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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16
ROADLESS RUSSIA.
Government Scheme for a System of
Highways.
(From the London Standard.

(From the London Standard.
Russia is a road1ess land. It is
uncomfortable to the foreign visitor
who has ever left the beaten track
of the railways in Russia how a great
empire can have subsisted so long
and so successfully amid the compe-
tition of the rival States beyond it's
borders without even a pretence at
roads.
The secret, of course, lies in the
fact that for FIVE or six months in
the year nature herself provides roads
over the. greater part Of the expanse
of All the Russias admirable smooth,
CLASSY roadways over hardworn snow.
The traffic is further cheapened over
these roads by the substitution of a
sledge runner for the wheel and axle.
This brings the cost of land carriage
as near the cheapness of water borne
freight as possible. and it is the prin-
cipal reason why Russia, in the TWEEN
tieth century is still roadless land.
There are some $4,000 miles of rail-
way in Russia, and not one-third that
figure of .metalled roads! The roads
are, even more markedly than the
railways, which of late have begun
to consider economic and commercial
needs, strategic roads from the centre
to the confines of the empire 1t is
listers to set about remedying this de-
feet, and it is hoped to remove it with
in the next decade. a beginning is
to be made with European Russia
only leaving all Siberia, Central Asia.
&C., for later. The proportion of lin
cal miles of road to square miles Of
territory. according to the proposals
before the Council of Ministers, is to
be as one to ten. In France the pros
portion is one to one, and in the worst
provided European country it is not
less than one to eight. Therefore
Russia is aiming at much less than
other countries already have, and for
the most part have had for many GEN.
turtles.
To make in ten years the 165, 900
miles of roads required is one of those
gigantic measures of reform compar-
able only to the agrarian settlement
scheme on which the present Govern
ment of Russia is steadily engaged.
The money cost of constructing for
European Russia alone sufficient roads
to provide one lineal mile to ten
square miles of country is estimated
at little under, two hundred millions
sterling, sum far beyond the ca
pacity of Russia to provide for this
purpose in money. But if Russia has
not the money she undoubtedly has
the men, and these have nowadays
that the eminently practical plan of
the Council of Ministers is to get
these roads made in the course of the
next decade by requiring local labor
and resources to give up so much 9TH
erwise wasted time to the task. mater
ials being supplied where not found
On the. spot.
1t is roughly estimated that not
more than half week year from
every man and horse in rural Russia
would provide sufficient labor to CONF
plete the scheme without unduly bur-
dening any individual Or class.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16
BREAD FAMINE
IN LIVERPOOL BY
REASON OF STRIKE
(Special from United Press. }

Especial from United Press.)
Liverpool, Aug. 16-F.our mills and
bakers served notice on the city au-
thorities. today that thev IAN no long
er supply flour or brett because OF
strike conditions. The supply of Goa.
and grain is exhausted and with the
closing of the mills the bakers ovens
will remain cold, tonight. There is
not enough flour in the city to asst
T. two days and it is said If the strike
Is called there is little chance Of
averting a famine as all CT the rood
stuffs are becoming scarce and prices
are mounting.
Butter, eggs and milk are not be
had in most restaurants. There are
thousands in the city who. because or
the strike are almost destitute. They
will soon face starvation if conditions
are not improved.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16
M'NEIL AGAINST
10 FOOT CENTERS
Bridgeport Senator Sue
ceeds In Having Senate
Table Bill that Would
Make Law Compulsory.
Especial to The Farmer.)

Hartford, Aug. Ex-senator Mcneil
of Bridgeport had the Senate table
the bill providing for 10 foot centers
in all cities where streets are over
80 feet wide. He. said there was
scarcely a quorum present and he
favored leaving the question to each
city to determine for itself and not
make a compulsory law. Senator
Marsden argued for the bill but Nc
Neil insisted that it was too impor-
tant a measure to pass with so many
Senator's absent and he won his point
The Senate adhered on motion OF
Senator Mcneil to it's former action
in passing the advisory initiative and
referendum and he was named as
committee on the part of the Senate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16
Local Veterans
Are Ronored By
Sixth Regiment

