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Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-28

week last June consisted OF prohibition
eases aicne. and there was not sin.
gle cCnyiCtiCn.
Judge Lane said that ten patrolmeu
devoted their entire time to running
Down blind tigers" in BirminghqlY
ind that fer four months IL cost. tho
Guy over 5000 month to fgh; tie
blind tiger evils.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-28

nSht 4, ALBANIA In 1901. was the chair-
man OF the local option campaign com
lAltt@c. SCommenting OH the victory
TT. Moore said: The result shows be
yond 4 doubt that the people are tired
OF tho oTil effects OF the blind tiger
and tie illegal sale Of liquor"
The campaign was bitterly contest
&c, with most Of the city ofiic!nls in
favor CT the return OF the licensed SO
loon. Judge i. o. Lane, 11r'&cr mayor
OF Birmingham. foTmcr 5n@Go o. tho
circuit court of jefferson lgu,,ty, ana
now commissioner Of public j!.atia" III
birmingham advocated the return ct
the S4luGu
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-28

pocus to elude the just cou muatinn
aud punishment Of a Right eous G God
for their sIDs Of omission and com
mission in compromising with these
red hsudea murderers Of he]plos
human being.
Yonkers, N. Y. Bruce G.i,.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-28

j. Frank Thompson's clothing
stock is second to none ia Martins
burg. lie is widely Known and is
generally liked aud does rushing
business because be selIs The beat,
guarantees fits and material or re-.
funds the money. Give hiIa a call.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-28
Note

County and the toH OF Coates svillc,
no one c1uld b. cony;c.ed for murder,
1t is doubly and trebly disgraccful
Tor Pennsylvania, if in that old free
stase Negro can be taken from the
power Of the authorities and burned
to death and hundreds know who
lnclted the crime, and yet nobody
punished for it. Some half dozen
have already been acquitted"
l marvel at this utterance from
the Editor Of the Independent tho is
sincere friend Of the Negro, who
has always rung true whenever occa.
sion has arisen for him to speak out
In our defence. am afraid that be
expects too much of bis race when
he cIprcssoe surprise that more Of
the white men who participated in
the CoateeVlile bar barsm have been
punished, Negroes who have fol-!
lowed the case havo never for one
moment thought or believed that any
OF the criminals who participated in
she brutal and cowardly murder OF
Zach Walker, will be punis bed for
their crime, and mosS of Us arc ress~
onably certain that none will be. I
am now pcnrly twenty nine years of
age, and | ON unable to recall u Elm
gle instance occurring in this country.
where the leaders Of any mob of
white men, or any Of their accom-
pllces have either been imprisoned
or suffered the death penalty for tho
killing Of u Negro the evidence of
their guilt being established accord
ing to the forms Of law. When the
day arrives when the old Hebrew
law is applied-"A life for life"
there is going TO be hard eledding il
America for the brother in black
The law does not throw tho aecis o.
Ita protection over him, EXCEPT in
words. The letter nDd the spirit Of
the law ore not invoked agginst
white men singly or in mobs. who
brutally murder Negroes. /: any
persons doubt it, let them produce O.
record OF cases for the past thirty
years showing the number OF white
men North and South who have been
imprisoned or bung for killing No
grocs. l 6on't believe the list would
ill o 1 1 coluuln Of the 'esleemed In
dependent, Ok even q inches in Dla
moDd type, The Coatcsvile trial is
simply judicial farce end the Dis
trIct Attorney who is presenting the
cases against tbese murdere,s, is be.
tween The Devil aud tbe deep sea.
If be could secure the conviction of
any of the men charged with this
murder be would find bimself so cial-
ly and politically ost1acised after the
trial, and like Othe]lo, without an
occupation Blood is thicker than
water, and by the same token white
men ore more valuable in the eyes Of
. white men than Negroes. The Claws
delays will acquit every one Of thcse
men who ore as guilty before God
and man ss any men ever were
against whom there was es strong
evidence TO prove their completely in
the crimes charged against them as
has been adduced 10 The case of those
Coatesvilie mobocrats, who are cue
cesefully escaping the halter Of the
law because, aod only because their
victim was Negro. But there is q
higher Court at whose bar they must
formally appear to be judged for
their heinoua, brutal, barbarous and
savage crime, ADD their earthly
judges will not be able by legal hocus
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1911-10-28
Lane on Prohibition.

