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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-30

The annual smoker and entertain ment of the Park City Yacht Club was held last night at the club house i'm Stratford avenue, and proved a very pleasant affair, a large crowd of the
 members and their friends attending.
 There was good entertainment and
 refreshments were served.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-30

The engagement has been announced of Helen, daughter of MT. David Reichman, of 204 Spruce street, to Samuel Breiner of 61 Colorado ave- nue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-30

The Connecticut Go, has arranged for a four minute service upon the Main street lines of the company to- morrow evening to accommodate the crowd expected at the Armory to hear the production by the Oratorio So- ciety.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-30

The stonewan A. C.. would like to play the Madison, Jrs., at Oak street. Sunday, at 10:30 a. m. The lineup TOT the StonewaH A. c. is as follows: Del yescfho. weston and OfNeill, c; Pond and Clancy. p; Dolan, Capt, 1b; C. McGraw and Maggiorie, 2b; A. Mo Graw, ss; Hayes, 3b; Cundert, Of; Kiernan. If; Dooley and Umstead' K
 The St. Augustfne's school will play the Sacred Hearts, Thursday after noon. at Seaside Park Game called at o'clock The batteries for the St. Augustine's will probably be Clancy and Dehechcio: for the Sacred Hearts, Telson and Whang.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-30

Promo Si1zer is proving valuable utility man for the Mechanics. He is an aggressive youngster who is try ing every minute.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-30

Farmer want Ads. One Cent Word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-30

(By Wagner) Bridgeport and New London al making the pace
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-30

The Mechanics appear in waterbury tomorrow and Chief Snyder is booked to work They go to Pittsfeld Friday and Saturday. Holyolze is at NewfieId Sunday
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-10-31
Auto m o 10 Burnx Up

Bennington, Oct. 24.-The five pas
senger R. c. H. automobile owned by
Dr. A. E. Houle, local physician, was
completely destroyed by fire between
10 and II O'Clock last night. Accom-
panied by a nephew, Camille Houle.
the physician was on his way from Troy
to Bennington and had almost reached
the village when the accident happened.
The electric lights had not worked
properly during the trip and about two
miles northwest of this village the car
was stopped for the purpose of investi-
CATION, The two men had just stepped
from the car when the gasoline tank
blew up and in an instant the car was
wrapped in flames. The wind carried
the blaze toward the rear of the car.
which made it possible to save the front
wheel tires and the lamps. The car
was insured.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-10-31
SAVED FROM BULL BY SCOTCH
COLLIE.
MsrshfieId Man at Last Extrem
icy When His Dog Comes
to His Rescue

Montpelier, Oct. 80. Charles Wheel
err of Marshfeld, manager of the Laird
and Rowland estate in that town, had
serious encounter with a bull recently
from whose onslaughts he was saved
from death by a Scotch collie which
saw the trouble from the farm house
and reached Mr.. Wheeler's side when
he needed him the most.
The bull, two years old, had been in
the pasture all summer without show
ing any signs of rage beyond occasional
believing and blowing of ground when
strangers were near. He had never
before made an attack on anybody and
Mr.. Wheeler was surprised one day
when he ran towards him with warlike
intent. Mr.. Wheeler tried to fight him
off as he was advancing but he was
knocked down. Before the bull could
trample on him he got up on his feet
and ran. Then the bull came at
him again, knocking him down. He
knocked him down four or five times
before Mr.. Wheeler could reach the
stone wall. He was exhausted from
the series of onslaughts, although
up to this time he had managed to keep
out from under the enraged bulls feet
and escaped being gored.
With strength all gone he was I'M
able to get over the wall as the bull
made what looked like the final attack,
and Mr.. Wheeler gave himself up as
gone.
Just then his dog Rex bounded over
the wall and the bull turned to the new
conner. The dog attacked the bull so
savagely that he drove it off and back
into the woods and Mr.. Wheeler lost no
time in climbing over the wall.
In his fight with the bull Mr.. Wheeler
had sprained both ankles and his body
was covered with bruises, but no bones
were broken.
Mr.. Wheeler is a large muscular
man, hardened by out of door work
which gave him constitution to with
stand the ferocious attacks of the bull.
-Burling ton News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-10-31
A REAL FIRE DRILL.

