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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-18

 OF MELLEN
 IS ACCEPTED
Directors Act Before Fact of Meeting
 Became Known
Elliott and Willard Mentioned as Likely Successors to
 Presidency

New York, July 1S-Charles s. NTellen's resignation as president of tho x. Y.. N. H. & H. R. R., was &C., cepfed by the directors this afternoon. The resignation is to be effective upon the appointment of his successor whose selection was left in the hands of a committee. a.
 The directors went into session two hours ahead of their announced time and aCfiOuFned shortly before 1 o'clock. The fact that they had met was not learned until after they had adjourn ed.
 Although 1t is understood that some Of the directors asked MT. Mellen to reconsider his decision, his resignation was formally presented, and according sto present plans he will retire as the head of the New Haven allied lines few days ago MT Mel1en resigned as president Of the Boston & Maine rail- read, controlled by the New Haven
 Among those mentioned in this con- nection is Howard Elliott, head of the Northern Pacific.
 While some of the New Haven di- rectors, it Is said, share the belief that Nh Mellen's retirement is best, in view of the widespread criticism of his administration, others are said to regret his action at this time A. E. Clark, secretary of the New Haven said:
 ..Afr. MeIlen has been maligned and xnlsunderstood. Five years from now the public will wonder how his poli- cfes could have been condemned and who was responsible for such con- demnatton- MT. Mellen has a mastery of every detail of operation of the New Haven and subsidiaries He was and is held afn intimate affection by those fin closest touch with him, iERc1uding not o1H4s ice-pres1dents appointed by him bnt other offiica1s directly ap- pointed by the board The feeling of regret at HEr- Me11en's action is wida-. Epread among the New Haven staffs
 The name Of Daniel Willard, pres- adent of the Baltimore and Ohio rail- road was linked with MT. Elhotts this morning as a possible successor to MT. BEeI1en Announcement was made at khe. New Haven offices that the meet Ing would not begin until D. m
 Boston. July 18.-Many transfers of email lots of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad shares between nos and 1e6 E was the feature of the first few minutes on the local ex- change today. The stock closed yes terday at 10s A and opened today at 105. Boston 6 Maine remained teady mt e1 with no demand
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-18
JUDGE HOLDS
 COURT IN AUTO

Hartford. July 1S.-Judge Henry E. Uessen held a session of the East Hart ford town court in an automobile in the east end of the Connecticut River bridge. just before II o'clock this fore noon when he nolled a charge of be- ing fugitive from justice against G.. Frederick Wright and turned him over to two New York state detectives who wanted Wright on charges of grand larceny and forgery alleged to have been committed in Rochester, N. T
 Wright had been held by the East .Hartford judge under a bond of $2,- 1000 and had been in jail since Mon day night This forenoon he was to have been given a hearing before Governor Baldwin in a fight against extraditton, but at the last moment ,1Taived examination and gave it up- He and the detectives with the judge and Wrights lawyers were taken in ,an automobile to East Hartford soil Bust over the bridge and court was opened in due form, the prisoner ar Taigned, the case reopened, the former charge against him nolIed and the de- tectives given charge of his person Lae detectives started for Rochester with their man this afternoon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-18
MOTORCYCLlST IS
 HEAVILY FINED FOR
 TRAFFIC VIOLATION


 That the Authorities are determined to put a stop to the practice automo- bflists and motorcychsts have of run ming past 8 trolley car when it has stopped to discharge passengers was evidenced in the city court this morn ing when Dwight Travis of Danbury V as fined $1O0 and costs on the charge of reck1esely driving his motorcycle
 Travis is in business in Rowayton and he rode up to Bridgeport Sunday on his motorcycle passing a, trolley car which had stopped at a white pole to let a couple of passengers alight. He passed the trolley going at an es- timated speed of 1T miles an hour nearly hitting one of the persons who had just got off the car.
 Motorcycle Policeman Clifford Cor gas was immediately notified and he sped after Travis and arrested him. Travis admitted that he was going at more than 10 miles an hour but said that he did not think he was making 17 miles.
 The court held that Travis offence in running by a. car which had stop ped to let someone get off, was very serious one. Travis said he would appeal
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-18
DR. KlERNAN'S GAR WRECKED SHEDDING
 ON WET PAVEMENT I

