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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-13
BEATTIE TO DIE NOV. "A UNLESS
 GOVERNOR ACTS
Supreme Court Refuees Petition
 of Accuse d Wife Slayer

Richmond, Va, Nov. 1S-Only Gov- ernor Mann now stands between Hen- Beattie, Jr.. and the electric chair, the supreme court of appeals, having, to- day, refused to grant an appeal te the young wife slayer on a writ of err TOT.
 Beattie's counsel had little hope of success before the supreme court and now all the influence of the de- fense will be brought to bear on the governor to induce him to grant a communication of the sentence Or at least to issue a reprieve that will postpone the date of execution which now is set for November 24.
 The supreme court, in it's decision, today, merely refused the petition.
 The general belief here is that Beat tie will die in the electric chair
 Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., 27, mur- dered his 21 year old wife Louise, af- ter taking her for an automobile ride on the Middleothean Pike on the night of July IT. He was arrested on July 2O He was convicted on a com- plete case of circumstantiaI evidence and maintained his innoncence, never vet showing any signs of weakening. The prisoner is now confined in "Death Row. at the state peniten- tiary.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-13
.CUNSHOT HALTS THE FLIGHT OF TWO BURGLARS Officer O'Neii Captures Pair Red-HaEded in Center of
 the City Had Gone Through Window in Beck's Sa:0on---B0urd Over
 in the Ci:y Court

Thanks to the keenness of Patrol man James O'Neill, two burglars were caught red handed in the early hours this morning and were halted. in flight by shot from the officers pistol. The two, who gave their names as John Jura1o and Frank Ross, were. held in bonds of, $1,0Oo each by Judge Foster in the city court this morning.
 Officer O'Neill captured the pair immediately after a burglary at James Beck's saloon at Water and State streets. He had been quietly watching them for half an hour. He heard the crash of glass which told of a broken window in the Beck sa- loon. Ross was standing outside act- ing as lookout The other came out through the window, bottles in hand. Patrolman O'Neill immediately jump ed after the pair, who darted up State street like frightened rabbits The patrolman pulled his gun. sang out to them to stop, and then fired at the ground. Jura1o, who supposed him. self hit, fell like log and started to pray. The other fellow reluctantly halted sThe bottles were found on the line of march where they had been dropped.
 The two, were arraigned in the city court this morning on the charge of Judge roster found probable cause and ordered them held for the Super iora court under bonds Of $1,000 each. The police believe they are old hands. Detective Haux ''mugged'' and meas ured them for the Bertillon system.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-13
THERMOMETERS
 DROP BRINGS ]. ICY BLASTS

With a record breaking drop of Al degrees in 16 hours, two fex- tremes of November weather are recorded in the books of Weather Observer William Jennings for yes-s terday and today.
 Yesterday the mercury lowered about 67 degrees at 3 o'clock. This is one of the warmest November temperatures on record. And to- day at o'clock it was down to 26 above zero, with fcicles hanging off the roofs and water pails frozen to considerable depth, and one of the coldest temperatures on rec ord for early November.
 Weather Observer Jennings had a hunch the cold wave was coming, and yesterday afternoon at 3 o'clock noted temperature of 67 degrees. 1t o'clock the rain was falling, southwest gale was blow ing the storm wildly, and the tenn perature had fallen to 55, drop of 12 degrees in five hours. At z o'clock this morning it was 26 above zero, a drop of 29 degrees in il hours, and an aggregate drop of Al degrees in 1S hours.
 All to the west and north of us, the rain descended mostly in the form of sleet and snow. But the rain was too far ahead of the cold wave for any snow in this vicin- ity.
 Back in 1879, says Weather Ob- server Jennings, we had another day like yesterday with temper ature almost like midsummer. But he can't recall in his nearly two score years of experience as a weather man, any such drop in temperature as that of last night.
 The southwest gale occasioned one of the highest tides in years in these parts. Several hundred people visited Seaside Park early in the afternoon to be there when the tide was at its highest, 3:25. Many waves broke over the seawan and rolled their crests over the boulevard. Captain Paul Boyton visited Steeplechase Island during the afternoon and found the waves breaking up around the bathing houses.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-13
Especial from United Press,

