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The Washington times., 1912-04-11

Upon complaint of his wife, Arthur
vicinity of Garrett Park, this county,
was before Judge Reading in the police
court here on q charge Of assault. He
was committed to Jail to await trial.
The Washington times., 1912-04-11
RICHARD P. HAYES
FUNERAL IS HELD
At MARYLAND HOME
Confederate Veterans Camp
Is Represented At Burial
of Old Soldier.

ROCKVILLE, Md, April 1.-Funeral
services for Richard p. Hayes, who died
suddenly Monday, were held at the
home yesterday afternoon and were at
tended by large number of the people
of the upper part OF the county. The
Rev. DR.. Bushby, rector Of st. Johns q
Episcopal Church, Poolesville, officiated
and burial was in Monocacy Cemetery,
Beallsville. The members of Ridgely
Brown Camp OF Confederate Veterans,
Of which the deceased was a member,
attended in a body. The casket was
wrapped In a Confederate flag.
At noon yesterday. in the Presbyterian
Church at Bethesda. this county, Miss
Maude Teresa Heffner and George
William Schaeffer. both of Bethesda,
were married by Rev. Parke P. Flour
noy, pastor OF the church. Only a few
relatives and friends Of the couple at
tended.
The Washington times., 1912-04-11
CHAPTER TX.

Headway Against Odds.
- TERN gazed at this alarming OBJ
- ject with far more trepidation
L than he would have eyed a
token authentically labeled
The Washington times., 1912-04-11
WANTED-AGENTS

AGENT-Be a live one with the goods that
sell easily; every housewife wants your
line; sample free. q. w. SCHILL, 24S Queen
ST., Martinsburg, W. Va. II
AGENTS-Our goods are used in a million
homes; every housekeeper buys and keeps
buying; sells at l0c; costs you 4c sample
and particulars free, Address A. s. SPEN-
GER, 2H Franklin ST., Buffalo, N. Y. l.
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SITUATIONS WANTED
SITUATIONS WANTCD
MalaL

YOUNG MAN. 20 years OF age, position TO
learn retail drug business; 2 years expert
enoe; reference. r. HIRAM DRoNENBURG.
2lOO Allendale ct. Wallbrook. Baltimore.
The Washington times., 1912-04-11


HELP WANTED
Msle and Female.
SHORTHAND AND TYPEwRITING-Com
plete course Pitman, Barnes, and Gregg,
with touch typewriting and machine at
home, $40; Syllable. $50. Private Instruction.
STENOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE, Sl9 Colorado
Bldg. Phone M. Il42.
MAN and wife without children on small
farm. EUGENE LOGAN. Sligo, Md. II
DO YOU WANT EMPLOYMENT See EU-
REKA EXCHANGE, 101l N. Y. ave-; good
situations; all kinds; city and away; prompt
service.
MISS ANNIE L. MURRAY. Teacher OF
Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar.
Studio. sSOS o st. N. W. Phsns w. ssk
CIVIL SERVICE.
Special Instructions given those desiring to
take civil service examinations. Bookkeep-
Ing. shorthand, and typewriting. The high
average always maintained by those we train
for these examinations is your best assur-
ance OF success.
sTRAYER's BUSINESS COLLEGE.
Old Masonic Temple. cor. 9th and SITS. N. w
The Washington times., 1912-04-11

TO WHOM 1T MAY CoNCERN-I will not
be responsible for any bills, fees, or debts
contracted by my wife. Birdie A. Parsons or
family Signed WILLIAM H. PARSONS, st.
Elmo Va
The Washington times., 1912-04-11

CARPET CLEANING. repairing and laying; !;
house and window cleaning; floor finishing,
etc. PRYOR AND CARTER. 1919 N. W.
Phone n. 2l24.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-04-25

aIr. Hamilton presented figures
showing the vastness, wealth and
population Of the territory ceded to
the United States by virginia, for
merly known as the Northwestern
Territory. He showed that about
$1SS.OOO,OOO has come into the
treasury OF the United States from
sales of land in this Northwest ter
ritory. He gave the aggregate OF
expenditures by this government for
the purchase or acquisition OF lands
as Sl1S. 900. 900. showing that vir-
giula has in effect provided the
United States with all the territory
which has been purchased or ac-
quired from he formation OF the
Union and So, 100000 IN addition
In view of this fact together with
the facts that West Virginia was
formed as a matter OF necessity and
that the government has aiSays as
sumed the debts of all property
taken or acquired. Mr.. Hamilton
asked the committee for a favorable
report upon his resolution.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-04-25
PLANS
Are Almost Completed for
State Sunday School
Convention.

