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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-22

repeat what already have said, that infinitely prefer the deliberate judg- ment of the people to their impulsive judgment s3 s,s.s
 Tn Ohio. we got the deIiberafe judgment, and as I have alsoAsaidf If I had to make a choice would choose the fmpulsive judgment of the people rather than the deliberate Judgment of the bosses.
 The result in Ohio has settled the contest believe we could have won without Ohio. Our opponents needed the substantially solid vote of Ohio in order to give them a. chance to make tory means that 1t wfH~ be hopeless to try to best us at Chicago by unseat- ing our delegates who represent the popular will in Washington, Indiana, KentuokY and elsewhere, nor will it be possible for them to win by seat ing delegates from the Southern States representing nothing whatever
 .T am profoundly appreciative of what the people of Ohio have done. It represents victory not only for the plain people of the Republican party but for every good citizen in the United States, for in Zsthis con, test we have stood for the funda, mental principles of good citizenship and every honest citizen, mo matter what his politics, is profoundly con- cerned with our victory because we are fighting his battle.''
 All morning Colonel Roosevelt re- ceived telegrams from all parts of Ohio, from friends and supporters, telling him the result in individual cit ies and districts. He also received telegrams. of congratulation . from nearly every State G
 After giving out his statement he went for a ride with his son Kermit, announcing that he would start for New Jersey tomorrow morning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-22
.PROHIBTTIONISTS
 NAME TICKET
Dr. B. F. Beardsley, Hartford, Z For Governor; T. T. Phillips ,.
 Bridgeport, For Treasurer

Hartford. May 22.-The, morning session of the state convention Of the state prohibiticnists was given over to reports by the various committees and the selection of Parliament Chairman B. F. Beardsley of this city. At the afternoon session there will be ad- dresses by Daniel A. Polling of Columi bus, and Karl Lehman, of Denver.
 The committee on nominations re- ported the following slate which will probably be put through without con test:
 For governor, Dr. B. F. Beardsley, Hartford; lieutenant governor, c. Hull, Guilford;- secretary of state, T.. r. Philis, Bridgeort; treasurer, R. w.. Robbins, Wethersfield; comptroller Dr. w. T., Chipman, Groton.
 Electors at large, H. G. Manchester, Winchester, and B. c. Stanley, Man chester. :
 Delegates to the national conven- ton, F.. G. Platt, New Britain, J.. L. Randolph. Groton. Rev. w. N, Taft, Goshen, and J. T. Melbourne, Staff ford. .zps
 .Aiternates, Dr. T.. D. crowthers. Hartford, Dr. E. T. Chipman, Grotorl, J. c. Bfdwell, Hartford, and M. II. Smith, West Hartford.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-22
Roosevelt Gets 31 of the 42 District Delegates = Six State Delegates Will Be
 for Teddy
Harmon Has Substantial Lead Over Wilson, Roosevelt s Manager Says It's a Crime for Taft to Continue and Insists He Should Withdraw.

Columbus, May 22-Returns which were still incomplete. early this af- fernoon. confirmed the early reports If . Roosevelt landslide in Ohio. They indicate that the Colonel will have al as6st s1 out of the 42 district delegate. in the state.
 In the Democratic presidential pre- ference contest. the latest returns in- crease Governor Harmon's lead over Governor Wilson of New Jersey. Ir 1851 precincts out of 5, 1s2 in the en- 1ire state. Harmon has 43, 755- to 34 17S for Wilson. =
 Harmon carried the state by a plus rality roughly estimated at 15.O0 over Governor Wilson, of New. Jersey, but the latter appears to have captured a mqnagers claim at least nine, with two others doubtful. The Harmon managers will not concede more than live districts delegates to Wilson
 Harmon's presidential preference victory gives him the six delegates-at- large from Ohio who will be named at the state convention, June and
 The Republican state convention, in Columbus June 5 and 4, will select the Republican .Bfg Six-"-- Walter Brown, the victorious Roosevelt manager,
 
