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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1913-10-31

WASHINGTON-In a long state
ment just made public representative
Carter Glass of Virginia, chairman of
the house committee on banking and
currency, assails the Vanderlip pro-
posal as a scheme to postpone con-
sideration of the administration plan
to pass banking and currency reform
law at this time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01
SENATE SHOULD CONFIRM
MR. CADWELL'S NOMINATION.

The Democratic party in its platform promised the
people placed in power it would reform the high
way department. The Democratic party is in power and it
duty doing what it agreed to do The evidence is
overwhelming that the highways of Connecticut show
poor results for the money shat has been expended upon
them office of the highway commissioner has been
clearing for politics. rather than engineering
department the construction of roads Governor Bald
win has Caldwell of New Britain to be the
successor of Commissioner Macdonald. The nomination
made, except after careful consideration It
confirmed unless it is shown that Mr.. Caldwell
is not a suitable Nobody claims, pretends to
that the senate should vote for Mr. Caldwell if he is
unsuitable The right to vote for against the
nomination is placed in the senate to protect
the people against inefciency It is not right that is
to be exercised in arbitrary way 1t is especially not
right that exercised for the purpose of prevent
ing delaying the Democratic governor and the Demo
cratic party in carrying reform pledged to the whole
people.
Mr. Caldwell has been under fire for weeks. Moth
ing has been alleged against him that not credtable to
him. Much has been done against him that can be
planned upon other theory than that there those
uentia in the Democratic party who prefer road
tracts from political highway commissioner to the keep
of party pledges The Democratic senator who votes
against the confirmation of Mr.. Caldwell will have some
explaining to do.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01
A MILLION DOLLAR JUBILEE
Local Burroughs Men to Dine in Gel
eIlratiOn of Million Dollar
December Business.


ga Million Dollar Jubilee is what
the local Burroughs men call it, and
the celebration, convention and din
ner will take place this evening at
the Stratfield which will be attended
by eighteen statesmen.
The reason for this Jubilee is the
fact that during the month of Deem
Der, 1912, the business men of Ameri-
ca purchased $1,017, 10000 worth of
Burroughs Adding and Listing Ma
chines-S, 1924 machines in over 492
styles and combinations-not includ-
ing the sales made in Foreign Coun-
tries.
This is the biggest months business
in the history of the big Burroughs
Adding Machine Company. At the
same time, day and hour, that the To-
cal men are celebrating, the program
will be carried out in each of IA 9th
er American cities where the company
has a Sales or District Manager.
From sixty other American offices
and from cities where office is
maintained, the Burroughs men will
journey to the larger offices and join
in the celebration.
The dinners will be strictly informal
ard the men will get together, and
properly celebrate the biggest month
| in the Adding Machine busine ss-the
m onth that passed the million dollar
mark
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01

Delaware provided $4,000 last year
for Delaware College, to accompany
the $4,000 received from Federal
funds; in Maryland the State itself
furnished $36, 600 for the Agrieultu-
raj College. against $4,000 received
from the Federal Government; New
Hampshire's contribution to the State
college was $2O,955; and the State of
Vermont gave only $4,000 out of a
total income of s277.815 reported by
the State University, while $50, 900 was
derived from the United States Gov
eminent and $60,95s from private
benefactions.
In some of the larger State-aided
universities, tuition fees from students
have become an important factor in
the annual income; and others THAI
are to a certain extent public institu-
tions have private benefactions that
yield a permanent working revenue.
Thus the University of Vermont has
consid cradle endowment. Massachu-
sets Institute of Technology, though
aided somewhat by State and Nation
al Government, depends for the bulk
of its income upon the students fees
and private funds; and Cornell Uni
versity received nearly half mil
lion from each of three sources, name
ly, students fees. productive funds
and State appropriations.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01
INCOMES OF STATE COLLEGES.