Astoria, Ore, Nov. 13-With two members of the crew already washed overheard to their death. 47 persons on the wrecked steamer Washington are facing death off Cape Disappoint- ment, today. In a how1ing north west gale, government lifesavers from Astoria have been working unsuccess- fully for nine hours trying to get a lifeline to the steamer.
 Of the 47 persons aboard, .25 are pas sengers and g seamen. The vessel was enroute from Portland to San Francisco. when she ran into gale last night. For an hour she was buf- feted about at the mercy of the wind breakers off Cape Disappointment and ran upon the bar outside of the. mouth of the Columbia river. 4s
 The Washington's wireless operator flashed a distress signal to Astoria and Portland before his apparatus was put out of commission by the gale. The lifesavers here immediately rushed to the scene. but: owing to the terrific wind and the high sea running, were unable to approach close enough to take off the imperi1led persons. ea
 Fearing the vessel would break up, the lfesavers attempted to shoot a lifeline across the vessel, but each at tempt failed. Two members of the crew were washed overheard and drowned while attempting to reach the lifelines.
 . At 10 o'clock thOboat was evidently beginning to break up and the chances Of rescufng those aboard seemed slim. At that hour, the Washington was 10o yards of shore, with the surf breaking clean over her.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-13

AThe spirit of revolt and change is abroad in the land" said Gompers. "voters are now dema. ding better reasons for support of a particular candidate by his party. The people from the rank and file of political parties are more progressive than their leaders. They will no longer submit to the rule of evasion and false pretenses in platforms. Prest- dential messages and public ad- dresses.
 .aThe people have had the sense and courage to strike off the shackles and to rebel against an autocratic and boss-owned Judiciary"
 Speaking of the movement toward pure democracy, Mir. Gompers said:
 'sWe would end every. form of aris- tocracy and bring to their end all in stitutions which refuse to recognize the people as the origin of legislation, of justice and of domination.
 s.The severest blows ever dealt class privilege, plutocratfc domination and Judicial greed for power were made possible last year through the forces of democracy patiently built up in the course of years in accordance with the established policy of the American Federation of Labor.
 q refer to events especially taking place on the Pacific coast, either in the promotion of the initiative, refer endum and recall, or in the acts of the masses of the people through those purely democratic instrumentaiities.
 saThose events have brilliantly and convincingly illustrated the power of the people. .srhe social struggle is to be good and right against evil and wrong. The attainment of maximum liberty for every individual. the abolition of pow erty, the best order in the production and equitable distribution of wealth in a word the establishment of con- ditions for the highest possible earth ly happiness for manldnd-an this must come through taking the best that civilization has given us and looping off, one by one, it's imperfect growths and its baneful excrescences. President Gompers discussed a wide range of subjects. including the Con- gressional investigation into the con- ditiOns of women and children em- ployed at labor. the hatters' case, and police oppression through the third degree.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-13
Liquor Dealers
 Paid $I.5O Too
 Much For Signing

The local liquor dealers have tust discovered that they have been paying $1.50 too much Co the city for ne privilege of having Town Clerk Thom- as sign their license applications. Th< dealers have been in the habit Of c&v- ing g for this service, but ft has f1sf been learned that the statutes give H cents as the legal price for the uovk.
 Town Clerk Thomas was 1s1kod 1A1< week about the matter and he oo1g}1f the advice of City Attorney Cu1lfnaB. Upon consulting the statutes the city attorney found that 50 cents was the proper price and he 50 advised the town clerk. Tn the past ten years 1t is estimated that the city treae1rr has benefited to the amount of s.e1e by this overcharge. The town .sfsrk did not benefit from the increase
 The dealers are required by law to have the town clerk certify that f15e persons who sign applications are tsx- payers in this city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-13
MASS MEETING
 OF STRIKERS
SOCIALISTS ANDNPOLLCE FEAR TROUBLE AT TONIGHrs GATH ERING.
NEW YORK CTTY,s HEALTH MEN, AGED BY PESTILENCE, FROM CARRIAGE ACCUMULATON,AND COMMISSIONER LEDERLE MAY HE FORGED TO SIDETRACK BIG BILL EDWARDS AND TAKE FULL CHARGE HIMSELF.
Special from United Press.)