The citizens of South Manchester,
Ct, surely must not only feel thankful
for the adequacy of fire escapes on the
large school building which recently
burned in that city, but must feel proud
of the teachers who safely marched
their 900 charges out of the burning
structure.
A better object lesson cannot be i'm
agned. To use a colloquial phrase. it
should make everybody "st up and take
notice."
AS we read of happenings of this
nature, we ask ourselves whether or
not any of our own schools could SO
happily meet just such an exigency.
We wonder if our children are being
persistently instructed as to how to
: leave the schools by the fire escapes,
and are they so thoroughly accust Jmed
to the fire drill as to enable them to
instinctively perform their part under
almost any emergency.
We should realize that everything
must work like clockwork in moment
of great excitement, such as fire, and
the only method by which this can be
brought nearer and nearer to perfec-
ton is by consistent rehearsals and
instructions.
Nothing would be more opportune
than to have our school officials make
a vigorous search for defects in that
part of our school system designed for
the protection of life and limb. -Rut.
land Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-10-31
A JUST SENTENCE.

Judge Burke set an excellent prece-
dent when he imposed Jail sentence of
thirty days, in addition to the fine of
$2l5, upon the wealthy real estate
dealer found guilty of operating his
automobile while under the influence of
liquor. The man collided with an ex-
press wagon in Scollay square and sub
sequently backed up and injured two
pedestrians.
With very few exceptions the un-
fortunate custom of merely imposing
a fine on this type of offender has pre-
vailed. A fine is neither penalty nor
a deterrent to man who can afford to
own an automobile. The Jail sentence
is the only effective method of reaching
him. There is no excuse whatever for
his offence. 1t is entirely deliberate.
No man who has not sufficient self
control to abstain from liquor when he
is about to drive his automobile is en-
titled to license.
Let the good work 90 on.-Boston
Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-10-31
F. H. WARNER.
Cornwall, VT, Oct. 81, 1918.
A CONTEMPTIBLE TRICK.

The meanest man in Massachusetts,
is being sought by the Newton police.
He knocked down an eight year old boy
while driving his automobile through
Nonantum square in that city, and
varied the performance of speeding
away without any attention to his
victim in a novel and ingenious manner.
lie stopped, picked up the boy, pro-
claiming loudly to the assembled crowd
that he was taking him to a hospital
As soon as he was out of sight, the
driver turned the boy out of the car,
gave him dollar bill and told him to
run away home" The boy, painfully
injured, crawled along the sidewalk
toward his home until another automo-
bile came along and took him to a phy-
stefan.
1t is to be hoped that the police find
the guilty man. From the legal point
of view it should appear that premedi-
tation is added to the contemptible
offense of speeding away after injuring
pedestrian. If the man is caught he
should be dealt with accordingly. i os-
ton Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-10-31
Autoist Pays Fine.

Lester Bettinger, proprietor of
hotel in Shelburne, paid fine of S25
and costs of S.. IA in Justice j. P. Ladd's
court in Burlington Friday for care
lessly and negligently driving an auto
mobile or the Shelburne road on the
night of October 4 when the machine
crashed into team, injuring Frank E.
Spear and daughters, Edith and Helen,
who were occupants of the wagon. Mr..
Spear had three ribs broken and the
girls were considerably bruised.
The occupants of the carriage said
they saw the headlights of the APP
preaching automobile and turned to the
right of the road, while at the same
time one of the girls held lighted Ian
tern to the left side of their team In
spite of the precaution they were
struck, and the driver of the automo-
bile was not known for some time.
Later it was learned and Bettinger
was arrested. He pleaded guilty to
the charge.
In addition, Bettinger has settled all
the claims for damages which the Spear
family presented. Rutland Herald.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-10-31