A total working income of approx
imately $35, 100000 was received by 81
State universities and other State-aid-
ed institutions of higher education
during the past year. as shown by a
bulletin just issued by the United
States Bureau of Education. OF
this amount the United States Govern
rnent contributed about. $5,OOO,OOO
and the State $1S,OOO,OO0k Most of
these institutions do not have large
endowment funds, as many private
colleges and universities have, but
their regular current income from
public appropriations represents a def
mite capitalization of about 100000
500.
The years income passed the two
million mark in the case of three State
universities. The University of Hin
els had an income during 1911-l2 OF
S2263,711; the University of Mime
sofa $26S2,499; and the University OF
Wisconsin $2,122,297 Cornell Univer-
sity. Ithaca, N. Y, which is teehni-
cally a private institution but re-
ceives State and Federal aid, reported
total receipts of over three million
| dollars with a net income available for
current expenses of about million
and a half.
| Several other State-aided institu-
tions are in the million-dollar income
class. These include the University
| of Michigan which had an income OF
a
t$1,343, o57; Ohio State University, with
tS1O11, 571; and the University of Cal
fafornia, with $1,711,393. The latter
s:had an additional half million from
private benefactions. The State OF
Iowa supports several institutions OF
college and university rank with q
combined income of over two million
| dollars.
Some of the States are exceeding
I1y generous to their colleges and uni
yersities, aid in such cases the Nation
| az Government contribution is only
| a small fraction of the total. Illino1:
insects the Governments 10000 witt
| Ii early two million dollars from Stat
funds, and there are several ethel
p; States that are Similarly open-handed
Mo- st of the States give to higher ed
uesa ton greater sum than they re
cedHe from the United States Govern
mssrgt.
| tOrn the other hand, a few States de
pencil to a considerable extent upoI
-I<cla Sans hauntv. The State n
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01
FREEDOM OF DISCUSSION.

The first step toward making the
House of Commons of England a real
ly independent and powerful legisla-
tive body was taken at the instigation
of Sir Edward Coke, who was born
361 years ago today, Feb. 1, 1852. 1t
was the eminent lawyer who led the
Commons in the decisive action of en-
tering on the journal of the House the
immortal petition of 1921, insisting on
the freedom of parliamentary discus
sion, and the liberty of speech of every
individual member. For this revolu-
tionary action Sir Edward was thrown
into confinement. Upon his release he
returned to Parliament, and took a
most important part in drawing up
the great Petition of Right. Harsh
and cruel as he often was, as judge
and lawyer. his faults have been for
given because of his great services to
humanity. He found the Commons a
body of towards, subservient to king
and lords, and he started it on the
career which has ended with the lords
playing second fiddle to the triumph
ant commoners.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01
THE WHITE WINGS Wall.

Twas on the curb beside the street,
Accounting the holes in view,
That -fG1sn1 = SS1 with a b1eary &%As
Who was sad and mournful too.
His face was dusty, and grimy, and
black,
And dusty and black was he,
And heard the guy on the curb recite
In wailing and mournful key:
ooh. I'm the guy with the 6leary eyes
who through winter, and summers
heat
Has the job to clean the beautiful
thing,
This city calls a street
81 cocks my eye as I passes by.
For every break and bust;
When I spies one out, [ gives a shout
And I sweeps her full of dust.
Them holes is all like brothers to me,
And loves 'em- every one,
I've seen 'em come and grow, and
grow,
Wherever the asphalt run.
Now there's hole that's twelve year
There's one that is only ten.
And many a ouss them holes has
drawed
From hundreds and thousands or
men.
s.And tf,ere's hole that came last
sBut she's growing fast, you bet;
I've watched her spread. and had my
That shed she'd be the biggest yet.
| 1.-TWO hundred to every block, we got,
And I've knowed 'en all from birth
love 'em too, for<I knows right well
We've the toughest streets on earth.
ST loves 'em all like brothers. do.
I loves 'em one and all"
And the dusty guy with the bleary eye,
A splashing tear let fall.
| There great big hole on AvenuesC.
That's been my favorite.
She busts a wagon every day,
And two autos every night
| s<And every time passes her by,
She calls to me and says,
TIM busting 'em every day old man,
In forty different ways.
And the dusty guy with the bleary eye
| Asked with a pitifu1 smile.
you don't never believe they'll fill 'eIfl
up?
At least not yet awhile?
"For I hear they're tgoing to issue
| bonds,
! And put them holes away;
L wants to know, for I sheds a tear.
To think of that awful day.
For I'm the guy with the b1eary eye.
| Who through winter. and summers
| heat
Has the job to clean the lovely thing
This city calls a street -
poao1, IN sanAn+onio Tie1o+
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01
BR,ER GRoUNDHoG WIIsL !
DECIDE LENGTH OF
WINTER TOMORROW

