The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-05-20
STAMFORD
No1uRgYCLlSTS HIKE
 unHEcEssARY cAANCEs
Of~Tlneo Acuidenfs Yesterday Aftsr- noon Two Were tho Result of
 Reckless Driving.
Especial to Tho Farmerl

Strl6eord. May % Three accidents . naotor cycles yesterday in this town. none of which resulted serious ly, nevsrtheless call attention to the need of some more stringent rsgula- 1le0s tor the government of riders on these swift and evasive machines. At Hard's corner at o'clock Q rider coming from Bridgeport attempted to Tho motorcycle slidded throwing the 111lk Alpogt in front of the motor
 1z&11 l1r] nDTsze4r6 moving rapidly .tll1 zfizlno oee1 .and the quick work of the driver Of the automobile 4voftod what looked to become a fa- fal 5ccIdent. The cyelist WAS bruis- ed and well shaken up but was soon able to remounts and proceed At 5 0'olock motor cyclist Nas thrown from his machine under the viaduct on 1fain street- He struck q rut in sesditoa s Taea wSas sadss X. nss Srdee E y:x sa ss spilled. He brushsd off and procssd e1. At six o'clock . motor cyelisti at- t1mpted to cross In fkont Of a Nov
 Rven car at East Broadway and 0hin street. Both thS car and the 4tZcle came west on East Broadway. t1e cyclist attempted to turn down Ahin street Tho Car struck the rear wheel of the cycle and threw the whole outfit ipto the gutter. rhe rid G W1s badly bYuloed and his machine vas damaged. After gaining his feet ber from his machine and repaired to IAdd'D garage where repairs were mA4D and he continued hfs Journey. ID Wns not seriously injured. Almost 4l& tho jacoidGnfs which occurred to th9pe naohine0 are caused by the vDnun SR Act N, r16erD rely upon their great speed and lteAo H3any unneeeDsary chanceD. They Q19D show an unpardonable desire to hide their identity and get out as 9oon qs possible after an accident of anY Hnd. In he halds of an unsoru- chimes can easily be engines of death. "A moee careful scrutiny of their Ycvements might result in good to the. community.
 4he alen's club of the Congrega- tiohal church will present a musical l5tday evening" Leon Rice will gfvo two evenings of song. MT. Rice ip tenor soloist at Trinity chapel, New York and has made an envfable repu- tstlon In his tours in the last eight yeeFD during which time he has given ipg more than 100000 people. Jennie Cheear- Rice at the piano will assist. Music lovers in the town are expect in8 q treat. No admission charged but a silver collection will be taken. The last dance of the season by the Chat Noir club was enjoyed by 40 couples on Saturday night. Woodruff furnished the music The patronesses were Mrs c. w Blakeslee, Mrs. w. B. Brlstol, Mrs. Burton Elwell and MrA Alva Baker.
 The mmebers of St. Johns lodge la f0k kipa0 fnf fv~ kS.> concert to be given by the Masonic choir of Waterbury at Park theatre on Wednesday night. There .will-be large Attendance rom this town.
 The Knights Templar residing in town led by Sir Knight w. B. Bristol attended the special service in the. First Presbyterian church in Bridge port last evening. The Knights ap-7 peared in full uniform.
 Dr. A. B. Park of the Futile drug store wants to hire a cheap boy to kick him somes years ago he dis tic of his mothers home on East Broadway. The trunk was lined with old newspapers. copies of New York periodicals contemporary with Robert Fulton and they contained full ac- count of the first voyage of that fam ous vessel. The papers were soaked off the old trunk with great care and preserved. A collector recently made the owner a startling offer for the bapers, and when a search was made for them 1t. was discovered that they had been burned with lot of rub- bish
 The5Strat tford contingent which att tends the performance at the Lyric theatre every Monday night will be obliged to take an earlier car tonight for the curtain rises on the play "Old Heidelberg promtply at o'clock.
 The Spring run of blackfish is yielding many large catches. Several boats were on the grounds yesterday. The catch averaged about three pounds with many weighing between five and ten pounds. The fish bit raven0usly.
 Mrs. Frank Wheeler of New Haven ie passing a week with Mrs A. B. Park of Warwick avenue.
 The Stratford Juniors won ever the nine from the Bridgeport Normal school at Seaside park on Saturday. Score 29-9.
 Eugene Lewis Is about again after an attack of pneumonia which lasted five weeks
 Miss Claribel Lewis, daughter Of pr. G. F. Lewis who was brought home for Storrs Agricultural college by her father has developed typhoid ard Dr. Lewis. home was posted yes- terday. The doctor has strong hopes of bringing her through. The case is -atisfactory from medical stand