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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01
NASHVILLE HUMANE
 OFFICER IS SHOT

Nashville, Tenn, September so.-Hu- mane Officer William Gleaves lies at the City hospital in dangerous condition from bullet wound through his body Gleaves says he accidentally shot him self. Some mystery surrounds the shoot ing. which occurred late yesterday after noon, four miles from the city. The police temporarily held Mrs. Stella Ernest, the wife of a bartender who was with Gleaves at the time. Gleaves is married and well connected.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01
Treasury Statement

ginning of business today the condition of the United States treasury was: Work ing balance in treasury offices, SS5, sos 6S7. In banks and Philippine treasury, s33,219,- Oil. Total of general fund was S142, ,762, ,293. Receipts yesterday were S2, ,216,004. Dis bursements were $1,200,115. The deficit to date this fiscal year is s17.6O6742 as against a deficit of s9475,21S at this time last year.
 These figures exclude Panama canal and public debt transactions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01
Saved by Sheep

Mentone, September S0-(SpeciaD. - Sheep saved battalion of soldiers from a cold night in the mountains and per shaps from a more serious disaster, in the neighborhood of Mentone. An Alpine regi- ment had just started from Sospel, a plateau in the hills above the Mentone, where there are picturesque golf links, and became lost in the heavy fog. 1No- body had compass and knowing the dangers of the mountain the officer in command gave orders to his men to halt and make the best of things until the fog lifted. But stray sheep saved the situation. With vivid recollection of the grass of the Sospel golf links the sheep was hurrying down the mountain side and plunged through the battalion. The sol- diers followed, and reached Sospel again an hour later.
 FOR SALE-CHEAP, FINE SORREL MARE, SEVEN YEARS OLD, AND ONE WATERTOWN TOP BUGGY AND HARNESS. F. F. NORTON X SON.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01

time of grave public emgerceny.
 laneous public. They didn't like the looks of things. Few doubted the abil- ity of the steel trust insiders with their vast resources to take the mar ket in hand and put it where they might want to. But just the same big percentage of wise people in Wall street preferred to keep out of the game.
 It has thus come about that the stock market as it now stands is distinctly a Morgan market and against him are arrayed many of the most powerful in- terests in the street. A battle royal is on. It may mean the passing of the Morgan dynasty and the creation of new leadership. At best MT. Morgan cannot long hold his post as dictator Other ambitious men in the financial world who have been impatient, at be- ing overshadowed by the great field marshal see their way to a more con- spicuous place in the foreground of af- fairs and they are playing to that end beyond a question. This fact adds 10 the danger of MT. Morgan's position and makes more doubtful the successful issue of this last and greatest fight of his life. The whole world is watching the struggle.
 The general business situation is not improving. On the contrary 1t Is retro grading. Advices on that point are overwhelming. Diminishing railroad earnings and contraction in industries and commercial lines comprise the news which flows in from every direc- ton. This situation operates against a successful bull movement in the stock market. Should the Morgan party at tempt to prolong a bull campaign 1t will practically result in their having to take on an enormous load of securities. They vii be virtually making a market for the whole world to unload on. It Is position a great many interests in
 Wall street, unfriendly to MT. Morgan and his party, would be glad to see street that no part of the financial dis trict is as large as the wh ole of 1t and that when any clique or combination or element attempts to lord 1t over the
 entire street it will get the worst of the play The history of the street proves the correctness of this theory. Aside from the rank scandal of
 colossal stock manipulation in connec- tion with the action of the steel trust defining it's attitude toward the powers of the national government there has been comparatively little news of gen eral consequence. What has developed | has been of a dscouraging tenor, with | the single exception of cotton crop re- ports and business activity in the cot | ton belt. The south and southwest | may be said to be the one bright spot in
 the situation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01
Control Airships

Simla, September 3O.-(SpeciaD The government has decided on military grounds to introduce bill to control the manufacture, sale, importation and pos session of airships by a system of li- censes, and also to take over the airships, granting the owners compensation at any time of grave public emgerceny.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01
NOTICE
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
 Company