Wheeling has about completed ar
ranSements to receive the thousands
OF delegates who will attend the state
Sunday school convention. April 80,
and May ! and 2.
on Tuesday great street demon
s;ration, $500 strong. with four brass
bands will be held, 10 be followed by
mass meeting at the Sunday taber-
mace. The parade will assemble at
G:4O p. m.
on Thursday, Captain Richard
Pearson Hobson will speak.
Delegates credential certificates
may be secured in Harrison county
Of Howard Post. Clarksburg, w. Va.
Persons not able TO secure creden-
tails from the secretary OF the coun-
ty association may apply TO a. 4. Ar;
mold, Board of Trade building, Wheel
ing, W. Va.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-04-25
ODD FELLOWS
Of Bridgeport Are to Hold
Anniversary Service in
Church.

The Bridgeport Lodge /. o. o. r.
No. rs, will hold its annual ami
versary service At the Baptist church
at Bridgeport Saturday evening at s
o'clock.
The members Of the lodge viii meet
at the lodge room at : o'clock. After
proper organization, members Will
form in procession and march to the
church at 1880.
The anniversary service will be led
by the Rev. W. NJ. Long. of Clarks-
burg. Appropriate music viii be'fur-
nIshed.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-04-25

FOR Z. s. ARMY-Ablc
bodied unmarried men between the
ages Of is and 50; citizens of Unit
ed states. of good character and
temperate habits. who can speak,
read and write the English Ian
suage. For information apply to
Recruiting Officer. Irwin Building.
clarks,burg, W, Va.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-04-25
SLIGHT WRECK.

PARKERsBURG, April 2O.-A
slight wreck on the Baltimore and
Ohio below this city last night de-
layed the Ohio rived upbound train
more than five hours. The tender Of
the engine was derailed. A brake
man was injured.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-04-25

W F. Kennedy Of Wheeling, is :,
Major Smith, of Lost Creek. was
Col. Joseph Fuccy, well known RAN.
ROAD contractor, is in the city on 4
business visit.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-04-25

W. H. Martin is here from Sutton.
B. L, Perkins is here from Parkers-
burg.
George W. sturii is here from West
Milford.
y. c. carpor, Of Charleston, is in
The city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13

The Taylor system of shop manage
tnent, which has hitherto been re-
ferred to in these columns as speed
ing up system, fails to meet the ap-
prevail of the special House commit
tee named to investigate it and Will
not be adopted in the workshops OF
the Federal government.
e. The commissions of the mem-
bers of which was Representative
John O. Tilson of this state-investi-
gated the operation of the system in
a number of shops in which it is in
use. including the Yale & Towne Mfg.
plant az Stamford.
The committee says, in its report:
1--WE found, for instance, that there
is a. possible danger of too much red
tape In factories run under the Taylof
system. If that came to pass the ov-
erhead charges in such an establish
ment would be SO high as to more
than offset any alleged economies that
might accrue from the adoption of the
system. Again, the committee felt
that there might be a possibility that
workmen would be required to work
too hard. Some of the labor people
who testified before us took that posi-
ton and although Mr.. Taylor, origin
ator of the system, said there was no
such danger, the committee felt that
perhaps there was"
The Taylor system is an anplifica-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
CHESTNUT TREES IN
CITY DYING RAPIDLY

That blight of unknown origin
is attacking and rapidly wiping out
the chestnut trees in the vicinity OF
Bridgeport was reported last night to
the Park Commission by Park Super.
intendent Charles E. Keith, who stat
ed that large numbers of the trees
in Bridgeport's parks have died with
in the past few weeks and that the
park force is kept busy cutting then,
down and removing them.
The new tree disease-for it ap-
pears to be new one-iS entirely
unclassified and is puzzling even the
governments forestry experts whu
have been called into the case.
The question of band concerts was
discussed but nothing done about it.
This subject probably will be taken
up at the next meeting.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
TAYLOR SYSTEM MAKES MEN WORK TOO HARD

ton and Improvement from the man.
ufacturers standpoint, on the piece
work system long in use in many Am
erican factories. The effect of the
unmodified piece work system is to
speed up the workers with no great
profit to any of them. The fastest
set the pace. The slowest do their
best to keep up.
In most factories where the piece
work system prevails the men, or
ganized or unorganized, usually have
an understanding to prevent killing
the job" which means that enough
work and no more, is turned out to
obtain that rate per diem which the
help ought to receive. In this way
"office" believes the maximum the
cuts are avoided and the thing works
out to give the average workman a
days pay. It is probable that the
Taylor system will be subjected to the
same unofficial and internal disci-
pline in the factories where it be-
comes installed.
There are a few factories in the
country where the piece work sys-
tenn is operated so as actually to en-
courage the best evidence available
indicates there are not mony such.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
MIR. BRYAN'S COLUMBUS SPEECH

