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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-17
UNlVERSALlSTS FAVOR
 SUFFRAGE FOR ALL WOMEN
Bridgeport Pastor Chosen Vice President - Next Meeting at New London.

New Haven, Sept. 1.-The 77th an nual convention of the Connecticut Universalists closed in this city yes terday.
 ported regarding the favoring of tenn perance and legislation in restraint of the liquor traffic in this State and in the country, the effort of peace socie- ties for arbitration of international questions, the extension of the field of wonlan's work and influence including the full exercise of the rights of citi- zenshfp, deploring the decrease of the ministry in the Universalist church in common with that of all other denom- nations, emphasizing the importance of the Sunday school and education of the youth on lines consistent with lat est Biblical research and scholarship, and the extension of the greetings of the convention to the national super intendent of the denomination and to workers at home and abroad. The committee consisted of Rev. John Col man; Rev. Hiram w. Smith of Middle town, and Miss Anna Dickerman of Waterbury.
 The following officers were chosen for the coming year:
 President-Charles G. Lincoln of Hartford
 Vice PresidentARev. F. A. Dilling- ham of Bridgeport.
 Secretary-Rev. w. F. Dickerman of Waterbury.
 Treasurer-M M. whittemore of New Haven.
 Trustee-E. A. Smith of Meriden. Two others hold over~
 The convention then adjourned to meet in New London in September, 1910. Waterbury was named as the alternate place. Rev. Howard A. Ives was chosen to deliver the occasional sermon at that time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-17
GIRLS COULDN'T
 TELL DIFFERENCE Thought the Fellows Had Beautiful Teeth Yet They Were Porcelain Crowns Much Like Nature and
 Friends Can't Tell One of Many Incidents Link ed Together in Invincible Proof of Porcelain's Nat alness.

party or young men and women recently was assembled when the sub- ject of teethm sprung up from a re- mark of one of the ladies, who, in all sincerity said she had never known of three fellows before, at one meet ing, to have such beautiful teeth. The fact of the matter is that two of the three men had several porcelain crowns in prominent parts of the mouth, and although these young people were all very we'll acquainted. none but those who possessed the DOT celain dental work knew of it's exist ence. This is only one of the many occurrences that link themselves to- gether in an invincib1e argument in favor of the porcelain or natural method of, teeth restoration and re- pair as practiced by Dr. Weidlich in this city with such absolute success and satisfaction. Natural dentistry can only be successful, however, with the natural dentist, and the natural dentist is the one who is possessed of the ability to think. plan and antic- ipate the result of his work. When he looks your teeth over a carefully thought out plan of how this and that will work out to your advantage finds it's way through his lastly and accu- rately working mind. With such plans before him he begins his operations, and works so closely along natural lines, which even go into the fine de- tail of reaching a certain color of porcelain crowns to harmonize: with the very shade ofyour own teeth, that there can be but one outcome, and that is a natural looking and acting set of teeth. If your teeth are un- sound and need the attention of the dentist, why not by all means go to the dentist who can give you the kind of teeth that no one-not even a trained eye-can tell from your own It will not cost you anything to at least consult Dr. Weidlich at No. Citizens Building. Why don't you do so at once?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-17
CASTORIA
 ;. For Infants and Children.
 he Kind You Have Always Bought ,'snsssrs sssss the Of NsxkAzzzzsa
Sheriff and Posse
 After Train Robbers
Especial from United Press.)

Special from United Press.)
 Leadville, Colo, Sept. 17.-Sherif Campbell and a posse are today in hot pursuit of the five men who late last night tried to Hold up and rob a train on the Denver & Rio Grande railway, four miles west of Malta The ban dits dynamited the express car, but failed to get into the safe and got no booty.
 The robbers climbed on the engine at Malta, it is supposed, and when short distance outside of the town held up Engineer Smith and his fireman with revolvers. Smith was taken back and ordered to ask the express mes senger to open the door but the latter refused. The bandits then placed dy- namite under the car and blew the side out. Several charges of dyna- mite were exploded under the safe but without doing any damage excepting to the interior of the car. The rob bers then fled iii the darkness while trainmen made their way to a signal tower and called out the sheriff and his posse.
 The train, which is known as the Chicago-San Francisco express, usual ly carries much valuable express mat ter and gold shipments to the coast banks.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-17
POINTS OF INTER EST.
Butter, Butter.

