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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-27
THE FARMER: MARCH z7, 1914

Warspite belongs. The Panama. Canal
 limits the development of battleships
 to about a length of 99O feet, beam
 94. 5 feet, draft 32.2 feet, tonnage 4i.-
 25O, speed 29 to g knots, depending on
 amount of armor, and will cost about
 s20, 500. coo @
 .sThe latest U. $. N. battleship.
 Pennsylvania, according to the press
 reports will have speed of 21 knots
 and have a tonnage of Sf,500 and will
 probably cost at least 5000, 600 and
 marry at least 300 men. The modern submarine carries about 25 men and
 costs approximately 8 half a million
 dollars.
 asTf1e yearly cost of maintaining IT. s. N. battIeships averages $804, 100 and for submarines s22,69o. The U- S. N. latest battIeship is No. 3e, and in the propriated for batt1eships. The U. S. N submarines built and building mum Der 51 at a cost of s2O, 3S1, ,460. The sub- marines built and building of foreign countries, England, s4 France sS; Russia 55 Germany 36; and Japan 15. If the United States should adopt l the European policy of protecting our water boundaries upon the same ratio per mile of water frontier as does England and France by means of sub marines the United States would be lobhged to lay down in a single year ITO subma arines to catch up with Eng land and 479 submarines. to catch up with France. Minority views were filled by the naval committee against l the increasing cost for battleships and isuggested the availability of the cheap Ter submarines. The trend of opinion seems to have started towards the sub- marines. The situation is so encour- iaging that much money is available for Ieoncerns engaged in the making of Isubnnarine devices j
 -Four million four hundred and six itv thousand dollars new business is in 5sight for eight submarines which are provided for in the naval bill which 1prohfbits the purchase of materials Ifron1 corporations conspiring to mon Iopolize business, permits navy yard lconstruction of submarines and pro Iposes in effect, fair, free and unre- Istricted competition. which the Lake iconpany is preparing to meet with
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-27
SHE FEARS PUBLIC DIVORCE TRIAL
 MIGHT KILL HER

Declaring that public recital or her domestic troubles might have fatal result, counsel for Afarsarst A Mills of Greenwich appeared before Judge Curtis in the superior court tfli1 morning and asked that a. conrniEtee be appointed to hear evidence in tho divorce suit brought by 1Irg- Mills wich-
 After the presentation of a certlfi- cate from physician stating that Mrs. Mills suffered severely from heart trouble, Judge Curtis a,ppointed Attor- ney John E. Keeler of Stamford a committee to hear evidence
 Mrs Mills alleges assertion sne says her husband is worth $z5. .000 and she wants alimony. The couple were married ip 1885.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-27
LAKE TORPEDO BOAT
 60. s 0UTL OOK IS BRIGHTER THAN EVER
Extensive Enlargement of Plant at Foot Of SeavieW
 Is Planned.

eERehabilitated in finances, with re- awarded contracts for four submarine boats, larger in size and somewhat different in design than those hereto fore launched here, the Lake Torpedo Boat Company of Maine, takes new Vase of life and the plant at the foot ~R Seaview avenue this summer will sgain be a hive of industry
 Papers filed with the Town Clerk yesterday show that the mortgage on land adjoining the present plant has been lifted, and Simon Lake the in ventor today assured The Farmer that The new building will be pushed rap idly forward with the prospect of eIn- p1oyment for between 800 and 35o men this summer
 A large force of draughtsmen are engaged in completing the many de- be several feet longer than the stCS'' The new type of boat which has not as yet been designated by the Navy department will probably be known as type .11s and will afford many inn provements over the older boats.
 The Lake company will also enter the field of commercial boat build ing but at the present time win not undertake the construction of large passenger steamers. This statement was authorized by the company to- day.
 ~Mr. Fred Brown Whitney. an American internationa1 lawyer o1 Washington and London, as cnairman of the board Of directors of the Lake Torpedo Boat company of Maine, to-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-27
U. s. BOYS STAR IN
 OxFORD-CAMRRIDGE MEET

