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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26
JUDGE DOOLlTTLE
 PROMINENT CRAWFORD :. MAN PASSES AWAY

Branford, Sept. s26.-After a short illness of about forty-eight hours. Judge Harry W. Doolittle passed away at the home of his parents in Pine Orchard yesterday afternoon.
 His sudden death came as a sur prise and great shock to his many friends and intimates. He was seized with what was supposed to be an at- tack of indigestion Saturday morning when on the trolley car on his way to the town court, and his condition was such that when he reached the town hall, he was incapacitated and unable to perform his duties as prose- cutting attorney.
 Recovering somewhat from indigeS- tion he went to his home in Pine Or chard later in the day. Sunday he was not at all we'll but was able to ing early he grew worse and went to bed. The physician was hastily sum- moned, but of no avail, his heart, evi- dently not very strong, giving way.
 Judge Doolittle was Al years old and had attained considerable prom thence in the town, especially in po- litical life. He was born in Ansonia, Conn.,, August 13, 1870. Received his education at the Hotchkiss grammar school, preparing for his legal work at the Yale Law school and the Bos- the family to Branford in 1893, at which time he commenced the prac- tice of law with offices in Branford and New Haven,
 He was judge of the Branford town court, 1901-1903, and has held the position of prosecuting attorney of this court for the past three terms.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26
Past Seventy, They
 Each Ask Divorce
Aged Couple Name Co-Respon- dent-BOth Want to Take
 New Life Partners


 Waterbury, Conn.,, Sept. 25.-Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith each more than rseventy years old, have both institut- ed proceedings for divorce. Each charges desertion and names a CO., respondent. There is also a dispute between the two about the date of their marriage. Mrs. Smith fixing it as June 30, 1871, and Smith asserting it took place a year later. They sep arated in 1882, and the suits are brought after many years, because both Mrs. Smith and her husband de- sire to remarry
 In her petition Mrs Smith names Maria Nyberg and others unknown to her. Mr. Smith names John Jacob Julius Radmer, formerly of Bridge port.
 Mrs. Smith asks the courts for ali- mony and attachments to the amount of $4,000 have been placed on proper ty owned by her husband at Beacon Falls.
 z The case is attracting wide atten- tion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26
MINISTER'S IN ROMANCE. Two Clergymen to Marry Girls From Over the Sea at New London.

New London, Sept. 26-Two minis ters from Minnesota. and two young women from England are to be mar ried here Saturday. The steamer Mauretania, due Wednesday at New York. will bring the brides-elect, who will be met by their future husbands. There will be a double wedding here when the couples arrive.
 Miss Lucy Muriel Lord and Miss Gertrude Redmond of Burnley, Lan- caster England, are to be the brides. Miss Lord is to marry the Rev. Fred Smith and Miss Redmond is to marry the Rev. William Roberts. Both the men are Methodist ministers of Ruth ton, Minn.
 The young women are nieces of Mrs. Hiram Crooker of No. 19 Twelfth St., East New London. MT. and Mrs. Crooker will meet the couple at New York and will accompany them here.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26
THE DANGER OF
 UNFILTERED WATER.

The lesson of the Torrington ty- phoid epidemic is easy to read In Bridgeport This newspaper has
 again and again pointed out that any public water supply which depends upon surface drainage is likely to be- come at anytime the source of epf-
 demic disease. Only a system of ef- ficient filters will make a public wa
 ter supply safe under the conditions
 which exist here, in Torrington and
 nearly everywhere in the United
 States. Unffltered water from surface
 drainage is constantly the source of
 disease, especially at certain seasons
 of the year. The danger only swells
 to epidemic proportions, however.
 when there is a-speciaI contamination from typhoid source.
 Some years ago Bridgeport became
 awake to the danger from unfiltered
 water. An expert was employed. He examined the water supply and made
 his report. He recommended filtra- tion. The Common Council through committee consulted with the di- rectors of the company which con trols the water supply. This commit tee reported to the council that the company had agreed to begin filtra- ton. This ended the matter for the time. A little later the demand for filtration was renewed. The company then repudiated the agreement which had been declared by the citys com mittee, and there the matter rested. It should be remembered that the re- port of the .city's expert showed the presence of the dangerous colon ba- cilli, which have been found in the Torrington supply. The presence of the colon bacilli indicates sewage con- which is always danger ous.
 The despatches yesterday told of the bitter anger of the Torrington people with their water monoply. The town contains 16.000 persons OfI these more than 200 have the disease and five have died. It is no won der that the people refused to re- ceive relief if the treasurer of the re- lief committee was also an officer of the water company. His retire ment was timely. The cry. for mu- nicipal ownership bursts spontane ously from the lips of Torrington cir- izers. Alas, that the Knowledge that the public water supply, so vitally connected with the public health. 1 should be publicly owned, comes So late to Bridgeport's Ltchfield coun- ty sister.
 Greed hath her victims more nu- merous than war! Let< those who I have opposed municipal ownership of water works in Bridgeport, and who have stood in the way of supply made safe by filtration, reflect what will be their situation if typhoid epi- demic comes in Bridgeport, as it cer- tainly will come some time or anoth- CT If the public water continues to be derived from surface drainage and sent to the people unfiltered.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26
Hartford Company
 Plan To Operate Dirigib|e Balloon

