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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-08
Should Capital Punishment
 Be Inflicted Upon Women :?

HOULD who commits premeditated be EO hung for her crime, the a might be?
 The question easy to answer ficut than many will suppose. There s place. wide difference of opinion upon subject among uallY endowed with intellect.
 great against nflictng capital upon women may be urged
 Sufragiss may claim that since make the laws they should not be subject to the laws.
 Others claim that nobody should capital pun ishment for and this question simple some folks would have it. But those who hang because they do not believe hanging anybody, part in this discussion which is whether should exempted from the death penalty because woman for reasons peculiar to her
 The question has connection with the tence imposed Mrs Bessie Wakefield young conspred with her to lay her ford have begun agitation for the repreve What would do if you the board of pardens let the its course Imprisonment? subject unusual social in in all aspects knowledge ignorance may do much.
 Beginning Monday, the columns The Farmer " be. for the discussion of this interesting question should preferably brief But paper writer given publication guarantee of good faith
 All communications which these conditions be impartaly presented, until further notice.
 This the question: SHOULD A WOMAN COMMITS PRENIEDTTATED MJRDER FOR HER CRIME THE SAME AS A MAN MIGHT REP"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-08
SCHOOLS TO CELEBRATE
 LIFE ON THE FARM

So fundamental is the Upbuflding of rural life, in the opinion of Dr. P. P. Claxton, United States Commisstoner of Education, that the observance in the schools of one day each year as Agriculture and Rural Life Day. should become a national custom, in- stead of being confined to few States, as at present. 'sWe can do without some of our anniversaries, if need be- says Dr. C1axtota, ito have time for this, the most fundamental of all The children in our schools should be given an opportunity to pause in their regular work and con sider the significance of agriculture and rural life; the worth and wortht- ness of tiIlage of the soil; and the beauty and glory of simple and sane life in the open country
 Dr. Claxton points cut that in sew era1 States ssAgriculture and Rural IAfe Day. has already been 1ntroduc- ed into the schools, at the suggestion of the Bureau of Education. In oth- CT States exercises appropriate to the purpose are held in connection with Arbor Day, Thanksgiving Day, or the Harvest Home celebration. In order to aid In the proper observance of the day, under whatever name 1t may be celebrated. the Bureau of Education has just issued a bulletin in arranging an interesting program.
 F'fttingIy prefaced with the County Boys Creed,s' the bulletin includes sections on mans struggle for food; the application of science to agricu1- ture: men influential in improving agriculture-from George Washing ton down through Luther Burbank, Liberty E. Bailey, and other present day men; our domestic animals; and a study of forests
 How vegetables have been used as medicines among different peoples; bread-making through the ages; the mysteries of mother earth; the origin of food plants; cooperation among farmers; wonders of a single acre these and other topics treated with special reference to glorifying country life. Following each discussion there is list of suitable poems and songs on farming and farm life.
 What we have tried to do," said pr. CIaxton yesterday. ''is to get to- gether in convenient form material that will help in the movement for appreciation of the true value and beauty of farm life among all classes of our population. The wider observ- aiace of Agriculture and Rural Life Day. both in city and country schools. will give the coming generation a clearer insight than the past has had into the fact that agriculture is the basis of national wel-being, and that there is no more honorable work in life than that on the farm.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-08
vEsPER INSTITUTE
SOUTH CHURCH

