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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
BRETON KILLED BY REBELS AS
 CONSPlRATOR American Consul Reports Ex- ecution of Thomas Ben-
 ton To Bryan. HAD BEEN ACCUSED OF
 THREATENING VILLA English Ambassador Urges United States to Protect
 British Subjects.

Ell Paso, Feb. 2O-William s. Ben- ton. the British subject who .disap- peared in Juarez Tuesday night. is dead, according to news brought Mrs. Benton by Thomas D. Edwards, American consul at Juarez
 Benton was tried by courtmartiaI and found guilty of comphcfty in a plot to take Villas life. He was ex- ecuted by a firing squad Wednes- day night.
 Washington, Feb. 2O-Secretary Bryan announced the news of Ben toms death as he went into 8 cabinet meetings at the White House.
 Benton was arrested in Juarez last Tuesday. His wife and friends fear ed he had been executed by General Villa, the constitutionalist leader.
 Villa at first denied knowledge of Benton's whereabouts but yesterday intimated that he knew something about the Englishman and added that Benton had threatened him with a revolver. Villa was quoted as ex- pressing profane indifference toward an appeal to the British ambassador at Washington.
 Sir Cecil Spring-Rice asked the testate department yesterday to take steps for the protection of the Brit ish subjects. Benton was largely in terested in mining and had a hundred thousand acre ranch in Chihuahua.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
JOBS GROW
 FASTER THAN
 BOARDS KNOW
Assessors Wonder Who Is Re sponsible For New Clerk ships In Their De
 partment.

The passion for creating new 5otD at the expense of the taxpayers has grown to such propore1ons in city hall that the oldest po1Etacians. men vEho thought they knew every trick in ehs box. ara dazzsed. amazed. con1oundsd and hun,dEia1ed.
 when nevvs aealred Into che azaus- ors' office, today. that Gl1s Common Council had created two cler1aht7s there. an of the nnezabers Of ths board wondered why. They hadn't asked Cor the ordinance, didn't know rhs clsrsr was to be radsed up. and don't know now.
 Charles J. Hughes president of tas board, was among those who pleaded complete ignorance.
 One job gives $1.30o to clerk to have charge of block maps- Thsrs iG permanent, and 4lle as8essors have the appointment of him.
 The other Job pays $500 and mo- body knows what the incumbent is en- pected to do.
 Both offices have this pecuIiarity. Nobody can be named without the ap- proval of the mayor, so that poltci clans are well convinced tnaG him honor understands the political value of patronage
 Within three weeks Che adniriet1z-- ton has caused the est&blishmeut ul some 19 new offices, att the charge ot the treasury.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
MOONEY SEES EVIDENCE OF BOMB IN FIRE Park Avenue Structure Is Bad- ly Demolished Tn
 Explosion. FIRE FOLLOWS WITH
 DESTRUCTIVE EFFECT Whole Side of Building Blown Out Tn Mysterious
 Night Crime.

Arson or the explosion of a bomb. Intended to hljuTe persons who uei1a Il slept in the building was the cause of most disastrous ire which devastat- ed the two story frame building at T, SSz Park avenue near the corner of Olive, shortly after ten o'clock last. night, according to Fire Marshal Moo. aey and the state authorities who were today called to investigate its origin
 to blow out the complete north side of the building. but a train of explosive led to all parts of the building, which would effectualIy have cut off all es- cape from inside had anyone been uI1- fortunate enough to have been sleep ing at the time.
 The building is complete loss asi well as the stocks carried by the three occupants, Caesar Giily, a. tailor, EMastrione Brothers, fruit and confec- tioTary dealers, and a cobbler, whose. name has not been ascertained and ~ llos is today eszpected to tell what first happened
 The utmost mystery surrounds the Incident, as it is not the first susr pictous fire that threatened the build. ing and the alarm of fire, instead of being turned in from box 351 directly across the way. was sent from box 27, two blocks distant, at 10:26- The fire apparatus with Chief Mooney, was upon the spot at 1929, and ait was found that the entire building was a roaring furnace, which ettracted the neighboring residents and pedestrians from a distance Chemical 2 en- zines and { and truck were sta- tioned at the spot until after 1.50 to queIlch the last eInbeF and prevent a spread of the flames to adjoining dwell 1ings.
 Although nothing definite has been announced as to the origin of the fire
 by those Investigating. Chief Mooney st0day sadd that there must have been a qzlaxstltz Ifowder stored in the cell zars or rssf5r shop, orF that bomb dts start from the explosion, for if WI reported that the shock was distinct That trails oF inffammaib1e bowler led to other sections Of the building is also the belief of those Investigating. Though it was the custom for a. tailor to bunk in the rear Of the shop and of the Mastrionis to do likewise. neither were in the place, as far as can be learned. The Mastrionis today deny that they have i'm the past be E the recipients of any threatening let. tersl The cobbIer shop was closed, though it was intimated today that the owner had been in the place at the time Azld heard the explosion Chief Mooney, though anxious to as- certain the truth Of his statement scouts the IdSa tIlz7tl ddlJOlhe could have been in the building at the time and lived.
 F Rooms of the F1fth District Repub- lican club coupled the top floor, but have been abandoned since election day.
 The building was visited by fire last May when s200 damage was done tie building. It was then Investigated as a case of arson No arrests were made. The Beers estate own the prop erty, insured at s1 GOO Rebuilding was necessary The stocks of merchandise are estimated at s5,o0o, partially in- sured.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
NO LOVE HERE

