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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17
DID ORGANISE
 STEAL COAL
 FROM CHURCH
Vida Charged that Organist, Choir Master, Janitor and
 Instructor Stole Coal.
At Behest of Presbytery of. Hungarian Reformed! Church Gall Sues Vida for Sander = Claimed that Coal Came from Dump Twenty-Five Witnesses Called.

Judge Wilder. in the City Court this morning, heard a civil suit. wherein Anthony Gall. organist, choir master, janitor. and instructor, of the Hun garian Reformed church. in the. West End. is the plaintiff. and asking for $50 damages from Charles Vida, hlacksmith's helper in a shop across the way from the church. Gall alleges that Vida made the statementi that he saw Gall stealing coal from the church building
 About 25 witnesses were called FL. pert Q. Hull appeared for the plain Llff and Jacob Klein for the defendant Gall testified that for his mtItitudinous services he received the sum of $425 year; that he had lost his job as tf1ea result of the charges made against1 him. but was working without pay At the present time at the request of tha4 minister. and that the Presbytery of the church had decreed that he could nave his job back again. providing that ne proved his innocence in court.
 Gall introduced testimony to prove that the coal found in his cellar came from the dump of the Bridgeport Cas- Light company. Victor Lndeuuist E: employed by the Gas Light Company said that the coal he had seen in Galiss shed was coal that had come from the gas house.
 Attorney Klein filed an answer to the complaint, in which he admitted
 
 fore ehe meeting of the Presbytery that he had seen Gall coming from the church with coal in a wheelharrow, and that what he said was true Id vas denied that fida ever said that Gall had stolen coal. On the witnesa stand Gall claimed that Vida had shouted in the street in front of tha church. that he had seen the witness steal coal. using the Hungarian word for steal.
 Attorney Hull said to the court that he was establishing a case for the future. and introduced witnesses to- show that Gall had been organist of the church for Il years. and up to the| time of the charge of theft. had stood high in the community.
 About a month ago Gall instituted. similar suit against another membef| of the Parish, but it was withdrawn<' as it was thought that a suit against Vida would afford the best opportunity for him to regain his job. Judgd Wilder took the papers.
 Gall was accompanied by married daughter, who heard the evidence with apparent interest.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17
SMITH DIVORCE WILL BE HEARD
 BY COMMITTEE
Judge Curtis Denies the Decree to Merwin ID. Nor gan of Newtown, Who Would Put Away Wife for DeSertiOn.

Judge Howard J. Curtis. sitting in the Superior Court, civil side, appoint ed William H. Comley, Jr., commit tee to hear evidence in the divorce ac- tion brought by Jessie Carl Smith, against Edward c. Smith, formerly proprietor of Smiths Theatre.
 The suit of Merwin D. Morgan of Newtown, against his wife Amelia Morgan, of Providence, for a divorce upon the ground of desertion, which was heard last week, Cu1linan & Gull linan for the plaintiff, was denied. The court was unable to find that Mrs. Morgan had deserted her husband, while there was much in her story of his variegated career to indicate that the contrary might be true.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17
Especial from United Press )

Especial from United Press.)
 Washington, May 1.-The first in- stalment of the results of an inquiry by the Bureau of Corporations into the systems of state taxation of man. ufacturing, mercantile and transpor- tation interpretations throughout the United States, was published today by Herbert Knox Smith, commissioner of Corporations.
 Today's chapter is devoted to the New England states. In his letter of transmitta1 to President Taft, Smith comments upon the wide diversity in these forms of taxation in the various States and the fact that the admins tration of the corporate tax laws ranges from a system highly develop ed and handled centrally by state of ficials with large powers, to no cen tra1ized administration whatever. He believes that the report will be par ticularly interesting to legislators and tax officials.
 He says in part:
 ''The taxation of individuals is sub Stantially the same throughout New England Corporate taxation, on the in theory and in practice. 1ndIv1du- a1s are taxed on property. Corpora tions are taxed on property, or on in come, or on a combination of both, or on capital stock, either par or mar ket value or occaSiona1ly-as in the case of telegraph and telephone com panies-on mileage or number of in struments. Administration ranges from a system highly developed, han d1ed centrally by state officials with large powers, to no centralized ad- miniStratiOn whatsoever.
 stPartieu1arly Interesting is the Mas sachusetts taxation of corporate ex- cess,' on the market value of stock less property otherwise taxed, and applied to all domestic corporations. adding also their bonded indebtedness as measure of ability to pay taxes
 Railroads are among the largest taxpayers. In Maine they are taxed transportation receipts; in New Hafnp- shire, on property, but through a State board; in Vermont, upon gross earn ings; in Massachusetts, by the State on their corporate excess, lmarket value of stock, less amount of prop erty taxed locally), and by the towns on much of their property; in Rhode Island, on real property by the local authorities; in Connecticut, on the sum of bonded debt and market value Of stock.
 "Other publfc-service corporations, such street railway, telegraph, tele- phone, express, car, gas, and electric companies, are most often brought un- der special and new systems of taxa ton. Taxation of public service cor porations on gress receipts is growing in use. Maine and Vermont use this largely; Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island in part; but New Hampshire not at all.
 Massachusetts alone succeeds appre- ciably in efforts to tax specially the manufacturing and mercantile corpora tions. This State taxes the corpora ton itself on it's corporate excess through the State Tax Commissioner. The other States make unsuccessful
 tContinued on Second Page)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17
Weather Indications.

