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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-26
Joseph Brennan Has Resigned As
 Superintendent Competent Official, Connected For 20 Years With Charities Department, Sewers His Con- nec.iOn

AS complete surprise at the meet ing of the Board of Charities last night came the resignation of Joseph V. Brennan, pharmacist and superin- tendent of the outside poor. When the commissioners sufficiently recov- cred from their first astonishment they accepted the resignation, but with many expressions of regret that the department is to lose so valuable and able worker, and they appoint ed a committee to draw up suitable resolutions of thanks.
 MT. Brennan's resignation came as a complete surprise all around. It is to take place on Sunday night. He has made arrangements to go into business with his brother-in-law in New York city.
 When the resignation had beer read, Judge Patrick Kane declared that he heard it with great regret. During the three years in which he has been connected with the Chari- ties board, he declared, he has noted the able and efficient manner in which MT. Brennan has handled the most important office in the depart ment, an office calling for the exer- else of great tact, skill and judgment. Rev. Father Judge and the other commissioners spoke in similar vein, and Mayor Clifford B. Wilson, who was presiding added his regret. On motion of Rev. MT. Richardson a committee of two was appointed to draw up suitable resolutions of thanks for MT. Brennan's efficient services during his 20 years connection with the department
 Superintendent Brennan entered the department in 1890 as pharma- cist, a trade which he began to learn at the age of IA. At that time the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-26
THE UNDIsCOURAGED TARIFF EXPERT"

MT. Hill has drafted a tariff bill reclassifying the duties on wool. It reduces existing rates of the Payne Aldrich bill about 40 per cent. The Democratic majority of the commit tee on ways and means has reported bill which reduces the duties about 50 per cent.
 MT. Hill's bill, by comparison, ap- pears to be a great improvement on his previous efforts at tariff legisla- tion-
 But here Is a circumstance that should be considered. MT. Hills former efforts were made when the Republicans controlled the Congress and the majority of the ways and means committee was in their hands.
 Had MT. Hill indulged himself in the luxury of good tariff legislation then. 1t might have been adopted and the country thereby benefited, but he took no chance of that kind! :,
 As a member of the committee he helped to make, defended and voted for the Payne-Aldrich bill, the eff feet Of which has been to make MT.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-26

Taft the most unpopular president this country ever had, with the exception of Andrew Johnson.
 In his address to the state conven- tion, over which he presided on the occasion of the nomination of MT. Goodwin, MT. Hill pointed out that Democrats in a Republican Congress cut relatively a small amount of ice.
 The positions are now reversed. MT. Hill as a member of a Democratic Congress cuts no ice at all. He can afford to advocate any legislation, since he will have no effect whatever upon the course of it, the Democrats naturally preferring to take credit themselves for the legislation they ac- complish.
 MT. Hills bill is an admission that the Payne-Aldrich tariffs which he made were not what they ought to be. We knew nothing about tariff making, when the Payne bill was made" he says.
 Proved incompetence is scarcely a sound basis upon which to seek re- newaI of public confidence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-26
THE CALL TO BOOIS

prived of the votes which it got in the red light territories its scant third of the vote would have been much scan- ter.
 Rev. MT. Richardson and Rev. MT. Beard may take our word for 1t that the plague spots are there and safer than they have been for a long time in Bridgeport.
 Whenever the administration desires to blot out the plague spots the news papers will contain a list of notices to the owners of the buildings under whose roofs the spots are sheltered.
 Until such notices are issued let we'll meaning, but poorly informed clergymen devote their time to boot ing the administration out of hypoc- risy into action. For this purpose Rev. MT. Richard sons advice to every man to stand behind" the administration is excel tent. That is the best of all positions to kick from especially with a running start
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-26
A LIVING CORPSE"

St. Petersburg, March 26.-A '1iving corpse is what confronts the medical authorities of Ikaterinoslav Since March of last year. Ivan Moissejenko has been in a lethargic sleep The man was charged with train robbery and murder. When he learned that
 his sweetheart had betrayed him, his fear of the death penalty became so in tense that he dropped unconscious and all efforts during the many months have failed to arouse him. To all ap- pearances he is dead. The movement
 of the heart is barely discernible. Dur ing all this time he has been fed through a tube. He seems to hear ev- erything that goes on about him, but needles, hot irons Or electric shocks have no effect upon him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-26

