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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-16
F. B. LEIGH PAYS LARGEST
 TAX TO CITY His Assessment Exceeds That of Any Individual
 Resident COLLECTORS TOTAL
 EXCEEDS $1, ,6s9, 764 Half Million Balance Still
 Due On Lists of

During the month of May and up to closing time on June 1. Tax Col lector Howard F. Smith. received $1.- sss,7s4. 10, according to the records which have just been completed in his office This amount was on the tax lists of 1913. Tn addition, Col lector Smith received SIT, ,71s.75 due $1, ,657. 482.S5 for the period The to- tai tax to be. collected for 1913 is $z,- 136, OBS, so the collection to June | amount to about two-thirds of the taxes due.
 Thongs Q. Smith. the special col 1ector who has been making personal calls on people has collected $1,- S6S.79. Most of this tax was for au- mobiles. pianos in storage or other valuables articles which are taxable but which had not been declared
 6Continued on Page TwoD
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-16
DISEASE TAKES FULL TOLL FROM MAzATLAN MEN Mexican Defenders, Weak ened By Hunger, Easy
 Prey to Plague FEDERAL TROOPS
 DESERT WITH GUNS Bryan Still Hopeful for Sue
 cess of Mediators'
 Proposal

On Board U S. s. California, Ma zatlan. by wireless to San Diego, Cal. June 16-Conditions in the besieged city of MazatIan are rapidly growing worse weakened by lack of food, the inhabitants are easy victims of dis ease.
 The gunboat Yorktown, which has been in Mexican waters since January 10, will leave here tomorrow for Fort Mare Island navy yard for an over hauling.
 Reports 1rom Acapulco say many oe the federal troops there are deserting, taking their arms and ammunition
 washington, June 16-secretary Bry- an was still hopeful today of the uI- innate success of mediation despite tho developments at the Niagara confer ence. When he went to the cabinet meeting the secretary of state said he still believed the situation would so shape itself that the constitu tfonaIsts would participate in the mediation pro- ceedings in some form.
 Heads of the constitutiona1ist agency here said they had no new advices from General Carranza but did not mediators in insisting upon an armis- problems of Mexico in the scope of mediation before receiving the consti- tutiona1ist delegates.
 The general opinion in official cir- cles was that while mediation was again confronted with period of delay and uncertainty, another step would be worked out soon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-16

Chicago, June 15-Tt is believed here that criminal prosecution may follow the closing by examiners of tho La SaIIe Street Trust and Savings bank, of which ex-Unated States Sem atOr William Lorimer is president and threCe associated banks. Chief Bank Examiner HarIkins and a score of as- sistants are busiIy engaged in trying to unraxea the financial tang1e which resulted i'm a run on the La Sale Street bank. MT. HaEIxiI1s saad it vvould be several days before the ac- rua1 sta4e Of affairs is known. In round rumbers the combined deposit Ha0iH- ties aggregate between $6;OOO, 900 and SS,O0O 900. The La Sale Street Trust and Savings bank Is state institution located i'm the downtown district. It was established originally as a na~ faona1 bank by ex-Senator Lapriner. Neither it nor it's predecessor has ever been member of the clearing house. The three other ban1zs are iocated in the outlying dfstrfcfs and are known as neighborhood banks. All of them carried their balances at the La Sale street instatntion and were controlled by DflcaaIa of the doyvntown L.orinaer bank.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-16
Sixteen Coal Laden Cars Hauled By Motor to
 New Haven
MOTOR PASSENGER
 TRAIN IN FEW DAYS
Years will Pass Before Whole Service Will Drop
 Steam Locomotives