New Haven. May 17.-Forecast: fair tonight and Tuesday.
 A slight disturbance central over Ohio is producing cloudy weather in the eastern portion of the lake region and New England. The disturbance in western Texas is producing cloudy weather with light local showers in the southwest. Cool, pleasant wealth CT prevails in the central sections. It was showing this morning at Helena, Montana.
 Conditions favor cloudy weather for this vicinity, followed by fair and not much change in tempereture.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17
POSSES HUNTING
 ESCAPED CONNECTS
Special from United Press.)

Rutland, Vt, May H.-PosseS Of armed deputies from the Massachu- setts prison guards and a great num- Der Of citizens are searching the coun- try around here to-day for five con- victs who escaped from that institu- ton early yesterday. During a steady downpour of rain the chase was kept up all day Sunday without result but the searchers started afresh to-day confident of getting their men before night. The men who escaped are Henry Tyler, colored, 2S years; Fred erick Williams, 19; Timothy E. O'Cal- lahan, 3S; Charles Moore, 21, all of Boston, and Joseph Murtagh 29, of New York. The men were serving sentences for larceny and were tenn rorarily inmates of the hospital. They made their escape by saving windows.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17

s'The recent outbreak of foot
 and-mOuth disease in Michigan,
 New York, Pennsylvania, and
 Maryland started from calves
 used in the propagation of small
 pOx vaccine virus which had been
 contaminated with the virus of
 foot-and-mouth disease, and the
 contaminated strain of vaccine
 originally came from a foreign
 country.
 'sThese are the conclusions from
 an investigation made jointly by
 the Bureau of Animal Industry of
 the Department of Agriculture
 and the Public Health and Marine
 Hospital Service of the Treasury
 Department report of which has
 just been issued.
 ''Ihe investigation was conduct
 ed by Dr. John R. Mohler. chief
 of the Pathological Division of
 the former bureau, and Dr. M. J.
 Laboratory of the latter bureau" Washington, May 17.-A stat ement is- sued to-day by the Bureau of Anima Industry follows:
 "Foot-and-mouth disease was dis covered among cattle in Pennsylvania 1A, 1908. and was reported to the Deparfnent If Agriculture by the State veterinarian of Pennsylvania A few days later it was found also 1T Michigan. New York. and Maryland.
 '1n view of the strict quarantine maintained by the Department O. on imported live stock and the fact that the importation of rumi- nants from countries where this dis ease existed was prohibited entirely the Department considered it highly that the infection was brought in with animals.
 "When. therefore, the disease was traced by inspectors of the Bureau ot Animal Industry to calves that haC been used for vaccine by a Detroit Parke, Davis & Co.,, and the cases of longest standing were found among these calves, these facts caused Secretary of Agriculture James and Dr. A. D. Melvin. Chiet of the Bureau of Animal Industry both of whom had gone to Detroit to make a personal investigation of the outbreak, to suspect that the vaccine was contaminated with the virus o1 disease.
 "As the United States Public Health and Marine-Hospita1 Service was charged by law with the supervision of biological products used in human medicine, that Service was requested to join the Bureau of Animal Industry in making an investigation.
 'The main facts regarding the out break as brought out in the report are as follows:
 .'The H. K Mulford Company of Glen O1den, Pa, imported certain smallpox vaccine virus which was contaminated with the infection of foot-and-mouth disease. In May, 1908, some vaccine of this strain was procured by Parke, Davis & Co.,, of Detroit. Calves used by the latter firm in propagating vaccine, were sent October 16 to the Detroit stock yards and thence on the same day to a farm near Detroit On October 20 three carloads of cattle from points in Michigan reached the Detroit stock yards and were put into the pens that had been occupied by the vaccine calves four days previously. Some were sold
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17
Might Have Been Saved If Body Had Been Taken from Water When Will liam Holmes First
 Saw It.
Water Was But Four Feet Deep and Theory is that Young Man Painted = Identification Made by His Brother, James, This Morning.

