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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
"WOMEN GAN NOT VOTE ON SCHOOL
 BONDS --CGMLEY
City Attorney Tells Mayor Reason Why In Lengthy
 Opinion

City Attorney William H. ComIey has decided that women cannot vote on school matters at the special cleo ton on the bonding measures May 2. His letter to Mayor Clifford B. Will son follows:
 return to you herewith the let ter of Mrs. Hincks relative to the right of the women of this city to vote upon the question of bond issues for schools.
 The question is one of importance inasmuch as it might involve the 1e-A gaIity of a subsequent issuance of tas city's bonds and therefore 1t should be answered with strict regard for the legal principles involved.
 It might well be assumed that the question of bonds especially issued for school buildings is one relating to education or to schools within the meaning of chapter 96 of the Pub lie Actsfof 1909, and that if the leg upon the High school bonds. had seen fit to submit this question s'to vote of the people, the women voters of the city would be entitled to take part in the voting.
 But the election in question is one to be held under a statute whose terms must be strictly followed if the legality of the result is to be as- sured. The act in question is Chap. 154 of the Public Acts of 1913 and pTOV1QSS L1dI tTeSOluLIO4S TOT the lS- suance of bonds "shalt be submitted within not less than 60 nor more than 90 days from the date of it's passage. to a vote of the electors of said city or borough for approval as herein after provided.'' In no subsequent provision of this act is there anything to indicate that the word "electors'' is used other than in it's ordinarily accepted sense. An e1ector in this state is one who has attained cer- tain political privileges by fulfilling certain constitutional requirements. I note that the communication which you referred to ma spoke of sstae women electors of the city, So far as am aware there are no women electors and can be none until the constitution is amended. In othcr words. the 1egislature has seen fit to requirS that the resolutions provided for in the so-ealIed Home Rule Act should be submitted, not to the vot- CTS. but to the electors of the city. It is doubtless true. strictly speaking. that there are no electors of the city, Dat it. seems to me that the 1sgfsla- ture intended by this phrase to mean electors resident in the city. therefore advise you that the women voters of the city are not en- titled to vote at the election to Dc held under Chapt. 154 of the Public Acts of 1913.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
Woman With Babe
 In Arms Is Shot Enter'i ing Her Home

Mrs Harry Levine was shot Mon day afternoon while coming from the grocery store of Harry s. Shein, at the corner of Catherine and George streets with a, baby in her arms.
 Though she was able to stagger to her home at 314 Center street and call Dr. Jacob w. Gerber, she fainted soon after reaching her rooms. Dr. Gerber found that deep hole had been torn in the fesfy part of the head directly above the temple and upon probing extracted a .22 calibre bullet such as are used in the small rifles used by boys.
 Mrs Levine, who had gone to the store for provisions, took her infant child. She had just closed the door and was standing upon the steps when she felt a stinging sensation. Putting her hand to her head she was at first unable to see any of the blood which later trickled down her cheek. She is said today to be resting com fortab1y though police -investigation has begun to ascertain the facts in the case It is believed that she was struck by a spent, bullet which had ricochetted from some distant point The family has not received any threatening letters as far as can be t1IaI .txaf-z
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
Boy Corn Growers of State Of On Trip
 To Nations Capital

Hartford, April 7-Secretary L.. Healy. of the state board of agricul- ture left today for Washington with the following youngsters who have been awarded prizes of $50 each for trip to the national capital for sue cess in corn raising: Lafayette Rob ertson, Jr., Manchester, $50 presented by the Berlin State Fair; Merrill Healy, Woodstock, $50 presented by Woodstock Fair for Windham County; StedTnan Storrs. $50 from Stafford Springs Fair for Holland County; Les lie Geer, Hadlyme, $50 from Hon Samuel Russell, Midd1etown. for Mid
 a1aaax County.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
11NDERWOODpS ELECTION WuI. NOT CHANGE HIS
 LEADERSHIP IN HOUSE

wnnzsinrton, April 7.-Oscar Utnder- woods election to the Senate from Alabszrra win not change the Demo- rrafdc House leadership before March < 1915 Meantime, Representative Kitchen, of North Carolina. has se- cured what he says are more than enough pledges to assure him the Democratic leadership in succession 70 Mr. Underwood and the chadr man. ship of the ways and means commit tee, if the Democrats retain control Of the House dn the next Congress
 Tge Alabama. election madslze the passing of Representative Hobson and the coming of William Ban1zhead 1n his place MT. Bankhead is the son of Senator Bankhead and made the speech that placed MT. Underwoo1 in n0msuat1on for the presidency at the Baltimore convention
 It has been reported at the capitol -Ez1af, if MT Hobson were defeated in the present senatorship contest, he planned to enter the race for the sen htorak11p against Seanfor Bankhead, whose term expires in 1919.
 Aside from the Under wood H1bson election contest, chief interest among senators and members in the Ala baxna returns mainly centered in the light of Representative Henry D. Clayton for reelection from the 3rd district Mir. Clayton had been ex- psctinz a close run.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
MINE BOSS BADLY
 BEATEN BY MOB
Two Guards and Fireman Also Man Handled by Strike
 Sy1npafhizers.

