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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06
HIGGINS HAS
 ANGRY SPELL
CONNECTICUT CONGRESSMAN IS AROUSED AT METHODS OF MA
 JORITY IN HANFORD CASE.
ACCUSED OF DRUNKENNESS
No Doubt in One Witness Mind That United States Judge Was Very
 Drunk.

Seattle, Wash. July 6-The major lty of the House Judiciary sub-com- mlttee, Representatives James Gra- ham of Illinois and Walter l. Mccoy of New Jersey, came into open com flict yesterday with the minority member, Representative Edwin w.. Higgins of Connecticut, over the man. ner of conducting the inquiry into the conduct of U. s. Judge Cornelius H. Hanford
 Mccoy told of rumors that evidence was being suppressed and witnesses were being intimidated. Chairmen n Graham announced that the commit tee was seeking discriminating" evi- dence
 Chairman Graham referred to him. self and Mccoy as the majority and asserted that the majority would rule.
 Charles F. Peterson. a timber and coal land dealer, testified that. several times he had seen Judge Hanford ap> parently under the influence of liquor.
 There is no question in my mind that the man was very drunk,'' he said.
 Hanford's counsel cross-examfned Peterson concerning his motives in appearing and Representative Mccoy said the witness appeared as a result of conference with Mccoy and
  Higgins angrily desired it to be not ed that he was not a. party to the con- ference. &
 MT. Mccoy explained that Higgins was in Tacoma, else he would have been consulted. In answer to Mccoy 5 questions, Peterson described the con ference
 Peterson said he begged that he be not brought into the case as his busi- ness probably would be affected. One witness said that he had been told by the conference by Mccoy that the lawyers of the city were apparently afraid to go ahead and say anything regarding Judge Hanford, and that there ought to be some people in Seat tie who could have the courage to come forward and testify
 Here MT Higgins made statement for the record that he was not pres- ent when this conversation occurred.
 Chairman Graham requested the newspapers to print the committee's s request that any one having material evidence should present it so that when the committee left Seattle it could not be said that an opportunity had not been given. for such testi- mony. MT. Higgins protested against the issuance of this invitation.A
 Counsel Hutches for Judge Hanford protested against recording Mccoy 8 questions about the alleged refusal of people to testify, saying that they were a reflection on the people of Seattle MT. Graham after referring ito the difficulty of obtaining evidence said that the attorney had been mis- underserod. The subcommittee had come 10 seek discriminating evidence, he said, and if enough discriminating evidence were found to recommend impeachment of Judge Hanford. Sew eral eminent jurists and lawyers tes- tified strongly in favor of Judge Ham ford. saying they had never known him to be intoxicated, and had never seen him inattentfve in court, all though his peculiarities might make persons who did not know him think that he was asleep.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06
UNION TYPEWRITER CROWD
 BANQUET AT THE ROCK

Employes of the shipping depart ment of the Union Typewriter Com pany donned their Sunday best today for trip to Savin Rock where they will banquet at the Colonnade this evening, a special menu being pre- pared for the occasion by the man. agernent.. A programme has been ar ranged with MT. H. Walker as toast master. The following toasts will be responded to:
 Things I Have Seen," c. Strasberg- CT; Dropping the Curtain on the Past A. Bergesan; TO Thee, Beau tiful Woman L. Leiberum, followed with a song by this silver throated songster: Why Am a Progressive. . (with apologies to MT. Roosevelt,) James Stanton; "If I Were Rich," GA heartfelt appeal to the goddess of chance) by MT. Royal Heart.
 After the banquet each member of the party will engage in chiselling his initials in some conspicuous place on the Rock" and then jour- ney i1omeward at a late hour. A good time is anticipated.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06
|GOMPERS LAUDS DEMOCRATS
Says Labor Plank is Satisfactory
 Condemns Republicans.

