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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-12

At soc women's heavy flannelette nightdresses. .1. .-
 At Sc fancy Christmas boxes note paper for children.
 At 25c Paris or Boston pad gar ters in fancy boxes.
 At Sc chi1dren's warm mitteus- At 36c celebrated President Sua- penders in Christmas boxes.
 At Sc extra quality gas nnantles- At $1-50 the well known hoFneaptl tlu grey blankets. Very large and heavy. At our new store, corner EaiEllellA Avenue and Broad St. we are having a sale of toys and dolls. Come and see the best lighted store i'm town Lots of room to display the toy san1- pies and we deliver new fresh gOon4 from our reserve stock. Special Sale Between and 10 a. m-
 Only, Main Street Store
 At 3Ac Yard wide cheesecloth. At 3A best light prints
 At 4M c best dark prints
 At 43z c handsome challies.
 At 6A TwiIled cretoOnes.
 At 7M c good cotton batting.
 At 1O1z c kimona flannels like duck ling fleece.
 At sMc our special LonsdaIs cam bric.
 At 12Kc good bed ticking
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-12

A great many people don't attend church nowadays, as they pay their minister to look after such details.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-12

In spite of the fact that some of the girls are wearing tomato red coats many of the men don't turn their heads to look at them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-12
The D. ". Read Company,

influence will stockholders do What will the male representatives of these 10000 plundered of New England do now?
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-12

There are many handsome hOll- day displays in our merchants Mtors windows, which would awaken srsaf admiration if they were seen on the streets of some distant city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-12

Not even the grim business of revo- Iution is permitted to interfere with the observance by Mexicans of the fes- tival of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and tens of thousands of pious pilgrims will lay aside their arms today to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-12

The Congressmen have got to pay a 1 per cent income tax It was a great oversight not to provide that for their own exemption
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-12
Ten Thousand Women Of New England PIundered By The Financial Methods Applied To The New Haven System

E~HE PASSING of the New dividend not A surprise to the readers of The Farmer For six or this telling it's about tenn, and the consequences that must certainly follow
 Unfortunately the methods that have been footing hls great property not the United States than one great fortune founded such brigandage But railroads comparatively few their dsorganzation by the applied to the New Haven system so and the public has time to forget one before another arises
 At the moment the two ends the country disclose similar situation. receivershp. The probe has been inserted into the methods of finance which brought about this receverp and the intimate details reat ing to the property better it been discovered WHO GOT LOOT.
 The historical of footing railroad is simple easily done and has again been done by the insiders entrusted with the management of the property
 The assets diluted by the of securities weaker property for strong properties bought at such make them weak Contracts let from which insiders excessive profits commissions paid bankers dispose of the inflated securities.
 The object frequently monopoly merely consequences loOng The benefit private pockets those who railroad n management.
 Commerce Commission has disclosed certain chase Of trolley lines Steamboats of any value the properties had,
 Who got the proceeds of 1t ought
 The New York World in discussing dividend states the situation n a mt
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-12
GIFT SUGGESTIONS
ARCTICS
RUBBERS
Ask for Goodyear Bear Brand"
 Best of all Rubber Foot
wear.

Mems plain -..1.. 9Sc
 Mems rolled edge .... $40 Boys plain 75c Boys rolled edge ...... 85c Youths plain ......... soc Youths rolled edge ...... FOG WOmen's plain 6Sc Misses plain .... 55c Children's plain ... 45c
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-12

