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Evening journal., 1912-06-05

or bricks should be packed tightly on
the inside of the lower ends. says q
writer in the Popular Mechanics. This
construction will make a substantial
brace. which viii be out OF sight and
viii effectively prevent the posts from
spreading.
Evening journal., 1912-06-05
Water on crIndstonss.

Hot water on the grindstone viii
spoil Il after q while. so that II win
have no grit. Use warm water, not
not, for taking the frost out Of TouT
ktona.
Evening journal., 1912-06-05
EDUCATIONAL.

kindergarten Training SChOOI
MISS ELIZABETH BEAAfAN WILL RE.
W open Sept. 20. Address r. o. Box l6s.
city. mae.ot T.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06
MIR, AND MRS. LEWIS FORGED TO WALK EIGHT MILES BY
 0FFICI0US CAME WARDEN
Stratford Couple Fishing Trip Near Torrington Mir Lewis Arrested Because He Had Trout Alleged
 to Be One Quarter Inch Under Size Limit

In this case MT. and Mrs Lewis. who live in Stratford near the out skirts of Bridgeport, had come to spend the day on fishing trip. In the evening Game Warden Hoerring met them and demanded to be shown MT. Lewis fish. He found a trout which he declared was a quarter of an inch too short, and thereupon placed MT. Lewis under arrest.
 The game warden forced Mr. and Mrs. Lewis to walk four miles to the home of Justice James Eliot, who re- fused to have anything to do with the case. as the game warden had not se- cured the necessary legal papers. War den Hoerring therf marched MT. and Mrs. Lewis into 1'orrington.s a dis tance of nearly four miles more, mak- ing a total of eight miles. Mrs. Lewis. who was already tired from the days outing, was nearly exhausted at the end of this forced journey, and it was 10 o'clock in the evening before TOrrington was reached
 Mir Lewis gave bonds of $25 for his appearance in court today. and the matter was settled as stated. A num- Der of people who heard of the case advised him to fight it, and all agreed that the arrest in the first place and the warden's subsequent actions were outrageous.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06
YALE MAN TO TALK CIVIL
 SERVICE TO MERCHANTS
Prof. Farnam Will Speak of Develop mont of System in Various Cities

President Charles D. Davis of the Business Mems association announce ed today that an informal dinner of the association will be held at The Stratfield, next Wednesday evening" April 10, at 6:30 o'clock The speaker of the evening will be Prof Henry Farnam of Yale university and his subject will. be Civil Service Reform as Applied to Cities"
 Professor Farnam is at the head of the department of political econo. my at Yale and his information on this live topic is very complete. He is also said to be very interesting speaker and an opportunity will be given to permit of his being question ed There are a number of members of the Connecticut Civil Service Re. form league residents of this city, and it Is hoped they will be present In fact the dinner is open to all friends of the association as well as mem- bers and to any citizens interested in the important subject of civil ser vice reform.
 The Bridgeport association has talk en up this subject energetically and has . committee of which S. E. Vim cent is chairman at work on bill which may be eventually presented to the Legislature
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06
ENGLISH STRIKE
 LEADERS DIFFER
Members From North of England Believe Better Terms Can Be Made With District Boards If Mines Are Idle.
fspaciaI from United Press. }


 London, April 6-At the special meeting of the Miners Federation held, today, to decide whether it would approve the action of the exc. cutive committee in recommending that the coal strike be declared off be- cause a two-thirds vote to continue it was not cast, peculiar situation was presented. Every leader of prom thence favored accepting what has been termed peace with honor". while large minority of the dele gates, made up chiefly of the mem- bers from the north, is threatening to secede if the strike was not contin- ued.
 The reason assigned by the malcon- tents was that they would get much better concessions from the district boards appointed under the minimum scale law if they were still out than if they went back to the mines. The leaders desire to prevent an open rup- ture or to let it even become appar- ent that their organization is not a unit.
 Conferences were held and several new plans suggested as a way out of the muddle.
 As usual the meeting today was held behind closed doors and all in- formation of what was transpiring was withheld. It was admitted that the reports received at headquarters showed that more than one third of the miners of the country are already back at work. having accepted the recommendation by the executive committee on Wednesday as author ity. None of these men would come out on new strike order, it was said, even though the war party could get control
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06
Special to The Farmer.)

