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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-27

The proceedings were short Deputy Clerk Spinner asked whether he had any legal cause to show why the sen tence of death should not be pronounc- ed. Wolter did not answer.
 Attorney Scott stated he had filed the usual motions that would act as 9 stay of execution. 'I have advised my client he said, that there is no legal cause why sentence should not be pronounced. This case has been called and tried in three weeks and the prisoner has been convicted solely on circumstantia1 evidence. When we secure new evidence enough upon which to base new trial we hope for an impartial trial before Your Honors s tribunal"
 tence. Albert w. Wolter, you have had a fair and impartial trial in which you have been defended by able coun- sel. You have had every right and courtesy The crime of which you have been convicted attracted the at tention of the whole world and because if you were sane. You had Dr. Me Guire, the Tombs physician, examine you. In addition the State had an expert a1ienist examine you during your trial. Both report that you are absolutely sane and responsible for your crime. both morally and legally. shall be taken to the State Sing Sing penitentiary within ten days and plac- ed in solitary confinement and that during the week of June 9th you shall be put to death in a manner prescrib- ed by law
 Wolter simply bowed Sheriff Shea seized his right arm and in a twink ling g. haldcum encirc1ed his wrist while the other cuff was attached to the sheriff's handkerchfefed left hand. Wolter drew his handcuffed hand, pull ing the sheriff's with it, into his pocket, and pulled forth 8 bulky letter. sealed, which he handed to Attorney Scott. Then he was hurried back to the peni- tentiary and carried to the Grand Gen. tral depot. At 11:20 o'clock accom- panied by Sheriff Shea. and a. number Sing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-27
SUDDEN DEATH OF
 MRS. ISAAC LEWIS
Unexpected Demise Due to Stragulation-Seized Dur ing Night Too Late for Medical Aid.

Widespread sympathy is extended to Isaac Lewis of the Smith Murray Co.,, whose wife, Emma, died sudden 1y at their home in Boston avenue, early yesterday morning. Mrs. Lewis retired in her usual health Monday night although she had been com blaming of slight indisposition for a few days. Shortly after midnight her husband was awakened by her means and he quickly aroused her brother, Charles Morgan, who resides ln the same house. Before either of them could even summon a physician death ensued. The suddenness of the terrible visitation proved a shock to both men and they were completely unnerved. When the family doctor arrived he decided that death was due to strangulation following an ip- ternal hemorrhage. Throughout the ordeal the two bright little children of the deceased mother and bereaved husband slept sound1y. Their grief upon awakening to find no mamma to greet them was most pitiab1e.
 Mrs. Lewis was born Emma Nor gan, a native Of Bethel and a daugh- ter of Charles and Josephine Osborne Morgan. She was a young woman of true motherly instinct and her friends were legion. Besides her husband and children she is survived by her mother, a resident of Shelton, three brothers and two sisters. Her broth CT Charles is foreman of the teaming department of the Cartridge shop.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-27
RITES OF SCHOOL SOCIETIES HAVE EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
 SANCTION OF SCHOOL BOARD
OrdeaIs Inflicted Upon Miss Clark Had Been
 Used For Ten Years.
When School Authorities Authorize Secret Society They Also Authorize Its Usual and Accustomed Practices-Abolition of Sororities and Fra
 ternities Is Remedy Likely to Be Applied

The members of the Board of Edu- cation are considering what ought to be done by way of punishment, or reprimand, to the members of Alpha Alpha, who are charged with causing the serious illness of Miss Lorraine. Clark, by initiating her into the my steries of their sorority.
 If the members of the board were all laymen there. might be no diff culty in deciding what to do. Some body would be reprinanded, or ex- pel1ed, or both, and that would be the end of it, but there are no less than three lawyers who are members of the body, and these, being hamp- cred with Knowledge of some of the general rules of justice, are having more trouble.
 Secret societies exist in the High School under the authority and by the sanction of the board. Some of them are directly chartered Others of them have an implied charter, given to them by the long consent of the board to the existence of the organiza- ton. Alpha Alpha belong to this lat ter class.
 Said a member of the board, today, in speaking upon this subject, t'It looks to me as if the board must hold itself responsible for any damage oc- easioned by school secret societies. They exist in the schools by and un- der the authority of the board. Most of them are established organizations, having many branches, an acknowl- edged ritual and features that are well understood by school authorities ev- anywhere.
 s'It appeared, in the evidence, that the injuries Miss Clark sustained were produced by the administration of rites that have been in by the society for ten years. Nothing was done that is not in accordance with the custom of the sorority, and there that not sanctioned by the Board of Education, for it must follow, that when the board charters a sorority in the High School it thereby authorizes and per- nits and gives it's approval to all the things which such secret associations ordinarily do.
 Nothing can be plainer than this so that whatever was done to Miss Clark, was done under the authority of the board, expressed, or implied, so long as it was in accordance with
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-27
SPECIAL GUARD FOR TEDDY DURING HIS
 STAY IN ENGLAND.