Pulling sixteen cars of coal behind 1t, the first electric motor to run on the recently completed. electrified zone between Stamford; and New Havens without help from steam engines and with a train, passed through this city about 11-30 this morning.
 The train was someth1nss in tI1e ma turs of a pathfinder No Engine had proceeded 1t to discover possible de- fects, but, until it's arrival in Bridge port it had not been impeded by any leakage of electricft- None of the Bridgeport officials knew of its conn ing until news was felephoned ahead a short time before it reached the Bridgeport station
 Slowly 1t wended it's way along the track There were no ptIfrs Of smoke nor the hsss of escaping steam. Silent ly 1t sped along the track. and the employees were unaware of it's presence until the shrfII screech of it's horn, so different than those of tha 1oconottve. warned them of it's presence. At the Bridgeport station tgyvas greeted with cheers and 1t as silently sped out of sight without stepping. The sixteen cars of coal which 1t was hauling were bound for New Haven.
 This is the first train to be hauled over the tracks by electricity. Nufn- erous motors have been run at times but at no time has a train been pt1l1s ed over the tracks The local ofh- cla1s of the company declare that this does not mean the zsbandonnent of the Locomotives. but is more of an exDer- fnsnt They declare now that the drs< passenger train to be hauled by the motors may be expected at any time-
 The motors are to be pressed Into service over the line gradually From present fndi1Mtfozs, local ahthoritiss say that dt will be only the throuel1s passenger trains that will be pulled by the motors and that the others will be drawn by locomotives They predict that it will be years before the loco motive Is entirely done away with on 4he new electrified. ozne-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-16
QUESTION SUBMITTED
 TO CITY ATTORNEY BY PAVING COMMISSION

First. Can tne Common Com- ell order macadam repairs ana use for the payment of such work funds not Specifically appropE1atsd l for macadana repairs9
 Second. Has the Common coun- oil any right or autlpority b tcon-
 tract or order contracts to besmade for the paving oT tne streets of tae city except by and throueh tae paving and sepeF counnaiasi
 Third. Under reaolutirn of ths
 eonanion Council on Jane i. 48l4 the director Of pGbIic 1rzs on June srd, 1s14s signed witb aie Warren RroGlners. of Boston, frt , the paving of certain streets iu Bridgeport with yVarrenite. Can any part of the reeens issue or pav- ing bonds, amounting to saoo.o00
 be used in making payments on ae-
 count of these conEacts7 what
 funds, If amy, would be avanabie
 for tne s1so,OoO Warrenite con
 tracted for2
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-16
EDWARD M'KEEN
 GRANTED DIVORCE

After one Of the most sensational 1ria1s ever heard in this county, Ed ward dcKeen of Stamford. has been awarded divorce from Aimee Nc Keen Of Southington- Judge Greene of the superior court finds Mrs. 1cKee was too friendly with Minor Dfbble, rvTE1o was named as co-resp ondent- Th e latter is employed by the s. N. E IT. iCo. in Stanford The court also al- lows 1LcKeen the custody of a minor child Several witnesses testified they had heard Mrs McKeen tell of her tadvenfures with Dibble
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-16
JOHN s. SELLS LOSES
 SUIT FOR GROCERIE

Judge Scott in the common pleas court today handed down a deciEon in the suit of John S. silIs Of New York against Attorney Frederick B. F'alIon, trustee for Fannie SalvVitz. The court finds i'm favor of the defendant The plaintiff. who conducts a. whole sale grocery business in New York had a bfH oR sI42, which he said r7a unpaid Ie was claimed, houetar. that Louis zalgtitz. husband of Fannie. was Dle for this bill.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-16
DONOVAN KILLS ATTEMPT
 TO DECREASE TAXES OF
 ALASKAN R. R. COMP ANIES

withdraw his objection.
 Five railroads. including the Guggen- helm and the White Pass ana Y1lr5n road are affected.
 Mir. Donovan said: MT. Speaker TO- serving the right to object, hero is tho situation as it appears to me. This re+ marka.ble committee came Tn here Q few weeks ago advocating and, report ing measure to expend S35s O00.p0O Of this governments money for a rad- road in Alaska and now they come il and tell us that the railroads already there cannot pay their taxes. am going to object right here"
 The objection prevailed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-16
6special to he Farmer.l )

