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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-12
BUILDING PERMITS.

Permits for new buildings aggregaf@ ing $20, ,450. were granted by the Build ing Commissioners at the regular meeting Tuesday night. as follows:
 Karl J. Anderson, two-family frame dwelling, west side Britton avenue.
 J. D. Beach, frame barn, west side Park avenue.
 Susan M. Platt, one-family frame dwelling, east side Main street
 Loretta Kelly, ne-family frame dwelling, west side Lexington avenue. K Pierce Mfg. CO, frame storage shed, west side Housatonic avenue
 Joseph Mondrzevski, addition to hall, 426 Broad street.
 S. M Platt, cellar wall to move house on. east side Main street.
 Thomas Kirkham, frame store house, east side Howard avenue.
 Thomas Kirkham, cellar wall, east side Howard avenue
 Harry Wilson, rear porch, east side Read street.
 Harry wilson, open shed. east side Read street.
 Julius Beck, wagon shed, south side Lawrence street.
 City of Bridgeport, brick addition to engine house, Crescent Place.
 George T. Moore, brick store house, west side Union avenue.
 Hannah Birmingham, family frame dwelling south side Randall avenue.
 c. w. McKelzey, private garage. West avenue pentway.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-12
Senator Bourne
 Sounds Alarm Progressive Head Wa1ns>G o. P. on Presidential
 Primaries
Especial from United Press.)

Washington, Oct. 12.-Senator Jon athan Bourne, president of the Nat ional Progressive Republican League, issued a letter, today, to every Re publican state committeeman urging that Presidential primaries be held in each state at least 20 days prior to the national convention.
 Presidential primaries are obligatory at present in five states-Oregon, Ne braska, North Dakota, New Jersey, and Wisconsin. Senator Bourne thinks the plan should be extended to every state in the union so as to put an end to steam roller tactics in the national convention. In his letter, he asks:
 "ls it, wise to jeopardize the party on the assumption that the party elec- torate will suberviently support a can- didate nominated by steam roller methods ?'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-12
POINTS OF INTEREST.
E. H. DilIon. e. Go.


 1105 Main street, are showing excep- tionaI values in long cloth coats, rain coats, shirt waists, marabout boas and muffs at extraordinary low prices
 Tons of Harbor Blue Fish to be sold cheaper than ever before, also fresh lot of halibut, steak cod, haddock, pollock, blue fish, porgies, butter fish, salmon, escallops, long and round clans, oysters and all other kinds of fresh fish in season at low est prices. Pure cod liver oil a spe- ciaIty at W. D. Cook 6 Sons.
 Where to Buy Shoes and Hosiery
 If you are contemplating the pur- chase of shoes, rubbers or hosiery of any kind Or description if you are bent on low prices of the most sensational money attributes If almost endless variety pleases you then your self in- terest demands you coming to Things Shoe store to trade. You can buy de- pendable shoes here with little money In addition to this we give premium coupons with every purchase. which are redeemable at our store. You get beautiful presents free with these coupons in certain amounts. Come in and See us and look over the premi. ums and shoe bargains S. B. Thing & Co.,, 1153 Main street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-12
Litchfield County News.
Oil in New Milford.

The first annual meeting of the New England Oil and Development company was held in Danbury, Mon day, when the organization was per- fected and officers were elected. The company, which was recently incor- porated for $50,O00, intends to drill for petroleum oil and gas on prop erty owned by Sheldon B. Hendricks in New Milford. MT. Hendricks was elected president and treasurer of the company and H. P. Woods of North field, it's secretary A large major ity of the subscribers for stock are residents of Danbury and New Mil ford. Some time ago MT. Hendricks believed that there was strong lndl- cation of quantities of oil beneath the surface of his land. because of the oil, which appeared on the surface Experts. who were engaged to ex- anime the land, said that in all prop ability there was quantity or OH m the ground It is expected that drlli- ing will be started within a month.
 The County Hospital. E At the annual meeting of the Litch- field County Hospital held Friday ar ternoon J. G. Woodruff, Dr. w 5. H. Tanner and G. $. Rowe were re- elected directors. The Superlnten- dent. Miss Amy J. Robinson, reported a total of AT patients during the past year, a new record. The cost per patient per week including re- pairs and insurance was s14.77. There were twenty-three deaths at the in- stitution. fifty-two births, 339 were diScharged as recovered, thirty eight as improved and three as not Im- proved.
 Humane Agent.
 Stuart B. Camp, treasurer of the winsted Hardware Manufacturing Company, has been appointed agent for the Connecticut Humane Society to succeed John F.. Simmons, resign ed to succeed John F. Simmons, re- signed. MT. Camp will give his ser vices free.
 Public Utilities Board Approves Track
 The public utilities commission has decided to approve the petition of the Connecticut Company for approval of method of construction of trolley tracks in North Canaan, which had the approval of the selectmen. At the hearing before the commission Sept26, it was shown that the tracks were crossed by the spur of a steam
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-12
Connecticut Patents

