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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-29
HARDSH|PS TOO GREAT TO BEAR
 IN WORKING CAMP
Men Sent to Construction Gangs About State Find
 Conditions Deplorable- Made to Work 12 Hours.
Food Poor Sleeping Quar- ters Filthy-Wages Small
 Police Court Gets Many Stories to Bear Out These Facts.

Construction camps in the more isolated sections of the state, at which men are worked 12 hours day un- der deplorab ble conditions and severe hardships at insignificant wages, are responsible for the appearance of many men in the city court of late on charges of vagrancy and train riding. Three Spanish men, who were sent by a New York employment agency to a camp just above New Haven, were in the city court yesterday charged with vagrancy and they told a story which shows the dep1orahle state of affairs at these construction camps. Martin G. Vasquez, aged 25, Man
 uel Suto, aged 29 and Domingo Ray, aged 22 years, were the men. Vas
 quez said he was a native of Brook lyn but at the age of 3, went to Por- to Rico where he lived all his life. learning the language and custom of the natives so that he now passes as a native. He spoke plainly whereas the other men made failure at the 1 English language. VasQuez said that
 the three of them had been sent to the construction camp for work. | When they got there they found that they were made to sleep in shacks
 and huts of the worst type, huddled
 together with other laborers. They were paid from $1 to $125 a day but out of that they had to buy the 1 poor food they were furnished at the camp. They were made to work 12 hours day with little time for
 rest. He said that the system was
 one of oppression throughout and that the men who were at work ir the camp were nothing more or less | than slaves.
 After getting taste of. the life at
 the camp, Vasquez said that he and his companions decided to quit They were unable to get their money and had to walk. They reached Bridge
 port and Tuesday ight crawled into an unfinished house in Fairfield to sleep Officers Lynch and Shultz found them there and arrested them Vas QueZ said that he was a sailor and had drffted to all parts of the world He. showed papers which indicated that he was in good standing with a sailors organization. He found the
 sailor business rather quiet and eager
 to get any sort of work, accepted the employed at the .construction camp. Suto gave his home ad-
 dress as New York, and said that he was a tailor He was 29 wears old Ray said that he had been in New
 York but a short time. coming direct tfrom{ Porto Rico, He was 22 years old. The court suspended sjud g.ment i'1n their cases and turned them over to Probation Officer Simpson who gave them assistance to get back ro New York where they have frien ds. Jacob Brunner of New York and
 Andrew Nocich of New York, the for mer 32 years and the latter 35, were l charged with train riding. Both had been at work on farm near New Haven, but they had found the work
 very hard and the hours long and were unable to stand it, so started back for New York. They were ar- 1 rested in the local freight yards Tues- l day night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-29
SATIRIST SPOKE TRUTH
 ABOUT CITY OF. DULUTH.

Today is the eighty-second anniver- sary of the birth of James Proctor Knott, perhaps the greatest satirlst and wit who ever held seat in the United States Congress. A native of Kentucky, born Aug. 29, 1880, he first attained political prominence in Missouri, but returned to the Blue Grass State fifty years ago, and that grateful commonwealth sent him to Congress. A master of biting satire and sarcasm, his principal mission was to laugh down. measures that he considered foolish. Perhaps hls masterpiece in that line was his ta- nous speech on Duluth, delivered m 1S71,. in which he cast ridicule on that Minnestota municipality, then a mere hamlet of a few log cabins. Duluth wanted a railroad, and asked Congress to build line from the St. Crolx river to the west end of Lake Superlor. MT knott's eX eXtraNagant praise Of the WY Iage in the wilderness, intended ana received as satire, was in fact but forecast of the future in which Du- luth was to become city of S0,00G, and one of the principal shipping points for the great Northwestern grain fields He laughs best who has the final giggle, and Duluth people well afford to snicker at the following dSp6rSlOQS CdSL tIl IAACAA forty-One years ago.
 'sNow. sir, I have been satisfied TOT. years that if there was any polTlon oL; the inhabited globe absolutely Tn suffering condition for a railroad, II was these teaming pine barrens or the St. Croix But in what direction It should run, or where should 1t ter. minate, were always to my mlnd questions of the most painfll perplex- itv. until I accidentally overheard some gentlemen the other day men; ton the name of Duluth
 Duluth! The word fell on my ear with a peculiar and indescribable charm, like the gentle murmur of a low fountain stealing forth in the midst of roses, or the soft, sweet ac- cents of an angels whisper in the bright joyous dream of sleeping inno- cence.
 "Duluth! Twas the name for which my soul had panted for years, as the heart panted for the water brooks. But where was Duluth?
 Never in all my limited. reading had my vision been gladdened by see ing the celestial word in print. And I felt a profound Humiliation in my ignorance that it's dulcet syllables had never before ravished my delighted ear. Nevertheless I was confident that it existed somewhere, and that its discovery would constitute the crowning glory of the present cen tury, if not of all modern times.
 Thanks to the benefcence of that band of ministering angels who have their bright abodes in the far-om cap ital of Minnesota, just as the agony of my anxiety was about to culminate in the frenzy of despair, this blessed map was placed in my hands; and as I unfolded it a resplendent scene of ineffable glory opened before me. such as I imagine burst upon the enraptured vision of the wandering peri through the opening gates of paradise.
 There, there for the first time my enchanted eye rested upon the ravish- ing word Duluth
 Next the Kentucky Congressman Ediculed unmereifully the vast
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-29