 while the Roosevelt men have made no fight for delegates to the state convention we expect the state convention to observe the results in the district primaries. This means that afx delegates-at-large.. instructed for Rooaevels will be selected.
 Chairman lay1n Taft manager. said the Taft foross would control the state convention and send six Taft men = delegates-at-large. This prob4b1y will open another fight be- tween Roosevelt and Taft.
 Senokor L4aFollette failed to capture .. deieeats in Ohio An interesting 4D11lsne of the result Is LaFollette's otxql1th in the twentieth. compriFine O4EAAlf of Cleveland, where he ran ehead of Taft: This was true inl 1Genfnea and Lake Counties and in tho country districts outside of Cleve-
 Washington, May 22-"It's a crime dor Afr. Taft to continue in this con-| keat" said Senator Dixon, manager of the Roosevelt campaign, today. 'His friends should not permit him to % into New Jersey. MT. Taft frankly stated at Cleveland, last lThursday, that the vote in Ohio would be decisive and would settle the Ques- aion of nomination.
 ssrhe Republican party is bigger than the ambition of any one man. Or aroatest interest now is to se- cure harmony in the ranks. We hope to secure the unanimous support ofl the party for the Colonel"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-22
SUGGESTIONS SURE
 SUFFRAGIsT SUCCESS.

Chicago. May 22.--Suggestions for suffragist success were fired rapidly at the delegates to the opening session of the Mississippi Valley Conference of Suffragists. Mrs. Christibal Eastman Benedict, Milwaukee, said:
 'If you.want money for the suf- frage cause, the best way to get it is to go ask for 1t and not have tag-days and baxaars."
 Mrs. Edna Cutter, Kansas Cty. said:
 "If you want to get yourself. family or cause before the public, the only legitimate way is to do something that makes news and not give pink tea and then blame some editor becauseflle prefers to print an account of an automobile race instead of the< list of your guests. If you want to address a street gathering doEft from 8. step ladder rather than A soap box,
 Miss Alice B. Curtiss, of Mil waukee, said:
 Soak suffrage sentiment into everybody who is soakable.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-22
Find Grabosky Guilty of Throwing Vitrol at
 His Former Sweetheart

After deliberating two hours and 40 minutes. a jury in the criminal su- perior court this morning brought in a verdict of guilty against Joseph Grabosky of this city, charged with throwing vitrol at Annie Roaback on March 15 last. At the request of At torney John F.. Gray, counsel for the accused, Judge. Bennett postponed sentence until later in the day
 Annie claimed Joe was. a former suitor and was angry when she went with John Cervenak On the night of the crime she was walking on Sea- view. avenue with John when she saw Joe following. She felt something hot on her back and discovered her coat was burned. She did not see Joe throw the stuff but declared he was a short distance in the rear at the time. The accused denied the charges.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-22
RESULT IN OHIO IS DEATH BLOW TO TAFT SAYS
 ENGLISH JOURNAL.

London, May 22.-Some of the British newspapers read in the results from Ohio death blow to President Taft's ambition for a irenoniination. This Is especially so in the case of the Pall Mall Gazette which. in a leading editorial, says:
 ''The blow to the President from his native state is a mortal one and the tragedy of the judicial mind in demagogic politics. The sooner it is retired from the dog fight the better"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-22
BITTER WORDS MARK
 REICHSTAG'S ADJOURNMENT.

Berlin, May 22.-The Reichstag ad- journed, today, until fall after the stormiest closing session on record during which the Socialists bitterly attacked the Emperor, the Chancellor and the officials of the government.
 The Chancellor sharply replied to the opposition and impugned their motives in many measures.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-22
MORE TRAFFIC
 POLICEMEN IN
 STATE STREET

With the idea of relieving conges- tion of traffic on State street during the rush hours, Supt. Birmingham has detailed two traffic officers for that thoroughfare to act from 12 to 1 and from to o'clock
 PatrOlman Hayes will be on duty at Howard avenue and State street and Patrolman Barton at Park ave- nue and State street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-22
CARD OF THANKS.

We desire, in this manner, to ex- tend our sincere thanks and appre- citation to the numerous friends and relatives for their kind sympathy to us in our great sorrow in the loss of our beloved husband and father; also to the friends who SO generously con tributed the beautiful floral pieces as mute tokens: of sympathy Especially do we thank the Epworth league. Mrs. Edward Wagner,
 Edward Wagner, Jr.,
 Mrs. Herman Miller, asp Mrs. Willis Cooper.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-22
TEDDY SAYS OHIO HAS "SETTLED IT"
sWOUID HAVE WON WITHOUT OHIO" HE SAYS BUT THERE'S
 NO DOUBT NOW.