Coming down Madison avenue to- ward the center of the city at an early hour this morning an automobile own ed and driver by Dr. J. M. Kiernan of West Haven, well known in this city, skidded on a stretch of wet pavement at Bulls Head and crashed into the curbstone. A front and rear wheel collapsed, the car crashed into the gutter and the lamps, running board and other fixtures on the car were more or less damaged.
 The driver of the car aside from a. severe shaking up was not seriously injured although his escape was a miraculou one. In nine out of ten similar cases the car would have turn ed turtle and the driver would have been crushed. The machine was tow ed away to a garage for repairs this morning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-18
TAXES OF WELL TO DO
 LEFT UNPAID
More Than $32,OOO Of This Revenue
 Long Past Due
DeIinquents Are Chiefly Among Those Who Are We'll
 Able to Pay

There is between $32,00o and $3s, 900 today overdue in personal taxes owed to the City of Bridgeport, mostly by influential and wealthy citizens, which it is up to the prosecuting officials to collect. Such was the substance of the statements today made by the per- scnal tax collectors at City hall.
 We have done our unpleasant duty far as we could personally, but there are still about 1000 deIinquents, mostly among the wealthier classes of the city, who refuse to make their le- gal payments. We have placed the names of over 100 persons before the prosecuting officials and have asked that warrants be sworn out for their arrest. We have additional lists which we are ready to present as soon as action has been taken upon those already given.''
 Collector Patrick Cuddy added, -'It is not among the poorer people of Bridgeport that the delinquency lies. It is directly in the homes of persons Of influence and wealth. I have a list of over 400 names whom we have ca11- ed upon directly by telephone. They will not pay and we cannot do else but order their arrest. It is now Eho to the prosecutor and the courts. The city would be enrichedSby about $33,- 000 if all were paid
 Prosecutor Alexander Delaney said, that it was true number of names had been submitted to- him but that upon investigation he had found that many had paid their taxes and until a revision of the lists was made by the tax collectors he did not feel justified in issuing warrants. Owing to the great pressure of business he had not felt it incumbent upon him to jour ney to City Hall and had awaited the revision of the list by those under whose direct charge it came.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-18
BEACH DISTURBER
 FINED IN MILFORD

Tn the Milford town court this morning the young gangster who was arrested by Sheriff James Maher in a free-for-aI fight in Merwin's hotel at the beach, last night, and who said he was Harry Smith of North Bridge port, was fined $1 and costs on the charge of drunkenness; $2 and costs on the charge of breach of the peace and $5 and costs oI~the charge of re- sisting an officer.
 Smith was one of a gang of a dozen young fellows who started a. fight fol- lowing an argument with the bar tender at MerWin's. He tried to beat up the sheriff but was himself sub dued. The other members Of the gang got away.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-18
AUTO so
 TIGHTLY WEDGED DERRICK IS NEEDED

An automobile bearing the number C-132-D and owned by the Fairfield Auto Company was wrecked yeSter- day afternoon on the Yellow Mill Bridge when it skidded over a wet spot in the pavement and crashed in to a bridge support It was so tightly wedged into the bridge structure that a small wfecking- derrick fitted to an emergency car was required to extri- cate it from its fastenings. The car was later run to the garage where the damage was found to be slight. None was hurt.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-18
NEW FOREIGN
 TRADE RECORD
 FOR UNCLE SAM

Washington, July 1S.-A new record for the foreign trade of the United States was made in the fiscal year 1918 just closed, as set forth in figures which the depart rnent of commerce made public today. Both imports and exports during the year were consider ably larger than ever before imports aggFegating $1,S12, ,621,- 1e0, and exports &2, ,465, 761, ,91O. F'or. the preceding year the f1g- ures were S1 ,653, ,264, ,934 and $2,- 2G4, ,322 ,4O9-
 The total foreign commerce for 1908 fotaIEed S4,2z8, ,3S3, ,O7O as coupared with ga, ,857, ,5S7, ,343 for 1912. an increase of $42O, 795,727 of which s159, ,S56,226 was in i'm ports and s2s1, ,4s9 s5O1 was in ex- @aHsAz
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-18
POLICE DETAIL NAMED
 FOR EAGLES STATE PARADE

The police detail for the Eagles big state parade next Tuesday was posted at police headquarters today. The men are to report at headquarters at II o'clock with their dress blouses, white gloves, and dress clubs. Captain John H. Began will head the first platoon and Sergeant John McGirr will head the second platoon.
 The following officers are named in the detail: P. J. Lynch. James Con nery, Daniel Reilly, B. H. Glennon, S. H. Mccullough, John Dempsey, George Benedetti, Thoma Snaa1lwood, Fred EicheI, Martin Griffin, M. Kelly, Will liam Halpin, John Garrity, Charles Fitzgerald, Charles Campana, John Fox. J. F1ahaven, William Casey, s. A. Gregory, Robert Tate, T. H. Weller, J. Dunn, and J. F. Kane.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-18
RUSSIA LARGEST
 PURCHASER or Q. S.
 AGRICULTURAL TOOLS