2 Sam Howe's Love Makers opened at the Park theatre last night for a three days engagement. This offering coming to this city after engagements in New York city and favorab1y crit icized as one of the attractions of the bl1rlesque world in that city is a great disappointment to Bridgeport fans. An apologist might find redeening fea- lures in the second act with it's dis play Of human models but for the lack Of hImor or activity in the first act there seems few plausible excuses under the censorship of the Eastern wheel That death in the company or dining well but not wisely was re- sponsfb1e for last nights performance is the most charitable construction that can be put upon the obsequies last night.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
RACING CAR PURPOSELY
 DELAYED BY CHAUFFEUR

Los Angeles, Feb. Confronted with a telegram which he had failed to intercept, Omar Toft explained last night the disappearance of a French racing car entered by Mrs Leotia K Northarn, in the Vanderbilt cup and international grand prize race to be held at Santa Monica, Feb. 21,. 23. it is reported here.
 loft is said to have confessed that he purposely delayed the car in New ork because Bert Dingley had been substituted for him as driver in the races.
 Toft, it is said. stated that hia father had come all the way. from Berlin to see hiTn drive and invested as much money in the car as Mrz- Northam-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
WEST HARTFORD MAN IS GOVERNORS CHOICE AS
 DAIRY COMMISSIONER

Hartford, Feb. 20--Governor Bald win today appointed Frank H. Stadt- muller. of West Hartford, to be dairy and food commissi oney for term of four years from May 1, 1914, to sue -ceed Hubert F. Potter. The salary is $2,000.
 MT. Stadtmul1er is chairman of the Democratic town committee in West Hartford and has held various respon- sfble positions in town affairs He was a candidate for representative i1 the election of 1912. He is at present su- perintendent of the Vine Hill Farm
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
BANDITS RAID MAl GAR, GET
 $40, 900 LOOT ! Posse With BIoodhounds Trail Three Robbers Through
 Alabama. CHIEF CLERK STABBED
 WHEN SLOW TO OBEY Gang Captures Train At Bevol- vers Point North of
 Birmingham.

