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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-29
ALDRIcH's BOAST

He Says He Could Save the Nation = $500, ,00o, ,0oo Year-Did He Mean to
 Abolish the Tariff?
 Senator Aldrich said recently in the senate that If he were allowed to run the government on business basis he could save $500 ,O0O year,
 The New York Times, commenting upon this statement, says:
 Senator Aldrich's economies would enable us to do away with customs taxes altogether, to make the United States of America free trade nation The customs revenues for the last 6s- cal year were just $977. .43S above three hundred millions. The@cost of living would come down at once. The bur den of tax upon raw materials would be lifted from our manufactures. Clothing of all kinds would be cheap CT. More than all, by afHXing his sig nature to bill abolishing tariff taxes President Taft would in half a minute bust more trusts than he can destroy with all the machinery of the depart ment of justice at his command dur ing his incumbency of the office of president, no matter how far it may be prolonged.''
 All this is as plain as monday. But the distressing fact is that MT. Aldrich and his protection policy continue to be responsible for more national waste than he can ever hope to repair. He stands for a system of favoritiSm which robs the great bulk of the peo- pie to enrich a pampered group of business interests. The greatest obsta- cle to Mir. Aldrich's laudable ideals of economy is-Aldrichism.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-29
NEWEST No"Es OF SCIENCE.

Of all the nations Sweden and Spain have the fewest alien residents.
 Four hundred gallons of milk a year is the average yield of a healthy COW.
 Seventy square feet of belt surface per minute will transmit one horse power.
 Women need, on the average, about nine-tenths the nourishment required by men
 If hydrogen gas be burned in liquid air it will produce steam in the form of snow.
 Germany, Russia and Austria exceed the United States in the production of potatoes.
 Freshly mined meerschaun1 is so soft that it may be used soap, giving an abundant lather
 LlitaracH a1nnnE the negroes of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-29
The Barred Gateway
twaterbury American.>


 The United States governments ex- penditure of $624,000 for the improve ment of Bridgeport harbor has aroused John l.. Matthews. the waterways ex- pert. For the life of his he cannot see where that $624, ,OO0 is going to be of great benefit to Bridgeport or the on the waterfront, with the exception of a paltry 48-foot strip. is owned by the New Haven railroad. which dis courages any idea of foreign commerce and restricts the local freight business to it's own vessels, thereby maintaining a comfortable control of rates. Sim liar conditions prevail in New Haven and Hartford, where it is asserted by MT. Matthews that the rail and water while on a third the rail rate is; cent lower. In each case the railroad dockage facilities are so inferior as to render heavy traffic impossible Sim liar conditions exist in almost every American seaport. San Francisco (where one might expect to find rail- New Orleans furnish the only import ant exceptions. Far different is the municipalities and private interests have united in compreI1 ensive plans of river, harbor and dockage improve ment so that not only Transportation, but unloading and trans shipment, have been reduced to the minimum of expense and uDlifted to the maximum ton steamers of 15 feet draft go in and out of the shallow Hamburg har- Dor carrying the goods of the world to and from her very doors- One never sees an ocean carrier in Bridge port harbor, although there is depth of water enough for a tramp of the Hamburg type. Instead Bridgeport's s foreign trade goods go in and out of the port of New York, paying not only the extra transportation charges but fheir share of the heavy rental charg- ed for pier use by New York city. MT. Matthews thinks we are a very fool ish people to keep our gateways bar red And he is still anxious to know who gets the benefit of that $624, GOO that was expended in Bridgeport.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-29
Broke the RuIa.

Creditor-Say. I sent you my bill a month ago. Gditor-Yes, but you wrote across the D lck of it. Please call and settle" We make it a rule to pay no attention to manuscripts written on both sides.-tCleveland Plain Dealer
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-29

Economically what difference is there between restricting the irnporta- ton of iron to benefit iron producers and restricting sanitary improvements to benefit undertakers ?-Henry George
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-29
A NIGHT ALARM

worse than an alar1n of fire at night is the metallic cough of croup. Care full mothers keep Fo1ey's Honey and Tar in the house and give it at the first sign of danger. Foley's Honey and Tar has saved many little lives. No opiat $. F. B. Brill and Curtis Pharmacy. "1-3-S
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-29

To1ey's Kidney Remedy will cure any case of Kidney or Bladder trou- ble that is not beyond the reach of medicine. No medicine can do more F. B. Brill and Curtis Pharmacy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-29

