, is now in Washington, arranging to go to Russia in a short time on a mission backed by the state department and the American Red Cross, with a view to improving con- ditions of the German and Austro- Hungarian prisoners of war. CLAIMS FRANK GOTCH IS IN GOOD SHAPE. So Says Dow Williams, the Heavy- weight Wrestler's Former Manager. Dow Williams, who managed Frank Gotch back In 1905, says that Frank Gotch, the heavyweight wrestling champion, is as fit as ever. In a re- cent interview he gave some of his reasons. Williams and Gotch were boys together in Humboldt and if any- Dbody is enabled to speak authoritative- ly about the champion grappler, Wil- liams is. “I spent last New Years day at Frank’s big ranch at Humboldt, Ia., and the old boy looked just as good to me then as he ever did,” said Wil- liams. “That is, he looked tip top as far as external conditions go. He told me that right then he weighed about 227 pounds, stripped, which is about 15 or 16 pounds more than he weighed in his matches with Hackenschmidt. He will probably not train down much below 220 ever again, which would be about the weight at which he would meet Stecher. Gotch packs surplus weight in odd places. He never puts an ounce on his waist and he looks just as hard and straight there as in the old days when one of his favorite tricks was to crack English walnuts on his stomach with his bare fist. Where he takes on weight is over the shoulders. “How old is Gotch? Don’t you be- lieve any of those folks who tell you he is older than he admits. Just as he says, he will be 39 years old this March, the 2ith day. There would be no way for Frank Gotch to lie about his age and get away with it. He has lived all his life in and around Hum- boldt, where he is now director of a bank and one of its heaviest deposit- ors, and he knows that the home folks have the ‘dope’ on him. “He was reared half a mile west of Humhboldt, and my folks lived half a mile north. Frank and I have worked on threshing crews together and IJ have been with him in most of the principal_events of his life. I went back to help bury his father in 1912 “Will Gotch meet Stecher? Maybe, if there is enough money to be had in it, but it's a cinch he won't for the ordinary purses that he has had, or for any ordinary money. If he meets Stecher there will have to be a lot of money in it. Stecher's managers Wwouldn’t let him cover the $25,000 check Frank posted with a Kansas City paper last fall, insisting that the boy wait a year. Stecher wanted to cover it, though. Il say that for the kid, and from what I hear—I have never seen him—he is a cyclone. Ed- die Smith, sporting editor of the Chi- cago American, told me the boy was really good, and that's the answer he gave me when I asked him if he thought Stecher would beat Frank, so you see what it means. “Do I think he could beat Stecher? Let me tell you that if Frank is with- in 10 per cent. of being as good a man as he was five years ago Stecher won't beat him. He had the most wonder- ful defense of any wrestler that ever lived. “They tell me Stecher is a regular whirlwind for aggressiveness, but that's just what Frank always used to like, and unless Stecher changes his tactics, Gotch will, I should say, beat him quick. He probably will change and make Frank do most of the work.” New High Jump Mark For Phillip: Exeter. Exeter, N. H., Feb. 22.—Walter Whelan of Boston today set a mnew Philips-Exeter Academy record in the high jump event, clearing a bar _at six feet, three-quarters _inch. The previous mark was six feet, three- eighths jnches, made by J. E. Mec- Dougall in 1911 St. Joseph’s T. A. Cross Country Run. Boston, Feb. 22—David Atwood of the New Bedford Harriers today won the annual ten mile cross country run of the St. Joseph's Total Abstinence society. For the third _consecutive year James Hennigan of the Dorchest- er club, won the time prize, running from scratch to fifth place at the fin- ish in 56 minutes, 48 seconds. Willard’s Cold Better. ‘Chicago, Feb. 22.—Tom Jones, man- ager of Jess Willard, stated tonight that the fighter and his party would leave for New York next Thursday night. He said Willard’s cold had al- most disappeared and that he would begin training in earnest on his ar- rival at New York for higybout with Frank Moran, Harvard Hockey Club Defeats New York. Boston, Feb. 22.—The Harvard hock- ey team of this city won from the hockey club of New York, 4 goals to 2, in a game in the hockey league series tonight. The New York team was de- layed several hours by the train wreck at Milford, Conn. The following Harvard freshmen have earned numerals: Robert Roberts Bishop, 2d, of Newton Centre; Charles Arthur Clark, Jr., of Milton; Washing:- ton Allston Flagg of New York, N, Y. Robert Ellsworth Gross, West New- ton; Captain Rudolph Shermann Kis- sel, Jr, Morristown, N. J.; Rudolph Wesleyan Swimmers Win. Middletown, Conn., Feb. 22.