ought
 The New World, in discussing the passed dividen ates the situation in sucont resume as follows:
 eSer e ts 9s s1taas s fn Eseaa a 9
 ea @ as 9 9d psy7 % sFgs the dvaesa @ h
 z 0f New t ngisnd fnr It the
 Wan street dnot Dealings
 tor. nsss sssH sossS f is
 5 p aa G s ss y6a 1aass s4ss
 sn Hoiar 1a Sera sasn only a4 s70 Corporation
 and sas s sf1a s Hin
 that % nsysP % ehf i 7s @ the cause @ ] s a
 notnins has become @ a1
 P< ss n ssess and ass ts s3s
 ] Of R a5s nG nave s" ao9Stess 6 @ tSsSz sen 5roaEs
 face Men f"sn and ~5o not er events @ mighty
 Tsponbe sa G for rs9
 asDf0S's '1
 hn m air" in the 7vesehester
 RRsaRs s6 4sas5 52t
 d ] % e S poo Gs9 s f1s of his
 naase the The aeuna % o as @ pTofi $ no
 o. c aas DsR R in Ra1 t1 1 let @ s a @ s
 fo m tne n l @ the @ Re~ @ belong
 an sanas % % the S @ suzSey pinndered % But how these things happen in the of able laws to prevent embezzemen theft an ne conversion of the property of others?
 The conclusion escaped that the State is to blam he Connecticut Leqisature accompce before the fact The situation New Haven stockholders among who more is largely due to the circumstane lat Connecticut has railroad government and that Conne Legislature always been dominated by the railroad chief politicians in Connecticut those of domnatn nluence known far and wide railroad lo ss promotion for has through raroa 1uence Senate of the United States has not bee great reward for railroad lobbyists of commanding alen xerted in behalf of their master.
 During the last of the General Assembly, Whe rompt would have saved something from the cata .ophe Representative Wilson of Bridgeport asked for estgaon of=the New Haven methods.
 overwhelmingly beaten, although ad shown that in the Capitol exertng inf on 1egislaon officer of the who had test jed before the Interstate Commerce ad S1OOOOO the money of the New Haven soekholde which he had successfully to obtain from the e atre vote favor of desired railroad legsl 
 Iii of this officer of the New Haven Con any may to the conditions which gre stockholders The supervisory of the Sta absent the State had railroad TT govern the railroad because there is potency money the possession of railroad lobbyists to luence the action of public bodies.
 What Is Connecticut going to do about it?
 What is New England going to do about it?
 New England manhood disappeared?
 Can New England women, to the number of 10000, rpped property processes here described mpunity to the offenders?
 Connecticut lost to the prompting of morality al he preceps of honesty that it will submissively submit in any civilized
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-12
The Sale of Pearls Continues

 ly tinted with tempting exhibit Special values a $3.5O, $7.5O S125O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-12
Su~Su~Dake Baskets from Japan

recent importation of these artistic brown Baskets all kinds and styles for all uses Hanging Baskets for Baskets. Also large assortment of tray shapes and sha low Baskets round oval for rolls, sandwiches cakes, Very reasonable in price. l Tn the asenent
 Go to the Gift Room for Farmers Almanac, Shop ping List of Suggestions, and pretty Christmas Blotter. Second floor
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-12-12
Silk Charmeuse
Dress Goods in Boxe

Waist and Dress Lengths Of Silk and Wool ChaIIi, Wool Goods, and Novelties put up tastefu1ly in Holiday Boxes. Materials bought for gifts put up as the customer desires.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
CONGRESSIONAL.

Suffrage parade special invesugat-
ing committee reported disorder of
March was due principally to un-
usual crowds and praised work of the
police.
The House met at noon Thursday
and adjourned until noon Monday. out
of respect to the memory to the late
Representative Forrest Goodwin,
Third Maine district
A memorial from the Denver Cham
ber of Commerce, representing hun
dred or more commercial organiza-
tions and banks of Colorado and pro-
testing against free sugar, was pre-
sented to the Senate by Senator Shat
roth by request.
After a sharp debate over terms,
the Senate adopted q resolution In
structing the judiciary committee to
investigate the charge that lobby Is
teing maintained In Washington. or
elsewhere, to influence pending Leg,
islation, with particular emphasis ON
its efforts for or against the Under
wood tariff bill. now before the H.
nance committee.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
SPORT.