Birminghau Ala, Feb 2O.-RaiIway detective and police with bloodhounds early today began a search for three robbers; who last night aheld us7 the Queen and Crescent south bound New Orleans limited 12 miles forth Of Bir- ming ham and took from mail pouches registered mail said to coutain more than $40so00. '. In bsir haste the robbers pEerlooked q saeA Son ming $18 sOo0 cozsss 1s 70 New orleans and a big cohsignxnenl Of stamps The fast train, crowded with passengers on their way to the Azardi Gras at New Orleans, had just left Atalla, Ala. when B. J. MuHps1y, } the engineer, was commended to throw up his hands.
 He turned to find a masked man standing in the Iocomotiye cab. Two other men were climbing down the coal in the tender when the first rob- ber took hold Of the locomotive throt- tie and stopped the tradn while his companions guarded sengineman and fireman.
 DYNAMITE THREAT PREVAILS.
 When the train came to a halt, the robbers forced Murphy and his fire man to uncouple the locomotive mail car from the express and passenger coaches and, bidding them stay by the rest of the train, opened the throt- tie and sped down the track about two miles, when they again stopped The mail clerks had eabinguished the lights in their car and had locked the doors They opened up to the robbers, however, when threats to dynamite the car were made, and the robbers entered unresisted.
 .sWho's the chief clerk ?'' the leader asked.
 T am. replied A. B. Mervi11e.
 We'll let's have the registered mail and be quick about it,'' was the or der.
 CHIEF CLERK STABBED
 The bandits two companions forced MervilIess four assistants to leave the car Merville himself was slow about complying with the order to disclose the whereabouts of the registered mall and one of the robbers stabbed him in the shoulder with a dirk.
 Mern-ily the robbers set about their task, whistling as they ripped open the sacks. One took the registered account book and checked over the parcels while the other worked
 Having, as they thought, obtained all the regist cred mail the robbers wished Merville ssGood luck and, af- ter cutting the mail car from the E1o- comotive, climbed aboard and were off.
 Fhe. locomotive was abandoned near Birmirlg91am and at t11ds point early today officers started the sbIoodhounds-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
WALL ST. LIST IS
 GENERALLY FIRM

New York, Feb. 20-Opening- Speculative interest centered special ties. today. The standard shares were flat, holding virtually unchanged from vest erday's close.
 Outside business fell away to a minimum proportion and professional traders had few.opp portunitiess of n1ak- ing a turn except on some of the less prominent stocks which recently have been moving widely.
 Mexican Petroleum gained a point Rumely lost 7A
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20

Who can tusf11y such HraucsneS 70 ifs not a paFG of the hsca4 P0dicT or the United S1ates to enter upon pyublfC works and provide for their cOnsaEur- taon out of bonds- It is contrary eo the policy of the Democratic parry Its one result will be to stimuHate 4he desfre and the activity Of fz1ose who pro seeking add of the Federal treasury for various enterpEfses 10 have Chem financed by bond issues
 Representative Iindbersf1, a Etspuh- 1fcan from Minnesota, who voted fpr the bin Eaias ''T.he special iuterEsts have Carried on a contfuuOua czrll- paign i1i order to educats the rinbffe in epposi lcn to public ownershfp of tl1e p1fDff9 ut The public paTc for fhesi vhF should ft mot ovya. fberr g T71osa opposed to public 0WneFanzpn now Schuckle In their sIeeves- becauss it is proposed that the COgerurn ant shall embark in the building of ra.il- ways first in Alaska Up there the enterprise does not give promfse Of early success in the Sense that sl1cce1s is commonly figured. On that account the special interest," believe that it will operate to discourage further gov- ernment ownership
 sT would prefer that the eoFeEu- rnenfss first. act vFouId Dc fo own n line Of railway extending alonE the Mississippi soufher1y to the Gulf Of Mexico or some other wen F,oP1latsd eectdon Of tho country.
 sBut since the public 4s fiTst aroused to the point of ownership of Aiast<an railways, welcome that ag the be- ginning of Government ow1ersiip-''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
DO OvAN INQUIRIES INTO ORDER AGAINST
 CAPTAIN HUDSON
Especial to The Farmer)

Washington, Feb. 0-Representa- tive J. Donovan is seeking a cancel lation of the order transferring Capt. Theodore Judson from the post at Stratford Light. Conn.,, which he has filled for 34 years The congressman is busy reading protests against the change The order is said to be due to the activities of an assistant with whom the old 1ighthouse keeper had some friction.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20

Although a. generation of mankind is supposed to be measured by thirty four years Jefferson held that no funded debt should be for longer than nineteen years. ''The principal Of spending rnoney to be paid by poaterty under the name of funding he said. .as but swindiing futurity on a large geale.s'
 1t remained for John J. Fitzgerald, representative from the city of New York, which is groauing under a larger bonded Indebtedness than that Of the nation itself. to expound yes 4a4aay, the prfncdpaes of 1eneracnlaLn Democracy and he offered the
 aendrn s zafenebS the country is Eoi11g ko loan ftlS terTatory Of Alaska E inc sum Of $36, ,00O, GOO starting wfEh &1.0003000 and the territory is to pay back the money The fund is to be known as the Alaska Railway Re- dernption Fund and one half of every dollar derived from the sale or dis uosaI of the public lands, the coal, the minerals, and timber is going into the treasury to pay the debt.
 Representative Fitzgerald said in the debate on the question of bonding: aIf the $35, ,O0O, 900 to be spent upon these railroads be provided from the T,roceeds of bonds running for 30 ye.ars-tIae maximum time provided in tIle bfIl-and if they be Issued and be permitted to remain unpaid for the full term of 30 years, with the rate of interest per cent. at the expiration If 30 years we will have paid %S1,- 530 900 in interest charges and still owe the principal debt Of the bcnds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20