COmIn!G"iCncr Lone SAID thut since,
April, 1910, thcrc had been ,0CG ar-
To#tS IL Birmingham for violation Of
the prohibition laws, ana Of Tint nun.
b"r GG8 were convicted. OK tho8o cpGo@
519 Wcro appealed, leaving only 1O9 ~
pay fines IN money or lnbOT. Tho or
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-16
POLLUTION OF
 STREAMS HIT
Dr. Townsend, in Health Report, Tells Need of Care in the
 State
BILLS IN THE LEGISLATURE
Urges That State Board Should be Equipped With Engineer
 ing Department

Dr. Joseph H. Townsend. secretary of the State Board of Health, in his report for April has the following inn portant word to give regarding the pollution of streams in this State:
 ''The streams and rivers of the State are of priceless value to it's peo- pie, and should not be used as sew CTS. Under primitive conditions, riv- CTS are the natural conduits for waste and the scarcity of population makes their use comparatively harmless. But with the growth of population and the Increase in manufacturing, the use Of streams as sewers creates an intoler- able nuisance, and their protection from pollution is essential to public this matter in Connecticut is shown by the number of bills that have been introduced at the present session of the Legislature, which aim to prevent the pollution of our rivers and har- bors
 For number of years this board has been granted an appropriation to investigate the pollution of streams and the natural waters of the State. A vast amount of data has been col lected on the subject and filed in our office. Our reports have been made as the law directs, but there the mat ter has rested, and we have had no authority to remedy unsanitary or dangerous conditions found The State Board of Health should be equipped with an engineering department and given the necessary authority to stop pollution and supervise the construc- tion of sewage disposal plants. A logical program of conservatiep could then be worked out, recognizing the various factors and conditions involv- ed
 Massachusetts, New York. Ohio, States have done this and with such tremendous success that other States are rapidly falling into line so that it will be but a matter of a few years when that State whose Board of Health does not possess a well-organ- ized and efficient sanitary engineering department will be an exception rather than the rule.
 There have been a few sewage dis posal plants constructed in this State but many of them have been built without study of the character and composition of the sewage to be dis posed of, or the efficiency of the puri- fication. Small towns cannot main- tain laboratories and trained men for this work. Our State Board of Health already has a well-equipped laboratory and with an additional appropriation for an engineering expert could read fly perform all such work required
 The report shows that there were 14S deaths in Connecticut from con- sumption, 259 pneumonia, 191 heart disease and from typhoid fever. The total number of deaths was 1,65S. The rate was IS to 1000
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-16
HEALTH BOARD
 NOT WORRYING
 ABOUT GARBAGE
Commissioners Confident Con. tractor Fischer is Equal
 to His Task

Members of the board of health and other city officials who are fami- lar with the conditions at the plant of Charles c. Fischer, the rehabilitat- ed quarters formerly occupied by the Bridgeport By-Products Co. for the reduction of the city garbage. ex- pressed implicit confidence today in the ability of Contractor Fischer to handle the entire garbage collections of the city as he has contracted to do.
 The fact that he is obliged to bury garbage today and tomorrow is at tributed to the absence of an experi- enced man to supervise the place in Fischer's absence. He had occasion to make change in the force run ming the plant, and shortly thereafter went to his home at York. Pa.
 In his absence inexperienced men allowed the garbage to collect faster than they reduced it and on Fischer's return he found tons and tons of the refuse piled in the bins. and the tanks loaded to their capacity.
 members of the board that if he is tomorrow, he will be able to take up plant is now in operation, but it is because the collections have piled up so far ahead that he sought permis- sion to bury it. The commissioners regard Contractor Fischer as an earnest capable man, thoroughly competent to swing the garbage pro- pOSitiOn
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-16