Torrington, April 6--Charges to the State Fish and Game Commission against Game Warden August w. Hoerring of Torrington. may be pre- ferred as the result of tqne warden's outrageous and oficious action in ar resting Arthur Lewis of Stratford, yesterday, and forcing him and Mrs. Lewis to walk nearly eight miles at 9 o'clock in the evening, because MT. Lewis had in his possession trout said to be one-quarter of an inch un- der the size limit.
 In the Torrington city court this morning MT. Lewis pleaded. guilty and paid a fine and costs amounting in all to $14 Those in court say that if he had fought the case he would prob ably have been discharged. as the trout was so near to the correct size limit that its variation one way or the other was a matter of a hairs breadth and might just as well have been in MT. Lewis favor The latter. how ever, was anxious to avoid further trouble and pleaded guilty, but the caue will be called to the attention of the State Game Commission. War den Hoerring is noted for his oflcious- ness
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06
ELKS TO ATTEND INSTITUTION OF
 ANS0N|A LODGE
Big Delegation Will Leave This City In Special Trol-
 leys Monday Evening :

Past Exalted Ruler Joseph C. Ivers, John A. Shea and Daniel J. Clifford have charge of the arrangements for the trip which the local Ellhs will take to Ansonia next Monday night. The oc--asion will be the institution of a new lodge in Ansonia to be known as AnsOnia lodge of Elks. It is the first time in many years that a new lodge has been organized in this State, and the event therefore will be of more than passing interest The services are regarded as the most impressive in all Elkdom
 Every one of the 19 lodges in the State will be represented at Ansonda by delegations. It will be a gala night and elaborate preparations have been made for the entertainment of the visitors
 There are 200 members in the new Ansonia lodge, and the list comprises the pick of the citizenship in that hustling community. Among the number is Past District Deputy James H. Smith, for many years one of the leading spirits in Derby lodge, who will be the first exalted ruler of the new lodge.
 Special trolley cars will take the Bridgeport delegation to the scene. It has been arranged to have the cArs leave from the local poet ofllce. The committee will meet at Elks' club house tomorrow afternoon and further particulars may be obtained at that time. Tickets can be secured from the steward.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06
MINERS RETURN WORK MONDAY Radicals Oppose Action But Are In Large Minority
 When Vote Is Counted Conservative Leaders Ger
 tain That Public Opinion
 Demanded Termination of
 Strike.
(specia1 from United Press.)

Especial from United Press.)
 London, April 6-The Miners Fed- eration, following lengthy session. today, officially declared off the great coal strike and ordered the men to return to work immediately.
 The decision was a great victory for the ''peace with honor party in the ranks of the miners. There had been much bitter criticism of the ac- tion of the executive committee in de- ciding that a two-thirds vote was nee. essary to continue the strike and the radical element went to todays meet ing prepared, if possible, to force the federation to override xhe commit tee. af
 The leaders, however, plainly told the advocates of continuing the strike that such action would absolutely dis rupt the union and that it would not be upheld by organized labor gen. erally The wholesome advice was accepted and the mines will resume with complete forces on Monday.
 After withholding the vote by which the strike was ordered off, the of ficers reconsidered their determine tion and made it public. The motion to uphold the executive committee prevailed by 440 to 125.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06
HICKMAN'S COTTON
 LANDS UNDER WATER