Fort smith. Ark, April TO. D. Lee per, pit boss of the Mammoth Vein Mine at Prairie Creek, Ark, was beat en unconscious and is in a. serious condition and two guards and a. fire man at the mine were roughly han- d1ed late yesterday by a crowd said to have been made up of about 1000 union miners and sympathizers- The mine was placed on an open shop basis Saturday.
 Miners and supporters from Mid land, Hartford and Huntington met yesterday about a mile from the Nam moth Vein Mine They were address ed by a number of speakers, including Miss Freda Hogan, daughter of Dan Hogan, Socialist candidate for gover- nor, and then proceeded to the mine where, after a clash with Leeper and the guards. some of the marchers en- tered the mine and forced the fremen to draw the fires from the furnace.
 After raising an American flag and a banner inscribed, "A Union Mans Country" the crowd marched away, led by a. band
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
STOCK SALES SEND SEVEN TO
 FEDERAL PEN
Officers and Agents of SterI- ing Company Are Con-
 victed of Fraud.

New York. April 7-Seven former of hcers and agents of the Sterling De- benture company today received pris- on sentences of from three to six years for using the United States mails to defraud. investors in the stock of enterprise promoted by their cor poratfon.
 Tn sending them to the federal pen itentiary at Atlanta. Federal Judge defendants maintained they were pen riless, they had in fact made millions at the expense of thousands of vic- tims throughout the country.
 The heaviest sentences. six years were imposed upon George H. Middle brook of Chicago, first vice-president of the company; Frank. Shumaker, a former president ,and Henry H. H. Platt, a minor officer.
 Benjamin c. Nudge. president of the Oxford Linen Mills of North Brookheld, Mass, received a, four year term. He was a chemist and inventor whose alleged discovery of a process to make fax yarn from flax straw at an enormous saving was widely advertised by the Sterling company Oxford Linen Mills stock.
 Three year sentences were imposed upon Wilbur Stone. patent expert; El-, wyn A. Baron, a prospectus writer, and W. S. Edwards.
 The seven defendants were found guilty last night by jury in the fed eraI district court after a long trial at which they tried to prove that Mudge's process was all they claimed for it and that they were engaged in a bona f1de stockselling campaign
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
REBEL LEADER BUILDS
 GUILLOTINE FOR FOES


 Juarez, Mex, April 7-The suino- tine has made it's appearance in NeEi- co and a new form of execution con fronts the enemies of the coustitut tor- a1ists in San Luis Potosi- At Com cepcfon Del Oro. a homemade Ei4iilo~ tine has been erected It was buat by rebel mechanics in the corps com manded by General Gutierrez, who is now in this city conferring with Car ranza.
 Already the new instrumert has been tested and as the general saysi ''It works sp1endidIy." The test wsr made with g lamb as the victim Inc desire for revenge is responsible for the appearance of the guillotine lr Mexico. General Gutierrez's brofher- in-Iaw was killed some time ago sn battle against the federals near Sal tiIlo.
 General Gutierrez says he will leave Juarez in two or three days to resumo his campaign against San Luis Po- tosi.
 My outposts are within eight lcilo- meters of the capital of that state ana expect to capture the place thls time. Fourteen thousand men arc under arms in the state and ! can send them all against the city
 And when have taken ft, T hope to find my sister and her family Ef they have been nistreated,- fl1e 9uille- tine is ready for action
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
COLD CAUSES DEATH OF SHIPS ENGINEER
 IN THE TORRID ZONE

New York, April 7-The . steamer Fl Cordobes arriv- ed today from Buenos Ayres and Montevideo with a story of a death on board in the tropics and, strangely enough, due to cold.
 The victim was J. G. Brockhill, the first engi- neer in charge of the big refrigerators, where the vessel carried 400 tons of frozen beef.
 He died March 23, from heart failure after expos ure to the low temperature in the refrigerating com partments.
 Brockhill was an Eng lishman 32 years old.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
WIFE TESTIFIES TO ABUSE BY
 PROF. YELLING Trinity College Instructor Ac- cused of Threatening Her With Knife. SPECIALLY CRUEL ON
 SUNDAYS, SHE EXPLAINS Hartford Man, She Says, Hop ed Scandal Would Kill
 Her Father.

