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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-06
TRANSFORMATION
 AGAIN TO BE OPEN FOR COMPETITION
McReynolds and Elliott Agree On Plan for Re-
 organization of Road
KUHN, LOEB & co.
 ARE BUYING STOCK
Rurnor Declares Line Is Be
 ing Acquired By the Pennsylvania Interests

Washington. Jan. 6-After a two hour conference today between Abtor- uey General McReynolds and CIaaar man Howard Elliott, Of the N.7N" z. AoriA. \. Tezv Haven & Hartford Railroad, if wac understood that the New Haven will agree to reorganization CO Fe- .=fore courpetifion in transpor6alonn 2 f5,ro.,phox,t New F1ngland- No official snr,oiIncement was made but N1r Ea- 1ioft will remain in Washington 1oF several days and it was beaaeveo may settle details of the plan.
 n1aw York. Jan. 6ENew England 7,arIrers and brokers have been Wa.lcn- ing with considerable interest the puy- ing of New Haven railroad stoeKs py Kuhn, Loeb & O. The lac1 lnat liisse New York banking house is closely as sociated with the Pennsylvan1a rail- road. handling the bond issues, stock issues, and other hnapcial business or that railroad, has stirred up the ru- rnor< that the New Haven stocks are being acquired by Kuhn, Loeb & Co. for the Pennsylvania railroad. It IS believed that the government would raise no objection to the PennsyI- vania road getting controlling inter est in the New Haven railroad as IT ss i'm mo sense a road competing with the New Haven.
 It will be recalled that the New Ha- ven road and the Pennsylvsnia road have been more or less closely allied and have shown for a number of years d strong tendency to work together whenever it has been possible to do so. The building of the big railroad bridge from the Harlem river yards to the New Haven system across Hell Gate to Long Island has been looked uponl as the making of the Connecting link that would bring these two rail- roads into close working relationship-
 Then. too, the New Haven road has been known -tz5 lzzyes ldng sstss5a+sss1z- ing some way of getting trains into the heart Of New York city without having to use the Grand Central rail road station and tracks of the New York Central and Hudson River rail< road as it now does. A project for having New Haven road trains, reach the PennsyIvania. railroad station in New York city by means of a sub- way tunnel under the streets of that city was talked of at the time the. cleo trfc engines were put into commission on the New Haven road
 The Hell Gate bridge, which has been started as offering means for getting New Haven road trains upon the tracks of the Long. Island railroad, controlled by the Pennsylvania road, and thus through the tubes to the Pennsylvania road station, further points out the aims of the roadS in the past.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-06
WOMAN STRICKEN WHILE HURTING
 TO CATCH A GAR
Mrs. M. A. P. Stone Was Beyond Aid When Med
 ical Help Arrived

Death in the form Of heart disease visited Mrs. M. A. P. Stone, widow of Frank K Stone. shortly. before ten o'clock today in Clinton avenue, near State street, as she was hurrying to catch a trolley car. she was seen to stagger and fall but died before med reach her side A bank book, bills and cards in her hand bag gave a, clue as to her identity and this was vert- lied at the home of MT. and Mrs. O. S. P1Rtt, with whom she lived. Dr. s. M. GArlfck, medical examiner was noti- fled and gave permission for the re- mova1 of the body by the undertaking g firm of Hawley, W1lnot 6 Reynolds. Her age is given as being between 60 and 70.
 Several saw her stzgger and fall as she passed a vacant lot near the cor ner Of the two streets and went to her aid Among them were R. NJ Sperry Of 94 Lexon avenue and John Farley, a driver employed by J. J. Fitzgerald of s Center street extension They carried her about two hundred feet to the home or Edward Bray at 226 C1in- ton avenue while others sent in a call for the emergency hospital ambulance corps No signs of life were discov- cred as she was carried into the house Dr. T. F. Healy of 25 Yale street reached the house just ahead of pr T. H. F'innegan with the ambu- 1ance- Both found no signs of life. Captain J. H. Redgate Of the Third precinct police station examined the walk under the supposition that she may have slipped on an fey pavement. His investigation discovered nothing to bear out this suppositfon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-06
By Our Staff corres.)

