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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
Elevator Mans Death
 Due to His Negligence

Coroner John J. Phelan after re- viewing the scene of death of Sidney L. Edmond, 52 years old. at the T. Albert Green stables, 25-31 Keeler St, Danbury, killed on an elevator Feb IA, will file a, finding showing that death was accidental
 Edmond. it was learned yesterday by the Coroner, with another em- ploye of the stables boarded an old fashioned lift to go to the fifth floor. Though the cables had been con- demned by inspectors and new ones were in transit the two men attempt ed to force the elevator by means of hand power to the fifth. and seldom used floor of the building. 4 projecting beam below the floor pre- vented one side from reaching the floor level and the pressure exerted by the men caused 8 parting of the cables and their fall of five stories Edmonds was killed.
 & It was shown that both men were acquainted with the use of the eleva- tor and it's condition and that con sequently none can be held respon- sfble for the death of Edmond.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
WARNER GIRLS HEAR VIEWS ON
 ANTI-SUFFRAGE
Mrs. oliphant Presents Ar guments of Women Oppos-
 ed to Equal Suffrage

The Girls Club of Warner Bros, was addressed last evening by Mrs. Oliphant, a prominent And-Suffrage speaker of Newark, N- J. Her lecture, while not as full of wit as that of Mrs Jc.Hl Martin, who recently spoke in this. city in the interests of the same side, was confined rather to facts and statistics and proved on the whole very convincing. She devoted the opening part of her address to the re- futing of a number of statements which Rabbi Wise had made in this city the previous day.
 Rabbi Wise" she said, 'is an elo- quent speaker with a wonderful How OF words but his logic and facts are sadly at fault
 Among other things the Rabbi claims that there are 8,000,000 women in this country sweating for their daily bread Government statistics from Washing ton, which are, by the way, the only reliable ones in the country, show that there are 1000, 900 women in the coun- try engaged in gainful pursuits" by which the Rabbi is shown to be only 1000, 900 out of the way, she said Of these 7,00o. 900 women, 40 per cent are in domestic service. This means that nearly one half of the working wom- en of this country work for women. Do these same women have to have the vote in order to raise the wages and better the conditions of the girls who work for them? As for the clearing up of white slavery statistics show that a vast number of these un- fortunate women are recruited from domestic service, where, if anywhere, the woman employer should have a great influence over the younger and weaker. girl
 'HThe vote" declared Mrs. O1iphant. "can do nothing to remedy the social evil. You cannot legis1ate charac- ter''
 s'If the Suffragists having the vote would abolish the sale of liquor, why haven't they done so in the states where they have had that privilege for a number of years?" asked the speak CT. The latest map of the W. C.. T. U. was shown which mutely told the tale.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
LAST TRIBUTE PAID ID BACON BY COLLEAGUES Senate Holds seIvicas fol Late Member From
 Georgia MEMBERSWIILESCoRI REMAINS TO MACON Body will Lie In State al Capitol In Atlanta Until
 Date of Burial

Washington, Feb. s17-Funerad ser vices for Senator Bacon. of Georgia. were held today in the Senate cham Der. There were no speeches of eulogy, no music and no flowers except one design-the tribute of the Senate it. self-which rested on the coffin
 Two hours before the body was talk en into the Senate chamber 1t lay in lie was excluded. In tffe Senate chamber. the casket was placed upon the craped bier directly in front of the vice presidents desk.
 Seats upon the floor were reserved for the President of the United States, members Of his cabinet, the chief jus uce and associate justices of the su- matic corps, members of the House of Representatives, the admiral of the navy, the chief of staff of the army and the regents and secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Mem bers of the dead Senator's family and the of- hciating c1ergymen remained in the vice-president's room until time for the services, when they were conduct ed to the seats reserved for them
 VICE PRESIDENT oFFTCIATFS.
 When Vice-President Marshall had
 
 a voice full of feeling and lowered al- most to whisper:
 "Senators, the hour has arrived at which in accordance with the orders of the Senate the final cerem ories over the body of Augustus Oetavius Bacon, late Senator from George and an unusually distinguished member of this body, are to be observed. In con- formity to custom and in token of our common faith the chaplain of the Senate will offer a, prayer to God, the father; God, the redeemer, and God, the comforter
 The Rev. Forest J. Prettyman, chaplain of the Senate, offered prayer.
 The Episcopal burial service was pronounced by Bishop Alfred Hard ing, of the Protestant Episcopal Church and a benediction followed by the chaplain.
 BODY SENT HOME.
 After the lapse of probably a min ute, the Vice-President spoke again:
 Into the loving hands of the com rnittees of Congress and the officers of the Senate we consign the mortal body of our well beloved Senator to be by them conveyed to his home in the state of Georgia, there to be deposited in it's final resting place. May his la bors in the cause of constitutional lib erty long bless the republic"
 Members of the capitol police force bore the body back to the marble room where it remained until escort ed to the railway station for the jour ney to Atlanta where it will lie in state at the Georgia capitol until tax en to Macon for interment.
 1he funeral party that accompanied the body south included the commit tees appointed by the two houses of Congress.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
OCEAN LINERS PUT IN
 AZ BRITISH PORTS TO
 REPAIR STORM DAMAGE

