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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-09
Floyd Allen To
 Testify In His
 Own Defense Soon

Wytheville, Va, May s-F1oyd AL len. patriarch of the Allen gang, will take the stand in his own defense, according to plans formulated by his counsel today. This was practically the only hint given by his attorneys as to the course of their fight to save Allen from the electric chair for his part in the Hillsville murders.
 The defendant apparently has recov- cred his spirits since the prosecution closed it's damaging arrafgnment of facts against him. The care with which detectives guard him was in- stanced in an incident at the court today. A spectator who sat just be- side the prisoner took a jackknife from his pocket and during a lull in proceedings tinkered with it nervous ly. Floyd Allen apparently paid no attention to 1t, but one of the detec- tives quietly reached over and took the knife. After recess the specta- tor was given his knife again with a stern lecture about putting weapons within reach of the prisoner.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-09
Tom Mann Is
 Sent To Jail
Noted English Agitator Con-
 ducted His Own Defense

Manchester, Eng, May 9Tom Mann, most militant of England's la- bor leaders, was found guilty in the criminal court here today of melting troops to mutiny. He was immedi- ately sentenced to serve six months in jail. Mann's offense was urging regular troops called for duty in the recent coal strike to refuse to shoot strikers or their sympathizers:
 The sentence imposed was for the second division which means that it was without the usual hard labor att tachment.
 Manchester, Eng, May 9-F'ew crim- inal trials in recent years have at tracted as much attention in England. as that of Tom Mann, the noted la here today. On the result hinges free- dom of speech in the United King dom according to Mann and his fol- lowers. The trial is the direct out come of the recent paralyzing' coal strike.
 Mann. in a bitter speech here de- nouncing the contemplated action of the government to break the strike by means of soldiers. appealed to the troops not to obey orders. He called attention to the fact that if they shot down the strikers and their sympa- thizers they would be shooting their own near relatives and his speech made such an impression that general unrest was reported among the soi- diers in a number of garrfsons.
 Mann was arrested charged with in- citing to mutiny. For several days he was held incommunicato and all ef- forts to get his release on bail were frustrated.
 Finally after he had signed an agreement to refrain from urging the troops to take any decided attitude in connection with the strike he was released on bail
 When the trial opened today the articles written by Mann discussing the coal strike. One, on which parti. cular emphasis was placed, discussed the manner in which recruits for the army were obtained, cited figures to show that they came from the work ficered by sons of wealthy familie! and members of the nobility anc wound up by declaring that any sol dier who shot a striker Or a strike sympathizer simply murdered one o1 his own family"
 Mann objected. to the introduction of much of the evidence and also tt the production of the stenographic re. ports of his speeches. He conducted his own defense in masterly manner but most of the rulings of the couf' were against him.
 In his own defense Mann admitted his guilt but attempted Justification citing conditions that existed at the time. He argued, however, that his words must not be construed as ask ing the soldiers to disobey any law full commands.
 "The commands of the officers to the soldiers" said Mann, must be lawfu and an order to shoot. and shoot ee violation of the rights guaranteed al citizens. ask no merty from thii court but I claim the rights any mar Or citizen working for reforms shoulc be granted. All I have tried to dt in my work is to benefit the working class and reform crying evils"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-09
Sand Pit Caves
 In Suffocating
 Four Little Girls
Little Ones Use Pit as Play House and Sat in Hole r. Which They Had Dug
 at Bottom

Appleton, Wis. May 9--Playing house in sand bank near Black River, a small town 15 miles from here, four little girls were caught in a slide and smothered to death before frantic parents, who had rushed to the scene, could dig them out. The quartet used the sand pit as a play house and had dug a hole in the bot tom of the bank in which to sit.
 The bank above their heads sud- nearly ton of loose sand. When dug out it was found all had been suffocated a.g.ss.- .~
 The victims were Mary Earth, 8; Bertha Earth, 10: Louise Earth, 13. and Catherine Rodenberg, 10.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-09
WOMAN NOT KNOWN
Police Believe They Have Q Real
 Murder Case on Hand.