unpleasant, whether it be performed
by England, France or the United
States; whether in Algiers, in Egypt
or on the Isthmus of Panama. And
therefore we all hail with delight the
advent to real power of such nations as
Brazil, the Argentine and Chile"
Colonel Roosevelt's address teemed
with expressions of goodwill for South
America and admiration for the PROV
ess of her leading nations in building
the foundations for their careers.
Brazil and other nations of the South,
he said, stood on an equal footing now
with the United States among the
council of nations. And one cardinal
doctrine on which all nations of Am
erica agreed, he asserted, a doctrine
of vital concern to the American fam
lily of powers, was the principal that
the western world should not be treated
as offering ground for fresh COLOMBIA
tion. or territorial aggrandizement by
any old world power.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-10-31
ROOSEVELT SPEAKS AT RIO Dl
JANElRO.
President of Brazil, Cabinet
Members and Diplomat are
Present.

Rio Janeiro, Oct. 24.-Colonel Roose-
welt, Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Margaret
Roosevelt spent this morning on an ex-
cursion. to Tijuca mountain, peak 34OO
feet high, and had luncheon there. In
the afternoon they attended a garden
party in the botanical gardens here.
Tonight Colonel Roosevelt delivered
an address before the Government Uni
versity. The hall was decorated with
Brazilian and American flags and
flowers. All the notable persons of Rio
Janeiro, including the president of the
republic and the members of his cabinet,
diplomats, army and navy officers and
journalists, were present, many of
them being accompanied by their
wives.
Colonel Roosevelt's speech frequently
evoked enthusiastic applause. When he
had concluded Senior Ramiz Galvao, the
orator of the university, responded in an
address in English, in which he well
coined the former president of the
United States to the university and pre-
scented him with diploma of member
ship of the institute.
Relations between North and South
America are certain to become much
closer in the future; the development
of South America will be the most
striking growth feature of the twen-
tieth century as the development of
North America was the most striking
growth feature of the nineteenth; the
only desire of the United States to-
wards its neighbors of the western
world is to see them stable, orderly
and prosperous-such are the high
lights of Theodore Roosevelt's first
speech in South America, delivered to-
day at the Government university here.
Every American nation, Colonel
Roosevelt said, had reason to con-
graduate itself upon the stability
and prosperity of its sister nations.
Any country, he continued, whose peo-
pie conducted themselves in stable and
orderly fashion could place among its
assets the hearty and practical friend.
ship of the United States. Chronic
wrongdoing. however, might force
ultimately in America, as elsewhere,
Intervention by some strong and stable
civilized nation in the exercise of an in
ternational policy power.
"Such a duty" asserted Colonel
Roosevelt,..'is thankless, irksome and
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-10-31
Injured in Runaway.

A bad accident occurred Monday
afternoon at Burlington. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ira Chase, with Mr.. and Mrs.
George Ruell, whom they had been
visiting in that city, and another lady
and little child, We're returning to their
home in st. George. Mr.. Chase was
driving a pair of colts which were
frightened by an automobile driven bv
j. R. Whitlock, which came up behind
them. The colts bolted and, running
on to the sidawalk, one went each side
of an elm tree. Mr.. Chase clung to
the reins and was thrown over the
dashboard, but in some way escaped
the heels of the kicking colts. The
horses quickly freed themselves from
the team but were soon caught.
Mr. Chase was taken into a nearby
house. A cash was cut in his forehead
and he was badly bruised, but it is not
thought that there are any internal in
Juries. All of the other occupants of
the wagon escaped unhurt. Two of
the wheels of the team were smashed
to kindlings, and the front axle bent
almost double. Rutland News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-10-31
A COMMUNICATION.
To the Editor of the Register:

10 the Editor of the Register:
Your last issue contains a Ginning
from the Youths Companion favorably
commenting on the last baccalaureate
sermon of Pres. John NJ. Thomas. The
purpose of President Thomas to do some
thing for the uplift of the state is GER
tainly commendible. To one statement
in that remarkable address the writer
begs leave to take exception.
1--WE will do for the schools what YOU
have done for the roads," Would the
almost total neglect of the cross roads
which prevails in the town of Cornwall
which condition the writer believes
obtains throughout the state, if it were
paralleled in the treatment Of the
schools, ever bring good advantages to
the last boy in Goshen or Belvidere" ?
Is it progression to build half a mile
of speedway for JOY riders even if the
State does pay half of it and let all
the rest of the roads in town 90? Is
there any thing akin to altruism or
Christianity about this? The residents
OF the towns are confronted with a
condition and not a theory. Tha: the
back roads are not in as good condition
as they were thirty or forty years ago
is fact which can not be denied. 1t
will soon take all the twenty per cent
which is required to be raised by law t.
keep the so-called permanent roads in
repair. The writer is prepared to de-
monstrate the truthfulness of what he
has said.
F. H. WARNER.
C0rpuau W. Oo+ OF 1o1o
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-10-31
Auto Bangs Against Trolley Car