It would not be surprising if the good people of Hartford were filled
 with a similar resentment, for thece
 is some evidence that Col. Cheney's
 barrel as the rude expression goes is what the ''boys'' are leaning on. He seems to be unknown in public ca pacity, except perhaps as his photo graphs have from time to time been exhibited. or reproduced in some newspaper, showing him in the at-
 tractive uniform of a major of the governors foot guards, or in the gold
 lace of a member of the military staff of Governor Coffin.
 We are by no means of those who
 sheer when the militia are referred to-
 and speak of militia officers as "tin soldiers" Upon the contrary we be- lieve the service to be necessary and important and respect those who take it up as an avocation. But it is questionable if Colonel Cheney's mill. tary training fits him to be head of a civil government, unless, indeed, it is contemplated that Hartford is to have labor troubles. like Lawrence, and gc
 under martial law. Under such cir cumstances a mayor with military
 training could in person command the troops engaged in restoring and pre- serving order, which would be an ex- cellent thing. But Hartford is a city of high class we'll paid workmen, who
 have always settled their differences
 with their employers by agreement and there is no probability of a dis
 pute requiring military genius for it's adjustment.
 Spellacy knows the public business and knows it through and through
 In the Senate he commanded a hear ing every time he spoke, and by req son of his knowledge, ability, elo- quence and fairness gained for him. self statewide reputation.
 If Hartford seeks ''an able business man" to look after the city, one skilled in the public business close to the people and familiar with theft needs, Senator Spellacy at this dls-
 tance looks like the choice.
 The issue might almost be described as between a business man trained in the art of government, and a rich man in the hands of those trained in
 the art of spending money to get con- trol of government
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-26
THE BUSINESS OF RUNNING A CITY

The people of Hartford, about to eject a chief officer to manage their city. are confronted by a situation not unusual in American municipalities. Upon one side is man, young, but of unusual force, eloquence, ability and experience in public business. He is senator Thomas J. Spellacy. He seems to meet every idea of what a public servant should be.
 Upon the other side is 8 man of wealth, whose associations have been mainly with men engaged in making money. If he has ability, it is m the direction of money making, and not in those lines which adapt men to have charge of cities, or to determine policies in which the collective well being is involved.
 We do not know how much money Col Cheney has, or whenever he made it himself, inherited it, or obtained it that is certificate of success in the field in which he decided to labor.
 For the sake of this argument we shall assume that Col. Cheney has a great deal of money. and that he made it all himself, possibly in bank ing, in the sale of electricity. in insur- ance, or in the manufacture of arms.
 He may, or may not be, an expert 11 Fri <,~ mechanist.
 If he is expert in all of these things, or any of them,. it is not shown that he will be an expert may or.
 A man who engages in public pur- suits should have the kind of train ing that goes with them.l Germany knows this better than America. does.
 When German city c&an tsi may or. it hires one who knows some thing about laws, government and ad- yninistration. German voters do not assume that because Herr Schmidt has made money in the shoe busi- ness, he is therefore and by that cir cumstance likely to handle we'll the af- fairs of a city, out of which he can make no money at all, and about which he knows nothing.
 American cities do not so directly follow the German plan, but they do contain at all times body of men who are fairly expert in the public business, and who actually are re- sponsible for the fact that the public business sis.> reasonably we'll done.
 But the desire for victory and the cost of elections frequently induces these very men to prefer for a can hidate somebody with no experience, but a long purse, who may pay the bills before his election, and take ad- yice'' after it.
 Of such was the candidacy of MT. Goodwin when purse confronted brains and expert knowledge of the public bushnees, and the Republican organization lost a state in which it had been -intrenched for 20 years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-26
Chr 8. M. &ran Unntpa1tu.
UNION SERVICES AT
 CHRIST CHURCH TONIGHT

Rev. Dr.. Stewart Means of New Haven will preach at the Union Len ten service in Christ church, Court land street, tonight at 7:45. The Rev pr. Nash of Cambridge, Mass, who was to have preached was taken i'll last week and is unable to leave his home.
 Dr. Means is enc of the leading clergymen in the Diocese of COnnec- ticut, and is we'll known, for his re- markedly strong and incisive ser mons His subject will be the same as that announced for pr. Nash, ''Ir Favor With Thee Our God, and ir Perfect Charity With the World"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-26