The following letter has been re- ceived by pr. Swain in connection with the subject under discussion at the Vesper Institute. It is a real hu- man document, and pr. Swain will dissect and answer it for the benefit of this sincere man and others. .
 .sAs a child had the usual religious ideas. I remember, however, to have been ashamed of public worship by the time was ten years of age. When was fourteen, was strangely inn pressed by the externals of religion as exempltfed by an old gentleman. was baptized and united with the church. am not conscious that was influenced by anything but the ex- terna1s of religion. At the age of 16, I earnestly sought reality, feeling that I recognized 1t in some others yet I did not get much hold on it for my self. By the time I was IT began seriously to- question the reality of re- ligion. My first doubt was as to the efficacy of prayer. Unbelief did not come from choice for was sincerely seeking all of the time. I am still a member of the church but the path of faith seems blocked at many points Can you give me a God to whom I can pray with confidence and child like simplicity I sincerely desire 1t if it is possible to throw my whole beng into the process and if my conceptions can be brought into accord with my moral and spiritual impulses
 Miss Gertrude Field, violinist, will render the following selections, com mencing at ten minutes before 5:
 A Prayer-Padre .............. Martini The Evening Song .....-.. Schumann Prelude -.-....-...-r Pusnani- tSreisler
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-08
EDITORIAL NOTES

The first demonstration of the re- markable discovery popularly known as the ssX-rays'' was made by Dr. William Conrad Rontgen, Dutch physicist, eighteen years ago today, Nov. & 1895 The discoverer did not announce his method of photograph ing the unseen until the following December. and the first full descrip- tion was given to the world through the Berlin Physical Society early in 1896 The discovery Of '[x-rays" ap- pealed to the popular imagination as no other scientific attainment had done for years, and the press of the world devoted much space to the possible uses of the Rontgen rays The EIn- peror Of Germany called the discoverer to demonstrate the rays before him, and permitted a "shadowgraph'' of the imperial arm to be taken. Rontgen's discovery has been Of great assistance to surgeons and German and English physicists are now conducting experi- ments with x-rays that promise to shed a new and brilliant light upon the structure of atoms and molecules.
 Brazil's foremost statesman, pr. I4auro Severiano Mueller, who recently made an extensive North American tour, was born half a century ago to- day. of German parents. Since the in auguration Of President Marshal Her mes da FonSeca three years ago this month, he has been Minister of For eign Affairs, the most important post in the Brazilian cabinet He helped to abolish slavery in the South American republic, and was one of the fathers of the republic and eigners of the constr- tuition. Since the overthrow of the enn- plre in 1889, pr. Mueller has been three $E=es the governor Of his nz<-ye state of Santa Catarina, and has served three terms in the House and two in the Senate. As premier of the cabinet he has been a leader in the great movements that have made Brazil one of the most prosperous countries on the map, and Rio de Janeiro one of the worlds magnificent capitals.
 Dr. Mueller Is a handsome man, of the intellectual type, and speaks Ger man. French and, with a lesser fa- eility, English. as well as the Portu-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-08
THE DEATH OF A
 GREAT SCIENTIST

A great scientist and a great man has passed in the death. in his s1st year, of Alfred Russel Wallace, bio logist and humanitarian. He belong ed to that English group of pioneers of thought who became celebrated half century ago, and he belonged as we'll to the 20th century with it's baff1ing new worlds awaiting conquer ors. Wallace shared with Darwin, in ideal companionship, the immortal fame of the revolutionary formula ton of the theory of natural selection as affecting the animal species, in cluding man; and he was only second to Darwin in e1aborating the theory and contributing to the data support ing it.
 Unlike Darwin, whose health com pelled him to devote his energies to the single purpose of his biological discovery. Wallace gave his great in tellect to a wide range of highly i'm portant human interests. The pioneer spirit he kept to the end, and while his fame as a pure scientist may suf- fer, at least for the present, from this very fact, there is inspiration in the attacked the problems of sociology, and essayed the even more venture. some field beyond the borderIand', of science. The career which has closed was typical of the age and prophetic of the greater days to come.-Spring- feId Ren11Flfcan
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-08

