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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-18
Weather Indications

New Haven, April 1S-Forecast: Fair and warmer tonight and Saturday.
 For Connecticut: Fair tonight and Saturday; warmer tonight; brisk south and southwest winds:
 The ridge of high pressure has reached the Atlantic coast giving the seabord sections fair, cool, weather. The gulf and southeastern States lie under it's influence, with clear skies throughout that region. The eastward progress of the low pressure area on the northern border continues. Light rains accompany it in Michigan. A ''high'' now central over the Dakotas is producing fair, settled, cool weath- CT in the northwest. The weather is unsettled in other western districts. Conditions favor for this vicinity fair weather with somewhat higher temper ature.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-18
PORTER CHAR1roN,s APPEAL.

Washington, April 1s.-The appeal of Porter Charlton from the refusal of New Jersey courts to set aside or ders for his extradition to Italy, was up for argument, today, before the supreme court of the United States. Charlton is wanted in Italy to answer to charged of having murdered his wife during their honeymoon at Lake Como, Italy, on June ', 1910. His at torneys have fought his extradition on the grounds that Italy, under the treaty of 1868 has. refused to send Italian subjects to the United States to answer criminal charges and also that Charlton was insane.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-18
THE MUNICIPAL UNIVERSITY.

The municipal university is com paratively new in this country, and it's development will be watched with interest," said Dr. F. F. CIaxton, United States Commissioner of Edu- cation, in discussing the University of Cincinnati. There are certain signifi- cant things about this city university that tend to show how valuable such an institution may be to a commu- nifty.
 Consider the student body. Seven ty-nine per cent. of those in the Col leEe of Liberal Arts are residents of the city, and they have lived in Gin cfnnatf an average of 13 years. Nearly half of the students were born in Gin c1nnatt A recent inquiry elicited the information that 61 per cent. of the students lacked the means to attend a university outside the city. Thus the university is providing higher educa- ton to residents of the municipality who could secure 1t in no other way.
 Something like 22 per cent. of the students are fatherless. Of the fa- thers of the others, less than one fourth are in the so-called professions, Over three-fourths are in non-profes- siopal commercial, or mechanical pur- suits. As a further indication of the c1as reached by the university, s55 per cent. of the male students have followed gainful occupations before coming to college, and "A per cent. of them work regularly during the year for a part of the time. It is to men and women such as these that the University of Cincinnati is extending it's opportunities, by cooperative courses, by day and evening classes, and in many other ways.
 Although the municipal university may be more or less of a novelty in thIs country, it is by no means so rare abroad. Anyone who has studied at Leipzig knows that the university in that city is not merely a great Ger man university, but is first and fore most the University of Leipzig-a mu- ntcipal institution The city of Ham burgs has just completed plans for city university on large scale. Like wise many of the newer English uni versailles, while national in their aims, nevertheless endeavor to meet very dt- rectIy the special needs of the indus trial centers in which they are located, and are now to that extent municipal universities"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-18

The annual supper of the mennb ber7 of the First Presbyterian church vii be held this evening in the parlors O the church.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-18
NEWS ABOUT TOWN

The members of the Pacific Engine Company held a very enthusias stic meeting last evening at their head quarters at Bulls Head, about 70 of the members being present. The sum of $50 was appropriated towards the expenses of the association. Action upon the new bylaws of the company was postponed until the next meeting. A social session followed the business meeting.
 A very pleasant dance was given last evening at Varuna hall by the Alphi Phi club a large party of young Deople attending. Speide1 furnished the music and the patronesses were Mrs T. F. Scott, Mrs. B. F. Mellor. Mrs A. Abbott and Mrs. Samuel Blackman, Jr.
 A whist and pinoch1e will follow the regular meeting of Bridgeport Con- clave, Improved Order of Heptasophs, this evening.
 A big crowd is expected at Eagles hall this evening at the dance given under the auspices of the Bridgeport Gaelic Athletic League for the benefit been provided and a good time is as sured all who attend.
 The annual supper of the members of the First Presbyterian church will be held this evening in the parlors of the church.
 The annual meeting of the State Federation of Women's Clubs will be held in South Manchester. May p, 23 and M. Among the speakers will be Mrs. Ernmons Crocker, chairman of the conservation committee of theI General Federation; P. P Claxton. United States commissioner of educa- ton from Washington, D. C.; Prof Salmon of Yale; Frederick H. Sykes. president New Woman's college at New London. The clubs from this city entitled to send representatives are the English Literary, the Mosaic, the Authors the Round Table. the Wed nesday Afternoon Musical club. and "Wednesday Morning Art club.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-18

A whist and pinoch1e will follow tn regular meeting of Bridgeport Con clave, Improved Order of Heptasophs this evening.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-18
THE EGG-LAYING CONTEST.

