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The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-06-25
AGED PUBLISHER FIGHTS
TO PROVE HE'S Competent,

The proceedings to have Robert NJ
Williamson. who was we'll known in
Wall street n generation ago as q pub.
fisher Of stock quotations. declared in
competent were again In the brooklyn
supreme Court to-day. wnen counsel
for the old man filed an answer to the
petition of John n. Williamson, a
nephew.
In the answer 1t IL denied the sep
tua senarian was supplied with thirty
or forty glasses OF whiskcy a day by
Florence Harding. with whom he was
living at No. 1875 West One Hundredth
~treet. Manhattan. 1t is likewise de-
MED he has given her $4,000 worth Of
stocks and bonds.
The first proceedings. brought last
October In the Queens County Court,
Long Island City. named Marie ".
Williamson, the alleged Incompetence
wife. as petitioner. Similar allegations
about the thirty and forty drinks OF
whiskey a day were made by Mrs.
Williamson. 1t was also stated In her
petition that Williamson was incapable
Of managing his affairs. because he
was Kept In a state OF hab!tual drunk
enness. by Florence Harding. who. she
charged, had lived with him as his
wife for the last five years. Florence
Harding. 1t was stated. was employed
as a chambermaid in a New York hotel
when Williamson met her.
No issue was completed in the pro-
seedlings brought by the wife. and tho
petition now before the court names
John y. Williamson as petitioner.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1912-06-25
WILD PARLIAMENT
ROW OVER JAILED
D SUFFRAGETTES
Denouncing Forced Feeding of
Women, N. p. ,Shakes His
Fist in Premier's Face.

LONDON. June &.-Intense bitterness
has been engendered In ENGLAND by the
forc!ble feeding OF the imprisoned sufYra-
gettes who declared q hunger strike
while In Jail. This was reflected IN an
extraordinary scene this afternoon IN
the House OF Commons when George
1ansbury, a Socialist member. de-
nounced Premier Asuuith and the Gov
eminent in such vitriolic terms that he
was ordered to leave the House by the
Speaker. who threatened TO have him
elected unless he went out voluntarily.
Timothy Healy. the Nationalist, had
; appealed 10 Premier Asquith to release
che women. and the PREMIER replied that
they could leave prison this afternoon
on giving Al undertaking not to repeat
their offense.
Nj. Iansbury Immediately projected
himsek at the Treasury bench shaking
his INST In the faces OF Premier Asqu,th
ana the other Ministers. With his face
only few inches from that OF Mr.. As
Qufth Mr.. Lansbury shouted:
You're beneath contempt. You know
the women cannot give such an UNDER
taxing. 1t Is dishonorable to ask them
- do 30. Talk OF Russian atrocities: why
you win 20 down to history as the
tortsfers and murderers OF innocent wo-
men. You ought to be driven out of
ONCE"
The Speaker. however. finally secured
quiet and ordered Mr.. Lansbury 70
seave. He replied:
Il am not going out while these con-
temptible things are torturing and muir
dering women"
He yelled this out IN loud voice
and appeared to be much overwrought
out when the Speaker warned him that
y would be forcibly thrown out unless
NJ went OF his own accord the Labor
Dembers gathered shout their colleague
and induced him TO quit.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23
WANTS TO LEAVE
 ALL TO ''SPoOKS"
HUSBAND TO DIsINHERIT WIFE AND PUT PROPERTY IN TRUST
 FOR SPIRITUALIsM.

Denver, July, 22.-A sensational counter complaint was expected to be filed, this afternoon, by counsel for Mrs. Alonzo Thompson in the suit filed by her husband to disinherit her and her son and put his entire prop erty in trust for promotion of spirit ualism.
 Thompson said he had followed the advice of spiritualists for years inn plicitly and has thus accumulated a fortune and it was only right to leave the property to the "spooks."
 Mrs. Thompson will ask separate maintenance and will charge. accord ing to her attorney, that Thompson, who is over 60 years old, Is now gay Lothario. Thompson and his wife were spiritualists when they met 30 years ago at seance and both are still spiritualists.
 Mrs Thompson says that, although her husband is real spiritualist, the spirits which advise him are evil ones. His fathers spirit appeared to him at the time they. first -n1et, said Mrs. Thompson. and urged him not to mar ry her. The spirit advised him to es- tablieh a refuge for all members of the spiritualistic faith, that in such a home they will be free to confer with each other and with departed spirits far away from the influence of the unbelievers.
 Mrs. Annie Thompson whom he is now trying to disipherit, is Thonp- sons third wife. It was when he was state auditor of Missouri, in 118S4-S5, that he was converted to spiritualism and began to follow spirit advice
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23