(Spcial from United Press.>
/. New Britain, Aug. 16-The 44th an
nual reunion of the Sixth c. V. I. was
held here today, and officers elected
as follows:
President, Dr. N. E. Wordin, Bridge
port; vice president, M. w. Robinson,
Noroton; secretary, w. F. Smith,
Whitneyville; historian, Charles K.
Caldwell, New Haven; surgeon, DR.. G.
Rawlings, New Haven; executive COM
mittee, Charles E. Moore, Judge A. B.
Beers and Major Thomas Boudren, all
of Bridgeport.
1t was voted to hold the next reun-
ion at Bridgeport, on the third Wed
nesday in August, 1912.
Reports read at the meeting show
ed that % deaths had occurred dur
ing the past year. Over one thousand
dollars was in the treasury
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16
Gus Gaming Confesses
Theft of Bicycle

John Simpson of 3O2 Fairfield ave-
nue. was in. the Y. M. c.. A. building
this morning and when he came out
he found his bicycle had been stolen
Simpson telephoned to police head
quarters and then waited in the cor
ridor. In a few minutes ne saw a
strange man trying to take another
bicycle out of the corridor. Simpson
seized the man and held him until
Policeman William arrived.
AT police headquarters the prisoner
gave his name as Gus Gaming and
said he lived at 1901 Stratford ave-
nue.. Later he said his name was
Gus Coleman and that he had just
served a ten days sentence in Jail
He confessed that he had sold Simp-
sons wheel to dealer in Stra tford
avenue for IS. The charge of theft
was made against the prisoner
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16
MILLIONAIRE TO
SUPERINTEND HIS
BIG ROAD PROJECT

Colonel T. Coleman du Pont. United
States Senator from Delaware, who
recently made announcement of his
determination to build public high
way running due north and south
through his entire home state, Is to
keep in personal touch with the ST.
900 project, and to this end he has
ordered a camping automobile built
under his own plans. With specially
designed body, it is so constructed az
to enable the colonel to virtually live
in it for long or short stretches, with
home comforts of high order
The car is 4045 horsepower or
115 inch wheel base, with body
specially constructed and SO laid out
that it has sufficient length inside to
accommodate a hair mattress, six feet
six inches long. There are two lock-
ers about six inches wide, which run
the complete inside length of the body
on each side, afford1ng packing space
for supplies.
The top is permanent, with Stat
rack on the under side, holding four
vulcanized fiber provision boxes,
which are strapped into place over the
rack.
There is also a rack in the top for
taking care of drawings, plans, ETC.,
and arranged on the top of the body
or on the top of the top is a slat
rack with an iron railing of sufficient
size to carry four extra shoes, which
are tightly strapped to the rack.
THE CARS COMFORT.
AS to locker space, there are eight
regular boxes on the car for storage.
purposes.
On the inside of the car there is one
on the rear, which is used for the
purpose of carrying cooking materials,
such as a stove. ETC., and there is one
on the rear just ahead of the cooking
utensil box where the storage bat
terry and dry cells are carried. There
are two long ones on each running
board. which will be used for the pur-
pose of carrying the tent material,
and two iron boxes on the top of the
ten boxes filled with tools.
AS to the tent, this is one of the
unique features of the entire layout
and is made of balloon waterproof
silk, of very light material, for pack
ing in a small space. There are six
tent poles connected with this tent,
each six foot high, and when the tent
is not in use these poles are carried
on a board provided alongside of the
car The tent is SO constructed that
there are division curtains hanging
from the side of the car to the ground,
making virtually three compartments,
two outside of the car body and one
car compartment inside.
AS to the storage boxes which are
within the main body of the car and
may be moved when the car goes in
to camp, there are two of these, each
of which is upholstered on top to
serve as seats.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16
Author ,RoStand
Crushed Beneath
Capsized Auto
Especial from United Press.)