Queenstown, Ire, Feb. 17.-Such vio- lent storms have prevailed in the north Atlantic during the past week that many passenger steamers and cargo boats were unable to battle Rgaingt the strong windss and high waves, turning around and running for shelter to ports on thls side.
 The French liner Niagara, which left Hzvfe on Feb. for New York. lost her starlboard propeller and crippled also her port propeller soon after she got out and is now crawling slowly back
 The big Dutch oil tank Rotterdam, when eight days out from Ameter- darn on her way to New York, lost her rudder and was forced to make for Queenstown in tow of a steam trawler-
 The British steamer Tritonia, from Glasgow for Mobile, passed Inis11ta- hull today, being several days out when her steering gear broke and much of her decks were smashed dur Ing the gale on Friday
 The steamer Ludwig Groede1. bound From Barry to a1aIta. lost her propel-
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
CAPTAIN AND
 FOUR SAILORS
 DEAD OF COLD Those of Crew Saved By Coast Guards Are Badly Frost Bitten STEAMER ROMA, WITH
 51s ABOARD, IN PORT Foreign Liner Reaches Prov idence After Grounding In
 Leaking Condition

Wellfleet, Mass, Feb. 17-Captain Garva and four seamen of the Italian bark Castagna per1shed when their vessel was thrown on the outer bar of Cape Cod near the Marconi. wireless station just before dawn today.
 The first mate and seven sailors were rescued by lifesavers, one of whom, Captain Tobin, of the Cahoon's s Hollow Station, was badly injured by the overturning of the surfboat- The skipper of the Castagna was washed overheard, three men were frozen to death in the rigging and one died in the surfboat on the way to shore The loss of life was the largest in wreck on Cape Cod in 12 years.
 The frozen corpses of three sailors were left in the rigging where the men had Iashed themselves during the hours of darkness to avoid being carried overheard by the seas that swept the decks
 The Castagna, from Montevideo for Boston with phosphate rock, struck the bar early today, during afblinding snowstorm and 50 mile northwest gale.
 The combined 1ifesavfng crews from the Nauset and Cahoonss Hollow stations set up. their beach gun and shot three lines across the CastAgnass deck but the sailors were so benunab7 cd by the cold that they were unable to handle the brooches buoy tackle
 The gale had moderated to 30 IntIes an hour but the surf was SO high that the lifesayers had to wait some time before they could launch their hfe- boat and pull out to the wreck against wind. sea and biting cold.
 Seven men helpless from exposure to the wintry gale were found on board and 1ashed to the rigging were the bodies of three men who had eV1c cumbed to the cold The 1hesaver placed the living eeamen in thedr boa and rowed back to shore.
 The survivors were carried to tn. Marconf wireless station where med fca1 attention was given them Al were so greatly overcome by expos. ure that none could give a cohereni account of the disaster.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
FIREMEN OVERCOME FIGHTING FLAMES
 IN MAIN ST. BLOCK
6. H. DOWNING, DOC NEEDLES"
 IS DEAD AT 5l

George H. Downing, known to his intimate friends and the theatrical profession as Doc Need1es'' died late this afternoon after having suffered for several years from Bright's disease and having spent the last few days of his life confined to his bed.
 He was 51 years old and for the past thirty-f1ve years had been thea trica1 and sporting event promoter. His reputation as aScircus owner and patent-nedicine snowman extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific and far into the Orient.
 Born dn New Haven, Conn., in 1863 he moved to Southington. Conn. with his parents at an early age. There he received his education He attended the public school with Chief Egan of the state police. While still in his teens he roved through the country with theatrical and medicine shows, later becoming identified in the circus business. At one time he was the owner of the one-ring Goodrich cir GUS which was routed from Bridgeport and made quite a reputation.
 For a season he managed John l.. Sullivan in a tour of the country in an Uncle Toms Cabin Co" under canvas in which John L.. Sullivan p1ay- led the part of Simon Iegree. He was an ardent admirer of the Champion of tO6OIAAC1 NAAS1J W HI terested in a string of race-horses.
 In his early years he was the pro- prietor Of a we'll known cafe and sa- loon in Hot Springs, Ark. Later he owned the Downing Saloon on 42ud street, which he conducted opposite the Grand Central station for a period of five years. It is said that though he has made several fortunes, others profited to a greater extent by the wealth than did inc.
 He is survived by one brother, Johr E. Downing, proprfetor of the Astol 4a6te4 and a sister Mrs. Charles A Williams, of Norwalk- He was z
 member of Mum Lodge, 1sO. F.. & A M. New York city.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
REV. MR. SHERMAN
 ], WILL ACCEPT CALL
Church Officers Say Opposi. ton to His Selection
 Has Disappeared