Uncertain ways unsafest are and doubt 8 grea ter mischief than despair. -Denham.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-21
WINCHESTER LOST
IN HILLY WILDS
Accused Land Swindler Strays
Away in Fields OF His
Operations
Ispeoial Dispatch 10 The CALI

l.
UKIAH, July 20.-G. A. Winchester,
who halls from San Francisco and who
in company with c. t. Blake of Sacra-
mento. as agent, duped several of the
Sacramento valley residents into buy
ing barren hillsides in this county
short time ago, is reported lost in the
Low Gap section, the field of his opera
tions. 1t will be remembered that Win
chester told prospective buyers OF fine
timber land in this county and agreed
to locate them on it for sums ranging
from 500 to $3.50, and thus acquired
several thousand dollars, giving them
numbers to their property. but when
they came to survey 1t out, they found
that their claims lay on rocky hillsides-
Winchester, Frank ]. Golden, attor-
ney at law with rooms in the Pacific
building, and c.. L. Baender, surveyor
from the bay city, came here last Satur-
day night and left early Sunday morn
ing for Low Gap in what is said to be
an effort to straighten out the lands in
controversy. After going through the
heavy brush for some time Winchester
became tired and sat down to rest.
The other two members of the party
continued on their way, trying to To-
cate a certain point. After an absence
of few hours they returned, but
winchester was not found. Only his
coat and sweater remained. When they
left him he had small can of beef
as his only food.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-21

A broken engagement, with the ro-
mantle aftermath of trip to foreign
lands, is the latest gossip that is buzzed
over, the teacups whenever the names
of Miss Hazel Dolph of Portland and
Ferdinand Theriot of this city are men
toned.
The handsome young clubman has
sailed away on the Chiyo Maru, after
telling the melancholy news to his
nearest friends. while Miss Dolph is on
her way to Europe with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cyrus Dolph of the north
ern city.
In the meantime Madame Grundy has
the rare morse1 for her own delecta-
ton, and says that the betrothal was
a sort of temperamental mistake, and
that the young folks were never suited
to each other" The real reason seems
to be a matter of conjecture. The
match could not have been imputed to
mercenary motives, since both of the
young people are Independently wealthy.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-21
CONSTABLE
Dunbar Blames Partner
TSpeciol Dispatch TO The Cdlll

SJJISJJN. July 20-'I have been in jail
before and I expect to be in jail again.
Before as it was this time, it was some
body else's fault but the next time I
will be alone. I will never take an
other partner, that was my mistake.
Even supposing we were guilty why
should we confess, Bishop is crazy to
do that" said Charles Dunbar to a Call
reporter this afternoon. Dunbar con-
tinues to refuse to implicate himself in
the train robbery although by his man
ner it is apparent that he realizes his
case is hopeless.
When told that Bishop had said that
he was afraid of him, his face dark
ened and he said: Yes, he has some
thing to be afraid of now. Waltz
Dunbar is short, with powerful shoul-
ders and a broad forehead and fine
large eyes, which express great deter
mination and vitality.
Bishop is even more repentant than
Yesterday, when he confessed. He said
this afternoon
II was afraid all along, but I was
more afraid of Dunbar than anything
else; he is a strange man."
Among other things, he said that the
robbery of the train became fixed
thing in his mind after Dunbar had
looked across the bay one day and said:
Wouldn't 1t be easy to rob that train
there and double back to here after
ward"
After that" said Bishop, 1--WE both
seemed to realize without saying 1t
that we were going to hold up the
train. I tried to break away from Dun
bar at various times, but there seemed
to be something about him which held
me- He treated me more like his ser
want than anything else and every time
we had a quarrel he came out best.
We thought about the numbers on the
guns giving us away, SO we cached
them and only unearthed them short
time before our arrest. / told Dunbar
to file off the numbers but he laughed
at me and /, let the matter drop.
81 don't know how 1t was we allowed
ourselves to be arrested. 1t all hap
Ipened SO suddenly. The constable COW
cred me as I was driving, then Dunbar
reached for his gun when he was COW
ure,i and we were both arrested
Dunbar said that he was not reach
ing for his gun, but was attempting to
loosen it, and let 1t drop into the
wagon so that it would not be found
on him. Bishop Is slender and looks
weakly. There is a weak, wavering
EXPRESSION in his eyes. He talked half
an hour today with a Call represent
alive about religion. He is firmly of
the opinion that he will not live to
finish the sentence he expects to get.
The officials who examined the men
belieye that Dunbar furnished the
brains and energy used in the robbery,
and that Bishop was his tool.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-21
Many Victims Here