Hartford, Sept. 25-Hartford is to have an airship. It is to be known as the Hartford flyer. Hartford will probably be the first city in the en- tire country to establish regular commercial and passenger carrying service. The Aerial Navigation Com pany, which is promoting the new pro- jcet, was organized several weeks ago. The company has been completed with the following officers: President, F. w. Dart; e-president, F. w. Sickle; treasurer, F. c. Billings; secretary, H. Franklin Wells; managing direc- tor Joseph J. .Kopacka, all of Hart ford.
 The company's chief engineer is John Twardus, a German engineer, who has made special study of aero nautics, both in Europe and this coun- try. MT. Twardus is a graduate of the University of Vienna and 0haS evolved design for a practical aerial craft, which embodies approved fea- lures of the heavier than air machine.
 The company is capitalized for s50.- 900 and number of prominent bus mess men of Hartford, other than the directors are interested in it as stock holders. An office has been establish ed at PIP Asylum street, and it is pur- posed to begin the construction of its first machine in the near future. This will be constructed in building in Hartford and the company already has the refusal of suitable factory for the purpose.
 The company has issued neat cir cular which sets forth the merits of the organization and the desirabliity of the formation of such a company. The desirable features of the invention are stated so plainly that they can be readily understood
 Some of the extracts of the circu- lar are as follows:
 This company has been organized for the following purposes: To build manufacture CT otherwise acquire, and to sell, lease or otherwise dispose of, dirigible balloons or other aerial transportation devices. whether light CT than air or otherwise, for the pur- pose of pleasure or profit. To oper- ate, or cause to be operated, aerial transportation facilities for both pas sengers and merchandise.
 The invention owned by this com- pany may be described as a combina- ton dirigible and aeroplane, or of the lighter and heavier than air type of aerial craft. The machine can be built tc carry one or more passen- gers. The first machine to be con- structed is designed to carry savan
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26

passengers and the pilot.
 When the machine is used for .ex- hibition purposes, and necessarily transported for long dista1ices, it may be inflated with illuminating gas, in which event it will have sufficient buoyancy to lift the frame work, car, machinery and four passengers.
 It is purposed to manufacture and assemble the various parts of our first machine in a suitable factory in Hart ford to build a landing station in Springfield. Several suitable sites for this station have been offered the company, and a number of business men of Springfield have promised their moral and financial support to the project.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26

MT. Morgan supposed that he was en- gagged in a legitimate stock gambling transaction, and that the idea that there was anything criminal in what he was doing never entered his head. Perhaps there wasn't anything crimi- nal. It's right to believe that there wasn't, especially when everything h a mans past life shows that he has the business ethics of his time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26
2 aMR. M5oRGAN,s ARREST.