Hickman, ky, April Gone hundred
 thousand acres of cotton land worth
 tween the Hickman Hills and TiptOn,
 as the result of a break in the gov-
 ernment levee south of here, late yes
 ter61ay. An additional $2O0,0O0 was
 tackled onto the flood damage in this
 vicinity today as the result of the
 breaks in and around Hickman, the
 damage up to date being estimated at
 nearly q. 900 900.
 Hundreds of men who had been fighting to save the levee since early
 in the week, got their first undis- turbed sleep last night. When the
 government levee broke. causing them
 to flee for their. lives, they sought ref
 uge in the hills.
 The break swept out the last re- maining protection in this district. But for the fact that a heavy wind dashed the waves against the levee it Is believed that the dyke would still be intact. The water had a fall Of
 yards wide. Realizing the import
 ance of preserving as much as possible of the levee, sandbags are still being piled up as rapidly as they can be
 secured and boated to the threatening places
 The work in hand now is the relief of the 5000 homeless people and the staying off of an epidemic. Aid from outside is beginning to come in. Louisville sent $2,200 to be
 used in caring for the refugees. Many individual donations are being received. Tents to serve as a tenn
 porary hospital have been pitched on
 grounds at the Carnegie. Several persons are already ill., Among the
 women in the camps are several with newborn infants and scores of tod
 ding children. One woman. Mrs. M. l a kl,& to reach Hickman, carrying a five | weeks old baby.
 1 The town of DOrena, Mo, across the river, is, depopulated. Mrs Squire Tankersley and her five children were
 brought across the river in a gasoline
 boat. For two days they had refused to abandon their home They were 1 were all that remain at Craig's Land l ing, Mo-, but they are safe. They
 have pitched tents on rafts and pre- fer to guard their property. Gasoline
 boats today plying between Hickman and the threeA lake district, bringing out refugees and livestock.
 It is hoped that all have escaped l with their lives in this vicinity, al- though hundreds of families have lost everything they possessed. Scores of
 men past middle age with dependent families will have to begin life all over again.
 A report that the militia would be called out to stop thieving is erron- 1 eous. There is some stealing, but it I is believed the officers and citizens can control the situation
 l REFUGEES ARRIVE IN ST. LOUIS St. Louis, April 6-Scores of refu- gees from the flooded Mississippi valley are arriving in St. Louis, to. | day. Railroad men who have just 1 left the affected territory are bring | ing stories of great damage and suf- fprfnO
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06
JURY GIVES $2,5OO m ESTHER MERCY
 SLANDERED COED
Verdict Is Greeted With Cheers By Several Hun
 dred Fellow Students
Dean Talbot, Who Expelled Miss Mercy From Chicago
 University, Not Present
fsnsc,a, from United Press.)

Cb,caxo April 6.-Esther Mercy exnelied coed of Chicago University vas. today, granted damages in the sum of s2,500 by the jury that trleo her s1oo, 900 islander suit against Dean Marion Talbot The jury found that Dean Talbot was guilty of assa1llng .b. yirrs character in saying to her vban she was dismissed from the University- .A i,
 II consider you no better than woman of the streets.
 The courtroom was crowoeu .o .ae doors when the verdict was reao :. Several hundred students and co-eds most of them acquaintanceS or MISS Mercy. were in the corridors when the verdict was announced anu a cheer was sent up that drowned the threatening shouts of the ba1llns 1of order. ,
 Niss Mercy was in court with her sravhafred mother. When the clerk read the words that meant v1no1ca- fion for her, the girl jumped from her chair and fell weeping into her mothers arms. A few minutes later she said:
 girl. no matter what her creed or race. can be attacked in the great University of Chicago and ostraclzeo from society I am happy. should have been satisfied with a verdict of one cent"
 The jurors, who agreed upon their verdict, last night, and went to their homea left the jurybox smiling at the unusual demonstration in the court room. A crowd of students in the corridor who tried vainly to gain en- trance to the room began shouting:
 whats the matter with Esther, she's all right!
 Threats of arrest for contempt fail- cd to silence them and they were finally driven out of the building.
 Neither Dean Talbot nor any of the faculty group" was in the courtroom when the verdict was rendered.
 Attorney Francis Walker, repre- senting Dean Talbot, at once notified fhe court that he would file motion for . new trial and failing that. would appeal .s.
 '-This Is a verdict for indecency over decency," Walker said. "A yer dict for the spectacular over the staid and conservative 1t is not founded on reason or justice
 Walker intimated that the jury was influenced by the fact that Miss Mercy was poor and the university rich and that the use of John D. Rockefeller s name by the plaintifrs lawyer had a good deal to do with the verdict against the dean and the institution.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06