London, April 27.-The intelligence department of the British Foreign Off, fee, the most mysterious secret ser vice bureau in the world, has been detailed to guard Theodore Roosevelt during his stay in England.
 Scotland Yard will hedge the Colonel around with detectives and uniformed police but they will not be called to account should any harm befan the Colonel. The responsibility will fall upon the intelligence depart ment.
 This bureaus agents will be con- stantly in the crowds and nearest to R oosevelt. They already know the wherea bouts of most of the An archists, cranks and maIcontents in Great Britain and none of these will be allowed within gunshot of the Colonel.
 The master of E1ibank is head of the department. His agents are most ly drawn from the lists of army of f1cers. They are the brainiest men in the service but of modest means and piece out their meagre pay by work in the secret service
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-27
Especial from United Press.)

ASp0c1al rom O11CSo FTeSS.1 E New York, April 27.-Albert W. Vol ter, slayer of Ruth Ames Wheeler, was today sentenced to die in the electric chair in the Sing Sing prison some time in the week beginning June 6. An appeal, filed immediately by his attorney, however. acts as an auto n1atic stay of execution and the youth will not be electrocuted for six months at least Less than an hour after the death sentence was imposed, W7Olter, ironed to Sheriff Shea, was on @ train bound for the death house in Sing Sing.
 Imposing of the death sentence made absolutely no impression on Wolter, who is only IS years and four months old, the youngest prisoner ever sen probably in the country. The boys attitude was that of an interested spectator.
 Wolter was brought across the Bridge of Signs at 10:30 o'clock by Guards Lowell and Mccarthy and placed in the pen in the rear of the coo persons was gathered in Lafayette Place and Center street craning necks in an effort to get a glimpse of the boy he came across to the criminal courts building.
 When Judge Warren W. Foster con- vened court the room was packed, half a hundred women being among the George w. Spinner called Albert W. Wolter to the bar" A door in the rear of the court room opened, and Wolter with his guards walked around the crowds >in the rear of the court room and halted for a moment before one of the windows, smiling at a mum Der of city fremen who were watching the proceedings from the roof of the fire house across the street. Then he strode to the bar and gazed fixedly at Judge Foster.
 Wolter was attired in a neat fitting gray suit and wore a blue necktie in one of the new style, close-fitting col lars A Handkerchief was neatly showing from his outer coat pocket.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-27
Big Volume Contains Divorce Appeal of
 Baroness Won Romberg

It is probable that when the Su- preme Court of Errors, sits in Hartford next week, the appeal in the petition of Walter c. Merrill of New York in the suit of Antoinette Con verse Won Romberg. formerly Mrs. Morrill, against MT. Merrill, will be reached. The Superior court gave the custody of two boys to the mother, but the father is to have them six weeks out of the year. Subsequently Mrs Morrill, went to Germany with her two children. where she met and where she has resided with her chil- dren ever since, thus ignoring the edict of the Superior court that her husband should have the custody of the children for a certain period of the year.
 Later Morrill, made petition to the court that the children be entrus ted to his case, stating that the mother was an incompetent parent, as she was bringing American children up in German ways. The court again or dered that the father be allowed to have the care of the children for six weeks of each year. From this decis- ion the Baroness is now appealing to the Supreme Court of Errors.
 The written appeal covers a book of 776 pages, which contains half tone il- illustrations of the Merrill children at play in their home in Germany of their mother, and of their step-father, making "the happy family The sur roundings appear to be most congen- ia1.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-27
HOW SHALL FUND OF $8O,OOO BE
 APP0RTIONED
If Court Finds It Belongs to Knights Who Were So
 Before 1902