The arrest of Daniel N. Morgan for alleged complicity in get-rich-quick enterprise is as shocking as it was unexpected. MT. Morgan is the last man in the world who would be sus- pected of dabbling in an enterprise such as the, United States authorities assert the Flagg stock trading scheme was. It is the duty of every sincere person to reserve judgment until the evidence is all in. E1agg and Morgan assert that their scheme was lawful. and that it has made the profits which have been paid over to customers. They assert that their program bears no resemblance to the Miller method of operating and that they actually have devised a way of beating the stock market to the tune of 52 per cent. per annum. or one per cent. a week.
 At best stock gambling is dubious business. Some of it's commonest fea- fdras -aree ffnFtne yborderiand of the law. The whole business of stock gambling is under moral ban, and partially under legal ban. Many states will not support contracts made in connection with stock gambling, holding it against public policy to aid in the enforcement of such arrange ments. Just where ordinary stock gambling crosses the line and becomes criminal is yet to be determined. Per haps it would be easier to put the whole thing under the ban and make it all criminal. Thomas W. Lawson, in his "Frenzied Finance indicated the nature of the legislation that should .sbe adopted. s.r
 Tn the whole, the offense against society is the more serious, if it should be discovered that Flagg and Morgan did find a way to get 52 per cent. in stock transactions. The re- suit of such an invention would be more disastrous in the long run than any humber device by, which the wealth of a few simple people would be taken from them by the lure of extraordinary profits. The one lesson is it's own warning, but the other would teach the way to easy wealth by the paths of too easy speculation
 MT. Morgan was a banker He had been, treasurer of the United States. There was no .reasonewhy he should have engaged in criminal finance 10 make money. He must have known all the paths of wicked, but safe, finance by which money is 1ured from the pockets of the credulous and un- wary. His name would have been as valuable alta ls5i in 2 safe enterprise as in a criminal one. s6f ro JuE Es-
 1s is no trouble to get a piece of real property, like a trolley line, or a rail- road, water it to the limit and sell the water to the public, of which there is proof sufficient in Connecticut. A l dollar bill, bearing Mir Morgan's signature, would have been as potent here as in MT. Flagg's little game
 In the whole it would seem as if | the evidence is overwhelming that ]
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26
Uhr D. M. Rran Onntpattt1.
 EHtahltake1 lH57.
Mems Madras Shirts.

Negligee Shirts the year round. but for many about the first week of October generally means the passing of the real soft shirt and the filling of their chffoners with carefully selected neggees of more conservative kind. Some very pleasing new shirts in madras are shown $15o and $2.oo in ful stripes, both plain and pleated. We have goodv number of these for expect large demand, and the pattern variety is extensive
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26
FOUND DEAD IN BATH.

New Britain, Sept. 26-Mrs. Lange Langlein, of this city, was found ly- ing dead in the bath room at her home, 292 Park street, in this city, yesterday. She was up and about the house as usual in the morning. Med ical Examiner T. G. Wright gave the deceased is survived by her husband and two children. She was fifty years old
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26

He was also actively interested in the formation of the Branford Trust Co. and one of it's directors. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal church, member of Widows Sons Lodge. F. and A. M, George B. Shaw Lodge, K. of F., the Saltonstall club, all To- cal organizations. He is survived by his father and mother, two sisters, Ruth and Edith, and one brother. Chas. B. Doolittle, superintendent of traffic, So. N B. Telephone Go.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26

Cleveland-Few present at the Bap- tist Ministers Conference agreed with the Rev. B. J. Lehman when he said that marriage fees lower a clergyman's self-respeet. He characterized them as walters tips'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26

New York-Because her husband used hot mashed potatoes as a wea- pon in their family broiIs, Mrs May Weinhbaum is suing her spouse for Q separation on the ground of cruel ty.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26
FIRES FIVE SHOTS AT WIFE, JEALOUS OVER
 THEIR STAR BOARDER,
Special from United Press. l,

IDp6CIdT PT6SS.J
 Waterbury, Sept 26-The police have notified surrounding towns to be on the lookout for Antonio De ~Durkee, who fired five shots at his wife. yes- terday without doing any damage. He was jealous of her attentions to their star boarder.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26
New Fall Ribbons.

Many of the colors are here to match the pre- vailing shades in millinery and gowns. Dresders, Moire Veours Persians Satins and Taffetas, heavy, elegant and richly colored. Sash and Hair Ribbons to match in plain and brocaded moire
 A peculiar richness of quality marks the ribbons that the searcher for novelties to make up into bags and other fancy work, will revel in. Splendid colors and many kinds.
 Velvet Ribbon in all co1ors and widths for bows Which much this fall. The Satin Ribbon in red, black and gold, rich ly embossed with gorgeous flowers is very striking This ribbon is ten inches wide and will be principally used for bags.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26

Nokomis Wasting, cotton material with fleeced back suitable for house waists and dressing sacdues Small figured designs and stripes, 12A cts. z
 Outing Flannel light stripes only, value 10 cts for cts.
 Unbeached Outing Flannel, 3o inches wide, 12H cts.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-26
Many New Buttons.

