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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-26


 Tariff revision should begin with the; schedules which have been most obvi0usly used to kill competition and to raise prices in the United States, arbitrarily and without regard to the prices pertaining elsewhere In the markets of the world; and 1t should. before it is finished or inter- raftted, be extended to every item in every schedule which affords any opportunity for monopoly, for special adsantage to limited groups of bene- flrfnrfes, or for subsidized control of anS Kind m the markets or the enter- rsfises of the couhtry; until special favors of every sort shall have been absolutely withdrawn and every part of our laws of taxation shall have been transformed from a system of governmental patronage into a system of inst and reasonable charges which shah raIl where they will create the Eeast burden. When we shall have done that we can sfix questions of re%trsvse h7sa eK business adjustment i'm a new spirit and with clear minds. we shah then be partners with all the business men of the country. and a day of freer. more stable prosperity uzn have sawned.--Woodrow WH- son.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-26
ROTTEN RAILROAD TIES.
Waterbury Republfcan.)

[ =
 Some of the most interesting testi- mony brought out of the investiga- t1ons following the wreck at Westport Haven railroad. is that volunteered by a former emp1oye of the railroad company as to the condition Of the ties under the tracks of the crossoyer
 on which the accident occurred. This man has apparently made good his claim that the track was in poor con- dftion.
 George E. Everett is the .ttie ex- pert who has brought the poor con- dition of the tracks to the attention of the Fairfield county coroner. He
 was foreman for the company, in
 charge of section gangs for thirty
 years, and the railroad officers are
 attempting to injure the value of his
 testimony by pointing out that he was
 discharged from their service Ever
 cit has not been daunted and in re-
 sponse to the demand to show the au-
 thorities ties that were what he called
 srotten," he has done so He even
 demonstrated the fact that the ties
 were of little use in supporting the
 rails by drawing spikes out of them
 up with slight effort. Now the coro-s
 Ter has had pieces of the ties labeled
 for possible use in court as exhibits.
 nished by Everett or its value in de-
 termining the responsibility for the
 accident, the public owes him debt
 of gratitude for calling general atten-
 tion at an opportune moment to one
 of the most convincing pieces of evil
 dence of 1axity in the present man agement of the railroad. When the policy of reducing operating expen- ses was put into effect on all the lines of the New Haven road a few years ago, train crews began to be cut, and section squads reduced. track walkers, tower and signal light tend CTS and other employees near the foot of the scale were let go and the pay rolls reduced. It was absolutely necessary in the 1907 financial panic to make great reductions, and some of the vacancies created then have not been filled since. Traffic has increased, the wear and tear on the roadbeds have increased and tempo rary repair gangs have been ircreas- ed, of necessity, at times, but the efficient track inspections of past years have not been maintained all along the New Haven roads lines. In the Valley branch wreck it was ap- parent that neglect was costly, but tales of dynamiters plots came to the front and befogged the facts In the the truth can be screened. AS a re- suit the railroad will probably be obliged to adopt measures to restore it's lines to the condition they should always sbe in and that is why Everett deserves the public gratitutde in gen erous measure.
 Rotten railroad ties on the Shore 1 I inc division furnish convincing proof that there's som ething rotten in the New Haven's management That ia the finest division of the road one of | the finest pieces of railroad highway iu the world, and as it is also one of the most travelled, there sl1ould never be rotten tie under its rails whether on main line. spurs or cross | overs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-26
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mir. and Mrs. William Hayden of 297
 Hanover street, entertained at their
 home a party of young people in honor of the twenty-first birthday of their
 daughter, Miss BeIIe. The home was elaborateIy decorated for the occasion Among those entertaining were Miss Agnes Light and Wm. Higgins in rec ftations, Miss Frances Murray and John Lyddy in piano solos. Those who helped to shower Miss Belle with congra.td11a tions were the Misses Bea- trice Fox, Catherine and Margaret Tirney, Catherine Conklin, Mabel and Catherine Mccarthy, Ethel Nordby, Frances Murray, Agnes and Marguer- ite Light Elizabeth Mclaughlin, LOT etta Naedele, Agnes Mckee and Cath erine Guilty the Messrs. William Canny. John Lyddy, Ivan Tallman. Raymond Daley, Jerome Supplies, John Stevens, Leo Shauganessy, Phillip Onkey, Vincent Reed. Wm. Higgins and Frank Rizzy,' the Mrs. William Daley and Mrs. S. Guilty. After par taking of bountifu1 supper prepared by a well known caterer the guests de parted all wishing Miss Belle many happy birthdays to come.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-26
GOv. WILSON WON'T LOSE SLEEP ON
 ELECTION NIGHT

