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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12
CITY CAN'T HAVE
 OWN ICE PLANT

Next Monday night, City Attorney. William H. Comley, IT., will give a decision to the common council that the city cannot legally establish a municipal ice plant and he will recom- mend that the question of bonding for the same therefore, be not submitted to the voters at the special election which the mayor must call soon, to vote on many bonding measures.
 City Attorney Comleyss opinion will City Attorney Pullman, which was given some months ago and in which he declared that the charter of the cityso Bridgeport does not give it the right to engage in the rec business.
 Those who are in favor of the mu- nicipaI ice plant and who have re- ceiyed wireless information as to what the opinion of City Attorney Comley was likely to be are asking why Mayor Wilson had deliberately made lawyer. permitted the people at the last election to vote the question of eS- ta,blishing the municipal ice plant.
 Friends of the municipal ice plant were openly charging today that Mayor Wilson ha dde1FberateIy made a grand stand play at the last cleo tion for the purpose Of double cross ing the proposition and it's friends af- terWard. The mayors opinion and attitude in the matter were apparent | 4As%@oS when he expressed the opinion that the plan to bond for 1 municipal ice plant was not drawn in accordance with the home rule act and he was very 1oa,th to have ice plant bonds in- eluded in the call for $1, 100000 bonds for 9 special election.
 After much discussion at that meet ing of the council at which Aldermen Coughlin, Moran and Moorey insisted that the ice plant bonds should be presented to the voters with the pro- posed bridge, sewers, schools and paw ings bonds the mayor consented tc have the matter referred to the city attorney.
 Former Alderman Cederholm as vel l as the aldermen mentioned above, whc now favor the municipal ice plant were not inclined to accept City At
 torney PuIlman's ruling in the matter They point to the clause in the city
 charter which provides that the com
 mon council may take any actier
 which it's members deem necessary for the health and welfare's of tI.e citizens of Bridgeport, as giving di- rect authority for a cfty-owned ice 1 plant.
 The report of City Attorney Conles !. will be received with interest at the 1 council meeting Monday night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12
STEAMER AGROUND OFF CAPE COD IN
 DREADFUL PERIL

Provincetosn Mass, Feb- 12-The Peaked Hill hvesaying station report ed this afternoon that a steamer was ashore on the Peaked Hill Bar half a, mile off the beach. Her identity had not been learned.
 The point where the steamer struck is the most dangerous on the cape. Distress signals from the vessel while rle was hidden by the vapor that cov- cred the ocean were heard off the end of Cape Cod at freuuent intervals be fore the life savers located her. The goHeruanent wireless operator at High lEnd Light was unable, to obtain any response to numerous radio calls and it was believed that if the vessel had a. wireless equipment it had become disabled,
 The blasts of the whistle were re- peated so often that the crews of Highland and High Head life saving stations brought out their boats and gear and prepared to assist the vessel en case she came ashore, but when her, position was determined the sea was so heavy that the life savers could not launch their boats.
 Peaked Hill Bar is directly off the end Of Cape Cod on the ocean side.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12
ORDINANCE ON SALE. DE CITY SUPPLIES
 ID BE MODIFIED


 Ths4 proposed ordinance to pre- vent any officer. city empioye or member of city board from having .o11fraetuaI relations with the city is fo meet with s1zarp notifications when it comes before the meeting of inc ordinance committee of the com mon council tomorrow. night M ern- bers of the ordinance committee have received more than 50 letters of pro- test against such an ordinances being reported favorably-f The protestants claim that the ordinance is too dras- tic in it's provisions and that If It IS reported favorabIy and passed by the common council its effect will be more sweeping than the fralners Of the ordinance. themselves, intended. The proposed ordinance reads as fo1lows-
 s.ResoIved. That on and after Jan 1st, 1914 no officer or employe of the city or member of any board of the city now ensting or hereafter created, while holding office, sha1s acting either for himself or as agent, and no firm of which he Is mem- Der and no cooperation or when ne is an officer or director, or of whose capital stocks he owns more than ten per cent (10 per cent. ), shall directly or indirectly have any commercial dealings with the city in respect to any matter connected with the office
 