Dem. Pa, in Germany; Donahue, Dem. Pa, in Ireland: Wilson. Dem. Pa., in Scotland and Berger. the Wisconsin Socialist, in Austria-Hungary..
 Two members of the House served in the United States Navy, having been graduated from the Annapolis Academy. Richmond Pearson Hob son, Dem. Ala, who was the hero of the Merrimac, Is one of these; Rep. Weeks Rep, Mass, the other.
 The biographies reveal many little oddities. Rep. Fowler Dem. H., for instance. declares that although he "enjoys large personal injury prac- tice" of the law, he ''has never taken the side of a corporation Rep. John W. Langley, Rep. Ky. tells that he has a father-in-iaw in the House, Rep. Gudger, Dem. N. c. Rep Jo- seph E. Ransdell Dem. La, who is president of the National Rivers and words of his biography to a little bo' A for the organization. Rep. Geo. KL Dem. Md, displays humor in his s--stch by remarking, of himself, The is married and lives with his wife"
 There are several entrants for the place of prize joiner. Rep. Wilder, Masons, Knights Templar, Shriners, and honorary membership in G, A. R. Post. Rep. Candler, Dem. Miss. says he is Baptist, a Mason, an Odd Fellow, Woodman, Beta Theta Phi, Knight of Honor, Elk, and Knight Of Pythias.
 Reps. wedemeyer, Rep. Mich, and Austin, Rep. Tenn, both served in the United States consular service the one at Georgetown, British Guiana and the other at Glasgow, Scotland. Rep. George White, Dem. O., was a Klondiker in the days of the gold rush. Carl G. Anderson, Dem. O., records the fact that he began his career as a newsboy and a bootblack.
 Rep. J. J. Kindred. Dem, N. Y, a physician, says he is an "expert on mental diseases.'
 Congressman Wm. G. Brown, Dem. Vo., tells ap interesting story in his biography of a boyhood friendship with the late Senator Jonathan P. Dolliver. of Iowa. They were room- mates at college. "While of opposite politics. Brown says, they entered into boyish pact to meet, again in after life in Congress-
 Benito Legarda, one of. the Philip pine Commissioners, was formerly one los and vice-President of the Philip pine Congress.
 J. Kuhio Kalanianole, the Hawaiian delegate. is the only member of the House who has the nerve to style him. self "a capitalist" He is likewise, the only member of a royal family in the. national legislature, being the cousin of the late King Kalahua and Queen Liliuokalamai, of Hawaii.
 Three Republican members of Con- gress, Jackson. of Kansas; Lafferty, of Oregon and LaFollette, of Washing ton,' describe themselves as "progres- sive Republicans.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-16

not able to divulge for the reason mat certain matters have not been dehnltely decided upon. He will take rest at his new home in the White Mountains until the fall as. he be- l1eves he has earned a rest after eight years of arduous labor in this city, MT. Holmes was busy yesterday SUD- er1ntending the removal of his house. hold effects from his home on Park avenue and will leave the city within a few days.
 MT. Holmes record in this city is an enviable one. He came to this city in 1903 to the Y. M. C. A., and was prominent in it's many fields of activity. One of his most notable works was the holding of noon meet ings at severallarge factories, which resulted in the establishment of recreation rooms and libraries for the Workmen. He also organized the In- dustrial baseball league.
 A year ago he left the Y. M. c. A. to become the superintendent of the state trade school. His progressive ideas of publicity and methods of study did not coincide with the sec- retary of the state board of education and MT. Holmes resigned. Later he became engaged in placing the Chris tian Union on a sound financial basis He has succeeded far beyond the ex- pectations of those interested in the work and feeling that having done this he is entitled to a we'll earned rest. What is Bridgeport's loss is another city's gain and Jerry leaves hosts of friends here who know he will make good in. whatever field he may labor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-16
Proposed Building
 Code in Limbo

At the meeting of the council last evening Alderman Jackson presented a resolution calling for report from the ordinance committee on the build ing code net later than July l. Lat CT he amended i2 to read Nov. i. All derman DeForest questioned Alder man Jackson's resolution, stating that the committee was doing it's full duty on a very intricate question. They were asked to report on in a few months a measure on which experts have been at work for a year. Alder man Lavery and MacFayden stated that the committee were delaying their action because they deemed it neces- sary. A vote being taken on the res- olution, and resulting in tie, Presi- dent Lavery broke the tie by voting in the affirmative. On motion of AL derman Paddock the resolution was tabled to await the pleasure of the ordinance committee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-16
HOUSEHOLD NOTES