mex, $6O: Willimantic. $54 Rockville,
 $32; Hamden. $28; Unionville, s26; Win
 sted, $26; Woodmont, SPA; Highwood,
 SPA: Bethel, $14.
 There was paid to orphans in New
 Haven $209. .99; Hartford $4O1 61; Ro- wayton, $312; Derby, s312; South Man
 chester, $156: Wallingford, $156; Win sted, $143; Bridgeport, $10971, a total of $2,391. 31. Since the last report four orphans have reached the age limit and three added so that fifteen are
 now cn the list in Hartford New Ha- ven. Derby. Wallingford, New Haven, South Norwalk. South Manchester and Warehouse Point.
 The treasurer, Samuel c. Snagg, of Waterbury, reported receipts in the
 state account of $7.6SS.20 and expenses of $526, leaving a balance of $7,162.2 20 Receipts in the association account were A,341.32 and expenses $1 ,92S. .96 leaving a balance of $2,41236 The
 grand total receipts were $12029. .52 and expenses s2,45496, leaving a bal ance of $9,574.56 in these two accounts NORWALK REPRESENTATIVES, John D.. Milne, senior vice-president of the State Firemen's association Charles H. Blissard, captain of Pion- i ger Hook and. Ladder company; Will 1 liam E. James, captain of the Nor walk Fire police; James F. Corners, | first lieutenant of Phoenix Engine company; Jeremiah J. Dorney, first l lieutenant of Hope Hose company No. l 2; Joseph F. Kenefic and Edward J. Clune, also firemen, are attending l the state convention of firemen in New London today and tomorrow
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-29
HIGH PRICES
Likely to Be Paid For Coal in Bridge port This Winter-AdVances Ex-
 pected Any Time Now.

Coal prices are advancing through- out New England. They jumped in Hartford this week and are expected to take a rise in Bridgeport within a short time. At present coal can be bought at $7 ton for nut; $6.75 for stove and egg, and $5.50 for No. 2 nut. In Hartford the advance amounted to 25 cents a. ton on all domestic coals. Further advances are predicted. Lo- cal dealers say that they are expect Ing an advance here but they have no idea when it will come.
 Tt may come today or tomorrow, and then again it may not come for a few weel<s,'' It was reported at the Wheeler & Howe office. "It is surely going to rise, and before long, it was said at the Mc,Neil office.
 The usual drop in the spring did not materialize last April because of the trouble with the miners in the Pennsylvania coal mines. There is now a shortage of coal and the wages Of the miners having been increased it will come hard upon the consumer this winter The present wholesale prices are the highest ever, with one exception, that in 1903, when the big coal strike made the coal $15 t'1n.
 WANT ADS. CENT A WORD.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-29