. Oyster Bay. N. Y.. May 22-'sThe re- cult in Ohio has settled the contest" said Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore 94ill today. when he was assured that he had carried all but 10 Ohio dis frfcfs.
 s-Natuf0lly, am very much pleas a with the .impulsive judgment of fhiA" - s.td ieftously. I can only
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-22
TAFT'S OWN STATE
 GIVES HIM JOLT
PRESIDENTIAL RAGE
 RIGHT UP TO MINUTE.

Washington, May 22.-Including estimates for Ohio up to noon, today, managers for presidential candidates made the following claims for dele gates:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-22

>RepuDl1cQnS. Delegates in convention. .......1 ,076 Necessary to choice 539 Claimed for Taft . 559' Claimed for Roosevelt. .y(x) 463 Conceded to Taft by Roosevelt t#
 managers 1S1 Conceded to Roosevelt by Taft
 managers S86 Instructed for LaFollette ....... 36 Instructed for Cummins. ....... 10 Contested by Taft managers. 26 Contested by Roosevelt managers 182 OulnSIructcQ JzZ
 (x)-Senator Dixon, Roosevelt manager. claims to have 72 pledges from uninstructed delegates not in- cluded above.
 Democrats.
 Delegates in convention. 1,092 Necessary to choice 729 Claimed for Clark. 391. Claimed for Wilson. .... (xx) 291 Conceded to Clark by Wilson
 managers ..... 216 Conceded to Wilson by Clark
 managers 1o6( Instructed for Underwood. :.... S2 Claimed for Harmon. (xxx) 52 Instructed for Marshall. .. ..... 30 Instructed for Toss. 36 Instructed for Baldwin .l.... IA Instructed for Burke. 10 IJninstructed .s.s.. 13s
 (U)-ThiS includes IS Ohio dele
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-22

,(xx)-This includes 1S Ohio dele gates claimed under the belief that the Harmon forces will not be able to impose the unit rule.
 (xxx)4Claimed on basis that Har- mon managers will control Ohio con. vention and enforce unit rule
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-22
THE FARMER

on he obtained by NEWS BOYS DEALERS AND OTHERS. after { o'clock evenings, at the Herald News Stand, 14O FAIRFIELD AVENUE
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-07-27
FOREIGN.

Earthquakes continue at Guadala-
lara. Mex. at intervals, making any at
tempt to repair damaged buildings i'm
possible. The inhabitants are leaving
on every train.
Winston Spencer Churchhill, first
lord of the admiralty, in introducing
the supplementary naval appropriation
of $5,000,000 in the English House of
Commons. said the direct cause of the
increase was to be found in the new
German navy law, the main feature OF
which was the increase in the striking
force Of ships of all classes.
At Belgrade, Servia. plot to kill
King Peter has been discovered. The
man chosen to commit the murder has
been arrested at Cettinje, the capital
of Montenegro. On his person was a
letter Of instructions from the organ
ization he is believed to represent.
The police are looking for his accom-
plices.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-07-27
GEN ERAL.

l. A light sprinkle of snow fell at Carp
Lake, Michigan. thirty miles northeast
of Petoskey. Crops were damaged.
Jewelry valued at nearly $25,000 was
stolen from a sample carrier on a
crowded street in Chicago recently
Farmers from the surrounding coun-
try brought reports of frost into Chi
cago, declaring early vegetables had
suffered.
Shoes of all grades are to be raised
in price, and according to Chicago
dealers the automobile is to blame for
the increase.
Reports from all parts of the coun-
try indicate that the apple crop for
1912 is likely to be one OF the larg-
est ever harvested.
Two white men and four negroes
were killed in an explosion in the
mines Of the Gayton Coal Company
near Richmond, Va. recently.
Clifford Pinchot has added about 5000
to his taxes in the District of Colum.
bia by calling attention to the fact
that his Washington home is under
assessed by $43,793, or forty-nine per
cent.
The Shuberts have lost one of their
best theaters in Chicago, the Lyric, al
thought they may be able to hold the
lease for the two years it still has to
run.
After a chase that covered several
states and lasted many weeks. Samuel
Isen, a Russian immigrant suffering
from what is declared to be leprosy,
was found at Buffalo, N. Y. He has
been isolated.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-07-27
Tariff Board Gets S225, 600.