The following were issued Oct. 10; list furnishes from office of A. NJ Wooster, solicitor of patents. Bridge port. Conn.,:
 Alexander Laubscher. Bridgeport folder for sewing machines. ] William H. Gates. New Haven. safe Ify razor.
 Francis H. Richards, Hartford, cary ing machine.
 Albert Turner, Meriden, cut glass vessel tdesign.)
 Adolph Schwaderer. New Britain Christmas tree holder.
 Henry B. Cooley, New Britain, vac uum pump.
 Edwin E. Lambe. Danbury. sign cas. ing
 Edwin F. Hubert, South NorwaIk oyster dipper
 Christian F. Laun Waterville, ex- tension curtain rod.
 Edward H. Aangle, ct al. New Lon- don, dental tooth regulating appliance John E. Brown, Putnam, covered milk pail. l4
 Walter w. Warren and J. E. Knox, Terryville, ice creeper
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-12
Gov. Baldwin Guest of Local
 Business Men
Connecticut's Chief Execu- tive to Be Here at Lunch
 con Next Week

Governor Simeon F.. Baldwin has notified Secretary F. $. Valentine or the State Business Mems association that he will be present at the lunch which will be held at The Stratfe1d, Thursday, October 19 in the after noon at 1:30 o'clock after the annual meeting of the association. Members of tho Public Ser7ice commission have also been invited and will prob- ably be present.
 President A. F.. Jones of Danbury will open the meeting at 10 am. ano Mayor Buckingham will give a few words of welcome. A meeting of the state directors will be held Wednes day evening at the hotel. It is ex pected about 40 will be present al the directors meeting and 200 at the annual meeting next day
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-12
Fairfield County News.
Fell 70 Feet.

James c. Reynolds, of Rjdgebury. lies at his home in a serious condi- tion as the result of an ugly fall he received Sunday morning while climbing Bear Mountain. Mir. Rey- holds fell fully seventy feet the falb being due to the breaking off of e. ledge of rock, upon which he tried to hoist himself. The injuries con- sist of very serious fractures of both legs below the knees, and numerous bruises and contusions about the body
 Didn't Lessen Speed.
 The automobile of Richard Tfbbets met with an accident Sunday, when he was riding at Noroton Heights with his wife. He was teaching his wife how to run the machine, and had allowed her to take the steer ing wheel. She threw on high speed and neglected to sack when s1<~ reached a corner. The machine a--s into a tree. The axle, front wheel and running board were smashed Neither MT. Tibbets nor his wife re- ceived any injury. not even being thrown from the car.
 Loss by Fire.
 Fire, cause unknown. destroyed. tf1e one and one-half story barn owned by James H. Lester and located In Norwalk Friday afternoon also re- suited in the burning of one horre. wagons. hay and other things wh5cfff were stored in the structure Ta9t loss is estimated at between <1,e00t and $2,o00.s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-12

railroad track. Also, it was found that the fence on the property Of the Standard Oil Company abutted the railroad property and did not al- low a clearance of five feet between the new track and the fence. Be- fore approving, the commission de- cided that both faults must must be remedied The commission was ad vised September 28 that the require ments had been obeyed.
 Macdonald Buys Large Farm.
 The summer colony at Norfolk will next year probably include Stafel Highway Commissioner James H. Macdonald as one of it's number He has bought a farm of about 190 acres and expects to make many improve ments and erect a summer residence there on,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-12
Asks SIO,0OO For
 False Arrest
Man Acquitted of Train
 Wrecking Takes Out Body Writ for Private Detective
Special from United Press.o