Shelton, Jan. 6-Tiny Michael Ko- mick, twin to two months baby Mary, who died as result of exposure and malnutrition, after the mother had been arrested, following strike riot, is very sick and his death is expected The 4-years-old son of Mrs. Konnick IS also sick, but his condition is thought not to be serious.
 Both children are in care of Dr. J. Eugene Black. The baby has a fever and terrible cough. The cold was contracted while. the mother was un- der arrest, because the windows or the room in which the children lay lives in the Cement block. They are miserabIy pbor and lacked the money necessary to buy the medicine pre- acribed by Dr. Black.
 The windows in the Cement block. which were broken out, have not been reglassed, but are filled in with rags, or bearded up.
 The tenants claim that the Home Trust GO. refuses to mend the win dows, but claims the strikers should pay for doing the work
 The sentiment of the townspeople here toward the BluInentfla1 strike has been evidenced today by an order from the authorities, to the O'Brden mill guards, to keep off the streets. The guards are conspicuous by their ab- sence from the highways leading to the factory, upon which they have hitherto been conspicuoi1a by their swaggering manners tI1eir brutal atti- stt1tze CVFard the workers, and tnety equipment of big. yellow clubs.
 The conviction Is very general here that no disorder would have occurred had it not been for the presence 1O1 these imported guards, who have con ducted themselves after the fashion of those armed with police authority although they are but private citizens.
 The natural sentiment in favor go1 the workers is aided by the commer- ciaI motives of some citizens, who re- sent the cost of the strike to z the borough, and the presence of the O'Brien guards, because they think the attitude of the guards responsible for melting the workers to resentment and hence for the expenses of the de- ps1ties and police.
 The town would have faced deficit of $2,O00 in it's budget, under the best of conditions. The strike has already cost $2, GOO, and promises to cost a great deal more. e{
 There was an incipient labor trou- ble among the police, this morning Three of the supernumeraries of the ten imported from New Haven refused to work for less than s10 a day. The regular stipend is $5 with $1.50 for expenses The authorities refused to concede the higher wage, and the supernun1eraries left the job. Three others promptly took the abandoned places.
 AOn one side of Howe street, near the B1umenthal Mills, a hundred per sons assembled, this morning, and on the other side, 20 others. Patrolanan Joseph Murray heard a still, small voice and pricked up his ears. He distinctly heard somebody say '1Go to HeIl'' He selected Joseph Tomilio, not a striker, as the guilty person. Chief w. B. Robbins took one side and Murray the other, but Tonilio
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-06
CORONER HOLDS CHAUFFEUR
 CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE
 FOR BACK CIRLS DEATH
Little One Killed In Fairfield Avenue When Auto ed Trolley Car That Was Not
 Moving

In his finding filed today Coroner John J. Phelan finds Andrew Hard. chauffeur for Mrs. Belle Ten Eyck, guilty of criminal negligence for the death of Elsie Back, IS, who was struck and killed by the automobile driven by Hard, on the afternoon of Dec. 23.
 A copy Of the finding has been transmitted to Prosecutor Delaney.
 The Back girl, just prior to her trolley car, which had halted on the north side of Fairfield avenue, at Broad street. She was on the east side of Broad street, and walking to- wards Seaside park.
 The automobile came up behind the car, but instead of passing on the right, passed to the left The auto was moving about eight miles an hour. It was within IS inches of the child, before Hard saw her. He stopped his car skil1fully and promptly. But the girl was knocked down, and died of fracture of the skull and cerebral concussion.
 The automobile ran about thirty feet beyond the point of accident be- fore it was stopped.
 The conclusion of the coroner, is as follows:
 sI am of the opinion, however, not withstanding the diIigent efforts of Hard to avoid striking the deceased, that common prudence should have forbidden him in the situation and cir cuInstances shown, to drive his ma chine on the wrong side of the road toward an important street crossing where much pedestrian travel might
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-06
LABOR COMMISSIONER OFFERS HIS HELP TO
 END SHELTON STRIKE

Hartford, Jan. s-Labor Comnis- sioner F. H. Connolly today had a. conference with Governor Baldwin at the capitol regarding the strike at shelton and the propriery of the com
 missioner offering his friendly offices to bring about a settlement of the trouble. Gov. Baldwin did mt think 1t a part Of the labor commissioners duty to interfere. He did not say, however, whether oT not the commls- siener should take the initiative to have the matter submitted to arbitra- tion.
 Commissioner Connolly told the gov ernor that he has had a conference with Hugh c. Shalvoy, of Danbury, and MT. Sha1voy told him he had 9 letter from a. Shelter resident asking the board to take official action. Mir. ShaIvoy said he was willing to, do all in his power to end the strike.
 Although Commissioner Connolly admitted to the governor that the law does not give him the right to take action. he was ready to do all he could, outside his official duties, to assist in having the strike submitted to arbitra ton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-06