= Mr.. Bryans address to the Column
Hus convention with the respect to the
Snvice given the delegates is scarcely
distinguishable from that delivered by
Roosevelt to the same body somewhat
earlier. The initiative and referen-
eum direct primaries. direct election
81 United States senators, recall for
rublic servants, including judges,
We're urged by both, with equal vehe-
nence, the chief difference in the ad-
vocacy being that Roosevelt is but re-
Gently disciple of progressive legis-
lation-perhaps even a conscript-
while Bryan speaks for what he has
long favored and championed.
The progressive measures above re-
ferred to are in no sense partisan
questions. The opposition to them
exists in both parties. The force that
is Transforming them into law exists
in both parties. In both parties the
leaders who favor them are surely,
though not very slowly, replacing
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
glad when it was over"
Mr.. Burr's Souvenir.

After the battle between the Monitor
and the Merrimac Mr.. Burr was trans
ferred to another gunboat on which
he fought during the remainder of the
war. A few weeks after the battle
the Monitor was lost in a fierce storm
was scuttled bv the ConfederateS who
feared it might be captured by the
Union sailors. Mr.. Burr has a piece
from the hull of the Merrimac at his
home, which he procured as a souve-
mir
Some months afterward Mr.. Burr
was injured in a skirmish. He was on
a gunboat sailing up the Rappahan-
mock to Font Dutch, when in narrow
part of the river shots were fired at
them from soldiers on land. Mr.. Burr
was struck by a bullet which lodged
in his neck causing dangerous wound
but he was lucky enough to pull
through At the conclusion of the war
Mr. Burr came to Meriden to live,
where he has resided since.
No Pension for Him.
In speaking of pensions Mr.. Burr
said: "In all these years that have
passed since the war I have received
no financial aid from the government
and 1 want none. When I was in the
service of Uncle Sam I was paid with
the amount I agreed to work for and
what more can I ask. Why should I
receive a pension when can earn my
own living" There are perhaps very
few ex-soldiers who have the same
sentiments as Mr.. Burr.
Mr.. Burr was born in Germany six
ty-nine years ago and came to this
country at an early age. For a man
of his age he is very active and he
stated last evening that he expected
to live to be 100 years old.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
LOCAL DOCTORS
NOT REPORTING
SUDDEN DEATHS
Examination of COrOner's Re-
ports Shows That Bridgeport
Medic0s Have Long Been
RemiSS

/ Either Bridgeport residents are the
most wonderfully fortunate in the
country, in respect to sudden deaths,
or else Bridgeport doctors are not do
ing their duty and are violating the
state law, it would seem from an ex-
animation of the monthly report Of
Coroner John ]. Phelan as filed in the
county court house., for the month Of
February.
The report shows that the following
cases of sudden or violent deaths were
reported to medical examiners
throughout the county during the
! month Of February: Stamford, nine;
Derby, five; Norwalk, four; Bridgep1 rt,
eight; Greenwich two; Westport, two;
Newtown, one; Ridgefeld, one; Dan
bury. five
An examination of reports for a long
time back shows that Bridgeport al
most invariably has fewer than SIAM
ford, Danbury, and generally Norwalk
and sometimes even little Greenwich.
This might be taken to mean that
Bridgeport, a city of 100000 has fewer
sudden deaths than towns of one
fifth it's size, or less; but it doesn't
mean anything of the kind, but ind1-
Gates that some of the doctors in
Bridgeport, are not doing their duty in
reporting cases to the medical exam
liner as the law requires. Cases Of
sudden and violent death, and some
times, there is reason to believe, even
suicide, are flushed up to spare pub
licity.
The state law is very plain-spoken On
this subject and doctors who fail to
report properly are running the risk
of getting into hot water. The stat
ute reads as follows:
Section 1774 (Gen. Statutes, 1902. Re-
ports Of violent deaths to medical ex-
aminer: When any person shall come
to sudden, violent or untimely death,
and when any person shall be found
dead, the manner of whose death is
not known, anyone who shall become
aware of such death shall forthwith
report the same to the medical exam
liner for the town in which the dead
body lies. Said examiner shall pay
the person first reporting such death
so cents therefor, and shall without
delay repair to view and take charge
Of the body.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
THE PRIMAL EXCUSE