—The Wesleyan swimming team defeated Brown University today by a score of 45 1-2 to 8 1-2 points. Waldo Marsball, New York, N. Y. John Lee Merrill, Manchester; ‘Mor- ris Phinney, West Medford; Willlam Platt, New York, N. Y.; Henry White Jr., Milton; and Manager Lloyd Kirk- man Garrison, New York,N. ¥, (Continued from Page One) ‘were to remedy the air hose trouble when the crash came. Theory of Charles C. Elwell. Charles C. Elwell, a member of the public utilities commission, who was soon at the scene of the wreck, sald, bearing upon what had ed: ‘Inasmuch as the engineer, the fire- men and the flagman, three important witnesses, are dead, it will be difficult to fix the responsibility but a thorough investigation will probably bring out the responsibility.” The theory of the accident advanced by Mr. Elwell is that Curtiss disre- garded the cautionary signal two thousand feet east of the stalled train and when the dnger or “home” sig- nal came into view he could not make his brakes hold and No. 5 slid into No. 79. Mr. Elwell as inspector for the commission before his appointment to it had to investigate the many wrecks on this part of the system. Both Trains Well Filied With Pas- sengers. Both trains were well filled with passengers. Many Yale alumni were ni No. 79 as they had attended alum- ni day at the University and were there last night for the annul meotings of the senior societies. They were re- turning to New York. Many of these have figured prominently in athletics at the university in years past. The local train had many on board who were bound for Bridgeport to attend the dinner of the Sons of the American Revolution Others were commuters for Milford and other stations. Boiler of No. 56 Exploded As the crash came the boiler of No. 5 exploded and hurtling through the air over the freight on the next track to the eastbound track, dropped right side up at the bottom of the deep em- bankment. The rest of the engine was a mass of twisted and splintered iron. The bodies of the fireman, engineer, mangled and scalded, were picked out of the wreckage. Roadbed Covered With Debris. ‘While the roadbed was not torn up it was literally covered with the ru- ins of the engine and freight cars. Heavy iron brs were twisted like wire and steel frames of the rear coach of No. 79 were ripped apart, the wreck- age of the three trains being piled up in a great junk heap. All around lay the furnishings of the coaches, appli- ances to be used in case of wrecks and some personal belonging of passeng- ers. Snow beside the tracks was stained with blood. Bodies Under Rear Coach. The rear coach of the express split wide open was thrown across the moving freight, crushing these cars partly down and then falling over the eastbound tracks. Caught under it were the bodies of Miss Susan B. Hy- land of New Haven and of the man believed to be Madirios Der Hovhanes- sian, a student at Yale. Late in the afternoon this car was raised suffic- iently to permit of removal of the bodies and they were taken to a morgue here. Pullman Narrowly Escaped Going Down Embankment The Pullman coach Napoleon nar- rowly escaped a plunge down the em- bankment with its passengers. ‘The second coach from the rear, it was jammed by the force of the collision with its forward ends hard against one of the standards supporting the caten- ary system of the road. In this man- ner it hung on the edge of the bank. Had it fallen even slightly short of the standard it would have taken a express escped injury, the forward downward plunge. Not a coach of the express escaped injury, the forward cars being jammed together, the win- dows smashed and showing the ter- riffic force of the impact. The bag- gage car of No. 5 was torn from its trucks and thrown on its side. The other coaches were not seriously dam- aged and were hauled away soon after by a wrecking train. Tracks Blocked Several Hours. For several hours the tracks were completely blocked. Later the big wreckers from New Haven and Bridgeport with their powerful steam -ranes began to remove the wreck- nge. A hea steel coal car which had been partly overturned was lifted and dropped down the bank and trucks which had been wrenched from the coaches were placed on gondolas and hauled away and the overturned coaches righted. In the late after- noon the railroad police roped off the rizht of way to keep out of the dang- er zone the hundreds who came by automobiles, sleighs, trolleys and on foot to view the wreck. Tonight the line was belng rapidly cleared. Physicians and Nurses on Scene. Coroner Mix was among the early arrivals. At the me time many physicians from New Haven and Bridgeport with hospital nurses were on the scene to render aid in carry- ing the injured back to the various hospitals. The coroner said that he was unable to