A wire @clotheSline can be cleaned perfectly by rubbing with a woolen cloth saturated with coal oil and aft erwards with the same cloth Hberally sprinkled with cleansing powder.
 When tablecloth begins to look thin in the fold, cut an inch off of one side and also off of one end and rehem end and side; this changes all the folds when the cloth is launder- ed.
 In making custards or other food stuffs calling for scalded milk remem- boiler it reaches the right temperature as soon as the water in the outer utensil boils.
 When cooking an old-fashioned boil ed dinner place the spinach in a chees- cloth bag; then when the dinner is done it can be easily taken out and the other vegetables will not be cov- cred with bits. of green.
 After thoroughly washing white lace curtains, put them in a solution of one teaspoonful Of chloride of lime to three quarts of warm water. Let the curtains stand in the solution for about an hour.
 Ii the seats of caned chairs sag, turn them upside down, wash well thoroughly wet them. and in drying they will stiffen to almost if not quite their normal condition.
 If for any reason the red bricks in your fireplace become discolored or have white spots on them, rub them fuIi of linseed oil giving them all they will absorb, and after a few applica- tions the spots will disappear.
 To clean a net waist, put it into two-uuart fruit jar filled with gasoline Be sure that it is we'll screwed on. Let if stand over night. In the morn ing shake the can back and forth. The motion will clean the dirt out of the wajst.
 To prevent dresses and other arti- cles from becoming yellow with age, take good sized pillow case and blue i+ thoroughly. and place the dress in it. When you open the blue bag your dress vii be as white as when you placed it in.
 Punch holes in both ends of an empty baking powder can to keep scraps of soap in. This is handy for washing dishes, as the soap cannot come into direct contact with them, and in this manner every scrap of soap can be utilized
 To remove grease spots from wall paper take piece of plotting paper and drope few drops of benzine on it. Place the plotting paper on the grease spot and plac ca hot iron on the other side. of the blotter, holding it there several minutes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-16
.BILTz TO TESTIFY AND
 CLOSE M'KENNA HEARING

Charles F. A. Biltz, the contractor whose presence on the witness stand during the McKenna investigation has been sought several times of late. will testify at the resumed hearing on Thursday evening. MT. Biltz has re- turned from Michigan where he has been undergoing treatment for rheu- matfsm. The testimony of MT Biltz is wanted in connection1 with the claim made by Denis F. Mulvihill that the city bore the expense of work done for the Connecticut Go. in Strat- ford avenue, necessitated Mulvihill claimed because of changes of grade through error in the engineers office. The engineer has denied knowledge of such a transaction and disclaims blame for any such extra work.
 After MT. Biltz testifies arrange ments will be made for the close of the hearing. None but Mulvihill has volunteered information to the com- mittee upon which to inquire into the engineers office.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-16
THE PRESIDENT VERSUS LIFE.

In a former number we quoted the profound and learned comments of Life regarding the use of typhoid vaccine in the army. In his address before the Philadelphia Medical club, President Taft said on this point: Now we have a division of 1900 men in Texas and California. They have been there for two months Iiv- ing under canvas and in a country soaked with rain. need not recall the dreadful record of sick ness from typhoid fever in the camps at Chickamauga. . Of the vol unteer regiments mobilized during the Spanish-American war, 90 per cent (about 16 per cent of the mem became infected with typhoid fever within eight weeks after the date of mobilization. To-day. two months after mobilization with the modern health regulations and by the use of vaccine against typhoid. not one case of typhoid has appeared in the entire force, except that of one teamster, who was not vaccinated." This seems to be a question of veracity between President Taft and Life-Journal of The American Medical Association.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-16
NOTICE
Bylaws of the Board of Health De Reporting and Isolation of Con-
 tagious Diseases.

The board of health Of the city ot Bridgeport, at a meeting held April 12, 1911, adopted the following by law:
 Section 1-The following diseases are hereby declared to be dangerous to ed to the health officer: Smallpox scarlet fever( diphtheria, membran- ous croup, typhoid fever, typhus fever Asaitic cholera, yellow fever, cerebro spinal measles, chicken pox whooping cough, erysipelas, pulmonary tuber- culos;s and infantile paralysis.
 Sec The isolation of diphtheria patients may be terminated at the discretion of the attending physician but the board of health may order a bacteriological examination in any case.
 Sec. 8 No scarlet fever patient vari- celia until the skin is free from iso- lation until desquamation is complete and in no case in less than three weeks time from the beginning of the illness.
 Sec. 4 The minimum time for exclu- sion from school shall be as follows: (a) diphtheria in accordance with sec tion 2; (b) scarlet fever in accordance with section 3; Co measles while ca until the skin is free from crusts and scabs:, Gel whooping cough while cough persists; (f) humps while swelling exists.
 Sec. 5. Other children in a house. hold in which a case of diphtheria or scarlet fever exists, shall not attend any school during the continuance of the disease; and in the case of mea- les, during the continuance of catarr- hal symptoms, unless said children have previously had the disease.
 Sec. 6 In case of diphtheria or scar let fever the patient must be isolated from the rest of the family as far as possible and to the satisfaction of the board of health.
 Sec. Every person violating any of the provisions of these bylaws shall be fined not more than one hun dred dollars.
 Attest,
 DAVID W. LYNCH, 1>1,Ir
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-16
JACKSON WANTS THE
 BEST FOR BRIDGEPORT