 s.Any officer, employe or member of a board who by himself, or agent, violates the provisions of this ordi- nance, or who is 9. member or a firm i, or an officer, or stockholder of cor iDoratiou which violates the provisions hereof, may be forthwith removed from office, and such violation shall be. due cause for such removal"
 Just who drew the ordinance is question It is supposed to have orig IL <1r~w ,4-ef1r7+ 1v supply and while some credit it witf being the bradn-child of Clerk CathI of that board, others think the prop ositfon originated with Mayor Wilso1 or with members of the contrac board Up to date, Mayor Wilson has posed ordinance other than he favored 1t and has asked Sthe ordinance com rnittee to get busy and make re port to the common council.
 Alderman Paul Miller, chairman Q the ordinance committee, said todas that he was in favor of an ordinanc' which would prevent any city ofhcla from passing his own bids for git work or city supplies, but he did no favor an ~ordinance which would pro hfbft members of the board of appor fioument or the library board iron taking city contracts for materials no used in the departments where the, exercised control Alderman Mile said that the proposed ordinance prac fEca1ly debarred every city official ant every member of a city board iron making any contract for city supple for any department
 The alderman said he felt the ordi nance was too sweeping in characte and should be modified before beinl reported to the council. The oxdi nance which will be favorafbly report ed to the council meeting Monda. ~nrFTT 1,e q fa7 fr1 ~a1I., bers of the city government to bid fo city contracts in departments othe than those over which they exercis any control or influence
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12

El Paso, Tex, Feb. 12-Troopers of the United States at dawn today re- stunned the search for the party which last night was headed across the Rio Grande from the American side car rying arms and supplies in violation of the neutral laws to join the Feder- al forces at some point unknown or to harass the rebel garrison at Juarez, across the river from Ell Paso.
 So far as the American cavalry off, |cers could learn in the course of the night, the plot was to capture a cor ral of horses and saddles at YsIeta, 13
 miles east of here and about a mile from the river bank and rush them across.
 Tn some way this part of the plan naiscarried for the rush to the other side, as reported by citizens of Ysleta was precipftated before many. if any, of the horses could be stolen. FLIED IN MORTOR CAR The alarm reached General Hugh L.. Scott, xn command at Fort Bliss, about 10 o'clock last night Rancherg and others whose homes are scattered along the road near Ysleta teIephon- I ed to the city to find out the cause of an unusual number of automobiles, some of which were covered with can vas and apparently carried boxes. Counts of the number of these var
 jed but inquiry at Ysleta early in the day indicated that there were more than hundred.
 I Mrs. Mary ONeill the night tefe-
 phone operator at Ysleta, salw six od
 them, seemingly laden with boxes un-
 der their canvas covers. turn toward
 1.-the river. They were without Ighfs
 and she gave it as her opinion based
 on knowledge of the roads and ta1< i lay of the land generally that the ma
 chimes adisappeared h some or the
 numerous corrals in Ya1eta. and there unloaded.
 Five of them she saw again at 1:
 o'clock this morning when. with h@hts out and fhair loads discharged, thes suddenly re appeared and dashed to: ward EI Paso:
 m ssl1sy soIdfSr go Iax k1ovvn rvi4, tkn@w any of the alleged Huerta re cruits was Corporal Kaufman, o Troop A, 18th cavalry The corpora | has been stationed at village eas Of YsIeta and when the alarm sound 1 ed he was dispatched to Ts1eta t \ guide other troops being rushed t that point.
 He arrived ahead of the reinforce ments and lay in a ditch from wnicl I he says he saw several detachment 1 of about 5 men each make a rusl ] toward the river. When the other sol l dfers arrived the Mexfcans had dis
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12
Two Boys Badly Hurt
 When Stove ExpIodes

Waterbury, Feb 12.-Charles Sa1is- man. 7ayears of age and his brother Joseph, aged 5, were seriously injured this morning about 8 clock when the water tank in the Kitchen stove at their home at 16s South Elm street exploded.
 At St. Mary's hospital it was stated that the condition of the elder boy is very serious. He is suffering from a fractured skull and. countless lacera- tions and cuts all over the body where he was struck by pieces of the stove which was broken into atoms
 The younger boy is suffering from a compound fracture of the right leg and may lose one of hls fingers which is hanging from his hand by a, shred of flesh.
 The explosion is attributed to frozen pipes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12
TWISTED FIRE DRIVES
 FAMILIES INTO COLD

winsted. Conn, Feb. 12-Into a temperature of 20 degrees below zero, six families were driven early today in scanty attire when fire broke out in the Healy Block, a large frame struc- ture where, they had their homes
 The fire started in the basement and worked up through the partitions and out of the roof but was quickly sub dued despite the disadvantage under which the fire department worked owing to the frigid weather.
 The loss, which has not been esl- mated, was mostly by water, the build ing being now an ice-encased mass.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12
IS THE
 DEFENSE 0F COR E