Butter right out of the churn, sweet and rosy, fit for a king. Full cream cheese our private brand, nothing quite like it in town. Native eggs from nearby farms always fresh. Long Island, New York State and Western eggs wkrranteds new laid. If you like coffee, get the best produced, the fa- nous 1775 brand, Boston Coffee, choice teas. The Peoples Dairy, 130 State St. Telephone Geo. A. Robertson, 589.
 Sweaters Are in Great Demand now that the evenings are growing cooler Radford B. Smith has just received a lot of fine worsted coat sweaters suitable for men, women, boys and girls which will go cheaply at tomorrow's sale. Lots of other fall goods are on sale at very attrac- tive prices. This store saves it's GUS toners part of the money that would otherwise be paid out and also gives rebate coupons that are good for more merchandise for nothing.
 Painting and Decorating
 of every description, wall papers at bottom prices that is within the reach of everyone, coloring in very dainty effects. Atlantic lead, pure linseed oil; varnishes, brushes, waxing or pol ishing brushes, Johnson's Gold Eng fish Wax Voltax Paints, Alabastine Muralite Muresco, at the Joseph P. Coughlin Co, painters and decorators, dealers in painters supplies, TIT East Main street. Estimates. Phone 1164-3.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-17
THE MAN WHO DOES NOT

Advertise :s .irJI m it.' lll.- name. which stick in the public mind. arc those Of the advertissrS---those vhe iat theaS ught ahanA --
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-17

average to an increase of more than 50 per cent. over the new rates. The real increase of duty will not be ac- curately known for a year, until we have full returns of the imports and duties actually levied under the new law under the decisions of the Board of General Appraisers and the new Customs Court
 The revision thus appears to have been upward instead of downward. President Taft is expected to explain this fact away in his Middle West speeches. It is an extremely difficult task-that pervasive, persuasive smile will not accomplish it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-17

By far the most intelligible state- ment of the changes made by the new tarin appears in the September "Am- erican R eview of. Reviews" which says:
 The new act has increased the Ding ley rates in 300 instances, while reduc- ing them in 584 cases. The increases affect commodities imported in 1907 to the value of at least $1e5,844, POI, while the reductions affect not more than $132,141, ,074 worth of imports. Four lars worth of imports Con the basis of 190D remain subject to the same duties as under the Dingley tariff That is to say, 65 per cent. of the to- tai imports remain subject to the old rates, more than 15 per cent. of the total will be subject to higher duties, the average increase amounting to 31 per cent. over the Dingley rates; and less than 20 per cent. of the imports are to be subject to lower duties, the reduction being estimated about 23 per cent. below the Dingley rates. All Of these figures greatly under-esti- mate the increases of duty for the following reasons: First, they do not take into account the numerous changes (nearly all Increases of du- tyl due to- changes in classification, similar to the instances cited in the case of sawn wood, structural iron and cotton cloth; second, a large part Of the imports subject to ad va1orem duties will now be assessed on the ba6is of domestic prices instead of tho prices in foreign markets (with due allowance for freight and 7duty), ae has hitherto been the case; and, 6lnzily, the possibility, even if remote, 0f the application of maximunn rates fo Imports from some of the foreign eoIi1f1ieoI sich. will amount on the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-17

Circles and dog collars made of cut jet nail heads are exceedingly smart.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-17

X Discussion of the membership of President Taft's Tariff commission is in progress but thus far it does not throw much light upon the predilec- tions of the three members. Of Prof. Emery, chairman of the commission, 1t is said that instruction in Germany gave him f'strong protectionist ten dencIes;" on the other hand, the high tariM papers call him a Free Trader . radical tariff reformer,' etc. He Is Quoted as saying, "If the tariff has not been a benefit, it has to my mind been minor disease which the healthy body economic has been able to carry without great. injury,' and he rejects absolutely the claim that the starir has been the sole or chief cause of our industrial well-being.
 There is, however. fully as great in- terest in the. commissions field as in the views of it's members. When the tarif Conference report was before the Senate, Senator Hale declared in sub stance that the commission clause limited the field to consideration of duties upon products of countries which sdiscriminate against American products, and Senator Aldrich assert ed that the clause authorized the Pres ident ito employ whenever he pleas es without limit and to assign such duties ito them as he sees fit within the 1imitation of the maximum and minimum provisions and to assist the customs officers in the discharge of their duties."
 We are inclined to believe the Hale statement the more correct of the two. and that the Aldrich explanation was intended to becloud the matter. President Taft, however, appears to entertain the opposite opinion and we strongly hope that he is right.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-09-17
PURE FOODS AND