Cincinnati, Ohio. July Samuel Gompers, President of the American Federation of Labor. yesterday, se- verely attacked the platform drafted at the Chicago Convention on the grounds that 1t was lacking in the labor plank. On the other hand, the form embodies everything that was wanted by the people who labor year In and out for a livelihood.
 we are satisfied with it." said MT, Gompers. "It is responsive to the cry for industrial justice. Labor is to take an active part in the coming campaign. It fought valiantly four CTS stood true. It was the unorganiz- ed workers under strain of intimida- ton who failed us. I believe that this time workers of all kinds will fight with us.'
 It may be that MT. Gompers will be prevented from taking any active per- sonal part in the campaign, if the, Su- preme court decides that he must serve the Jail sentence for contempt of court to which Justice Wright of Washington sentenced him.
 T would. feel keenly the humiliation of being compelled to go to jail,'' he said, ssbut if I have ito go I would be sustained by the knowledge that I am serving for the right as against the wrong in labor;s fight for justice, I do not wish to be presented as a martyr
 Mir. Gompers was here with Frank Morrison, Secretary of the Fedora tion, who has also been sentenced to a term in jail They were here for the pur- pose of dedicating monument over the grave of a local leader.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06
BANK CLERKS AS WATERS. Guests of Employers at Chicago Re-
 sort Replace Strikers.

Chicago, July 6.-W. c. Schroeder, Vice President of; the Continental Commercial National Bank, organized a score of clerks into a walters brigade yesterday, following a strike at tRavina Park, the exclusive North Shore resort.
 The officials of the bank were giy- ing a Summer party at Ravina for their employees, and MT. Schroeder was Chairman of the Reception Com mittee. All went well until the hour for luncheon arrived. Tables had been set in the, pavilion and in the grove for more than 12.000 persons, all impatient for their food.
 Sorry, but the walters have gone on strike announced the park man ager. We have some walters on hand who will work, but the service will be slow"
 Following the example of the Vice President, a score of clerks left their places at the table and assisted in serving so that the festivities were not delayed by the strike. -
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06
INCENDIARY TERRoRIzEs CITY.
Starts Twelve Fires in an Afternoon
 at Springfield, Mass.

Springfield, Mass.,. July 6.--A de- liberate attempt to burn this city has caused intense excitement. Twelve alarms from boxes within a stones s throw of each other kept the Fire De- partment on the jump from noon to o'clock yesterday. Some of the alarms were received before the previous fires had been extinguished, and at the height of the excitement the firemen were fighting two fires on the same street, in such proximity to each other that confusion of orders was threat ened.
 At one of the fires ladders had to be raised to enable the inmates of an apartment building to escape. e Th9 eleventh fire was a dangerous blaze in the sanctuary of the Sacred Heart Church, and the building was saved only by good fortune. In almost ev- cry instance care was taken to start the fires near a partition, and those which had burned into wall were only extinguished with difficulty.
 Chief of Police Guilty believes that the man who started the fires IS the incendiary who escaped detection in Worcester, Waterbury, Conn, and other New England cities. He was seen as he left two buildings after setting fire to them, and the police are working upon promising clues.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06
COFFINS THROWN IN

The railroads of the United States have two great sources of revenue. The first is from the transportation of freight; the second, from the trans portation of passengers. The bulk of passenger revenue is furnished by passengers who ride in "day coach es.' usually frail wooden affairs. On the same trains with the day coaches, will be heavy steel cars, though more f,e9ae1ftis the evfrailer. type of coach is run 8n ' trains train of off it's own kind.
 To the heavier coaches. Pul'man's or steel cars. an extra fare is usually charged
 There is difference between the two types of car, a difference that is especially important in a country where it is a most usual thing for two trains to collide. with large de- struction of life and limb. The diff ference is described in The Farmers news report of the wreck at Gihsorl, on the Lackawanna Railroad, as fol- lows.
 The story of the wreck like others which have recently preceded 1t, was one of steel cars as havens of refuge and wooden cars as death traps. None of the dead were in steel cars. The great, solid train cut through the wooden day coaches Nike knife through cheese, but the steel Pull man and day coaches held fast They were bent out of shape with the ter rife force of the blow, but they held intact and their occupants were in jured, not killed
 The heavy. steel train. first class, was making up time"
 The passengers who furnish the larger part of railroad revenue should be given steel trains and an equal chance when the crash comes.
 Railroad managers apparently ar que that life IS an individual affair, and that ths individqaE who pays a larger fare.ss has a. greater right to emerge from railroad journey alive. than one who pays smaller fare. This. at least. is the way it works out and the low fare passenger too often gets a coffin for a bonus.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06
KING AND QUEEN ON WEDDING.
 ANNIVERSARY, VISIT HENLEY.