Rev. John McLaren Richardson of the First Presbyterian church in q sermon on vice. delivered Sunday, said:
 Every Christian man must stand behind the administration that Is driv- in these plague spots from Our midst
 That sentiment had been previously uttered by Rev. Gerald H. Beard, pas tor of the Park Street Congregational Church.
 The belief that "the administrator" is doing anything to wipe out these plague spots" or will do anything except under fear of expulsion from office, Is a delightful tribute to the unsophis- tication Of clergymen; but the thought will bring a smile to the lips of ev- erybody who knows anything about political conditions in Bridgeport.
 The plague spots are right where they have always been, just as black and twice as busy.
 Had "the administration" been de-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-26
DEAFNESS,
 HEAD NOISES New Book on New Method- How to Recover Hearing Without Drugs or
 Electric Devices Message Of Rope and JoJ to All Afflicted Persons 

There Is hope of . well-based kind which should bring joy and ultimate contentment to muititudes of persona who have been troubled for years with deafness or head noises.
 Dr. Coutant, an able specialist. haa evolved a newly perfected method for treating cases where the hearing is not perfect or where the sufferer is haraRS- cd by ringing. roaring. buzzing or other disagreeable noises in the head. It ap- pears that about 95 out of every hun- dred cases are from caases amenabIe to proper treatment.
 Dr. Coutant does not advocate the use of drugs or electricity. He relies chiefly upon cooperating with Naturs In bringing about a speedy and e6ectu. ai cure of morbid aural conditions. Re- markable curessare reported. many of them being in the cases of deafness that had existed for about % to 70 years. With the description given in his newly published book. the learned docto provides a long series of letters, written by per~ons WI had been given up as hopeless. and who were speedily cured at home without loss of time and without Inconvenience by Dr. Coutant's natural home method.
 Anyone who is interested can write to dozen or a hundred of the persons who. not long ago. were victims of deafness or head-noises tor both, and who are now delighted to proclaim themselves as marvellously benefited or completely cured.
 pr. Coutant is not one of the ire sponsibIe quacks. of which there is such large number. but is reput' able. responsible. licentiate. practising physician with third of a century's active experience.
 The doctor believes there are many who are troubled with deafness. etc. who might he perma nentIy freed from their inability to hear and from tin. nitus (noises, if they would do as oth. CTS have successfully done. merely fol- lowing the advice given.
 The book. which any reader can ob. tain from the author, pr. George E Coutant. 269 D. Station E. New York, N. Y.. has been declared by many to be worth it's weight in gold One needs only to write for it and the treatise will promptly come in plain wrappss.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-26
COURT BURNHAM GETS FLAG.

Court Burnham, Foresters of Amer ica, last night received the handsome silk American flag won by it as sec ond prize in the pinochle tournament recently held among the local courts of the order. After the business ses- sion social session was held and re- treatments served.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-26
RECTOR FOR Fl YEARS,

Next Friday will be the 21st an- niversary of the Rev. Dr. w. H. Lewis as rector of St. Johns Episcopal church, one of the longest terms of service by any minister in the state. During Dr. Lewis rectorate the church has thriven and his record is one to be proud of.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-26
BATTALION REVIEW TONIGHT.

Members of Elias Howe Jr. Post No. 8, G. A. R. will be the guests of honor at the armory tonight when the battalion review of the Coast Artillery takes place. A large n:mber of veterans will be on hand and will re- view the local militiamen
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-26
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, ss., PROBATE COURT.