cency The abolition of marriage, The overthrow of governments, the de- struction of the church, and other iconoclastic projects have their ad- vocates. Atheists and Christians speak side by side, and often engage in spirited debates, to the delectatfon of their followers. In winter as well as summer the reformers gather in Hyde Park, braving the raw and cold winds in the hope of bringing their views to the attention of cauous and misguided world. Shabby they may be, and impracticable, and even mad, but they are always earnest Here Socialist exopunds the scheme of Karl Marx. there a single taxer tells his listeners that Henry Georges doctrines are the only salvation Of the world, and little distance away one may hear the glad tidings of Anarchist communism. It is all ve-y pathetic, and very droll, and it would be, amusing if one did not realize that many of the listeners who drink In the words of the speakers are on the verge of starvation, and that only in Hyde Park can they find the hope and consolation that keep alive the faint spark of life.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23
ALL BUILDING
 LINES ILLEGAL
ALMOST EVERY ONE IN ELM CITY COMES UNDER BAN OF
 SUPREME COURT DECISION.

New Haven. July 2S.-That build ing line decision of the supreme court just handed down means practically that all of the building lines estab- lished between 1872 and 1912 are not binding upon any purchaser. of prop erty The case was that of George W. Benedict against Henry B. Pettes, ct al Judge Curtis in the supreme court held that the failure to record the building line rendered it invalid as against a purchaser, and the Su- preme court upnolds that opinion.
 An inquiry reveals the fact that prior to the act of 1911, establishing a building line commission in New Haven, there are just two reports of building line committees put upon the land records. One was in 1889, and one in 1872. The original act calling for building lines was passed in 1889. and was amended in 1872. Under the act of 1889 it was supposed to be necessary to record those lines and upon the first report that was done. The amendment of 1872, however, was thought to have done away with the necessity of recording these re- ports, and only one was thereafter re- ported.
 Thus, all of the building lines es- tablished after 1872, and nearly every street in the city has had such a line established, are illegal, according which is that no purchaser of prop erty can be bound by any building line of which he has no notice. AS most of the property in the city has changed hands in 40 years. it: is safe to assume that very, very few of the lines have any legal weight at pres- ent
 As a natfar of fact inc nresent building line commission was estab- lished to remedy the difficulty over building lines. Lawyers have claim ed that the method of esta blishing them was illegal, so that an amend ment to the New Haven charter was passed in 1911, instituting the pres ent commission. M
 E But the outlook for any practical results from that commission is not bright. Under the act of 1911 the commission has no more power than a committee of the board of alder men, and as the attitude of the alder men seems anta gonistic, the mem bers of the commission feel a little discouraged.
 It is extremely probablej that the legislature next year will be asked / pass a new building line act, giving the building line commission final power in the matter, subject, of course, to review by the courts
 Some of the city officials profess to believe that the only way the building line matter can be straight ened out is by a provision that nc building line may be established ex- cept by agreement of all the proper ty owners on the street. That is the law in some Massachusetts cities, mo- tably Worcester and New Haven may be forced to adopt a similar law.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23
HynE PARK. LONDON, THE
 ZEAL HOME OF FREE SPEECH.