By vote of the local branch of the Interstate Association of the Master Builders and Contractors, all crafts men employed in the various branches of building work will enjoy a half holiday each week, beginning May l., with pay,
 is the last of the bosses organizations to ratify the general plan of builders to give their men half holidays. The vote was not unanimous, but all will follow.
 The union and non-union men are included in the scheme. The union carpenters and other union trades1nen had enjoyed half holidays for some
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06
FRED SAILER TO MAKE SONS WIDOW
 HIS HEIR-AT-LAW
Prominent Citizen Petitions
 Probate Court to Make
 Her His Legal Daughter

Park Commissioner Frederick Sail- CT, one of the best known of the old CT German residents of this city has brought action in the probate court for the adoption of the daughter of his only son, deceased.
 MT. and Mrs. Sailer have made for. mai action in which their daughter in-law, Louise l.. Sailer, has joined. A hearing on the petition was order. ed for this morning. in the Probate court, but at the request of counsel it was adjourned Commissioners Sailer, who has accumulated a con- siderable fortune, plans to make his daughter-in-law his heir, ana to that end has filed petition with Pro- bate Judge Hallen for letters of adop- tiOn
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06

 WOMAN
 SUICIDES

Especial from United Press.)
 New York, April 6.-Starving to death in a little furnished room in Brooklyn, IS year old Mrs. Edward Williams, wife of a vaudeville per- former, today, turned on the gas. She died at the German hospital an hour later choked by the fumes.
 Praying for death on a cot in the hospital, the woman gasped out a pitiful story of poverty. Her hus- band, she said, has been out of work for weeks and they had been unable to obtain food. She declared that her parents had plenty of money but that they had disapproved of her marriage and had driven her from home. Rath- CT than ask. them for food, she said, she would die.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06

time, but the Interstate Association which includes both union and non- union builders and contractors, has now taken the same stand as the un- ion boss carpenters took two years ago in granting the half holiday to their employees.
 The trades to be affected include the carpenters, painters, plumbers and masons. The vote of the nter-State organization was taken in advance of the vote in the plumbers bosses, and at the recent meeting of the latter there was a protracted argument over the granting of the half holiday. The sentiment in favor of the half holiday predominated, however, and it was voted to ratify the action of the In- ter-State Association
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06
Flood Washing Away
 Broken Hickman Ilevee

St. Louis, Mo, April 6-That the break in the levee below Hickman is now 34O feet wide was the word re- ceived here by the local weather bu- reau officials. In a report made by the Cairo bureau it was stated:
 The secretary of the Fulton County Levee Board says that the break is five miles below Hickman. It was 160 feet wide at first and $40 feet this morning. No attempt is being made to stop it. They are trying to save the balance of the levee.
 The river is three inches higher at Hickman and one foot at the break.
 The water in sight indicates a stage of 54 feet at Cairo, Sunday morning, regardless of the break, which it is now believed may relieve the situation here''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06
BIRDMAN RESCUED OFF MAR6LEHEAD
 BY M0T0RB0AT
Especial from United Press. }

Marblehead, Mass, April 6-Another aviation fatality was narrowly avert ed, today, when w. Startling Burgess, aerop1ane builder and one of the pioneers of the aviation game, was rescued by motorboat crews and fishermen when his hydrO-aeroplane caught fire as he was about to as- cend from the water in the middle of Marblehead bay. His engine back fired, ignfting the machine, which rocked perilously on the waves. Sev. eral motorboats and fishing craft rushed full speed to his aid and put out the blaze.
 The flyer was lowed ashore. The damage to the machine was small.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06
Aviator Unavailingly
 Gives Blood to Save Wife
(Special from TYnifed Pr<