The total number of eggs laid dur frp the tventy-second week of the In 4erua tfonal Egg Laying Competition was 2.21S. This Is about 100 eggs less than the previous weeks production due to the fact that the broody sea- son has commenced The Leghorns again make the best score for the week There were three pens that tied for first place for the week, all of which were Single Comb White Ieehorns. One pen belongs to Ingle- side Farms Company of Thornsdale, Pa: the second one is owned by w
 l.. Sleeger, York, Pa; and the third
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-18

installation, furniture and weaving. loom making, house carpentry, house painting and decorating, shoemaking. seddIery, upholstery, tailoring, garden ing. printing. bookbinding and box making, 1ithography and engraving, baking and candy making, as well as for butchers, barbers and wfgmakers, messengers, and helpers.
 Instruction in these continuation schools is by no means confined to technical branches. Besides definite
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-18
PRESIDENT WILSON
 AT REQUIEM MASS

Washington, April 18-President Will son, accompanied by several members of the Cabinet and practically the en- tire diplomatic corps, attended a re- qulem mass here today in memory of the late President Manuel Bonilla of Honduras
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-18

King Nicholas of Montenegro is re- ported to be preparing. a proclamation raising the Scutari siege in view of the withdrawal of the Servian troops.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-09
Aid Intensive Farming.
.(Philadelphia Press.)


The Department of Agriculture has
taken under advisement a new branch
of eEdeavor known as the Rural Or
ganizatien Service" under the direc-
tion Of DR.. Thomas Carver of Harvard
University. Its intention is to aid tht-
broader Development of American az
riculture by tackling the problems con-
nected with the farmers vocation. spe-
eiiically land values. modes of tillage,
marketing facilities and social status
Addressing the Department Confer
enee. DR.. Carver expressed himself rs
favor:ng the extensive" rather than
intensive" system of farming. state
ment that carries the suggestion that
there is abundance of farm land in this
country without contracting the field
of operations as is done in Holland.
Belgium. Switzerland, China and other
lands where a large number must
needs be sustained from a small area
of eultivatable soil.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-09

Yet why not intensive farming?
Surely to make the most of any given
space is the desirable aim, and if other
things being equal. two acres will pro-
duce as much or more as did five under
the extensive" culture, why is 1t not
an advantage all round? By q system
of "hiling up. continuously and split
ting the shoots as they appear, the
Hollanders and others have been able
to achieve marvellous results, produc-
ing quadruple the grains let grow III
the ordinary way. Why not get the
saine benefit here also provided 1t can
ne done?
In point of fact, conditions are sacil
that intensive farming is our Wav out
of the difficulty. Farm prosperity iii
many cases has simply meant taking
advantage of rise in the ;narket
price of the land titled and selling outss
Thus according TO the last census. with-
in the decade 1906 and 1910 the average
value per acre in the United States mad
increased los per cent. Texas. oregon,
oklahoma, South Dakota. Montana,
Idaho and Arizona all reflect the in
crease of population upon cheap land
rising in value every year. and, as In
Texas, made dearer by 200 per cent, or
In Arizona, by AIS per cent.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-09
That Bridge Hearing Today.