in Bridgeport April 26, at which both sides were heard and it was voted that the Reliance company could not join the association until it is recog- nized by the Rowayton fire depart ment.
 Nine claims were paid from the spe- cial fund during the year amounting to $526 making a grand total of ben- ef1ts paid, $12,595.31
 The following companies joined the association during the year Hose and Hook and Ladder Co.,, No. i, Short Beach; Hose Co. No. 1, Canaan; Gen. eral Putnam Steamer Co, Danielsoni Volunteer Fire Co.,, Fort Trumbull
 Beach; Chemical Go. No. IA, New Ha- ven; Fire Police Co. No. 1, Pawca- tuck; Volunteer Fire Co.,, Springdale; Engine Co. No. 5. Waterbury, and the Windham and Dodgingtown.
 PIP companies and 186 department members, total of 45S. The total collection of the secretary from com panies and department members for the year was $1,S60.
 The benefits distributed by towns were: Bridgeport, $2,0S2; New Haven
 $1,O84; Derby, s77O; Hartford, s742; Warehouse Point, $500; Waterbury s502; New Britain. $41s; Sound Beach, $412; South Norwa1k, $382; Ansonia S272; Danbury, $228 Middletown, $226; Thompsonville, SPA; Stonington, $218; West Haven, $208; New London, $192; Meriden, $136; Noroton Heights. $136: NorwaIk, $120; Naugatuck, $1O6: Stam- ford $SS; Suffield. $S6: Norwich, sS2: Eaht Hartford. sS6: New Haven An
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-29
FIRE FIGHTERS IN
 ANNUAL SESSION
THREE HUNDRED VOLUNTEERS AND PAID MEN MEET IN
 NEW LONDON.
MEATH AND SICKNESS MAKE HEAVY INROADS ON STATE
 APPROPRIATIONS.

New London, Aug. 2s.-Three hum dYed fire fighters from all parts o. ttle state invaded this city yesterday For a two days convention of the Con- necticut State Firemen's association, their twentv-ninth annual. Practical (y every fire company in the state was represented.
 President P F. Redmond, of New Haven, in his annual report said:
 During the past year the associa- lion has lost two of it's charter mem bere-Charles A. Gerdlnier, of Bridge bort, who was our first president and Albert C. Hendrick, of New Haven, who succeeded him. These two men rho were closely associated in the organization, starting and binding to- eether this body of f1remen, were call- ed upon to answer the final roll call pnly one day apart, the death of ex- President Ger6inier being February 5, and that of ex-President Hendricks, February G. Both served their cities as chief engineer and both were faith fuI and efficient laborers in that cause which made for the welfare and bet Eerment of their brother firemen.
 'I also note the names of five mem bers who have died during the year in khe service, viz: Captain Henry B. Penfield, Meriden; Charles Reed, Der by: Charles B1aney, Warehouse Point; Pasoua1e Croce, Waterbury, and James CopIey, Bridgeport.
 The claims which have been made pn our state fund for injuries, sick ness and death have far exceeded the hppropria ton which we receive from the state and I would respectfully recommend that you take such action as may be necessary to provide for fhe payment of claims which from Eear to year increase with the in- Ereasing membership and the increas- Ing hazards to which our men are ex- posed in the effort to- protect life and ? property"
 Secretary R. V. Magee, of Water town, reported that death and sick hess had made heavy inroads on the state appropriation. From October |. 1911, to May 1, 1912, orders were paid by the comptroller amounting to B. E29.S7, making a total for the year of $12,069.31 and leaving a balance to garry from May 1 to October 1 of this year. $1.27G.63. The special fund @nd also the association account show 1 gain for the year, the special fund Knowing a balance of $7,162.20 aLd fhe association fund a balance of g, A12.3S.
 The executive committee held four meetings during the year at which klaims were allowed from the specia l kund. At one meeting complaint was made that the Reliance Hook and Lad her company, of Rowayton, which had been admitted to membership was in kliEible The complaint was sustain hd and the companys fees and dues returned. Another hearing was held
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-29
CANYONS

