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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
CRITICISM OF METHOD
OF LETTING PLANS

Commercial Record, March 8, '12)
In an advertisement calling for plans
and specifications for new fire en-
CINE. house in the city of Bridgeport
there is noted a tendency, altogether
too frequent, to lower the standard Of
the architectural profession. The COM
petition is open to 'taH persons legal
residents of Bridgeport" and 1.-The fee
for the plans accepted shall be such
as shall be mutually agreed upon be-
tween the board and the successful
competitor" and "Any competitor may
submit bids for the erection of the
building which he has planned A
competition Of this character places
the architects at great dsadvanta ge,
and it is easy to see how conditions
might arise under such a plan that
would not work for the best interests
of the city. A "Wide OPEN competi-
ton lis provided for, but it is a ques-
ton whether it would not be better to
invite the architects to submit plans
for the building, to be passed upon by
judges fully qualified to act in such a
capacity, pay the successful competl-
tor fair fee, and furnish the contrac-
tors with a complete set of plans and
specifications under which they will all
be bidding ON the same basis. Under
competition of this character the city
will get a better building, erected at
a less price, and will more than make
stricting the competition to Bridgeport
the commissioners are establishing
precedent which ought to be followed
in the future. But if only Legal
residents" of Bridgeport are admitted
it will shut out some architects who
have been doing business in that city
for years but whose homes may imme-
diately adjoin Bridgeport, and will adj
nit some who claim Bridgeport as
their place of residence, but who new
err do any business in that place. The
question of architectural competitions
is broad one, and many architects
will not get a square deal, and these
conditions will exist so long as plans
are Judged according to present-day
methods. The plan adopted by the
American Institute of Architects is
probably the most satisfactory of any
method yet offered, which is, to have
the competition decided by men who
stand high in the profession, who are
fully qualified as experts to pass upon
plans, and who are not susceptible to
outside influences.
Before long the city will be calling
for plans for a new high school, and
this matter of competition will have to
be decided. With the Importance OF a
building of this nature, too much care
cannot be taken to safeguard the COM
petition in such a way that the ar
chitects who enter the contest will be
assured that they will receive fair
treatment and have their work pass
ed upon by men who will decide the
matter on the merits of the plans sub
mitted.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
Bind Child Moves
New York Senate
SUNSHINE SOCIETY EXHIBITS A
LITTLE GIRL AND GETS THE
BILL PASSED.

Albany, March ia blind girl sat
beside Lieut.. Gov. Conway yesterday
while the Senate passed a bill permit
ting the International Sunshine soci-
ETY. to take and care for such chill
dren under the age Of years.
The present law makes no provision
for such unfortunates and in New
York city they are sent to Randalls
Island, whence the Sunshine society
took this child with others. They are
cared for and educated by the socie-
ty.
The little girl who captured the leg
islation under adverse circumstances,
for, there was opposition to the bill,
is Rachel Askenas, years old. IN
der the care given her by the Sum
shine society she has learned to play
a piano and to operate a typewriting
machine. The society intends to pre-
pare her to be a teacher of the blind.
After the passage of the bill she
went with Mrs. Cynthia Westover
Alden, president of the National Sun
shine Society, and Mrs. John D. Whish
president of the local branch. to call
on Gov. Dix and ask him to sign the
bill
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
Preachers Wife
SWearS He's Devil
MRS. HARRIET A. ELLIS. ALSO
APPLIES VARIOUS FAUNAL
TITLES TO HER HUSBAND.

Springfield Mass March 13-Charges
that her husband was suffering from
.'girlitis'' and that he would spend
two hours every day "dolling up to
meet other women were made by Mrs.
Harriet A. Ellis at the trial of suit
or the First Unitarian church OF
<-hicopee, for the custody of their
little daughter.
Here are a few of the pet names
which Mrs. Ellis admitted calling her
pastor-husband:. Rat" SNAKE
Did you ever call your husband
cur" she was asked under cross ex-
animation
mo. but 1 called him plain dos,"
she replied.
o. A rattlesnake?
A. / didn't specify the variety.
O. Did you ever call him rat?
A. Yes.
o. Did you ever call him devil?
A Yes, and he is one.
O. Did you ever call him hypo-
critic?
Mrs. Ellis admitted that she has
also called her husband second
, Richeson because he had defended the
confessed murderer Of Avis Llnnell
from the pulpit.
He said" testified Mrs. Ellis,
that in the Richeson case the girl
was as much to blame as was Riche-
SON. and he defended Richeson so
stoutly that 1 became really afraid
that some one would f1nd me dead on
the floor some day Of prussic acid. =
Mrs. Ellis has just been released
from a hospital for the insane, to
which she charges she was illegally
committed by her husband.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
IAFT'S FRIEND
EDWARDS GRlLLED
BY COMMITTEE

