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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13
BIG FIRE HORSE IN RUN A WAX HI TS
 FUNERAL PARTY
'sTom, Mistakes I.ocomo- tive Whistle For Fire De-
 partment Signal.

seTom.'' a big dapp1e gray horse who hops a supply wagon around town for the fire department, stood in the yard beside the Middle street engine house, runinating on the hard lot of starding in the sleet.
 4 fussy little freight engine on the Irousatonsc railroad, directly in back of the engine house. gave a few shrill .toots. Tom pricked up his ears. There were a couple of more toots. Tom paved the ground a bit inn patiently. Some more toots. Then Tom acted
 An eng1neer was in. distress. En- gineer wanted coal, maybe And Tom isn't the horse, after nine years in the department, to pass up a dis tress slgna1-especia11y shril1 blasts that sound just like the hurry-up call of a fire engine.
 t'Torn'' wheeled around and stepped onto Middle street An instant of wavering, and then the big grey de- cided to go south on Middle street and answer the call. Tom" can run, as he showed a few bystanders. He was away out of reach before dremen in. the engine house realized he had gone.
 
 horse was hitting up a terrific clip. Tea1nsters and pedestrians-w were beat mig it for the trenches. Along came George Smith, at the wheel Of one truck load of Ira Gregory & Com papy's heaviest coal Tom was mak- ing fast tracks in the general direction of the radiator of the truck.
 Smith took the course he thought sa fest and drove his truck onto the sidewalk in front of the new store of T. Haw1ey & company. $ The right front wheel of the truck crashed into wooden case containing large plate glass window. The case was shattered and the glass broken quite beyond repair.
 Tom continued on his course. A hack, owned by George Pistey. 49 Reilly street. was sideswiped. The mudguard was bent and the door of the hack damaged. The occupants of the hack, two women, were not hurt, Beyond being bit Frightened.
 The wild career of ~'Tom'' was stopped by Steve Garrtck, employed at the HaWley Hardware company. He is a little fellow, but made a flying leap for the horses bridle and hung on. The horse was stopped just be- fore reaching Fairfield avenue where further complications might have re- suited ir the congested traffic.
 Tom was most docile when taken back to his quarters. The supply wagon was only slightly damaged.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13

over the portentious decision of choosing between shameful crime on one hand and misery and destitution, for themselves and their families on the other.
 A situation of distress has thus just thinking man, whatever may be his sentiments ats to the scontesting g parties in the great struggle. First and foremost how ever it should in- duce all German and Austro-FIungarr ian-Arnerfcans who are in a position to do SOL to lend their aid in the most noble task of furnishing honest work for honest wage-earners whom circumstances quite beyond their con trol ob1ige' to join the ranks of the unemployed.
 Furthermore, it was said and is evil dent that the enormous wages paid by the ammunition factories are con stant1y inducing men to leave neutra al factories, thus creating vacancie which may be filled by. the men 1eav- ing the ammunition factories for considerations reasons.
 All this in view, some months ago, this Labor Information Bureau was established at my office in New York city, 136 Liberty street, supported ten- tire1y by private subscriptions gotten together from generous friends
 It almost goes without saying that the, Bureau works free of any charge whatever for, employers as well for employees.
 By the very nature of the majority of the men to be p1aced, positions for engineers, chemists, shop-feremen mechanics and Inachinists of all kinds are particularly in question. Men of these trades are constantly apply
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13

I are sacrificed is the same in every I land. Your nation, like the people of all the other belligerents is fighting I for it's national existence and it's best national trade interests and there can be no irreeoncilabIe differences. The time has come to stop the bloodshed | to save the people from furth CT slaughter and the civilization of the world from anarchy and ruin.
 'fThe rising desire of the people in neutral nations to convert a barren disinterdstednes into active good will has prompted citizens of the United States of America to sail for Europe on the steamship Oscar II with the serious purpose of joining with citi- zens of the European neutral nations in an organized effort to. help restore peace upon an. honorable and just basis, to facilitate direct negotiations between you and the other warning nations.
 conference which shall without delay frame and submit simultaneously to you and all the other belligerent na,- tions proposals as basis for discus sion tending to the final settlement Therefore, we do earnestly entreat rulers of all the other warning na tioEs to declare an immediate truce. Let the armies stand still where they are. Then let the negotiations pro- ceed so that the soldiers may be de- livered from another bitter winter in the trenches and sent back to their labors and their firesides.As there by mediation and discussion why waste one more precious human life For the sake of humanity, (Signed), :, Henry Ford. ''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13
Poor Fund
 Deficit Is
 Inevitable
Charities Department s Mon ey Dissipated, More Is Being Sought Gordon Fears For Future as Crisis Is Apparent.