Special to the Farmer.)
 Washington, June 6-Representative Donovan by his objection under the unanimous consent clause. killed a proposition to change the methods of taxing the Alaskan Railroad Compan- les The bill offered proposed to tax the railroads four per cent. of their net earnings instead of tEe present law taxing them at S100 a mile. MT. Don ovan took the stand that the state Of was to have received part of the net earnings of the New Haven road, but had rever received 1t. He thought the fixed rate of s$1oo a mile was the best and refused to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-16
HEADING WALL. ST.
 STOCKS DEPRESSED

New York, June s.-Openins.- Stocks moved irregularly at the open- ling today but soon developed a down : ward trend. First quotations. of ma fordty of the leaders were lower and fi1s backward tendency of these shares weighted down the list as whole. Trading was still on a small scale, with no concerted pressure A few of the specfalfies moved widely.
 Among the standard shares early losses did not exceed half a point, ex- cept i'm the case of New Haven. which reacted a point after opening a. shade higher Arrangements were made for shipment of s2.5oo,o0 more gold to Europe
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-16

signihed his intention of going Co tho barn and feeding his horse.
 Coroner John J. Phelan of this city will go to the scene in person this af- ternoon in the belief that the circund- stances are sufficiently suspicious bc warrant his investigatlon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-16
Fatal Shooting Is
 Found to Be Accident

That the death of Steve Kasuds. who was shot in Stamford. last Sat- urday evening, when his friend Fran cis Krecfoch demonstrated a new safety device on a revolver, was accidental reports Coroner John q. Phelan, as the result of his iuveatlEa- ton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-16

The significance of this point is that the language bitumi- nous macadama left the way open for competition between all pavements of this type.
 Ccontinued on. Page -Al
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-16

Edwin Countrynan. former Justice of the Supreme court of New York, died in Albany, aged TT years
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-16

Rather than undergo an operation, Mrs Alice I-awless. of A1orristown. N ------.--e,1l e.,- r,l.l1. la.- sla 1,,,ti1..-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-16

More than 2o.oo0 cars will be needed to transport the 1914 wreas crop from ths Oklahoma fieids.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-16

Daughters of the Revolution will hold their annual convention at Min neapolis this week.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-06-16

Fair; Warmer yvednesdag
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-05-28
LIVED ON
RAW EGGS
Mr.. Richards Experience With Dir.
ferent Diets. Peaches and
ButtermiIk for Three Years.

Cecilton. Md.-Mr. George Richards,
OF this place. during the past II years,
has probably tried more different diets
than the average person would ever use
in a litetme.
What he has TO say about his expert
ments. must therefore be highly interest
ing to anyone suffering from indigestion
or stomach troubles OF any kind.
He says: For more than II years,
suffered with stomach troubles. and
paid hundreds OF dollars for doctor bills
and medicines. ! was also operated on
for piles.
lived on dried peaches and buttermilk
for nearly three years. The only thing
that would not give me pain was raw eggs.
was a physical wreck. | could moi
sleep, and was as near crazy as a maj
could we'll be. .
must say that after taking two 25-cent
packages Of Thediord'S Black raught,
il did me more good than all ] ever spent
for other medicines.
have been working daily on the farm
ever since, and ! am as hard as IRON"
This purely vegetable remedy has been
in successful use for more than 70 years.
Tfyit But be sure that it's "Thedford's."
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-05-28

Don't forget that Friday is the
day set 10 clean off the Dennis
cemetery.
q. p. Wilcox has been visiting
his daughter, Mrs. Harve Young,
for a few days. Am glad To see
him out again.
A. W. Oberhulser'S were out 10
Sunday school, as usual.
Ira Ioung's had ,L.eir barr.
covered last week. Ira is sure Il
hustler.
Say, Rastus: what was Reed
Frye running from when he ran
into OberholSer's clothes line
and got such a fall:
Note that Evans Frye has got
his air ship ON the go again.
Fred and Kay mond HelSley
and some of the young ladies' of
these parts. We're out riding
Sunday.
1t was funny that Mrs. d. did
not see Ira when she run over
him the other day.
YOU KNOW.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-05-28
Most Prompt and Effectual
Cure for Bad Colds.