In another column we are repeating
the communication from Mayor New
bert concerning the hearing, Friday al
10 A. NJ, Ebeforc the Railroad Conl-
misisoners, at the State House. We
hope every citizen will read it, 1t
is matter of general public interest
and deserves attention by the tax
payers.
The hearing is on the application Il
the Maine Central r. f. for location
for a new doubles track bridge across
the Kennebec river. OF course the
citizens of this city do not wish to OPP
pose the building of bridge to meet
the growing needs of the railroad but
If 1t is to be constructed. now is the
time to atipulate that such bridge
shall not interfere with the street
traffic of the city.
The hearing is today driday) at 10
o'clock; let Hs. show proper interest N
the citys welfare. and urge that I'M
provemcntss shah meet fhe sterm in
every scnnse. If Ne are 10 have a ncms
railway bridge, let us respectfully de-
mand that ii bd built hish enough to
meet, at least, present city needs. Let
us not handicap the north end of our
city by permitting an ther such blum
der as that inflicted by the old railway
structure We should not saddle the
city with the necessity Of lowering the
grade Of the street. 1t is better at the
present level, and any permanent
structure over it should be high
enough to permit electric railroad
service to that part of the city, and
in no way interrupt the natural up
building of this growing business sec
tion.
The appeal Of the mayor for public
interest is in the right vein. 1t de-
serves the support of good citizens
and should arouse the business inter.
ests. Let US turn out to the hearing.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-09
SOME POSTSCRIPTS.

Musical Instruments composed prin-
cipally Of wood suffer more from The
climate in India than amy other wood
en- structures.
That he has invented Il method for
sending pictures by wire in their natu-
raj colors is the claim of an Italian
electrician.
Wireless connection between the
principal Catholic churches of lta,y,
France and Austria and the Vatican is
being arranged.
More than 1900 miles OF copper wire
will be required for telephones N Il big
office building which IS being built at
New York,
Nearly all the alcohol made in RUS
sic. which is derived almost wholly
from potatoes. is used in the manufac-
ture of intoxicants.
\ baggage truck invented by Cali
fornian has hooks on the handles To
permit it To be carried with its load
up stairs en- a mans shouiders.-H3us-
ton Post.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-09
A Time Limit on Panama Tolls.

A.NcW 10TH lilhultp
We may chartably assume that it was
expedient If not necessary to postpone
until fall the settlement of the banana
tolls question. The tariff and the cur
rency are perhaps all that Congress will
be able to deal with in this special ses-
sion. If so, the fact must be accepted,
with regrets.
There is, however. a limit peyona
which a right settlement ought not. on
any ground or preteXt, to be postponed.
That limit is marked by the dare on
which the first commercial and tolls
paying vessel shall pass through the
canal. 1t would be an indelible shame to
this country to violate, In even a single
case of the smallest craft. the treaty OBJ
legations which it voluntarily and eagerly
assumed before the world. Before the
canal is opened the last doubt concern
ing the imposition and remission or tolls
should be cleared away to the sntisfac-
ton of the world.
Seeing, too, that the dispute over the
matter is between the United States and
Great Britain, settlement ought to be
reached before the beginning of the COM
memoration of the centenary of peace.
in order that at that felctous time there
shall be in existence not single out
standing dispute or cause of controversy
between the two nations.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-09
Suggesting Crime.

The persistent manner in which the
Bfddeford Record suggests bribery to
those whol wish to defeat the Webb
law, and excuses for and acceptance
of bribes by the employees of railroads
and express companies. Indicates gull,
ty colluSion with The liquor interests
Such sheets as the Record have ever
been more of menace to public law.
order and decency than have all the
criminals that have gone wrong from
inherent tendencies. The crime of
mapping out evil for lesser rogues TO
follow is a problem to be met and
solved in near progressive civilization,
but ostracism by decent people should
be felt by such sources as appeal di-
rectly and wholly to the passions of
the illiterate and characterless. Here
Ii a specimen from the Record:
.4.The Maine Central railroad may dc
more towards making Maine dry thar
the newly appointed Haines sherlns
That road has notified various shlppint
points in Maine that it will no longer de
liver liquor Intended for Illegal sale. !
is understood that the freight agents VII
use the size Of the shipment as a critef
ion of whether IL. is intended for illega
sale or not and of course sometimes theA
will make mistakes but that IS the pen
atty which the private individual VII
have to pay In these strenuous. times
who Is a little bit greedy and orders al
unusually large supply of liquor.
at is too bad. however, to mix up tn'
freight agents in the nasty business o
enforcing this prohibitory law for some
them are bound to have an occasional re
tainer slipped to them by liquor mer
wise their ideas of how large liquor ship
ment can go by. and If the freight aaen
is harrassed by poverty and debt he ma.
Yield when otherwise he might haS'
continued an honest man.fdfii1 s-sH
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-09