Notice is hereby given that the an- nual meeting of the stockholders of the Alabama Great Southern Railroad com pany will be held at the office of the company in Birmingham, Ala, on Wednesday. October A. 1911, at 10 o'clock a. m., for election of directors and the transaction of such other bus mess as may be brought before the meeting. R. D. LANKFORD,
 Secretary, September 23. 1911
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01

While performing an operation on a patient in a private nursing home at Tehita, the capital of Transbaikalia, Si- beria, surgeon suddenly went mad and had to be forcibly restrained from killing his patient.
 The operation was for appendicitis and the surgeons assistants were rather sur prised to near their chief making jokes. Chloroform was. however, properly ad- ministered to the patient. and the sur geon made the first incision In the orth- odox manner. All this work is really very silly We had much better finish the patient off with a stroke of the knife"' Realizing that he had to deal with a lunatic, one of the assistants placed himself between the patient and the surgeon. The latter became enraged, and soon the two men were engaged In an exciting struggle for possession of the surgeons knife. Meanwhile the sec ond surgeon quietly proceeded with the operation. A nurse who had been in the room came back with policeman who succeeded in taking the surgeon to a lunatic asylum. The operation proved successful and the patient is reported to be convalescent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-01

According to information just publish ed the Russian government has appro- uriated s15,O000O0 for Qualifications in the portions of the Viborg province which are to be annexed. This scheme together with the naval base at Hermanso, the final plans for which were recently passed, the removal of the South Baltic fleet base from Libau to Reval, and the construction of important Qualifications at the latter place completes the govern ment's strategic plans for the defence of St Petersburg. The purchase of the necessary land at Reval has been com pleted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-05-11
LIFE
TOO HARD MISS
WAKELEE DIES
It's Sugar Water Says Girl of 20
as She Drinks Deadly
Draught
Was Oldest of Family of Eight
Had Failed as CanvasSer
and Was Crazed With Despair

Giving way to an Outburst of pas
sion, due no doubt in part to a dis
ordered mental condition, Beatrice
Wakelee, a pretty girl who recently
made an unsuccessful effort to become
a canvasser, committed suicide at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs
Clinton s. Wakelee, 316 Benham ave-
nue.. She was 20 years of age, and
one of eight children. three daughters
and five sons. She was the oldest
girl, and upon her there devolved a
large share of the responsibility of
maintaining the little home
The girl drained the deadly potion
before the eyes of her father. who
went to her bedroom to call her after
9 o'clock this morning.
Its sugar water" she said when
he looked inquiringly at her as she
raised the bottle to her lips 1t was
a two ounce phial, and she drained
its contents almost to the last dreg.
But doctors found later that there was
a small yellow substance left in the
bottle, the exact nature of which they
couldn't make out.
Miss Wakelee underwent an OPERA
tfon for appendicitis less than a year
ago. Her health did not return. Dur
siderably from headaches. Last night
she retired after difference with her
parents as to whether she should go
out. They disapproved of her plan to
leave the house during the evening,
and when she went to bed she was out
of sorts.
This morning about O'Clock she
arose, ran downstairs. and for no ap-
parent reason turned the parIor up
side down, throwing pictures, bric-ae
brac and other articles about the room
topsy turvy.
Then she returned to her ROOM Her
father followed. and when he went in,
he saw her lying in bed raising the
bottle to her lips.
What have you there?' demanded
her father. 49,
It's sugar water" came her re-
sponse as she nerved herself for the
fatal drink 49,
She sank back in bed, her father
snatched up the bottle and detecting
the odor of acid called to his WIFE
downstairs. She rushed into the bed
room, and then spread the alarm to
neighbors. A trained nurse from one
of the neighboring houses responded,
and she called for Drs.> NJ. J. Green
stein and o. L. Massinger. DR..
Greenstein reached, the house from his
Office nearby within a few minutes,
but too late to be Of avail. DR.. Mas
singer came in a few minutes later.
Beatrice was born in England, where
was born another of the eight chill
dren. She helped her mother greatly
in the rearing of the other children
until her illness of about a year ago,
from which She never recovered
Neiglnbors say that the girls suicide
was due in part at least to the un-
fortunate surroundings of her home
Her father, a hostler. is addicted to
strong drink. and his excesses have led
to his arrest. He was Frustrated at
the shock Of his daughters death
when the full realization of the trag-
edy came upon him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-05-11
WOMAN SUFFRAGE BILL
MIGHT DISFRANCHISE
MOST MALE ELECTORS
Senator Paddock's Discovery Today Causes
Recall and Tab|ing Of Measure
Passed Yesterday