When you have a bad cold you
want a remedy that will not only
give relief, but effect a prompt
and permanent cure, a remedy
that is pleasant to take, a rem
edy that contains nothing injuri.
Gus. Chamberlain Cough Rem
edy meets all these require
ments. 1t acts on natures plan,
relieves the lungs, aids expec
toratlon, opens the secretions
and restores the system to u
healthy condition. This remedy
has a world. wide sale and use,
and can always be depended
upon. Sold by all dealers. adv.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-05-28
Last weeks items

Last weeks items
Kelley Bros. and Alfred Rush
ing left Monday for Oklahoma
where they expect to remain un
til after harvest.
Mrs. Noah Nichols was the
Saturday night guestof Leonard
Murrell and fanny.
Joe Brasher, the road over
seer, has been doing considera
BILE work on the road in this
neighbOrhood Of late.
Mrs. VIM. Gilbert visited hen
daughters, Mesdames Bertha
Branstetter and Irene Fuge, last
week.
George Hall and wife of Texas
have been visiting the latter'S
uncle, Lee Rushing, the past
week.
Miss Stella Glenn was the
guest of Miss Pearl Mackey
Sunday.
Miss Mollie Marrs, who has
been staying in Seymour for
some time, visited home folks
Sunday.
Miss Aleth Border has been
stopping at George lpock's.
Ottie Dedmon and family Wis.
tied l.. j. Rushings Sunday.
Quite a large crowd attended
church at New Grove Sunday.
Wonder if someone won't get
lonesome Sunday evenings since
Riley Kelley has gone to Okla.
Ben larger and familk visited
Richard Morris and family the
latter part of the week.
Quite a crowd attended the
musicale at Joe Fosters Satur-
day night, and all report a nice
time.
Several of the chapel people
attended church at Liberty Sun.
day.
Miss Cord Box called on Miss
Ova Dudley Sunday.
PEGGY SHORT.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-05-28
ROUTE NO. /.
Special Correspondsnes)

There was a musicale at the
Shane'S Thursday night. 1t was
we'll attended and there was
good music.
There was a large crowd at.
tending church at Ashley Sun.
day. All took dinner as near
church as possible and went
back in the afternoon. Those
dining at Lindley'S were S. f.
Spence and wife. Pearl and Andy
Spence. Ollie Shanes, Marvin
Dennis and Ralph White.
Everett Spence wife and baby,
Mae Spence, Letha Shanes and
Alya Hensley and Glenn Moberly
dined at L j. Smiths.
H. G. Shanes, wife and daugh.
ter. Latha, also Byron Shanes and
wife went to Mountain Grove
Monday on business.
Carl and Clifford Bobzien of
Springfield are visiting their
grandma, Mrs. W. l.. Stone, also
their uncle, and aunt in country.
Earnie Crippen spent Saturday
night with Glen Moberly.
George Duggar and Earnie
Crippen took dinner with Fred
Anderson Sunday.
T. b. Fisher made a flying
trip up to his old home place in
North Missouri last week and
attended church while there.
II. c.. Shanes made a trip to
Kansas last week, looking at the
country and reports a good look
ing country.
Miss Pearl Spence spent last
Tuesday with Della Smith, Aloth
findley was there also.
RASTUS.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-05-28

in Christ 10 years ags. She lived
in a steadfast faith in Christ to
the end. She had been an in.
valid for Z years-for the past
, years she had been confined to
her bed with consumption. Dur.
ing the past two years she had
prayed to die; she always spoke
of death as going home. With
the old time poet she said:
There is not a cloud that doth
arise
To hide my Savior from mine
eyes.
All is well.
The remains were brought to
Mansfield from Mississippi
where she died. Sister Rippee
was conscious to the last and Sc.
iecUeu e own burial place and
made her funeral arrangements,
selecting the songs and preach.
erS.
The remains were taken from
the home of Silas Rupee to the
Hensley cemetery, where ser.
vices were conducted by Revs.
Joseph Davis and Andrew Ross
in the presence of a large con.
gregation of sorrowing relatives
and friends, after which the re.
mains were laid to rest besides
her 3 children there to await the
resurrection. JOSEPH DAVIS.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-05-28
Remember the Ball Game