Hartford, May 9-No Identification has been made as yet of the body of a woman, unclothed except for a chemise, found in the Connecticut River at Hockanum. The police are working on the theory that the wum- an was murdered and the body thrown into the water to hide the crime.
 The head and body were. battered as though struck repeatedly by some blunt instrument. The woman was about five feet eight inches tall and weighed from 150 to 160 pounds.
 Every tooth in the woman's mouth was filled with gold and two were capped. Her hair was probably gray but the action of the water, the body probably having been in the water two or three weeks, makes that inn possible to definitely determine. The police think that the body may have floated down from some Massachu- setts city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-09
Woman's Body Found Floating
 In Fox Lake

Waukegan. H., May 1.-The body of Mrs. Louis Hansen was, found float ing in Fox Lake. today. confirming fears that all of a boating party of seven went to death in the storm that swept the lake last night. The bod ies of the other six have not been found and as the boat is also missing 1t is believed that the bodies went down with the boat and are entangled with it at the bottom of the lake. Dynamite will be used in an effort to bring the bodies, to the surface.
 The party had started in a small launch to the Bay View Hotel for an evening party. Screams and cries of help were heard shortly after the boat set out In the storm. The party in- cluded Mir and Mrs. Louis Hansen, Jack Hoefer, Louis Truschke and MT. and Mrs. J. Hume, all of Chicago, and George Russell, of Engleside.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-09
MANY TAFT BALLOTS
 REJECTED IN BROCKTON

Brockton, Mass, May 9.-The -e- count of the ballots cast for Taft dele gates at the recent presidential pri maries showed that there were 1SS Taft ballows thrown out in this city because of voters who crossed the names of nine instead of eight dele gates.
 Slight changes were noted in the original count, as given in each ward, but the total is inconSeQuential.
 No recount petition was filed from ward six. Only six of the seven wards were counted. The t'nine-dele- gates ballots thrown out in each ward: ' 14; ward 4, g; ward 5, "A; ward z, B.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-09
Citizens Seek Negro Who Made
 Attack On Child

CoatesvilIe, Pa, May 9-Posses of citizens, armed with every style Of weapon and with minds inflamed to the lynching point, are searching to- day for. the negro who caught 17-year-' old Lillian Hassen by the throat last night within few blocks of her home and was only prevented from assault ing her when her clothing, ripped and tattered, she tore herself from his grasp and ran to the home of a rela- tive The girls condition today, due to shock and terror, Is such that the attendance of a physician is neces-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-09
Weather Indications

New Haven, May. 9NForecast till g D. m. Friday: For Connecticut: Fair and cooler tonight; Friday, fair; mod crate westerly winds
 Weather conditions: The storm that was central over Virginia yesterday morning has moved up the coast and is now central near Passport, Me. The one that was central over Michigan Is now passing out the St. Lawrence valley. They have produced rain during the last A hours in the lake region and along the Atlantic coast north of Hatteras, N. c. Nc rain was reported from the flood districts in the lower Mississippi valley. Pleas ant weather prevails this morning in the central and southern sections.
 Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather with rising temperature
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-09

Sary.
 The outrage is the fifth perpetrated by negroes on white women during a period of six months. The series of attacks. coupled with the action of the commonwealth in abandoning it's prosecution of those charged with the death of Zack Walker, the negro who was burned to death by Coatesville mob for killing policeman, is serv- ing to fan the fire of race hatrEd, and should the negro be caught the police fear serious trouble.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-09
WALL STREET TO-DAY

s New York, May 9-The stock mar ket opened strong, prices being from fractions to about a point above last nights close.
 Il a. m.-Stocks were in brisk de- mand throughout the first hour, prices advancing point or more. Govern ments unchanged; other bonds firm.
 Noon-Trading was dull in the late forenoon with price changes mar. row
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-09

Both of these charming sunshades have the deep ''tub shape-always most convenient for carriage One paraso1 is of white taeta with lowered silk border and the other is of gold colored changeabe taeta with deepgold coored chenille fringe at the edge Such para not carried with the trim walking of serge
 linen mohair, but accompany lacy, lingerie frocks taeta chareuse costumes with trailing skirts under which peep out frivolous carriage boots of satin suede with the highest of heels and pretty buttons of rhnestones or pearl
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-09
BODY UNIDENTIFIED.

