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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26
CROP NEWS HARDENS WALL STREET PRICES

New York, May 2e-Opening- -Mer- cantile marine issues, aided by yester- days favorable decision Of the United States supreme court in the matter of the Titanic disaster. were features of strength in today's early stock market. The F per cent. bonds rose 2 points and the preferred shares half as much with fractional gain of the common. Tn the active list, no changes of inn portance were recorded, slight gains and losses being inpartially distribut- ed among the speciaIties.
 Noon--Prices hardened slightly. as the morning session waned, largely as a. result of the more favorable crop news from the northwest, but trading was of such small volume as to rem der. the net result neglfble.
 The movement in the speculative leaders was especially limited IT. S. Steel A1nalgamated Copper, Reading and Union Pacific making only norni. nal fractional changes Increased strength was shown by Mercantile Marine and General Motors extended it's gain to over 3 points, while the Ruunley issues took their place with the heavy specialties.
 Bonds were firm.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26
LAND QUESTION IS
 MOST IMPORTANT I
Mexican Delegates Hope to Meet United States Half
 Way in Reforms.
They Are About Ready to Sub init List of Presidential
 Possibilities.

Niagara Falls, May 26.-The fact that the Mexicans had announced that they would issue today a formal statement was taken as a. sign that they were willing to have the ques- ton Of land considered in some form by the conference here. They are hopeful of meeting the United States suggestion to be submitted to the new provisional government in Mexico which might be used as a, finger post in pointing the way to a final soIs1- ton.
 The Mexican land question is rec- ognized by all as "a fertile breeder of revolutions or sectional uprisings. It. is virtually conceded here that insis- tent demand by the United States for guaranty in precise terms cannot be met by the Mexican representa- tives since they have no power to. bind such an independent government as this mediation conference aims to from the United States doubtless will have to content themselves with the best pledge the Mexican delegates are, able to give and to rely upon this promise that the arrangement will be honestly carried out.
 The Mexican delegates are about ready to presetn a list of suitable
  visionaI president. the American govt ernment and the mediators to indi- cate one who would be accptable It is the intention of the Mexicans to present a declaration of-prfncipIes on the land problem and in respect of educational reforms.
 They expect that the provisional president to be chosen will appoint a cabinet representing the varied polit- ica1 interests of the country and that there shall be assured a fair election deputies with guarantees for the equitable treatment of all factions in the forthcoming campaign.
 They fully expect that the provis- iona1 government established as re- suit of the mediation is to be accorded prompt recognition by the United States They are very, hopeful of the success of the program they have out. lined
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26
UNITARlANS PLAN
 CHANGE OF NAME

Boston, May 2e-Beuuests amount ing to $158,0O0 during the past year were announced in the annual report of Henry M williams, treasurer, sub- niftted at the s9th annual meeting Of the American Unitarian Association today Donations amounted to se0,- 01s and the income from investments to 5000 Among the expenditure es the most noteworthy were for the erection of churches at Dayton. O.. and Winnipeg. Man.
 The name Unitarian was character ized as inadequate in the report of the secretary, Rev Lewis G. Wilson
 If we are to take advantage of the worldwide opportunities now awaiting us,'' the report said, We should have for our practical use, or at least as an alternative, a. new and more ade- duate name. We hold no attitude of hostility towards any religious body It is our mission to instruct, enlight- en and harmonize . the churches Of Christendom but the name we bear often prevents us from carrying out our purpose No one desires to bring about an immediate change in name but it is not possible to take the first step
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26
COMMISSION PLAN TO GO
 TO COUNCIL
Favor Governing Body Of Five Members To Be AOmin-
 aied By Petition