A speeding automobile struck the
rear of small, inoffensive trolley car
Sunday afternoon at Beacon and Charles
streets. 1t lifted the rear trucks from
the rails, causing the front trucks to
follow, and sent the car crashing back
ward across the pavement, over the
curb and across the sidewalk to the
fence of the Public Garden.
The seven passengers had the fright
of their lives, though they were unin-
jured. Neither of the two occupants of
the automobile was hurt. The only
damage to the machine was a broken
headlight, bent mudguard and a dent
ed radiator.
Edward B. Chaplin of SS Phillips
street, Andover, was the owner and
driver of the automobile. He had a
young woman with him who refused to
tell her name. Chaplin evidently thought
the car, which was moving under full
power, would cross the street ahead of
him, and so he opened his throttle to
negotiate the steep hill.
Nathan Dunleavy, the motorman.
thought the street was clear and threw
on his power to make time down
Charles street, which has no intersecting
streets. The automobile struck the
rear step of the car. tearing it off and
narrowly escaping injuripg the conduc-
tor, C. H. Taylor.
The crash occurred at the junction of
three police divisions the West End, the
Lagrange street and the Back Bay.
Officers from all three stations were
rushed to the scene, as first telephoned
reports were to the effect that the car
had been overturned.
1t took twenty minutes to haul the
car back to the tracks. Inward traffic
in Charles street was tied up mean
time. Boston Journal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-10-31
individual guilty of abuse to dumb
beast, and the community that tolerates
the same.-The Landmark.
A LAW THAT WOULD WORK.

From far off Saskatchewan comes a
hint to Vermont. A Prince Albert
man went hunting and after the fash
ion of his kind shot his companion
dead. He had made the common mistak e
of taking the man for an animal, and
without taking the trouble to make
sure he blazed away and gave the I'M
dertaker job. Going home he was ar
rested, but that arrest meant more than
a similar occurrence does here in the
East. 1t was business not mere show to
please some one who would soon be
willing to let the matter drop. The man.
slayer was taken into court and fined
$500. Moreover his hunting license was
cancelled, and he is debarred from hunt
ing for ten years. The Saskatchewan
law is good one. Men who are so
careless as to kill companion through
negligence, think more of $500 and the
privilege of hunting than they do of
human life. That is the brutal truth
and can't be escaped. Pass some law
here in Vermont and just see if the
mortality rate in the woods doesn't
take tumble. st. Adams Messenger.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-10-31
DESERVING OF COMMENTATOR

A news item in the preceding issue of
the Landmark was to the effect that a
Sunday school class in the town of
Sharon was about to make concerted eff
forts toward the prevention of cruelty
to animals.
The class has the distinctive name of
the Uplifters' Club, and is one of re-
cent formation through the initiative of
the pastor of the Congregational church.
1t numbers some thirty odd boys and
girls of from sixteen to twenty years of
age, and together they constitute a fac
tor that already is of proven worth in
the moral and economic life of the town.
To date it has been skilfully managed
and so well and dscreetly hammered as
to win the hearty Endorsement and sane
ton of the entire townspeople. Today
as one result of the clubs efforts and
influence, there is continuous lessen
ing of the use of profanity.
What measure of success awaits the
efforts of the club in the matter of pre-
venting cruelty to animals time alone
can tell. Surely majority of the peo-
pie will not hesitate to commend the
purpose of the organization for many
and frequent are the calls and demands
through all Vermont for an abatement
of practice that is a reproach to the
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-10-31
OFFICIAL AUTOS A GRAVE
PERIL.