January r, 1912. Estate of Mary Kazi, late of the town of Bridgeport in said District deceased.
 The Court of Probate for the Dis trict of Bridgeport, hath limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for Creditors of said Estate to exhibit their claims for settlement Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly attested, within said time, will be debarred a recov- cry. All persons indebted to said Es- tate are requested to make immediate payment to
 THOMAS M CULLINAN, $ 25s*p Administrator
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-26

Take that cold to the Turkish Bath at the Atlas Hotel. S25 b.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-26
M. J. MALONEY

MI. J. MALONEY
 FOR HOME OR MEDICINAL USES Beer .$1 90 a case w. A. Miles, Ale S1 .OO a case Sarsapariila. Lemon Soda. Seltzer Vichy, Soda. all kinds of Bottled Lager. BarthOlomay's Rochester Lager S6 JONES AVENUE. Tel. S4S9.3
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-26

Ultf 8. M. Rran Gnntpary
 Estahltahrn @WRD FAIR WEEK. MND @ :::::::: ::::::: $: ;::;::: % gAkA Tamba ~TeAsS~ zNYWIKNA awa, ,Japan,a N@NNSh> hand1oom in the MWNM N
 fascinating A " threads of silk spoo rolled Mr. Tan1ba cordially the growing of fifth America witness the demonstrations The loom has been beyond New England visitors interested in Japan the freedom of this exhibit extended art clubs and all things educational
 sale This includes the and acquered tables PAINTING OF DELDARE WARE
 Delaney busly dec artistic De1dare Ware This dining plate rail as well for ordinary table POTTERS m Mr. Frank Dagan I manRuat htss agdd s nde @ % % ea GLASS ENGRAVING.
 Providence He letters designs tunbs and goble EMBROIDERY INSTRUCTION
 Art throughout in in s0M them the different % for them and give advee all lines of art nedewo Samples of Miss Adens work exhibition at the Linen Section on the lower floor The Concr The Bridgeport Ladies present
 is in the Japanese 2 five o'clock purchases
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-26

BACHMAN's ENIMENAGOGUE
 MIXTURE A splendid Female Regulator in cases of suppressed menstruation, delays due to colds, i'll health. or other un- natural causes: $1.75 for the whole outfit. Made only at the
 WOMAN'S DRUG STORE S7O Main Street, Bridgeport, Conn. Lady Attendants Always Here
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-10
BOY, SPURNED, KILLS
GIRL: SHOOTS SELF

Desperate because she had spurned
his love Frank Marsh, son of j. {.
Marsh of near Roseville shot and
killed Miss Eva Gray, daughter of
Robert Gray, al o'clock Saturday
afternoon, the affair taking place in
front Of the store of W. D. Bennett in
RCseville. The man then turned the
gun on himself and shot himself
through the head and is in a critical
condition. II is believed that he will
die The affair occurred so quickly
that no one was able to prevent 1t
and caused a great stir in the village.
It is said the two had been sweet
hearts. that recently the girl Tilted him
and that he became desperate and took
this means OF securing retribution.
The girl is a daughter of Robert Gray,
who was married a few days ago At
Denver and has been a resident of the
village for several years.
Marsh is a son Of Mr.. and Mrs. J.
c. Marsh, who formerly resided in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-10
ALUMNI DECIDES
FOR z MEETINGS
Mid Winter Session of Social
Nature to Supplement An
nual Reunion in June.
COMMITTEE is THANKED
dudley Marshall Named as President
of Organization and Miss Lou
Harris as Chairman.

New life was given the Rock Island
High School Alumni association when
at its meeting of Saturday night for
the annual reception to the high school
graduating class IL was decided to
hold, in addition to the annual reunion,
mid-winter meeting in the nature of
a social session, thus bringing the
members of the organization together
twice each year. The action came at
ter general discussion of the assoCia-
ton affairs. There had been adverse
criticism of the management of the re
union of this year because dancing was
one of the forms of entertainment. Elk
PLANTATION of the reason for such a
course was given by James w. Mauck-
er, who presided, as outlined in The
Argus Saturday night. Mr.. Maucker,
in addition, invited criticism. but
asked that it be more timely in the flI-
ture so that there will be ample time
for its consideration.
The graduates of the high school
were welcomed as members of the or
ganization in a half hour reception.
Then came the business meeting and
program. The class was welcomed by
W. B. Mcintyre on behalf of the assO,
citation and Louis Savadge, one of the
graduates, replied. The program con,
sisted of vocal numbers by Mrs. Ger
trude Carse Appelquist, accompanied
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-10
WANT PRISONERS
PAID FOR LABOR
Charity Workers Suggest a
Means of Providing Aid for
Neglected Families.
STONE PILE is FAVORED
Communication, Setting Forth Views,
Is Addressed to the County
Board of Supervisors.