Farewell to many city officials who now hold office and to many who hope to hold office in the city govern ment if the recommendations which the committee now Investigating the benefits of commission form of gov ernrnent propose are adopted. The committed has practically decided to recommend that the city affairs be placed under control of 8 commission of five men and that this commission may select the mayor while the city auditor is continued in office as at present
 Such executive officers as the tax collector, town and city clerks, the assessors clerks, registrars of voters, and other executives will be retained, but the board of aldermen will be abolished. So will all the connis- -sions such as the fire, police, health and charities boards, the board of ap- portion1nent, board of education, park commission, paving and sewer com mission, library board and board of appraisal of benefits and damages.
 The plan which the committee on Commission government investigation has received from the Bureau of Mu- nicipal Research, and which it is now carefully considering, provides that 9 commission Of five men be chosen to govern the city Each commissioner is to devote his entire time to the of flee. The term is four years, subject to recall. The salary has not been decided, but it will be between $3,00O and s4. 4.oO0.
 The committee met yesterday in the city hall with Mayor Clifford B. Will son presiding. Those present were William P Kirk, John A. Leonard, Frederic A. Bartlett, H 1T. DeLoss, Samuel E. Vincent and E. ". Bo- lande George F. Crawford, George E. EIiH and Louis Kutscher. IT,, were absent.
 Some members of the committee were inclined to lean toward the plan to have but three commissioners, but later all agreed that five would be better. There was no sentiment for the city manager plan. It shas been decided that the commissioners ought as executives rather than for any in regard to laying out of streets, etc. mend that each candidate for elec- ton to the commission be required to furnish an endorsement of 100 citizens and not more than POO. The restric- ton of the number of signers is made so that public sentiment will not De influenced by sfe apparent popularity of any one candidate.
 The committee will meet again next week. The members expect to submit a report with their recommendation to the common council, at the meeting of that body. July G.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26

Barre, Mass. May 26-Jacob A. Riis, author and social worker, died at his summer home here today after a lingering illness.
 Jacob August Riis. became, through his work in behalf Of the poorer peo- pie in New York, .sthe most useful citizen" of the metropolis, according to a tribute once paid to him by Theo- dore Roosevelt, his intimate friend.
 As an almost penniless immigrant, he obtained knowledge of the slums at first hand and found conditions there so repellant that he consecrated his whole life to warfare against wretchedness.
 Riis was the thirteenth child of a Latin teacher in Rdbe, JutIand, Den mark He was born in 1s49. Pro- testing at the literary career which his father had cut out for hirn. young Riis decided to work with his hands and became a carpenters apprentice. The vocation he had chosen did not prevent him. however, from falling in love with I1liazbetf Nelson, daughter Of one of the richest men in his na- tive town. But she refused him, and when Fsiis was 21 years old, having learned his trade, he embarked for New York with only $40 in his pock- et- He spent half of the sum for a. heavy navy pistol as soon as he land ed ito light Indians and despera,- does.'s
 His Start As Writer.
 Riis led varied career during the following six years. He built, min CTS huts in a. Pennsylvania construc- tion camp, mined coal, made bricks. drove a team and peddIed flat irons and books. At 27. he spent his last cent in reaching New York, hoping to enlist through the French consul in the French army against Germany for the Franeo-Prussian war, but his services were refused, and RIis was forced to accept beginners place as
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26
SAILOR SON OF HARTFORD
 COUPLE IS MISSING

Hartford, May 26-A letter has been received by MT. and Mrs. Samuel H. Schaperow. of this city. from Con- gressman Lonergan in Washington, in forming them that the state depart ment has learned that their son, James H. Schaperow, a petty officer on the United States steamship Chester at Vera Cruz until April 5, when he was discharged, sailed from that port for the states on a collier April s.
 Despite the fact that the machinery of the navy and state department has been set at work to locate his present whereabouts he seems to have drop ped out of sight utterly Schaperow's s parents have. not heard from him since March 21.-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26
E. H. DILLON & co.