London, March 27-Cam mbrfdss University today won the annual ata- letic contest against Oxford Universtg by six events to four.
 The events comprised fat races of one hundred yards, a quarter mile, a half mile, one mile and three miles. a hurdle race of 12O yards. the high jump, the long jump, throwing tne hammer and putting the weight
 The half mile flat race was won easfI8 for Cambridge by R. E. Atkin- son, who beat the American Fthocea scholar, Norman S. Tabor, of Brown University by 12 yards. The harnrier- throw was won for Oxford by F.. IT. -Arans. a. Rhodes scholar from Hailer University Waco, Tex, who threw ! z2 feet, ' inches. The 12O yards hurdle race was won for Oxford by B. HM~enn of Rutgers College, N. J., in lT ID seconds
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-27

day. made for publication an off ncial statement answering the press in-s duiries as to whether the Lake sub- marines are to be made in Bridge port The chairman of the Lake corA-i pany stated that while the Lake corn-s pany is a private corporation, it's board recognizes the semf-public character of the. company's opera tions in working for the government and so is pleased to state that Simon States navy will be made in Fridge port.
 s4The Bridgeport Lake shipyard will have it's present large engineering and drafting buildings about doubled. it's power installation about trebled and electrified and it's machine shop
 equipment largely increased. Addi-
 tfpnaI machinery has arrived and the shipyard will be operated shortly just
 as soon as the additions are complet- ed. In addition to warship work, the
 company is prepared to build dredges.
 tugs, oyster boats, yach ts. and repair
 the same on it's marine railway. The
 actions of the secretary of the navy,
 the naval affairs committee, the
 mayor and the press of Bridgeport,
 the board of trade and it's president.
 and a Bridgeport banker have been such that the Lake eonpanyss board of directors decided Unanimously to build it's craft at Bridgeport.
 s~The Lake company now has U. s. N. contracts for three years aggre- gating $1, ,655, 900, and has licensed a ] IT. $. navy yard to build one of it's submarines under it's plan and pat ents which have cost to perfect over one million dollars investment by pri= vates persons. No government has contributed to the cost of the devel- 1 opment Of the Lake submarines. The Lake company will license any other navy yard or dependable shipbuild der .4The New York Herald recently published an alleged semi-off1cial epoch, making announcement of the British admiralty to the effect thai submarines demonstrated their ability to take such offensive action as te
 render battleshIps almost inpotenti and that the all big gun type will come to an end with the completion of the group of vessels to which ths
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-27

the finest personnel and the best plant its money can command and with a.
 substantial submarines predecessor of which-the U. s. N. submarine G-1,
 in official trials, broke and holds the
 worlds record as the largest. fastest,
 and most highly, armed combination |of submarine devices.
 .sThe Lake shipyard at Bridgeport lis the only one in the world devoted
 exclusively to the building of suo-
 marines The inventor, Simon Lake,
 has been engaged for ten years as con- Isulting engineer and inventor The |eotnpanyss general manager M
 Robinson the late U. & N- naval con structor, who built the battleshfp Con
 nee ticl1t at the Brooklyn navy yard, and had direct charge at the navy de- partnent of the designs of the dread [naughts Delaware, North Dakota, Florida, Utah, wyoming. Arkansas, New York, Texas, Nevada, Oklahoma and PennsyIvania, the torpedo boats Nos. F to 56, the gunboats Monocacy lSacremento and Palos, the submarine tenders Fulton and Melville and the destroyer Bushnell. The company,s naval architect is Phillip B. Brill, who
 was MT Robinson's chief of the de- Esign division in the bureau of con-
 strl1ction at the navy department in
 Washingte on. Herbert S.. Miller has tresigned as treasurer, secretary and } resident director of the Diehl Manu-
 featuring CO, Of Elizabeth. N. J., and
 has become president of the Lake Go iThe treasurer Of the Lake company lis Frank Miller, president of the City
 National Bank of Bridgeport, Conn. l stThe above officers are directors of 1.-the company and in addition other di- rectors are: L1ebbeus B. Miller, of
 Eliza beth, N. J., late superirt end ent of l the Singer Mfg. Co., at Elizabeth. and I a founder of the Bahcock & Wilcox Eco; the Hon. Foster M. Voorhees, ex i governor of New Jersey; Henry J. Ndll- Ter. of Elizabeth, N. J., patent attor- ney for the Singer Mfg. Co; C. D. Wallace of Bridgeport. Conn, late su- lperintendent of the U1ion Typewriter leo. Mercer D. BfondeI of Bridgeport, tConn., patent attorney The secre- Itary and assistant treasurer is C. E.
 Adams of Bridgeport. Conn.
 I Farmer Want Ads One Cent Word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-27