The ball game Decoration Day
between the teams of southeast
and northwest Siue of the park
will be Il hummer: follow the
band. Jones may be more intel
lectual than You, Smith may be
better looking. Brown more ath'
letic. Robinson healthier and
NanaSterfeller richer, but it will
cost them just the same to see
the ball game Saturday, May 30,
as it will YOU, and the proceeds
go toward paying the park debt.
please be there.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-05-28

Well, | guess real old summer
time is here at last.
Quite a crowd attended church
at Antioch Sunday.
Russell Walters aud wife Wis
tied Il. 7. Nelson and wife Sun
day afternoon.
Mrs. Laura Rushing is report
ed on the sick list.
Marion Branstetter is working
for q. w. Mackey this week.
Rev. Lense Hensley filled his
appointment at Hargis Chapel
Saturday night.
Mrs. L. L. Rushing called ON
her son Elmer's Monday.
Miss Sadie Murrell called on
Miss Gertie Hamilton Saturday,
Mrs. CIV. Mackey and daugh.
terS, Misses Pearl and Ada, Wis,
tied relatives on the Gasconade
Thursday.
Uncle Jack Prock while com.
ing from Hal tvillc Friday go,
thrown from his horse, and had
one wrist strained and was alst
bruised considerably.
Every body come to Mt. DIV,
and help to organize a Sunday
school next Sunday.
Miss Lorena Morris is visit
ing home folks.
VIM. Gilbert had a light strok,
of paralysis Tuesday.
Mrs. Mccormick is reported
some better.
VIM. Gilbert visited his daugll
ter, Mrs. Mabel Dixon, Tuesday
morning.
Sunday Scnool every Sunday
at Hargis Chapel at 2:30 p. IN
Church services every first Sun
day by Rev. Carpenter. Serv
ices Saturday nights before tn,
fourth Sundays by Rev. Hensley
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-05-28
LOWER WOLF CREEK.


Preaching at the Church of
God every second Saturday
night. Sunday and Sunday night
Il. J. Light, Pastor.
Sunday school by the Church OF God
every Sunday. james Ivy, Supt.
Church services at the Freewill Bap-
fist church the third Saturday ut II n.
M, at night and Su~nday.-C. n. Find
ley pastor.
Sunday school as usual at the
Church of God every Sunday.
All day services and singing at
the Church of God the second
Sunday in June. Everybody
come and bring well filled bas-
ketS.
Mesdamcs Jim Dennis, VIII
lam Shelton, Ray Pagan and Jim
Dennis visited Alec Camp
bell Wednesday of last week.
Mckinley Gravcns was an all
night guest ut the Harve Young
home Tuesday night of last week.
Carl Getting attended singing
at Ashley Sunday afternoon.
Childrcn's day exercises at
the old log church the second
Sunday in June, with dinner on
the grounds. EVERYBODY invited.
Mandy Lakry visited home
folks Sunday.
Mrs. Young had her barn re-
shingIed last week, and it helped
the looks of it considerably.
o. p. Wilcox visited his daugh,
ter, Mrs arve Ioung,over Sat
urday returning home Sunday
morning accompanied by his
daughter and her husband.
lick Kirk and wife visited
with her parents, John Hensley
and wife, Sunday.
Uncle Bill Box and MIS-. Alec
Campbell are improving SLOWLY.
Mrs Vina Helsley is able to be
up part of the time.
Gooseberry picking is the or
der of the day.
Roscoe Skies made a business
trip to Mansfield Monday.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-05-28
ZI-ZI NO. CATS