New Haven, May 9-Littie progress has been made toward identifying the Dody or the suicide found in the woods off Whalley avenue. Two hundred dollars of the four hundred that was found in the clothing is done up in packages of $100 and bound with a band marked First National bank, Manchester. N. H. A green cross is tattooed on the left wrist.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-09
HEINZE LOSES $500, 900 :. BY DECISION OF MASTER

Boston, May 9.-By ruling report ed today by F. Redwood Hall as master, F. Augustus Heinze, of Butte, Mont, loses $600,000 in copper stocks which he and M. M. Joyce of New York and other plaintiffs pledged with D. F. Adams and other Boston note brokers in 1908 as collateral security of loans of $300,O00 made to them by Adams. When the hearing began there were 40 plaintiffs. but 30 were eliminated during the 200 days of the hearing
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-09
YOUNG EMMETS TO
 PLAY HANDBALL

The second series of the handbalI tournament will be played Saturday evening at the Young Emmets' Club rooms when the New Haven team will furnish the opposition. As the Emmets are leading it is expected the visitors will put up hard fight to get into the final, which will be play ed Memorial Day. The game will be called at 8:30 p. m. ,r A Nsocial and dance will follow.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-09
WATCH DOGS WATCHED THIEVES

WATCH DOGS WATCHED THIEVES
 South Norwalk, May 9-Joseph Cou-. sins is wondering today whether it pays to feed and care for four sup. posedly ferocious and faithful watch, dogs. Last night all four dogs were in the open carefully guarding the Cousins home when a thief or thieves entered the yard and took the family washing from the line without leav- ing a clue as to their identity.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-09
CROWDS FLOCK TO
 FRENCH MISSION
 AT ST. ANTHONY'S

In spite of the indictment weather St. Anthony's church was filled every night with Frehch-Canadian people eager to hear the powerful sermons of the two Redemptorist Missionar, ies, Fathers Lenire and Widoux. On Friday evening, a ceremony that most of the parishioners never witnessed before will be presided over r<by Father Lenire.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-09
STATE POLICE JEERED.

Hazleton, Pa. May sEighteen State police arrived here to patrol the min ing district. They were greeted with jeers when they alighted, but there was no disorder. Their presence, however, has had a disquietinH ef- feet on the idle miners and the dan ger of trouble was greatly increased by their presence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-09

Mount Vernon, N. Y-Theodore Gif- ford, with a wild west show, went to Yonkers to see his wife and found her remarked. She believed him dead.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-09
Advertising Is an mvesment---
 Not an Hem of Expense

1o0c0cOC0COCoC~C~ :" TENSE is item incident to the transaction of
 Rusiness from which NO RETURNS are received
 - ADVERTISING is an INVESTMENT from which dividends expected in the way of INCREASED BUSINESS. The merchant who advertses wisely and consistently should be able to trace direct resutO determine the If he finds his advertising is not bringing the largest pos sible returns he should not conclude that Advertising doesn't pay but question whether he is using the BEST judgment in writing and placing his advertising copy As an investment Advertising PAYS bound to pay-if the copy is properly prepared and the RIGHT mediums used.
 Advertising specialists the world over advocate the DAILY Newspaper the best possible of placing article on the market
 The Newspaper the most inexpensve medium of public and the field in less TIME thereby insuring IMMEDIATE returns for the amount INVESTED. The FARMER columns open to all merchants in the city unfor mrate bass and it is the desire of this paper to MAKE its columns the MOST VALUABLE ad- vertising medium in Fairfield Countythe BEST possible INVESTMENT to advertisers.
 For this Illustrations furnished without charge to advertisers in this advertising department will gladly offer such help and suggestion is necessary to make the Evening Farmer wise safe and udicious INVESTMENT.
 Try the FARMER consistent advertising campaign it will PAY YOU.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-26
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The clerk stated that "a III desk va.
an ordinance relating % thu installation
OF permanent improvements on cert in
streets and avenues In this city during
the year 1872, >S:&s S2 ..ss= ::,=== !.
! Alderman McGhee requested the lordi.
nance be given its first reading and upon
instructions from the vice president the
clerk read the ordinance. -
Moved and supported that g. committee
be appointed, to act with the mayor in
the matter of charging water mains by
the light and water company and as rec
commended in the report Of Burns & Nc
Donnen covering 1912 improvements.
Carried. 49, :, =.
The vice president appointed the ligh,
and water committee as such committee
The license committee recommended
that s. Perrault be granted permit to
conduct shoe shining stand at the
northwest corner Of Mesaba avenue and
Chestnut street.
Moved and supported that this permit
be granted subject to the revocation in
case the premises are not kept orderly
and clean or for other causes.
Carried.
Moved and supported that the street
committee be given one more week in
which to report on plat and addition as
presented to the council for approval by
the Fairview Realty company
Carried.
COUNCIL CHAMBER.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-26
St. PauI's, Independent Parish.