Whisk Broom won the Metropolitan
handicap run at Belmont Park, N. Y.
g. M. Miller was second and Meridian
third. Twelve horses started.
w. G. Scott and L. G. Hornsted.
driving 15-30-horsepower motor car.
at Brooklands, Eng, broke the worlds
record for twelve hours, covering 914
miles GAO yards.
Luther McCarty, the heavyweight
boxer, killed in his fight with Arthur
Pelkey at Calgary. left an estate worth
100000, according to the estimate Of
Attorney v. R. Lowell of Fargo. N. D.
Jules Goux. driving a French car.
won the third annual 500-mile auto
mobile race at the Speedway at In
dianapolis. His time was 6:s1:4S:45.
Last years time was 6:21:06.
Miss Adelaide Ferris Of Carthage,
ILL.,. won the tennis championship of
the University of Colorado at Boulder,
by defeating Miss Hester Fernald.
manager Of the Women's Athletic as
sociation. in a fast set.
Falling 400 feet from an areoplane
in New York, Arthur Lampham, q
youthful parachute jumper. landed
feet first in Staten Island marsh
and was buried to his neck in the
mud. With ropes and boards he was
extricated.
Jack johnson. negro pugilist, who
recently was found guilty of violating
the Mann white slave law. was ar
rested again, this time on the charge
o. cutting out his muffler while riding
In his automobile on North Clark
street in Chicago.
The corners Jury exonerated Pei
key, whose blow killed Luther Nc
Carly in boxing bout at Calgary,
Alberta H. s. Mosher, who per
formed the autopsy on the body OF
McCarty. testified that death was
caused by spinal hemorrhages, the
result OF dislocation Of the neck.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
FOREIGN.

Princess Mary Of England. daugh-
ter Of King George, has proposed to
Lord Kitchener.
The military circles of the Bulgarian
capital expect an almost immediate
outbreak OF hostilities between Bull.
garia and servia.
A religious battle for the stand
ard" resulted in three people losing
their lives and many being seriously
hurt In the town Of Pergola, near
Pisaroya.
Lieutenant Desmond Arthur Of the
killed when his aeroplane turned tur-
tie at a great height at Montrose.
Scotland.
The eight months war between Tur-
key and the allied Balkan states is
ended. The Peace Of London" was
signed in the picture gallery of st.
James palace.
Myron T. Herrick, United States
ambassador to France, placed n
wreath on the tomb of Lafayette in
the Picpus cemetery in celebration Of
Memorial Day.
Immediately after Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst. the militant suffragette
leader. had been released from Hollo-
way jail In London. an attempt was
made to set fire to the Royal Acad-
emy.
The Spanish premier. Count Alvara.
do Romanones, and the other mem
bers of the cabinet resigned. Count
Romanones has been premier since
November IA, 1912, when he took Of
flee after the assassination of former
Premier Canalejas.
The Duchess of Orleans. 1t is an
nounced at Brussels, intends to start
suit for separation. alimony and the
restitution of large sums which 1t Is
affirmed she has advanced, against
her husband, Prince Louis Philippe.
Duke of Orleans. the French pre-
tender.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
4 BRIEF RECORD OF PASSING
EVENTS IN THIS AND FoR.
EIoN COUNTRIES.
IN LATE DISPATCHES
ooiNos AND HAPPENINGS THAT
MARK THE PROGRESS
OF THE AGE.
western Newspaper Union New. Service.
WESTERN.