John J. Kelly, a promising young man, the son of John J. Kelly of 2S1 Helen street, was drowned in four feet of water in Fresh Pond, Stratford, yesterday. His remains were identi- fled by his brother James, this morn ing and the body was removed from Curtis undertaking rooms in Strat- ford, to the home in this city, by Gull linan & Mullins, the well known un- dertakers.
 The body was discovered by William Holmes, Stratford, at 10 o'clock, yes- terday morning. It was floating on the surface of the stream. The fact that the body was floating is said to indicate that it had not been long in the water, and the belief is expressed that had immediate help been given, the young man could have been resus- citated.
 Holmes very naturally supposed, however, that the body had been in the water so long that it had risen to the surface. He notified the authori- ties and some time elapsed before the body was taken aShort.
 It is believed that Kelly tainted It appears that he had taken a fishing pole early Sunday, with other para phernalia, and Fresh Pond being a fa- vorite resort of fishermen had gone there immediately. The pole was found sticking in the mud beside the body. The young man is survived by his pa rents, three sisters and two brothers. He was a member of Rock Circle, B. of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17
FORTY HOURS DEVOTION.

The devotions of tue forty hours opened yesterday at St. Anthonys church. The altar and ,5anctuary were tastefully decorated and visiting priests are assisting in hearing confes- sions The devotions will close tomor- row morning.
 thony, patron saint of the church. are held every Tuesday night at 8.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17
CARD OF THANKS.

The undersigned desire to extend their most sincere thanks to friends and relatives for the many kindnesses shown during their late bereavement in the loss of their beloved daughter, Catherine Kelly. Especially are we grateful to the Children of Mary of the Sacred Heart church of which or ganization the deceased was a member. To all those who sent floral tokens we are also grateful.
 MIR AND MRS. PATRICK KELLY
 AND FAMILY
 asp 142 Hanover Street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17
EPIDEMIC OF FOOT AND MOUTH
 DISEASE WAS CAUSED BY
 CONTAMINATED VACCINE VIRUS
Facts Made Public Today by the Bureau of Animal In dustry, United States
 Department of Agri- culture. Unfortunately the, Disease When Communicated to Man Is Very Seldom
 Fatal" According to
 Bureaus Report.

Licenses of Firms Selling
 Vaccine Revoked and As Much of the Virus As Could Be Found Called In
 Suppression of Epidem- ic Cost $3OO,OOO-C Calves Used for Production of Alleged Small Pox Pre- ventive Sold for Slaughter
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17

A bunch of keys bearing the name of E. l.. Dearborn upon name plate attached to the same have been turn ed over to the police X
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17
SUPERINTENDENT
 WOULD ADOPT THE
 BERTILLON SYSTEM
Improved Methods of Iden- tifying Criminals Sug- gested in Annual Report of Department Chief to Commissioners.

Pickpockets Give City a Wide Berth Because They Get No Protection, Report Says-Number of Arrests Shows Further Decrease Captains Recommended
 for Precinct Commanders.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17
REPORT ON
 TAXATION IN
 CONNECTICUT

First Installn1ent of Results of Inquiry by Bureau of Corporations, Which Is Devoted to New England States, Published Today by Commissioner Herbert Knox Smith.
 Over Four-fifths of the To tai Revenue for State Purposes in Connecticut Comes from Taxations of Railroads, with the Saw ings Banks and Insurance Companies Following.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17

WANTED Experienced body machine ironer at once. Good wages. Bridgeport Steam Laundry.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17