like dishonesty. The bank of their
government presents certain defects.
The safes are little old fashioned.
The police force is a trifle corrupt
and disorganized. 1t is easy to enter
the structure of government easy to
take a little nitro glycerine, easy to
blow a hole in some tempting strong
box.
To meet these conditions the peo-
pie have devised direct primaries, the
initiative, referendum, the recall and
others. Bankers have similarly en-
ployed watchmen, electric alarms and
burglar proof vaults.
Conceivably a convention of yegg-
men might declare that yeggmen
ought not to be honest until every
body is and that not stronger safes
are needed, but a change in bankers
hearts.
Rings and Hobbies, lobbyists and
professional politicians may proclaim
as vigorously as they will that nobody
should be honest until everybody is.
The effect will be as it always has
been to increase the police force and
strengthen the locks, with the addi-
ton perhaps of a law or two against
being found abroad in the night sea-
son with a black mask and a Jimmy
aboard.
Bankers never changed their hearts
to make banks safe. Neither will the
people to make government safe.
There are too many easier ways.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13

The psychology of evil has devel-
oped no more subtle argument to
tempt feeble feet along the prirn-
rose paths of dalliance than the claim
that one may be dishonest because
another is.
The excuse is not modern. Adam
used it in Eden. 1.-The woman tempt
ed me and I did eat" 1t is the
primal extenuation.
In its most highly developed form
this ages old justification of iniquity
takes the shape of a universal in
dictment, in which everybody Is pro-
claimed dishonest, to prove that
somebody ought to be.
But the primeval doctrine flowed
as softly from the lips of John L.
King, last night, as if it were brand
new and never had rubbed through
the minds of Adam, Machiavel, Lu-
cretia Borgia, and. Henry VIII.
III the people are honest they will
get honest government.
Thus said Mr.. King to the Mems
League of Kings Highway Chapel, an
organization devoted to the service of
the honest Nazarene. Strange thought,
in such a place, before such an as
semblage!
AS well say that if churches were
honest there would be no sin in the
world and no sinners; that if bank
ers were honest there would be no
forgers, check raisers, or burglars.
The people are honest. They dis
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
those who do not.

those who do not.
Two great leagues have been form
ed for the purpose of causing the en-
actment of these laws in all the states
of the union. At tho head of one
of these organizations is Senator
Owen of Oklahoma and at the Head
of the other Senator Jonathan Bourne
jr., of Oregon. The first is a Dem
ocrau. The second is a Republican.
Between them these organizations
number pretty much all the states
men in either party who can be deem
ed to have future.
The same quality of non-partisan-
ship marks the states in which all or
a portion of the measures have be-
come a part of the organic law.
Oklahoma is Democratic, Oregon is
Republican.
So it goes among the eighteen or
twenty states where the progressive
movement has reached to the statute
books.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
THE LAWRENCE "NEGLtCT' LASES

. The character of the assault made
by soldiers and police upon the chill
8eir parents cannot be better descrtb-
a than by asserting that Judge ]. j.
Nahoney has dismissed all the charges
a neglect involving the ten children
mo were arrested.
80 Since Judge Mahoney has not erred
at any time during the present dis
by undue leniency to the
ssfrikers. his course must be regarded
-
- conclusive that the actions of the
0blice and military was unlawful and
II defiance of the constitutional right
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13

of these people and their children to
travel unmoleSted from place to place.
Strikes in Lawrence, so far as the
wool barons are concerned, have been
handled with almost inconceivable
stupidity. The strike leaders, on the
other hand, have conducted the af-
telligence and apparently are upon
the edge of victory!
The wool barons have improved
their intelligence in handling con-
gress for tariff favors for so long,
that they have neglected to specialize
in matters nearer home.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
DEAFNESS,
HEAD NOISES
New Book on New Method
How to Recover Hearing
Without Drugs or
Electric Devices
Message Of Hope and Joy to
All Afflicted Persons