1t was in November of last year that
Donna Seymour, "a handsome woman.
large. blonde. commanding, queenly in
appearance" as one of her victims
reminiscently described her. left San
Francisco. Behind her rose wall from
scores of actresses, chorus girls. princi-
pals. tenors. bassos. sopranos and come
dians who had been engaged to take
part in the mammoth theatrical pro-
ductions which she said she intended
staging.
Donna first clipped the wings of the
near theatrical people in the city of
angels. She came to San Francisco
early last September, visited the Fair
mont and the St. Francis. and gagged
the field Then she went back and in
serted in a Los Angeles paper a little
want ad which told the world that she
was desirous of obtaining cashier for
an opera company.
The ad was read attentively by Mar
tin H eBard of this city, formerly of
Los Angeles. who was attracted by the
hope of the $25 week salary offered.
with no more work to do than advance
a 5000 bond. He visited Donna Sey-
mour at the Belasco theater in Los
Angeles and there she condescended to
take his bond. Beard was happy.
EMPLOYED ADVERTISEMENT
During the Portola festival she
stayed at various hotels here and in
sar+ad IN, local naners another ad TO the
effect that she wanted an honest ticket
collector who could put up a bond OF
$500. N NJ. Burdick OF the Hotel
Larne, 210 Ellis street. spotted the Sec
ond ad and put up 5000. Donna bought
him a SIS dinner and that was all the
return ever made on his money.
Donna then gathered about 80 near
Thespians and began holding rehear-
sails. first at the Central. then at tha
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-21
SOCIETY COUPLES
ENGAGEMENT BROKEN

The engagement was announced last
season The couple met while Miss
Dolph was the guest of Mrs. Eleanor
Martin in this city. The wedding was
to have been an event of September,
and the bride elect, who was a great
favorite. was extensively entertained
in Portland.
She is a. niece of the late Senator j..
N. Dolph, and has more than the aver
age society girls share of brains and
beauty. Ferdinand Theriot, who came
from New York, is a cousin of Eugene
de Saba He is a grandnephew of Peter
Marie, who was for many years lead
ing beau in the exclusive circles of the
eastern city. His father was a banker
of Paris, and at Harvard he had an in
teresting career. In San Francisco he
has been favorite in the clubs and in
society. He is a member of the Uni
versity club, and lived at the club house
until the last month. He was one of the
ushers at the wedding of Miss Gene
We've Harvey and Ward Barron.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-21
BOY,S JUGULAR VEIN
CUT BY STINGAREE
Lad Bleeds to Death Within
Four Minutes

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla, July 20.-
Death in an almost unheard of form
waited for Laurence S. Baker, an II
wear old Jacksonville lad, when he
dived from a boat while swimming in
Lake Worth yesterday.
A stingaree, large. fiat bodied and
grewsome species OF warm water fish.
was lurking just under the boat.
One of the barbed spines, which this
fish carried on its whiplike tail.
pierced the boys neck. cutting the
jugular vein He rose to the surface,
crying for help. and bled to death with
in four minutes.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-21
|RAFFIES' ADVICE TO
WOMAN He. ROBBED
Especial Dispatch TO The CALI

SACRAMENTO, July 2O.-After re-
moving a valuable necklace from Mrs.
A. E. Ross while she lay asleep last
night. a burglar who had all the char
acteristics of modern Raffies awoke
his victim to inquire if there was any
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-21
train BANDITS
MAY Have Held
Up POSTOFF|CE
S. P. Detective Chief Convinced
Benicia Robbers Committed
Southern Crime
Bishop Crazy to Confess, | Will
Never Take Another PART
ner,' Says Dunbar

