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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
.EMPLOYE ROBS
 CONNECTICUT GO.
TROLLEY EXPRESS OPENS OF-
 FICE IN MORNING TO FIND CLERK AND $500 MISSING
 STENOGRAPHER'S MISTAKE.

New Haven, Aug. 9.-The discovery of robbery of $500, constituting the entire days receipts in the office of the Trolley Express company, was made yesterday morning when the of- fce force assembled. According to Frank Rogan, manager of the con cern, the robbery resulted from a stenographer's mistake in trusting a new employe of the concern by turn ing over to him the sum after the cashier. who usually took charge of the money. had left the office for his home.
 The detective bureau was notified and is trying to locate Robert Max we'll, who, it is claimed, received the money and disappeared.
 Maxwell. about 26 years of age. had been employed by the Trolley Express company as a chasing clerk" for about a month. His work consisted in following up stray bills and also following up office matters, Accord ing to the story told at the trolley office, the cashier who takes charge of the receipts of the day, left before all of the money had been turned into the offiee. Miss c. Sweeney. employed as stenographer in the office. re. ceived the sum in various amounts from the different collectors and short ly before the, office completed the days work, counted the amount prepara- tory to turning 1t oyer to the cashier She found that the cashier had gone and Maxwell. it is claimed, then vol unteered to. take charge of the amount. It was handed to him by the stenographer who then left fol her home. Maxwell did not return yesterday morning and it was thef that the robbery was discovered,
 Maxwell, it is said. formerly resided in New York and the local authori' ties think he may have left for thu metropolis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
RAZOR WIELDER MUST
 FACE SUPERIOR COURT

The rather unusual procedure of holding for trial in the Superior court a prisoner charged with simple assault occurred. in the city court today, when Robert Johnson, colored, who attack ed Jacob Connors with a razor ln Newheld avenue several nights ago was held in bail of $1,000 for the up per court.
 Johnson's bail was promptly fur nished by the B. D. Pierce. IT,. Co. of which he is an employe, A shast, ly array of clothing, slashed ane bloodstained. was displayed in tht city court in support of the story o' Connors. who bears two long gashes across his back and one at the back of his neck.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
A. EIWood & Son, Inc.
DIEDs
GENERAL AUCTTONEERs g b

|. DIED.
 MERRITT.-At New Canaan. AIgu. 1s Catherine, widow of William ". Merritt, aged 72 years. MURPHY-In Danbury Aug. q. Hugh Murphy, aged "A years. SMTTH.-In panbury, Aug 2. Emily E., wife of Sidney Fl. Smith. aged sHARPE--At East Village Ans. 1 Samuel Sharpe, aged 73 years BI4ACKNIAN-In HawIey,s August z, Hannah E.. widow of Starr Black
 man.
 WEED-In New Canaan. Aug. 1. Mrs. Mary A. Weed. aged so; .x Christopher B. Lunan, aged 74. BATEs.-In NofwaikE z Aug, -. c. Francis Bates, aged ST. TWEEDY-In Norwich, Auug. 5, Col. John Tweedy of Danbury, aged 67. POLLARD--In Norwalk, Aug. ., Mre. Della A. Pollard. aged 70. - liam s. Brown, in the f1fty-Afth year KELLEY.--In New Milford. Aug. 4, Mary A., wife of Michael 4. Kelley, aged 72 years.
 TOMPKINS.-In Greenwich Aug. &, Ida Knapp, wife of Oscar Tofnp- kins, aged 5s years. FROST.--In shelton. Aug. 6. Hrs Hannah F. Frost, aged 17 years. CRANDAIlL.--In Huntington, Aug. ., Mrs. Sarah M. crandail. aged sz years. ~ sSfITH.-In CoIebrook, Aug. 4, Mrs. Emma Smith, aged 3? years tn Marie Lautse.5 wite: of1Aifcat r. Wilmott, aged 46 years. -1rT r. EDDY.-In Greenwich, Aug $. D1ffse Katherine E:d6v. aged 21 yea9H.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
FAIRFIELD

Mack's Model circus arrived in town last night and will give performances this afternoon and evening. Those who have seen the wonderful acts of Miss TheIma Wood, the ten-year-old acrobat, are loud in their praises MT. and Mrs. William Simpson, who came from Cuba 15 years ago, give wonder ful exhibitions of knife throwing. During this long period they have never had an accident.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
KILLED WHILE RIDING
 ON TOP OF FREIGHT CAR,

Norwich, Conn. Aug. 9.--Thomas Crockett of Worcester. Mass. was in- stantly killed today, while riding on the top of a freight car. With his back to the engine he did not notice the train approaching West Side ing, fracturing his skull. His body was found on top of the car when the train reached Yantic. He was an itin- erant umbrella mender.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
LABORERs KILLED IN
 DYNAMITE EXPLOSION