Several new lines of Buttons being shown. among which may be found most any kind desired. The Black Crochet Button is in demand now; we have a number of shapes and sizes. A metal button to be used polo and the like is one of the latest ideas. Can show several styles, graded in three that match. .9 ..
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-28
WEATHER AND CROPS
Injury to Fruit Trees and Early Veg
ctablcS Much Less Than Feared.

New Orleans Picayune Feb. 27: Dur
in the past week the cold spell, which
everybody feared, actually matcria1ized,
and freezing weather was experienced
almost to the gulf coast. Fortunately
the cold snap was accompanied by high
winds, and as result the damage done
appears to have been much less than had
been feared. That some injury was
done to fruit trees and early vegetables
is probable enough, but there is ground
for hoping that the damage has been
neither widespread nor extensive.
As FAR as the cotton fields are con-
ccrned, they have probably been benefit
cd by the cold, particularly as they re
ceived, just prior to the drop in tenn
perature, an abundance of rainfall. The
cold helped to prevent evaporation, and
thus retained the moisture in the soil,
where it will do most good. Every pre-
paratiOn is now being pushed for plant
inf cotton and corn as well as other
crops. From all parts of the cotton belt
there come reports of an intention to
considerably increase the acreage of cot
ton, as well as plant more corn. Much
lowland is to be put in cotton in Texas
and Oklahoma, as we'll as in some other
states.
In the sugar district the cold weather
was felt generally, and where the cane
was above. ground the growth was prob
ably cut off by the freeze, but if such
be the case no real damage has been
done. as with the return of warm and
moist weather the plants will again push
ahea drapidly. Practically no corn was
planted prior to the cold snap, hence
that crop suffered no damage whatever.
Now, however, the rain has been expe-
rienced everywhere, the work of plant
ing corn will be cnergetically pushed,
The warm weather during January
and the early part of February started
vegetation much before the usual time,
but that condition is not without pre-
cedent, as the same thing has happened
before, and even freeze as late as
March failed to do material damage, as
subsequent results showed Provided
there be not too much rain during the
spring, and too long delay in the ad-
vent of warm weather, there will be lit
tie reason to remember later OH in the
season the recent February frost. A wet
and backward spring can do infinitely
more damage than such frost as we
have Just experienced, even though it
comes after vegetation has started ev-
erywhere.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-28
sHERIFFys SALE.

No. r3,o73-Tr the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Caddo Parish, Louis
lana: Louisiana Land, Lumber &
Coal Company VS.. Mrs l. A. Lloyd
and w. T. Caldwell
BY virtue OF writ of feri facias to
me directed from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo Par
ish, Louisiana, in the above numbered
and entitled case, have seized and will
offer for sale at public auction, for cash
and according to law, at the principal
front door of the court house of Caddo
Parish, La, during the legal hours for
sales. on
SATURDAY, MARCH a, 1911,
The east half Of the northwest quarter
Of northeast quarter Of section thirty,
township twenty-one. range fifteen, Cad
do Parish, Louisiana, together with all
the buildings and Improvements thereon.
Said property seized as belonging to the
above defendants, and to be sold to pay
and satisfy the debt specified in said
writ, say ID fhe sum of one thousand
dollars. with ! per cent interest thereon
from January ID, 1907, until paid, less a
credit Of $4,000 paid June IS, 1900, and
all costs Of this suit
]. P. FLOURN0Y,
Sheriff, ex-Oficio Auctioneer.
Caucasian, Jan. 20, 1911.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-28

under the agreement Is 10 years and 10
months, second 7 years and 8 months,
third s years and months, which would
make an average of something less than
II years, in other words, the Traction
Company at the present time has fran
chises that will expire at an average
date of little over SO years, and the
extension agreed upon by the committee
and themselves is a little less than II
years, making a total of so years. At
the present, the Traction Company owns
Is per cent of all franchises up to 50
years, and are asking for an extension
of e per cent. ]. B. ATKINS.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-28
FOR SLENDER NATIONS.
Materials and Dress Accessories Thir
Women Must Not Wear,