Ii Candlemas day be clear and bright,
Winter will take another flight;
If Candlemas day be dull and gray,
Winter will quickly haste away.
Tomorrow will be CandIemas day,
and it is, up to Br'er Groundhog
whose speciality is to enlighten the
world when to put the furs away with
the TnothbaIIs- In most parts of the,
world the Winter has been exception
ally mild. and few sections of North
America and Europe have known the
rigors that aforetime accompanied the
--old-fashioned. sWinterss, In New
York several days IN January wer 2
the xarmest since the weather sharp.
began keeping records. In the mid
die of January the grass was green in
Central Park London also enjoyed
a mild January for the most part.
The Atlantic was very bofsterous dur
ing the early part of last month, and
a number of transatlantic liners had
difficult passages
II the grounding doesn't see his
shadow Tomorrow. this Winter may
be on the whole as mild as the Win
tiers of Is89-1s90, when the average
temperature in New York was Ais.
and 1se1-1S92, which was exception
ally mild all over North America.
Looking back over the weather rec
ords for February we find that this
month thirty years ago was ushered
In by terrible storms which resulted
ir disastrous floods. especially in Ohio.
Indiana and western Pennsylvania
Three years later, in 1886, February
brought a snow storm which covered
tfe whole North American continent
east OF the ROckies- Even the south
ern States were showed under. Rail-
roads throughout the United States
and Canada were generaIIv- blocked
ana many lives were lost
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01
THE BURDEN OF WAR.

War lays its heaviest burdens upon the and
children The bill pension the widows and minor chill
dren Of officers and enlisted men who served in the war
to the assertion The bill has passed the Senate It
provides for pension to widow of honorabl dis
charged Spanish veteran who shall have died before
the passage of the bill payment Of $12 month
vided during wdowhood and 50 month for each minor
child until it shall have passed the age of sixteen The
pension to be paid only when the annual income of the
widow is less than $3.50 War is expensive, but If
ton will fight it must pay.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01
FRATERNAL NEWS
-cK BpNEFrr ASSOC.

SICK BENEFIT ASSOC
ELECT OFFICER
The annual meeting of the Sick
Benefit Association of Joseph Dowda-ll
lodge, No. 40, Knights of Pythias, was
held last evening. when reports were
read showing the association to be In
a fine Condition. The following dfrec-
tors were elected for the ensuing
wear. Charles @. Hubbard, L. B. Bud
dington, E. H. LiefeId, F. L. Chapman,
a l. Lacy, c. A. Judson and p W.
PnIver. The directors then elected
these officers: President, F. L. Chap
man: vice president, L. 3 Budding
ton: secretary treasurer, P w Pun
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01

fected. his voice has carrying power
and the enunciation is distinct: His
crayon work is aecpmP "a e, wfLn a
an evenings entertainment. One OF
his problems is to have persons in the
audience make five points and then
use these five points as part OF ene
drawn. Mr.. Parker will be a central
figure in the fourth annual Cnau-
tauoua assembly of Bridgeport Fas-
torss association February 17-21 IN
South Congregational and the First
Methodist churches.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01
On Second Thought
BY Jay E. House



The man who knows "a celebrity
well enough to call him by his first
name, never overlooks an opportunity
to do SO.
Now that there is nothing else be-
fore the meeting, what is the idea that
anirnates the tailor who puts an inside
pocket in a vest?
Until man does something note
worthy the little bunch of whiskers on
his chin is described as a 'tgoatee; .
After he achieves eminence it is re-
ferred as as an Imperial
we make some progress. The ethics
of casual conversation have been re-
written and the phrase. las fine as
silk has been eliminated.
Inquiry has also been made for the
old fashioned boy who called his IA
Their pap
Wherever Kentucky and California
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01