New York, Aug. 9-Two Italian la borers were instantly killed. three were fatally hurt and six others in- jured when an automatic drill struck an exploded dynamite charge in the aqueduct tunnel 2,686 feet below the surface at 106th street and Central Park west, today. This was the sec- ond fatal accident of the kind at this point during the last three weeks.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
E. H. DILLON & co.
IFIvE MASSACHUSETTS WOMEN WHO HELPED | NOMINATE COLONEL ROOSEVELT AT CHICAGO

Chicago. Aug. 9-Nearly every State delegation at the Progressive conven- ton had women members. and some States had several. Even those States
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

in which the women do not have the right of suffrage sent delegates of the gentler sex, and they were welcoraed as delegates. Those coming from Massachusetts and shown in the pic- ture are, from left to right, Mrs. Louis
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
CONTINUOUS SESSIONS
 OF CONGRESS PREDICTED

Denver, Colo, Aug. 9-"T expect to see continuous sessions of the Na- tional Congress, both Senate and House. following the Presidential election next fall '' was the prophecy today of Congressman Edward L. Taylor of Colorado.
 Congress Is just s5,o0a bills be- htnd,'' he added.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

J. Johnson, Mrs. Richard W. Childs. Mrs. Elizabeth Towne, Miss Mabel Cook and Miss Helen Temple Cook The lower picture shows Colonel Roosevelt leaving the Coliseum after he had, delivered his first speech.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

Putnam-Despondent through drink, Fred Rogers committed suicide by cutting his throat
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09
1 IO5 Main Street.
E. H. DILLON &. co. !!o5 Main Street: Street Hartford Rue Cele Paris
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Great Clearance of Midsummer
r Millinery

THIS sAIEW
  POSITIVE
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-09

Terryville-The old Pond homestead built in 1795, was burned to the ground late yesterday.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16

tages as an industrial center it should have more small industries; and so it should. As those who know the dis trict will testify, and as the Manufac- turers' Record shows, this is already a city of great number of indus tries. It is the only city in the south that makes steel rails, and in all prob ability it will always enjoy this dis stinction. It is such a great iron and steel center that the small industries have been to certain degree over shadowed
 Chattanooga, Nashville, Richmond and Atlanta have extensive manufac- turing interests. Atlanta has been built up very largely on it's small industries, and it makes much of that fact. But the volume of business in the Birmingham district so far out strips that. of any other southern city or district that there could be no comparison worth while. Birmingham the Dynamo" is the Baltimore Manu- lecturers Record phrase and it is as apt and telling as it is fresh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
sEAMY SIDE OF ATLANTIC CITY

Margaret $. Brett, in The Survey.
 Irregularity of employment,s most se- rious problem of modern life, reaches, it's climax in Atlantic City. None of her oc- equations is of the industries. Yet hum dreds arrive monthly to seek employ ment The many unfortunate become stranded, and appeal to charity for trans portation back home.
 When the city first commenced it's de- velopment no thought for the housing of the serving class was given. Hudded at the back of the luxurious hostelries, the present livng quarters of the poor man. are precisely the outcome of what such planless plan would be-two room shacks, worn out homesteads, i'll constructed houses, all cellarless and few sanitary.
 The most living conditiones are found among the families of the bay fishermen. With few exceptions they abide in house. boats hauled up on the marshy islands of the inlet. For the most part these boats are neither sanitary nor weather proof. Many are so low that it Is im1 possible to stand upright in them. The parents and any number of children sleep in one bed. In one houseboat. 16 feet long and wide, lived a family of six. A bed occupied precisely half of the in- terior an oil stove and wooden bench the other half. What dishes and provisions there were were thrown together in pocket like cupboard under the fore part of the boat In order to wash, to cook or to comb her hair, the woman was obliged to kneel. W
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
SAVING BABIES IN NEW YORK

An all the year round campaign con-
 ducted through a strong central or ganization, is New York city's solution
 of the baby saving problem. This prln- ciple took concrete form last spring in
 the Babies Welfare association, which acts as a clearing house for approxi- mately 150 agencies.
 Results have already justified this method,' says Garrett Smith, executive secretary. of the Babies Welfare asso-
 citation, in the Survey. The number
 of infant deaths in Greater New YorK.
 so far this year, is nearly TOO less than lit was at this time in 1911. Last year there were 119S fewer deaths of ebabies
 under l year of age than in 1910.
 Not satisfied with this record, work CTS pointed out that, while digestive diseases, most prevalent in hot weather,
 killed 2S2 out of every 1000 babies who died, respiratory troubles, pecu- liar mainly to cold weather killed 2s2
 out of 1000. Therefore, the milk sta- tions were kept open.
 But the work had outgrown mere
 milk station activities in the old sense. The I1l1k StdlloU was DcCOiiiiHS d ScH- ter for the education of mothers and for coo operation with every other or ganization in the infant field. The
 Babies Welfare associa tion, organized in June, has carrie don't the most com plete plan of cooperation ever effected
 in this line of social work in New York
 city.
 ''The records of such cities as Chicago,
 San Francisco, St. Paul, Rochester, New
 Haven, Kansas City, and Hartfo-d show
 the shortcomings of a campaign carried
 on mainly in the summer. While az gressive hot weather crusades are be- ing conducted in every one of those cities, each of them showed during the winter and spring months a decided increase in the number of infant deaths
 over last year. A comparison of New York city's own boroughs is also in- structive The work has been. most
 completely organized in Manhattan. up ito August IT in that borough there had been 523 fewer deaths of babies under one year than last year. At the same time Brooklyn had only 4g few CT deaths, while the Bronx had 15 more."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
MOVING PICTURES IN A CoNSERVA- TIVE TOWN
From The Survey.