Alderman Horace H. Jackson intro- duced into the council last evening resolution providing for the appoint ment of a committee consisting of the mayor. city auditor and five aldermen to make an investigation to ascertain the most modern and best. auditing system for a city of 900 inhabitants and to adopt that method for this city. The resolution was adopted and the committee is directed to report to the council by Oct. l.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-16
Jerry" Holmes to Leave This
 City For Good

Jeremiah Holmes, who was a candi- aate for representative on the Prohi- plt1on ticket at the last election and boiled fine complimentary vote, has decided to leave Bridgeport and will make his home for a time at least in warren, N. H. As MT Holmes has worked increasingly during his eight years residence in Bridgeport, and has put a great deal of energy into his efforts, he feels entitled to a rest and will not immediately resume his occu- patton.
 The news of his departure will be heard with genuine regret by his many friends. What his new field of labor will be MT. Holmes stated he is
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-16
ODD FELLOWS COMING FROM SPRINGFIELD IN
 EXTRA TRAIN SUNDAY

Odd Fellows to the number of about 150 are expected on a special train chartered by Hampden lodge, l. O. O. F., of Springfield, Mass, on Sat- urday evening. They will arrive about ,8:30 and will be the guests of Adel- phian lodge, I O. O. F., The Bridge porterS will welcome the Springfield delegation with the Wheeler & Will son band, which will head a parade from the center of the city to the lodge rooms at Broad and Cannon streets.
 The visitors will confer the first de- gree upon a class of candidates. Fidelity Rebecca lodge will serve the supper. Among the notables expected are Grand Secretary Hutchinson and District Deputy Grand Master Grove of New Haven. The visitors will leave Bridgeport at S:3O Sunday morn- ing for the trip homeward.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-16
SCHOOL CHILDREN HUNT
 FOR MISSING YOUTH
(SDecia1 from TInifed Press

Especial from United Press.)
 New Haven, May 16.-Seeking the missing Edward c. Daley, of this Lowell School, in their spare mo- ments, are searching the surrounding woods today. The police have been unable to uncover a trace of the young man who disappeared sudden ly, last Thursday. The boys family feared accidental death by exposure or drowning and secured permission to muster in the school children of the vicinity.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-16
HOUSE BURNS WHILE
 FAMILIES ATTEND MASS
fSpeciaI from United Press. !

tSpecIaI from United Press.)
 Wi1limantic, May 16-While most of the members of two families were at tending early mass, today. the house belonging to John Shannihan and James F. Clune and occupied by their families, was destroyed by fire. There were several narrow escapes. The property loss will exceed $3,O00 The fire started in an unknown man. ner from a kitchen gas range.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-16
MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Marriage licenses were issued to- day to George Taylor. 29, clerk with the Locomobile Go. residing in Park avenue, son of John and Jane Stell Taylor, to wed Anna Bennett 22, daughter of Richard and Martha Warehouse Bennett of Stratford; and to Carl V. E.. AdOlphson, 27, machin- ist, of this city, to marry Hilda s. Abrahamson, 25,. of this city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-16
BACHMAN'S FACE AND
 HAND BLEACH

Positively removes all skin blem- ishes freckles, blackheads. tan, pim- ples. moth or liver spots, etc. 25c per bottle. Made only at the
 WOMAN'S DRUG STORE 129 State Street, Bridgeport, Conn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-16

EVERYBODY THINKS THAT SATISFACTION COAL, IS THE BEST IN THE CITY
 TT IS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-16

NUGGET best 10cts made.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-05-16

DAVID W. LYNCH.
 Clerk.