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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
Bridgeport Woman, Mrs. Samuel Gaylord,
 Is. Dead in Colorado

Mrs. Charlotte M. Gaylord, former ly of this city, wife of Rev. Samuel Gaylord, who was pastor of the Oli- vet Congregational church, died last week in Colorado.
 Mrs Gaylord was born in Avon and was married to Rev. MT. Gaylord, who was pastor of the West Avon Congregational church for many years, and later pastor of the Olivet church. He died here December 31, 1884. After his death she went to live with her son, Clayton w. Gaylord, in Fort Collins. Col. She also leaves three daughters, Mrs. Thomas F'itz- gerald and Miss Bessie T. Gaylord of Pasadena, Cal, and Miss Lottie &'.v- lord, a teacher in St. Mary's School in Hawarden, Ia. She leaves a sis ter, Mrs. B. O. Hig1ey of Canton; a a brother, B, T. Woodford of West Avon, and her stepmother, Mrs. Julia M. Woodford of West Avon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
GREAT US. FLEET SAILS FOR NEWPORT, MONSTER
 GUNS SHUTTING WILSON
OFFER 100 POUNDS FOR RECOVERY OF
 LUSITANlA BODY
Mother of Elizabeth Sec combe at First Prostrated,
 lis Much Improved.

Reward of 100 pounds, approd- rnanely $500, has been offered by the family of Percy and Elizabeth Sec on the Lusitania, for the recovery of the body of Elizabeth.
 Pereyss body was found It was cremated yesterday in Ireland and to- day the ashes were shipped in an urn on board a steamer for America
 The urn containing the ashes will be buried in the grounds surrounding the family Homestead in Peterbor, N. H., where lie the ashes of Will Sec combe, who was shot three years ago by a Mexican
 two who were lost on the torpedoed liner, returned to this city. this morn ing and is now occupying her apart ments at the Arden, on Warren street. She is in highly nervous condition, both because of the fatality, and be- cause of the fact that her mother col 1apsed with a cerebral hemorrhage when she received the news of the dis aster-
 Mrs Seccombe is Improving. She was critically i'll for many days but yesterday she had so recovered from the effects of the blow that her daughter felt secure in leaving her ete
  No trace of Elizabeth Seccombe has been found by searchers and although the Cunard line officials, for whom Captain William Seccombe naviEated a steamship for many years have bent every effort to find the body they have been unsuccessful. Percy's body was found floating where the Iusitanias went down It is feared that Elizabeth became 7entangled ' sc that she could not get out of the ship and the szar1nise is 1aadA that Percy lost his life in an attempt to. save her On instructions forwarded by the Cunard line officials, the young mans body was taken to crematoryA and was reduced to ashes They were removed to an urn and the latter was i shipped aboard an American-bound vessel to-day
 I The family is anxious to bury the ashes of brother and sister with those of the late VIII Seccombe on the es- tate of the Seceo1nbe family at Peter boro For this reason, Melvin O l Adams. Boston legal counsel for the SeccoTnbes, has sent an offer of 1ot pounds reward to any person whc shall find the body of Elizabeth l The burial plot is near the home oi I the Seccombes md is marked with was construction engineer, Is buried l there
 1 The latter seccombe was supervis ing some work in wild region 1T Lower California when a Mexican whom he had discharg ged, shot him fl one of his legs. Blood poisoning de lveloped and he died. His body wa cremated and his ashes were taken tt lPeferboFo.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
Italian Parliament
 Is Expected To Take
 Final Step Thursday

Rome, May 18-The Italian parlia- ment will be asked Thursday to vote only on a bill containing a. single clause conferring p1enary powers on the government, according to the Gi- ornale D'Italia. Final action regard ing war<is not expected until after that time unless Austria makes the first move which is considered un- likely in view of the speeches made in the Hungarian Diet.
 Alarmist rumors of all kinds are being circulated in Rome. One re- port circulated today was to the effect that Prince Won Bue1ow, the German ambassador, already had left the city secretly.
 Dispatches from Trieste confirm previous reports that a, revolutionary movement is. in progress there and a state of siege has been declared. The presence of the military, however has failed to prevent attempts at popular uprisings and demopstrations of hostility to Emperor Francis Jos eph.
 The automobiles of every member of the cabinet, with the exception of Premier Salandra,' were commander ed to day by the army authorities.
 Former Premier CSioVitti started to- day for his home in the village of Ca vour. accompanied only by his son in-Iaw, Deputy Chiaraviglio. Before | leaving he expressed to friends the eContinued on PaEa TszAA
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
KING, THWARTED IN QUEST FOR S3,OOO
 JOB, IS PEEvISH
Fairfield Representative Ex pected To Be Assistant
 States Attorney.
Especial to The Farmer. )