Middletown. Conn, Oct. 12.-Ask- ing $10,000 damages for false arrest Giacomo, Lissi, one of the four men acquitted of wrecking New Haven road passenger train at Maromas, August 27, took out body writ, to- day, for John Hartnett, of Boston the private detective, who, attracted by the $2.500 reward offered by the raihoadt secured the arrest of the men. Hartnett was arrested at lo- cal hotel and at once started a fran tic hunt for bondsmen. It is believed that the road will come to his rescue.
 Counsel for the acquitted men also have taken out body writs for Albip5 Alessio, the stool pigeon, whose story against the quartet was mainly re- sponsible for their months stay in jail. Alessio is out of the state, to. day
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-12
FEARS FOR 25 AMERICAN
 MISSIONARIES IN CHINESE
 CITY TAKEN BY REBELS

Hankow. China, Oct 12 The greatest anxiety is felt here over the fate of. 25 American missionaries who were in Wu Chang yesterday when the city was captured by the rebels Communication with the city is com pletely broken and all that is known is that fighting and pillaging have been continuous since the imperial troops were driven out.
 Wu Chang is directly across the river from here and has a population of 600.0 s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-12
Louis Richards Not | Running for Sheriff

Former Deputy Sheriff Louis E.. Richards denies the rumor that he is to run for city sheriff, on the Repub- lican ticket. Say for me-" he de- clared, that I am out of politics. l private business takes all my time now and I have no chance to play pol itics.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-12
BLACK AND WHITE TROUPE

The minstrel show held Tuesday night by St. Georges Black and White Troupe, at St. Georges hall, was a pronounced success. The/work of the premier end men, Officer John Cody and Vincent Benham, was especially cOmmendable. Officer James Walker as interlocuter, acted in his usual eff cient manner and his song, Wasn't That a Funny Thing to Dream, was a scream. It seems that Officers Cody and Walker have missed their, vocation. by mile, but perhaps it was a case of stern father saying, Out of my house. No son of mine shall be an actor q
 The jokes on local people were new and witty and the singing was excel: lent. That the Black and White Troupe is winning name for itself was proven by the crowds who packed the hall last night
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-12
Notice

For forty.flve years we have been conducfing business at the s4me oa0 lOca&i0n, corner of Main ana Sonn StreetA Bridgeport, Conn.,, and 0us k4fvate Bank hes been o9t1DHsne9 there continuously. We have receiveo and paid out on demand without TO tico mildons of dollars Of money 0o receive money subject to depOett0rs check at sight, on which we eMoM three per cent. per annum. cre@.eu cre.es. Q each account monthly. We soLcl. men. firms and corporations, and au who want . bank account where tnoy cnn depoeit money, eheckA or 0as.s and leave 1t for one: day, one week. one on H for any ffnie lt fs left with us. We give to the business our careIuI peReonA1 attention as the oldest ukm o1 pr1vate bankers in this state.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-12
Elizabeth Ford Is
 Granted Divorce Today

Tlizabeth Ford wae yesterday granted a divorce from Ely B. Ford, of Greenw-ish, by Judge Curtis in the civil superior court. Desertion was the ground. The court also allowed Mrs. Ford al:n,ony or ss50. E The cou- pie were married s'apten7ber g, 1891. Mrs Ford says her husband deseEted her -ir March. 1892 She eeclazed her. husband had property valued at s10,- .0sh The wife's maiden name was Elizabeth Brill
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-12
NOT POLITE

The family had never been in the habit or saying grace, but when the minister took tea with them they thought it proper to bend their heads over their plates devoutly.
 All would have gone we'll if the young hopefuls had not piped up:
 Tt ain't polite to smell yer meatr'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-12
HARBOR COMMITTEEMEN AB-
 SENT.