Oklahoma City. Feb. 12-lIas. Mir 'nie Bond. Of this city, today gave her version in the district court here Of what occurred at | Washington hotel March z4 last when, 1t is alleged, she
 was attacked by IJnited States Senator. ThoHaass F. Gore, Of OkIaf0Taa Mrs. Bond is seekingssto recover $50, 0,00o damages from the Senator.
 Mrs Bond charged that she was seized by Senator Gore. while discuss ing with him in room at the zhotel the prospects of her husbaaid, Julian
 Bond, securing employment to fed eral position. She declared that she
 met the Senator at his suggestion.
 The trial began yesterday. A i11rv was obtained after 6 talesnen had been examined. Against the conten-
 Non of the plaintiff, counsel for Sena tor Gore charged in the open couri the suit was a result of a political con sp1raey, that it was the Senator who was seized and that he met Mrs. Bond at her request
 Twelve witnesses have been sum moned by the defense and about the same number by the plaintiff Of the latter, L. P. Robertson, James Jacobs and Kirby Fitzpatrick, all of Okla homa, will be called as eye witnesses to the alleged occurrence
 The meeting between Mrs. Bond anf the Senator was in Jacobs apart
 ment, which it is explained, was usei because Mrs. Bonds room had no been put in order. The majority o. the jury are farmers and all eompara. I lively young.
 In politics six declare themselves t. be Democrats, five members of tn. l Progressive party and one a Socialist
 Before court adjourned yesterday District Judge Clark ruled that. onl. the present reputations of the partie 1 to the suit would be considered. Unde this ruling several dispositions secure. by both sides will be excluded.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12
WANTS SIO,OOO
 FOR WALL0P THAT
 GODDESS GAVE HER

While washing a statue of Circe ln the handsome country home of fl1r- ence Mathews in Norwallz, Ellen ldoii- honey became too ambitious to ElVn the marble goddess a clear conplezion The result was that Circe tOpDled over on EaIen's head, and Ellen appeafeL before Judge Curtis and jury lu tla superior court today in her suit a8ails-
 Miss Mathews for S1O,0O0 damage
 It was in May. 1912. that Circe fs.l from her high place in marble s0ciclT- It was a few days before Aie8 Atsl-la- ews was due to leave her home lu New York. and come to NorE'1lz ice the hot months. Therefore Ellen who was a servant, was giving all the 11r- fuary a scrubbing- When the st1tle fell Ellen was struck on the head and badly bruised. She claims to h1rr been seriously injured by the ahc-- She is 45 years old
 Miss Mathews, who is very Weai-sl occupies the old Lockwood egfats lr NorwaIk She declares it was One to the servants negligence that t.r statue fell
 The trial was san en m hour
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12
Men And Ammunition Are Rushed Over The Border In Automobiles
 To Aid Of The Mexican FederaIs
Over 100 Machines Employed In Dar- ing Break From Texas Of Huerta Supporters = Calvary Cap-
 lures Saddlery Supply