Paris, Aug. 16-Edmund Rostand,
the author of Chantecler 3nd CryranO
DeBergerac, was badly hurt, today,
when his auto capsized near Cambo.
The author was caught underDea th
the machine and his head and stonl-
.ach crushed.
Physicians were hurriedly called
from Cambo and it was soma time
before the author could be released
from the wreckage. The physicians
could make no immediate exhaustive
examination but it was apparent that
M. Rostand was most seriously hurt.
Fe was removed unconscious to Cam
DO, where an examination 20 determine
the exact nature of his wounds was
made. It is fearn1 that he suffered
internal injuries
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16
BOXING BILL is
BEATEN IN HOUSE
ESPECIAL from United Press

Especial from United Press
Hartford, Aug. 16-The bill legaliz-
ing boxing and wrestling in Connec-
ticut is considered dead, today, for
this session of the Legislature on ac-
count of the House action rejecting
the measure, yesterday. The Senate
passed it but the House refused 20
reconsider it's adverse action.
Under the terms of the boxing bill
unlimited bouts would have been per-
mitted under the auspices Of incor-
porated clubs. The bill contained pre-
cautionary measures to offset the
possibility Of deaths by boxing, call
ing for medical examinations and the
presence of doctors at the ringside.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16
Arrested for Assault
on Grew of Trolley

Joseph and Frank Bailey, aged 10
and Is respectively, were arrested to-
day by Detectives Hackett and Hall,
charged with breach of the peace on
Monday night. They are alleged to
be two of the members of a gang
which set upon trolley crew at
Mountain Grove cemetery Monday
night. Both boys live in Fairfield.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16
THE ROWLAND DRY GOODS co.
FASHIONS AND FADs.

Many of the smartest new suits are
cut away in front, a few showing the
postillion back, with the coat just
reaching to the waistline in front
Femininity seems to have gone quite
mad over buckles, particularly those
intended for shoes, and these are Of
ten chosen to match belt buckles
The large collar revers and deep
turn-back cuffs are much in evidences
in new jackets. Quite number have
skirts trimmed to correspond with the
Jackets
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16
CONFEREES ON
FARMER FREE LIST
BILL DISAGREE

Especial from United Press.)
Washington, Aug. 16-Disa greement
Of conferees on the farmers free list
bill was announced to the Senate, this
by LaFollette, (Rep., Wis.,.
The House item for free lemons and
the Senate amendments for admission
Of meats and cereals under conditions
were reported in disagreement.
The Senate ordered further confer
ence
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16
LEG CRUSHED IN GEAR.

John Segrue, employed by the H.
Wales Lines Co., builders, at the plant
of the Henkel Lace Co in the East
End. suffered a fracture of the left
leg when he was caught in a set of
heavy gears this afternoon. He went
to the Bridgeport hospital with DR..
Bennett in. the ambulance. His home
is in Shelton
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16
Porch=screcns at half.

Price OF every porchscreen the store is hereby
made just one half of former amount
fair quantity, all tod-but not large. Folks who.
are interested will not be wise unless prompt.
Green Japanese screens 10 by feet have been $780,
Toe.
Imported Of special light wood in fancy de-
signs Of extra strength although light will very
very well:-
by 8 feet, have been $35O,-S1.75
by s feet, have been $4,-$2
by 8 feet, have been $450,-$2.25
foor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16
AImshouse Bonding
Bill Passes House
1t Provides for a Bond Out
lay Of $225,O0O
Especial to The Farmer)

Especial 10 The dT1ItTJ
Hartford, Aug. 1.-THE House yes
terday passed the bill authorizing
Bridgeport to spend s225,00O for a new
almshouse. The bill is subject to
referendum upon petition of 15 pc,
cent of the voters. 1t has gone to the
Governor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16
TO ARREST
DELINQUENT
TAXPAYERS
Especial from United Press }

Especial from United Press)
Meriden, Aug. 16-Assistant City At
torney George A. Clark was, today,
engaged in drawing 20 warrants for
the arrest of delinquent personal tax
payers, being the first batch of name
that Tax Collector c. V. A. Dexter ex-
poets to turn over to the prosecuting
office. The warrants will be turned
over to the police, tomorrow and
there is considerable speculation as to
whether Judge F. S. Fay will impose
Jail sentences.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16
Stratford Auto
Fire Apparatus
QuenChes Blaze
Especial to The Farmer.)

Stratford, Aug. v16-Stratford' auto
chemical fire apparatus made a quick
run to A. Findof's store and saloon
at Spruce and Barnum avenues, this
and extinguished a nasty
blaze which had gained considerable
Roadway. Chief Judson and his men
made short work of it, and the speed
of the auto-chemical saved the house.
The damage was about $500.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred c. Mullins left
today for their vacations which will
be spent at Narragansett Pier. They
will be met at the famous summer re-
sort by Andrew Radel and will put
up at the Hotel Gladstone. They ex-
pect to return during the fore part Of
Septemher
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16
Those odd rugs
are real plums.