FAWrs YofoKff1s
washington. March 1s.-Clarence Ed
wards, riding companion-in-chief and
goffish extraordinary to the President,
Chief Of the Bureau Of 1nsular affairs
was on the grill, to-day, before the
committee investigating the case Of
Major Beecher B. Ray. and told some
Interesting details Of the Presidents
campaign
Edwards accepted all responsibility
for the delay in transmitting to Com
gress the papers showing Rays pod1u-
first campaign
He said that he first met Ray when
ne accompanied Secretary Of War Taft
to the Philippines. Rays manners, he
said. were Objectionable"
Edwards declared Ray was describ-
ed to him as q valuable man to send to
Chicago to explain Secretary Of War
Taft's attitude toward labor. Governor
General James Smith and Vice-Gover-
nor Newton w. Gilhart, of the Phil
ippines, Colonel H. H. Bundholtz, Mar
tin Egan and others recommended
him.
After a conference with Ray at Ma
1rilla, Edwards said he cabled to Wash
ington to have Ray returned to the
United States by recall
Il was trying to do something for
Taft" he said. ST was his devoted
-
want the secretary to know what we
were doing"
WAS the secretary presidential
candidate them" asked Helm. ''Not
an avowed candidate" answered Ed
wards.
He was reluctant to assume the
role He felt he was not qualified. He
would have preferred to go ON the
bench. know"
Edwards explained that Ray got his
appointment in the army through
Mark Hanna and Former Vfce-Pres-
ident Fairbanks. The details of Rays
activities Edwards said, were arrang-
ed by Secretary Of War Luke Wright
and President Roosevelt and Taft
knew nothing about them nor the
charges against Ray.
General Edwards explained the find
ing of the Ray papers which were
missing from the adjutant generals
office. They had been turned over to
him instead Of to Adjutant General
Ainsworth, he said, by Former Major
General j. Frarklin Bell, because the
latter believed the adjutant's office
was hostile to the President and that
they might use the papers against
Taft.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
A BALLAD OF THE
CAP-AND-BELLS.

(Springfield Republican,
No kingly clay was mine,
No purple right divine;
MY windy buffets won for me the
throne:
A lusty man-at-arms,
I rose from wars alarms,
And my rude shoulder oped my way
alone.
But to the sceptered churl
Bowed belted knight and earl,
Priest, scribe and bookman sued me
for my grace;
Haughtily over them
B1azed my rough diadem,
My scepter was the ever-swinging
mace.
With visage bronzed and bluff,
With ringing quip and cuff,
And with my sharp. unscrupllng,
SwordSman'S craft
Fist of steel and frowning helm
So I ruled nay roaring realm,
And at its nrusty scrolls and charters
laughed.
spurred about the land
While my subjects kissed my hand
And hymned its royal virtue to the
sskies;
If any stood aloof
I dealt him hoarse reproof,
When he crossed my word 1 slit his
tongue for lies.
But I wearied for a while
Of my courtiers' smirk and smile
And the dust of thronging feet about
my ways;
So I turned me to the chase,
And in my kingly place
1 set another, chriSmed with my praise
! yielded up the crown,
AND, as lightly I stepped down,
I breathed q; solemn vow to rule no
more,
WHAT skills a monarch's oath?''
I murmured, nothing loath:
"He may break it when his pleasance-
day is o'er!''
came back with peIt and spoil,
And I craved the sacred oil
For my forehead, and my smoking i'm
cense now;
So I babe the new king stand
AS I stretched my lusting hand
To wrench my cleaning bauble from.
his brow.
+ stretched my lusting hand
But honor in the land
Abode, if none abode in me and mine;
He smote my hand aside,
The land my lust denied
And I wore the cap-and- by right
divine.
F. Whitmore.
Springfield, March 2, 1912
III a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
POINTS OF INTEREST.
E. II. Dillon & Co.,

