The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-09-03
Three Stratford Homes
 Visited By Burglars Some Time Labor Day
To Find Jewelry and Other Va1ua- bIes Gone-Thieves Leave
 No Clue.
Special to The Far1nep

Especial to The Far1ner)
 Stratford, Sept. 3-Taking advantage of the fact that the owners were away from home for over Labor Day, bur glars broke into the residences of Mrs.
 H. J. Lewis on Main street, Warren R. Briggs on Broad street, and Mrs.
 R. A. Strickland on Elm street, some | time between Sunday night and yes | terday morning and plundered the houses in search of jewe1ry, money, and other valuab1es They made good hauls too and although the victims have not been able to ascertain yet just what was taken and just what was not, it is known that their losses will run up to hundreds of dollars. At the residence of Architect Briggs jewelry in the shape of gold pins, gold
 watch, and similar articles, was taken, but the thieves ignored a lot of valu- 1 able silverware evidently preferring to take nothing but what they could easily carry along with them. At Mrs. H. J. Lewis home on Main street the burglars had to be content with ar ticles of minor value most of the jewelry and other valuaibles of this character had been removed by Mrs. Lewis before she closed up the house to go away to her summer residence. Entrance at the Strickland residence
 as well as at the Briggs and Lewis | residences were gained by prying open | a window with jimmy or a small iron crowbar. Just what time of day
 or night the housebre king took place is not known as no one saw the win dows being pried open or suspicious characters lurking around.
 As soon as the burgIaries were dis covered yesterday Sheriff Daniel Rus sell and State Policeman Rowe H. Wheeler were notified and they are now working on the case. The authori- ties are of the opinion that the guilty parties are the same ones who made such fine hauls in Bridgeport houses | within the last few weeks.
 THE SUFFRAGE PLAY
 How the Vote Was Won'' en- | tertaining little play with it's plot built around the woman suffrage question,
 was presented before an appreciative audience in the Town Hall last even ing. The Connecticut players gave the play under the auspices of the local branch of the Equal Franchise League
 and it certainly proved to be a most entertaining little drama. The local advocates of equal suffrage expect to give other entertainments of this na- ture during the coming winter and 1t is expected that a goodly fund will be
 raised for the furtherance of the cause
 as a result of these entertainments.
 THE COMING ELECTION All at sea IS the expression Wh1cn
 seems most appropriate to use in
 speaking of the state of mind of Strat- ford's politicians at this time. Some office holders are trembling in their boots and other prospective officeho1d- CTS are equally apprehensiEe of their chances of success in the coming prf- mary election. That the direct primary which is to be used in the coming contest is "the'' thing that Stratford has needed for years seems to be the opinion of the sober-ninded and public spirited citizens of the town. It is 1 acknowledged that under the direct primary plan certain men who have been holding office in Stratford for years will have hardly a ghost of chance of reelection but that will wor- ry few citizens of the town besides
 themselves
 There is a vast difference of opinion among the voters of the town as re- gards the prospects of the several candidates for first selectman in the coming election.
 A we'll known member of the Repub- 1ican party in the town said in speak ing Of the situation yesterday, Tt looks to me though the chances of Thomas McQui1lan receiving this position are pretty good at this time | Of course it will be a, pretty stiff pro- position his supporters will have to Dit him against the present First <Se- | l6Ctn1an, thaGl1e w els, WHO udS uO1u this job down for many years. Tom McQuiIan is a fine man and is equally
 as popular with Republicans and Pro- gressives as he is with Democrats. The question is, Which man is the most popular Wells or McQuillan? In
 my opinion the job of first selectman will go to one of these two men, Asked what he thought of Elliot Peck's chances for this position the man said he did not think they were very good with McQui11an and Wells in the running. Elliot Peck might make a good selectman,'' he said, "and be- cause he took such "a prominent part in drafting the new charter for Strat- ford 1 suppose he feels entitled to some reward But I do not think MT. Peck s personal popularity can compare with either MT. Wells or MT. McQuillan' s and in the coming election personal popularity is the thing that is going to carry the day..
 No matter who is elected when the
 ballots are counted the fact remains
 that the successful man will have the
 finest kind of a chance to show just
 what can be done under Stratford's S
 new style of government. From pres
 ent indications he will have the sup
 port of some of it's most publicspirit-
 ed citizens of the town on his board
 of finance and there will be no ex- cuse for his failing to make good un-
 der the new systenized, busines6like,
 town government
 TOWN MEETING
 In the town hall this evening there
 promises to be not a little excitement
 when a number of propositions of in
 terest to the townspeople come up for
 discussion and definite action. A spe-
 cia1 town meeting will follow the ad-
 5ourned town meeting.
 The Stratford w. C. T. A. will meet