Washington, July 1S.-Russia is the largest purchase of AnssEi- can agricultural machinery, ex- port figures of the bureau of foreign and domestic cornmOed- ties showing thnt SIG. .o0o, ,0oo worth of such macI1inery was sent to Russia during the fiscal year just ended, against $7 7,0G9,- 900 to Canada, $6,5OO 900 to Ar gentina, S4.OOO, 900 to Germany, and S3,5OO,OO0 to France. The exports of this class of manufac- turcs to Russia exceeded those of any previous year. This country imported S21 100000 worth Of agricultural machinery in 1903 and $42, 100000 worth this year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-18
NEW HAVEN ROAD FIREMAN SH0T FROM CAB WHEN POWDER MIXED
 WITH COAL EXPLODES IN ENGINE

Hawleyvi1le, Conn, July 1s.-w. c. Dow, of East Hartford, a fireman on the New York. New Haven and Hart ford Railroad, was severely injured in an unusual manner last night while his train was on it's way here from Sandy Hook. The fireman had just thrown a. shovel of coal into the fire box when an explosion occurred, send ing hot coals and a burst of flame fn- to the cab. Fireman Dows clothes were set ablaze and he was hurled out
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-18
"BIC FOUR" EXPRESS PLUNGES INTO LAKE, SHORE" TRAIN AT CLEVELAND STALLED BY FREIGHT; TWELVE HURT

Cleveland, O., July 18.-Big Four passenger train No. II plowed into the Lake Shore and Michigan South ern passenger train in Cleveland at 4:25 a. m., between Perry and Madi- son east of here, early today, while the Lake Shore train was held up by a freight stalled ahead. It splintered the dining car to pieces and te1escop- ed the next car, a Pullman, injuring 12 persons.
 Eight of the injured. all. occupants
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-18
4O,OOO,OOO
 CLAIM IN SUIT
 OF PRINCESSES

Brussels Belgium July 1s.-Prin- cesses Louise and Stephanie, daugh- iters of the late King Leopold, after a nese and Belgian counsel, decided to- day to appeal to the court of, cassa- ton against the judgment of the court of appeals which dismissed on April 2 the claim to the entire Congo property left by their father valued at $40, 900, GOO. The princeases had rejected a. compromise proposed by the minister of Justice.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-18
Player Chappel1e Cost
 White Sox $18,OOO

Chicago, July 1s-The Tribune, stating that it's story is authorized by President Comiskey, and supported by a perusal of the bill of sale, today declares that the price paid Milwau- kee for the sensational outielder, Larry Chappel1e, was: Cash $13,500; Player Bea1l, $3,000 if for any reason BeaIl failed to report for work. One catcher by Jan. 2, 1914 or if a satis- factory one cannot be found, $1,5oO in cash. On this basis Chappelle cost the White Sox 5000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-18
M'L0ughIin Wins In
 Three Straight Sets

Wimbledon. Eng1and.-In the final matches for the Davis tennis cup be- teams Maurice B. Mclaughlin, Amer ican, beat R. B. Powell, Canadian in the first set by 10 games to B. Mclaughlin won the second set by 6 games to 1. Mclaughlin won the third set by 6 games to and the match in three straight sets, 1O-S, 6-1, 6-4 The winning team will play the English team,- the present holder of the cup.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-18

of the cab.
 He caught hold of a handle at the side of the cab and saved himself from falling to the ground, but hung help less until the engineer came to his aid Dow was brought here and talk en to the hospital at Danbury. He is badly burned about the hands and arms but his injuries are not consid- cred serious. It is supposed that the explosion was caused by a quantity of powder mixed with the coal. An in- vestfgation will be made.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-18

of the diner, were brought to Cleve- land in a special tram. The others are being attended to at Madison and Perry. None is thought to be fatally hurt.
 The injured brought here were R. W. Buchanan of Ludlow, Ky, conduc- tor, and seven members of the dining car crew
 The Lake Shore train, stalled by the freight, was standing on the main track.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-18
NAMES
 CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY

Washington, July 1s.-A Albert Schoonover of Los Angeles Gal has been selected by President Wilson for Knitted States attorney Of the Southern district of California. His nonina- ton, with that of Judge M T. Doo1- ing to be federal judge in the North ern district sof California were ex- pected to be sent to the Senate today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-18
MITNICK-LANE

Application for 9 license to marry was today made at the town clerks office by Abraham Mitnick 22 years old, a clerk, of Bridgeport, and Es- ther Lane, daughter of Joseph Lane, also of this city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-18
DERAILED CARS BLOCKS
 NEW HAVEN ROAD TRAFFIC

Berlin July 1s.-Traffic on the New Haven road was blocked for a time Ehis morning when two freight cars of a string attached to a. switching l engine left the rails and dropped on 1 she main line.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-18

The literary men are getting some good appointments, but what caucuses can they carry for the next campaign
 Why not start garden, since if you get tired of cultivating it, your vie wiu be glad to keep it up
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-18
ISABEL s. UPTON ESTATE

William F. Upton was this morning appointed administrator of the es- tate of Isabel s. Upton by Judge Ed ward F. Halen in the probate court No appraisers have been appointed.
 The one safe prediction about the stock market just no wis that it will do what 1t didn't do the day before.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-18
DO YOU

want a furnished room, or a flat, read The Farmer Clas- Eified Ads. You I'll find, what you want.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-07-18
THE WEATHER

Showers tonight; fair to-
 morrow
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
Negro Clerk Loses
Atlanta Postoffice
Job He Held IL Yrs,

Another shift in the Atlanta post
office service has resulted in the sup
planting of l.. J. Price, the negro
clerk who for the last twelve years
has had charge of the South Atlanta
station.
w. L. Jones, j.. was appointed by
Postmaster Jones 10 fill the place. the
station having been moved from tbs
intersection Of the Jonesboro and Nc
Donough roads. in the heart of tbs
negro district. to the crossing OF the
Milton and McDonough roads, white
district.
Fifteen years ago, when there was
an independent postoffice in South
Atlanta, Price was the postmaster. In
1904, when the South Atlanta post
Office was made a subsidiary station,
Price was appointed. clerk in charge,
and had retained tlI&, post ever since.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24

PLYMOUTH MASS. oct. 94.-At-
torney Francis r Geogan. junior
counsel for Mrs. Eaton. widow of Ad-
wral Eaton, in his opening ad-
dress for the defense rehcarsed
parts Of the story which the accused
woman is to tell to the jury from the
witness stand.
We win show You that there WAS
no friction, no misunderstanding on
the day when the Admiral was taken
sick" he said. we viii SHOW thar
many mss'atemcnts made by AIRS
Eaton about The ADMIRAL have many
foundations and facts. that they were
not intended for harm and that they
We're not Authorizations
We will show that he had double
life, that sometimes he was a gentle
man, other times he was the vilest
of the vile We viii show BY the tes-
timony Of the physicians who at
tended his first wife and himself In
Washington, y. G., that while his
first wife was sick and on her death
he'd this man was drunk from morn
ms until night and from night til
morning. and although IN the very
house at the time of the burial uf
this woman, he was unable ia attend,
for he was In no condition In addi-
ton to this habit, we Will show from
the men who served with him ON the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
NFERENCE D N
PLAZA IDEA IS
ASKEDFOR
Cc.merca Chamber Head Urges
y. and A. Commission to Meet
Representatives at Once.

WHmsr t.. Moore. president Of the
'aambei oC Commcrcc has written
go the chairman and members of the
Western and Atlantic Commission OF
The State Legislature. asking that "a
conference hc arranged between the
commission and committee of three
members OF the chamber and three
members Of the city Council to be
named by Mayor Woodward. relative
10 the project to erect new termi-
nal station and a plaza over the rail
road tracks from Washington street
" est TO Forsyth street He asked that
the conference be held as soon as
possible
Mr. Moore said Friday the impres-
sion that the chamber and the city
VIII make a proposition to the com
mission and also that il will endeaVor
10 induce the commission to perpet-
EaJe the lease OF the Western and At
lantic TO the Nashville, Chattanooga
and st Louis Railway is erroneous
He said that. despite all assertions
10 the contrary, the chamber has made
no definite plans looking to the i'm
provement of the property but must
he governed by the wishes of the
commission and the Legislature.
Tt Is the purpose OF the committee
Mayor Woodward viii name Mr.
Moore said. ito ask the commission If
a proposition from Atlanta to erect q
new station and cover the tracks for
plaza purposes will be entertained.
what kind of a proposition the com
mission win entertain. and what viii!
he asked OF Atlanta in return FOR the
privilege Of making the Improvement
IF the commission informs us that
1t will entertain a proposition, q
movement viii he begun looking TO
some plan for the Improvement that
viii be just and fair to Atlanta and
the best interests OF the states prop
erty.
If the commission says it will en-
Iertain no proposition and viii not
make a favorable report to the Leg
stature on the proposed Improvement,
then the project viii he dropped.
Nothing can be done without the
co. operation of the commission, an0
neither the city nor the Chamber of
Commerce has any intention Of doing
that would ieopardize the
interests OF the state and the states
property"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
Mrs. Getit Gets It
From Getit, Then
Police Get Getit