Hartford, May 18.-The last day of the legislature brought to light a story of a feud among the Republican members of the judiciary committee as a result of which it is said Repre- sentative Clitus King of Fairfield was deprived of a $3,OO0 a year job as a special assistant to the attorney gen. eraI.
 Some time ago there(was introduc- ed bill providing an assistant to the attorney general flor the purpose of collecting certain money due the state.Y' The bill caused a row in the committee, it is understood, but fin ally was returned to the house with a favorable report. The House pass ed the bill without question. It was understood at the time that Repre- sentative King had clear sailing for the job.
 But when the measure got to the Senate Senator Isben, chairman of the Judiciary committee, who had op- posed it from the start, succeeded in having it killed and then the row started
 According to gossip at the capital to-day Mr. King is mad" clear through at the treatment the bill re- received. So far do his feelings go in the matter, it is. reported, he re fused to attend a dinner held by the Judiciary committee at the Hartford Golf Club Monday. It is understood that MT. King confided to his col leagues of the committee that he wouldn't go to the dinner If Isbell was to be there" MT. King was not at the dinner. Senator IsbeH was.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
WIDOW SEEKING TO RECOVER $500 SHE
 GAVE BURR & KNAPP

Seeking to recover $500 which she gave Burr & Knapp to place for her as a loan, Mrs Charles .AberIey of Lake Mohopoc, N. r.. appeared be- fore Referee in Bankruptcy John ". Banks this morning. Attorney Thomas T. Hill of Carmel. N. r., who appeared for Mrs. Aberley, said his client is a widow.
 Last year she sent $500 to Burr & Knapp which was to be placed as a loan by the Georgia Loan & Trust 1Co, which Burr & Knapp repres 1nt- ed in this city. When the local bankers failed Mrs. @Aberley didn't get either the loan or her money.
 Her lawyer contendedS this morn ing the money was given to Burr & Knapp as a trust fund. They were simply acting as transfer agents for the Georgia Loan & Trust Co.,, Attor- ney Hill said and had no right to keep the money. He wants Referee Banks to allow this as preferred claim against the Burr & Knapp es- tate Referee Banks reserved de- ciSiOn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
BLAME CARGO OF LUSITANIA
 FOR DISASTER
Reply of Germany to U. S. Note Is Expected By Thursday -Intimation of Contents Is Given.

Paris, May 1s.-Germanys reply to the American note on the sinking of the Lusitania will be sent Thursday, according to the Mathis Amsterdam correspondent. The reply, the des- patch says, will justify the attack on the steamer on the ground that the submarine commander has affirmed in his report that only one torpedo was fired, the second explosion being due to the fact that the ship carried munitions of war.
 The report is said to state that the torpedo was fired in such a way the Lusitania would not have sunk if she had not had explosives aboard.
 The Mathis correspondent says it is reported in Amsterdam that Ger many will throw the responsibility for the disaster on England and on the American authorities who permitted passengers to embark on a ship car rying explosives. It is believed in Holland, the correspondent asserts that Germany will decline to modify it's methods. of submarine warfare.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
DOE INHALED ON
 SPIKES OF HIGH
 CEMETERY FENCE
Many stratford Folks See Plight of Beautiful Full
 Grown Specimen.