appealed and it was sun too darn s1 trail them.
 aExECAlTs ESCAPE
 All night the Arnsr1cans searched among the bushes and stuntsd coG1on- wood trees which, dot the sandy ulsiu and watched the three principal 1or1F between Xs1eta and SecoEro. e hamlet three miles east of Pa1e4a bat dld mol catch sight of their quarry.
 To all appearances the latter haf- escaped. Strange 1EeHcaas had slseu- collecting there atace Tuasday- I1sV strfgg1ed in by ones and twcD ana threes and were reticeuf aboue theiF business
 General FTanc4scC WfIl1s cOaazlan.t- ing the rebel forces and now af .3uzz, received an fntdmatton of fhe a1tu11ssa at Ysleta early last night end 11lE small ,detachmenfs of h1l xnam NrEz along the Mexican bank of Gno T1Fee to capture the invaders
 They did capture 10 men baE r and the other Sour were held for fzF- ther investigation Vli1a, duEtnB ths night sent ont reinforcemeut1 e mounted men. A report fha2 nean5r were waiting for the Fsdsra1 zucFtr on the Mexican side proved un1suld- ed. The few animals Gseu on fhs ozh- CT bank evidently had GtTayed frer1 @---%sA@ vHM1A EgDEGAEgE. villa said he hoped 4taf ths nscsuiff got across the river for then ha cs1l q shoot them.
 But I'm glad they didn't Nst asrar with the horses % 1ze GrnE4s11ueG- ~r41cl for the Amer1ca11s an for fhan-" The troops called out last xil1slt ,Fcrr ! A and E of tho 18th cava1ry na1 C { and ID of 4he 14kh. Dst&chmsrfs 1ssr- pcsted at the zords Of Ehc river Euf the stream. a much nzore frttlr3 e1air | than if appearm to be on 6ha n1apr I can De crossed in many pl9ceg l Captain Davidson Nias fn Commend | In an adobe hut which 1oEmrl par lsoE 4A1e corz4g1 1ax Eal4ta sa1 25ultI s { large stock ef saddlss n4fl rs1s. There was a1ao a 1umDet of new
 brides and b1ankets To one of thc saddles was attached a box fuil or fuses. suggesting that the rscruitc. if tsuch they really were, had in view fHr destruction of the railroad south cl 4 Juarez in order to delay the move
 Hnent of additional troops E0uth for 1 the impending attack on Torreon-
 Provisional President Fzuerta e azil
 to be reinforcing thak garrison as fat
 as possible and every day that the at- tack is delayed is of value to hlu-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12
TAMNANY LEADER GIVES
 AID TO 50 FAMILIES

New York, Feb. 12-with the ther- moter within a few degrees of the zero point. 50 families were driven in to the streets early today by a fire that burned out a five story apart rnent building in East 18th street.
 Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam many Hall, who passed the scene of the fire while on his way home from a banquet. provided funds to care for the homeless, a score of whom were cut and bruised by broken glass and suffering from minor burns.
 The property loss was $1oO,0OO.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12
Electrician Ladd Flies Distress Signal at
 Police Headquarters

Lincoln the national colors were rais- ed over the Police and Charities build ing today, Police Electrician Sheridan A. Ladd having charge of the work. Quick work was necessary on account of the bitter cold air and cramped quarters and he did not notice that the flag was flying upside down Soon there came call at the telephone switchboard from the University club to ask if the flag was a signal of dis tress and what was wanted. Eaec- trician Ladd renedied conditions but came in for no small ann ount of jolly ing on the part of his colleagues, but denied that a banquet of electrician5 5 in New Haven last night was the cause.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12
CAPT. TAYLOR GETS
 $3, 40 VERDICT

Capt Brainard Taylor of the U. S. Army who sued the Shippan Water e Realty Co, of Stamford, for com mission for the sale of property to the Manor school in Stamford, was awarded $3,44O by a jury in the su- perior court yesterday afternoon The jury was out only 25 minutes before returning the verdict. The Realty Co. said Capt Taylor did not make the sale for which he claimed a connn mis-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12
POOR OF NEW YORK
 SUFFER FROM COLD

New York, Feb. 12-The mercury in New York and vicinity which was driver, far downward in the second severe cold snap of the winter, dipped one below zero at a. m. today and was still hovering at the zero mark af 9o,clock Thousands of the poor, men. women and children, sought shelter in the municipal lodging
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12
COLD DELAYS TRAINS

records for the winter were broken today when the mercury dropped to 16 degrees below zero. Trains from the west and north were from one to six hours late.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12
roRRINGToN MAN
 KILLED BY TRAIN

Torrington, Feb. 12-The mangled body of a. man believed to be Joseph Brocheuck. about 45 years old. was found at the side of the railroad tracks yesterday afternoon. Medical Examiner Hanchett was of the Sopin- ion that the man had been killed by the 2:10 o'clock south bound passeng- CT train.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12
DUCKS DRIVEN INLAND

New Haven, Feb. 12-BIack ducks and gulIs were driven inland by the extreme cold today and other wild fowl which get their food along the shore at low tides also sought feeding places back from the Long Island shore.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12
GOLDEsT IN TEN YEARS

Buffalo, Feb. 12-The lowest tem- perature recorded in 10 years was re- ported in extreme western portions of the state today when the mercury at different points along Chautauqua Lake registered from 2s to 34 degrees below zero.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12