From The survey.
 The outdoor moving. picture, as an edoca tional and recreational factor, Is
 being given d trial in Montreal. Canada.
 This innovation is especially interesting
 because Montreal, owing to the religious
 and racial makeup of it's population, is
 one of the mostaconservative cities on this continent.
 Another evidence of the awakening of this city from it's still lingering medievalism is the child welfares ex-
 hibit, to be held there in october. at the same time the Canadian Conference
 of Charities and Correction is in ses-
 sion. This body has never before met l in Montreal
 1 The child welfare moving picture
 committee was formed to educate the people for the meetings in October and to create a civic demand for the child's
 veal. The initiative was taken by the university settlement A delegation rep
 resentng that organization, the City Improvement league, the child welfare exhibition committee, the Parks and Fairgrounds association, the Womens club, the Federation Rationale and oth- Ter bodies appealed to the board of con- trol for the use of the city parks. The
 mayor and aldermen granted the re- quest and promised the protection of
 the park police
 Three performances a week have been given. The pictures have been chosen to illustrate child welfare, as well as other subjects, both educational and frivolous. During the first week the attendance was 10000. The well or dered, interested, enthusiastic crowds
 we're made up of fathers. mothers with
 babies in arms, in carriages or bun died in rugs on the grass, boys and girls, and young men and young wom- en. Encouraged by their success. the co perators/ who include not only the
 already mentioned organizations but
 the press the Berliner Gramophone com pany the General Film company, and the Nickel Moving Picture theatre, are planning, funds and weather permitting. to continue the moving picture shows
 until the child welfare exhibit takes their place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
ELEGY ON DEATH OF A MAD DOG

 Good people all, of every sort, Give ear unto my song; And if you find it wondrous short It cannot hold you long. Tn Islington there was aeman. Of whom the world might say That still godly race he ran
 Wheneer he went to pray. A kind and gentle heart he had, To comfort friends and foes; The naked every day he clad
 When he put on his clothes And in that town dog was found, As many dogs there be, Both mongrel, puppy, whelp and hound, And CUTS of low degree. This dog and man at first were friends, But when pique began, The dog, to gain some private ends, Went mad and bit the man. Around from all the neighboring streets The wondering neighbors ran, And swore the dog had lost his wits, To bite so good man. The wound it seem'd both sore and sad To every Christian eye; And while they swore the dog was made They swore the man would die. But soon wonder same to light, That show'd the rogues they lied; The man recovered1 of the bite, The dog t was that died
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
the train in many instances to.a mans front door, or at any rate within easy reach of it.
AIabama's Centennial Celebration

Several weeks ago Governor O'Neal appointed a strong committee on Ala bama's centennial, and by adding 100 names from the state at large he has made it thoroughly representative In 1919 Alabama will be 100 years old as a state, and the celebration of this interesting event should include an exposition international in scope That. it seems, is the Governors idea Dr. Thomas NJ. Owens, state archiv- ist is chairman of the committee, and he has announced that the first meet ing will be held in Montgomery Octo- Der 23, during the Montgomery fair. The meeting should be, and doubtless will be, largely attended.
 The character of tho exposition will be considered and probably agreed upon. If it is to be really interna- tional 1t should be held in the largest city of the state. But no matter whether the exposition is to be iter- national or national or state, historic sentiment must be, as matter of course, in evidence. A great exposi- tion held in Birmingham would cele- brate the states centenary and an important department would be that of the states archives and relics. But in addition to the historic character of the exposition, agricultural, min eral and industrial Alabama will be conspicuous.
 No large and imposing exposition can be held in city of less than 100000 population. A city of 100000 population would be better. And Bir- minghams population seven years from now will reach 100000 or more.
 If it is decided to hold an exposi- ton of the smaller class, either Hunts vile, Montgomery or Mobile would be an ideal place. Huntsville was the first colonial capital. Mobile is one of the oldest cities on this continent. Montgomery, young by comparison,  is yet old enough to be of historic in terest. It is believed that the people exposition, and, If that is true, it will be held here Birmingham Chamber of Commerce should lose no time in getting ready for the Montgomery meeting next month
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
SPARKS ELECTRIC