are not property owners to the ex-
tent named in the bill.
This discovery was made today by
Senator Paddock, who yesterday op-
posed the bill. Senator Frederic A.
Bartlett inspected the bill and con-
CURED with his colleague in his opin-
ion of it.
The two showed the bill to Sena :
tor Stiles Judson who read it care
fully and then fully concurred in
their opinion concerning it.
AS Senator Paddock was one of
those who voted against the bill, he
could not move reconsideration, so he
put it up to Senator Judson as the
Republican leader of the Senate.
Senator Woodruff today took up
the matter by moving the recOnsid
Grafton of the bill. He asked that It
be laid on the table until Senator
Archibald Mcneil, Jr.. of Bridgeport.
chairman of the Woman SuffraSe
committee which reported the bill,
should be present.
This action was taken. If the bill
had been voted OH today, the Senate
would have killed the whole PROPOSE
ton. The bill was the talk of the
Capitol today and occasioned laugh
ter and serious alarm in equal meas
ure.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-05-11
HEART KILLS
CHARLES A. PECK

Charles Arthur Peck, for many years
a pawnbroker in Middle street died
this morning at his home. SS4 STRAIT
ford avenue, of fatty degeneration of
the heart. He was in his 5Sth year.
He had been feeling poorly for some
time. but had never given up active
business. Four days ago he last Wis
tied his place of business.
The shop in Middle street has been
conducted under the name of c. A.
Peck for a year. Prior to that it was
known as the shop of Deveau & Peck.
Mr.. Peck a score of years ago entered
into partnership with his uncle. Theo-
dore S. Deveau, who died about five
years ago. Their ship was then where
the fremont hotel is now located. Mr.
Deveau had been in the pawn broking
business in this city for more than
half a century formerly under the
name of Beers & Deveau.
Mr.. Peck was native of New Mil
ford. He is survived by a widow and
one daughter, Marion. one sister. Mrs.
d. D. Kyle of New Milford, and one
brother. Walter d. Peck, who was as
sociated with him in business. He
was a gentleman Of fine reputation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-05-11
CURTISS TALKS
TO FARMER OF
KELLY'S FATE
First Fatality in Curtiss Bi-
plane Occurred in Texas
Yesterday
Bad Grounds and Inexperi-
ence Of Army Lieutenant
Given as Probable Cause

In an interview with Farmer re-
porter today Glenn H. Curtiss, Amer
ica's foremost aviator, expressed deep
regret at the fate of Lieut. George E.
NJ. Kelly, U. S. A. who was killed in
a Curtiss biplanc at Fort San An
tonic, Texas yesterday, and discussed
the probable causes of the accident.
The accident is all the more regret
ted by Mr.. Curtiss as it furnishes the
first mark on an otherwise clean slate
for the Curtiss machines, which, until
Mr.. Kelly's fall yesterday, did not
have a single fatality or bad accident
against them anywhere in the world.
Mr.. Curtiss attributes the accident
to Lieut.. Kelly's lAck of skill combin-
ed with the notbriously. dangerous
grounds over which he was flying
They should not have permitted
flying tests over such bad grounds,
by man of comparatively little ex-
perience in aviation declared Mr..
Curtiss.
Curtiss, ''as though he tried to make
a sudden landing, came down too hard
and bounded up in the air again, then
sustaining the fatal crash. Either this,
or he started his engine and tried to
rise, or was overturned by a sudden
gust of wind
''The stories say that the engine
started again, but it looks to me as
though he bounded up into the air
again and fell down. He had just
SKINNED over the soldiers tent. There
is only a small field and he had to
make a quick descent into it.
1.-The aviation grounds there are no.
toriously bad. 1t is hard to keep clear
of the tents, the grounds are small
and the air currents are treacherous.
Tt is extremely dangerous to conduct
flying experiments there with any but
the most experienced aviators."
During the meet Mr.. Curtiss is stay
ing at The Stratfield with Mrs, Cur
tiss The DISTINGUISHED aviator paid
a high compliment to MacCurdy and
Beachy, whom he called the boys
and said they are unsurpassed as ex-
pert and daring flyers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-05-11
BELLIGERENCY.
Washington Officials Now Looking
Up International Law on This
Phase in Mexican War
eSituation.