e H Dillon & Co.,
11O5 Main street, are showing an ex-
ceptionally fine line of shirt waists at
extraordinary low prices.
Genuine Shamrock Plants
for ST. Patrick's Day. We offer a
splendid lot Of genuine Shamrock
plants, (seed of which we had import
supply of green carnations will also be
on hand. Both can be obtained at
our popular flower shop, corner Main
and Bank streets. James Koran &
Son. florists.
Gaelic Athletic Clubs Dance.
The Bridgeport Gaelic Athletic Club
are making preparations to fittingly
commemorate the memory of ST. Pat
rick on Friday evening, March Is, at
Lincoln hall, Cannon street. The en-
tertainment and dance is eagerly look
ed forward to in Irish circles and those
who have previously attended any Of
the functions of the Gaelic Club need
not be reminded that night of genu-
inc entertainment Is in store for them.
The committee in charge have taken
exceptional pains to make this the
most successful of any Of their ST.
Patrick's day entertainments, and
judging from the enthusiasm shown it
is anticipated that their expectations
will be fully realized. Timothy Sulli-
van, State vice president of the Gaze
lie League, will lead the grand march,
and his brother, David Sullivan, who
helped to make such a success of the
recent Hibernian ball, viii give an
exhibition Of Irish jigs and heels. The
music will be by Risley's orchestra
Trip to Panama Canal.
In a recent interview, Colonel
George W. GoethalS in charge of
Panama Canal works, made the sur
prising announcement that water will
soon be let into a considerable section
of the Panama Canal, and the dis
banding of the vast army of workers
begun The great canal will never
be so interesting for the tourist, he
pointed out, as it is today, while the
bed of the waterway, now practically
completed, lies exposed and the vast
machinery employed is still in opera
ton. The filling up of the great
channels will hide for generations the
most interesting features of the en-
greatest engineering enterprise of his
tory, the canal must be seen now.
The enormous traffic which will con-
verge to the Isthmus, once the canal
Is opened, is foreshadowed in the I'M
preceden:ted volume of tourist traffic
tfris season to the Caribbean Sea- To
meet this demand, various trans-At-
antic lines have transferred several
of their largest steamers from the
transatlantic service to make special
pleasure cruises to southern waters.
Cruises of sixteen days duration have
been arranged to Havana, Kingston
and the Panama Canal, which will af-
ford the best opportunity to see the
most interesting featur eof the south.
Apply to S. Loewith & Co., 116 Bank
street. for further particulars
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
Here It's Noon, and This Man Hates to
Think of Lunch-If He'd Only
Take Stuart's Dyspepsia Tab
lets He Would Always Be
Happy at Mealtime


heartburn, dizziness, sick headache,
dyspepsia, burning sensation, brash,
fermentation and the other ills at
tendant upon a disordered stomach.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are COM
posed of pepsin, and other natural
elements that help out the gastric,
juices of the stomach. They are Ma
lures digestives, the same kind the
stomach uses when it is in good health
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets do not
merely aid digestion-they actually
digest the food themselves. All the
har dwork is thus taken off the stom-
ach an dit gets a chance to rest and
recuperate. The GndigeSted food
which formerly produced nauseatins
gases in the stomach becomes thor
oughly digested and as a result pro-
vides new brain and Drawn and nerve
cells to replace natural waste always
going on.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets act
quickly, safely and naturally, just like
Nature herself. They are an essential
part of the stock of every drug store
and are sold at soc box. You can
get trial package of them free by
writing to F. A. Stuart Co., $50 Stuart
Building, Marshall, Mich.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
Solid For Taft
TEDDY HAS BUT SIX STAUNCH
SUPPORTERS IN NEW HAVEN
CAUCUSES.

New Haven, March 13-As far as
the Republican caucuses of last night
show, Col Theodore Roosevelt has
just six staunch supporters in this
city who were willing to brave the
storm to make an attempt to give
him some of Connecticut's delegates.
The six Roosevelt hackers naturally
didn't make much of an impression
and s, far as can be ascertained not
a single Roosevelt delegate will at
tend the city convention here tonight,
when delegates will be named for the
state convention. The Ninth ward
was the only ward where there was
even the semblance of a contest.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
Rogers Clothing Co. to Open

The Rogers Clothing Company, 951
Main street. in the quarters formerly
occupied by the City Market and Bak-
cry, expect to open their store Satur-
day of this week. The store has been
handsomely fitted with the latest and
finest finished cabinets and racks, fin
ished with Italian marble, the cleo
trical fixtures are neat and handsome
ly finished and arranged. This firm
manufactures its own clothing and all
the suits and overcoats are practically
custom made goods. When open, this
store will be the finest equipped CLOTH
ing store in this vicinity.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
STATE OF CONNECTICUT.
DISTRICT OF BRIDGEPORT, S.,
PRORATE COURT