The Lord Mayor Of London, who rules over the circumscribed business section called ''the city" is the recip- tent of a salary of $50,OO0 for the single wear of his reign. This is a consider able sum, but the holder of the office is expected to spend at least twice that much on banquets, receptions ana olS- plays. or be forever disgraced as a 'ttfghtwad-''
 The office of Lord Mayor of London dates from the year 11s9, and the first incumbent was Henry Fftzalwyn, who held the job for twenty -four years In 1914 a new charter directed that the mayor be chosen annually, which has ever since been done. Sir David Bur nett. who was elected in 1912, was the 7OOth Lord Mayor of London In an- cient times the Lord Mayor was eI1ti- tied to a tithe of all the fruit brought into the city for sale, and an annual tribute of fruit is still paid.
 The Lord Mayors banquet is one or the lavish and costly features of the installation program. Many mayors have spent their entire years salary on this one "feed,'' and it Is reported that in 1874 the GuildhaH feast, which was graced by the presence of the Prince Regent, afterward George ", and the Emperor of Russia and the King or Prussia, cost the incumbent $125,O00. Tn return for this lavish hospitality lI1G AAAc@0O tA4S -@-SS@ o- - on the spot.
 MT. Popys in his diary tells of one Lord Mayors banquet where there were ten good dishes to 8 mess, and plenty of wine of all sorts; but we had no napkins no change of trenchers, and drank out of the earthen pitchers or wooden dishes
 So long as he stays in 'sthe city, proper the Lord Mayor has rank next to that of the King, and even the monarch can't enter the city without his consent. Technically the Lord Mayor takes precedence of the queen Consort and in 'tthe city, such digni- tariee as the Prime Minister, the Lord Chancellor and the Archbishop of Cam terbury are inferior in rank to His worship the Lord Mayor The prtnct- pal official duty of the Lord Mayor, besides being a lavish entertainer and a good fe1Iow,'' is to preside over the court of justice in the Mansion House, where the cases that come before him are principally of the i'd. and d. drunk and disorder1y-class-
 If the suggestion of the WorId'e Pur- ity Federation meets with favor, to- morrow will be observed as Purity Sunday by c1ergymen of all denom- nations the world over. The minis ters of religion are requested to pression of the white slave traffic, the encouragement of a single and high standard of morality for both sexes, and social and moral better ment generally. Purity Sunday comes at a time when 'tthe icy bar rier of the great taboo" has apparent ly broken down, and pulpit, press and stage have engaged in open warfare on one of the worlds most ancient evils
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-08
Mad Kings Successor
 Formally Takes Throne

Munich, Bavaria, Nov S-Ludwig III. the new king of Bavaria, who re- placed the mad King Otto, took the oath, today, in the throne room of the palace with the simple formula pre- scribed by the Bavarian constitution:
 'tI swear to rule according to the constitution and the imperial laws, so help me God and His Holy Scrip tures."
 The new king had previously de1iv- cred a short speech, giving his pledge to devote himself to cooperate with the Bavarian parliament in furtherine the cultural and economic progress of Bavaria
 All thA princes of the house of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-08
Official Recognition
 Coming To Brave Keeper
 Of Boston Light Station

Washington, Nov. s-secretary Red field, of the department of commerce. is preparing a letter of commendation to Winfield l.. Creed, keeper of a Bos- ton harbor light station, for bravery in assisting two fishermen whose boat had capsized in a sudden squan.
 Keeper Creed observed the accident and after a hard row through a chop py sea succeeded in rescu1ng Char1es L. Pike and recovering the body of Clarence P, Pike, who had lost his hold on the wreckage. The accident occurred near Spectacle Island, some distance from Creed's station.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-08

has given ton of milk in four weeks. When his herd becomes too large he auctions the surplus, and many of these prize animals have been sent to the United States and Canada. Lord Rothschild formerly made it a rule never to give interviews to newspa- pers, but he has lately changed his at tftude, and now often receives the rep resentatives of the press. On a recent occasion he expressed the view that Mexico would benefit from annexation by the United States.
 Lord Rothschild is now the foremost member of a family which is in posses sion of wealth to the amount of over S2, 1000, 900. 900. All of the other financial dynasties of the world, such as the Rockfel1ers, the Astors, the Bleschrod- CTS, the Vanderbilts and the Sassoons, shrink into insignincance when com pared with the Rothschi1ds. Lord Rothschild, like most of the members of the family, married a relative. the daughter of Baron Charles de Roth schild of Frankfort. His mother was a daughter of Baron Charles de Roth schild. of the Naples branch of the family.
 London's new Lord Mayor, Sir paper dealer, will be sworn into office today. The pageantry of the Lord Mayors show, an annual affair to which all Londoners fond of pomp and display and quaint ceremonies look forward with eagerness, is usually held on the ninth of November, but as that date falls this year on Sunday, the program will be carried out today and Monday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-08