With the decision of the legal so- ciety of the church yesterday to call Canon Stephen Fish Sherman from All Saints Cathedral at Albany to>oc- cupy the pulpit vacated by the death of the late Dr. William H. Lewis, all feeling of opposition has been e1imin- ated.
 Junior Warden Jonathan Godfrey to- day said that members of the opposi- ton who had been most active in the election had today expressed willing ness to accept Rev. MT. Sherman, and a meeting of the vestry will be called upon Friday night to ratify the cleo ton and appoint committee to ex- tend call to the new rector
 This call will be accepted as con versations held by the new candidate with Warden Godfrey indicate that Rev. Sherman wants to locate per manently in Bridgeport He will be here on Monday night when Bishop Brewster and other well known Epis- copaI cIergymen from all sections of Connecticut and New York will meet in the dining-room of the Atlantic ho- tel on the occasion of the Vestrymen's s banquet As he is @ ready speaker it is expected that he may be caIed it is expected that he may be called b1ed members of the various Episcopal churches.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
Brother -In-LaW Of
 Dead Woman Held

Wallingford. Conn. Feb. 17.-Allen Russell, whose ister-in-law, Mrs NeI- son Cyrus Russell killed herself with poison yesterday, is being detained at the police station in New Haven pending further inquiry into the com pIaint of the husband that Allen Rus sell assaulted Mrs. Russell, Sunday, while he the husband, was at a fire in the borough.
 It is said that Mrs. Russell feared the publicity which would be. given the affair if her husband brought about the arrest of Allen Russell. This Is the only explanation, the husband gave for the act of Mrs. Russell in taking the poison.
 Russell is driver of the Simpson fire fI1lcI
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
Tax Rate Probably
 ~wMAA
 l7.2 Mills
Provided Nothing Is Appropriated For School
 Houses

The tax rate for 1914 will be i'm creased from 16.5 to about 17.2, with out the usual one mill tax levied for new school buildings. The board of apportionment and taxation began it's meeting at 2 o'clock this afternoon to fix the tax rate. City Auditor Keat- ing, after an exhaustive study of the ments of the city government fixed the probable tax rate at 17.3 mills. This estimate was based on the pro position to grant the usual one mill tax, for new school buildings.
 r Mayor wilson's plan is to bond for school buiI dings- The estimated grand list this year is $112,1 196, ,709. The board of relief after considering 24o appeals, has all but decided that the grand list shall be reduced by about $S75.O which would bring the grand list down to s111. .221. 70S. The proposed reduction has been submit ted to Mayor Wilson
 The final readjustment of the list will not be ready for the last meeting Of the board of apportionment. Thurs day. after Mayor Wilson and his ad- visors have had opportunity to go over the reductions and learn how they shape with the plans Of the adrninis- Mafion-
 Yesterday Charles Poland. clerk of the board submitted to Mayor Wilson the tentative plan for the reduction in the tax list with a proposition that il be submitted to he newspapers fol publication, today. After looking ii over the mayor decided that the pro- posed reduction would seriously in crease the tax rate for the coming year and he sent it back to the board of relief without his approval. The board of relief had spent many weary hours trying to get a. reduction thal would bring about the tax rate whicf l the mayor wanted.
 The members of the board worked 1 from 10 o'clock Sunday morning un tn late Sunday night working out 2 schedule and members of the board were very much disappointed wher Mayor Wilson refused to accept thei, finding.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
NINETEEN JOBS
 FOR FAITHFUL
Administration Makes Many New and Permanent Places
 on the Pay Roll

The Common Council adopted ordin- ances, last night, establishing eight clerks in the office of the town clerk, another clerk in the office of the direc- tor of public works, and two places in the offices of the assessors, at $1, ,30O and $7OO per year. The actual in crease in the office of the town clerk is one place. Fifteen additional pa trolmen were ordered at @ former meeting of the council, so that within a few weeks the administration has managed to bring into being 16 berths for the faithful.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
.58 INJURED AS
 TRAINS COLLIDE