An Imported Percheron Stallion
Will stand the season of 1914 at
the Whitaker Fruit & Stock Farm
3 miles west of Mansfield
Zi-Iiwas classed by the French
Government as Il Subsidy Stal.
lion,' which is the highest evil
dence of. quality. He was i'm
ported to America in 1907, and
for So, 10000.
Li-Zi is one of the greatest
stations of his time, and is ideal
in every respect color, weight,
individual quality, disposition
and breeding qualities.
III III has been standing regu-
larly at $1,000, but | am going to
stand him this season at $1,000
and allow a discount of $500 on
all fees pail within 10'days after
foallng, making the price upon
prompt payment only $1,000 to
insure colt to stand and suck, fee
due at foaling or when mare is
sold or removed. Care will be
to prevent accidents, but
will not be responsible should
any occur
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-05-28
Last weeks items.

Last weeks items.
All day services at the Church
of God the second Sunday in
June with dinner on the ground
Everybody invited.
Children's Day exercises at
the Old Log church the second
Sunday in June. Dinner on the
ground. Everybody invited.
Miss Docia Mcintosh left last
week for a few days visit with
friends at altyilln and Grove
Springs.
Miss Maude Lakey visited
home folks over Sunday.
MeSdamcS William and Marion
Shelton visited with Mrs. Henry
Coday Friday.
Didn't Mr.. Rowland look swell
Monday riding up through the
field on his riding cultivator fan.
nirg himself with his old hat:
Raymond Young returned
home Sunday from Luther
Sharp's, whore he had been for
the last week fishing for dry land
suckers.
Geo. Calhoun's visitcd Mrs.
Calhoun's mother, Mrs. Dick Ivy,
Saturday.
Calvin Ryan's took dinner with
Hosea Moody's Saturday.
G, n. Findley took dinner with
+. NJ. Moorland Saturday.
Beatrice Mcintosh was the
guest of Thelma Mcintosh Sun
day.
Harve Young is flying; he has
one piece of corn plowed over.
Miss lily Coday was at home
a few days this week.
We are glad to have so many
new writer's with US, the more
the merrier.
Harry kupka and wife were
guests of Harve Young and wife
Uncle Bill Box is reported no
better.
Mrs. Jim Helsley is slowly i'm.
proving from her recent illness.
Mrs. Francis Campbell is quite
poorly again.
Miss Fricda Getting leaves
this week for Kansas to stay a
weeks with her sister Lena.
Mrs. Fred Getting visited with
Mrs. Jim Helsley Sunday.
Raymond IIelslcy wants all of
he readers of this paper to vote
or him; he is running on the
of matrimony. lIurrah for
raymond.
YOU GUESS
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-05-28
WOLF CREEK.
Especial Correspondence

Especial Correspondence
Sunday school as usual at the old
log church every Sunday morning.
We still have lovely weather.
A nice rain would be much ap-
preciated
The most Of the farmers are
blowing corn.
Some Of US will commence
hayinR next week.
The alfalfa crop is sure fine.
Please tell them town Jakes
who were wanting to work so
bad TO get busy, for We have lots
of lettuce, onions and radishes.
Don't send Uncle Bill Day, John
Stephens or Dave Hoover a. they
7 no good.
j. d. Rowland needs help 10
pull weeds and pick goose ber-
ries.
VIM. Lakey, the old hustler,
sure knows how 10 plant corn.
Mrs. James Helsley is much
better the past few days
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-05-28
OBITUARY.

Leanna Young was born April
{, 1872; died May %, 1914, aged
- years, l month and II days.
She wss united in marriage to
Samuel Rippee, April q, le65.
To this union We're born I child.
rem, 3 girls and I boys; , girls
and boy died in childhood. 3
boys and l girl, with the father.
mourn the loss of mother and
companion.
Sister Rippee profesSed faith