vivid sense of humor, and his witty saIlies have often convulSed all Brazil with laughter. He Is a man of re- markable energy, and at one time he was not only the Brazilian Minister Of Public Works, but also the head or the postal department, and in addition an active officer in the army, and in his intervals of leisure practiced his profession of civil engineer.
 When asked to give his impressions of North America, Dr. Mueller made a gesture indicating an utter inability TO compass the subject. New York he considered wonderful, but San Fran cisco and Los Angeles scarcely less so, and he was enthusiastic as to the effect the Panama-Pacific exposition would have in cementing the relations between the northern and southern continents.
 Baron Nathan Mayer Rothschild, head of the English branch of the born in Piccadilly, London, seventy three years ago today. The great financier is twice a baron, holding that title in the peerages of both the United Kingdom and Austria He was educated at Cambridge, and for twenty years he was member Of the House of Commons. He has a magnificent city mansion in PccadilIy, and a vast country estate, Tring Park, in Herts. Lord Rothschild is noted as a. live stock breeder as well as a money king, and for nearly score of years he has been breeding s11orthorn cattle at Tring Park, with a view to developing then milking qualities. One cow of his her0
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-08
This Coming Week, Ladies,
 a Kafee>kIatsch."

Aus Deutschland comes this new Coffee PercoIator which will be introduced to visitors pleasant way It is called 'The Sex,' and invented and made in Germany. Like unto the magical operations of some old alchest the coffee distilled into glass reort under which burns alcohol lamp. There is metal at any time in touch with the coffee. The water boils and u bes while the coffee percoates through the straineT the glass globe retort, clear wine.
 This demonstration will be conducted in the Base ment Furnishing Store during the morning hours and all persons interested in making perfect coffee invited
 In the afternoon coffee will be made and served in the pleasant Reading Room the second floor com mencng about three o'clock.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-08
Pair Of MurdererS
 Sent To Wethersfield

New Haven, Nov. 8-James PIew and Joseph F. Bergeron, convicted of murder, were transferred from the county jail here to the state prison at Wethersheld, this morning. Both men were taken by Deputy Sheriffs Bradley and Farrell on a trolley car to the station.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-08

witte1sbach to which the king be- longs, the Bavarian ministers and de- putations from the two houses of the Bavarian parliament, witnessed the ceremony, which was followed by a salute of 1O1 guns.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-08

A very smart costume is made of cherry-colored velvet, trimmed with gray woo1en embroidery and gray fox f1lre
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-08

''sir," said the office boy to his ens- ployer, "as you know very well fhn1 my family is in perfect health, T aeaz you to let me off this afternoon to go to the ball game
 Young man." replied the boss. 'tyou are entirely too honest have my suspicious of you Xou are fr- d.''-Portland Express
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-08
RUBBER GOODS

FOUNTAIN sYRnTGEs All sizes and kinds 75c to S9
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-08
he D. VI. Read Go.
 Eska6EshTa 1857.
Dining Room Furniture. Limbert,s 'FIolland~Dutch" in ligf
 Fumed Oak.