Convinced that in the capture of
Charles Dunbar and Carl D. Bishop,
alias Brown, the men who held up and
robbed the oriental mail in the Suisun
marshes near Martinez at midnight.
April 16, the long arm of the law has
drawn in the men who robbed teh
postofice of Armade, Riverside county.
June Is. Patrick Kindelon, chief of the
Southern Pacific railroad company's Sc
cret service bureau, yesterday wired
instructions from this city to Fairfield,
where the men are now incarcerated,
TO confront Bishop with the additional
charge.
STOLE A BUGGY
In the robbery of the Armade post
office the men secured a large quantity
of 8 cent stamps and stole rubber
tired buggy in which they made their
escape. 1t is believed that the rig in
which Bishop and Dunbar were riding
the description of the one stolen from
Riverside county. Kindelons belief is
strengthened by the fact that in their
possession Constable Judge and Sheriff
j. j. Mcdonald of Solano found a num-
Der of cent stamps.
According to Kindelon's informa-
ton, which he wired last night to
Fairfield, the men who turned the trick
at Armade were camping in a nearby
canyon. One gave the name of c. B.
Dunbar and asked for mail on several
occa sions. When the office was robbed
there also was stolen a pair of field
glasses an da shotgun. The officials
of Riverside county were able to trace
the robbers for some distance, but did
not locate them.
PRAISES CONSTABLE
Kindelon gives unstinted praise to
Constable Judge for his nerve in effect
ing the arrest of the men on the open
road Saturday. Judge chased the two
robbers until they ran into a crowd OF
men, who, while Judge covered Dun
bar and Bishop with his revolyers,
handcuffed them AS a result of the
daring capture Judge will in all prob
ability receive the $4,000 reward offered
by the railroad company and the $1,000
reward posted by the federal govern
ment.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-21
SAENGERBUND OPENS
WITH 1000 SINGERS
Twenty-fourth Annual Gather
ing Attracts Crowd to Omaha

OMAHA, July 2o.-The twenty fourth
opened in Omaha tonight, with nearly
1000 singers present
All day long trains from all points in
the west and northwest brought hun
dreds of visitors.
The great saengerbund chorus will
give its first program at the Audito-
rum tomorrow afternoon.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-21
4OO,O0G;OOO,OOO
FLIES CAPTURED
Billions of Household Pests Are
Being Destroyed Every Day
in Interior Cities
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

SACRAMENTO. July 2O.-The crusade
started by the state health officers
against the common house fly through
out the state has meant destruction to
millions of flies, according to Secretary
Snow of the state board of health.
In Fresno, Doctor Snow says, they
are catching 1O0.00O,O00 900 each day in
street cages, and when the work
started several days ago 400, 900 900, 900
were caught in a day, the oil fields
being responsible for the presence of
so many flies.
Hanford is catching 100000 day.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-21

thing else in the house worth taking
Assured that there was no money and
no more jewelry, the burglar proceeded
to lecture Mrs. Ross about the folly OF
leaving the doors and windows of her
house open. after which he made his
exit.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-21
VAN-LIEW'S TRIAL
WILL BEGIN FRIDAY
Normal School President Fails
in Securing Delay
Tseeeiol Dispotch 10 The C0HI

CHICO, July 20.-There will be no
delay in the hearing of the charges
against DR.. c. c. Van Lew, president of
chico Normal, accused OF improper Con
duct toward young women students of
the institution. Van Lew sought
postponement of the trial, but this has
been denied and the case will be heard
Friday. Van Lew was yesterday re-
elected president of the free library
bcar&.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-21
WARSHIP Sent TO
WARN NICARAGUA
Marines May Be Landed to Pro-
tect Americans, as COnsul's
Life Is Menaced

WASHINGTON, July 20.-Fear ex-
lists that Edwin F. Trimmer. United
States consul at Cape Gracias, Mica
ragua, may be assaulted or possibly
even assassinated, and it has been de-
cided to send the cruiser Tacoma to
that port to investigate. If conditions
demand it, marines will be landed to
protect American lives and property.
This was the report made to the
state department today by Thomas P.
Moffatt, United States consul at Blue
fields Two officers and As men were
ordered to Cape Gracias on the Ia
coma, he said after a conference be-
tween himself and Commander Hines
of the Dubuque
An article in La Nacion, an official
Madriz organ published at Managua,
indicated the feeling in Nicaragua
against Americans. In part it reads
as follows:
I'VE Nicaraguans have some limited
means to which we may resort as a
final recourse if it comes to the point
that the Yankee tries to execute his
threat. Let us lay hands on all the
North Americans residing in Nicaragua
and let us say to Mr.. Taft: For each
shot you hurl against US, head of one
of your countrymen shall roll on the
ground
Let us organize in the form of a
powerful coalition, to the end that in
all the Latin American countries no
goods shall be purchased from the
United States; making our people un-
derstand that this is the most efica-
cious method of combating the COM
mon enemy of our race, so proud on
account of its power. so insolent on
account of its pride and so detestable
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-21
Detective Offered Bribe