PURE FOODS AND
 PURE MEDICINES mean better. healthier, happier peo- ple It has been proved, however, that all medicines are not adulterated and worthless any more than are all food products.
 The wheat has been sifted from the chaff, and such medicines as Lydia E.. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, which is made from roots and herbs and complies with all conditions of the Pure Food and Drugs Law. will con tinue to hold it's place as the standard American remedy for female ills.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-09-10

petition was sent out to search for
the missing Sir John and his crews.
Rescue Efforts Add to knowledge.
In all, about Is rescue expeditions
set out from England and America
between the years 1S4S and 1854, and
each added to the general fund of arc
tic geography. Finally traces of the
missing ships and crews were discov.
cred through Eskimos, and in 1859
three sledging parties from Sir Leo
pold McClintock's relief expedition dis
covered all along the west and south
coast of King Williams island the re-
mains of articles and skeletons that
told the story of the disaster.
A record was discovered in a cairn
at Point Victory which briefly told the
history of the expedition up to April
rs, 1S48. The record tells the tale of
Franklin's death and the beginning OF
the end in these words:
April Is, 1S4S, H. NJ. ships Terror
and Erebus we're deserted on April
%, five leagues north-northwest of
this, having been beset since Septem-
Der II, 1916. The officers and crew,
consisting of los souls, under the
command of Capt. F. r. M. Crozier,
landed here in latitude 50 degrees Al
minutes. Sir John Franklin died
June II, 1S47, and the total loss by
deaths in the expedition has been to
this date nine officers and Is men"
Il ;~or$~ xyLs1h ~r1t0~1 Civ
John led to the discovery of 1000
miles of coast line. Among the ex.
peditiones which started out from
America as a result of the interest
aroused were those of De Haven and
Griffith, 1850, and of DR.. Kane, in 1853,
and later of DR.. Hayes and Hall.
Andree Only Serious B%alIoonist.
The only really serious balloon at
tempt that I've has been made to
reach the pole was hat of Andree, a
Norwegian, and that probably has
ended fatally. Andree started from
Danes island, Spitzbergen, on July II,
1897. In the balloon with him were
d. S. T. S%trindberg and Herr
Fraenckell. His balloon was 81 feet
in diameter with a capacity of 10000
cubic feet.
He estimated that he would reach
the pole in six days, provided a favor.
able and constant wind was blowing,
Two days after he departed a message
was received from Andree, by carrier
pigeon. The message said that at
noon, July IL, they were in latitude
1922 degrees and longitude 1875 de-
grees east, and making good progress
to the east. ten degrees southern.
A year later Eskimos brought into
Hudson bay pieces of cordage and
basket work which are supposed ia
have belonged to the Andree balloon
Several expeditions have been sen
in search of him without result.
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Story Of the Search
That Baffled Dar-
ing Explorers
for Centuries
Records of Peary, Nan
sen and Others Who
Sought Magic Point
lll-Fated Attempt of
Balloonist Andree

The name of DIR. Frederick A. Cook,
the intrepid American explorer, will
60 down in history as having solved
a problem that has baffled the most
daring spirits for centuries past. His
successful feat in locating the long
sought north pole is considered all the
more remarkable because of the fact
that in the final dash he was the only
white man in the party, having been
accompanied only by two hardy Es-
kimos.
The search for the north pole is an
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compared with the splendid jewel for
which was straining my life"
Peary Plants Flag in Ice.
Peary planted a flag on the highest
pinnacle of the ice field and left a
bottle containing a record of his e
petition. On the return trip an ice
bridge spanning a lead gave way with
the Peary party and set them adrift
on q foe. They were carried east
steadily for five days until they were
obliged to use their sledges for fuel
and some of the dogs for food. They
finally succeeded in crossing the lead
on young ice which sagged with every
step. On May IL Peary and his COM
rades landed on the north coast OF
Greenland, and there met n Of the
supporting divisions which also had
drifted to the land on an ice foe.
Until Peary's third attempt the duke
of the Abruzzi's expedition held the
record in the struggle to gain the
pole. On March %, 1900, the duke
and his party were at a latitude OF ~
degrees 33 minutes north. Unlike
Peary and DR.. Cook, the dukes party
made their attempt with sledges from
the north shore of Franz josef land,
| establishing the base of supplies there.
| When they started out they figured
| thew would have to make 40 miles In
As days.
Certainly" said Capt. Cagni, who
was with the duke ON the expedition,
ut seemed overbold. even to ourselves,
to count upon a daily march of more
than ten miles"
After the dukes party got under
! way they found actually that they
made less than ten miles q day, al
though those figures were exceeded
a little on the march back.
The duke of the Abruzzfs party
started north from Franz Josef land
February Is. They encountered VIC
lent winds and bitter cold. On March
% three men were sent back to estab
fish communication with the base 81
supplies. They " more were
seen. 1t was on May IL that the dukes
party reached the latitude IS degrees
and 50 minutes. There two cylinder
containing q record Of the expedition
were left. The party did not get bacl
to Teplitz bay until June ~.
Nansen One Of the Hardest.
DR.. Tridtjof Nansen ranks with NJ
duke OF the Abruzzi and Peary ~
pole hunter. He made - record Q
Sc degrees and ~ minutes on April
1895.
He started out with his good shil
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GENERA AQRIXA INTERVIEWING
<RHXlLY. MNR ~o