a reporter for a New York news bur eau. He made his most conspicuous success in the study of condatioHs on the East Side of New York
 With only SIS capital and notes for $g75, he succeeded in buying the 'sSouth Brooklyn News.''s which was on the verge of bankruptcy and made such a success with the property that he was able to sell it at a. conside erable profit few years later. He return who had refused him when he was a carpenters apprentice. This first wife died in 1905 and two years later Rfis married Mary Phillip of St. Louis.
 As 8 reporter on the New York Trf- bune and later on the New York Sun. Riis took up his real work in s1urn fighting. While attending to routine duty as police reporter, he worked day and night to arouse the people to the need of improved living .condi- tions. One of the first of his cam paigns was against the impurity of which finally led to the purchase of the Croton watershed to assure safe drinking water for New York.
 2 He brought. sunlight to the tene- ment districts by forcing the destruc- ton of. rear tenements- He entirely worst tenement sections in the city, and replaced the squalid homes by shady parks.
 Found Ally I'm Roosevelt
 Theodore Roosevelt was police commissioner of New York when Riis attacked the evils of police station lodging houses. He won his point, and incidentally a strong ally in Mr. Roosevelt. Riis drove bake-shops out of tenement basements: he fought for laws aboiishing child labor; and was largely instrumental in getting the passage Of 'the briefest, wisest, and best statute on the books of New York. laying down the principle that hereafter mo school shall be. built without an adequate play
 After twenty-seven years as a re- porter. Riis resigned to continue his fight by writing and featuring. Among the products of his pen are How the Other Half Lives.'' 'sThe Children of the Poor ss.The Making of an Amer ican," (his autobiography "Theo- dore Roosevelt, The Citizen and Hero Tales from the Far North.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26
Cooler Dresses.
For days of summer, dresses and suits and coats ths are pretty and new styIe,- of impressive value

Tailored suits for women and misses, popular shades and fabrics. new style short coats with one or two tier slxfrts,-$7. and $10.
 Goats of three-quarter length, checks crepe serge and gabardine, good coI- ors, with new kimomo sleeves and fancy collar and cuffs. All are silk Iinsd,-s ss.5O.9
 Black moire coats with full hounce, fancy collar and fastening with large silk fFogs,-$15.
 Dresses of figured and striped crepe of new designs. Have now two-taer or tunfc skirts and trimmed with lace and velvet ribbon,-$3. 50.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26
chaos of five years war.

chaOs of five years war-
 Reports from Mexico City that Huerta. was in serious straits because of the rumored depletion of his treas ury and growing unrest among the army and the people renewed interest in the situation at the Mexican capi- staI Some fear was expressed that if Huerta's troops revolted there might be rioting and consequent peril to foreigners still remaining in Mex ico City,
 The exodus of Americans from other parts of the republic where there were chances of danger, con- only about forty refugees who await ed transportation to the United States.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26
THE SMITH MURRAY C0.
 Cash and Low Prices.
Store open this Friday till 9 P. M Closed all day Saturday, Memorial Day
What Automatic Cut Price" Means.

We selling millinery and fowerrs worth far more than last weeks price for IA less than that price An automatic cut was made with the close of last week
 During that week. sold hats worth $2.5O for $150 of them early arrivals $29O price to $12 If any should chance to be unsold this week. next Monday they will drop to 75 cents
 That's how the automatic cut price plan works. To begin with good merchandise is put sale at less than it's actual value If the first price doesn't sell it a each week it is cut quarter.
 Hats that were sl last week are now, 75c Untrimnaed hats from 1sc and 1oc to- 15c & 7c Big bouquet of flowers yet. Enough to trim a lot of trim that attractively 5c
 lie re 6 4C
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26
AIERIDEN WOMAN GIVES
 S17,OO0 TO CHURCHES

Meriden, May 26-Bequests of $10s- 000 to St. Andrews Episcopal church i; of $5.000 to All Saints Church, of this city. and $2,0oO to St. Andrew $ Church of Bradford, N. F., are made from the estate of Mrs. George R. Curtis, an inventory of which was filed in the probate court today.
 The estate amounts to $317. .509. IT. The remainder of. the estate, after the bequests are paid, goes to relatives.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26
PRESBYTERIANS FACE
 IMPORTANT BUSINESS

Chicago, May 26-A large amount of unfinished business faced the Pres byterian General Assembly today. The report of the committee on prison re- form was not disposed of yesterday. the assembly having devoted so much time to a clash over capital punish ment that consideration of the sub- ject as a whole was postponed. By a negative vote, the assembly refused to
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26

Dresses of crepe i'm co4nblnA Aefon uE plain color with fixured pattern, Iaus-' sian tunfc skirts with watsfs n1lished with lace belt and crush gfrd1e,@SB.
 White dresses of crepe vo41e and net New models with tEinnrnine Of lace and embroidery, plain or tunic sI<irts,-$3.B0 to Ss.5O.
 Linen skirts tn natural or blue oE tongo, plain or pret51y f3nznlet,- $3.5O. As
 Linen coafs,cut good ana fhll. belisd styles and plain for auto wear, fancy styles for street vveax,-@8.5O Waists of volIe ana crepe in plain or embroidered effects and of pretty seco silk in coIors, new styles and very pretty.-$1.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26