Washington. May 11-Recognition Of
the Mexican insurrectos as belliger-
ents by the United States is little
nearer, today, than before the cap
ture of Juarez, it was declared by
officials who have been searching the
international law records for prece,
dents
The principal reason for not recog-
nizing belligerency in Mexico is that
by so doing the United States would
abandon all claims for reparation for
damages. Recognition, at this time,
would be construed the world over as
a declaration of the moral support Of
the revolution by the United States.
Madero. however, will not be able
to import arms, ammunition and sup
plies as he pleases. Individuals may
cross the border at will but no eek
petitions will be permitted. An Eek
pedition'' consists of three or more
men, under the law.
The United States government, rep
resented by the treasury officials at
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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-05-11
CONFERENCE HELD.
Entire Diplomatic Corps Meet in
Mexico City to Consider Plans
For Protection of Foreign
Interests.

Mexico City, May IA his
tory-making conference, having for
| it's object the safeguarding of lives
and property of foreigners. is in
today. Participating in it are the
Amba assadors, Ministers and Charges
lD'Affaires of all of the countries rep
resented in the diplomatic corps. The
outcome is likely to be an offer to
the Mexican government of the SER
vices of 5000 leading Mexicans and
members of the foreign colony to
act as a reserve police force and
prevent murder and rapine in this
city.
The foreign guards will be abso-
lutely neutral. Their work will be
confined to protecting the public
buildings and the foreign quarter
from assaults by bandits whose OBJ
ject would be robbery instead of as
sisting the insurrectos.
Feeling in the city is divided, to-
day, over the result of the fall of
Juarez. Some of the leading Mexi-
cans believe it will make for peace
as it will bring President DiaZ to a
realization that only his immediate
resignation will prevent protracted
civil war. The majority say that
Diaz cannot now relinquish his office
but must fight on to the bitter end.
It is unofficially stated that the gov
ernnent will not change its plans to
wage relentless warfare on the Ma
deroists. The great fear here. today,
is that the United States govern
ment now that Juarez is in the
hands of the insurrectos, will recog-
nize them as belligerents.
Tt is believed here that factional
jealousies are already appearing in
the Madero ranks. Criticism of the
failure of Madero, personally. totake
the field while leaving the direction
of his troops to his lieutenants, is
kfreeiy heard. The .Diez officials are
hoping that the actual warriors in
the Madero ranks will relegate the
provisional president to the rear and
start fighting among themselves for
supreme leadership honors.
Reports, today, show that fighting
is general in many parts of the re-
public. Federal forces are for the
most part concentrated in the state
capitals and bands of insurrectos are
trying to drive them out. Fighting
is still in progressing at Atlixco, the
key to Pueblo City. Torreon is still
resisting but likely to fall. Parras,
the former home of the Maderos, is
entirely in insurrecto hands.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-05-11
(Special to The Farmer.)

Hartford, May 11.-Three-fourths
of the male voters of Connecticut
might have been 6isfranchised by
the General Assembly but for the dis
covery by Senator Garry Paddock to-
day of an unsupported Joker in
the Woman Suffrage bill which pass
ed the Senate yesterday.
On it's. attention being called to the
matter the Senate Immediately re-
considered its action of yesterday
and tabled the bill 1t will be taken
up again next week and the whole
thing will be killed, unless the Sena-
tors change their minds in the mean
time.
By the terms of the bill. which
passed the Senate yesterday. the
word male is stricken from the
statute regarding qualifications of
voters in town, city and borough cleo
tions and other changes are made in
the wording.
The purpose of these changes is to
give the ballot to women owning.
property of $500 or freehold Of $500:
but the actual effect, according tn
students of the BILL would be to dis
franchise all the present voters who
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-05-11
CHARGES AGAINST
FALL0N DISMISSED
Judge Milton A. Shumwav
Exon era tes Lawyer
Against Whom Accusa-
tions of Overcharging
Were Made.