Crex rugs full value at regular price These just
because they odd Sizes sold at twohrds of that
usual price. stI ~
Full weight and regular close Good patterns.
Bound firmly all around Full Of service. ;as5
q by p inches-19c 20 by 96 inches-65c
81 by 81 inches-$115 y by 81 inches s1.75
by so feet-$2.25 by feet "a
9 by 10 feet-$570
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16
ESTATE OF MARY J. HoLRoYD.

In the estate of Mary j. Holroyd
who died recently from injuries due
to a fall from trolley car in STRAIT
ford avenue, her daughter Louise
Harrison was appointed administra-
trix by Judge Hallen in the Probate
court today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16
PERSONAL MENTION.

Miss Mary Kane of Brooks street.
has returned, having spent a part Of
her vacation very pleasantly at Pitts
field, Mass.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16
OBITUARY

The funeral of Joseph Waterbury
was held this morning at $3.50 from the
home of his parents, 100 Wheeler ave-
nue., and half an hour later from st.
Patrick's church, where Rev. Edward
P. Curran celebrated a mass of re-
QUEEN. During the offertory Miss
Jessie Murray sank an ave Maria,
and after mass Mrs. G. w. Phillips
rendered most feelingly Nearer, My
God, to Thee. AS the body was
borne from the church Miss Murray
and Mrs. Phillips sang ''Thy Will Be
Done" The floral offerings were ex-
ceedingly beautiful. Some forty
seven pieces surrounded the little
white silk plush casket, remembrances
Of relatives and friends Six of his
school mates which he had chosen be-
fore his death, acted as pail bearers,
and were Royal Lockhart, Harry
Larned, Thomas Killian, Russell Nor
gan, Julius Horn, Thomas Smith The
interment was in the family plot at
Park cemetery Many relatives and
friends of this city, also from New
town, Danbury, Jersey City and New
York attended the funeral.
The remains of Mary Mullhall were
laid at rest this morning in ST. Mich
aels cemetery following services from
the home of her mother, Mrs. Mary
Mullhall, 81 Lee avenue at $50
o'clock and thence to St. Peters
church where Rev. Thomas J. Kelley
sang a high mass of requiem. At
tending the services were many sor-
rowing friends and relatives and also
numerous children from st. Peters
Sunday school in which she was an
instructress. At the offertory Miss
Mae Foley sang Ave Maria and
during the mass. Heaven Is Her
Home" After the services Mrs. J.
J. Kennedy and Miss Foley rendered,
Nearer My God to Thee" The bear
ers were Thomas Kiley, Harvey
O'Brien, Andrew Larson, Edward
Martin, George Martin and Charles
Cockerton. Father Kelley Rad the
committal services at the cemetery.
Margaret Staff, widow of Charles
Keller died last evening at her home
in Easton after q short illness in her
69th year. She was native of Ger
many.
Funeral services over the remains
of George W. Griswold were held this
afternoon at his late residence, p
Seeley street at o'clock, Rev. John
DePeu, rector of the North Congrega-
tional church officiating Interment
was in Mountain Grove cemetery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16

Margaret Staff, widow of Charles
Keller died last evening at her home
in Easton after a short illness in her
18th year. She was a native of Ger
many.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16

No mattes what You want try the
Farmer Want Column.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1911-08-16

Bridgeport, Conn.,,
Wednesday, Aug. IL, 1911.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22
The Farm Lands Congress.

We have received the program
of the State Farm Lands Con-
gress, which convenes in Monroe
on May A, 5 and 6. Speeches by
men versed in the agricultural
and land conditions of Louisiana
will be features of the congress,
and much is to be gained by at
tending its sessions. Reduced
railroad rates will be offered, and
we hope those Of our farmers
who can will take advantage of
the rates offered and attend the
congress.
In the official call for the ses-
sion the following objects are
set forth:
By the general diffusion of
knowledge of Americas farm
lands to educate and accurately
inform the people of the entire
country as to the possibilities of
development of all lands within
the Southwest, and the opportu-
mites for the homeseeker to
achieve independent life and for
tune; to promote the movement
for farm reclamation and farm
development, the settling, coloni-
cation and bringing into perma-
nent productive use of all lands
now unsettled and uncultivated,
or not fully cultivated; to adj
vance farm knowledge, and gen
orally encourage agriculture and
the farm BODYBUILDING spirit of
the American people. 1t will en-
deavor to establish some form
of national organization broad
enough to coordinate the efforts
of similar bodies working in spe-
cial fields to the same general
end and to establish means by
which the homeseeker may most
easily and quickly secure definite,
accurate and reliable information
as to the lands and opportunities,
the advantages and disadvant-
ages of any section to which he
may be attracted.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22
He Loves Us.