In full view of many Stratford peo- gple going to work early this morning la beautiful specimen of the deer tribe "a doe weighing 150 poun ds-met death by being impaIed on the high sharp-tipped iron fence of St. Mich saePs cemetery. The doe withsa large Duck were recently seen in the vicin- Atty, having crossed the Housatonic river. This morning the pair had evidently tried to leap the cemetery fence when the doe became fast and the spikes sank deep into it's side near the heart.
 Game Warden A. J. Williamson with F. J. O'LaughIin, a butcher at 1887 Stratford avenue, went to the scene where they attempted to re- .Iieve the sufferings of the animal, which died shortly after their ar rival.
 With permission for the disposal of the carcas it is expected that city officials and members of the O'I1augh- lin council of yenison eaters will soon have a succulent banquet.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
TRIAL OF FORMER BROOKLYN MAN AS GERMAN SPY BEGINS IN OPEN
 COURT BEFORE LONDON THRONC

London, May 1s.-The trial on charges of alleged spying of Antone KuepferIe, who claims to be natuT- alized American citizen residing at one time in Brooklyn, N. T., opened at the Old Bailey police court to-day before Lord Reading, Lord Chief Jus tice. and Justices Avery and Louis. Although it has been announced that the hearings would be in camera, the authorities decided at the last mo ment On public trial and the court room was crowded with spectators
 The complaint alleges that the pris- oner with the intention of assisting the enemy of Great Britain, feIonlous= ly attempted to communicate infor-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18

plete. 4.
 Governor SHo1connb. in addressing the joint convention said:
 MT. President, MT. Speaker and We are convened in joint convention for the final adjournment of the l 191 session of the General Assemb bly,, three weeks earlier than the consti- tuition requires adjournment to be made. You have had g. large volume of legislation to consider, much of it important This session has been years but it's brevity is due to hard and constant, rather than to hasty and ilI-cousidered, work.
 You have made sincere, and l think a successful, effort to. 1egislate wisely and because I have been sat isf1ed that the legislation you have enacted was the result of fair inves- tigation and that it expressed your | deliberate conclusion, have not felt required or justified in presenting l executive objections thereto. In my message at the conmencement:o of the | session said that I should not at tempt to usurp yourA prerogatives or assume your responsibilities 1T am pleased to acknowledge your unvarying courtesies to me dur 1 ing the session. "
 tt'Mr. Sheriff. you will make proc1a- l nation.
 MT. Secretary. you will now ad- | journ the General Assem- bly,. | An interesting incident was the wis 1 it of United States Senator George P 1 Mclean to the House where he was introduced and spoke briefly. After wards, a recess was taken to give members an opportunity to shake the 1 Senator's hand. Upon being intro 1 duced, Senator Mclean said in part:
 tAThis may not be a surprise to you but it is surprise to me. 1 (Continued. or Page 3
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMPLETES WORK
 AT STATE OL
Biennial Session Ends With Speeches By Governor
 and Senator Mclean.

Hartford, May 18.-The legislative session of 1915 was adjourned sine die this afternoon in the manner pre- scribed by the constitution. The Sen Joint session in the chamber of the House and received Governor Marcus H. HoIcomb, who spoke briefly in a. congratulatory vein, laying emphasis upon the fact that this session ends three weeks before the constitutional limitation, that it was the shortest session in recent years and that it's ac- compItshments were attained through constant and hard work High Sheriff Edward Dewey made the proclamation and Secretary of State Charles D. Burnes declared the January session at an end without day with the drop of the speakers gaveI.
 This is the shortest session since bi- ennia1 sittings began although that of 1887 adjourned finally on May 19. Gov ernor Holoomb up to the present time has signed 261 public acts and 308 spe- ctal acts, submitted one, message and one veto, but this does not represent the sum total of legislation as a con siderable number of, bills have not yet reached the executive after engross- ment- It is, not believed there will be any pocket vetoes as was the case two years ago, when Governor Bald win failed to sign number of meas ures which reached him after the aes- sion adjourned. k\s
 The present General Assembly makes the unique record for itself oi having disposed of every measure placed. before it.. Two years age about 300 bills were left over an found lodgment in the office of Sec retary of State None of these was resurrected this session.
 The record of legislation in recen1 ir
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18

London, May 1S.@The Cunard line steamer Pennsylvania, which arrived at Glasgow yesterday from New York, encountered a, submarine off the north west coast of Ireland at about five o'clock Saturday afternoon, according to the statement of passengers who ar rived in London today.
 They say that the submarine was seen at a distance estimated variously at 400 to 800 yards away. The peri scope and part of the coming tower were in sight for several minutes. The Transylvania's captain immediately turned the steamer and steered zig gag course until the danger was past.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
TRANSYLV WANNA WAS MENACED
 BY SUBMARINE SATURDAY AS
 SHE NEARED IRISH COAST