New York, Nov. 13-With New York's streets piled high with putrid garbage and with the city's health menaced by pestilence there was every indication, today. that Health Commissioner Lederle would be fore ed to exercise the supreme powers vested in him. assume control of the situation and clean the city up at any cost.
 A great mass meeting of the strik- ing garbage drivers and helpers has been called for tonight in Cooper Un- lot party. The police admit that they fear trouble at the gathering.
 Efforts. today, to clean up the city by the use of professional strike breakers failed utterly. Tn the lower East Side tenement districts, condi- per East Side district is filtered with refuse while the lower West Side res- idential district is suffering from the putrid refuse that fills the streets.
 Tho danger of fire has been materi- ally increased for hoodlums are us- ing the great masses of garbage in the streets as bonfires. The fire de- partment has called in all men on leave or suspension. Hundreds of flremen are patrolling the residential districts, each with a section of fire hose, extinguishing the street fires
 Only 10 wagons were engaged, early today. in collecting the thousands of tons of garbage. These wagons went out from the West 52nd street station, with three strikebreakers on each wagon. Fifty policemen accompanied the wagons while two police patrols of reserves followed. Scores of police men lined the roofs of buildings on the streets through which the wagons passed, to prevent the throwing of bricks and bottles.
 At the strike headquarters. it was stated that the men expected, today an answer to their letter to Mayor Gaynor in which they expressed 8 willingness to return to work by day and not by night If the mayor would agree to submit their grievances to arbitration by any civic body he might name.
 1t seemed hardly probable that Mayor Gaynor would agree to their request for arbitration.
 The strikers also declared that, if Health Commissioner Lederle as-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-13
Special from United Press,


 Atlanta, Ga. Nov. 13.-Denouncing che foes of labor. "subservient courts.P injunction judges and the Mc- Namara ''persecution'' in Los Angeles, Samuel Gompers, this afternoon. de- livered his annual address before the s1st annual convention of the .Ameri- can Federation of Labor here, today. To desert partisan politics and join independently in the fight for better labor conditions was the remedy sug- gested.
 Secretary Frank Morrison submit ted his annual report showing that fine federation now has 1,756.O60 members, the greatest in the organ ization's history. The report con tinues:
 ssThe treasury shows s1Ss.57s:56 on hand. Of this amount $13S.1S2.34 can be used only to pay benefits in case of a. strike or lockout of mem bers of local unions. The balance iS in the general fund.
 .sThe growth of the American Fed aration of Labor from 1881 to- 1893 sd1a sra PotHS POooS oat %e t remained about that number until 1898 when 1t reached very nearly 3SO.000. In 1900 1t passed the 50O,- 900 mark: in 1901, 750.000; in 1909 it passed the million mark and in lion and a half point; and in 1904 shot up over a million and naif, reaching 1,676,2 900. Thus the growth of fine American Federation of Labor from 1899 up to and including 1S04 wcs phenominal.
 s~There was a decrease m the mem bership in 1905 and 1906 from the hirh-water mark of 1904. This. de- cresse was almost entirely caused by internal strife (which led to secession And d number of ill-advised and un- successful strikes of . few dnterna- fionaI organizations. x.
 During 1907 and 1908 the mem bership climbed up over 1,50O. 900 and receded again to a little below the | 500. 900 mark. when the tide again chanKed. and in 1910 it passed the 1 500. GOO mark, and this year the in crease in the membership of the in- ternational organizations and the ad- d1tion of the 51.300 which came with the affiliatfonS of the Western Fed ersf1on of. Miners. forced the average pald-up and reported membership of rha if<tefnafiona1 organizations to 1,- 5E6. 7s6. which is an increase of 194.- e2S over the membership of last year. and S0,535 members over the high water mark of 1904. ssf
 ssThat the membership of the in ternational unions is steadily on the increaee is indicated by the fact that the psic up and reported membership of the directly affiliated local unions and international organizations for the month of Septen Der of this year with>tAnding the hostile forces that are working against the labor unions that the coming year will show an increase over the membership report Cd upon this year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-13
PREP AIRING. TO CARVE CHINA
1 800 COSSACKS ENTRAIN FOR PEKIN TO LOOK AFTER CZAR'S INTERESTS WHEN TIME COMES FOR THE POWERS TO CHOP UP CHINESE EMPIRE
(Special from united Pregs. :,