say when the inquest will be opened ub probably it will start withovt delay. Among those hurt was Dr. R. G. Good- vear, medical examiner of North Ha- ven, who viewed the bodies taken from the North Haven wreck in 1913. Miss Hyland’s Body Identified by Seat- mate. Miss Hyland’s body was identified by her'seat mate and friend, Miss An- na Shortz of New Haven, who a mo- ment before the crash crossed the car aisle to speak to some one. Ctarles E. Allen, of Groton, who died in the New Haven hospital later, was a salesman for a firm of cereal makers, making his headquarters in Pough- keersie, N. P. He was 50 years of age and he is survived by his invalid wife and three sons. Miss Hyland was emploved in_the offices of the New Haven road in New Haven, in a clerical position. Prominent Men on Train. In the party of Sons of the Revolu- tion who were going to Bridgepore, were H. Wales Lines, of Meriden, a right side of face. Discharged. Mrs. Eva Goetz, 81, 790 Savin av- enue. New Haven, lacerated upper lip. Discharged. Louis Goets, husband of 35, factory hand, shock. Mary Bova, 10, 1404 Main street, Stratford, no perceptible injuries. Dis- charged. E M. A. Pollen, salesman, 16 Ashland street, Boston, not seriously. Dis- charged. Mrs. Mary Corso, 36, 34 Ferry New Haven, body brulsed, sev teath lost and lacerated lip. Mrs. Rose Corso, her sister-in-law, 44, 15 Ferry street, New Haven, very similarly hurt, N. H. Rockwell, 25, manufacturer, Bristol, Conn, lacerated back, injured shoulder, lacerated arm. Charles W. Schecher, 27, 181 Con- gress avegiie, New Haven, railroad clerk, burns about body and face. Miss Minnie C. Schwartz, 22, 106 Nichols street, New Haven, stenog- rapher for raiiroad, burns about body and gace; operated on. Mrs. Yvonne Geoffrion, 738 Bradford street, Springfleld, severe shock. Mrs, Evangeline Donovan, sister of Mrs. Geoffrion and her partner in mil- linery business, same address, severe shock. Miss Bessie Linehan, 30, 105 South street, Chicopee Falls, Mass., millin- er, sévere shock. Jacob Zeissett, merchant, 60, 156 Whalley avenue, New Haven, lacerat- ed_head, possible broken hip. ‘W. F. Neenan, 25, 87 Haven street, New Haven, abrasions. A. J. Rinaud, 35, Meriden, dlslocated shoulder. J. T. Hackett, chief rate clerk, pas- senger depot, New Haven, infury to head, operated on and expected to re- cover. St. Vincent’s Hospital. C. V. Berkley, 42, porter, 107 West 135th street, New York, severe bruises. At Stratfield Hotel. General Edwin S. Greeley, New Ha- ven, great shock, severe injury to left side, possibly internally hurt. Con- dition serious. General George H. Ford, New Ha- ven, bruises on leg and arm, shock. J. E. Timson, 108 Robin Hood ave- nue, Boston, lacerated nose. Miss Alice aley, Springfleld, Mass., possible fracture right leg. Miss Minnie Caruful, Springfield, shock. Miss Elizabeth Masterson, North- ampton, Mass., right wrist injured. Miss Anna Connolly, Holyoke, shock. Mrs. J. F. Knowles, Hartford, shock. W. E. Leland, Boston, shock. J. H. Hinsdale, Meriden, bruises and shock. Hilmit Saemenn, Branford, teeth gone, loss of blood. H.' Lauraun, Branford, shock. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hendrickson, New Haven, lacerated hands and shock. Mrs. E. G. Blake, Hartford, bruisws. Miss Elizabeth Pellion, abrasions. Mrs. R. A. Brookin (or Bookin), 1004 Bloomfield avenue, Hoboken, I, shock. C. B. Berkley, New York, shock and torn body muscles. Hartford, Mrs. Therese Tierney, 31 <Colby street, Springfield, Mass., fractured nose, lacerated legs and arms. W. C. Bradley, West Haven, shock and injured back. Mr. and Mrs. F. Howard, Hartford, shock and bruises. M. E. Pearsall, John Springfield, abrasions and shock. In Laurelton Hall, Milford. Margaret Fenton, 2698 Creston ave- nue, New York city, lacerated scalp. Bessie Bristol, Milford, fractured street, nose. Mrs. Margaret Fenton, 93 Creston street, New York, stenographer, em- ploved by the New Haven road, pos- sible fracture of skull, injured hips. William Meenan, New Haven, an accountant employed by the New Ha- ven road, contusions of spine and in- juries to head. Frank Schappa, New Haven, burned about head and body. Frank McNamara, 39 Grove street, Ansonia, punctured left lung and dis- located shoulder, condition serious, A. J. Rainaud, 35 Crown street, Mer- iden, contusions of head and spine. At Grace Hospital, New Haven. Harry Fischer, aged 19, newsboy on train, fractured wrist and shock. CHARLES E. ALLEN A NATIVE OF GROTON Is Survived by an Invalid Wife and Three Young Sons New London, Conn., Charles E. Allen was in year, a native of Groton and lived there practially all his life. For some years he has been employed as sales- man by a firm of cereal manufactur- ers, mking his headquarters at Paugh- keepsie. N. Y. He is survived by a wife, who is an invalid and three young sons. Feb. 22.