An explosion in the gun-cotton fac tory Of the German Explosives Co.,, at Buren, Prussia, caused the death of six men. Ten others were seriously
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26

admit religious sanction for the dea4h penalty.
 The report of the committee on home missions. which it is said, over shadows other questions before tliia assembly. is on the program tor to- morrow and that of the standing com nittee on foreign missions for Thurs- day. The assembly will adjourn Bri-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26

Twelve business houses were de- stroyed and many others, includlnr the National Bank, were damaged by fire at PsaintSviIle, Ky.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26

Presumably to avoid meeting l. w. w. agttators, John D. Rockefeller mo- tored to Tonkers and attended ser- vices in Fhe Warburton Baptist Church
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26

Crazed while listening to ssBi1Iy'' Sunday, the evangelist at Hunting tom, w va~,s Solomon Proud arose in the middle of the sermon and attempt cd to attack the pfeacher.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26
Flaa for Memorial Day.

Old Glory sets, consists of by 6 foot fastcoIor sewed bunting flag with foot pole, rope, and socket
 95c
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26
E. H. DILL ON & CO. lles MAIN ST: ST, HARTFORD 1e rur ST crour1z eARpe
 Wholesale and Retail Leading 1Eilliners
WANTABLE MERCHANDISE FOR DECORATION DAY WEAR

Untrnrned White Hats ts............... 48c to $5.Ot Untrmmed Madagascar Panama Hats =. AS to 29s
 Genuine South American Panama Hats 48 to ST. .Ot White Trimmed Hats ........4. AS to $20 Ot White Embroidered Lawn Waists . ... 98c to $5.Os White and Black Silk Waists $l75 to $5.0(
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26

Veilings Chiffon Wells, Balnacaan Cloth Coats Guar n anteed Raincoats, Flowers, Ribbons Ostrich Fumes;
 Trimmings of every description at bargain prices
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26

Earl Gray, former governor-general of Canada, arrived in New York frorr Ottawa, accompanied by his wife and two c91i1den.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26

The supreme court took a reces un- til June 8.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26
EGGS WILL KEEP SIX MONTHS IN FRESH
 CONDITION

ir preserved in right strength water elass so1ufion. Cost is low and nleGz1- od simple and will save you many nBnars when eggs are high Try ts n0=z- Eggs are cheap.
 Water glass in pints, quarts and gal- Ions with directions.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26
JACOB RHS, AUTHOR AND SOCIAL WORKER
 DEAD IN BARRE
Man Who Helped Clean Up New York's Sums Sue
 cumbs to Disease

Barre, Mass. May 26-Jacob A. Riis, author and social worker, died at his summer home here today after a lingering illness.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-11
BITS OF NEWS

Harry Moran, %, given two years
for robbing freight car. Judge made
sentence light because Moran receiV-
ed four bullet wounds.
Joseph Adduc fined $500 as owner
of disorderly house. Adduci alleged
to have kept Bessie Huhtus, 10, in
dive against her will.
Mrs. August WirchIing's saloon,
1924 California ay., looted by holdup
men. $23 taken.
Mary and Jessie Stuart, 1852 Jus
tine St, sisters, applied for first citi-
zenship papers.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-11
PRINCESS THEATER TO MOVIES

The Princess Theater, the sixth
high-priced Chicago theater to drop
into the popular-priced class in re
cent months, has joined the movie"
circuit, it was announced today, go
ing under the same control as the
Ziegfeld, which has been transformed
into a movie house Previously, the
Studebaker, McVicker's, the Colonial
and the LaSalle were converted into
low-priced vaudeville and movie
houses.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-11
to cheat the owner of the hotel had
better beware.
MISS ELLEN GATES STARR TO
SPEAK SUNDAY

Miss Ellen Gates Starr, well-known
settlement worker and one of the
founders of Hull House, will speak
on Free Speech and the Police" at
Schiller Hall, GA w Randolph street,
Sunday, April II, at p. m.
Miss Starr was recently arrested in
connection with the mattresses strike
at Henrici's on Randolph street. She
was protesting against the arrest of
the mattresses who were picketing
the restaurant, and was taken to the
Harrison street station on charge
of disorderly conduct. The charge
was later changed to that of interior
ing with an officer in the perform
ance of his duties. Miss Starr was
acquitted after the jury had been out
eight hours.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-11