MATCH T. I5I1.
Estate of jeremiah Kane, also known
as John w. Kelly, late of the town of
Bridgeport, in said District. deceased
The Court of Probate for the Dis
trict of Bridgeport, hath limited and
allowed six months from the date
hereof for Creditors of said Estate to
exhibit their claims for settlement.
Those who neglect to present their
accounts, properly attested, within
said time, will be debarred a recovery.
All persons indebted to said Estate
are requested to make immediate pay
ment to
GEORGE +. MARA,
S13 81 Executor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
BACKACHE ALMOST UNBEATABLE

Is an almost certain result of kid
ney trouble. D. Toomey, SO E. Olive
ST., Bloomington, ILL.,, says: 'I suffered
with backache and pains in. my kid
news which were almost unbearable.
gave Foley Kidney Pills a good trial,
and they done wonders for me. To-
day 1 can do hard days work and
not feel the effects" L. F. Curtis.
d
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
EAST KILLINGLY "PROFv'
SENT TO STATE PRISON
ON ABDUCTION CHARGE

Putnam, March 13-"Prof" Joel r.
Douglas, of East Kilingly, in the Su-
pertor court here, yesterday, changed
his plea of not guilty of abduction
and rape, to guilty and was sentenced
to not less than three or more than
five years in prison. Douglas, who is
40 years old and married, left East
Killingly in February with 15-year-old
Gabrielle Hargraves and the couple
We're later arrested in a lodging house
in Westerly, R. l..
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
CASES AGAINST
CHILDREN DISMISSED
BY JUDGE MAHONEY,

Lawrence, March 13-Judge J. J. Ma
honey, in police court, yesterday, dis
missed the cases Of alleged neglect
against the 10 children who were ar
rested by Marshal Sullivan during the
now famous depot outrage of Febru-
airy, when city authorities forcibly pre-
vented so mothers and fathers from
sending their children to Philadelphia.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13

c. A. Glossner, "a Ontario ST., Roch-
ester, n. Y, has recovered from long
and severe attack of kidney trouble,
his cure being due to Foley Kidney
Pills. After detailing his case, he says:
ct am only sorry 1 did not learn SOON
err Of Foley Kidney Pills. In few
days time my backache completely
left me and I felt greatly improved.
My kidneys became stronger, dizzy
spells left me and I was no longer an
noyed at night. I feel 100 per cent.
better since using Foley Kidney
Pills. L. F. Curtis. l 3 s.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
BIG INITIATION.

Bridgeport lodge, Loyal Order Of
Moose, held a big class initiation last
evening, over 200 new members being
put through the ritual of the order.
The mem bership of the lodge is now
we'll up toward the 5000 mark, which
places it in class by itself in frater-
nal fields The charter of the lodge
will be closed on Saturday, but be-
fore then there will be another in
itiation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
BALDWIN AGAINST TEST

Hartford, March Ex-Governor Bald
win wrote to DR.. Paul r. Stetson, OF
New Haven, yesterday, that he saw nc
occasion for ordering the blood test
used in cases Of CHAMBERS in horses as
recommended by Drs. Stetson and At
wood and others in the case against
Commissioner of Domestic Animals Az
GRILL. This is considered another vic
tory for Averil
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
THE FARMER: MARCH 13, 1912
KING AND HILL
VISIT IN WASHINGTON

Washington, March 13-Jokn T. King
Of Bridgeport spent some time here
early in the week. He saw Represen-
tative Hill and other Connecticut con-
gressmen, and talked politics. The
report was circulated that King was
slated to succeed Michael Kenealy as
Republican state chairman, but this
is authoritatively denied
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
ASSESSORS IN HARTFORD.

Frank J. Hughes and William V
Walsh of the board of assessors and
Captain William A. Lewis, president
Of the board of Relief, attended the
session of representatives of these
boards throughout the state at the
Capitol yesterday. Tax Commissioner
Corbin presided
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
20, / Can't
Eat a ThiIlQ!''
You'll Never Say So Again After You
Read This. and Act On It-Stu-
arts Dyspepsia Tablets Are
the Open Secret

Trial Package Sent Free to Prove Tt
Thousands of people who hadn't
really enjoyed a meal for years have
given their stomach a new lease of life
through the little wonder-workers.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets They
promptly put an end to fatulency,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
HOW COLD CAUSES
KIDNEY DISEASE

Partly by driving blood from the
surface and congesting the kidneys,
and partly by throwing too much
work upon them. Foley Kidney Pills
strengthen the kidneys, give tone to
the urinary organs and restore the
normal action Of the bladder. They
are tonic in action, quick in results.
TRY them. L. +. Curtis 8 3
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
QUICK RELIES FOR RHEUMATISM