King George and Queen Mary will celebrate today the nineteenth anni- versary of their wedding, which took place at the royal chapel at St. James on July 6, 1898. According to cable dispa tches from London, the royal pair will spend the day at Henley, where the final and most important races of the annual regatta are scheduled for this afternoon. It has been announced that Their Madesties will use on this occasion their ancient red and gold state barge,'' a craft that has been in existence for 223 years, since it was constructed for King William III., as a gift to his Queen, Mary, in 1889. The ancient barge, perhaps the oldest in existence, was built solidly of oak and as forty feet in length. It contains places for twelve oarsmen, and, if historic tradition is lived up to, the rowers will be clad in scarlet coats, blue brooches and velvet caps of the jockey pattern. The lines of the craft are those of an old Dutch warship, and it iseheavily ornamented and can opied, as befitted. the ponp and cir cumstance that accompanied its use in the Merrie England of two centuries ago In the old days royalty was much more closely associated with the,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06
REV, ROBERT HIGlNBOTHAM !.
 GOES TO NEW YORK STATE.

The First Presbyterian Church of Frankville, N. Y, has sent a call to Rev Robert Higinbothan. assistant pastor of the South Congregations Church He will take up the new passionate some time during the mid de of next month, and now plans to preach his first sermon there Aug. IS. Rev. MT. Higinbotham presented his resignation from the South Church some time ago. He has been an as- sistant pastor at the South Church over five years and is well liked and has a wdde acquaintance in the city. He will conclude his services there at once and take a vacation trip to New York city and Victor, N. r., visiting relatives.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06
FIRST THINGS

pr. Caspar Friedrich Wolff, the founder of modern embryology. whose scientific work laid the foundation for the researches of Darwin, Haeckel and others and the development of the theory of evolution, was born in Berlin 179 years ago today. His "Theoria Generationis'' is the pioneer classic of the evolutionists In 1927 Dr. Baer, also a German, added to the material that was available when Darwin begn his revolutionary in- quries into the Descent of Man" and "Origin of Species Dr. Ernst Haeckel, of Jena. Germany, and oth- CTS have carried on the great investi- gation until today evolution is al- most universally accepted as an es- tablished fact and no longer merely A theory
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06
.MULlsH PUBLIC SERVICES

The request of the business men for grooved rails on Fairfield avenue. and that the trolley cables be put un- der ground, is reasonable.
 The way to bring the reform is by appeal to the Public Utilities Com mission.
 Company will do anything so inte1li- gent and unusual as to voluntarily coneede Ito city such equitable de- man6s.
 Public service corporations have had their own way for many years. They are headed by men grown gray in egotism and contempt for public rights. contempt fostered by long lines of public servants, who have kowsowedA tsr privilege wherever they have found it. eas the easiest road to promotion.
 The managers of these services are too old and too stubborn to learn diplomacy in dealing with cities.
 Their brAins refuse to make the as- sociations which would enable them to see that new era is at hand; that the citizens of cities are awake, that they have the dignity, the order and rhe beauty of their cities in mind
 Yet it is so.
 Aroused communities will soon be making short srTift of servants who go to trolley companies for political promotion. They will make things disagreeabIe indeed for trolley conl- panies that insist upon delaying mum icipal improvement; that continue to make the leading thoroughfares of cities like an ugly dream of a barn yard after a hurricane.
 The law e9 eminent domain con- tinues to exist. Legislatures have given 1t to corporations. but they have not been able to take it from the people.
 The power of eminent domain can be exercised by the public against the trolley monopoly just as it has been exercised by the trolley monopoly against private property. sfn
 E city which owns its own trolley line is itself to blams if it can't make the interests of the trolley and it's other interests in the same street move together like we'll trained team of horses.
 Need the management of a public service monopoly gct like a mule?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06
POOR PEACH CROP
 IN CONNECTICUT