Lynson Beardsley, among the oldest residents of Stepney village, died at an early hour this morning in the home in which he was born. He was in the 37th year of his age and was the son of Perry and Melissa Wheeler Beard sley, who built the old brick house in which the family has lived for nearly 100 years. Many will mourn the de- cease of the well known resident who besides a widow, is survived by one son in New Britain, Conn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12

ported 24, New Hartford 2s. Litch- field s25. Winsted s1, Goshen 2s and Harwinton 8 below zero. The mini mum temperature registered at the weather station here was 14 below.
 At 8o'clock this morning the merf cury in Goshen was 22 and in Tor rington Il below.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12
THIRTY-TWO BELOW IS
 CONNECTICUT RECORD

Torrington, Conn.,, Feb. 12-Last night was the coldest in this section in several years. The lowest tempera- ture was reported in Burrville as 32 degrees below zero BakerviIIe re-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12

however. regarding the four-nsstrl schooner Justin c Cressy which ro.da out the gale last night within 100 yards of the outer bay off the Pamsl river 1ifesaving station. The achoon- CT was leaking and her crew had the assistance of the Pamet river 1ife- savers who were on board yesterday. It was believed that the revenue cul- ter Gresham would tow her to Prov fncetown later in the day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12

The vigi1ants' committee of 1ee o Paterson, CJ. J.. organized to fight vice and excise violations, has been raised to a. stcommfttee Of l, 900. 2
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-12

trail them.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-08

by same route we went, arriving at
Tampa next day at noon. Afternoon
we take street car and run out
miles north to Sulphur Springs the
greatest spring / ever saw. l think
larger than the famous Huntsville
Spring at Huntsville, Alabama. AT
ter lodging at Tourist next day we
return arriving at our home in Win
dermere at A p. m. Haven Brigham
and family and Howard Lyon and
wife left this morning for Wauseon.
April 25, afternoon we bid adieu to
our friends in Windermere being the
last to leave except H. II. Williams
and wife, son Henry and wife who
will be last of Wauseon people to
leave. We arrived at Jacksonville
at $50 p. m. next day and went out
by train to St. Augustine 35 miles
out; visited many places of interest;
the Old Spanish fort, the oldest house
in U. S., St. George street, the oldest
street in U. S., also, the narrowest
street in U. S. being ft. and in.
between walks. From here we went
gathered some shells, two star fish
and returned to Jacksonville. Went
out 5 miles to Ostrich and Alligator
farms, there are about so ostriches
on the farm some weighing $50 lbs.
and Allegators from infancy to $50
years old, largest measuring 13 #.
and weighing over 700 lbs., according
to the record ages of the large AL
legators on the farm our friend Hav-
en- Brigham's big game must have
been over 200 years old. We stopped
at chattanooga and visited the great
battle fiilds of Chicamauga, Lookout
and Mission Ridge, Orch
ard Knob in the valley where Gen.
Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-05-08

time allotted to me I cannot discuss
these subjects at length, but will only
speak of them as they relate to the
growing of corn The first require
ment for growing corn is good drain
age. What we mean by good drain
age is that the land like mine be til
ed at least 8 #. deep and the drains
not further apart than fifty it., which
enables the farmer to work his soil
earlier in the Spring and sooner after
rains. Good drainage makes the
ground warmer; keeps it moist and
the tctops growing as well in dry
season as in a wet one and prevent
the souring of the soil caused by ex-
cessive moisture.
To grow 100 bu. of corn it requir-
es more than 126 lbs.. of nitrogen, 40
lbs. of phosphofic acid and 80 lbs of
potash. Only In the most fertile soil
are these elements present in 'ssuf-
ficient amount in an available form
to develop the full capacity Of the
plant. si33 :.ss3. H. 49, - = ]
On land Ike mine this a. oDiy at1
tanned By tf 5add ditiok sf fertilizer,
which we apply in three different
forms. Green manure, yard manure
and commercial maunres.
We know that to grow 100 bus. of
corn on an acre it requires great
quantities of water. For every pound
produced from the ground it requir-
es about $50 lbs. of water. 100 bus.
of corn weighs $500 lbs; the cobs
weigh about 1400 lbs. and the fod-
der or stalks about 5000 lbs. or a
total of 10000 lbs. If it requires 300
lbs.' of water to produce ID. of corn,
to produce 10000 lbs. it would require
$500, 900 or 1900 tons.