In the absence of a quorum, the Harbor committee of the Common Council could not do business last ev- ening. Alderman Paddock, the chair man, expects to issue another call within a day or two.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-12

YOU probably remember two or. three girls who promised to '.be a sister to you'' and who are to be married soon.
 REMEMBER to remember them now with a We'd ding Gift of Glass or Silver. It will be appreciated.
 WE have wide range of articles you can choose from-some as low as $500, others $10.00, and still others at in between prices.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-10-12

WANT ADS. CKNr A woq
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-12-21

too much for any good man who
gives up his time for two months or
less every two years and goes to
Little Rock in service of his people.
IL an emergency arises calling for
an extra session, he can afford to
take SO day and make some sac
rifice to meet it.
And if the legislators really get
down TO work, quit playing horse
and politics, there is little danger
of their ever being called upon to
serve any without pay.
If the attorney general finds a
few more such measures of econ
omy he will conclusively demon
strate that the people of Arkansas
are paying fully as high taxes as
neeessary-and maybe some to
snare.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-12-21
Farmers Son on Farmers Friends

TO the Editor of The Star.
Dear Sir:-Another precinct heard
from. Judge Carter is the Farmers
Friend" so says the Texarkana
daily, and youched for by the Texas
Farm Journal and based on the
Judges speech at Mulberry. or
course he is. Whoever heard of a
candidate that was not the farmers
friend. Does this qualify man to
represent the entire people of the
18th congressional district of Arkan-
sas9 Does it place the good old
Judge in class by himself? What
about the merchants, the bankers,
the artisans, the printers, the pro-
! fessional men and the horney-hand-
ed sons of tnil2 Dent We need i,
representative in Congress that is
broad enough to grasp the whole
Question, one who gains his right to
represent this district in the Unit
ed States Congress. not by appeals
to any one class of our citizens, but
4 by broad and manly craftsmanship
that rises above the petty bamfooz-
elry of ward politician and
reaches out to every citizen and
takes in all the intricate questions
of finance, revenue, transportation,
foreign relations, etc. OF course he.
the Texarkana Judge, loves the
farmers. We feel sure he does.
Most of them are voters, all of them
mostly do their own thinking and
voting.
Let me say that the farmers of
Polk county and The ~; ;Gf,i,,s,-t.s-
sional district have no better friend
than Judge James ID. Shaver. He
IS a candidate eminently qualified
to I'LL this important office and is
broad enough to be the friend of
manhood, is ripe schol-
ar, a deep thinker. a close analytical
debater. IN close touch with the
people. well versed in the funda-
mental principles that nnderlie our
system OF government: he is a DEM
ocrat rooted and grounded in the
faith, unalterably fixed ia the doe
trlne that states have rights, and
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-12-21
~EVERYBODyrs BUSINESS Is
NEGLECTED..

The other day a resident Of Mena,
referring to a certain affair Of al
most vital public interest that had
been allowed to drag along undone
for weeks and months, complained
rather bitterly because il had not
been properly attended to. He won
dered why such things were neg
lected, and asserted--an evident
truth that such neglect kept our
city from going ahead as it rightly
should that it discouraged new
Corners and people who really were
willing to take hold and do things.
And then, the answer was so plain
that it could be seen through a
stone WALL This same business
man had been, just like scores Of
Others, merely going on from day to
day attending TO his own business, y
letting other people do the same,
a d what's everybody's business"
was tnade nobody's business land
nobody attended to II.
Now, who's 20 blane9
But, there's a remedy for this
Mena, like every other town with
public business to look after, needs
someone to look after it. Lots OF
our business men never see the in
side Of school. or a council cham
Der, or a court house. But they do
have men to look after these things,
and they pay them, TOO.
The same principle applies to the
other branch Of a city's business
that branch that looks after its
civic growth and welfare. 1t is a
necessary adjunct to business and
prosperity, and should be looked
after. II should be made some
body's business" and that some
body should make it his business
and should be paid for it, even as is
school teacher or preacher.
Menas business men have sub
scrbed more than a thousand dol
lars toward this very thing, and il
merely is a matter of somebody go
ing ahead and securing another
like amount, and Mena can have
somebody paid to look after the
things that mean so much to every
body, but are neglected day after
day because it is everybody's bust
ness and nobodys business.
And we may depend upon it, that
until "everybody's business" in
Mena is made somebody's business,
and somebody is paid TO attend to it
much Of it will remain undone, and
all will suffer loss because of it.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-12-21