And does our friend have any idea of
| he great number of men employed
| and homes supported by that great
| sum of money-in building and equip
] ping, and the thousand and one in
! iustries connected, to say nothing of
| he thousands of paid men in the SER
vice?
All these many hundreds of thous-
ands are employed and their homes
maintained by our national demand
fo what the peace workers term n
useless thing. Granted, but how
would we find living for them if VIC
saved all of that s214,oo0,000?
Now let us briefly consider the other
evil. Last year the people of this
country spent for intoxcants more
than nine times the total appropria-
lions for our army and navy-more
Than two thousand millions of dollars.
And that vastly greater sum of
money was every dollar spent worse
than uselessly, because ii caused, ev-
cry day. all the sickness. wounds,
death and horrors of the most brutal
and bloody war The casualties of
the rum war. in the last twelve
months have been greater in number
and more brutal in character than
81. e IN, II MI tx-a.
have come to accept these horrors of
perpetual war as necessary and q
part of Gods plan. Do You believe
that they are?
Considering the comparatively small
number of workers in the manufac
ture and sale of this product and the
enormous profit of those engaged in
the business, the economic problem of
doing away with it fades into insight
ficanee before the other.
The intoxicants makers are rich
enough already and we as a nation
could well afford to pension the work
ers and sellers for life.
War is hell as Sherman said, but
we have never heard of anything bad
enough to compare with the evil of
the liquor traffic. And the maintain
ing of insurance against war by in
vesting in a scarecroW for other ma
tons, is no part of Sherman's char
acterization of war.
Let us work for peace with all our
might, but let us not neglect the per-
petual war which King Alcohol is
waging on humanity.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-09
The Awful Costs Of War.

woman writes sareastically TO the
regret that we make more about the
rum evil than about the war evil. She
thinks the. biggest problem in the
world is the winning of world peace.
She writes inteiligently, forcefully,
brilliantly and truthfully, but, in
large degree mistakenly. She has
entirely overlooked vital points. 1t is
hard to classify her errors adequately
without going deeply into statistics.
but a few facts, roundly stated in gem
eral terms, will suffice, we believe, to
convince her and others taking like
ground. that there can be no compari-
son between the two evils"
The one STRONG note sounded in the
peace congress, is that money spent
ON armaments could be put to better
uses. That is true. But the money
spent, in these days, for dogs OF war
is not spent for actual war but as
insurance against war. We spend vast
sdms yearly for fire insurance to
guard US against irrecoverable loss
from fire. We spend money for war
equipment that other nations may not
get the silly notion in their heads that
they can rob us. 1t is for the same
reason that man in lawiess coun-
try carries a gun and lets his neigh
bors understand that he knows how to
use 1t for the protection of himself and
family.
We have no intention of using our
war equipment for other than protec-
tion: II is to assure peace that we
maintain 1t.
Now the total appropriations for
maintenance of our army and navy
fer 1913 VAS less than sz2o.ooo,ooO
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-09
Editorial Comment
Better Counsel.

(BoStOn Joufndi.)
Mr.. Melen has been hammered Il
good deal lately. and he has deserved
it: he has deserved it because no man
even an innocent one-should per-
sistently remain silent under accusa-
tion when the opportunity to answer
is open to him. And that man put ag-
sravates a very grace suspicion as 10
his methods, his judgment and his
temper when his only reply to charges
against him is series of counter
charges against a third person.
Better counsel seems to have pre-
vailed among Mr.. Mellen's advisers
and he is to appear before the COM
mission and submit to examination.
Very good. This is the point we have
sought to emphasize all along-Mr.
Mellen must speak up OF get out.
And now that he is ready to speak
up, we are glad to join some of Our
shivery kneed friends in urging that
Mr.. Mellen be given fair chance to
explain his side of the story
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-09
Maine Gossip
The Post Impressionist Puff.