Mayor Kline and the Aldermen
should give immediate attention to the
plea made yesterday by Frederick R.
Coudert, president of the HIGHWAYS
Protective Association, for an ordi-
nance to check the reckless speeding
of United States Postoffice mail motor
trucks in the streets of this city. Since
auto deliveries for the parcel post went
into operation on September 1, eight
persons have been killed by these
trucks, the latest victim being a child
years old, struck in front of its home
IN Fourteenth avenue, this borough.
The to service is controlled by con-
tractors, who nevertheless claim exs
emption from any local process that
would interfere with or DELAY the
United States mails. This means that
summary arrest, leaving the truck in
the street is a doubtful prerogative
OF the police, and it is evident to every-
body that other attempts to punish
such speeding would be of no avail.
as the ordinance now stands.
But the United States Government
contractors are not the only offenders.
Every jack-in- office who is driving n
police patrol motor wagon, or a fire
department motor car or engine. or an
ambulance, feels free to defy speed
limits, even when.the machine is being
used irregularly and improperly for
junketing. In other words. an exemn-
ton intended to cover only emerpen-
cies is made to excuse wanton riskinp
of human life when there is no emer-
gency.
An ambulance rushing a person to
treatment that may mean life or death
for the patient ought to be speeded. A
fire-engine hurrying to a blaze liable
to endanger life as well as propertv
should not be checked. A patrol
wagon loaded with policemen to stop
riot or murder has speed privileges.
But the ambulance coming back from a
false call, or the fire engine return
ing from its work, or the patrol wagon
loaded with one drunk, should be
driven within ordinary limitations.
And though we all. want fairly speedy
mail deliveries of parcels post matter
there is no earthly emergency" in
such work.
We think the proposed ordinance
should cover the local Office jacks as
well as the mail wagon drivers. And
we do not believe that the United
States Government will put any OBJ
stacle in the way of enforcement
OF such an ordinance, so long as the
enforcement'is equal and efficient in its
operation. brooklyn Eagle.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-10-31
HEAR FLUTE 1876 MILES AT SEA

Philadelphia, Oct. 2O.-An unpre-
cedented phenomenon in wireless tele-
phony and telegraphy was announced by
Capt. Schmidt of the German steamship
Solfels, who reported that while bound
from Calcutta and Ceylon to Phiadel-
phia he heard the clear notes of flute
at st. Michaels. 395 miles distant from
the Solfes.
On the night of September 10 Wireless
Operator Blitz called Capt. Schmidt's as
well as chief Officer Lampe's attention
to the fact that some one was playing
on the flute, the notes of which were
clear and distinct to both Operator Blitz
and Chief Officer Lampe.
AS the nearest land, the Azore islands,
was approximately 400 miles away, all
hands were interested to know where
the music came from. The music con-
tinued and wireless message was sent
to st. Michaels, the capitol of the
Azores. A reply stated that it was a
national holiday and the man at the
flute was playing God Save the King. I"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1913-10-31
Auto Turned Turtle.

Frank Getz, of 1912 Rogers avenue.
had narrow escape Friday morning
when his automobile skidded in Prospect
park and, turning completely over.
pinned him beneath it. He was taken
out after considerable difficulty and
sent to the Swedish hospital. After an
examination there he was discharged
and is now at his home suffering from
cuts and Commissions on his head arms
and legs.
Getz is chauffeur employed by Ed
ward Pulling, of 1916 Rogers avenue.
who owns the big touring car which met
with the mishap. He was driving it
downtown at $50 this morning when the
accident happened. He had lust en-
tered the park on the East drive, and
tried to turn out from a bump in the
road at the junction of East drive and
the Valley drive. The fine drizzling rain
made the road just slippery enough to
be very dangerous and Getz had no
chains.
Turning out to avoid the bump. the
car skidded, rolled over on its side and
then turned completely over, pinning
Getz beneath. 1t was heavy touring
car and Getz's efforts to get out were
of no avail. After a few moments,
however, passing automobiles stopped
and helped him out. He was bleeding
ute freely but no bones were broken.
Brooklyn Eagle.