Captain and Mrs. w. R. Fearn anc family left town on Monday for At lantic City, where they will spend 8 week before returning to their homo in New York
 MT. Chas. Fearn spent Sunday in town and incidentally rendered two very pleasing sclo Just As I Am. , and 'Just For Today at the Sunday evening services in the M. E. church
 Miss Ethel Cole is spending a few and Mrs. Chas. Cole.
 MT. and Mrs. c. T. Gregory return ed Wednesday from their visit with friends in Dalton, Penn.
 Percy Thompson and Frederick Sturges Jr., of the office force at the Gilbert and Bennett Mfg. Co.,, in Georgetown, are enjoying their an- nual vacations.
 Mrs. Benjamin Brown and son. George F. Brown are enjoying a fe " days at Ocean Grove.
 The pulpit of the M. D. church will be supplied by oue of town clergy for the next two Sundays as Rev. and Mrs. John w., Mace are enjoying their vacation in the Pocono Noun tains.
 Miss Emma Patrick is the guest of relatives at Blue Point, L. I.
 Miss Mary Everett, Mrs. Smith and Andrew Lyon of South Norwalk are spending the week at the home of James O'DonneIl
 Miss Marie Chamberlain of New Milford is visiting Miss Doris God frey, Miss Eleanor Coley and other friends in town this week.
 John H. Stommell was an over Sunday guest of his daughter, Mrs, Kenneth Nichols in Brooklyn.
 Walter Sterling is acting as chaf- feur for Kenneth W. Nichols in Brooklyn.
 Lewis R. Hurlbutt left on Monday for his annual outing on the St Low renee River, where he will spend two weeks fishing in and around Alex andria Bay and Clayton.
 Miss Henrietta Sackman returned to her duties in South Norwalk, Mon day, after enjoying a weeks vacation.
 Miss Elsie Sackman returned Mon day from her visit ill Keensburg. and Redbank, N. J.
 The Misses Anita and Helen Skill mann of Jersey City are guests of MT. and Mrs. Henry Sackmann.
 Mrs. Stanton Coley spent Tuesday in Bridgeport.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-29
MARQUIS OF NORNIANBY, e6
 TO-DAY. BECOMES A FATHER

About nine years ago English so- ciety-the extreme upper crust of it was deeply stirred by the news tI1it the Marquis of Normandy had taken to himself wife. Last month Lon don society was again startled by the announcement that the Marquis had become father of bouncing boy7 Of course, matrimony Is not unusual, and babies are a natural sequence ex- cept in France and Fifth Avenue, New York. In the case of the Mar- quis, however, it was supposed thar the statute of limitations was in eff feet. He. was fifty-seven, and sup- posedly an inveterate bachelor for whom designing mammas had angled in vain, when he married. Today he is cerebrating his sixty-sixth birth day, having been born August 29. 1S46.
 The Marquis of Normandy has spent a long life in distributing sur- prise packages among the nobles Of England who are his associates. His first surprise was when he determined to become clergyman, a profession ln which he has risen high. He again created sensation when he became the proprietor and head master of 5 successful school at the family seat of MuIgrade Castle, in Yorkshire. From 1872 to 1890 he was vicar of St. Marks, Worsley, Manchester, where he. was immensely popular. despite an apparently determined stand against natrimony. In 1890 he suc- ceeded his father, the second Marquis. and the same year the late Queen Vic toria, who immensely admired the elo- quent titled clergyman, made him canon of St. Georges Chapel, Wind sor, where his audience often includ- ed the members of the royal family.
 Rev. Dr. Constantine Charles Hen ry Phipps, D. D.. D. L., J. F., M. A., third MarQuiss of Normandy, Baron Mulgrave of Ireland. Baron Mulgrave of Great Britain, Earl of Mulgrace and Niseount Normandy, constitute the fuil name and title of the noble cleric. ~. His wife is the daughter of the late J. J. Foster, a multi-million- aire manufacturer of worsteds. She inherited half of the great Foster f0rz tune, the. other half going to her sis ter, Lady Enchiquin. Until the re- cent birth of a son to the Normanbys a nephew of the Marquis was heir to the title and estate. The Marqnis valuable estate of some 5000 acres. including an imposing castle.
 The first of the Marquis ancestors to gain fame was Col. William Phipps, who raised a regiment of horse for Charles II. His grandson. Sir Con- stantine, became lord chancellor of Ireland in 1710, and was a cousin of Sir William. the inventor of the dive ing bell. The grandson of Sir Con- stantine became the first Baron Mui- grave in 176S. The second Baron Mulgrave was a captain in the Eng fish navy and attempted to discover the Northeast passage. This year .S the centennial of the creation of the NormanbX title in 1S12..
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-29
POLICE WILL BE
 KEPT ON THE MOVE