Princeton, Oct 26-There'n be no a11- night seance for Gov. Woodrow Will son, election night. He made it plain here today that he expects to go to bed about o'clock that night and have a. good nights rest, regardless of the trend of early returns. The Gov ernor ia having wires installed in his home but he made it plain that the returns received would be for the bene- fit of members of his family and the persons who have accompanied him throughout the campaign.
 "I expect to go to bed myself, cleo ton night. said the Governor, about any satisfaction of fragmentary fig ures and never expect to. I would rather wait until morning and get the figures in complete, comprehensive
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-26
TRIAL OF IS FOR
 ASSASSINATION OF
 SHERIFF CALLAHAN

Winchester, Ky, Oct. 2s-rhe trial of the Is men indicted for the assas- scinatfon of Sheriff 'cEd" Callahan, feudiSt chieftain of Breathitt County. was resumed, yesterday. before Circuit Court Judge Benton. There was much excitement among the witnesses pres ent over the testimony given, that Berry Mcintosh had confessed to four witnesses that the epirit of Ed Cal- lahan, running in the form of wbite dog, had forced him to admit his part in the assassination coDN0frsSD-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-26
YALE SCHOLARSHIPS
 IN H .nffY SCHOOL

New Haven, Oct 2e,T1he F'ogg Schoa- arships in the Yale Divinity School have been awarded to Elmer w. K. Mould, of Schenectady. N. Y, Seeley E TsnmDkins of Bfanford, Conn, John C. Archer of GarrettsvilIe, O., and Da- via Dunn of Huntington, Pa.
 The AIlis Scholarships go to Francis -. Stifler of Oak Park, H., Bryant Wilson of .BeT7eeley.S<sal., and Edwin R. Brett of CarneEie, Pa
 The Alfred Harnes Ha1mer Scholar ship in the college has been awarded to Harold C. Bailey of Collinsville.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-26
TRACKMAN KILLED
 BY BUFFALO EXPRESS

Elizabeth, N. J., Oct. 2e-One track man was killed and 90 endangered by an express train on the Lehigh Valley railroad at West Elizabeth yesterday The victim, Mart Victay, 4z. was tose- ed into the air by the Buffalo Express New York bound, and landed in a ditch several yards away. A widow and seven children survive him In Hungary.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-26

retire from office July 1, 1914. A de- antees of amnesty to political offend CTS which will permit exiles to return to their homes
 Whether marines will be taken from the transport Prairie, which is now on the north shore has not been deter mined It may be necessary to enforce collection of customs under American supervision
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-26
Y. M. c. A. BOYS OF STATE
 AT YALE FOOTBALL GAME

New Haven, Oct. 261The 18th an nizal boys convention of the Young Mems Christian Association was brOuei1ts to a close here, today. To- days speakers were w II. Davis of
 Waterbury and Rev Henry Mafer of New Britain In the afternoon the daleEates were the guests of the Yale University Football Association at the game between Yale and Washington
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-26
TROUBLES IN SAN DOMINGO ARE NOW
 PARTLY SETTLED

washington, Oct 26-Partial settle r11ent of the troubles in San Domingo " w T. s. Doyle, of the state depart nent, has been reported to the de- aartment
 President Victoria, whose adminis- tration has been very unpopular, will
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-26

riot1s clash yesterday.
 Balzeman urged the strikers to stand together but to avoid all troubles. not to fight even though attacked.
 Mass meetings of the strikers wfM be held at the city theatre tonight and tor11OrroW
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-26
TEXTILE STRIKERS
 HELD IN CHECK

Little Falls, N r., Oct. 26-The pick citing by strikers, this morning. at the textile mills went on quietly. Robert Bakeman, released from HerkiRner jail on a, bond pending an appeal, appear ed in line and perfect control was ex- ercised over the men who refrained from all use of the word .aScab,'' the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-26
DEMQCR ATTIC , TICKET
cE7sction, Tuesday. November B.,
7(7 --of7 sIIlIsz.I : g sa" 5s.