One of these very pleasing Suites is shown in Main ISt window at present The wood is natural fmed Oak which is less sonbre than the Old English with its medieval coloring The pieces in variety of models and not expensive considering high quality and finish. Also these suites of admitted to the modern apartment dining
 
 China Cabinet S4AOo Serving Table, $16O0 Round Dining Table ~ands 8 extension, $42OO Five Sidechairs and $51OO With the suite is set of Dinner Chimes, of the wood with five barS of very pleasing tone. $12.75.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-08
RUBBER FOOTWEAE

Arctics and Overshoes Mems Arctics. .9Sc to S3.OO
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-11-08

RUBBER BOOTS All Styles, Best Quality
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-01-23
- ---- WE WILL NOW HAVE - -
A Feu Remarks
q. "a "a FL q
By WALTER B. HILTON

THE WORKMEN'S. COMPENSATION bill which
will be introduced in the Legislature by Jesse Bloch of this
county, is the the workers want There will likely be
attempt made by the to cloud the issue by
introducing number Of workmens compensation bills
alleged to be just good the patent salesman
says but the people will not stand for being fooled again
The Bloch bill is the that fathered by the
Ohio Valley Trades and Labor Assembly, the Business
Mems Association and the Board Of Trade Of this city
1t is favored by the decent employers Of this section IL
fact nobody opposes it but the coal barons who would
rather keep killing and manning than pay their usl
share toward derayng the accident cost Of their
dustry and the casualty insurance men, whose business
it is to make private profit out Of the crying needs
widows and orphans and defenseless crpples meeting
was recently held in this city at which attempted
to have local manufacturers agree to modification o.
the bill that would let the insurance companies from
east creep into competition with the state and stand be-
tween the injured in industry and their compensation
but it fell with dull thud The hackers Of the bill wou,
stand for change in it. There must be change in it
There must be compensation hereafter for the injured
industry and this compensation must be paid by tn,
state Private profit is bad enough anywhere but the
awakening social conscience shrnks from the CHASTITY
thing Of permitting men to scrape their private prof
from the broken bones of children And that's what
casualty insurance is.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-01-23


suffering throughout Wheeling and the Ohio Valley Once
more the thousands who forced to live in the low lands
have been driven from their homes and the river has
taken its toll Of misery The river reluctantly return
ing to its banks has left behind trail Of mud and filth
and sickness The poor those who could least afford It
have suffered most because they forced seek the
lowest rents and rents being entirely matter property
Value the natural gravtation Of the properyess class
to the less desirable, low-lying sections.
Because it is the poor who have suffered little con
strucve thought has been given to the problem Of floods
We have accepted the rivers annual bursting of it's bonds
as natural phenomena and have patted ourselves on
the back as beautifully progressive since we no longer
view the thing visitation Of Providence. And Yet
floods have little excuse for existence as has censp
ton In fact, tuberculosis is more difficult to cure thai
are floods.
Both, however, largely due to the fact that few
people permitted to exploit the many for their owl
private profit. In it brings about crowded anC
filthy conditions In factories and homes and ends in con-
SUMPTION in the other brings about the denudng of oul
hills and brings about floods We have often been told
how to cure consumption social diseases we will now
tell how to cure floods
Put the trees back upon hill Sides Then the rain
and the snow will be held back long enough to come
gradually Then build dams natural basins at the head
waters hold the water back at flood seasons and let
come reasonably during the dry seasons when is needed
for irrigation and navigation Incidentally use the stored
up water power to make electricity for the towns along
the line.
It's big job, but collective energy can do it. if the
idea OF private profit is eliminated.
Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1913-01-23

IN OHIO the legislature is considering bill putting
he convcs to work upon the roads of the state This
Mould be passed and it should be promptly copied by the
Vest Virginia legislature. It will the double pur
Of giving the state good roads and taking from
ettive industry the convict victims Of the prison
tractors. Y ~ E"a~<
The present system is most perncious. Convcts ar,
PUT to work at nominal wage rate For prison contractors
they taught no trade useless one and the product
# their labor is dumped upon the arketn competition
with the product Of free labor with the result that the
free workers beaten down in their wages until they
get below the honest subsistence point and themselves be-
convcts The danger to free labor is inmized up
nroad work. for this work would not otherwise be done
Now since the automobile owning public is large
lfuential there reason why such law should moi
passed 4