Washington.-Pres Taft's tar
If board has secured the promise Of
one more year of life from the SEN
ate. After short fight, that body,
by a vote of "a to 90. authorized in
the sundry civil appropriation bill an
expenditure of s225. 900 for another
years work of investigation by the
tariff experts.
Whether the appropriation is made
will depend on the strength with
which the House resists the Senate's
demands The House refused to pro-
vide for the tariff board when it
framed the sundry civil bill and its
conferees are expected to fight the
provision.
The presidential tariff board was
made more subservient to Congress,
however, by an amendment OF Sen
ator Bristow, accepted by the Senate
without a vote, which requires the
board to report to Congress once each
year.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-07-27

from Inflammation, and your Sanativs
Wash relieved me. am glad to tell
anyone what your medicines have done
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REED, los Mound St, Peoria, Ill.
Mrs. Lynch Also Avoided
Operation.
Jessup, Pa.-"After the birth of nv
fourth child, l had severe organic infam-
nation. Iwould have such terrible pain,
that it did not seem as though could
stand it. This kept up for three long
months, until two doctors decided that
an operation was needed.
"Then one of my friends recommended
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and after taking it for two months
Twas well woman. Mrs. JOSEPH a
LYNCH, Jessup, Pa.
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before submitting to . surgical opere.
ton.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-07-27
20. APPROPRIATION BILL SHORN
OF HIGHWAY IMPROVE
mENT MEASURE.
PARCELS POST REVIVED
RECOMMENDED 3RD AND 4TH
CLASS MAIL MATTER BE CON-
BlNED FOR PARCELS POST.
Western Newspaper Union News Service,

western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-The posroffice appro-
priation bill, shorn OF the good roads
provision, proposed by the House, and
embracing a revised parcels post sys-
TEN, which charges based on zones OF
distance. has been reported to the Sen
ate by the postoffice committee. The
total appropriations proposed are more
than those OF the House measure
which carried approximately s2G0,o00,
600. One of the principal increases is
the pay of railroads for transporting
mails, the Senate adding more than
$2.500000.
In striking out for federal improve
ment OF highways, the committee rec
ommends an investigation by special
congressional committee and provides
for no highway Improvements until
this commission has reported.
The parcels post section in the
House bill provided for flat rate OF
postage for all distances. Senator
Bourne recommends that third and
fourth class mail matter be combined
for the parcels post service; but the
bill makes the parcels post apply to
fourth class matter.
The Senate committee struck out OF
the House bill the provision giving to
postal employees the right to combine
IN labor unions and the right to pc
tition Congress for redress.
Steel cars for mail service required
by the House bill to be in universal
use by American railroads by 1917,
also are required by the Senate bill,
giving the roads one year of grace and
then require them to replace twenty
five per cent of their cars each year
for four years.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-07-27
Minor Mention.


The West canal Of the uncompahgre
project is being completed.
W. B. Monson. Doyleville pioneer.
died at his home in Ohio City.
New alfalfa hay is selling on the
Uintah reservation for IS per ton.
The Methodist Episcopal church in
Sterling is rapidly nearing completion.
The rainfall thus far this year in
Colorado has been 3.31 inches above
normal.
Gunnison County Cattlemen's con-
vention at Gunnison was an absolute
success.
The assessed valuation of the city Of
Grand Junction will exceed $2,0o0.00o
for 1912.
DR.. L. c. Stadler OF Ouray has been
arrested on charge Of selling cocaine
to young men.
The meeting of the Colorado Stock
growers Association in Glenwood
Springs was well attended.
Farmers in the vicinity OF Windsor
will employ girls in the hay fields this
season, according to reports.
Strawberry harvesting has com
menced at Steamboat Springs. and the
first shipments are being made.
Ethel Myrtle, infant daughter OF
Thomas Parrot. coal miner Of Superior.
was smothered to death in bed re-
Gently.
The Crowley County Agricultural
Fair Association holds the second an
nual fair at Sugar City Sept. "a. IS,
70 and o.
Former Governor Alva Adams has
formally announced his candidacy for
Senator Guggenheim.
Farmers in the dry land districts,
nea keota, have cut and stacked hun
dreds of tons of Russian thistles to be
used as fodder.
Painters from all parts of Colorado
of Master Painters and Decorators AS
sociation in Pueblo.
Anderson II. Young, aged sixty-nine.
veteran of the Civil War and Colo
RADIO pioneer, died of a complication OF
diseases recently at Boulder.
Thirty feet of the water main o.
Canon City leading down the Royal
Gorge, was washed away by the flood
waters and a number of cattle
drowned.
Philip Wehrwin, who was waylaid
on the road between Silverton and
Blackstone. July G, and badly beaten,
died at the Miners Union hospital at
Silverton.
n. Esqueville was shot in the neck
by Alonzo Gomez In a quarrel follow
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-07-27
w ES ERN.