George w. Rooms, Lawton, Mich,
says: DIR. Detchon's Relief for Rheu-
matism has given my wife wonderful
benefit for rheumatism. She could
not lift hand or foot, had to be lifted
for two months. She began the use
CT the remedy and improved rapidly
On Monday she could not move and
on Wednesday she got up, dressed her
self and walked out for breakfast
ST.. cor Elm. G 25 If 8
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13

Thi is La Grippe weather. The
Hotel Atlas Turkish Bath not only
presents La Grippe but cures it. az
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13
Notice

For forty-six years we have been
conducting business at the same os0
location, corner of Main and John
Private Bank has been established
there continuously. We have received
end paid out on demand without no.
tice millions of dollars of money de-
posted with US and we continue TO
receive money subject to depositor's
check at sight, on which we allow
three per cent. per annum. credited
TO each account monthly. We Solicit
the accounts OF individuals. business
men. firms and; corporations. and all
who want q bank account where they
can deposit money, checks or drafts.
and leave it for one day, one week. ono
month or one year, and draw interest
on It for any time 1T Is left with ns.
We give to the business our careful
personal attention as the oldest firm
Of private bankers in this state.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13

The Hotel Atlas Turkish Baths are
the best Spring Medicine. a.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-03-13

WANT ADS. CENT A WORD.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-05
L
NAME AND THEN
HAS FIT IN COURT

what is your Nance" asked
Judge Rasmussen of a prisoner
this morning. canton Rood" he
answered, then stiffened out as
though in a hypnotic trance and
fell forward to the floor. humping
his nose almost hard enough to
crush it into his face, and bleed
ing p%rofusely. 1t appears that
Rood had been drinking quite
heavily for some time past and
that he went into what is COM
monty termed a "whiskey fit"
just as the judge vas about to
call him to account for his mis-
celebration of the Fourth.
Twenty-Five prisoners in all
faced the judge this morning. The
majority of them We're transients,
who have been hanging around
for the past few days, drinking,
and absolutely refusing to work.
Twenty-three of them were given
SIS fines, 80 days or five minutes
to get out of town, and they all
took the five minutes and went
out, so they said, to get a Job.
Rood was with the twenty-three
and seemed little the worse for his
loss Of blood in the court room.
The other two prisoners, who had
been up before we're given Jail
sentences.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-05
CON PONE OR PIE
PARAMOUNT ISSUE

New York. July columbia, 8. c..
and Milbury. Mass. are printed today
in capital letters. The reaso is per-
fectly plain when it is recalled that
both have r~ediscovered that they have
in their communities two very distin-
guished women, who promise to be
valuable features of the coming presi-
dental campaign.
First comes Aunt Della Torrey. not
because she Is any more important
than Aunt Felie Woodrow, but be-
cause she was in her chair in the
limelight first and, in consequence.
must be given preference by right of
precedent.
Mrs. Della Torrey, who seems to be
Aunt Della to everybody, Is the ma
ternal aunt Of President William H
Taft. She 8 the champion apple pie
maker of New England" and forces
Willie. as she calls the president, to
eat two big pieces every time he
comes to see her.
Now to Columbia to tee Aunt Felie.
Aunt Felie will not rest easy until
her nephew. Tommy Woodrow Will
son. as she addresses the governor, is
resting his feet under the mahogany
desk in the room in tho White House
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-05
BORDEN POPULAR
WITH ENGLISH
His Larger Naval Policy Ap-
peals to the People
at Home.

London. July 5.-Robert L. Borden,
Canadian premier, with his colleagues,
J. D.. Hazen, minister of marine, c. j..
Doherty, minister of justice, and L..
P. Pelletier, postmaster general, arriv-
ed here this afternoon after having
received a civic welcome at Avon
mouth from the lord mayor of Bristol.
Mr.. Borden is the most-heralded
colonial visitor to come to London for
years. The press and the public are
making much of his pronouncement
II stand for a great navy" which is
interpreted that Canada is prepared
TO make a handsome contribution to
the British nav in the. shape of two
more d~readnaughts. Mr.. Borden.
however. is reticent as to the form in
which Canadian assistance to the
mother country is to be offered.
Among the many subjects to be dis
cussed between the Canadian states
men and the British government is
that regarding the proposal of the
senate committee in Washington that
no ship owned by the railway shall
be allowed to use the Panama canal.
Before returning to Canada, Mr..
Borden intends to visit Paris to dis
cuss trade relations with the French
government and the question of steam
! boat connection between Canada and
France.