The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-09-11
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AnDERSOh'S MOTOR
 CYCLE IS STOLEN
North Main Street Residents Motor Cycle Taken From Barn-Buli Moose Caucus Friday
 Evening.
WESTPORT

Westport, Sept. 11.-Police officials of all state towns are on the look out for the thief who Monday evening dashed away on Ernest Anderson's s motor cycle. MT. Anderson had been out spinning on his machine Monday evening returning at a reasonable hour placing his machine in the barn to the rear of his home in North Main street. He is sure he locked the barn after he had placed the ma chine up for the evening. Yesterday morning he noted that the barn door was partially opened and that the lock appeared to have been tempered with. His suspicious, that there had been something doing during the night, were confirmed when he peep ed into the interior of the barn. The bright new Excelsior machine was missing. Sheriff Meade was notified and with Anderson made a search of officials to all towns to either side of Westport were notified to keep look out for the machine. Sheriff Meade and Anderson are confident that the Anderson's habits, who well knew where the machine kept and is not sure that the thief IS a motor cyclist, as the machine may have been carried away.
 Representative William H. Burr. who last week declared against the Republican party, acting as the rep resentatfve of the Progressive party in town has called a caucus for next Friday evening at the Town hall at o'clock. The session is for the pur- pose of naming delegates to the state and congressional conyention to be chairman will also be elected. How the boosters of the new party are to know who's who at the caucus is a mystery: There is nothing that can stop either a crowd of Republicans or a band of Democrats, or both, vot- ing at the caucus and e1ecting one of f oO3P fIn orf( l<lo
 T. Earle Bartram and Noble F. Vincent, sons of wealthy Bridgeport CTS. who are taking an important part in the Progressive movement in their town, dashed into the village yester- day in MT. Bartram's /dashabout car conferring with some of those who Moose party here. Representative Burr and the two Brfdgeporters had long pow-wow at the formers home.
 The tug "Addie v'' of Saugatuck brought in the barge Morning Star of New York, with load of coal yes Taylor & Richards and is now being unloaded at their yards in Main street.
 Justice Samuel A. Purdy hustled down to New York yesterday on busi- ness.
 Attorney Harry Sherwood also had the hustling habit, hurrying off to
 Nathan shippey, motorman with the Connecticut Co. on the advice of his physician is taking a few days off from his duties
 Among those stopping at the West port hotel yesterday were Gus Rem son of New York, J. H. Hayes, New York, c. A. Choate, New York, and MT. and Mrs. L. E. Small of New Haven.
 John Elwood. a former resident died at the home of his daughter in RidgefeId on Saturday. He is sur vived by a daughter and two sons.
 Dr. F. D. Rutland of the Westport Sanitarfum, who recently underwent an operation at New York hospital for appendicitis is rapidly improving.
 Rev. Henry A. Davenport, rector of the Peoples Presbyterian church in Bridgeport will preach at the services at the Congregational church next Sunday.
 The Church of the Holy Trinity will be closed for the next two Sundays reopening. for service Sunday. Sept 29.
 John Godillot of Cross Highway is this week trying out new Hudson six passenger touring car.
 Miss Elsie Morse has left for As burnham, Mass, to matriculate at Cushing academy.
 Aquarius, the hypnotist who ex- last week at the Crown Opera house will soon have with him in his a ct, Homer Coulter and Charles Ben sen of this place.
 The appearance of a barge of trap rock in the harbor. the coming of Contra actor Merritt to town, and the beginning of operations, a small scale, rises hopes that Riverside ave- nue is to again be treated by the | state highway department and that | anteed to be completed in 60 working days, is to be finished before the snow flies. |