Lack of flesh is as much of a de
formity as excess of it, but it is one
which is much easier to disguise
Here is u list of things to avoid
Lengthwise trimmings. stripes. li&h!
bodies, too skinny skirts. plain shirt
waists, stiff collars, tight fitting coats
Here is a list of things to cultivate
Materials with a glossy surface and
light fluffy fabrics that may be ar
ranged in frills and gathers, trimming
running round the figure and dainty
frilly neckwear.
Full gathered blouses are becoming
but the fuIlness should never hang
straight from the neck, as this give
a fat appearance. Instead the fullneSs
should hang from a yoke that is MOI
cut too full
A plated frill around the high collar
will soften the hard outline A neck
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-28
sHERIFFs SALE.

No. a3,e64--In the First Judicial Dis
tfict Court Of Caddo Parish, La:
A. NJ. Solly VS.. A. c. Pitts.
BY virtue 81 a writ Of fieri facias to
me directed from the First Judicial Dis
tricf Court Of Caddo Parish, Louisiana,
il the above numbered and entitled suit,
have seized and will offer for sale at
pubic auction, for cash and according
10 law, without the benefit of appraise-
mens, It the principal front door of the
court house of Caddo Parish, Louisiana,
daring the legal hosrs for sales. on
SATURDAY, MARCH II, 1911,
Lots six and seven e and y of block
twenty (ao) Of the town Of Rodessa,
caddo Parish, Louisiana, with all build
ires and improvements thereon, and
with recognition Of plaintiffs lien and
privilege thereon. Said property seized
IS belonging to the above defendant and
to Be sold for cash and according to law
ID pay and Salty the debt specified in
said writ. say in the sum of $4,000 with
per cent interest thereon from Octo-
Der 1905, less credit Of $1,000 paid
February 3. 1907. and 5000 paid Feb
ruafy 10, 1908. and ten per cent on said
amount sued On as attorneys fees. and
i'll costs of this suit.
j. r. FLoURNoY,
Sheriff, ex-Oficio Auctioneer.
Caucasian. February S. 1911.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-28
THE OLD CRY OF "AFRICANIZA-
TON"

Referring to the election of senators
by the people and the opposition thereto
which is being urged in the Senate, tbs
Richland Democrat says: Then again
Democrats have been crying for 10 these
many years for an amendment to tile
Constitution providing for the election
of senator's by the people, a just and
righteous demand Heretofore the Sen
ate has stood i'll the way, but now the
Senate is about to agree, and the cry is
going up that if this is passed, Federal
soldiers will be sent South to hold cleo.
tons like they did in reconstruction
days Now we know this is all bosh
but il scares some tin1id ones, and
serves as sttbterfuge for those Demo
Gratis to hide behind that are not will
ing to risk their chances with the peo-
pie Away with all such se1f-styled
leaders as these. We elect congressman
without interference from the United
State Government, and we can and will
elect senators the same way in the near
future
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-28
BLINDNESS CURED
By Surgical Operation at Rich
Mond, Va

Richmond, Va, Feb. 25.-Blindness
has been cured here by surgical ope-
ration Two weeks ago Nathan Spill
berg, without premonition, suddenly was
stricken totally blind at his desk in
school Surgeons diagnosed the case as
one Of brain pressure an dthcy removed
a portion of the skull from above that
portion of the brain which controls the
optic nerves, Today the bandagcs were
removed an dthc boy could see as we'll
as ever
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-02-28
The Time IL Coming When We
Shall Not Copy Paris.

So says Miss Ada Walsh, a fashion
authority.
In i've years there win be no such
thing as fashion. But no man will
legislate 1t out of existence. On the
contrary, the great crowd OF wise.
beauty loving women will dethrone
their former idol. never to raise It
again.
Because for SO many centuries 1t
has not been considered that women
were clever enough to design their
own styles number OF men over in
Paris have arrogated to themselves the
distinction Of making a universal
style Now al that is changing. Mod
ern women are discovering that the
art of dress means something more
than q full pocketbook and a clever
maid.