Nearly 100000 damage was done
at Duluth by a severe electrical
storm.
The Rev. John Greer, for many
years resident of st. Paul, died
aged 104 years.
Mrs. John G. Phillips committed
suicide by drowning herself in rain
barrel at Clear Lake, Iowa.
Governor McGovern vetoed the bill
ordering a referendum In 1874 on the
question OF extending the ballot to
Wisconsin women.
Twenty persons were injured. some
very seriously, in street care COLI
son on the Akron, Bedford & Cleye-
land line near Chicago Two mems
legs were cut off.
Ten schoolboys and schoolgirls of
Ramona, Okla, are farming on eighty
acre farm. The eldest is sixteen-years
old, the youngest ten. They are culti-
waiting their farm while attending
school.
The closing ceremonies of reunion
week of the United Confederate Vet
Grams at Chattanooga. Tenn. were
saddened by the deaths of three aged
soldiers, whose strength had been
overtaxed in the parade.
All Of the expense of the funerals
Of the thirty-seven persons killed in
the pier disaster at Long Beach. Cal,
end that incurred in the care Of the
injured probably will be paid by the
city of Long Beach out of fund to
be raised by special tax levy.
Among the floral tributes sent to
Mcunmept Hill at Canton, Ohio were
wreaths form President Wilson.
George B. Cortelyou. former Secretary
Of the Treasury, and Justice William
R. Day, Of the Supreme Court Of the
United States. to be placed in the
mausoleum which contains the body
Ct President Mckinley.
By an odd coincidence. Mrs. Sarah
Metcalf Beam Kelly and her son, Will
lard Beam. were granted interlocutory
DEGREES Of divorce on the same day at
San Francisco. Added interest ac-
crues from the fact that Mrs. Beam is
q sister and young Beam a nephew Of
former Secretary of the Navy Victor
H. Metcalf. and members of promi-
rent families in the state of Wash
inton.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
ROOSEVELT SUIT ENDS
Trial Abruptly Ended When Editor
Nswstt Publicly Retraets Charges
-coionel Awarded Six Cents

Marquette, Mich.-Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt won his libel suit against
George A.. Newett, who charged the
colonel with drunkenness. The col
onel waived damages after the defend
ant had uttered a retraction, and was
awarded by the jury the nominal dam
ages OF six cents provided in such
cases by the law Of Michigan. Each
party to the suit will have to pay his
own expenses.
Judge F1annigan instructed the
jury to bring in verdict for the plain
tiff, which 1t did without leaving this
jury box. The colonel left for Chicago
md the East in less than two hours
after the conclusion of the case.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
GENERAL.

Former State Senator Stephen K.
stilwell. convicted OF bribery by jury
sfter he had been exonerated by the
New York state Senate. was sent
enced to serve not less than four
years nor more than eight in Sing
Sing prison.
Without single eye witness, in the
toilet Of dance hall in the tender
Ioin district. Dolly Parker, recently
q school girl, now living in her sisters
resort. shot to death "her man" Con-
dit. one Of the most prominent young
men socially of Nashville, Tenn.
julius Werda of Lynn. who six
weeks ago paid DR.. Friedrich Franz
friedman $25 for treatment with the
turtle vaccine. died at Boston, Werda's
widow charges that the serum
has.ened his death. He turned a
dark brown color" said Mrs. Werda.
His body gave out an ordor like that
OF turtle
The chancellor sheriff Jury reform
bill. which has the approval Of Presi-
Cent Wilson, passel the New Jersey
Senate by strict party vote. The
measure passed the lawer branch OF
the General Assembly two weeks ago.
The New York board of education's
ruling that teachers may not marry
and become mothers is to be tested
in the courts, according to announce
ment by counsel for Mrs Bridget M. F.
Pei1otte. charged with neglect of
duty" in marrying without the boards
knowledge and reporting Ill when her
baby was born.
In memory Of the 267 officers and
rien who were lost with the battleship
Maine in Havana harbor is years
ago the National Maine monument
was dedicated at New York.
Direct introduction of bills into Con-
gress by the President and more liber.
al legislation. to include presidential
budget covering all items of national
expense. were advocated by Henry L.
Stimson. secretary of war under Pres
ident Taft, in an attack upon the gov
eminent by congressional committees
at Philadelphia. Stimson addressed
the Law Academy OF Philadelphia.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
WASHINGTON.