The distribution of $500, 900. more or less, to existing members of the Knights of Columbus, who were mem bers before 1902, is a problem not with out its difficulties.
 It Is, however, problem that will rot have to be faced until the court decides that the sum in question is not the property of the entire mem bershir of the order.
 In anticipation of such a decision the plaintiffs. directed by John J. Phe- Ian, former Secretary of State, John J. CuEinan, and other able counsel were, Judge Howard J. Curtis the manner in which the distribution may be justly accomplished
 Although the complaint gives the more than O,O0O''. there were in fact more than 35, 1000. and now, after deaths and lapses have occurred, are more than 32,000.
 The fund in dispute was created by the contributions of members of the order who joined it before 1902. Some of these members 1apSed or died before 1902. Some laDsed or died. after. 1902. The rights of each of these four classes must be determined.
 The problem is so involved that the defendants have raised the claim that it is not practicable to make an equit- able distribution.
 The plan favored by the plaintiffs is apparently a. distribution that will take account only of those who were mem bers prior to 1902 and are still mem bers The distribution, according to their plan, should be accomplished by which each such member is entitled. Said part is then to be used to reduce the sum he now pays for insurance until such sum shall as nearly as pos paid under the earlier method of de- terInining such sum-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-27
POPULATION GROWS FASTER THAN OUR
 FOOD PRODUCTION
Thus Declares Secretary Wilson, Discussing Cost of Living at New York Produce Exchange.
Produce Exchange.
Special from United Press.) )

NoPCCAA1 IIOI1 Ou1LSQ 9EeSS.l
 New York, April 27.-"Our population is increasing faster than our food pro duction,' declared Secretary of eAgri- culture Wilson discussing the cost of living problem before a conference on 'the condition of agricultural re- sources'' at the produce exchange to- oay. He declared that serious trouble lay m the neglect and unnecessary apandonment of eastern farms.
 ''The cost of living calls for careful inquiry into the causes that have oper- ated to bring about conditions that are new to us as a. people. We have had great abundance of food at prices that were lower than most other countries enJoXed, particularly those countries With which we compete in commerce and manufacturing. Compensation for skill and labor has been comparattvelv nigh in our country but increased cost or HVlng has become a disturbing fac tor that cannot be adjusted at present to the satisfaction of those concerned. There are many factors that enter in to this situation
 Tt costs more to get anything done m our country than in most others. Until recent years land was abund- ant and to be had at a song. Rail- ways pushed ahead of the home Steader, the reaper came and bread and meat were cheap. The farmer com pared with other workers and low wages. The education of the schools had done nothing for him. while much was done for other industries TTbere was no seeming necessity for educat- ing farmers for their life work; food was cheap enough and good enough A change has come. Production does not increase as fast as population. Prices go up, it costs more to pay carriers. dealers. manufacturers, all classes The farmer gets big prices now, but 1t costs him twice as much to grow things as it did ten years ago.
 The fact that population increases raster than food, sets JUS thinking We cannot afford to buy food from forefen countries. The balances of trade on goods bought and sold since the Civil War, independent of the farm pro ducts, have been heavily against us during that time and have been paid by exports from the farm
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-27