Hartford, April Tine divorce case of Rosane Hooker Yelling, daughter of Former Senator ana Mayor Edward Hooker, against Viii liam Yelling, instructor at Trinity College. went on trial in the superior court today. The charge is intoler-s able cruelty
 Mrs. Yelling testified to her mar. riage on Oct. 3, 1911, and said she is 21 years of age. She said they had their first trouble in Washington. D. C.. in April, 1912, when her husband pulled a chair from under her, in turing her. A similar episode was in Hartford monta later.
 She said that, in the following July, while she was on a sofa having a crying spell her husband put his hand over her mouth, nearly smother ing her. In January. 1913, after re- turning from a dance her husband pushed her into the gutter, sprainlng her ankle and that he then ran away.
 She declared that her husband had humf1iated her by not noticing a of it to him, he produced a revolver. brandished it, pointed it at himself and then at her and said:
 sOne of us had better go."
 Another instance of alleged cruelty was the throwing of a broken sofa leg at her. She declared she had suf- fered many indignities as well as crueIties
 MT. Yelling was always cruel on Sundays,' said the wife eHe was silent, cold and frequently angry. One day, when he was cutting bread, he threatened me with a knife,
 She said that, when she told him she was tired of paying for his cf- garettes, he hurled a heavy book at her. Once he pulled her hair telling her she looked like Bluebeardss wife. One day, she declared, he jabbed a pin in her back. leaving it sticking there and the wound bIeeding.
 @0n May ga, 7913s- MT. Weilfng sai6 he was going to leave me- said Mrs. Yelling. tI told him if he did 1t would kilt my father, who had been dangerously sick. MT. Yelling said he did not care, he hoped it would i; he said he was tired of the whole d-- Hooker family. He hoped to see me in h--; he guessed we would both go to h--; it was h-- to live with me anyway and he had had enough of the whole Hooker family
 Mrs. Welling declared that her hus- band had said he wished her dead: he swore at her, told her he hated her and she. was so afraid that she locked herself In her room sI lost IT pounds last spring" she said.
 Mrs. Yelling said the final separa- ton was August IA, 1913. Her hus- band that day told her she spent too much time on her face and he was tired of looking at it
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
TAPE MEASURE SAVES
 LONG TOM, GIANT
 NEGRO FROM PRISON

Chicago, April -His unusual height yesterday saved Long Tom, a negro, from being sentenced to a term in the House of Cor rection on a minor charge A tape measure proved Ton was '. feet II inches tall.
 No, Judge, :" said Tom when arraigned in the morals court, 'sI didn't do anything wrong. have led a honest life because if I did anything wrong I couldn't escape if I went to the end of the world. | couldn' t disguise myself..''
 The judge dismissed Long Tom, who said he had no other name.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
REPORT JAPANESE READY
 TO RECOGNIZE CARBANzA

El, Paso, April 7.-That the Japan csc government is making overture to the ConstftutionaIist forces ln Mex leo is the substance of a. report sent to General Carranza by General AL varo Obregon and General Ramon U- Sturbe ccnstitutionalist connmaudrEs in Altata-
 According to their report the Jap anese warshfp Yzuno anchored fin tls harbor of Altata on April for Che purpose of making a courtesy vfglt tc the constitutiona1fsts. who are fn com tro1 of that port The captain com mand4ng the Yzuno invited the ofl- cials to visit the Japanese varllzlD. and he received Governor T2dweroa. rf Sdnaloa; General 1turbe, military com mander of Sina1oa; Colonel Eduardo Hay, chief of stair to General Iturbe- constitutions army odicers and state officials.
 Tn the interview with she Japanesa commander the report says he tcld the constitutionalists that his gov ernment intended to Wfthdra.W ils recognition of Huerta, explaining thst the Japanese had made a. mistake lr recognizing the federal government
 In addition the Japanese naval cap tain was quoted as saying that hl1 government had already dispatched one of it's diplomatic agents to 1feUlco to investigate the conditions eziaflne in the territory held by the corrlff~ tutionalists with the view of recoe- nizing the constitatidnaIiat govern nent, and that his government prob ably would be fhe first nation Of ffr world to recognize Carranza and con stitutionalism.
 He also was reported t7 have ez- pressed sympathy of tho Japaue1n
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
DONOvAh'S SPEECH
 DEFEATS APPROPRIATED
No s5O,ooo Federal Building For Town of Only
 $500 People.
(snecial to The Far-ner.) ]