Hartford, July 6-The peach crop in Connecticut will be comparatively small this year, according to reports received here, and not more than enough for Connecticut markets. Last year peach specials were run on the railroad to New York. The orchards of J. H. Hale in Glastonbury, will sup ply but few baskets and Glastonbury orchards as a whole will put only about 7,50O baskets on the market. whereas last year they supplied 200,- O00. The crop is reported fair in Wallingford, but short in Middlefeld. The shortage is said to be due to the extreme cold weather of last Janu arV
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06
THE FARMER: JULY 6, 1912

Thames than now, when express trains and automobiles have taken the place of river craft. History records that when the first Charles was ere from Barn Films to Whitehall in aquatic state, accompanied by a con- voy of gay river craft Elizabeth frequently displayed her ponap on the Thames, and Henry VIII, of blessed memory, always had barge awaiting his royal pleasure. Queen Victoria owned a state barge, but she never made use of it. The Victoria barge was of mahogany, and the body fin7 ished with white enamel. Roses, this ties and shamrocks were included in the decoration designs The barge is still in existence and during the reign of the late King George it was ire Iquently used by Queen Alexandra. It
 was once suggested that a, motor be installed in the royal barge, but King George immediately tabc oed the pro iect.
 The courtship of George and Prin-
 cess Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Papline Claudine Anges of Took,
 which eliminated in their marriage
 nineteen years ago today, was not without an element of sadness. The
 Princess was engaged to marry the
 Duke of Clarence, the elder son of the
 Prince of Wales, but he died suddenly | auL0T d DTlSE Illness UIl0 pI0tn- 1 ous to that set for the wedding. A
 little nlone than a year later her be-
 trothal to Prince George was an-
 nounced.
 | All phases of educational work wdll
 be discussed during ,the convention to be opened in Chicago today by the 1 National Education Association, an organization of the school teachers Of
 the United States. In addition to the general sessions, meetings will be held by the School Garden Association of America, the Religious Education As- sociaItion, the American Peace School
 League. and by the various depart
 ments and sections.
 Today is the forty-fourth birthday of Princess Victoria Alexandra, sister l of King George V. It is the birthday | of that beloved object, the American dollar, since it was on July 6, 1785,
 that the United States Congress es- | taiblished the standard of the dollar. Today is the anniversary of the be- i heading, in 1885, of Sir Thomas More, 1 philosopher wit and statesman, who l had incurred the ennity of Henry VIII. by opposing that merry mon
 arch's matrimonial alliance with Anne 1 Boleyn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06
CLERICAL APPOINTMENTS.

R,t. Rev. J. J. Milan, bishop of the diocese of Hartford, announces the following clerical appointments:
 Rev. Pliny Cooney, from St. Joseph s parish, Meriden, to St. Peters, New Haven, as assistant.
 Rev. Paul Heating, from St. Roses parish, Newtown, to St. Mary's, New London, as assistant.
 Rev. Henry Cassidy to St. Joseph s parish, Meriden, as assistant.
 Rev. Stanislaus Federkitwicz, to Sa- cred Heart parish, New Britain, as assistant.
 Rev. Patrick Dolan, to St. Roses parish, Newtown, as assistant.
 Rev. Patrick Mccarthy, to St. Aloysius' parish, New Canaan, as as-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06
FATHERLY TALK FOR
 YOUNG CULPRITS.