How women have advanced from
the educational ranks to the highest
administrative positions in the pub
lie schools is Interestingly revealed in
figures just compiled by the United
States Bureau of Education. Four
States-CoIorado, Idaho, Washington.
and Wyoming have women at the
head of their State school systems.
and there are now 495 women county
superintendent in the United States,
nearly double the number of ten
years ago.
In some States women appear to
have almost a monopoly of the higher
positions in the public school system,
Wyoming has a woman State Superin-
tendent; the Deputy State Superinten-
dent is a, woman; and of the fourteen
counties in the State, all but one are
directed educationa11y by women. In
Montana, where there are thirty coun-
ties only one man is reported as hold
ing the position of county superinten-
dent.
The increase in the number of wo-
men county superintendent is most
conspicuous in the West, but is not
confined to that sections New York
tendents,'' as against IL school com
missioners'' in 1900. Other States
showing marked increases are: Iowa,
from 13 in 1900 to A in 1912; Kan
SaS, from &c in 1900 to 40 IN 1917;
Nebraska, from 10 to AZ in the same
period; North Dakota from 10 to "a;
Oklahoma, to IA. In only two
States is a decrease reported-Ten-
nessee had 9 in 1900 and only in
1912, and Utah has one less than a
! decade ago.
Together with the advancement of
| women in the administrative branch
of education has come a demand for
women on local school boards, and
this demand has been recognized in
many communities. The following
cities of 100000 population or over
report one or more women on the
school board: New York. Chicago,
Cleveland San Francisco, Milwaukee,
Washington, Indianapolis, Rochester,
ST. Paul, Denver, Columbus, Worces-
ter, rand Rapids, Cambridge, and
| Fall River. Numerous smaller mu-
inequalities have adopted the idea.
The important place assigned to
! women in American education has
| become so usual as to excite little
comment in this country; yet Ameri-
can conditions in this respect are the
reverse of those of most nations. Il
| is probably safe to say that in no 9th
| er country in the world are there a!
| many women teachers proportional1y
as in the United tates; in fact mel
teachers greatly outnumber the wo
Omen in most European countries.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01
PITT PARKER ecRAYoN WIZARD"


Making something from nothing is
said to be impossible but many things
are made by Pitt Parker with only
crayon and blackboard. His appel
la.tion of "crayon wizard'' is rightly
given and. thousands have been de-
lighted by his realistic work. He pre-
sents a peculiar program of entertain
iment and one that has pleased in the
past and is bound to please. One dis
tinction is that a creative spirit is
shown and imitation is avoided.
Then too there is a clear purpose
from the beginning of his appearance
to more than provoke smile and his
,hurnor and comic sketches are char
acterized throughout by consistency
and discrimination
In his past lectures, the color eff
/ fects and landscapes have been not
| only works of art but arouse much
| enthusiasm on account of the rapid
| ity novelty and accuracy in execu-
| ton.
His platform appearance is on paI
with his work. His manner is unaf-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01
Garniture for Gowns

TUNES in gold, silver and crystal spangled net, late
designs that are beautiful and distinctive.
Jet and Crystal Collars, Pastrons, and bo1ero
shapes, prices reduced to close before inventory
These beautiful adornments for dresses at most
reasonable prices this week, and the who is de-
sirous of making up and Inexpensive garments
who is making old ones will be able to produce
and charming gowns at little cost
Trimming Section
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01
FALLS 11O FEET TO DEATH
Thomas J. O'Connor- Engineer, In
stantly Killed When fScaffold
COIIapses.,