fE7ectaon, Tuesday. November 5.) FOR PRESIDENT, WOODROW WILSON
 of New Jersey. FOR vICE-PRESIDENT, THOMAS R. MARSHALL Of Indiana.
 FOR GOVERNOR, SIMEON E. BALDWIN.
 of New Haven FOR LIEuTENANT-GOv LYMAN T. TINGIER
 of Vernon. FOR SECRETARY OF sTATE ALBERT PHILLIPS
 of Stamford.
 FOR TREASURER, EDWARD S. ROBERTS of North Canaan. FOR COMPTROLLER. DANIEL P. DUNN
 of WiIlimantic. TOR PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS New Haven County. CHARLES T. COYLE
 of New Haven.
 Hartford County,
 HENRY AcMANUS,
 of Hartford.
 Fairfield County, MELBERT B. CARY
 of Ridgefie1d.
 LjtchseId County, WILLIAM B. PERRY, JC.
 of Salisbury.
 New London County, WILLIAM BELCHER
 of New London.
 Middlesex County,
 JOHN l.. FISK,
 Of Middletown. Windham County, OSCAR O. TANNER
 of WilIimantic. For Senator 21st District, Christian M. Newman. For Senator zznd District Archibald McNeil, ,Jr. For Senator 23rd District Joseph H. Whitcomb. FOR REPRESENTATIVE Lynn W. Wilson. John H. McMurray. REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS 1st Dis.-AUGUSTINE LONERGAN 2nd Dis-BHYAN F. MAHAN. 3rd Dis-THOMAS eLs REILLY. 4th Dfs.-JER EAf7AH DONOVAN. 5th Dis.-W1L1<1AM F. KENNED r. FOR JUDGE OF PROBATE Bridgeport District-Edward F. f7allen-
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-26
FIRST WOArEN'S RELIcsTSUs
 CONVENTION IN PANAMA

Empire, Panama, Oct. 26-The first Women's Religious convention ever held in Panama began here yesterday to consider plane for mission work among the inhabitants of the interior.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-26
PEOPLE CLANfoR FOR CAUSE
 OF CZAREVITCH'S ILLNESS

St. Petersburg, Oct. 26-The Novo Vremya has demanded an announce ment of the cause of the Czarevitch's illness. The people, the newspaper said, have a right to know the truth.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-10-26
Handkerchiefs of Madeira Embroidery
 for the Holidays

The importation for the Holidays is here just opened and spread for the benefit of early shoppers whose great pleasure it is to select from and broken assortment. This hasty announcement is here made for e5<pectart buyers and detailed tion will be given later.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-07-18
PlNCHOT RAISES OWN TAXES
Calls Attention to the Fact That Washington Residence is Un-
 Ger Assessed $43,973.

Washington, July 1S.-Gifford Pin. chu, ...s added about $500 to his taxes in the District of Columbia by calling attention to the fact that his Wash. ington residence Is underassessed by $43,973. or 49 per cent.
 When a house Investigating commit. tee discovered that many small real estate owners in the district were be. ing taxed on assessed valuation far greater than the two-thirds or real value, as provided by law, while many large owners were taxed on much less than two-thirds, Pinchot employed ex- perts to Appraise his property and no- tifed the committee of the result.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-07-18
BECOMES INSANE IN COURT
Man Who Lost Both Legs in Rail- road Accident Is Sent
 to Asylum.

Baton Rouge, La, July 1S.-M. R. Maxwell, through worry over his suit for s75,OOO against the Yazoo & Mis- sissippi Valley Railway company, growing out of the loss of both legs by a train running over them became violently insane in the city court, where he had been arraigned for trial on a charge of carrying concealed weapons
 Maxwells suit against the railway company had been continued several times. and he has refused to compro- mise his claim. He brooded over the case and his own maimed condition until he conceived the idea that the railway company has set emissaries to kill him in order to avert the suit.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-07-18
DENIES KILLING HUSBAND
Mrs. Rene Morrow, Nerved by Pres ence of Club Women, Certain of
 AcquittaI.