Some of the passengers declare that the submarine discharged a, torpedo at the Transy1vania and that they saw a white streak of foam marking the course of the projectiIe. This is dis puted by others, who say that such statements are imaginative.
 Many of the passengers were below and knew nothing of the incident at. the time. It is said that all who were on deck behaved with the greatest coolness.
 14ifeboats were prepared for immedi- ate lowering on Saturday. Few of the passengers went to bed on the last night of the voyage.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18

nation respecting warships and niIi- tary forces and material calculated to be useful to the enemy. The prose cution was conducted by the attorney general.
 Kuepferle pleaded not guilty. In opening the case the attorney general remarked that the prisoner had claimed to be an American but the prosecution eontended that he is a German who had written 8, letter giv- ing information concerning British warships and their positions in the Irish channel and the disposition of the Kings forces. The letter ap- peared to be innocent commercial document until closely examined
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
Crowds Lining the Shore in Thoughtful Mood As Giants of the Deep Are Swallowed in the Horizon of New York Harbor.
FLETcHER'S FLAGSHIP
 WYOMING LEADS
President Aboard Mayflow- CT Sees Five Mile Line of Fighting Craft Sail By At 14 Knot Speed, Crews At " Attention. 7

New York, May 18The big fleet of warships which has been at anchor in the Hudson river for 10 days, steamed out to sea at II o'clock today with President Wilson reviewing the five mile line as it passed the MayfIower off the. Statue of Liberty.
 Headed by the superdreadnalght Wyoming, Admiral Fletcher's flag ship. the sixteen big battlesh5ps and their train of lesser fighting craft steamed past the Presidential yacht at the speed of 14 knots, each ship with it's sailors and marines standing nearing the Mayf1oWer, fred Presd- dentiaI salute of 21 guns
 Tens of thousands of persons, flock ed to vantage points to view the greaA marine parade
 Traffic on the Hudson arfyer was and New Jersey shores for half an hour before the fleet sailed
 The day was overcast but through the clouds the sun shone at inter vaIA The air was chill and ss stiff breeze along the. waterfront made ov- SECGE46 E
 Close by the Adayfloger lay the Dolphin, the Isis, and the Dankton. with government officials, members of the citizens' committee. newspa- pernnea and invited guests aboard S5viueinR at anchor the little review ing squadron tossed out streams of pennants and bunting that danced against the gleaEning water about the shadow of the Goddess of Liberty, in coaorfu1 contrast to the monot0ny of gray steaming past
 There was little. cheering in re- sponse for in bidding goodbye to the deets the crowds seemed to be iE thoughtful mood
 Leaving New York, the fleet made for Newport, the rendezvous from which will be directed r1aneuVers in the war game along the Atlantic coast The President and most od his party had arranged to return to Washington aboard the AGay6ower.
 When the signal was flashed from Admiral F7etchers flagship, the Wy. oning, to prepare to go to sea- stTag Elers on shore hurried on boand ths various warahips. as launches wer, swung up on day1ts ,and everything was slowed in preparation for tn. trip to Newport where the fleet wa to rendezE ous. Eager for the grea naval war game and refreshed by long rest in port. the sailors viewe. .DEOSp0SL delight.
 Lying of fhe statue of Lzberty wa the naval yacht Mayf1ower witl President Wilson and a party of gov ernment officials on board waitinl to review the four mile line of fight ing craft On shore thousa nds 0 spectators gathered to witness tn spectacle.
 The storm which had rendered un comfortable the festivities of tn Presidents review yesterday, ha, cleared away and there was pros pect that the farewell review rnigh take place under clear skies. In or der to give the battleships the ad vantage of an outgoing tide, the hou of departure had been changed fror B:30 a. m. until 11.45 a. m The fleet is due off Newport Wed nesday to take up it's part in tn naval game which begins then. Tn Mayhower was to leave for Washing ton tonight.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
State Homeopathic Medical
 Society Elects Officers

New Haven, May 1s-George E.. Evans, of Branford, was elected president of the Connecticut Homeo- pathic Medical Society at it's 65th annual meeting here today. The other officers chosen were:
 Vice-presddent, B. L. Bestor, Hart ford; secretary, Richard Blackmore. Farnington; treasurer, H. P. Sage, New Haven.
 Levi P. Morton celebrated his 91st birthday in Washington.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
EATERS PREPARE TO
 PAY JUDGMENT OF $3OO,OOO FOR BOYCOTT