The charges preferred against At
torney Frederick b. Fallon by the
Grievance committee of the Fairfield
County Bar, have been dismissed by
Judge Milton A. Shumway of the Su-
perior court The lawyer was aIIeg-
ed to have been guilty of unprofes-
sional conduct in the cases of Walter
H. Quimby, former Alderman Dennis
E. O'Neil and Concetta Arena, all Of
whom were his clients.
In his memorandum of decision,
handed down today, Judge Shumway
says: "The charges against the re-
spondent upon the evidence as offered
relate wholly to controversies with cli-
ents over compensation for services
The code of professional ethics adopt
ed by the State Bar Association should
be read diligently by the respondent.
No one knows better the value of pro-
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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-05-11
PERSONAL TAX
COLLECTORS TO
BEGIN CANVASS

The three personal tax collectors
who have opened their headquarters
at the City Hall, will begin to cam
vass the city at the end of the cur
rent month. The collectors duty is
to visit every citizen who has not paid
his tax before the first of June. When
a personal demand upon the citizen
has been refused, and not until then,
the collectors will turn over the name
of the obstinate citizen to the prose-
cutting authorities.
More than 1000 citizens have called
at the City Hall to pay their personal
taxes Tt is said that the greater
number to comply with the law earli,
est are Of the foreign born population.
The Eumber of persons on the per-
sonal tax list is 240S3
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-05-11
NARROW ESCAPE FOR
AVIATOR AT NuNEOLA.

New York, May 11-Tom Sop
with. the English aviator had a
narrow escape from death, today,
on the Mineola Aviation Field.
when a gust of wind caught his
Bleriot monoplane, and dashed it so
feet to the ground. Sopwith re-
ceived only a slight cut over the
loft eve
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-05-11
ATTENTION. ATTENTION

This is to notify all tooImakers
machiniscs, drop forgers and special
lists that there is a strike on for the
eight hour day in New York. Brook
lyn. Newark and surrounding towns
If you want to help the eight hour
movement stay away from that 10
cality.
LODGE NO. 80, INTERNATTONA
ASSOCIATION OF ~ ""FfNieTS.
R1Os+o 119 Wall ST., City.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-05-11
CRIPPLE SUICIDES WHEN
INFORMED BY DOCTOR HIS
CASE WAS INCURABI,E
Especial from United Press.

New York, May 11-Learning from
his physician that his case was in
curable William NJ. Carmichael limp
ed to Central Park and leaning
against a wall, committed suicide. to-
day. shooting himself in the temple
Carmichael suffered from an ulcerous
growth.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-05-11
LOST IN FOG
AVIATION PUPIL
: HAS FATAL FALL
Especial from United Press)

Especial from United Press
Berlin, May 11-While attempting
a flight at Johannisthal, today,
Herr Bekemueller, an aviation pu-
pill, lost his way in a fog and flew
outside the grounds and crashed
into an adjoining building. He was
instantly killed and his machine
demolished.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-05-11

Augustus McKelvey is being held
at police headquarters pending an In
vestigationh by the probate court at
the request of his conservators. prior
to his commitment to some institu-
ton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-05-11

Washington. May 11-Oficial conflr-
nation of the fall of Juarez came in
a despatch received at the War De-
partment from Colonel Steever, COM
manding the American trdeps:
General Navarro surrendered un-
conditionally with about 450 men. The
insurrectos now have all his cannon,
machine guns, small arms and much
ammunition and horses. Colonel Tam
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-05-11

WANTED.-F1rst class all around
blacksmith. Also a carriage paint
ter. Apply at once, G. H Bassett
Newtown. r sspo
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-05-11

second hand office safes. BarEains.
Marsh, 1872 Fairfield Ave.
r g.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-05-11

DRAUGHTSMEN WANTED.-Firut-
class men experienced on tool, fig
and fixture work. Locomobile Com
pany of America. r 9 $50
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-05-11

DOST.-On Tuesday, bunch of keys.
Reward for return to finder All
East Main St. r 10 BIO
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-05-11
FOR SALE OF EXCHANGE.

room house completely furnished
and stable, city water. located Fair
field Beach. bathing, boating. fish
ing, lot SO fit. front and rear about
$50. Price and terms easy. For
particulars address f. d. AIvord
Real Estate, Warner Bldg. Bridge
port, Conn. R10uSo