Chicago, July 1S.-Nerved for the ordeal of an entire day of merciless questioning by attorneys for the state, who are trying to prove her guilty of killing Charles B. Morrow, her hus- band, Mrs. Rene B. Morrow, society woman and prominent club member, sat in the witness chair in Judge Ker- stems court.
 It required but one hour for Mrs. Morrow to tell the story of the trag- edy in her own way.
 She said her husband had returned home intoxicated. After he became quiet, she said, she went to her own room, wrote a few verses of poetry which she entitled Impressions" /" read her Bible, bathed and retired. She said the first knowledge that her husband had been shot came to her the next morning.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-07-18

pont I did not think we could accept it because the government had a civil suit against corporation in which he was interested. instructed the treas urer to return 1t and he did so"
 Hitchcock said Gen. Dupont de. clared he felt he was not doing his part and asked If he could not give the money in some way. Hitchcock said he replied in the negative.
 "1 am positive he did not contribute it to any other fund" he added.
 Hitchcock insisted that with the ex- ception of about a5, all the contribu- tions were below $5,000.
 We figured that the more persons we could get to invest, the more in- terest they would take in the success of the venture" explained the former chairman.
 Before the system of collecting money by finance committees organ ized in each state was put into opera tion, Hitchcock said, fortunately, friends of the party came forward with large contributions.
 Hitchcock remembered that num- Der of banks contributed $5,00O each and that they might have been inter. ested in corporations, but he thought at any rate that was small contri button for them.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-07-18
Pyumies Are Found in Colorado

Colorado Springs, Colo, July 1S- Evidences that Colorado was inhabit- ed by a race of human pygmies not easily distinguished from apes have been discovered in the fossil fields of Florisant by Prof. Farnsworth of the British Museum and Prof. Yakishi of the Imperial university of Tokio. The bones are so small that they could not have belonged to a person more than three or four feet in height
The Prescott daily news., 1912-07-18
Story Told at Garage.
American Condemned In Mexico

Washington, July 1S.-Somewhere in Mexico, Patrick Dunne, an Ameri- can citizen, is in prison under sen tence of death. This much and no more the State Department learned through Representative Kinkaed of Nebraska. Consular officers in vari- ous parts of Mexico have been di- Dunne and save his life.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-07-18
Slayer's Body Found in River

New York, July 1S.-The body of a man found floating Monday in the Hudson river and taken to a morgue in Hoboken was identified as that of Nathan Swartz, indicted for the mur- der of the child, Julia Connors, in the Bronx, on July T.
 The identification was made by Frank Alexander, Swartz's brother in-law.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-07-18
kinq Saves a General.

Pamplona, Spain, July 1S.-When dral after ceremony, a generals horse bolted, throwing the rider and dragging him along the ground. The king sprang from his carriage, caught the horse and extricated the fallen general.
The Prescott daily news., 1912-07-18
ADMITS STOCKHOLDERS OF COR- ROTATIONS WERE AMONG
 THE CONTRIBUTORS.
SAYS $2O,OOO WAS REFUSED
Total Amount Received Was 6Rors Than Half MiIiion-Money Not Given to National
 Committee.

Washington, July 18.-Postmaster General Frank Fl. Hitchcock told the senate committee Investigating cam paign contributions of 1904 and 1908 that the record of the funds used in President Taft's election, as filed in Albany, N. Y, were correct and that he could not supplement these reports by testimony
 Hitchcock said the total collected through various agencies of the com mittee in 1908 was $1,655,51S.27 Of this amount $620,150 was collected in various states and handled by the local state committees. The latter sum never was turned into the treas ury of the Republican national com mittee, although that committee kept account of 1t.
 Hitchcock promised to furnish the Investigating committee with copies of the financial records of the cam paign.
 No contribution was received from a corporation, he said, because con- gress had just passed a law prohibit ing it. He told of the only contribu- ton he could remember having re- jected.
 Dupont $2o,ooo Refused.
 It was offered by Gen. T. Coleman Dupont of Delaware, then a member of the Republican executive commit tee, actively assisting in the manage ment of the campaign, and amounted to $20000.
 "He turned it over to the treasurer, George R. Sheldon" said Hitchcock. When I learned of it, told MT. Du-
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-29