I'm not Mrs Seymour, and besides,
don't know you," replied the woman
with a smile that threw OBrien al
most of his guard well. you'll know
me better, T hope" said O'Brien.
Come along. The chief wants to see
you AT this the woman wilted and
She offered O'Brien $500 if he would
let her go and turn in a report of mot
found The woman's regret seemed to
be that she was due in New York
Saturday morning.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-21
Litigation Over Springs
FSpecioI Disodtch TO The Call


SAN DIEGO, July 2o.-The arrest of
D. w. Mckay by the Mexican author
tiles at Tia Juana grows out of liti-
cation for possession of the Tia Juana
hot springs, said to have curative
powers for rheumatism.
The springs are located on the orig
inal Tia Juana grant, and it is claimed
by the Arguello heirs. About a year
ago McCay brought his wife to San
Diego. For years she had been af-
fiicted with rheumatism. He took her
to Tia Juana, where she began to i'm
prove. So pleased was he with the
results that he decided to make a per-
manent home there.
He succeeded in making a bargain
with one of the Arguello heirs for an
interest in the estate and built home
on the ground he thus acquired. Ac-
hot springs have been in the hands
of Albert Arguello, who is said to
guard it as his own privileged prop
erty. He denied the right of other
heirs to sell to Mckay.
McKay's friends say Albert Arguello
waited for chance to oust Mckay
Recently Mckay decided he would make
short cut from his residence to the
springs. Arguello had fenced in the
springs. Mckay cut the fence and
instituted gate. Arguello then went
before the Tia Juana magistrate and
swore to complaint.
AS is the custom of the Mexican au-
thorities when once complain is sworn
to the accused has no immediate re-
dress. He must remain in Jail until
his case is passed on by the court of
first inquiry at Ensenada.
Advices from Ensenada are that Nc
Kay's case. may not be heard there for
several days.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-21
Motion Pictures Sold

The latest plan of operation of the
woman is to collect money in advance
on the claim that she represents nov
ing pictures of great worth, and she
signs all contracts for the appearance
of her pictures. The woman. who regis
tered here under the name of Mrs.
Proctor of Denver. appeared to have
collected $500 from Chicago nickel
odeon people under the name of Mrs.
Deem L. Seymour.
The Chicago police sent word to
Pittsburg this morning asking that
Mrs. Seymour be arrested; that she
would likely be found at the towns
best hotel. She was described fully
and Detective William OBrien was put
on the case. He found no trace of the
woman under that name and no one
registered from Chicago. About
o'clock, however, he noticed a woman
of imposing appearance come from the
elevator and start for the street door.
She answered the description of Mrs
Seymour. and following her to the door.
addressed her. saying, How do you
do, Mrs Saymour?"
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-21
Chicago Police Cause Arrest of
Mrs. Donna Seymour, Late
of This City
NOTION PICTURE FIRMS
BLAME HER FOR LOSSES
Many Aliases Used in Signing
Up Fake Contracts With
NiCkelOdeOns
DETECTIVE is OFFERED
$500 TO RELEASE HER

nITTSBURG, Pa. July 20.-A beau
tiful woman giving her name as
Mrs. Donna L. Seymour of Chi
cago, Mrs. R. L. Proctor of Denver
and San Francisco and admitting also
that she travelled under the name of
Mrs. Ralph Staining, New York, was
arrested while stepping from the
fashionable Fort Pitt hotel here this
afternoon on complaint of the Chi
cago police, and the Pittsburg author
tiles claim that they have one Of the
cleverest swindlers in the theatrical
profession In her rooms at the hotel
were found letters showing that she
had recently operated in Los Angeles,
San Francisco. st. Louis, Cincinnati.
Philadelphia and New York, and that
she was about to operate in Pitts
burg on large scale was evident.
The story of her checkered career in
San Francisco was told in The Call
when she left here.
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-21
Estrada's General Killed

NEW ORLEANS, July 2O.-News was
received here tonight that General Car
men Corea. better known under the So
briouet of General Colon had been
killed during fighting in the interior of
Nicaragua a week or more ago. General
Corea had conspicuous position in the
army of Estrada since the beginning of
warfare in Nicaragua. His bravery had
The San Francisco call., 1910-07-21
Estrada Takes Command

BLUEFIELDS, July 20.-General Es-
trada left here early this morning to
assume personal command of the revo-
lutionary TROOPS now operating in the
interior against President Madriz.
Before leaving for the front Estrada
said:
"Acoyapa will be in the hands of the
revolutionists within eight days.
shall not return to Bluedelds unless we
are victorious"