Thad Thompson, a wealthy business
man of Austin, Tex, has been appoint
ed minister of Colombia, to succeed
Minister Du Bois.
Although the American reply to the
Japanese protest against California
land legislation was made two weeks
ago, there has been no rejotnder, for
NAL or informal, as yet.
The United States census explodes
the fallacy of the vanishing Indian
race; showing that in the past ten
years there has been an increase OF
the dusky boys and girls Of 7,430, or
seven per cent. The total number Of
Indians in the United States is shown
to have been 265.6s3 in 1910, besides
25,331 in Alaska.
More than million dollars collect
ed in corporation taxes must be sur
rendered by the treasury as a result
Of the Supreme Courts decision that
. corporation leasing its property and
deriving its only income from that
lease is not doing business within the
meaning Of the law and is not taxable.
The White House mint patch, re-
ferred to by Colonel Roosevelt In his
testimony In the libel suit he is press
ing at Marquette. Mich, promises to
become as much an object Of interest
to capital visitors as the Washington
monument or the library of Congress.
Veterans Of the Civil and Spanish
American wars and members of the
women's auxfliaries and other patri.
otic societies Joined in the annual Me
mortal day exercises and the decora-
ton Of the graves Of the nations sol
der and sailor dead.
Secretary Bryan is planning to make
the formal announcement Of ratifica-
ton of the seventeenth amendment
to the constitution. providing for the
direct election Of United States sena-
tors, q memorable event, marking. As
1t does, the elimination Of a move
ment first instituted In Congress
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
sevEnrEEnrH AMENDMENT.

Direct Election Of Senators Bill Signed
by Bryan and Becomes Law.
washington.-In the presence of a
notable company, including many leg
islators who had to do with its adop-
tion, Secretary Bryan signed the for
NAL announcement of the seventeenth
amendment to the constitution. pro-
viding for the direct election of SEN
ators.
Secretary Bryan used four pens to
Sign the proclamation. The first.
which he used to write William"
went to Mr.. TUCKER; the second. with
which he wrote Jennings" went to
Mr.. Rucker; the third with which he
wrote Bryan" he kept for himself,
and that with which he wrote the
date, he delivered to Senator Borah.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
CHARGE PLOT To-
.ExT0RT $4,000
DAVID w. MOORE OF COLORADO
SPRINGS SAYS BANKERS TRIED
TO HOLD HIM UP.
FIVE MEN ARRESTED
ASKED HIM TO PAY 5000 TO
GUARANTEE PAYMENT OF
100000 BONDS.
western N.vsp.p.r Union New. Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Philadelphia, Pa.-Charged with at
tempting to extort $150.000 from Da-
vid Wilson Moore, Sr, Of Colorado
Springs. Colo. and his son. David VIII
son Moore. Jr., of Clayton, N. j., both
Of whom amassed large fortune In
the manufacture of glass; Joseph j.
Summerill. prosecutor of Glouster
county. N. j.: Joseph B. Best Of Wood
bury. a member Of the Glouster county
board of freehoiders; George w. Dick
ensheets, president Of the First Ma
tional Bank Of Glouster City, N. j..
and Harry 8. Tile Of Clayton. who Is
also reputed to be wealthy, were ar
rested In room on the twelfth floor
Of the Bellevue stratford by city and
private detectives.
Before the accused men were taken
into custody the conversation they had
with David Wilson Moore. Jr.. and his
brother-in-law. John Qnackenbush. Of
Paterson. N. j.. was recorded by the
dictaphone or detectaphone.
The meeting, Mr.. Moore declares.
was for the purpose OF forcing him
to pay $1,000 cash to guarantee the
payment Of principal and interest on
bonds to the amount Of 100000 on a
glass plant and some other property
at Clayton In exchange for alleged evil
dence that his brother, Charles c..
Moore, was an embezzler to the
cnount Of at least $4,000.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06

Shipment from Eagle Mine Nets $3.50
Eagle.-The first carload of ore.
amounting to thirty-five tons. which
was shipped from the new silver dis
trict near Eagle, netted $3.50 per ton.
The ore came from the Lady Belle
mine, the only property in the camp
at present that is producing.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
Butter.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Chicago Grains and Provisions,