rar+v.six wears ago today, on July
 2e 1266 great reform meeting was scheduled to be held Tn t1yue iN' London. There was much opPosleloIl' and the authorities determlneG ~ nre1,ent the proposed gathering. Great r;oting and fierce conflicts between inc police and the populace followed this attempt to stifle free, speech, ana the popular indignation was so tre- ,nendous that the London o1flclals de- cided that henceforth Hyde FarK shouId be the one place in the world where any one who has anything on his mind may speak his piece" with ont let or handrance. Ever since the famed London park has been known throughout the world as the safety valve of free speech. and as such if enjoys a reputation unique in the worlds history. There is not Q city on the American continent where such things could be said as are daily uttered in Hyde Park. Militant an - archism is preached every Sunday from soap boxes, and every political and religious cult has it's orators and it's bunch of devotees. All sorts of cranks expound novel theories and strange doctrines, and no matter how wild and radical they may be, the authorities never interfere. That this policy is wise is shown by the fact that England has been peculiarly free from anarchist outrages.
 Hyde Park has been little touched by the landscape gardener. It is. d broad, level stretch of turf traversed by numerous paths, over which the people of London may roam at will. In this stretch of level country, far from the fashionable throngs of Rot ten Row, the advocates of al! isms assemble and talk in the hope of gaining converts. Police permits are not required, and any doctrine may be advocated in language that is kept within the bounds of common de-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23
MORE DREADNAUGHTS
 FOR BRITISH NAVY
In Five Years to Come 21 Will Be Added Fretful
 of Germany

London, July S-Although introduce ing the supplementary naval estimates in the House of Commons today, First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill explained that England in tends increasing it's shipbuilding plan during the next five years to 21 dreadnaughts or five the first year and four annually afterwards. Eff teen hundred men would be added. to the navy's personnel this year, he add ed. after which increases would be made as required. Nss
 Thirty three dreadnaughts will be in commission in 1914, he said, as against Germany's 29. Work on the eight cruisers now under construction will also be l1astened. Eight battleships will be kept in the Mediterranean, it was staed, with their bases at Gibral- tar and Malta. Provision was made in the estimates for fleet of air craft
 Only, a small increase in the esti- mates was necessitated said the min. ister, by the new German navy law.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23
PRIDE OF THE BRASS CITY.
The Tower and The Demon, The
 Lightning and The 'Floater.H

The tower of the new Waterbury depot is a source of pride and delight to the residents of the city and par ticularly those who travel up and down the Naugatuok valley occasion ally, as it can be seen from afar. It is an especially impressive sight at night when all lighted up and the traveller is reminded that the Brass City does not believe in it's architec- tural triumphs remaining unseen even at night. The tower is about 150 feet high and is surmounted by a large, accurate), and on each of the four corners wicked looking dragon holds forth.
 Last year a stroke of lightning tore one of these, from it's fastenings, strip ped a slice of masonry from the tow CT, and played havoc with the cleo trical mechanism of the clock so that it went out of commission for long time. Even yet it gets weary when the rumble Of thunder is heard and Is not always on time. Whether the wished to show its dislike of demons in general, or that 1t re- garded this particular demon as sym bolicaIf of the monopoly that was re- sponsible for it's existence, is not known, but the fact remains that poor MT. Demon was thrown from his high estate to show that demon lightning can take fall out of things when it hits them.
 Tn connection with this incident a rather humorous story is told by one of the Waterbury depot attaches which illustrates the saying that some folks are willing to do most anything for money. The morning after the catastrophe a rather seedy looking in- diyidual. a down -and-outer, who was among the throng of visitors to the depot, loudly bemoaned his i'll luck in not getting to the depot the night before at the time the dragon was so unceremoniously disturbed from his lofty perch. %
 He might have been hit in the head with one of the flying fragments and could then have walked upstairs and collected trifle, of $500 or so from the railroad company as damages. Who wouldn't be willing to have his heao bumped a bit for $500, he said. Dam age by lightning being an act of Prov idence. in all likelihood the balm TOT his sore head Gf the dragon hao oblising1y hit him there) would not pc enough to enable him to see a schoon- CT of foaming studs cross the bar neao- od his way
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23
ANOTHER MOTHER DENIES
 DAUGHTER'S ENGAGEMENT
 TO AMERICAS GREATEST CATCH