be expected during the Christmas sea- sons at a speed of eight miles an hour.
 Tt would seem that an indifferent regard for consequences must have incautiously prompted him to take the grim chance of safely passing the crossing on the wrong side of the street when, because of the presence of the standing trolley car, he, did not or could not see the crossing CT the probable pedestrians using it, or be seen or expected to be seen by them for. alike reason.
 .'It needs no argument to show that the deceased would have crossed safe ly had the auto driver used the right side of the avenue as by 1asV provided or had he, although using the wrong side, kept his machine moving slowly and at such distance from the car as to give the deceased and She driver a longer range of vision of each other. more time and space to herSto avoid the danger, with like space and time for Etm to control his slow moving machine and thus prevent inc acci- dent
 '1The situation created by the chastf- feur must be regarded as a aangere us one, but it's creation must regretably lie mainly at his own door. His fail ure to aptly appreciate and provide against danger to probable pedes- trians on the crossing whose pres ence thereon he could not know of. was faulty and eensurable.'
 Hard drove a Fla. Of the Limousine type, owned by Mrs. Belle Ten Eyck. Mrs. Elmer Beardsley was the only. passenger in the automobile at the time of the accident
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-06

900 from the Knights of Columbus of
 the United States for the Catholic
 University at Washington was pre- sented to Cardinal Gibbons today by
 Edward H. Doyle, hfonsignor Thom- as J. Shahan, president Of the ;univers- ity, James A. F1aherty, supreme knight of the order and members of the faculty, attended tse presentation cer- emony which took place at the Cardin- aFs residence.
 The large sum was collected by the Knights in the last four years. It will be used to establish 50 scholar ships at the university.
 In accepting the gift. Cardinal Gib-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-06
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS GIVE
 HALF MILLION TO ASSIST
 STUDENTS OF CATHOLIC FAITH

-benss than zed taze donors throslsh Mr. F1aherty in the name of the Holy See and of the trustees Of the uni- versity.
 -T find only one parallel for your magnanimous deed, the building of a great medieval cathedral by loyal and devoted merchants guilds of former Catholic days he said L sIn the age of spiritual unrest and despair you have renewed that mir ac1e of faith. the steady and affec- tionafe cooperation of 8 multitude of men in the fu1dllment of one nigh ty purpose whose immortal influence shall run like ferti1izing river through all time and spread on all sides most welcome benefits g
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-06
SIX FIREMEN HURT

Philadelphia, Jan. 6-The envelope factory of Charles J. Cohen & Son was badly damaged by fire today. The loss is estimated at s1OO.OOO. Six fire men were slightly injured.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-06

Charles KIoppmeyer, an automobile dealer of Washington, was fined $25 and sentenced to serve four months Imprisonment for automobile. speed fns;- This is the first prison sentence kRposed for q similar charge.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-06
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN
 DARIEN TO HEAR GA

The county commissioners went to Darien today to hear remonstrance against Peter Doyle, who wants a li- quor license in that town. A number of townspeople are opposed to the granting of the license.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-06

sneak thief stole $15 1000 of jewels from the Be1levue-Stratford in Phila- deIphia. but-overlooked jewels valued at S25,00O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-06

The 1,890 lrilo strength record or .'Ndike'' Dcrzias. the University oE Pennsylvania's strong man. -van le- clared unofficial by Dr. Tafe 1ErFr4r- zie because of the Iatter'm mbstne4 ..
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-06
A REAL THRILLER

Now Running in The Farmer s'Tarzan of the Apes. Don't miss it.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-01-06

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The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-03-07
CLARK GIVES THE PAGANS HARD
JOLT AT LEXINGTON, NEBRASKA