According to the Duluth Church
man the Right Rev. J. d. Morrison,
Bishop Of the Diocese of Duluth,
has issued mandate declaring St.
Pau''s church in this city. an indie
pendent parish. The Chnrchnan
says:
THE Parish has Ca lied as its first
rector. Rev II. ]. WoIner of Super
ior, Wis, and the bishop ha- sixni-
fed his approval of the election.
Mr.. Wolner. who il graduate @,
Seabury Hall, Faribault, will prob
ably soon enter upon hi. duties.
The church at Virginia and the
church at Eveleth. have hitherto
under the pastoral Care Of Rev A..
CarswelI, who, with great devotion
aud marked success, has carried on
his work. Few c'erxy'uen in the
diocese has exceeded h,s average Of
annual cnnfir ma tons.
"Mr. Carsweil's sound learning
and wide reading have been highly
regarded by the bishop, who con-
siders him one of the most valua BILE
examining chapiains. When Mr..
Woiners arrival relieves Mr.. Cars.
well of the care of Virginia, the
bishop hopes to avail himself of his
help for other points, where service
is urgently needed"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-26
PfesbNerlan Church.

Sunday, April 70. Divine worshi r
with sermo n+ at 10:45 in the morn.
ing and at 7:3O in the evening. Sun.
day school at noon. Christian En-
deavor at 6:45. The Odd Fellow.
and Rebekahs will worship with ne
at the evening service. Tn. will
be the last regular SERVERS in the
church until after the evan elist"
meetings during the month Of Nav
in the roller rink. All those who
are accustomed to worship with ns
are earnestly soIi''it-d to attend
regularly these evangelistic mr' t.
ings, and give all the assistance
possible to Evangelist CHESTER
Birch and his singer, Prof. Weaver.
Henry +. Neff. Pastor.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-26

Otto Foirier and re i lara',y IN
pointed City Attorney for the ernn COM
mencing May j. 1911
BY Alderman stafr, that above solution
be adopted. FL y /, s z% :: = IS
Ayes: Aldermen Weber, Peterson, NJ OF
Ian, STAFF, McGhee, Cofrey, Mr.. Vice Tres
| ident-7. 1 *
| Nays: None -: I'll i
Adopted April 16, 1912. : H.
Approved April %, 1872 4 ~:
! This resolution reconsidere0 and DE-
clared rescinded by the following vote,
April q. 1912:
Ayes: Aldermen NOLAN, McGhee. Ccf-
fey-3. -.
Nays: Aldermen Heritage, Weber, Pc
tersOn, STAFF. Mr. Presidents.
| Edward Freeman of Chisholm. Ole of
| the owners of Fairvicw additi IN ID Nir-
ginia, appeared before the council and de-
sired to have immediate action taken IN
| the acceptance of the plat Of Eail view
| so that the plat commission Of the conn
! ty could act on the same the following
| day.
The street committee reported that it
was not yet in position to view the
premises and ascertain if requirements
| Of the charter or state law had been c, m
| piled with by the Fairview Realty COM
pany and desired to have the entire coun-
! Gil view the land so that they colld act
intelligently on the acceptance or r".ec-
| ton of this plat.
Alderman Heritage stated that mistakes
have been made by the councils o. 'he
past in accepting plats where the state
| and city requirements were not lived up
| to or completed before the acceptance of
| the plat and had caused the taxpayers
| a considera BILE amount of money
Moved and supported that the matter
| be referred to the committee on streats
| and the council as a body for investi:,a-
| ton.
Carried
! Moved and supported that the opening
| up of streets and avenues as recommend
| ed by the street commissioner int Rooney
| or Pillsbury addition be referred to the
committee on streets for investigation.
| Alderman Boylan takes a seat in the
| council.
Moved and supported that the council
| adjourn until next regular meeting.
Carried.
A. D. HER1TAG. !.
Vice President of the City Council
ALBERT r. BECKFORD.
corporate Seal) City Clerk
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-26
MI olve { Neal 4 ell,l,