Special from United Press.)
 Washington, April 6-In a desper- ate effort to save his dying wife, Paul Peck, an aviator, today, un- ava!lingly submitted to transfusion of his own blood to her veins. The operation was unsuccessful. Peck was prOstrated and cancelled all ex- hibition dates as we'll as his announce ed plan to fly from Washington to New York
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06
RAIN FOR EASTER
 SUNDAY IS DISMAL PREDICTION OF U. s,
Special from United Press.)

Washington. April eff you are planning, tomorrow, to wear your new Easter bonnet-or your new frock coat-or anything new-don't do it Uncle Sam's weather bureau gave dismal warning, today, that Easter Sunday would be ushered in with rain throughout the greater part of the eastern states. In states where rain won't begin the day, Professor Moore thinks there will be April showers some time during the after noon.
 Moreover. tomorrow will be general ly cooler throughout lhe east.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06
STIMSON SENDS $3o,ooo F9R
 FLOOD RELIEF
Especial from United Press1

Washington, April 6-Secretary of War Stimson, today, sent s10,00O each to Captain Logan at Hickman, Cap- tain Nomail at New Madrid and Captain Hegeman, also on the Mis- souri side of the river, the money to be used for the relief of the Missis- sippi flood sufferers
 At the same time President Taft sent letters to Senator Ollie James of Kentucky, and Representative F'itZ- gerald chairman of the apprOpria- tions committee. stating that the war department will expect to be reim. bursed by Congress for what money is used at the flood
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06
HARTFORD LABOR MAN STRUCK BY TRAIN AT
 STATION IN MERIDEN
Especial from United Press,

Especial from United Press.l
 Meriden, April 6-Joseph Sailer, president of the Cigarmakers' union. of Hartford, was hit by a train at the station here, today, and received three fractured ribs and other injur- ies. He was on his way to Washing ton, D. C., and left the train to get a sandwich and in attempting to board it as it was moving was thrown to one side. He was taken to a local hospital where it is ex. pected he will recover.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06
Auto Skids Against
 Pole; Hedden Killed

Special from United Press.)
 Rockaway, N. J., April '6-Clarence Hedden, 24, of Dover, was killed and three companions injured, none faLal- ly. when an automobile in which they were riding skidded against a tele- graph pole near here, today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06

Boston-Two highwaymen. who held up John Sandford. made record for pure cussedness.'' They stole every thing John had except his clothes Finding some love letters they made him read them while they "kidded'' him.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06

are several mothers with nursing babies. Food supplies have been short there but, today, tents were erected and food taken to the camps in boats.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06
Spellacy Is New Town
 Chairman at Hartford
Especial from United Press.

Especial from United Press)
 Hartford, April 6-Dr. Henry J. Mo Manus, who has been chairman of the Democratic Town Committee for sev- eral years, resigned today. Senator Thomas J. Spellacy, who was defeat- ed for Mayor In Tuesdays election, was appointed his successor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06
PLUMBER SUES FRAENzA

PLUMBER SUES FRAENZA
 Growing out of a disputed bill for plumbing work, suit for the col1ec- George Hebermehl against Anthony Fraenza. Property of Fraenza at East Main and Nichols street, and at Hamilton and Hallett street, was at- tached by Sheriff Schultz
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-06
HOPE OF SAVING LEVEE AND GREAT ST. FRANCIS BASIN
 PRACTICALLY ABANDONED
Water Tapping Top in Scores of Places Along Mississippi and Water is
 Flowing Into Low Country

Hickman Has 100000 Acres of Cotton Land Worth $10O An Acre Under Water-Al East Arkansas Towns Cut Off From Railroad Communication Government Forecaster Has No More Data on Which to Estimate Course of Flood.