vladivostok. <Novs 13.-Fifteen hun dred Cossacks who entrained here, yesterday. for Pekin, are said on high authority, today, to be intended as an advance guard of the troops the Russian government. intends to send to the Chinese capital to look after the Czar's interest in the internation- al scramble for territory expected to follow the empires disintegratiOn, be- lieved at St. Petersburg to be cer- tainty of the near future.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-13
CAPTAIN INSANE

Fort Terry. Plum Island, Long Is- land Sound, Nov. 13-The schooner Edith E. Dennis, of New Bedford, Mass, bound for Greenport, l.. l., with coal, sank about o'clock last night in Plum Gut. Two sailors compris- ing the crew, and the captafn,sswife, were drowned. The captain was washed ashore on log and was pick ed up by the soldiers at the fort. He is insane today from his terrible ex- perfence and cannot tell his own name.
 Last nights blow on Long Island Sound was the highest wind in several months The soldiers were on the lookout for trouble. The Dennis, a two-masted schooner, sprung a leak, it is believed From Fort Terry, a dory containing the captains wife and the crew, was seen to- put off from the sinking ship. About a hundred yards from shore, a huge wave struck the dory, overturning it. The bodies had not been recovered up to 10 o'clock this morning.
 Although the night was chilly and the blast cut like knife, the captain succeeded in holding onto a log in the rough waters He was blue from the cold and unconscious when wash ed up. There was no clue to his identity in his clothing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-13
BIRD MAN WEYMAhk FLIES 73 MILES AN
 HOUR AT AAIENS

Rheims, Nov. 13.-Aviator wey- mann, flying a Newport aeroplane. completed the round trip between here and Amiens, today, at An aver age speed of 73 miles an hour. The total distance is 190 miles. It is con- sidered certain that he will take the speed prize offered for the flight.
 Weymann carried two passengers and 660 pounds of additional weight to prove the carrying capacity of his aeroplane. The test was made under government auspices.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-13
SCORES LOSE LIVES.

Chicago, Nov. f3.--More fb.1r score of lives were lost. over mf% lion and a half dollars of dana@ done to buildings. farms and -sf15< ping and great suffering zeDf75f<{' ar1ong the poor by the 9<sfm Yf<<h sw wept the upper middle west G1rsE< the last two days and left in it's wake bitter cold weather.
 It was reported, today, that not les< than IF persons were killed in Wis consin towns.
 Today. the devastafed territory < held sfas. in near-zero weather Com~ munication has not yet been re-e<- tablished =. z .sf s<. F.
 It is repofted that: a entlre fau1sr of four persons succumbed at Han- over, Wis, when the family horne was demolished Two men are known to have been frozen to deatn in the icy breath of winter ff14s spread over MinnesotA and North Dakota. The body of John Dudley of Grand Fords N. D., was found Cd the prairie, outside of that city. Joseph A. Ryppe, treasurer of Ees1 City, Minn-, was frozen to death ul55}e hunting on Rush Lake. *
 When tbe wind died down 5n CEf~ cago, today, ft brought to an end f18< worst storm in the recent hie1or1 11 Great Lake navigation. Half q ncoxs of lake vessels were driven from fHe harbor. Several of I1ese craft wefs carried clear across Lake Mien5xsM
 In this city alone three perxoae perished in the cold wnv1 ss 11 <1e charity hospitals, today, abgo1ute5v were full of patiente. <4
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-13
DROWNED IN HARBoR.