eternally opposed to the encroach-
ments Of the Federal government
upon the rights of the states.
Judge Shaver has given life time
Of service TO the people of this dis
trict, has always made good, and is
modest and retiring in his general
department. When wrong is TO be
combatted or right to be attained is
a giant in his attack and holds on
like his battle-scarred and heroic
old father; he is the son of a dis
tinguished soldier, and, best of all,
a good citizen.
Judge Shaver is the friend Of ev-
cry man, woman and child that is
trying to buad up and strengthen
this great commonwealth, and as
such we commend him to all the
voters of this district.
We mean no discourtesy to Judge
Carter, nor to the Texarkana daily
paper, nor to the editor of the Farm
Journal. Our candidate is not run
ming in Texas. The raising, mar
keting or manufacturing of cotton
is not the sole issue. Our candidate
is not a cotton raiser at this time,
but he has raised cotton and was
reared on farm. And no man in
this district is a closer observer of
all the various needs of the whole
people than Judge Shaver; no man
lis better informed as to what will
ultimate in the greatest good TO the
greatest number of our people.
Judge Shaver towers pre-eminent-
ly above any other candidate in this
district in his peculiar fitness for
this position, is a man the people
can trust. and, unless all signs fail
will get the votes.
A Farmers Son.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-12-21
MOTHER AND BABE DEAD

Thornton, Dec. i5.-With the life
less body of her two-months-old
babe clasped to her breast, Mrs. Oh
gan Grisham of this place was found
dead IN bed at FFordyce Wednesday
morning. The death of Mrs. Grish-
am and her child is shrouded in
mystery. She is said TO have retired
IN good health the night before. Lo-
cal officers are at loss to a motive
for the possible murder of Mrs
Grlsham. Her husband was in Mill
vile, Tex, at work at the time, and
only today learned of the death Of
his wife and baby.
The Mena weekly star. (Mena, Ark.) 1904-1977, 1911-12-21
LIGHT TURNED ON
M'NAMARA'S FUND
Grand Jury Seeks to Trace Relation
TO Fees Paid TO Bomb Placers-
big Furry Was Plan
to 'Stir En- Up"

indianapolis, Dec. i6.-The $1,000
paid monthly to John j. Mcnamara
as secretary-treasurer of the In
ternational Association of Bridge
and Iron Workers for organizing
purposes" and for which he was
not required to give an accounting
was inquired into today by the gov
eminent officials who are conduct
ing the dynamite investigation be-
for the federal grand jury. The re-
lation of the fund TO fees given Or
tie McManigal, the confessed dyna-
inter, for his work in blowing up
structures erected by non-union
workmen, also was traced.
From an employee of a livery con-
Germ at Muncie, Ind, the investigat-
ors learned of McManigals move
ment of nitroglycerin from Albany
Ind, to his storehouse at Muncie
Mechanical, under the name of ]. w
McGraw, bought 100 quarts of the
Explosive near Albany.
DuhuuSt OhCECu AiCW.
1t was delivered to him in a wa
gon outside the city, driven by him
to an empty house IN Muncie, anc
there packed in sawdust. He con-
| fessed he afterwards used some OF
the nitroglycerin for explosions al
Peoria, Ill.
The similarity of some of the
sawdust found at Peoria to thai
found at Muncie and in the Wagon
led to the making up of evidence by
detectives, and the transactions
were gone over to ascertain what
money had been paid for expenses
Another point taken up was the
purpose of Mcnamara, according tC
McManigal. to employ more men tC
have explosions occur on the same
day or within the same hour at cit
les widely separated.
j. A. G. Badorf, a detective en-
lployed by the National Erectors
Association, who worked on this
phase of the case, and who obtained
scores of photographs of wrecked
structures, was before the gfanC
jury several hours.
Two Explosions Same Night.
According to McManigal, ]. ]. Nc
Namara had explosions occur al
Omaha, Neb., and at Columbus, Ind.
on the same night. 1t was in this
connection that Mcnamara is charg-
ed by McManigal with having said
Il want them to go Off about the
same time, so they will wonder how
the fellow was in Omaha and Co
llumhns the same night . " " hat ar
going to do is get about six or eight
good fellows and am goiong to sta
ton them around the country, anC
ann going to have explosions come
off at one time one right after the
other. will make them sit up anc
take notice"
1t has been shown that in the
IOmaha-Columbus incident, March
ia, 1911, the explosions were set OF
by McManigal and j. b. Mcnamara,
the time being arranged by tele-
grams sent in code to j. ]. McNa-
mara in Indianapolis.