The following communication was
filed today with County Clerk H. B.
Hubbard:
Rock Island, June s, 1912-To the
Chairman and Members of the Board
OF Supervisors OF Rock Island County,
Rock Island, Ill-Gentlemen: The
members OF the Associated Charities
have expressed themselves as in favor
of the employment of county prisoners.
We believe all county and city pris-
oners should be employed al manual
labor during their confinement, and
would suggest that they be made to
get out stone and prepare il for use on
the county roads, or for city street
improvement
We believe that the products Of the
prisoners labor should be used in road
and street improvement, and that he
should be credited with a reasonable
remuneration according 70 the value
OF the products of his labor; that
he should be charged with the cost
of his care and keep, and if the
product of his labor exceed the amount
charged against him, the amount IN
excess of expenses should be paid to
his family Gf he has a family and if
ne has no family, it should be paid to
the prisoner when discharged
WOULD LESSEN INMATES.
We believe some method of this
Kind put into practice would tend TO
lessen the number of inmates in our
Jalls and could be made TO pra ctically
cover the cost of maintaining these
/ institutions.
/ We believe it would 90 a long way
toward causing some of the heads of
/ families to better care for their own
/ households.
We believe such an arrangement
would allow the floating criminals to
move on, and prevent their continued
/ depredations in this community.
/ We believe in the honest, integrity
and ability of the supervisors of this
county, and feel sure they have the
ability to arrange the matter so as 10
be beneficial TO the taxpayers, of which
We are part.
We have been requested to present
the matter to YOU with our views, an
urge your favorable consideration o
same, and assure you we shall watcf
your actions with interest. and stand
ready at all times 10 lend any assist
ance within our means.
Thanking YOU for any consideration
you may give, We are, yours truly, AS
ISOLATED Charities of Rock Island.
J. w. STEWART. President.
Mrs. &. II. SHERWOOD, Nice-Pres
DINA RAMSER. Secretary.
W. 5. PARKS, Treasurer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-10

by Earl Bowlby, and readings by Miss
Ringgold.
When the report of the committees
was received, resolutions of thanks
were adopted. Starting with a deficit
of $50, the committee wiped out that
amount and reports a snug sum in the
treasury.
NEW OFFICERS.
OF the two tickets of names for
officers, that designated as No. was
chosen. II is as follows:
President-Dudley Marshall.
Vice President-W. II. Dart.
Treasurer-Guy Munger.
Secretary-Mis Helen Krell,
Executive committee-Miss Lou NJ.
Harris, chairman: Walter Young, Miss
Dorothy Chamberlin, Will Empke and
Miss Edna Schneider.
The later part of the evening was
spent in dancing, music for which was
furnished by the Criterion orchestra.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-10
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The western area Of low pressure
has decreased in intensity and over
lies the territory from the southern
plateau states n1rtheastward to Mani
toba- II has been attended by show
ers in the Rocky mountain sections
and the Missouri valley and by in
creasinG cloudiness as far northeast
ward as the upper Mississippi valley.
The crest Of the area OF nigh pressure
and fair. cool weather has moved slow
" eastward and is this morning over
the upper Ohio valley and the lower
lakes Another area of moderately
high pressure, accompanied by lower
temperatures. has appeared on the
north Pacific coast and is overspread.
ing the northern Rocky mountain sec.
tons Owing 70 this distribution Of
air pressure. generally cloudy weather
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-10

Point Pleasant township and who re
Gently removed to a farm north of
Roseville. That the boy intended
such a rash act was beyond the
thoughts of any of their acquaintances
and has caused great excitement in
Roseville and vicinity, where they are
known. II is believed that there is no
possibility for Marsh to recover. The
bullet went through his head. and
across the street took Judgement in
the easement of a door on a furniture
store.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-06-10
Contrary TO Fact.

The phrenologist was examining the
bumps on Ssmbo's head.
Curiosity and acquisitiveness alb
normally large"
Ssmbo rolled his eyeballs and show
ed two rows Of white ivory.
"lmitat1veness. causality and con-
scientiousness small. which with your
weak mouth indicates
Don you be so shu' bout me hab-
bin a weak mouf | kin crack nuts
In ma teef"-Satire-