New Haven, Nov. 13-The steamer Witch Hazel, New York to Providence, was wrecked on a breakwater in the local harbor during last nights gale on the Sound. Captain Britt and the crew of three men were drowned.
 The Witch Hazel is said to be own ed by Stetson Cutler & Company, of Boston. Early today two men who were claimed to be members of the Witch HazePs crew. came ashore in a dory and confirmed the report that Captain Britt and three men lost their lives. The survivors stated that the Witch Hazel had been blown out of her course onto the breakwater.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-13

stunned charge of the situation they would immediately furnish men to clean up the city and remove the dam ger to which the city is now sub- jected.
 It was admitted, today, that 10000
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-13
HUNTER IS STRICKEN.
 CHASING A RABBIT.
Special from United Press.)

Jewett City, Nov. 13.-Stricken with a slight paralytic stroke while chasing a rabbit, Saturday, Albert c. Brewster, 3S, is in critical condition, today. With a companion, Brewster was hunting when stricken and 1t was only after persistent searching that his companion found him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-13

New York-Michia Legall, afraid she was going to catch it'' for be- ing tardy at school, hid in her motf- er's closet for 30 hours. The spanking was postponed and jam and cookies substituted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-13
INFANT DIES, sCALDED 's BY BOILING WATER.

wallfngfcrd, Nov. 1S4The jnfan< daughter of Steve Jackowski, of fkls borough is dead, today the result Of a kettle of boiling water, Saturday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-13
WIRELESS FLASHES.

New York, Nov. 13.-Wireless mes sages are flashing along the, storm tossed Atlantic coast, today, warning incoming vessels to look out for a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-13
REMARKABLE INCREASE IN
 MEMBERSHIP OF A. E. OF |.
3lst Annual Convention Opens Today at Al. Ianta, Ga.--President Gompsrs in An- nua| Address Scores Foes
 of Labor

sThe following is the average mem-. bership reported upon for the past fifteen years: v
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-13
DEATH AND SUFFERING
 IN WAKE OF STORM
 ALONG ATLANTIC COAST
Several Lives Lost Near New Haven and
 More in Other Paris ofcounry

ing, wiCh IA men on board, of Fire Island, late yesterday, by the liner Howard. which made q vain effort t0 save the crew.
 The revenue cutter Mohawk is cruising in the vicinity, ekfng the. doomed vessel but her commando reported by wireless that. so far, ae has been able to find any trace o< the barge and it is thought she effner has gone down or was swept to se7
 The Howard sighted her, yesteTda5 the crew at th-t time being lashe< to the masts. After five hours og Howard was swept several miles e. sea and was compelled to abando1 the barge to pursue it's own boat,
 Fears are expressed for a fumbes of coastwise vessels which Lave n0s yet reported in haTboT
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-13

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-11-13

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Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-05-08
MExICo's GREAT ESTATES.

William E. Curtis, in his excellent article dis
cussing the revolution of Chihuahua, says that it
is protest against the autocracy existing under
Don Luis Terrazas, regarded as the largest land
owner in the world and whose wealth is esti
mated in excess of $100000000
The Mexico of today is divided up into huge
estates of this character, and the condition of
servitude is little different from that which OBJ
tanned in Europe during feudal times The con
dition is the most aggravated form of landlord
ism, condition similar to that which has cursed
Ireland for centuries.
The great land owner pays no taxes and the
entire burden OF government is bourne by the
commons. The landless man. because of this
monopoly, has little change to get along in the
world Whatever progress he makes in life
is mildly comparative.
Now, that the lower classes of Mexico have
been educated to the knowledge that there is
something better in life for them, it may be
believed that Mr.. Curtis speaks the truth when
he says that, whatever negotiations may be car
ried out at Mexico City, there will never be
peace in Chihuahua until the Terrazas estate is
broken up and the people are permitted to own
homes.
But Mr. Curtis does not exhibit in full the
lesson presented by this Mexican sitaution. The
debasing effect of this landlordsm in Mexico but
pictures the effect of land monopoly in all times
1t serves to enrich the few and impoverish and
debase the many. Private ownership of land
is responsible for the greater portion of ills
with which the human family is afflicted.