eases and how to care for themselves. rather than caring for them after they have contEacted disease We are now looking out for the next generation, 4 Touching on the immigration prob lem. Dr. Baker said that in most cases the adults who come to this country are able to survive the congested and difficult conditions of this country, but that the effect of their new environ rnent is manifested in their offspring One baby in every five born in New ork, dies before reaching the third year. and one in every three dies be- fore reaching five years of age.
 "A man at ninety has a better chance of life than a baby at birth was the startling statement made by Dr. Baker.
 One of the most Important prob Iems which she has to solve in con nectiofl with her work is the preven- ton of blindness and other defdrmities in children at birth The departm ent has effectively conbatted this by in sisting that mid-wives be trained for their work Twenty-f five per. cent of the cases of blindness in children, she claimed, are due to careless on the part of the midwife
 It is the aim of the department to keep the babies well. This they at tempt to do by educating the parents in the care of the child and by provfd- ing for a pure milk supply. During the five years that the department has been in existence, the death rate or babies under five years of age has been reduced from LA per 1000 to 101 per 1000. and the rate is now low CT in New York city than in all of the rural districts put together
 As for the foundling babies, out of the six orfseven thousand found every year most Of them die. This. she ex- r,f 1af1z n for babies need mother1ng more than they need anything else. HoMeveA it has been found that by boarding Wut these babies the death rate among them is greatly reduced.
 Fg tsI am opposed to compulsory nedi- cal treatment" she said, If parents are educated to the needs of their children, they will willingly, cooper ate with the health department Par- ents1 are always anxious to care for their children, the trouble is that they do not know what is the matter with them.
 4.I1l flealth and morals are not all ways associated directly, but do think that to be good you must be well Nearly so per cent. of the ehil- dren of school age in New York city are so because of malnutrition.
 She said she had learned on inyesti- gation that more than 6O,00O children go to school without their break fasts | i1t1t that in only a few cases was this the result of the parents inability tC provide the food for the children sleeI | in poorly ventilated rooms and ther have unappetizing breakfasts set be l fore them.
 Eighty per cent. of the childrer | who leave school, do 50 merely be cause they are tired of it and not be cause their help is needed to supper | the family"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-27
BURGLARS IN SALOON.

The saloon of Rogers Brothers. at East Washington avenue and East Main street was entered sometime during the night. Two bottles of whiskey and $1.5O in change were taken. Entrance was through a rear window.
 Someone tried to enter the saloon of W. H. Wolfram at the corner of East Main and Maple streets last eve- ming by breaking a window in the front door. Nothing was taken.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-27

RavenyeIp-The modern play nssrls to be nothing more nor less than tng tramatization of bioloeica1 impulsea Can you tell me who started this esr business. anyway
 Biffstfck=I don't know. uuieM Fl was the F1orodora Sex Tette.-JufTe-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-03-27
HOTEL GUEST LOSES cIOTHns-

Chester Miller reported to the police today that someone entered his room at the Drew hotel. Crescent aven1e- yesterday afternoon. An overcoat end a new pair of shoes are missinE-
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-09
WAR
fcnntinnad srrom page One !

Continued From Page One.)
September 8 say that the report that
the Germans are compelling Chinese
laborers to assist in the destruction
of defenses is untrue. The Chinese
deserted Using Tau, expecting bonn
bardment of the city by the Japanese,
but finding a livelihood outside the
district of Kiao Chow impossible, re-
trned in great numbers.
Other Chinese report that Japanese
dressed as chinese are shipping IN
the vicinity Of Tsings Tau acting as
scouts are watching the Japanese 'ap-
proach. At the request of the Jap
anese the Chinese government pre-
cludes the possibility of a conflict
withdrew the Chinese soldiers from
the Japanese military train.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-09
BOXERS TO DO Their
TRAINING WORK HERE
GALLEGoS AND YORK WILL AR
RIVE WITHIN THE NEXT
FEW DAYS

Under the articles signed by Gal
legos and York, the game little well
terweights who will stage 10-round
go at the armory on the night of Sep
tember "a, they must both train in
this city for ten days prior to the en-
counter. They will both be in Las
Vegas in a few days, and the proba-
bility is that both will use the armory
for training purposes, one in the after
noon and the other at night. Many
interesting rounds with sparring part
ners are in store for the faithful ones
during the training period
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-09
Income TAX Will
..:. e: NOT Be RAISED
PRESIDENT OPPOSES SUCH A PRO.
CEDURE TO SECURE WAR
MONEY

Washington, Sept. 9.-President
Wilson opposes an increase in the In
come tax as part of the program for
raising additional revenue for the gov
ernment. House Leader Underwood,
Chairman Simmons of the senate fl
nance committee and Chairman F1tz-
gerald Of the house appropriations
committee conferred with the presi-
dent today and were told that in his
opinion an increased income tax
would not be suitable in the emerg-
ency because no returns would be
realized before next year. In his mes
sage to congress on the subject the
president asked that sources of reve-
rue be selected which would respond
quickly.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-09
IS THE KAISER ABOUT
TO give A "SQUEAL"
HE is REPORTED TO HAVE SENT
A PROTEST TO PRESIDENT
WILSON