There is hope of q well-based kind
which should bring JOY and ultimate
eontentment to multitudes Of persons
who have been troubled for years with
deafness or headnoises.
DR.. Coutant, an able specialist. has
evolved a newly perfected method for
treating cases where the bearing Is nos
perfect or where the sufferer is harass-
ed by ringing. roaring. buzzing or other
disagreeable noises in the head. 1t ap-
pears that about 95 out of every hum
dred cases are from causes amenable
to proper treatment.
DR.. Coutant does not advocate tho
use of drugs or electricity. He relies
chiefly upon cooperating with Nature
in bringing about speedy and e6fectu-
ii cure of morbid aural conditions Re-
mark a BILE cures are reported. many OF
them being in the cases OF DEAFNESS
that had existed for about 20 to 10
years. With the description given in
his newly published book. the learned
docto provides long series Of letters.
written by persons WI had been given
up as hopeless. and who were speedily
cured OF home without loss of time and
without Inconvenience by Dr.. COutant's
natural home method.
Anyone who is interested can write
to a dozen or a hundred of the persons
who. not long ago. were victims OF
deafness or head-noises Tor both, ana
who are now delighted to proclaim
themselves as marvellously benefited
or completely cured.
DR.. Coutant is not one Of the ire
sponsible quacks. of which there ~
such large number. but is reput'
able. responsible. licentiate. practising
physician with third of q century's
active experience.
The doctor believes there are many
who are troubled withe deaf ness. ETC.,
who might be perma nently freed from
their ina bility to hear and from tin
nitus (noises, If they would do as 9TH
ers have successfully done. merely fol-
lowing the advice given.
The book. which any reader can OBJ
tain from the author. DR.. George r.
Coutant. 269 D. Station e. New York,
N Y. has been declared by many to
be worth its weight in gold One needs
only to write for it and the treatise
will promptly come in plain wrapper.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13

to become his wife and later was jilt-
ed for another, Mrs. Jeanette H.
Phillips this afternoon brought suit
against Chester H. Chaplin, a noted
steamboat and railroad magnate and
multimillionaire, formerly of Bridge
port, Conn, for 100000 for breach of
promise. She says that Chaplin, after
paying attentions to her for years,
married a cousin, Elizabeth Jennison,
and utterly cast her Off" Chaplin
is owner of the Bridgeport Evening
Line, the Patten Line of steamers and
a director in half hundred steamship
and transportation lines
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
PROPOSALS FOR STREET SPHINX
LING,

Proposals will be received by the
Director of Public Works until Thurs
day, March IA, 1912, at II o'clock a.
m. for sprinkling all of the streets of
the city shown and specified on list
in office of said Director of Public
Works about "a miles in all, for a
period of eight months, that is from
April 1st, 1912 to December 1st, 1912.
Water and the use of hydrants to be
furnished by the city.
Proposals will specify the rate per
lineal foot of streets and will specify
rates for trolley streets ard for non
trolley streets separately for said
period of eight months.
A certified check for $4,000 pay
able to Treasurer of City of Bridge
port, Conn, to accompany bird as a
guarantee Of good faith to enter into
a contract if bid is accepted.
The Director reserves the right to
reject any and all proposals.
J. A. COURTADE,
Director of Public Works,
Room 16, City Hall,
IS11s* Bridgeport. Conn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
SERVICE AT CHRIST CHURCH.

A large congregation assembled last
night at the lenten service at Christ
Episcopal church to hear the Rev.
DR.. Brickhead, rector of st. Georges
Episcopal parish in New York. His
topic was 1.-THE Confidence of Ger
tain Faith" and proved a most inter-
esting and timely discourse.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
LADIES' SOCIETY GERMAN
REFORMED CHIRCH

There will be a meeting and coffee
social for the members and friends
of the Ladies' Aid society of the Ger
man Reformed church tomorrow af-
ternoon in the society rooms of the
church, entrance on Chapel street
These ladies have volunteered to Of
fer and serve refreshments. Mrs. Vim
Bernhard, Mrs. Frank Foehrenbacn
Mrs. William Douglas and Mrs. A
R. Reichell
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
Uhr q. M. &fah Gn11pa&ty.
Eatahltal1rn lH57.
THE SPECIAL P. N. CORSET.
$500 MODEL FOR $1.OO.

The Spring Sale Commences Thursday.
This is the Special P. N. selling at S1.oo, which is
modelled exactly the lines of the $500 style. Many
women who favor the p N. Corset wait for this sale
which is held twice year. and at other time is
able to get this model at the low price
In sizes from Is to 80 inclusive
Quite the latest style, long hip and back, and
equipped with four stocking supporters.
Window display Main St. On sale Thursday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
Chaplin Asked
To Pay 100000
o.,
For Heart Balm
Mrs. jeanette Phillips Says
She Devoted Best Years of
Her Life to Steamboat
Magnate's Service.

Especial from United Press.)
New York, March 1S-Because sne
says she devoted the best years OF her
lie 10 his service, always expecting