We can see quite a littla business ahead and are preparing for it We have more business than last year and Hds going to be a. good Valuable
 LOC0MOBILE COMPANY.
 T. Roach. salesnnanaeer for fre Locomob51e Company or America up- on the reduest of S IT. Davis, presi1 dent, made the following formal state n1snt upon Business conditions
 AS faT as our own business is con- ,cerned we krQW that the tendency is toSg.s' i1a: Ehe general our plans are being laid for bettar sbsIsiness in 1914 than we had even in s1s1ss,s =
 FLETCHER ENGINEERING co.
 F. F. Basketz, perintendent of the Fletcher Engineering Com pany, whose building operations extend all over this country and in foreign lands said 1:
 The business outlook is very good and we are expecting a big year not only rom the building operations which 1lave already begun but from contracts upon which we are asked to bid''
 BARNUAI 8 BAII1EY CIRCUS.
 Charles Hutchinson, treasurer of of the Barnum & Bailey circus. said
 We are naturally expecting a big business for the coming year Our plans have been made for it. Not only has the seating capacity of the big tent been increased several thousand but according to Samuel McCracken. the general manager. a bigger pageant than ever before has been added for the coming season and record crowds are expected "
 ELECTRIC CABIE co.
 Thomas J. Seward, superintendent of the. Electric Cable Company, whose product extends overhead across the continent and under the sea, to far away lands, said:
 We look for a.. good future this year Our factory is working full time with new business in sight for March and April. This is an extremely good outlook for what is usually a. bad sea- son With 9 quiet beginning we look for,ward to good steady business =
 But two manufacturers in yester- days campaign took a pessimistic view of the future.
 READ CARPET co.
 IT. H. Read of the Read Carpet Company, said:
 .sWe feel that conditions are not anything very great now; orders are small. But we have a hopeful strain and feel that conditions will change. We know customers are not stocking up now but if the retail trade starts they must buy heavily. Of course the weather has had something to do with sales and things have been a little du1ler than usual for that reason''
 PARROTT VARNISH CO.
 H. R. Parrott, sSr., head of the Par rot Varnish Company, said:
 'sConditions are poor. They have been running down in. our line. We deal with class of customers who do up automobiles. They are located all through the east, New York city and Pennsylvania The great bulk of these shops are closed. Those who former 1y had or painters now employ one. Many shops are closed. can not see the way to much improve ment, and orders are behind this year,
 At the Union Metallic Cartridge Company and the Internati onaI Silver Company offices information was re- fused as the main offices are not To- cated here. Likewise at the Singer plant the inquirer was referred to the head offices
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
Connecticut Delegation Solid Against Bonding
 10 Build Alaskan Road
Vote That First Step Tn Government Ownership Shall Be Pay-As-You- Go=Plan==J Views On
 Bonding Recalled To
 The House
Especial to The Farner)

Washington 19Anfi throughout this broad land will rejoice if the Alaskan bill through the S unscratched the clanse pres funds the Alaskan railroad to be provided
 Gongressnen Donovan, Reilly, Lonergan Mahan and Ken against bonding the Connecticut dele gaion voted sody for the bill thatis to the nation ownership the first time in the history Of the nation.
 If the railroad which is to penetrate the wids of s make this virgin country
 will probably the of the that eats out of the hand of special privilege and private ownership
 held to the doctrine that generation me right another either in collective capacity by natural right" he said in obige the who sucCsed him the payment of debts contracted by him. What is true every society individually true of them coec lively rights of the whole be than the sum Of rights of the individuals"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
ST. PArR1cK's DANCE TONIGHT

A prelenten dance is to be held this evening at the Park Dancing Academy by the St. Patrick's Y. M. T. & B. Association. Well known local sing CTS will oblige with their best efforts. MaIoney's Orchestra will render the music and a most enjoyable evening awaits all who attend.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
Heads Of Bridaeport's Largest Indus. tries Find That Conditions War rant Optimism= ===s Business
 Bound To Be Good,
 Says Warner
BOOMING BUSINESS HOUND TO BE.