GARY, IND. Oct. 24-Felix Getit
returned to his home at Gary, Ind,
with the rather pesvish inquiry as TO
why his wife had not got the supper
ready" She rejoined that she had
decided to get it when she got good
and ready"
Then, so it is told, she got it from
Getit, who got quite perturbed De
cause she was getting what one might
term fresh. Then, so the police were
told, he remarked:
Get the supper Mrs Getit, and get
1t quick. | got to eat. Get me?"
Mrs. Getit, it appears. didn't get up
the proper speed in getting it, and
thereupon got it upon the jaw, ears,
nose and other places where prize
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
700 Pints of Liquor
Seized at Ringgold

DALTON. oct 24.-Seven hundred
pnts of whisky, consigned by freight
to Mark Ferguson, was seized at the
depot in Ringgold Catoosa County.
by Sheriff WA-s. on order OF Judge
Fite.
Judge Fite is Of the opinion that
the large shipment 10 Ringgold re
suited from Judge McReynolds' order
IN Chattanooga that no whisky be
shipped from there to any point with
in 20 miles of Chattanooga. Ring
gold is the nearest Georgia station
outside OF that radius, being % miles
from Chattanooga.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
Engineer Indicted
For Fatal Smash

DALTON, oct "A Engineer
Charles Price, who was at tho throt-
ne of the Western and Atlantic en-
CINE which ran into a wagon near
Tunnel Hin last week has been in
dicted by the Grand Jury in session
here, on the charge OF involuntary
mansiauGhter in not complying With
the law requiring the blowing of the
whistle within 400 yards OF crossings
IN the crash two persons were
killed and 1--WE injured
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
Msnufaetursd by
The Amber Chemical Co.
Atlanta

tor SAFE w ATLANTA by
Alexander Seewald Co
King Hardware Co. 1.-TWO stores
Johnson Gewtnnsr Co
Kirkpatrick Hardware Co
United states Paint and Supply
Co
Nancey Hardware Co,
College Park Pharmacy
Elkin Drug 90 1.-TWO Stoves,1
Marshai"s Pharmacy
Medlock's Pharmacy.
Gordon & Lee and West Peach
tree and Howard
TAYLOR Bros Drug Store. Peach
tree and Tenth
sharp Drug Store, sSi Marietta.
Bland 4 Gorisy, Ie1 Lpckts at
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24

better conditions in the poorer sec
tons of Atlanta and to give emer-
gency aid TO the sick there as fast
as the cases are reported. until the
Anti -Tuhert ulosis Association can ar
range for their permanent dispose
ton
Owing TO the ravagas of diseases
which prevail during the winter
months. this work viii be costly and
fcl" this reason the most vigorous
campaign in the history of the asso"
cation is being planned.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
FALL FIGHT AGAINST
WHITE PLAGUE ON
Anti-TubercuIosis Body to Wage
Campaign for Money to Battle
Disease Among Poor.

The raiet committee Of the Anti
Tuberculosis Association, Mrs. II. H.
Hale. chairman, is planning city
wide fan campaign for funds with
which to fight the winters toll OF
sickness and disease among the poor
of Atlanta.
The movement viii be participated
IT, by every club. church and civic in
stimtiOu Of Atlanta. From each or
ganization a member viii be drawn to
serve on an advisory board to work
with the committee.
The money collected will be used 10
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-24
Miss Spritz to Sing
At Sunday Concert

Miss Sylvia Sprits, soloist at the Jew
ish Temple and the First Methodist
Church, will sing Sunday afternoon for
the Atlanta Music Festival Association
at the free Auditorium concert At
lanta's new city organist will not ar
rive until next week, and Charles A.
Sheldon. Jr, will preside again.
Miss Spritz, who came 10 Atlanta a
year ago from Cincinnati, is the pos
SCISSOR of a rich contra1to voice,