Captain George H. Arnold of the de- tective force gave a fatherly. talk to the two youngsters, Louis Guliana, aged g, of 61 Evitts Lane, and Ernest Cohen. aged 6, Of 17s Nichols street, who were arrested yesterday by De- tective Peter Hall, and sent them home after they had promised faith fully never to steal again The youn gsterS were arrested in connec- ton with a break made in the store of Mrs. A. Higgins, 365 East Main street. Stockings, cigarettes and g in pennies were stolen.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06
BUYING OFFICE;
 r5s MILKING RICH MEN

The people of Connecticut owe it 10 Senator Stiles Judson that one form Df political debauchery, long prevalent h the State. has been terminated, or can be continued only at the personal risk of the offender. who will be in Js1nardy.of the penitentiary if he of sasak. IS stBer as
 VI asewry rF -r
 Chapter 24s of the Public Acts pro- zsdas that 10 candidate fer an office
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06
SEASIDE BAND CONCERT
 CALLED OFF IN RESPECT
 TO MEMORY OF 6. B. READ

Because of the sad death of Charles B. Read, the. Park Board, of which MT. Reads brother, David F. Read, is member, has decided to postpone the concert scheduled for Seaside Park is near the park and President George M Flames of the Park Board believes that the public in general will appre- ciate the circumstances. The Coast Artillery band was scheduled to play
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06


 as' seminary, Hartford, has been ap- pointed assistant to St. Mary's parish, in Milford, during the summer months. -fl Next Thursday evening Rev. Oliver T. Magne1l, Catholic chaplain of the Connecticut State prison at Wethers- field, will address the Holy Name So- cfety of Hartford, on church work at the prison.
 Next Tuesday and Wednesday, at St. Thomas seminary, Hartford, ex- aminations will be held for entrance to philosophy and theology courses. Twenty-four graduates of St. Thorn- as seminary will be among the can didates for admission to philosophy. This is the largest class in the his- tory of St. Thomas.
 Connecticut delegates to the nation al Hibernian convention at Chicago, July 15 to 20, include State President Philip J. Sullivan, of Thompsonville; State Treasurer Edward J. Lyons, of Hartford; State Secretary John S. Mc- Carthy of New Haven, and County President Robert s. Lodge. of Meri- den.
 Columbus day is-row a legal holiday HI OU Sl0lOS OI Cl1S OAAOAAs
 Rt Rev Monsignor Thomas J. Sha- han, rector of the Catholic university at Washington, D. C., and formerly chancellor of the Connecticut dio- cese, was reelected the past week as president general of the Catholic Educatiolnat Association of the United States.
 Sunday. July X IA. George Maurice Grady wdll be ordained to the priest hood at the American college, Lou vain, Belgium The new priest is the son of MT. and Mrs. Lawrence F. Grady of New Haven. MT. Grady, after attending local schools, entered St. Thomas seminary at Hartford, where he took up his theological stud ies, and six years ago was sent to France by Bishop Terney to continue his studies. He will come, back to America, after his ordination, and will be given an appointment by Bishop Milan in this diocese.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06
VALUE OF A LAUGH.

When you go to visit the sick dt not forget that 8 good laugh is one of the best tonics and bit of humor- ous gossip or piquant saying is bet ter than any drugs. Make the inva- lid smile if you cannot start up 2 laugh, but make your visit short. Re member that too much of a. good thing is as bad as too little.
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 Rev. Fred M. Coholan, to the ddo- cese of Portland. temporary.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

Mrs FranksA Wheaton of S0l4 Main street, and two daughters, Miss. Efi4 and Miss Dorothy. are spending 10 days with her sister in the Berkss shires. ens
 strZl MT. and Mrs. Robert Wells and of Mrs M. Brady of 35S Benham ar-a enue. MT. and Mrs. Wellg expects to pay short visit tos Chicago hefors returning to New Haven. F., g -ytz-ra- "a One of New Ravens new police dogs Bijou, was killed last night, by being run over by a trolley car. gfN
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06
CATHOLIC NEWS
 OF THIS STATE

Rev. Walter J. McCran of St., Thom as' seminary, Hartford, has been ap- pointed assistant to St. Mary's parish, in Milford, during the summer months. .f
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-06

Next Thursday evening Rev. Oliver T. Magne1l, Catholic chaplain of the Connecticut State prison at Wethers- field, will address the Holy Name So- ciety of Hartford, on church work at the prison
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1912-10-24
The National Game.

"YOu say baseball is yonr natUn,i
game" said the stranger. but what Is
your national pastime in winter:
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