London, Sept. 9.-"There has been
published in Copenhagen a telegram
which Emperor William sent to Presi-
dent Wilson under date of September
A." telegraphs the Copenhagen cor
respondent of the London Daily Tele-
graph. In this message Emperor Will
liam protests against the use by the
English of dum-dum bullets and
against the participation of the Bel
gian population in the war.
Emperor William adds in his COM
munication to Mr.. Wilson that his
generals have in certain cases been
compelled to punish the Belgians, and
he expresses his deep regret at the
destruction of Louvain and other in
teresting places"
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-09
PERSONALS

Mrs. G. w. Horne, dressmaker
Keister college. system, 20 years ex
perience, work guaranteed. I'll Mair
street, Phone Main 24O.-Ady. cod IS
Cleofes Romero, for IL years sher
if of San Miguel county and ex-war
den of the state penitentiary, now en-
gagged in the lumber business at Els.
tancia, is in the city for a few days,
S. B. Simmons of Dallas, Tex. is
among the recent hotel arrivals.
George McMullen of st. Louis is in
the city for brief stay.
Miss Estella Hinojos has resigned
her position with Charles Rosenthal
and left today for Santa Fe for short
visit before proceeding to FL Paso,
where she will reside.
C. f. Hunter of Albuquerque is stop
ping at one of the local hotels.
J. W. Ivans of Chicago is in the
city for a short time.
Harry J. Hanlon of Ell Paso arrived
last night for few days business
visit.
Mrs. T. ]. Fitzgerald and son of
Kansas City are stopping at local
hotel.
J. c. Duncan, business man of
Kansas City, is in the city for brief
stay.
E. H. Rojas of Chicago is in the
city on brief business stay.
A. Teiml of Chicago is among the
recent hotel arrivals
E. o. Thomas, mail carrier in the
the local postoffice, has returned to
duty after a four-week vacation spent
in visiting points of interest in Colo
rado.
A. o. Jahren of Wagon Mound ar
rived in Las Vegas today to remain
for some time on business.
Albert Stern, head of the dry goods
department of the Ilfeld store in Al
buquerque, was in the city yesterday,
en- route to New York.
Rev. ]. H. Whistler, who has ac-
cepted a call from the Christian
church, arrived in Las Vegas last
night.
Mrs. G. S. Losey left last night for
Chicago and the east on an extended
visit. She will stop at Ashtabula, O..
for some time.
Mrs. F. L. Morrissette left on train
No. 1 today for Albuquerque to visit
friends.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-09
TO RENoMlNATE SENATOR

New Haven, Conn, Sept 9.-Repu-
blicans of Connecticut rallied here to
day for their state convention which
is to nominate candidates for United
States senator and governor and other
state officers to be voted for in Novem-
ber. Today was devoted to the pre-
liminary business of the convention
The nominations will be made tomor
row. United States Senator Frank B
Brandegee will be renominated, as nc
other name will be presented. Several
names are mentioned in connection
with the governorship and other plac
es on the state ticket.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-09
MUST GET NEW SEAL

Santa Fe, Sept. 9.-Assistant Attor-
ney General Ira L. Grimshaw at the
request of Governor Mcdonald and in
reply to a letter sent the executive,
handed down an opinion today that
when a woman, who is a notary pub
lie, marries, she must get a new seal
with her new name upon it and file
an impression of the new seal with
the secretary of state and that she can
not attest to documents with the seal
bearing her former name.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-09

L. Underwood, and from the inscrip-
ton on his letterhead conducts a
stone quarry From the description
of the boy Chief of Police Coles be-
lieyes that he was here some months
ago, leaving here for Onava, since
which move nothing is known of him.
With a boy companion the lad Che
is only 16 years old) ieft home some
time ago on horseback and no word
has been received from him by the
father, who, despite the waywardness
of his son, cannot blot him from the
parental mind The old mans letter,
which brims with the heart-ache of
the disappointed father, follows:
CLERK of w. o. W. Camp,
East Las Vegas, N. M.
Dear Sir:-Will you be so kind to
me as to look for boy of mine. He
has been persuaded away from home.
His name is Luther Underwood. He
is 5 feet s inches tall, is 16 years old,
has tolerably light hair, blue eyes,
fair complexion and has one finger
off close to the middle joint on the
left hand. 1t is the finger next to the
little finger
"He left home riding black filly
IA hands high. He left with another
boy, also horseback, l am not inter
ested in the boy that left with him.
IF you should find my boy wire me
E; once at my expense, and cause the
boy to be detained until l arrive and
have him held by officers, but have
him treated right
(Signed) IS. L. UNDERWOOD"
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-09