CASCA-LAxINE TABLETS cure bil-z iousness and constipation. Follow the direction. U 12
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17

WANTED.-EXperien girls, on pa,{ per box making; also ten small girl4 to learn box making. Apply to Pa{ per Box Department, The Warned Brothers Company, Warren and At< 1antic StS. R Il d
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17

TO RENT@7 rooms, all Improvements. steam heat furnished, 590 Park ave- nue. Tel. 2801-4. U 2S tfo
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17

SAUSAGE that's home made, also 1ivt CT pudding and blood pudding car be purchased tomorrow at Mark Na< gle's, 652 East Main street, and John Porter's, SIS Warren St. Thes( goods are made by Biltz at 95 State St. H II If. 35
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17

FOR SALE.-License, and stock of sa- loon in this city, for $45O. Good To- cation and business. Address for full particulars, Saloon, this office.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17

HOT LUNCH, daily at Morton's Cafe 15s Fairfield Avenue. Everhardt,s NJ r. lager and Smiths Philadelphia Ale on draught. T tfo
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17

FOR SALE--New two family houses 12 rooms, Noble avenue near Roose- welt St., James Spargo, Room 1O6 Warner Bldg, or 1285 Noble Ave. Warner Bldg, or 1285 Noble Avenue. Phone 1531)
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17

TO RENT+ rooms. Gas. set tubs,
 etc. Crescent Ave, opposite No. 2 Engine House, $9.50. Inquire No. 79
 William St. R17 If.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17

NOW, NOW. NOW, is the time to get rid of your corns before hot weather. Dr. Mansfield, POI Meigs Building, afternoons and Sundays. a*
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17

JAMES J. STEPHAN. popular hatters and verify H 30 If o 1
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-05-17
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YOURS for a good smoke at Woods .tSmoke-shop'', 61 Cannon St. as TO RENT-Suite of rooms suitable for physician; also three connecting rooms. 467 State St.
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Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-12
IIoaaiIltlaa In the All.


Every failure 70 control the balloon,
The the recent experience or Zeppelin,
gives military aeronautics a black eye,
Military men are conservative, and
they have 20 be. Blunders and fail,
ures IN war give the enemy his op.
portunity. The good commander Ii
allow 70 take risks on now devices.
ola naval officers had no faith In the
Monitor until It made good. Only one
OF the prominent commanders In the
aixties had faith In submarine torpe,
does General Beauregard. There were
numerous novel plans for ending the
war put up 10 Grant when be took the
helm u 1854, but he discarded all new
IDEAS and fell back on the primitive
pgOceaa o. hammerlng.
American military men are not en-.
khnslaasic over the aerial warship for
execution. They only ask to have an
equipment abreast Of the times. Air
ahipa must be opposed 10 alrships,
WHISTLER their service be great or
small. II h conceded that airships
may accomplish something In the way
~ irregular woFk-scouting patFolling,
sudden attacks IN out OF the way
places and signaling. Success In thia
linz Of exploit WIN help an army com
mandsr. but failure win not be disaa-
tRoug Two or three airahip destroy.
err hava been invented. But destroy
e dsskroyeFs" win also be invented,
ana doubtless the aerial warshlp win
30 lat alone. 70 smash or be smashed,
i GEORGE L. KII.AfRR.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-12
A Land Of ChiIdren.

The current reflections on the census
bureau report that the American fam.
~ averaged one member less in 1000
than IN f7e0 may be unfair. Social
conditions have changed, and It may be
children are now born to n class which
gives them q better chance to live.
There are swarms Of children IN the
land. In some rural districts they are
not 10 numerous AZ they were a gener-
ation aga, but the towns and cities do
not seem 70 be lonely for lack Of little
ones.
For more than half 4 century the
material Development OF the United
States has attracted unmarried men
from al over the world. The steerage
crowds are largely made up Of men.
Tens Of thousands OF bachelors come
e. cabin passengers. Canada and the
countries south Of AZ are continually
pouring fortune hunting young men
into this land Of opportunity. Few Of
These raise families. but they all count
IN the census as adults and reduce the
proportion Of children In the popula-
ton. All thinga considered, the falling
or Of one In the family average ia mot
alarming.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-12
are the words
used by the great