mud for the True Voice concludes
as follows:
Feb. Q and VIM. Lloyd Clark "lec.
tured;" the first night on free speech,
free schools, etc. A check was put on
him by some Of the citizens, after real.
hing that they had made a mistake in
not preventing him from lecturing, tell.
ing him that be must not insult the Cath.
olics. The funny part Of the whole af.
fair was that men came from 0verton,
Darr, Elm Creek, Eustis, Cozad, Smith.
field and vicinity Of Lexington armed
with revolvers to have a fight with Cath
olics IL they objected 20 what was said.
No Catholic was at the lecture.
February Clark lectured on the con.
vents and the priesthood. The poor
sisters got their share of the slime Of
the serpent Women came from all over
the country 10 listen 10 language that
is used only in houses OF ill.fame.
The first night an old Swede led in
prayer. After vilifying Catholics they
thanked God-no, the Devil-foT sue.
cess. While the lecture was in course
some men ran around the opera house TO
see II the Catholics were firing il.
The second night a Presbyterian min.
ister led in prayer. The mob eheered at
every filthy hit Clark made. Women Of
Lexington, hang your heads in shame.
You are branded as fools and idiots.
To give prestige TO the whole affair
Clark had himself guarded by the sher.
in and n few men even to the dining
room for meals The nights spent in
Lexington be bad those men sleep in an
nj anantnnr - NAn N.n =
Catholics would get him. To and from
the hall and to the train the Knights Of
Luther escorted him. When the train
pulled out with the foul, filthy mouthed
rascal they cheered him.
Catholics slept sereDely while Lexing.
ton citizens, 0verton, Elm Creek, Smith.
field, Eustis, Darr, Cozad and Eddyville
were waiting TO shoot them down like
dogs " they asserted their rights as
American citizens
Unable TO meet Clarks argument
and scathing arraignment Of the
Romish system, the Romanists al
ways resort to falsehood and chtvp
ridicule just as the True Voice ha,
in this instance.
They would have it appear that
Clark is such a coward that he had
himself guarded. The fact is Clark
knows Rome. He is no more i'm
mune from the assassin's club than
was Crowley at oelwein, or than
any other man would be, and be-
cause he is wise enough to protect
his own life from the hands of the
mites" Of Mob and Murder he is
ridiculed by this cowardly quin
pusher who sits in his Office, Q safe
distance from the scene of battle, at
Omaha, and abuses patriotic citizens
for so much a week and the glorifi-
cation of the Italian msn-god on the
banks Of the Tiber.
You've got 'em gOin', Clark, keep
it upl
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-03-07
One Graf That Ealed

The contemplated Catholic hospitai
Which uas 10 have bcca srcoied Al s.
JosPh, Mish., has bosn given Up, a.
too many of 81, Joscph's eitircus eri.
dcntly got vic and refused 10 douafs
their hafdcarned money % a accfArian
hospital, where, Judging from experi.
care, In like instiiutions, dcnominafiouai
prefercnoe is shown patisuts and uhsro
memhsrs of opposing religious orranira.
tons are often mistruatcd and neglected.
Father Esper, who took a loadinc nan IN
soliciting funds, declares that r. has
decided 10 retire from iho hospital prop-
osition and is ready % turn over ths
enicrprise "to the eitinsus or a con.
mitiee selected By them, trusting MIA
committee will b. successful In raising
The Necessary smouni. should thcy al
tempt The undertaking. Reoauss of
The general partiality shown IN Catholic
hospitals an agitation has become POM
lar throughout the country 20 lei Cath.
olics build their own hospitals and papai
institutions. The following Z, Priest
Esper = version Of that agitation A. An.
Piled 10 the local situation "As-ur,.
ing the responsibility Of the enterprises
thfce months ago, spending a great deal
OF our time soliciting pledges, receiving
uHiool - for and HHcaiiod for opposltion
was an experience that would have been
serre urscktng had Il not been for the
Tact that Ne are blessed with q strong
constitution. Our good people irrcspcc.
tive OF religious belief or political AZ.
hliation deeply deplorc the fact that a
lev rere rather aduou- -mindef and poor.
y Informed on the manner and method
Of conducting a hospital" Because of
"a few rather narrow minded" not Civ.
ing their financial support the proposed
hospital had 10 BE- given up. Yet from The
sane article from which we quote h
says; The citizens did not respond
literally enough when giving pledges.
and as many paid no attention 20 the
demand made through the columns Of the
newspapers and by way Of a circular left
al every home, We will leave the enter.
nrise to the citizens or a committee "a
lected by them"
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-03-07
INSPECTION AND ANTI-GARB BILLS
BEFORE KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE

county, and note tho sanitary condition
and the condition and treatment AZ tha
inmates thereof
Sec. 3. Such members Of Fiscal Cour,
or County Commissioner shall flo with
the prosecuting attorney Of the county
a fuli and complete report Of the inves
tlgations OF such institutions, which re-.
port shall he open TO the examination
Of the public.
THE ANTI-oRAB BILL.
There has also been presented TO
the Kentucky Legislature another
bill that should be made into law.
ana when you write your represent
tatlye TO support the Inspection bill
ask hlm to also support House Bill
No. GO, which will prohibit the
wearing Of seetarian garb by teach
ers In the public schools of Ken
tucky. This bill has been intro
duced by Representative c. r In
ker, from the 9Th Legislative Dis
trict and should have the support
OF every truly American representa-
i've in the legislature.
Roman Catholic nuns are actuallv
teaching in the public schools Of
Kentucky in the garb Of their re-
spective religious orders, and il viii
never be stopped until a bill on the
order OF that Of Mr.. Luker has been
made law. We give the complete
draft Of the bill below:
Be n eAdcied By TIE General As..-Af,
OF TIE Commonwealth Of Eeatuol-v.
Sectlon 1. No teacher shall wear dnr.
ing school hours while teaching I'm An.
common schools Of this Commonwealth
any distinctive or unusual dress. gaTh a.
costume, or any mark, emblem or in.
sigma which Is worn exclusively bv the
members Of any religious sect, ordey an
denomination for the purpose Of inS;.
eating membership in such religioua ssct
order or denomination.
Bee. 2. IL any teacher emploved q,
any common school in this Comuon-
wealth shall violate the provisions az the
foregoing section, IL shall Be the duty
OF the Board Of Education or other prop.
er school authorities 10 suspend 4,sh
teacher from employment in such school
for the remainder Of the school YEAR
and II any such teacher shall again VIC.
late said provisions, il shall be the dutv
OF the proper authorities to revoke such
teaeher's certificate and such teacher
shall be permanently disqualified from
teaching in any common school in this
Commonwealth.
Sec. ,. No part Of the funds raised
for common school purposes shall ever
be used 70 pay any common school
teacher for any services rendered a.
such teacher Will. violating the uro.
visions Of the first section os thb Nst,
and II any common school teacher shaIl
be paid for any services 20 rendered. the
person or persons authoriIing such nav.
msnt shan be liable for the amount %
paid, and II such payment be knowingly
made, then such person OF persons shail
Be guilty Of = misdemeanor and shall ha
punished upon conviction thereof, By a
hne Of not less than $1,000 or more than
10000.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-03-07

"The Battle at Lexington" is
the heading to an article in the True
Voice Of Feb. 18th, a Roman Cath
olic sheet published at Omaha, Neb.,
in which William Lloyd Clark is
given a column and a half Of free
advertising, the best he has ever had
at the hands Of the Romanists.
1t seems that the pagans tried to
start trouble but couldn't make it
90, which gives the True Voice a
chance to tell how law abiding the
Romanists are and how sound they
slept while Clark was in Lexington,
Neb., lecturing Feb. 2 and 8. AS a
starter it delivers itself of the fol-
lowing diatribe:
Most Of our readers will be interested
In the developments following the ad.
vertising Of two anti Catholic "lectur.
ers" at Lexington, Neb., a few weeks
ago. The lecturer, VIM. Lloyd Clark, is
a remnant Of the A. p. A., Of odious
memory. He was arrested in Peoria, Ill,
on October 10, 1911, for sending obscene
matter through the United states mails.
At a meeting Of the men Of the con.
gregatiou Of ST. AIMS church, follow.
ing the advertisement Of the "lecture, {"
a committee was appointed to have a
petition drawn up and circulated among
the business men Of the town 10 learn
their sentiments on having Clark come
20 Lexington to defame, slander and
ealumniste the Catholic church and her
priests and memberS
The petition stated that Il was the
belief Of the petitioners that the lecture
would be detrimental to the people Of
the community and would create enmity,
diseord and strife where none existed
previously. The petition was signed by
all the Catholic men of Lexington and
by forty non Catholic business and pro-
fessional men Of the city. Thirty-five
non-Catholies of Lexington refused to
sign the petition. The editor Of one Of
the local papers was particularly active
In promoting the "lecture,n and was
bitter in his attacks upon the action tax.
en-, by the Catholics TO defend them.
selves The circulation Of the petition
5e.-sd 20 mark the friends Of peace and
Of the Catholics Of Lexington as well as
those who favored disturbance and the
fostering Of enmity in the community.
Il bad q two-fold effect. II showed
Catholics. who are their friends among
the business men Of Lexington and those
who me their enemies.
The Omaha ViTfer then proceeds
70 give the names Of the Protestant
business men who bad the cour-
age to refuse to sign the petition Of
the pagans, hoping to put them in
bad repute but in reality giving them
q kind Of advertising that should
help their business and encourage
others 10 take the same stand. The
paste pot artist who slings ink and