fee:
"The North German Gazette pub
fishes the text of the kaiser's tele-
gram to President Wilson concerning
the British and French, use of dunn
dun bullets and Belgian atrocities
against surgeons, nurses and wounded
soldiers"
The message adds:
"Frankfurther Zeitung reports that
German officers, while Louyain was
burning, brought pictures from the
cathedral to the town hall for protec-
ton.
"The Stampa," a paper at Turin
reports that French confidence in its
gel eral staff has vanished. Parisians
know that France is )i flooded with
wounded and that a great part of the
army are prisoners"
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-09
POSTOfflCE PETITION
PUT in CIRCULATION
SECURING OF SIGNATURES, 1T is
EXPECTED, WILL PROCEED
RAPIDLY

The petition to the postmaster gen.
eral that was started some days ago.
asking that immediate action be taken
by the postoffice department in the
construction of a new federal building
for greater Las Vegas, and which has
been at two of the drug stores for
signing, is now being presented to the
people in an active canvass. The pc
tition only prays the department at
Washington to consider the unusual
conditions that exist here, citing the
confusion of mails due to the exist
ence of the two offices, and asking
for the immediate use of the appro-
priation already voted by congress for
the purpose of erecting the new build
ing.
There is a slight misunderstanding
on the part of some of the people of
the city who fear that the petition
is in some way connected with a polit-
ical move of unknown and doubtful
origin 1t is only due to the commun-
ity that it should be fully understood
by everyone that the movement is
being prosecuted solely for the i'm
provement of conditions and the bet
terment of the community There is
nothing political in it and no one
should hesitate to sign the petition,
declare those who are circulating it.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-09
NEW NoTARIEs NAMED

Santa Fe, Sept. 9.-Governor nc
Donald today appointed the follow.4s
notaries public: Steven L. Villareal,
Gila, Grant county; Rollin L. Tinnin,
Yeso, Guadalupe county; Melquiades
T. Otero, Cubero, Valencia county;
Caddie B. Smith, Murdoch, Quay coun-
ty; Fred G. Forrest Tolar, Roosevelt
county, and Alma E. Squire of Boaz,
.Chaves county.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-09
Washington Knows Nothing

Washington, Sept. 9.-At the White
House and at the state department it
was staed oday that no message to
President Wilson from Emperor Will
liam had been received so far The
German embassy today received the
following dispatch from its foreign Of
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-09
MAROONS BATTING
AVERAGE is GUOD
TEAM is HITTING AT .3oe CLIP
IN A TOTAL OF NINE
GAMES

So far during the playing season
the Las Vegas Maroons have made
95 hits in 3O7 times at bat, giving
them a team average of 800. Seelin-
ger leads the team with an average
of 476. The individual records of the
players are as follows:
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-09
American League

Automobile stage line to Mora tri.
weekly, Tuesday, Thursday and Sat.
urday, leaving Las Vegas postoffice
8 a. M, arriving Mora 9:45 a. m.
Leave Mora 4 p. m. arrive Las Vegas
5:45 p. m. Fare for round trip, IS;
one way, SO. Round trip tickets good
for one week. H. B. Hubbard, Prop
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-09
TODAY IN CONGRESS

Washington, Sept. 9.-Senate; Met
at IL a. m.
The knillion dollar appropriation for
extra evnnnses Of tha diplomatic and
g. .cu ar service p'oauso of the Er-
rel can war was passed.
Senators Burton ana Gallinger con
t;ia ed their opposition to the river
and harbor bill.
House: Met at noon.
Ways and means committee con-
tinued conference on means of raising
additional revenue to supplement
falling customs receipts.
Bills were considered under the
calendar Wednesday rule.
The Optic for all the war news.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-09
FATHER SEARCHING
FOR MISSING son
S. [. UNDERWOOD WOULD LIKE
TO KNOW WHEREABOUTS
OF YOUNG LUTHER

City Clerk Charles Tamme. who is
also clerk Of the local Woodmen of
the World. has received letter from
a broken hearted father in Leuders.
Tex, asking for information of his
runaway son. The mans name is S.
Las Vegas optic., 1914-09-09
BASEBALL TODAY

American League
Chicago at Detroit.
st. Louis at Cleveland.
Philadelphia at Washington.
Boston at New York.