NEWSPAPER WAR WITNESSES
TO BE USED IN BARRETT CASE
Four Hearst newsboys, two Hearst
drivers, two city police officers and
one union printer were called as wit
nesses in Judge McKinley's court yes
terday in the defense of the Barrett
brothers and Arthur Friedman,
charged with the murder of Conduc-
tor Frank Witt.
The main point the defense tried
to prove by their testimony was that
a crowd from in front of the Daily
World Office ran over ITO Conductor
Wits car and that the shots and
crashes of glass took place after the
crowd got there.
Atty Healy for the defense said:
we shall prove that conspiracy
existed between Conductor Witt and
Francis Byrne to bring the crowd
there to inf1ict violence on the de-
PENDANTS"
To prove this conspiracy, Healy ar
gued, it will be necessary to show
conditions all over the city during the
newspaper strike. Asst States Atty
O'Brien objected to the defense be-
ing permitted to bring in witnesses
whose testimony had no direct con-
nection with the murder. The court
ruled that such testimony can be pre-
sented In line with this, Officer Peter
Conlan described general strike con-
ditions yesterday and Max Amen
berg, circulation manager of the
Tribune, and other experts and au-
thorities, are on the list of defense
witnesses.
''-O-O--
R'WARE OLD sLEUTH BURNS
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-11

Old Sleuth Bill Burns has evolved
a new way of making money through
his stool pigeon system.
Wishing more worlds for his
shadows to conquer he has invaded
the hotel field.
Now he has a plan whereby his
spy system will be introduced in all
large hotels. They win pose as bell
boys, walters, manicurists, BARRIERS,
etc.
But they will be there for pur-
pose. And the employee who attempts
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-01-16
MEXICAN SOLDIERS
CROSS THE BORDER
ExILEs WHO FLED BEFORE
REBELS AT oJiNAGA SAID TO
BE IN A SAD PLIGHT.
Twenty-eEsht Hundred Mexican SOL
dIers and Fifteen Hundred Civ
ilians Who Crossed River Lack
Food and Shelter.

Presidio, Texas Twenty-eight
hundred Mexican federal soldiers, six
generals, 100000 rounds of ammuni-
ton, two cannon, four large field
pieces and 1900 civilian refugees
were in the custody of the United
States army border patrol Sunday as
the result of the federal army's evac-
uation Of ojinaga, Mexico, it's flight
to American territory and the occu-
patton of the Mexican village by
General Francisco Villas rebels.
The distress of the refugees is
great. They lave scant food and no
shelter. Men, women, children. dogs,
chickens and cattle are packed to-
gether in q space covering several
acres. About them are scattered all
the wreck and turmoil which they
brought in fleeing from the Ojinaga
battle.
Urgent requests for the immediate
removal of the soldiers and refugees
to some other place were sent by
Major McNamee to the war depart.
ment through Brigadier General Bliss
Other results of the rebel success
which place General Villas army in
undisputed control OF vast section
of northern Mexico, are Federal gen
erals Mercado, Castro, Opinal, Ro
nero, Aduno and Landa are in Gus
tody Of the United States troops
awaiting their disposition by the war
department
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-01-16

BULGARlANS NEED HELP.
More Than Three Hundred Thousand
Driven From Their Homes.

~''rSh 49, shNf tt0''Scs
Paris. -The extent of suffering in
Bulgaria as the result of the recent
Balkan wars, was given out Satur
day by Michael Gherorghieff, secre-
tary of the Bulgarian legation to
Paris, who has just returned from a
trip to his. native country.
He declared that the number of
sufferers in old Bulgaria and the ex-
tended portion of Thrace and Mace.
donia was not less than 100000.
THE number of Bulgarians who
were driven from their ancestral
lands said Gherorghieff, exceeds
100000, while more than 100000 per-
sons were driven from their homes
in Thrace and Macedonia. The great.
est misery is due to the lack of
clothing and shelter from the bitter
winter weather. Outside of this
there is great suffering by several
hundred thousands who are without
food and means to earn money to
buy food and clothing.