Newark, N. J., Feb. Thomas J.
O'connor, rs years old, mechan1cal
engineer. fell no feet to his death at
the plant of the Air Turbine company
of America, South Fourth and Middle
sex streets, HARRISON, yesterday az
ternoon. 4;,.
bo;eted to the new tower in the plant
of the Turbine company when the
scaffoldinE at the top, on Whlcn
O'Connor was standing gave way ano
he with the weight of the monster
niece of iron plunged to the ground.
The casting in falling narrowly MISS
ed crushing him to pulp. Inc Inc
air as he heard the creaking of the
tinnbens giving way saved several
worIxn1en at the base of the nuge
piece of work. With the warning cry
to safety just as the iron and body
came hurting to the earth. - I Iso,
was dead when carried into ST James
| hospital in this city.
NeT 1 1e this ci Fse brother on thy
| dead man, went last night to Airing
ton to take charge of the ogtv remains ms
| dead mans parents, Mr.. and Mrs
| THOMAS J. O'Connor. ST., reside or
| valley street Westville.
| Mr.. O'Connor had been married only
two Years His wife was Miss Caro-
line WEIGH, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
| Michael WEIGH of 1892 Whalley ave
! nue.. He had been WORKING TOT On
past eighrt months in ArI1ngtcs, 1ea~'
i ing Winchester's factory to follow hi
nrofession in Arlington. For the pas
| three months Mrs. O'COnnor, with he
two months old baby has been stay
! ing with her parents and when tn
| news was brought to her last nigh
of the death of her husband she wa,
| Frustrated.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01

Another thing-if we let the won1-
en- vote next year, how long will it
be before they won't let us vote p
Galveston News.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01
CULLED FROM THE COLUMNS

A Chicagoan swallowed his false
teeth. He need never again complain
that he ate his food without thor
oughly masticating it.-Exchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01

No Man ever sank under the burden
of to-day 1t is when to-morrow's bur-
den is added that it seems more than
one can bear. Live, then, to-day, and
tomorrow will always be bearable.-
Macdonald.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01

Washin are inter
ested in John Barton's reinforced
chest A loaded street sprinkler ran
Barton down, the wheels passing over
his chest. He suffered only a few
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01

Europe now knows nothing like the
"old-fashicned winters which in past
centuries brought widespread suffer-
ing and death in their wake. In the
year 4O1, and again in 1853, the Black
Sea was entirely frozen over and in
$50 the Adriatic was frozen. In
1881 nearly all of the houses in Aus
tria were buried under snow, and in
1891 the Winter in Austria was so
cold that the starved wolves, made
ferocious by hunger, entered Vienna
by thousands and attacked the in
haIbitants. No such Winters as these
4have been known in modern times.
into effect to-day by the London Lo-
cal Government Board, non pulmonary
tuberculosis is included in the list OF
compulsory notifiab1e disease. In
explaining this unprecedented ruling,
the board points out that more than
half the deaths from that disease in
London are those of children under
five years of age. 1t is believed that
notification by physicians of all such
cases may enable the board to bring
about an improvement of the condi-
lions under which the children live.
The national insurance act is also ex-
pected to bring about great improve
nents in the London slums, by penal
izine the owners of unSanitary tene-
ments and it is in these slunns that
the white plague finds the majority OF
its victims.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01

We are ready to bet that the house
of ladies and not the House of Lords
is the. real boss when it comes TO
home rule.-FTorida Times-Union.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01

get together there is a contest for the
chest expansion championship.
In country neigro orhood they do
not describe that phase of mental tur-
MOL as "a Crouch They say the
man who has it acts like 'bear with
a sore paw
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01
he y. NJ. Read CO.
Established 1857.

A Small Group of Spring Gowns,
that have been used as models for 1913.
Sample Gowns in styles for Spring a very small
group that the tai1ors have finished with, and which
will be just right for those who going to
away to the South through the next month
two
In medium size, SO only.
Materials fine tailored cloths, gray in plain or
two-toned effects, navy blue and old blue. Collar fac
ngs of plain Persian silk satin Innings and all per
fectly finished
$1,000 and $500.
Second floor
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01

Now Ad. Wolgast, the pugilist,
comes out and says too much brandy
defeated him. Same old champion of
all of them-Penny Press.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01

With the permission of the republi-
can authorities, Portuguese royalfsts
will to-day hold memorial services in
honor of King Carlos and Crown
Prince Luiz, who were ASA ssinated
five years ago to-day. The remains
of the royal victims of the anarchists
lie buriedjn the Cathedral of st. Vim
cent, Lisbon, where requiem masses
will be offered.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-02-01

Governor Baldwin seldom errs. His
judiciary selections are invariably of
the highest type. There is no excep-
ton in his appointments made Tues
day.-Hartford Times.