New York, May 18-The special committee of the United Hatters of North America, in convention here, was preparing to-day it's re- port on the question of meeting the judgment of approximately $500, 900 given to Loewe & Com pany, hat manufacturers, after an alleged boycott.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
ALLIES NOW TO
 USE GAS BOMB,
 SAYS KITCHENER

London, May IS. = Secretary for War Kitchener stated in the House of Lords this afternon that the Brit ish and French government felt that the allied troops must be adequately protected against poisonous. gases by the employment of similar methods. These would remove the enormou us and unjustifiable advantage which must otherwise exist
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-18
WEATHER FORECAST

Fair tonight; cloudy We'd nesday; continued cool; mod crate winds, mostly northwest
The Socialist press., 1915-01-23

have grown strong in our lives is all overgrown with weeds, and nothing is there to respond, and we bow our heads and pass on and perhaps we fear and revile the "agitator. ''
 If parents and teachers had half as much understanding as they expect from children if
 ny of them would ever say to
The Socialist press., 1915-01-23
W H Y WE ARE SHAW YES.
 By FLORA I. FOREMAN.

The very first thing a baby is ever taugh+ is to mind"
 He is not treated as a rational being susceptible to reasoning. His fingers are slapped for ''meddling" that is for trying to find out things. He is told" "Baby musn't no, mo-" He lives in a world of negatives, where he is denied all things and whatever his hands succeed in grasping is taken from them by. force. The little, eager questioning mind is rebuffed at every effort it makes to obtain knowledge, and is riven back into itself until the wonder of it all is that he can rise above it all and educate himself sufi- clently to get along in this t'psy, turvy world of ours the first ten years of his life.
 He immitates all he sees. How proud we are when he apes our better actions-and how ready we are to punish him tor copying our rude and unkind acts.
 When he adopts our own tactics, to obtain what he
The Socialist press., 1915-01-23

childhood Come let us reason together; let us do right and be fair because we know and choose to do it; let us govern ourselves and live generously. 70, if we could only see that our future is in the hands of these children then we would wake up and DO something!
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T H A T FRANC ISE,

We'll, the Telephone Franchise is granted and the only thing that the people who opposed the granting to the company of what is virtually exclusive right is to make it question which all candidates for the next Council must declare themselves Even if we grant the fact that we do get important advantages from the company in return for what is (and there is no gettng away from iD virtually exclusive right to do business there is denying the fact that we are paying exobtant rates for telephone system Look at the advertise
 ens in any of the Coas papers. You will see or rates IT y cases cut in three and four. Take the Hot Springs system. No party phone except on the creeks. The charge for residence phones $500 business phones Sl0 Subscribers get for the price of their monthly sub. scrpton the right to the use of the whole system The price paid by nonsubscrber to or from American creek IS 200; all other creeks S1O0 It must be remembered that the Hot Springs company has many times smaller number of phones and approximately it's upkeep costs tar more than our system yet note the difference in the rates We want to elect council1en who will bind themselves to revise the eephone rates and revise them downward.
The Socialist press., 1915-01-23
THE HUMAN JUNGLE.
By IDA CRoUCH-HAsLETT.

Tie proposed International Conference of Socialists con- fronts the hardest problem that vhe historic Working class has ever met. Will the working ,lass hold the key to the future, )r will it prove that it is yet in- adequate to the task of human izing society and banishing the jungle law?
 The war has upset the socialist movement of Europe and there nay in probabi ity be sonie hard feelings existing between the socialists of the warning coun. ,ries, from which international complications can arise, that will embarass the actions of the dele gates, especially if radical steps Ire to ke formulated. Also, the delegates will face the danger of
The Socialist press., 1915-01-23
le international policemen.

the international policemen.
 We do not know what will be the 6uttptne of the war, but we on this side of the ocean must be in a position to advance tke cause at the frst opportunity, and we nust let it be known; should a revolution break out in Germany, that there is going to be no repetition of the Paris Commune.
 As the future is obscufe, Sd far as the socialist movement is concerned, and as there are pos sibil ties of working class upris- ings in Europe, it is highly inn portant than an Intern ational Convention take action. Should revolution break out there will be heavy finances required, and
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