Tell the people of Louisiana
not to be alarmed, since there
will be no war with Mexico.
Tell them, too, that / love them. "
This is what Senator Thornton
claims President Taft said to him
previous to his departure from
Washington for his home. 1t is
an elegant, kindly message, and
would seem to indicate that the
good-natured President has a
warm spot in his big, kindly
heart for Louisiana and her peo-
pie, which is doubtless recipro-
Gated, to a certain extent, by all
her people, but the prejudiced,
scheming politicians, who aim to
keep up sectional feeling to the
end that they may prosper by it.
The well-meaning message of
President Taft should be duly
and properly appreciated by all
the good people of Louisiana. =
Iberville Sentinel.
Give us a rest, Mr.. Sentinel
man, and don't talk nonsense.
The people of Louisiana were
ruthlessly traded off by Mr.. Taft
in the fight for the Panama ex-
position. He is a fine gentleman
to use his official power and make
a political trade in a controversy
between two widely separate
States like Louisiana and Cali
fornia. And the underhanded
secrecy maintained in the matter
until the very last minute, when
nothing could be done to oppose
that was also an elegant" and
kindly act in the man who
had sworn to be the President of
all the people without bias or
favor. It reminds us very much
of another worthy, who was said
to be ''as fine a gentleman as
ever cut a throat or scuttled a
Ship"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22
Resolutions by Hargis Baptists.
Montgomery, ApriI 1. 1911

Editor COLfax Chronicle:
Hargis Baptist church met in con-
ference on the above date, and the
following resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That we, the Baptists of
Hargis, Grant parish, La, set apart
Saturday before the third Sunday in
May in each year to meet at Mars
Hill cemetery to clean aud decorate
the graves OF our departed dead
Everybody is respectfully invited to
come and bring dinner We will have
preaching mt IL a. M, and spend the
day worshiping God and paying
tribute to our departed loved ones.
Resolved, That n copy of these res
olutions be sent to the Colfax Chron-
icle and WINFIELD Comrade for pub
lication. Respectfully.
W. }. TEDDLIE.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-04-22
Tom L. Johnson's Career Ended.

Tom L. Johnson, twice con-
gresham from the twenty-frst
Ohio district, four times mayor
of Cleveland, champion of Scent
street railway fares, and promi-
+nent advocate of the single tax
theories of the late Henry George,
died in Cleveland, Ohio, April 10,
1911, after a long illness. Death
was caused by cirrhosis of the
liver. He was 81 years old.
Mr.. Johnson had been i'll for
more than a year, but his con-
dition was not thought serious,
until he suffered a relapse March
Is. Saturday night, March II,
he attended a banquet of the
Nisi Prius Club, an organization
of Cleveland lawyers. He re-
manned there until 2 a. m. Sun
day, and when he returned to
his home he complained of not
feeling we'll.
The following Wednesday he
was obliged to go to bed. From
that day to the time of his death
his condition was grave, though
several times he made seemingly
impossible rallies, and despite
the fact that he realized he did
not have long to live, the former
mayor was cheerful and optimis-
tic to the last.
Tom L. Johnson from the time
he entered the offices of a Louis
vile railway company as a boy
of Is until his defeat for a fifth
term as mayor of Cleveland on
Nov. 2, 1908, was ever in the
center of some storm, political or
financial. And he often said it
was thus that he enjoyed himself
best.
Mr.. Johnson was born in
Georgetown, KY, July Is, 1854.
In the SOS he went to Cleveland
and became interested in the
street car system there and as
sisted in a partial consolidation
of them.
In 1891 he was elected to Con-
gress, serving two terms as a
single taxer."