wasnington. D. C., April Tn the debate under the unanimous consent calendar yesterday Representative Donovan of Connecticut knocked out the appropriation for a $50. .0o0 fed- eraI building at Mandans North Da- kota- He said the town had only $500 population and he did not see how any member of Congress could have the rnadu1terated gall to try to put over any such proposition The last Com gress, he said. appropriated half million to put public buildings in three western towns where the aggregate population was less than 10000 and it was not right His speech defeated the appropriation.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07

Birmingham, Ala, April T-IncoIn- pIete returns today from practically all of the 6 2 counties in the state ap- parent1y sulstantiated early predic- tfons that Oscar W. Underwood had defeated Richmond Pearson Hooson for nomination to the Alabama long term in the United States Senate Pro- gress in counting the vote was slow especially in the larger cities.
 State returns showed a close race between Ray Rushton, of Montgomery and Frank S. White, of Birmingham. for the short term nomination to the United States Senate which will ex- pfre March 3, 1915-
 The gubernatoriaI contest apparent- ly continued to be one of the closest In the list Former Governor B. B. Conner maintained 8 slight plurality early in the day. R. F. Kolb and Charles Henderson were running a close race for second place If none of the candidates receives a majority, a second primary between the two leading candidates will be held May II. atsWhich time similar contests be- tween other state officers will be set tied and a United States Senator for the short term will be formally elect ed.
 Returns from the congressional dis fricts indicated that Representative G.. W. Taylor, of the first district had been defeated for nomination by O. L. Cray George Hnddleston was lead ing his three opponents in the light for the nomination from the ninth dis- triet to succeed Representatives der- wood
 Tt was generally believed from re- turns available that William B. Bank head. son of the United States Senator from Alabama. had won the nomina- fion In the 9th district to succeed Representative Hobson-
 Judge E. L. Almcn seemed assured of the nomination from the Sth dis .frfct to succeed the late Represents tive william Richardson. There are three other candidate for this non1ina- ton
 Present members of the national house whose nonination seemAd csr- tain ara Stanley H. Dent, of the End; Henry Clayton, 3rds Frederick Black zn0n. 4th, and John IA Burnett 7th-
 John w Abercrombie, from the state at large, and J. T. He1in. of the Bth district, were unopposed in the race for Congress
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07

Rev. Father Pankovski, pastor of St. Georges Lithuanian R. c. church. celebrated a solemn high mass Of re- qlIiem at g o'clock this morning for the repose of the soul of his father, whose death occurred yesterday in Lithuania- Father Grikis Of New Ha- ven was deacon and Father Karkaus- kas of Waterbury st1b-deacon. The church was draped dn mourning. There was a large gathering of par ishioners.
 At o'clock Rev. Father Janoslzi, Jesuit who has been conducting mission for Polish Catholics here, eel ebrated a requiem mass for Father Paakovsdis father
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
SUFFRAGE LEADERS ARE
 SURPRISED AT OPINION

The announcement of the city at torney's opinion came as a complete surprise to the leaders of the womz,n's $ suffrage movement today and none Of them were ready to express an opfn- ion or say what action they might be likely to take.
 The opinion Of City Attorney Com ley completely reverses the opinion of former City Attorney Thomas M Cul1inan who two years ago decided that the women might vote on the question of bonding for the new high school.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
MARGARET s. HUGHES

Margaret, widow of the late John Hughes, died at her home, 404 Arctic street, yesterday afternoon. She was s9 years of age and a resident of the East Side for many years. She was also a prominent member of the Washington Park Methodist church and belonged to the Foreign Mission ary society of that church. No rela- lives survive her.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
Campbell Picked for
 B. & M. Directorate

Boston, April 7-The election of Vice. President Benjamin Campbell of the New York, New Haven t2 Hartford Railroad, to the directorate of the Bos- Rcn & Maine Railroad. with a view to Hhe possible choice of him as the suc- neesor to President Morris McDonald was expected at the regular meeting Df the Boston 6 Maine Railroads to- day
 President Mcdonald rendered his res- 1gna4ion two months ago. that he might devote his entire time to the autfes as president of the Maine Gen. tra1 Railroad
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07

Norfolk. Va. April 7-Ffl1ing fast her side plates blown out. forward deck torn up and tunnels wrenched out of place, the destroyer Alywin was lowed to the navy department here today and docked brin ging the story of how one Of her fire1nen was killed and two were seriously injured yester- day in an explosion off Diamond ezA~@<a HeszaAssat-4
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07
UNDERWOOD IS SURE WINNER
 OVER ROBSON
Democratic Leader Assured of Alabama Nomination As
 Senator.
FALL OF TOGA FOR THE
 SHORT TERM IN DOUBT
Former Governor Conner Has Slight Lead in Guberna-
 tOriaI Election.