the established, Or ordinary custom of the Society.
 Nothing, continued the speaker, can be plainer than this. Absolutely no punishment, under these circun- stances, can, with any propriety, be given to the Alpha Alpha girls, if, in- deed, the publicity which has come to them is not all that is necessary for them.
 'tI am afraid that the board will have to seek the remedy within itself It will be up to the board at it's next meeting to question the wisdom of it's procedure in sanctioning any secret societies whatever in the schools. There ought not to be much diffi- -culty in finding the right reply.
 Already, with the boards approval one young woman has been walked made to eat macaroni boiled in soap, upon the theory that she was eating angle worms, has been given oysters soaked in sugar, upon the theory that ed with hot candle grease. tossed in a blanket and heavens knows what else. As result she was very i'll. Whether or not the same procedure so, is beside the mark.
 ''The question that the board is to settle is whether it will permit secret societies to exist in the schools.
 '"The minute it's approval is with drawn from them, membership in them may be made a cause for with OraW1ng rom a pup1l the right or membership in the school and proceed ing, like those to which Miss Clark was subjected, will become punishable by expulsion, if necessary.
 tEIf macaroni boiled in soap is to be an article of diet in the High school, 1t is time for the board to get from under
 The general opinion seems to be that the board will make an order placing all school secret societies under the ban. The rule will probably be made respectable by appropriate penalties.
 It is shown that so long as the board permits such societies it becomes re- sponsib1e for their ordinary practices and customs no matter how vigorous the rites are, or how opposed to good discipline
 Some of the members of the board, at least, are against the further ex- istence of the societies because they form the boys and girls into castes and disturb the democratic basis of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-27
JACOB HUBER IN
 NEW CANDY HOME

Jacob Huber, the veteran confec- tioner and ice cream manufacturer has. moved his plant and store a few doors east of his former stand in Wall street.. The store is now at Ill Wall St., next to the Mechanics and Farm CTS Savings bank. Here Mir. Huber has the best equipped candy and ice cream plant in New England. The front of the old building has been remodeled and at the rear a large three story factory building has been ern machinery used in the trade.
 MT. Huber is desirous of having the shop which is only a few steps from Main street
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-27
ROOSEVELT HAS SAN JUAN WAR
 FEELING TODAY
Colonel Treated to Realistic Sham Battle With Cannon In Action By French
 Soldiers
tBy 8 Staff Cores. of the United
 Press.)

Press.)
 Paris, April 2T.-French soldiers fought, cannonS were wheeled to ac- ton and 8 regiment of flashing cuiras- siers charged against the smoking guns today all in honor of Colonel Roosevelt. In the way of thrills, it almost equa1led the real thing and as the battle ended the Colonel rose in his saddle and cheered.
 Two prigades of infantry, two regi- ments Of artillery and two regiments of cavalry participated in the sham fight. Roosevelt was accom- panied on the field by Major Mott, military at tache at the American Embassy and Governor Da1stein, who directed the maneuvers.
 tIt was the finest sight I have seen in years,'' was Roosevelt's comment on quitting the field at Vincennez, where the maneuvers were held. Sev- eraI thousand Parisians cheered the ex-President as he enterd his auto to leave for the city. A brief visit was made at-the Durand palace where the national salon is now being held. Roosevelt again lunched at the em- bassy.
 This afternoon the Colonel went to Versailles. This evening he will prob ably see sChantecler.'
 At Versailles Roosevelt met the Crown Prince of Servia, who is sight seeing in France with a party of friends.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-27
JUDGE STOPS GRAFT TRIALS
 JURY LET 60
Especial from United Press, ;,

Pittsburg, April 27.-NThe entire panel of the Petit jurors except those deliberating on the evidence submit ted in Former Council Coffey's case were discharged today by Judge Eos ter and the announcement was made that there would be no more graft trials for the present. The courts s action created a sensation.
 The Cofey jury retired at 4:10 yes terday and up to 12:3O today had not returned a verdict. District At torney BIake1ey concluded that there was use e1deavorlng ito secure convictions in the graft eases with the present panel of jurymen. A new panel will likely be sworn in Monday
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-27
SHELINSKY
 SUES FOR
 LARGE SUM Alleges that Foster and Bry- ant Conspired to Injure ASKS TO HAVE DEAL ANNULED Plaintiff Fixes Amount of
 His Damage at
 $1O,OOO

The suit which Abraham Shelinsky threatened. to bring against John E. Foster and Waldo c. Bryant for al- legged conspiracy to deprive him of property in Atlantic street on which he had a deed by eschow placed in the hands>of Judge Charles H. Peck. has been brought, and this morning was filed in the Superior court. Schelin- sky asks for damages of $1O00O.
 The troubles Shelinsky had with the defendants and with the Warner Bros. Co.,. about property in Atlantic street. and the buildings he was to move on that property, are well known to Far mer readers Shelinsky claims that entered into an agreement to prevent him from obtaining the deed from At torney Peck. and the houses from the Warner Bros Go. Shelinslky asks the court to declare void the deed to the Atlantic street property given by de- fendant Foster to defendant Bryant.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-27
SPEED RECORD FOR
 TAKING THE CENSUS EXPECTED THIS WEEK
Especial from United Press.)