Springfield, Mo-, Feb. 17-Eight per- sons were seriously injured and 50 slightly hurt in the collision which occurred early today at Nichols June ton, four miles west of here between two passenger trains on the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad.
 No. 8 struck No. 104 sidevise as the latter was leaving a switch, hurl- ing the engine and baggage car of the Kansas City train off the track and it's chair car and sleeper down 2 foot embankment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
BUSINESS BLOCK BURNS,
 ONE MAN LOSES LIFE

Albany, Feb. T7.-One man-perhaps others-are believed to have lost their lives in 8 fire which started early to- day in the Medwin block. a four-story brick structure in the business sec tion The fire was still burning at 8 o'clock and it may be hours before the ruins can be searched. Several residents of the building are reported missing The loss is estimated at $1O0, 1000.
 Five persons were injured, none se- riously, when the men jumped from the upper floors
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
KING OF BELGIANS HURT
 BY FALL FROM HORSE

:. Brussels. Belgium. Feb. 17.-AIbert l. king of the Be1gians, broke his left arm today He was thrown from his horse while riding in the forest of Seigniee, not far from the battlefield Of Waterloo.
 His majesty's escape from more sse- rious injury was a narrow one The kings physician, however, a1layed anxiety by a bulletin describing the injury and declaring that no grave zconseouences were likely to ensue, -.as the kings general health is good and he is a young man"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
A FEW FACTS
 ABOUT MAYOR WILSON'S
 SWOLLEN DEBT POLICY

Upon Mayor Wilson's urgent voted, last night, to submit to the voters bond issues to create debt of $1,S55, ,O0O, as follows: Stratford Ave. bridge $4OO, ,OO0 Pavements $200, 900 E. Wash. Ave. bridge $130, ,OOO Sewers $500, ,OO0 Schools $20O, 900 High school $125, 900
 Other bond issues have been recommended by the city audi tor as follows:
 Incinerating plant $20O, 900 Fire Dept buildings z4,00O Land Tor park 35, 1000 Police buildings 50, 900
 Total $S59, 900
 Mayor Wilson has proposed a bond issue of $s4O, 900 to cut Broad street, after which it is planned to sell the City Hall, the Library and the Police building, and erect new buiId- ings. Estimated debt to be ere ated by this program, about $8,- 900, 900.
 During Mayor Wilson's ad- ninistratfon, over and above the matters here considered, debts amounting to about $6,OO0, 900 have been proposed, and for tho most part defeated by the peo- pie, through the referendum.
 The total debt which Mayor Wilson has proposed, plus that which he favors, is close to $11,- COG, ,OOO and the annual cost of carrying it at 4 Ia per cent. plus payments of 1-25th of sthe principal annually would be very close to $1, ,000, 900.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
Sentence Suspended
 Tn Automobile Case

Winsted, Feb. 17-Fred Ormiston, of New Hartford, whose automobile struck Mrs. Hazel Manghue, on Sep tember 27 last, inflicting serious in jurfes, pleaded guilty before Judge Gager in the superior court today to charges growing out of the incident Sentence of four months in jail and a fine of $150 and costs was imposed
 Sentence was suspended.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
CLEAN STEAMER FAST
 ON SANDY HOOK sHoAL

New York, Feb 1.-The Cuban freight steamship Yumuyi, which went on the shoals near Sandy Hook during the snow storm yesterday, was still aground today The weather off San dy Hook is clear and the vessel is in no danger.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17

That lightning flashes appear to zig gag is an optical illusion, according to q German scientist, who says the ef- feet is produced by the eye twitchins when flashes occur.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17

Mrs R. R. Jamison, president Of the Local Council of Women of CalEarr. was appointed Commissioner of Che Juvenile Court, being Canada's Grat woman judge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17

Professor Henri Louis Bergson was elected one Of the 40 s.imInortals'' or members of the French Academy
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17

MT. Oaihan lives at 687. Iranistan ave- nue and has been engaged in the bus mess in other Connecticut cities for a number Of years. He is a lifelong resident of Bridgeport and Is very popular among his acquain tances.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17
GILLIAN IS NAMED
 BOILER INSPECTOR

Hartford, Feb. 17.-Damel olihan, of Bridgeport was appointed by Gov ernor Baldwin today to be inspector of steam boilers for the fourth dis trict for 3. term of three years from March 3, 1914.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-02-17

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 The FARMER Now.
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