From the Electric News Service.
 A vacuum cleaning street car is in use in Strassburg, Germany.
 Passenger cars are now kept spick and span with electric vacuum cleaners.
 The Swiss railway is to have several of the most powerful electric locomotives in Europe.
 The outlying stations in northern Siberia are now in wireless communication with Vladivostok.
 Electric flash signs for advertising pur- poses have been installed on the sides of electric trucks.
 It is anticipated that Berlin. Germany. will soon be in wireless speaking dis tance with New York.
 Storm warning are now sent to sea by wireless so that vessels may be prepared for violent changes in the weather.
 The pulmotor. an electrical device for resuscitating persons overcome by gas, electricity or drowning. has already saved hundreds of lives.
 The Hamburg -American steamships are 4o be equipped with 5000 candle power
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Dr. Dov,,ne .n AIabnmian

"The coming of pr. Bowling or New Orleans with his exhibit cars, showing many interesting and instructive things In matters of public health, has aroused much interest among all classes Of our citizens said Percy Clark
 "State pride will attract more than usual attention to this noted apostle or cleanliness in matters hygienlc, Tor pr. Bowling is a native of Ozark, Dale eoun- ty And it is worth while here to call attention of the younger generation to those other notable specialists and sur geons, natives of Alabama, who won lame In other sections. pr. Marion sims, to whom monument was erected In one of the parks of New York city, was an Alabamian Dr. s. Weir Mitchell of Phil adelphia, noted surgeon, and also a man of letters, is a native of this state. Then there is pr. Gorgas, whose name IS coupled with the great work of the Pan anna canal
 "Dr. Dowlings lecture with illustrations by pictures of the dangers that Turk m filth and uneleanliness; of the deadly mosquito, the house fly and the flea, will be of great benefit to all who hear him Monday night.
 'The very recent menace of the bu- bonic plague attaches unusual interest to the pestiferous flea and the immigrant rat, for rats come ashore and may bring the germs of the bubonic disease; 1t is transmitted to human beings by flea biles. It is interesting to note that the most deadly diseases that man may fall heir to, are conveyed by insects-yellow fever by the mosquito, typhoid fever by the house fly. and the bubonic plague by the flea iT
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16

man wasn't overpaid enough for him | notice it. He said these conditions would certainly prevail until we learned to think for ourselves. He laid great stress or the fact that the common people don think enough, and when you figure thi i out, you've got to hand it to him. There certainly is a great scarcity of thinker} amongst us common folks. I've alway noticed it.. If we would think more and | work less life might be one glad, sweea song. l MT Debs did not have time to go intd| what had been accomplished by the social 1 ist minority in Congress Neither did hs| make any claims as to whether this mi ! nority would be increased in the coming election, or reduced It can be safely| stated, however. that the socialists will not lose over one member of CongressI in the coming election, regardless of what happens. When a great political party can figure out in advance to an absolute| certainty the worst that can possibly hap- pen to them, they are going some.
 MT. Debs frankly said that he did not| ask anybody to vote for him for Presi-| dent. He intimated that he was running| just because it was getting to be kind of| habit with him.. Everywhere he went,| he said, the people were waking up to| the needs of the country and what the so- cialist party meant. Fine business. It is said that MT. Debs will tour the| entire country in the interest of the party, and that the socialists will poll greater vote this time than in the history of the organization.
 We presume, of course, that MT. Deps likes his job of running for President, and no doubt gets a lot of fun out of 1t if nothing else, but if he had turned his talents into different channels, and had joined the democratic or republican party and run for Congress, he would have come nearer accomplishing something. and he certainly would have made peach of a spellbinder. Besides that he don't look like socialist. What is socialist, any way?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-09-16
Motor Cars Versus Horses

The railroads show no losses in gross earnings, and the price of horses is well maintained. The motor ear is no longer a novelty and its eff fleets upon passenger transportation are widely discussed, but no definite opinion has yet been formed.
 The most that can be said is that the highways are traversed by more people than ever before in their en- tire history. The wear and tear upon theroads is greater. Travel by high way is immensely increased by the motor car. The automobiles have added to the traffic of the street cars, and between them the streets leading into and out of large towns are sub jected to a friction and wear that no one dreamed of 20 years ago.
 It is said that 75 per cent of the people who own automobiles never owned horse. Neat little garages are supplanting, however, livery stables, and the former breed no flies and are not in any respect nuisances. But after all the automobile is feed CT to the railroads, simply because people are riding now who. never rode before. Like thesstreet car the auto mobile induces travel. It is not fatig- ning. It is health giving. It brings