emanc1pator IN his aas
nous speech, delivered at his old home to
his friends and neighbors at Springfield, Ill.
Recalling what little opportunity he had in
his early youth to get an education, and look
ing back to the days when he walked miles
and miles for book (for he then owned none
OF his own, Abraham Lincoln pleaded with
the rural and village people, his old friends
and associates to give their children better
chance-a chance to fight the battles of life
successfully.
SURELY YOU want to give your boys and girls better
chance not necessarily ooege education. but better still
home education 1t is always the school that gives the
education: give this opportunity better 70
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books. Oil how Lincoln cherished these.
What would Lincoln have said had you asked his advs
on buying great History of the World. entertaining
and educational Library for your home The Library d
Universal HiStoTys and especially if offered it
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We want you to these volumes, examine them IN
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you can decide That is what the family in the picur:
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It. See the volumes themseves-it costs you nothing.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-12

@Eighting Bob" Evans says the fu-
euFs naval scraps win open At ave mile
FamGa That ought to give sour artists
On the spot" time TO load kodaks and
sharpen pencils.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-12

no man who h writing the songs Of
sAe people these days win, OF course,
have biz innings. but Just now the
man who a writing tarlR laws has the
Ginger beaten TO a fraE1le.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-12

Weekly List Of Bargains.
s2.o-Each for good lots in Taylor's
Addition.
sz7s-Eaeh for two fine lots in Lake
shore Addition; street graded, city
water.
ssoo-Each for two lots in North Park
Addition.
0ez5-For double corner on Occur a.
Alene street, in o'Brien's Addition.
s3oO--For splendid lots in o'Brien's Ad-
dltion, only nine blocks from Post
once.
IMPROVED PROPERTY.
sso0-Five room house and lot. 5Ox14O
feet. on Fourth street
S0OO-Nice lot and s-room Bungalow In
Forest Heights; an ideal place for a
young couple.
e1O0O-For lots, one a corner, and
room house in TayIor's Addition. This
10 a snap and must be sold quick.
e1000-For room house, pantry and
closets, 2 pOrches. close in.
e10OO-For S room house on Occur a.
Alene street In oBrien's Addition.
p12oO-Double corner and room house.
plastered. in Simm's Addition. Land
IL 10Oxl4O. This ts bargain.
SI5OO-FIve lots and room house,
good well of water and gasoline
pump; can trrigate.
e10O0--S room house and corner lot in
OBrien's Addition.
e19OO-7 room plastered house and one
lot, in Lakeshore Addition. On grad
ed street; good buy.
P1OOO-Double corner and room house,
modern, in Taylor's Addition. A nice
home at q reasonable price.
021OO--5 room house and lot, only
blocks from center; pantry and 2
closets, 2 woodsheds; and including
household furniture. This Is good.
e21OO-Good lot on Fourth street, with
good store building; storage and barn
for three horses. Has good income
from rents.
e50OO--Five acres of fine gardene land
in city limits; Z room plastered house,
pantry and closets. 2 halls, 2 porches,
cellar, barn, outbuildings, poultry
plant for 400 chickens, $50 fruit trees,
grapes, and all kinds OF berries; city
water. This will make a fine home.
Don't Overlook O'Briem's Addition for
Fine Residence Lots.
AMERICAN TRUST COMPANY.
315 sherman Street.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-12

Getting = man locked mp ten years
was not much Of stunt for flour
bottles Of whisky" Often 1.-TWO fingers"
have put = man in limbo a. long a.
ehak
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-12

Think Of tAsir telling britannia. who
exc ruled The SEA, that she must lay
down battlsships or thrOw up her
hahasl
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-12

TAs days when EnSland's king Is
M ~ By cable are the days when +,
Mb aefAiEs crowd the wires.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-12

Must b that winter got frozen IN on
onion river before the open spell came,
fsr it hAa 10 work fun time 10 make
-lce four fest thick"
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-12

MsntiOa sOr the post of ambaasaaor
% England brings cut many = royal
seod fellow We had overlooked
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-12

Eotn o. people have been whiting
&C sha new lumber schedule. but they
aian't 40 Il altting On the fencS.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-12

IN kidnaplng Just one bog the Boylss
ktdnaped the peace OF mind Of NH
Hens % American paFeats-
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-05-12

Now b the time for railways to
stock ap with aparkleas fuel for loco
melivsa running through tho forests.