Chicago.-Wheat-Cash No. red
$1.oc@1.1s; No. 3 red, 95cQ$1.o2; No.
2 hard, 94@96c; No. 8 hard. s2@s4hc;
No. l Northern, 94@s6c; No. Nortn-
ern. s2@s4c; No. Northern, 91Uysc;
No. 2 spring, s29s3c; No. 5 spring.
SIG 92c; No. 4 spring, s4089c; velvet
chaff. 91Q93hc; durum, 9O@96c.
Corn-No. 2, 5Sh059Ac; No. 2
white, 59k@59Nc: No. 2 yellow, 5sA
@5sAc; No. 8. 58@5SAc; No. 8 white,
59A @59kc; No. 8 yellow. 5sQ5sAc;
No. 4. 57@571Ac: No. white, 5sM@
59c; No. yellow. 57@5sc.
Oats-No. 2, 38c; No. white. 41L
@42c; No. 8 white. 3s@3sNc; No. 1
white, 38@39c; standard, 41h@4Nc.
Rye-No. 2, 64c.
Barley-5O@6sc.
Timothy-$325@4.oO.
Pork-$2O.6O.
Lard-$1112H.
Ribs-$11.75@12.5o.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
Grazing Permits Issued.

Meeker.-The government has is-
sued permits for the grazing Of Co.
900 head Of cattle on the White River
forest reserve this summer, a some
what larger number than usual. It
was also announced that 5000 sheep
permits would be issued.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
a.bv kjIIed: Mother Injured.

Denver.-The carelessness and n
mania for speeding Of an unknown
motorcyclist resulted in the death OF
Baby Helen Affley, ten months old.
Mrs. Margaret Affley, the child's
mother. was seriously injured, while
two other children escaped With
slight bruises
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
Bryan signs English Trsaty.

Washington.-secretary Bryan and
Sir spring-Roce, the British ambassa-
dor, signed a renewal for five years OF
the general arbitration treaty between
the United States and Great BKitain.
which expires by limitation on June 4.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
Ranchn,en Capture Negro Thief.

Colorado springs.-Captured by
trio Of irate ranchmen. who. levelins
shotguns at him. forced him to dis
mount froW q three-year-old horse he
had stolen,.- Sherman 8. Wilson, q me-
gro, was brought to Colorado Springs
and lodged in the county jail. He
pleaded guilty to horse stealing.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06

Workman InhaIes Gas Fumes; Dead.
Grand Notwithstanding fumes of
nitric acid while at his work in the
Latimer Chemical Company plant
proved fatal for Wesley Aarons at 81.
Mary's hospital.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06

Report piax on way to Mexico.
Paris.-According to dispatch from
Corunna, Spain, General Porfirio
Diax IL proceeding to Mexico aboard
the French line steamer Espagne.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
.yeulI Marry Better After Breakfast

Greeley-When the Rev. ]. G. Reid
Of this city was reused out Of bed at 6
o'clock in the morning to marry J..
Stewart McPhail and Miss Frances
AnaarSeasAofiSaJatog Of Wyo.. he told
Etheu;tg get some breakfast first and
+'ua3. fhsy .HodfdS hdtfry better and
.easlen Asterwasd. 10 The couple did and
I'M Rav. M Reid married them soon
after 8 O'Clock; 1f-a I'd KY
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06

Vaughan Appointed Commissioners.
Denver.-J. P. Vaughan Of Walden
was appointed water commissioner for
district No. 46 by Governor e. M. Am
mons.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06
Woman, '4s.r, Dead In California.

Stockton, Cal.-Mrs Julia Grier,
member of the famous Jayhawker
party Of thirty-five members, which
left Galesburg. ILL.,, April 5, 1S49, to
make their way across the plains to
the gold fields Of California. died in
Lodi, aged ninety-nine.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06

devse Committees for Colorado Men
Washington.4The following House
committee assignments will be an
nounced: Taylor. public lands. mines
anA mining. irrigation; Heating. labor,
good roads; Seldomridge, banking and
currency: Kindel, District OF Colum-
bsa.
The Springfield herald., 1913-06-06

Coaster Brake Trust Men Plead Guilty
Rochester, N. Y.-The defendants in
the case Of the government against
the coaster brake trust" all pleaded
guilty in the Federal Court here.