Calls for extra police details to pre- serve order at the many events crowd ing the week end have taxed the su- perintendent heavily with the force at his command, but arrangements for all assignments are being made So that the regular patrols will not be weakened on the streets. Democratic parimaries tonight, followed by Re publican polling tomorrow, a parade of Connecticut Owls on Saturday with the iremen's parade and a visit of Theodore Roosevelt on Monday, all calling for police supervision present. ed a somewhat difficult task for the authorities when first presented but all difficulties have been overcome.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-29
AUTO PARTY FLEFS~
 AFTER CAUSING RUNAWAY

Danbury, Aug. 29.-The police have received reports of an automobile running into a team, last night, in which L. D. Russell and a young wo- man were riding. The carriage was smashed and the horse ran away. fin ally being killed by running into a train on the railroad tracks. Russell and his companion were only slightly injured. The auto party made good their getaway
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-29

wheat fields" which the Duluth boomers predicted would spring Up about the city, once a railroad was built to that section. But Duluth now has the wheat fields, greater and richer in reality than in the feryent dreams of it's pioneers, and can af- ford to laugh at the satire of forty one years ago.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1912-09-03
FUNERAL OF MRS. G. c. AAzELET
(From Saturdays Cordova Alaskan

Cordova Alaskan,)
Services at St Georges Episcopal Mission chapel this
afternoon accenuaed the of the people Cordova and
brought them again to strong realization of the loss of the
Community in the taking of the spirit of noble
and devoted and loving mother and wife Business
o'clock and during that hour practically all people gath
cred about the chapel where service being held
the remains of the late Mrs George Hazeet Her death
ten days ago shock from which the community has
recovered And this afternoon the genuine of their
loss gave away the deep feeling sympa-
thy which all feel for the afflicted family husband and
whose lives have been saddened by the removal
their companonshp and enjoyment of the who most
dear to them.
The chapel had been decorated by loving hands with
and beautiful flowers that friends had procured from
Seattle The csket covered with wreathes and special pieces
of and other flowers containing all that mortal of
the whose loss generally mourned brought
to the chapel after the friends had assembled Tie Episcopal
service said by Rev. Zeger Mrs Sheldon sang 1.-The
Lord Is Ny Shepherd and later quartet rendered Abide
With Me- Rev. koonce spoke the loss that had bealen
the community and sought extend hope
to the soowing family and bereaved friends Afterwards
the pail bearers, s. Blum, H. G. Steel NJ Brock John Y Os
rander A. j. Adams and Dr. Council the casket
its precious romans to the undertaking parors where the
ket sealed and will later be taken the Alameda
for transportation to Seattle
Mr. Hazee and sons Calvin and Craig, as we'll as Mrs
Hazelet nephew, Ralph Evans and his family will
pany the remains the Alameda that will sail at
midnight 1t has been decided inter the body Seattle
where the boys attending the University of Washington
and which will be the future home of the sorrowing
family which expects reside in this northern country The
sister and other relatives of Mrs azeet will their
Nebraska home to Seattle where Bishop Rowe will hold
service before the remains consigned their last resting
place.
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1912-09-03
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT WANTED

(From Tuesdays
petition signed by 65 citizens presented to the
Council last night asking that the Australian ballot system be
adopted for elections held in the city 1t explained by
City Attorney Frazier that the general election for the cleo
ton of members of the Legislature and delegate Congress
provided for and regulated by act of Congress- and
that the Council had jurisdiction in the matter He be-
eved however, that it within the rights of the Council
to prescribe how the municipal election should be held and
that the ordinance might be repealed and
enacted that would provide for the holding of municipal pr
mares and elections under the Australian system The idea
met with general favor upon the part of the councen and
the Clerk requested to write to Nome and Fairbanks
where the Australian method used and copies
of their ordinances also to write the Attorney General and
tenon to increase the capacity of the refinery and to actively
within the legal rights of the city 1t expected to have the
ordinance passed ample time for the municipal election
in March next
The Chitina leader. [volume] (Chitina, Alaska) 1910-1928, 1912-09-03

E. w. Eaton and A. G. Baldwin,
accompanied by eight men, all of
whom have been engaged in the
boundary lines between Alaska and
Canada. have sent word from the
White River country that they will
take passage on the steamer Mari
posa, sailing Sept. "a. They will be
in Cordova a few days prior to that
time and the two officers will do
some work on their reports, which
they will take direct to Washington.
they have been in the interior coun-
try since spring and from all re-
ports have been very successful in
their work.