Newport, R. l., July 2S.-Mrs. Paul Andrews, to-day, iatly denied to friends that her attractive r year old daughter, Margaret, is. engaged to mar ry Vincent Astor, head of the house of Astor, or that her daughter S friendship with young Astor is more than social companionship." How ever, the friends to whom she told this believe there is an understand ing of friendship stronger than. the af- ternoon tea chatter kind between Miss Andrews and Vincent Newport is agog, in it's own ultra-fashionable way with real gossipy gossip to the effect that Mamma Andrews is hopeful but the daughter likes not only Vincent mighty well but holds a similar re- gard for Herman Oelrichs, Vincent As tors close cfum.
 Perfectly proper gossips say it would be an interesting race between Vim cent and Herman. E.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23
FIRST THINGS

The first public appearance of a woman clad in the once famous 'ibloomer costume was at ball held today. The attire created sensation and was soon taken up all over Amer ica and Europe. Mrs. Amelia Bloom CT, pioneer temperance worker and editor of an anti-rum journal called "The Lily" was the inventor of this style of dress, which was named after her. She declared that the costume as much more sensible, beautiful and healthfuI than skirts, and for a short time it had a certain vogue among radically-inclined women. While many editorial leaders commended the bloomer costume, the paragraph CTS and funny men of the press found the subject a godsend, and bloom ers' were quickly rfdiculed out of existence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23
REGISTRARS NOTICE

The Registrars of Voters will be in session at their office, Room 3, City Hall, State street, from Friday, Au- gust 2, to Saturday. August 10, in- elusive, Sunday excepted) from 12 o'clock noon until g o'clock in the afternoon for the purpose of enrolling those electors who may desire to participate in the primaries to be held aftar August, 1912.
 The Registrars will retain the names of those electors heretofore appearing on the primary list, unless requested to transfer or erase same.
 JAMES H. ROONEY,
 WILLIAM LOUNSBURY,
 General Registrars of Voters.
 P 23r
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23
FOURTH ANNIvERsARY.

Today is the fourth anniversary of the Young Turks revolution of July 23, 19OS by which Abdul the Da,71n- ed'' was overthrown and the princi- ples of constitutionalism and parliq- mentary rule. established in Turkey. The anniversary is especially interest ing in view of the reports that a conspiracy is now spreading the country which has as it's aim the transformation of Euro pean Turkey into republic.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23
DISTRICT OF FAIRFIELD, s., PROBATE COURT.


 Estate of Seeley Bibbins. late of said district, deceased.
 Upon the application of Samuel C. Shaw, Trustee, of said estate praying for power and authority to sell cer- tain real estate as will appear from said application on file, it is
 ORDERED-That the foregoing application be heard and determined at the Probate Office. in Fairfield on the 29th day of July, 1912, at il o'clock in the forenoon, and this Court directs said Trustee to give mo- tice to all persons interested in said estate to appear. if they see cause. and be heard thereon, by publishing this order once in a newspaper hay ing a circulation in said district and by giving personal notice to all part ies in interest, all on or before the 24th day of July. A. D., 1912, and re- turn make to the Court of notice given.
 Attest.
 ELMoRE S. BANKS. a" Judge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23
TOO MUCH TALKING AND NO ACTION HOLDS UP SENATE WORK

Washington, July 2S.-A little ser mon on the sin of speechmaking' was given to surprised Senators, yes terday afternoon, by Senator Warren, Of wyoming. He insisted that there was too much talking and too little legislation.
 ] "Unless we consider and pass these appropriation bills we can prepare to stay here all summer Warren de- clared.
 Senator Fall, of New Mexico, was so impressed that he abandoned a speech:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23
NO DUTY ON SOUVENIRS AND
 OTHER ARTICLES. MAYBE

Washington, July 23.-Tourfsts re- turning from Europe may bring in, free of duty, souvenirs and other ar ticles worth up to $500. if a bill in- troduced' in the House, by Representa- tive Levy, Dem., N Y.,) becomes a law. He also urges that persons who have been abroad more than nine months may import additional articles tu Snu vaiue or $50 duty free. 4s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23