ISpeCIdI IIOnl J1lILeu IT6SSJ
 Washington, April 27.-Uncle Sam's s census taking will be finished on April 3G with what Director Durand said today will be the record for speed and accuracy. By May IS, it is eN- pected, the returns from all over the nation will be in the hands of the eX- pert tabuIators in Washington.
 Durand attributes the rapid work mainly to the plan inaugurated, this year, of sending advance schedules to each householder in the country, en- abling everybody to be prepared with answers when the enumerators ar rived A new wrinkle that also help ed was the printing and distribution of copies Of the Presidents census proclamation translated into a score or more of languages.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-27
ANOTHER CASE OF
 SCARLET FEVER
Sister of Jordan Boy, Who Died In Stamford, Down
 With the Disease

, Stamford, April 27.-A sister of Ed ward Jordan, the ten year old boy who died of scarlet fever last week after being denied medical treatment the parents being Christian Scientists, is i'll of the same disease. A report to that effect was made today to Town Health Officer Crane. During her brothers sickness the girl was remov- ed to a house on Webb Hill, north of the city limits. The report was made by Dr. Henry P. Geib, called to diagnose the case.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-27
PERSONAL MENTION.

Philip Reuben Magill is the name that Philip Reuben Magi1nick desires to bear and he has asked the superior court for permission to wear that name Mir MagiInic< is an expert watchmaker and repairer and for the past six years has been employed with Max Buechler, the Fairfield avenue 5ewe1er
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-27
Banker Cuts Throat
 Because Salary Small
(special from United Press

New York, April 27.-Because his salary as assistant receiving teller of ito support his family and send his daughter and his oldest son through Cornell, George W Rose today cut his throat and both wrists with an ink eraser. He was found bleeding in the basement of the bank and died later in an ambulance en route to a hospital.
 At the bank it was stated his ac- were all right.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-27
ATTENTIoN. ATTENTION.

Too1makers, machinists, specialists. You are cordially invited to attend an open meeting held by Lodges No. 30 and No. TAT, I. A. of M, on Friday evening, April 29th at Machinists hall corner of Main and Wall streets Come and have a good time and get acquainted with the movement. Pres O'ConneH will be the speaker.
 Signed, COMMITTEE. IT 27 h
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-27
GEARS MANGLE
 WORKNTAN'S HAND.

Daniel F1nnegan. aged IT. Of 10s4 Pembroke street, was taken to che Shear O., this morning. with his left hand badly mangled and the tendons torn FTnnegan caught his hand in a set of gears and when the member had been freed it was so Iacerated that it is feared he may be pernnaneT eT1tIy, maimed- pr. Krause of the emergencv corps took Finnegan to the hospital where surgeons will strive to reDair the damage.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-27

ARE YOU A LIVE ONE-WANTED. A man in each city and town, big enough to handle his own exclusive territory and finance it, for a novel, ty which sells on sight in all hotels, saloons, and amusement places, and has no competition. Big money to be made weekly, not alone on first order but on each repeat order. No gambling devise, but a straight busi- ness proposition, netting about 100 per cent. profit. If you are the man and have a small amount of capital to handle it. Call for per sonaI interview at Room No. 800 Newfield Bldg. to 12 a. n., 1 to D. m. U 21 S"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-27
WOLTER ON HIS WAY TO SING SING DEATH HOUSE
 SOON AFTER SENTENCE
Appeal Filed at By His Counsel Acts As Automatic Stay of Execution and the Youth Will Not Be
 Electrocuted for at Least Six Months

Imposing the Death Sentence Judge Foster for Some Time in the Week of June Made No Impression on the Youngest Prisoner Ever Sent to the Electric
 Chair In New Yorl-NEade No Answer When
 Clerk Asked If He Had Anything to Say