Hop growers on the Pacific coast
have threatened to cease planting the
vine SO essential to the manufacture
of beer if transcontinental freight
rates on hops are not reduced.
Kansas City, Kan, is practically
without a water supply as the result
OF the dynamiting of a sixteen-inch
flow pipe. The explosion occurred at
a point where the pipe runs near the
surface.
Mrs Hiram Waite, twenty-one, Of st.
Louis, her sister, Miss Nellie Ander-
son, twenty-six, and Edward S. New
lin, former sheriff of Lyon county,
were drowned in the Cottonwood river,
at Emporia, Kan.
To please the dying wishes OF his
sixteen-year-old sweetheart, Anita Ara
gon, Joseph NJ. Ruiz was married to
her at Redwood City, Cal. An hour
after the performance had been com
pleted the youthful bride was dead.
Colorado ranks first in cattle, first
in hogs, first in poultry, second in
horses, second in domestic animals
and second in all livestock among the
eight Rocky Mountain states, accord
ing to the official census bulletin just
issued.
Mrs y. c. Womack, wife of prom
inent physician of Jackson, Miss, and
daughter of the late Senator A. ]. Nc
Laurin, seized a charged electric light
socket at her home and was hurled
against a stove and died almost in
stantly from her injuries.
The bribery trial of Clarepce S. Oar
row has been Unexpectedly halted in
Los Angeles by the serious illness of
a juror Just before court convened
Monday a telephone message was re-
ceived from Elmonte that Leavitt had
suffered a severe attack OF appendi-
citis.
The Denver, Northwestern & Pacific
railroad, known as the Moffat road
will be sold under the hammer to sat.
isfy the overdue S3,500,000 bonds held
by Eastern bankers, according to the
statement made in Denver financial
circles. 1t is reported that the Union
Pacific railroad is to be the purchas-
er. A representative of that road IS
said to have accompanied the bond.
holders on the recent inspection trip
over the road,
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-07-27
THE WEEKS NEWS EPITOMIZED

The cost of the discovery OF Amer
lea was $1,000. according to ledgers
just found at Palos, Spain, containing
facts concerning the outlay made by
Christopher Columbus on his expedi-
ton to the new world.
The last gap in the construction of
the Mississippi Power Company's dam
across the river at Keokak, Iowa. has
been closed and for the first time in
Its history the Mississippi is throttled
at one of its widest points.
Joseph Epstein, an attorney, and an
uncle of the lawyer who conducted the
winning fight for the freedom of Mrs
Rene B. Morrow. is made the defend
ant in charges before the Chicago Bar
Association duplicating him in con-
fidence game.
Robert Kinsella, employed by a cor
set company at 120 East Sixteenth
street, New York, was drowned on top
of twelve-story building at that ad-
dress when he went to the roof to re-
lease a foot and a half of water which
had collected there when the drain
pipe became clogged up. He ran his
right arm down into the drain pipe
after he had cleared away the rubbish
at the mouth of the hole. When the
suction of the rushing water caught
him he was drawn into the pipe up to
the shoulder. Despite the efforts of
three companions to pull him out the
! suction held him firm and his head
was drawn into the water, which still
| remained on the roof. In plain sight,
! looking up at them through the few
| inches of water that covered his face,
he was drowned.
The woolen firm of Goodman Broth
ers, New York, found a shortage OF
$40, 900 in their books thirteen years
| ago and swore out warrant against
their bookkeeper, James Fisher, who
had the power to sign checks and had
much to do with the firms finances
They have never caught the man for
he left his house by the back door
without coat or collar as a detective
called at the front entrance and from
then the police got no trail OF hin.
until few days ago, when the two
Goodman brothers, riding in Broad.
way street car, saw man whom they
decided was their missing bookkeeper
They had him arrested. The prisoner
said he was Thomas Fisher, a liquor
dealer. He admitted that he had
worked for Goodman brothers, but
said that he was brother Of the man
for whom the police were looking. A
detective, however. positively identi.
fled him from photograph as the
| missing bookkeeper.