Vision crossed his horizon. AS though
hit by the buck ague, he came to q
dead stop in his tracks-something
like a pointer comes to a full stop
and points game He was enthralled.
Swat! Swish! Crash!
He was plas::ered against one Of the
plate glass windows of a viaduct cloth
ing store.
A six cylinder machine, going It
really a moderate gait had lunged Il
to him,
Bystanders who had witnessed the
play dashed quickly to his assistance
He beat them to It,. Swiftly lie
scrambled to his feet. With ohe.3dl 3
he recovered his hat; with light.
ming stroke he pulled down his coat,
which had covered his head in transit.
He wasn't hurt, bit. But scared!
Before kindly help reached his side
one long, continuous streak spoke Of
his disappearance down toward union
station
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-29

n HICAGO.-In the daytime Joe
- Graeber, thirty years old, under
sized and agile, sat cross-legged IN
his little tailor shop at Twenty-sixth
street and Northwestern avenue, and
stitched with industry. He worked
hard and was acquiring the reputation
of being an honest and thrifty trades
man.
But at night Joe Graeber, the tailor,
became another man. The deft needle
work was dropped and forgotten and
instead and quite as skilfully, Joe
welded the Jimmy" In the daytime
Joe's needle went in and out cease
lessly Joe himself went in and out
as industriously at night. the police
say, and quite as silently. Graeber
himself says tailoring paid about as
well as burglar work and at neither
could he pay his rent.
The sharp, frosty crack of some
think that might have been ice under
foot, and again might have been glass
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-29
Cinqinq Gown Nearly Costs This Man His Life

A TLANTA, GA.-Form fitting femin'
"A inc fashions-and you all know
what they mean-a six cylinder auto
mobile and a stranger in our midst
from the country were the dramatis
personae in fall curtain opener that
electrified pedestrians on the White
hall viaduct at the luncheon hour. The
play turned out humorously, and it is
probably that all the cast are living
happily ever afterward. Just the
same, the gentleman from the country
gazed for a moment over the brink
Of eternity.
1t all happened at the crest Of the
noon halt in business. At the Ala
bama street end Of the viaduct the
throng was thick and busy.
There came along. with the grace of
a Godiva and clad almost as snugly
as one, a member of the feminine pop
ulation of Atlanta adorned in the ex-
IRENE fashion of today as it applies
to the softer SEX You understand
about those tight skirts, of course.
Well. the young woman had on a
tight skirt, and then some. It was as
though she were poured into it-above
and below meridian, torso and all.
This vision was nearing Alabama
street when across the viaduct strobe
a sturdy specimen Of the best yeo.
many that Georgia produces.
He had half way negotiated the
streets. congested at best, when The
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-29
Ancient Egyptians Used Our Up-To-Date STYLES
I'VE are very slightly changed q
From the semi.apes that ranged
India'S nrahistorfc dovn

I'VE are very slightly changed q
From the semi.apes that ranged
midas prehistoric day" 4
Professor Kroeber and his assistant,
E., w. clifford who gives the lecture.
are Of the opinion the change is less
than slight, and they have proceeded
with a delicate sense of irony to con-
trast some of the new styles with the
old.
There is a plaster cast Of an Exyp.
ton lass wearing one of those gowns
that begin to hobble right at the neck
and never vary all the way down. a.
cept as hature asserts itself. This ct.
feet is popular, also. in 1912.
The women OF Crete were wearing
corsets about the same time -four
thousand years ago. They have such
a corset in the museum, and it looks
like one of pair of puttees worn BY
stout cavalry officer.
One whole glass case is laoeled:-.j
Secrets Of Beauty, Past and Pres
ent."
Inside there is a quite modern GAY
out" of rouge, powder and mirror, ana
alongside lie the implements with
which some dusky Cleopatra touched
herself up to win an Antonys praisa
and admiration. "A
The Caldwell watchman. (Columbia, La.) 1885-1946, 1912-11-29
Judges New Domici|e Keeps Things SPARKLING
n LEVELAND, O.-Shoeking! Per-
- fectly shocking!

n LEVELAND, O.-Shoeking! Per
- fectly shocking!
That's what is said Of the home of
George Baer, municipal Judge, at 1928
East One Hundred and Sixteenth
street. AMI the house Is shocking
the Judge admits it.
"Ecstatically speaking" Baer adds.
When the judges wife arose the 9TH
er morning and started to ply comb
through her locks cracking sound
arrested her. She dropped the comb
and felt Of her sleeve connection
There had been no rip, but when she
started to comb again the cracking
resulted
She touched the judge on the fore
head to awaken him. A little spark
jumped up more promptly than his
honor.
Here's your coffee. George" she
said at breakfast, and as he reached
to take 1t their fingers touched and
another little spark jumped from the
contact poiIt Of their digits
And then--and here's the real raa-
sou for the investigation started by
Bzer-wnen the Judge was about to
leave for downtown he and his wife