Let me be futuristically painted
Such treatment | should prize
Above the style that shows me sweetly
sainted
With rainbow halo-wise;
For I'm quite convinced the charms
OF my rounded neck and arms,
OF my piquant little features and loosely
coiffured enrls
with othefs~I~might mentiofD. - : z
VIII attract no more attention
From the satiated public than lie charms
of other girls.
But if some Futuiist would symbolic me
AS | appear to him.
And with cryptic brush anatomize me
And tear me limb from limb;
If he'd illustrate the theme
In crude chromatic scheme
And place my tangled icon in funny
sort of frame,
AS the latest acquisition
OF a crazy exhibition
should leap from medloerity TO pfom-
nence and fame.
Come, knots and knobs. my iineaments
embroider,
Come, graduated checks,
Come, whorles and webs and marauetries
that moider
And vortices that yex.
Though the method may be mad
| shall get a gorgeous ad.
For strangers and acquanitances, reia-
tions, friends and foes
Will study the creation
For some dawning inspiration
To assist them in distinguishing my ell
bow from my nose.
Punch
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-09

Dynamite is less dangerous than nj
troglycerin. although the recent eX-
plosion near Baltimore was sufficiently
terrible The fatalities caused by nj
traglycerin in transport in England had
such an effect on the public mind that
IN 1869 an act was rushed through par
lament excluding it from the British
market. Two years previously to this
Alfred Nobel, after experimenting with
sawdust, brickdust, paper, rags and
numerous other materials. had discoy-
cred that kieselguhr would absorb nj
troglycerin and render it safe to ham
die. The new explosive, christened
dynamite made him millionaire.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-09

One pint of gasoline left in an un,
covered basin in a room at normal
or average temperature Will eVapora.e
within "a hours. AS gasoline vapor Is
denser than the surrounding air, uh'ess
disturbed by active air currents i's
presence in the room may be deeecteo
for many hours One pint OF gasoiine
will make two hundred cubic feet OF
explosive mixture. and this mixture Is
seven times more powerful than gun
powder.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-09

With the increasing traffic in autos
here. and heavy travel to and from Mt.
Desert, says the Bar Harbor corre-
spondent of the Bangor News, the toll
bridge at Trenton gives prospect OF
being q small gold mine for its own
ers. 1t is one of the few remaining toll
bridges in the state, and used to do a
big business before most of the trafne
came to Bar Harbor and other points
on the island by train and boat. since
autos have come into use, business
seems to he picking up at the bridge
and the receipts from auto travel Die
fair to be a very respectable volume
The bridge has been in existence fol
great many years as a private cor
poration. and ii will be a question o.
the future whether the state, or coun
ty will construct public bridge across
the narrows.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-09

A striking argument for the oil
burning engine is found as follows in
the West Franklin correspondence:
The noon train has set two fires of
late, the first one burning over George
Coombs' field and considerable young
growth belonging to Shirley Dunbar.
The other, on Saturday, burned over
Shirley Dunbar's field and destroyed
the cemetery fence. Had it not been
for the timely arrival of two men,
there would have been d serious fire.
The fire had reached the woods before
ii was subdued.''
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-09

Four Maine men will be present at
the imperial council of the Mystic
Shrine at Dallas. Texas, May IL and
IL, j. Putnam Stevens of Portland in
his capacity as imperial assistant
rahban; A. B. Kicker of Poland Spring,
Nj. 5. Campbell of Augusta, potentate
OF Kora Temple, and John II. Merrill
of Auburn. past potentate of Kora
Temple. The first three VIII leave
Portland. Thursday evening, Mr. Mer-
rill having gone in advance.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-09

An annual visitor to Maine-or
rather semi-annual visitor for he
both hunts and fishes in this State 10
the exclusion of all other greatly laud-
ed happy sporting grounds-called at
Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-05-09

Mrs Nancy Sarah Alexander, who
died, Wednesday, at Brookline, Mass,
and was a resident of the South End
for number of years was born III
Sidney, this State, May 2s, 1929, and
v as the daughter of Samuel and Nancy
-Dnsmore) Butterfield, both families
coming from Colonial stock. Following
the death of her parents she went to
Massachusetts, and was married to
William Henry Alexander, manu-
faoturer, of Boston in 1S47. He died a
number of years ago. Mrs. Alexander
is survived by six children, five daugh-
tells and one son,