Birmingham, Ala, April 7--- A. L. Musgrove, campaign man aeer for Congressman Richmond Pearson Hobson, conceded Oscar w. Underwood's nomination to the United States Senate in a statement made at noon today. dr. Hobson later left Bir1nlng- ham for Washington
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-04-07

Try The Farmers Want Col- ums and Prospects Will
 Be Brighter.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-11
WH|SKERLESS HEALER
GOVERNMENT WITNESS
Tells Court of "Rev. Dr.. SchiI-
Ier'S Methods of Cure-Deaf
Patient Also TeStifleS.

FREEPORT, ILL.,, Nov. 11.-Be-
cause Roland Stevens wife objects to
whiskers. Roland appears smooth
shaven as one of the governments
best witnesses against J. +. Braun.
alias the Rev. DR.. Schiller, and Mrs.
Braun, known as Divine Hulda," on
trial before Federal Judge X NJ.
Lands here for fraud in practicing
magic healing through the mails.
Stevens was at one time a pupil of
Braun and was doing nicely" he
himself admitted on the witness
stand. but Braun told him a healer
should wear whiskers and Mrs.
Stevens would not bear the sight of
the things" So Stevens is now farm
ing.
Stevens explained that Braun COW
cred regular healing routes out of
Bloomington, in addition to his mail
order business in blessed handker-
chiefs. Braun's route, Stevens swore,
included Clinton, Henry, Chillicothe.
Champaign, Watseka Dwight and
More cities.
Assistant Dist. Atty. Stansbury pro-
duced a letter said to have been
written by Braun to Stevens. The
letter said i'm part:
by all means raise a beard 1t
helps In business. The more YOU
force the beard the sooner the po-
sition will be open. 1t is yours pro-
vided your physiognomy is in the
proper shape to look them IN the eye
and see how much money they have
in their pockets"
Mrs. Sarah L. Wilbur OF Independ-
ence, Iowa, a witness, used an ear
trumpet Asked To explain Braun's
cure for deafness she said, exhibiting
a letter:
Get two feet OF garden hose" the
letter said, put one end in your
mouth and one at your ear. Then
blow. Drop olive oil in the ear. Then
use the blessed handkerchief"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-11
PARTIAL LIST OF TEAM
CAPTAINS SELECTED
Membership Campaign OF y. VI. c. A.
Begins With Choosing of Men to
Lead Teams in Field.

martial list of the team captains
in the. "Battle for the Hearts cam
paign to begin next week at the l.
n G. A. have been selected. There
are to be six divisions, each division
10 contain 10 companies. W. Q. Davies
has heen appointed major general; +.
@ Staley. lieutenant general.
The captains chosen thus far as
as follows;
Veterans-James Taylor. o. G.
Hun. :. c. Chard and E p. Moore.
Regulars-J B. Campbell, Chris
Fassracht. Cadmus Crabill and L A
Walker.
Cavalry-A L. Brenner. Victor
Koshualmel. L. =. Mckee. II. c. FL
more. Frank Stone. J. NJ. Hall. II. E.
Josephson and John Walker.
Infantry-A +. Beyrer. Harry Jelli-
son. Bert Klinger, Elmer Rogers. Emil
Johnson. l. NJ. Vaughn and Dan
Whiteman.
No captains have Yet been chosen
for the Cadets and SharpshoOters.
while the persOnel OF the other divi-
sions is also yet incomplete.
\ meeting Of the team captains
chosen thus far Will be held tonight
at the y. II. c. \. ct $50 o'clock.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-11
NO OFFICIAL DINNERS

WASHINGTON. Nov. 11.-There
will be no official dinners and recep-
ton at the white house this winter.
This was the general understanding
in social Washington today when the
usual time for issuing the dates for
these functions passed without any
announcement being made.
While the main reason for dis
pensing with these events is said 10 be
that the white house is in mourning
because of the death Of Mrs. Wilson,
il was pointed out by officials that the
president by abandoning the formal
dinners and receptions avoided an
embarrassing position.