Manufacturers stock of Sample Waists. new fall models, consisting of dainty Lingerie, Chiffon, Silk. and Tailor made Waists was placed on sale this morning at 8 o'clock, and will continue throughout the week at the Speciality Waist Shop, Mrs. See Tvs. 1115 Main street. Security Bui1d- ing rooms, 210211, up stairs. This is one of the occasions when every vo- man will have an opportunity to select the very latest styles in waists at less than the actual cost of manufacture
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23
INVESTIGATION OF MIS- TREATMENT BY. KOREANS
 OF. MISSIONARIES

Wasfin gton, July 23.-Investigation of alleged mistreatTnents in4 Korea of American missionaries was begun, to- day, by the state department Sena- tor Bacon, of the Senate foreign rela- tions committee, asked that protection be given Americans by diplomatic ac- ion. Protest was also lodged by senator Bacon at the Japanese sembas-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23
ITALIAN LABoRERs STRIKE.

New Britain, July 23.-The 100 Italian laborers employed on the dou- bletraclSing of the New Haven road here, who struck for an increase of wages from s1.60 to S1.75 a day.. are still out. The road will put new men in their places.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23
EDWARD I. FAIRCHILD
 HEADS ASSOCIATION
 OF SCHOOL TEACHERS

Topeka, Kan, July 22-Edward Thomson Fairchild recently elected president of the National Education in Chicago in opposition to Miss Grace Strachan of New York, is the State superintendent of educa- ton of Kansas. He was born in Ohio in 1854 and began teaching there in 1872 He has lived in Kansas since
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23
Notice

For forty-six wears we have been conducting business at tue same ola location. corner of Main and John Streets, Bridgeport, Conn.,, and our Private Bank has been established there continuously. We have received and paid out on demand without mo- fice millions of dollars of money de- posted with us and we continue to receive money subject to depOsitor's cheek at sight. on which we allow three per cent. per annum, credited to each account nonthly. We solclt the accounts of individuals, business men. firms and corporations, and all who want a bank account where they can deposit money. checks or draIts' md leave 1t for one day,Onc week, one month or one year. and draw interest Q nit for any time it is left with us: He give to the business our ~cafeIuI personal attention as the oldest nfm of private bankers in this state.
 T. L. WATSON 6 co.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-23
Summer JeWelry

Don't you think that a new piece of jewelry would be fitting for that new dress or suit?- Our stock now has many new designs suitable to go with that new dresss or suit, or gold and gold filled bar pins, sterling silver bar pins, just the thing for any new dress: also La Vallieres. necklaces, brooches, and, in fact, many other things that we can show you in our store. For gentlemen we would suggest the new coat chains, fobs, scarf pins, etc. It will pay you to start our way when buying jewelry.y
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-14
COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK.

NEW YORK, July 13.-There was
heavy realizing for over the week end
in the cotton market today, but offerings
were we'll absorbed on comparatively
moderate setback and the close was
steady. at a net loss Of to points.
The market opened steady at un-
changed prices to q decline Of three points
under profit taking by recent buyers and
some local selling based on the reaction
theory and on private predictions OF
the first Of the week. The selling was
extremely heavy and was supposed to
represent both realizing of scattered
longs and a reduction In one Of the lead
ing long lines. Liverpool however, more
than met the American advance OF late
yesterday The official forecasts were for
continued showers today or tomorrow in
the eastern belt and for continued dry
weather in the southwest. and after sell.
ing of to a net loss Of about to .
points the market rallied or points
from the lowest covering.
Commission houses were active buyers
during the morning. and while there was
no sign Of further covering by the larg-
to reflect anxiety over the new crop out
look, both with reference to the further
showers predicted for the eastern belt
and fear OF drouth damage In the south
west. A crop expert wired from Dallas
that the big producing sections of Texas
could stand the dry weather for another
ten days or two weeks, but with damage
reports coming In from many sections
Of the eastern belt the trade showed evil
dent apprehension that another few days
Of dry weather In Texas would create
even a more serious crop scare than has
been reflected by the advances OF the
past week. Sales Of print cloths at Fall
River were estimated at 10000 pieces
for the week. against 5000 last year.
Cotton-Spot closed quiet; Middle up
lands. 1850; do. gulf, 1915.
No sales.
Futures cloaAd atea6v