— his fiftieth YALE ATHLETES AIDED IN THE RESCUE WORK. | Were Among the Passengers on the New Haven Train. New York, Feb. 22.—Yale athletes who aided in the rescue work after the disaster near Milford, Conn, today were among the passengers of the wrecked New Haven train who ar- rived here tonight on a special. In the party were John R. Kilpatrick and Hugh Harbison, former football stars; Clement Gile, an ex-varsity pitcher; Morgan J. O'Brien, Jr., and Allan, son of Willlam Ellis Corey. O'Brien was MARGUERITE CLARK in “Seven Sis ters"—Auditorium Today, Tomorrow Absolutazy On:mom i ndg 3 g;mit,fiestnlldmggifi WATCH THE WINDOW UNTIL THE 26TH. J. OGULNICK & CO. 32 Franklin Street Phone 7i%-11 Dr. J. M. KING DENTIST JaniTuWF Overhauling and Repair Work of all kinds on AUTOMOBILES, CARRIACES, WAGONS, TRUCKS and CARTS Mechanical Repalrs, Painting, Trim- ming, Upholstering and Wood Work. Blacksmithing in all its branches. Scott & Clark Gorp. 507 te 515 North Main St. suffering from a gash in his scalp, which was treated by a_surgeon. ““We were in the second coach,” said O'Brien in relating their experiences. “The train was running about twenty minutes behind schedule time. When the collision occurred our Pullman seemed to rise in the air and then was carried over on an angle of 45 de- grees. A cement upright prevented the car from toppling down the em- bankment. “The steel construction of the car undoubtedly saved the lives of the passengers. The force of the collision was _terrific.” O’Brien, Kilpatrick and Corey found a Mrs. Harmon and her three small children in one of the coaches. The mother was suffering from a scalp wound and the two younger children were cut about the face. The third escaped uninjured. The three men took Mrs. Harmon and the children to a farmhouse, where they hired a sleigh and drove them to Milford. From Milford they took a trolley to Bridgeport. Gile and Harbison said the most sig- nificant thing about the wreck to them was when the engineer of the freight train, running past their train, blew his whistle continuously for two min- utes, “It seemed to me,”- sald Gile, “that he knew the local was about to crasl’ into us and was signalling the engil neer of that train. I turned to Harbi- son and asked what the racket was for and a moment later came the crash. “When we got outside we heard a man groaning beneath the wrecked car, Then we saw him wriggling out from beneath. His movements were very slow and as we stooped to aid him we saw that he was dragging a woman after him. We pulled them both out and I saw the woman’s scalp was torn almost from her head.” STATEMENT MADE BY HOWARD ELLIOTT. Every Facility Will Be Given to Get Exact Cause of Wreck. Boston, Feb. 22.—Howard Elliott, chairman of the board of directors of the New York, New Haven and Hert- ford railroad, made the following statement here tonight concerning the wreck at Milford: “The management and the men are greatly distressed at the sad acci- dent. No statement can be made at this time as to the cause. Every fa- cility will be given to the represen- i tatives of the commerce commission and Connecticut commission to obtain the exact facts. “The accident occurred on a part of the road where no expense has been spared to perfect the physical facil- ities. The shops of the company have been running on good time for months and locomotives and passenger equipment kept In good order. The volume of business that the company has been doing-since September last has been for greater than ever before in its history nd the facilities of the road have been very severely taxed. Officers and men have been under a great strain in trying to 'give good service, especially since the unusual storms of December and with the great congestiow of freight since then. Every effort has been made to encourage of- ficers and men to do their very best with the difficult conditions now exist- ing, In the hope that accidents would be _entirely avoided. “Expenditures for care of the road, safety and the movement of the great volume of business as shown by the prelimilary figures for January indi- cate that with an increase in = gross earnings during the month of about $1,250,000 there was an increase in ex- pense of nearly $900,000 which with heavily increased charges for freight car hire due to the congestion, leaves a very small margin out of this great increase to represent the use of the property. “That there has been a loss of life of passengers and men is to be deep- ly deployed and the sympathy of the management is with the families and friends of those who have suffered.” ‘Two per cent. of metallic eodium will harden lead so that it will ring ‘when struck. Jim Bluefacket, who jumped the Giants to play with the Brookfeds, will probably work for the Bloomington Club, of the Three I league, this year. The magnitude of the big