wholly unfamiliar. The veterans Of
the Cuban campaign. who have been
sent to Melilla because the govern
ment Is DESTROYS of keeping its most
effective forces at home to deal with
popular discomfort, have not fought
against mountain tribes. The season.
too, is against them: the Rin country
Is passing through the hottest time Of
the year, and though the Spaniard 10
well Injured to heat, he can hardly bA
expected to carry on an active cam
paign under the intolerable glare Of
the African u in August. To make
matters worse there are rumors that
the equipment of the soldiers ID not a.
good as 1t should be, and that the
preparations for a foreign campaign
are inadequate. The suspension OF
constitutional guarantees throughout
the country and the suppression Of
news from the seat of war are clear
signs of Senior Maura's intention to
re-y uron bayonets at home and
abroad. 1t Is in vain that those who
wish him well remind him publicly
and privately hat he is "jugando con
ell fuego" (playing with fire.. He is
playing a gamblers game. If the
Spanish forces succeed in Morocco he
will be able to crush the republican
and labor parties in such a fashion
that they will not be able to lift their
heads. while he remains in office. He
knows now, if he did not know before,
who and where are the most deter
mined enemies of mis- absolutism. II,
on the other hand, the Spanish arms
meet with further severe reverses and
there is an insurrection in Spain, he
will have lost nothing by holding out
to the last. The whole tragedy of the
business lies In the fact that the Rif.
fans did not wish to fight and the
Spaniards did not want to fight: but
the central government in Madrid has
ignored the wishes Of everybody, and
has plunged the country into the ad-
venture that may result in q disas-
ter of the first magnitude.
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undertaking that has attracted many
adventurous spirits since the middle
of the nineteenth century, and for
hundreds of years before that intrepid
European explorers had been sacri-
ficing life and limb in an endeavor to
1nd a northwest or northeast passage
through the ice fields to the wealth
Of the orient.
The best previous record to DR..
Cooks reported final triumph was that
of Capt. Robert E. Peary, who on
April rs, 1906, reached a lititude of 81
degrees 6 minutes north, or q station
within 200 statute miles of the pole.
This raj Peary's third attempt to
reach the much sought spot, and he
now is at Etah, on the west coast Of
Greenland, preparing for his fourth
dash into the northern ice fields.
Peary started on his sledge jour
ney over the ice field about three
weeks earlier in the season-February
IS, 1906. to be exact. Peary left land
at Point Moss. Peary had 81 Eskimos
and 100 dogs. He divided his party
into several divisions, his idea being
to keep in touch through these differ
emit divisions with q base of supplies.
Peary found the sledging for the first
80 miles from land rough and progress
slow.
Six Days Travel Without Sun.
He had his first glimpse Of the sun
six days after he had started. AS the
party got further from land, however,
the sledging improved, but the leads,
or openings in the ice, became more
frequent. On the sixth day out, at "a
degrees 80 minutes north, Peary and
his party struck a lead that held them
up for nearly q week. They finally
got across. over a two-mile stretch OF
young ice. Then they were held up
for six days more by q terrific wind
and snow storm. When they were
ready to resume their march pole
ward they found they had been carried
10 miles to the eastward by the o
Capt. Peary sent two Eskimos back
to establish connections with the al
visions behind. The Eskimos returned
after three days and reported that
they found only open water. Peary
could no longer depend on his support.
ing parties and he made up MS mlno
that . quick dash for the pole was his
only hope.
He abandoned everything that
wasn't absolutely necessary and start
cd. his men trotting behind him IN
Indian fle. In ten hours they made
20 miles. A. Peary advanced b
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found the character of the ice i'm
proved, the foes much larger, and the
leads narrower, but increased in mum
bers.
He noticed also that all the cracks
in the ice were at right angles to their
curse and that the ice on the north
ern side of the cracks moved much
more rapidly than that on the south
ern.
The dogs began to give out under
the strain, and as they dropped Peary
fed them to the surviving animals. He
pushed on until March 81, when he
looked at his worn out dogs and al.
most empty sledges and decided to
turn back.
Il thanked God" said he later,
with as good grace as possible for
what l had been able to accomplish,
although it was but an empty bauble
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Costly Foundations.

The cost of foundations for new
buildings in New York runs at times
into very high figures, says the Scien-
tific American. The contract for the
foundation work Of the new 26-story
municipal building to be erected at
the Brooklyn bridge entrance has just
been let to the Foundation company
for $1,443,1 47. The caissons must be
carried down below the subway sta
ton to rock, which lies in places so
feet below street level.