aTsusiness Bound to Be Good. d.v-Dever H. Warner
 sOutlook is for steader Business, ,"-N1r Kingsbury Bridgeport Brass Co.
 Have More Business Than Last Year r,n-NIr. Wheeler Acme Shear Co
 "2O per cent Ahead of Biggest ar,v-N1r. Woods American Graphophone Go.
 Picking Up Over Entire Country Working Full Time;s-Nfr Burlington, Crane Valve Go.
 sPlans Being Laid For Better Business Even Than 1913o-AIr. Davis, LocOnObiIe Go. @Big Year in Building Operations Over Country,r- Mr. Basxetz, Fletcher Engineering Go.
 @pIans Increased Busnesss2-NTr. Hutchin- son. Greatest Show On Earth
 "ExtrerneIy Good Outlook at Usual Bad Season '-s Mir. Seward Electric Cable Co
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
DISABLED TRUCK
 STOPS TROLLEY

Trolley service in State street was entirely suspended from SIS to $40 today when a two-horse, heavily load ed coal truck broke down on the tracks at Lafayette and State streets. The truck was owned by>A. McNefI & Sons and the load fell from the cart in such way that 1t covered both tracks
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
CONCERT AND DANCE

A concert and dance is to be given Tuesday evening in Strakford sudl- torfun, for the benefit of St- Jame1 R. c. church
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20

During 1912 about 157, 7,600,000 peo- pie rode in the omnibus lines of Ser lin, about one-third of this number in the power buses.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
PERsoNAL afENTToN.

An eight pound baby boy pas re- gently born to MT. and Mira BreGerlrl1 P. Hawley of Harmony strest-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-20
ACME SHEAR CO.

ID. e. wheeler, secretary Of the Acme Shear Co.,. said: 1sBusiness is very good While it is not as strong as 1t was month ago, owing to a tem- porarx 1mzl, thfngs look very bright
The Sentinel=record., 1914-03-22

Wilson in the fight for tariff reform and currency legislation, and have found him useful CO:IabOrer in the matters have taken before the Foreign Relations Com mittee, of which he is prominent mem Der. l am glad to say these words in jus tiCe to Senator Clarke" President Wood row Wilson says: "SenatOr Clarke has invariably supported the administration in the most generous way, and with his characteristic energy and intelligence. ! should feel ashamed of myself if did not speak with the most cordial emphasis of the support Senator Clarke has given me-"
 So much for his broad services as a Senator of the United States.
 Considering his service to the State of Arkansas, it must be borne in mind that the Democratic party was in d minority until one year ago. Notwithstanding his being of the minority, he has accom- plished the following substantial things for the State of Arkansas:
 l lie secured an appropriation of S5OO,OO0 for the building of two dredees to keep the Arkansas river navigabIe throughout the State of Arkansas.
 2. He secured the donation from the National Government of the courthouse cite at Helena, Arkansas, worth SiGG,0O0.
 }. He secured an appropriation of SlOO,OOO for river improvement at Helena.
 4. He secured an appropriation of S6O,OOO, protecting the caving of the
The Sentinel=record., 1914-03-22

banks of the Arkansas river at Van Buren.
 5. He secured S5O,OOO for the protec. tion of the State farm in Lincoln and De- sha Counties.
 Passing to local matters:
 l. He secured the passage through the Senate of an appropriation of more than quarter of million dollars, for the construction of sewer system in Hot Springs. This item failed to pass through the lower House, but is now pending be- fore the Committee on Commerce, of which Senator Clarke is chairman, and will have his strongest support.
 2. As indicated in his recent address to the people of Hot Springs, he has in mind extensive plans looking to the sub- stantfal improvement of Hot Springs by the Government, which his position will enable him to work out to success.
 Finally, Senator Clarke is a credit to the State. He has raised high and brought distinction to the name of Arkansas.
 He is as clean as "hound's tooth" in character, and possessing moral and physical courage without limit. He is one of the truly great men of America, and is so regarded at home and abroad.
 Well informed men entertain no doubt whatsoever of his election, but we sub- init to you, the voters of Garland County, whether it is not of material and substan- tial interest to this County to give him a pronounced endorsement at the polls.