The choir Of the Cleveland Avenne
Presbyterian church will. give .
Choral Recital at the church next
Thursday evening, Nav 2, ut eixh.
o'clock, to which u cordial invita-
ton is extended to all
The choir will lie ass s,~d by Miss
Myrtle Hobbs, IA pra"o. Mrs. n y.
Norton, saprauo, aud Mr.. H. w
Peterson, violini-', while Mss Milf
cent Nahum will be accomi,ai,i-t
The program will contain nine
mum bers, and a free will offering
will be taken ia lien of adm -,On
charges. If you would enjoy a
pleasant evening you will e"deav"r
to be in attendance.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-26
Famous New York Trees.


In front Of Columbia university II
brary are two English" yews which
were brought from England in 1906
and set out in st. Johns park Later
they were removed to the Elgin botan
ical gardens at Fiftieth street. which
were then part of Columbia. In 1897
the trees were transplanted to Morn
ingside Heights. On the upper part
Of the island near Spuyten Duyvii
stands the largest tulip tree on Man
haitian 1t has diameter of 81 feet
Near Fordham square in the Bronx
is the Stenton willow. said to be 200
years old. and at the foot OF Cypress
avenue are the two largest Expresses
In the country. They stand on land
once part Of the Gouverneur NORRIS
estate.-New York Sun
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-26
Electric incubator,

Mr.. w. M. Esten OF the Storrs Agr3
cultural Experiment station calls at
tention to m improvement in the con
struction Of electrically heated incu'
bators, says Youths Companion. Cop
per. which. with the exception. OF oil.
yer. is the best heat conductor known,
is universally employed in construct
Ing incubators for laboratory use. but
the insulation provided IL imperfect.
With sucn materials as asbestos, hail
felt. wood and cork-board. used in
combination. flre-proof incubator
can be constructed, with almost per.
feet insulation and practically indie.
structible, at about one-Quarter Of the
cost Of an ordinary copper incubator.
An Incubator constructed by Mr.. Es.
ten on this principle costs less than q
dollar year heated at a constant
temperatur: Of 81 deg Centigrade-
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-26
Iron Junction Girl Married.

Miss Tessie Guss, we'll know,
and popular young woman IF irr
Junction., was married to Alfred
Anderson, a we'll knOwr IN, plo>- If
the Duluth, NJ ,s-at,e 4 Northern, q,
the Presbyterian tnan-- in th'- city
yesterday. Rev. Henry r. Mfr ,v,ny
the nuptiaI knot. They will rr-id..
at Proctor. Mrs. Anderson fu, III .rI>
attended school il Vir.ini aud Iva =
and her husband happ'n--. and
prosperity through life.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-26
To Ston Nail 9,tlno.

Nail biting is h very common habit
among children and is often the result
OF an extremely nervous temperament
1t Is good plan to take such a child
to doctor. who will probably give
him a good tonic to brace up the ner.
vOus system. The child should also
have pointed out to him how ugly his
nails and fingers are getting. Show
him how to keep his nails clean and
we'll trimmed and try and induce him
to take pride in them. A good plan
Is to interest him in kindergarten
work OF some kind that will keep both
his hands and brain employed: II this
10 done the chances are that very soon
the habit will disappear
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-26
A~Sk Av 4 IN VID1.

1t has been supposed that the an
clients had some method of hardening
bronze tools, the secret of which had
been lost Prof Gowland Of che Brit
fish Institute of Metals. says that the
ancient 3ronzes were very impure.
so that their hardness could not have
been due. as sometimes assumed, to
their exceptional purity. On the other
band, inasmuch as modern bronzes by
careful hammering can be made 90
hard 40 the ancient ones. the legend
OF q lost art in bronze hardening
seems to be exploded
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-26
First Game Of Season.

The first bail game OF the sea -On
at Virginia will br held at tn
Oliver park tomorrow. S.,nrd ~.
afternoon. WHEN the HIGH Schoo
aud Alumni teams will cross bats
The High School team is a clever
aggregation, comprising crow d
OF range pennant winners, aud an
int"restin. game il i" prospect.