A large deficit in. the appropriation for the present year will be facing the board of charities before the first of the year, according to a statement made. by Spencer R. Gordon this morning,
 More calls for help have been re-, ceived from the outside ROOT during the present year than atA any time in the history of the charities depart ment and the appropriation granted for the care of the poor of this city at the last meeting of the board of apporti onment has been exhausted.
 Supt. Gordon said that 120 out or 200 people asking for help are out door workmen who average about SIP a week and have a family of five or six to provide for. On days like today the head of the house has to remain at home and as winter comes on, work in this line of business will be very slack. For this reason the superintendent says he is expecting to receive double the amount of a:p- peals for charity. He said this morn ing that the present appropriation will scarcely last this year out. He fears the charities department will strike big snag soon.
 The head of the department said that while rents are going up the WorkingTnan'S wage is not going up sufficiently to meet the other raise. He cited an instance where one la borer making $14.76 per week is now paying a rental of $20 where as before the increase in rents he was required to pay only $14 a month. He was able to meet the rent at s14 and sup port a family of four children but since the rent has advanced to S20 he has had te call upon the charities department for aid for the first time in his life. He.is a well known, hem est and industrious resident of this city since his childhood but although he was in dire straits as far back as six weeks ago he could not command the required nerve to appeal to the charities department for help until Friday of last week
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13
CON NTRAC TOR NEAR DEATH AS WIPES
 FUNERAL IS HELD
Edward Walsh Extremely III With Same Illness That s
 Took He1pmeet.

While Edward Walsh, contractor, lay near death with pneumonia, 8 number of close friends gathered in another room of the home, this morn ing, and kne1t about the casket con- taining the body of his young wife, which the same illness had carried away on Friday. Five children, rang ing from six months to eight years of age, completed the family which the dread disease has visited.
 The funeral was held from the home, 3s2 Helen street, at 8.a0 this morning and half hour later from St. Charles church where the mass of requiem was sung by Rev. Thomas B. GIoster At the offertory, Miss Jessie Murray sang 'Domine,'' and after the mass, "Thy Will Be Done.' There were present a great many friends of the young couple who were doub1y grieved by the death of the wife and mother and the serious illness of the husband and father. Floral tributes of much beauty and variety. were banked about the bier. The bearers were; Fred Mossey, John Golden, John, George, Thomas, and Richard Walsh. sInter- 1nent was in St. Michaefs cemetery
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13
MERRY SCRAP HITS ARK OF PEACE; BIG MEN MAY
 LEAVE EXPEDITION FLAT

On Board the Steamship Oscar II, By Wireless via Steamship Noordam, Dec. 13-A resolution condemning g President Wilson's preparedness poli- cy brought a protest from some of the prominent members sof Henry Ford's peace party last night when 1t was presented for adoption. The resolution was drawn up by Rev. Jen- kin Lloyd Jones and the Rev. Charles F. Aiked and others who asked that it be signed by all members of the party as their platform.
 More than a dozen mem bers, in cluding s. s. Mcclure, of New York, and Judge Benjamin B. Lindsey, of Denver, refused to sign on the ground that the resolution was unpatrio tic. Some of them even threatened to leave the party after it reached Eu- rope if the proposed platform was put through. Its supporters said that the opponents of the resolution failed to understand the spirit of Mr.. Ford's invitation.
 The following appeal the rulers of Europe was sent out by wireless to- day, addressed individually to each reigning monarch:
 stSir: We come in this time of trou- ble not to add to your burdens but to help lift, them; not to consider which nations are most to blame for but to end the strife; not to intrude ourselves on your national life and national ideas but rather with an earnest desire to understand them and a heartfelt wish to aid in realiz-. ing them.
 s~rhe love of country Tor which every day. tens of thousands of lives
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13
 CHURCHES HEAR
 OF UNITY PLANS
Members to Pass on Con.
 struction. of Edifice In ;. Bank Street.

The first announcement of definite action toward the uniting of the First and Second Congregational churches in this city was made yesterday when the members of both parishes were in- formed of the changes decided upon
 At a meeting of the committees from the churches it was decided that the name of the new and united body will be stThe United Congregati onal Church.
 The board ef deacons in each church will resign as> a preliminary step. The united church will then se- slect deacons.
 These decisions are contingent upon the agreement of the congregations. When full plans are made, the propo- sition will be put to a vote.
 The committee that has been work ing for months on this problem, is L. |T. Warner. chairman: Mesdames w J. Nichols, J. G. Lud1unn. John Curtis. c. N. Worthen and Messrs- S. M. flaw ley, D. D. Pierce, Jr-. H. D. Simonds, w. A Smith. S. c. Shaw, w. s. Lacy and Dr. Henry c. Blodget.
 This committee has reached the fol- lowing conc1usieS1s and this informa- ton was given to the two congrega- tfons by their respective pastors yes terday:
 A4OVSO LnaLFI111S COIT1u1kNlS0 1aNOAS the union of the two churches on the property of the First Congregational church with a plan for a new plant consisting of a new church and par ish house located on that site, no final decision. being reached as to the order in which the buildings are to be erected. The motion carried
 tsThe committee on union of the First and Second Congregational churches had a meeting, Friday even ing at which they felt much addition al progress was made. This meeting was like all previous ones in that the discussion of the various problems has been characterized with the great est possible degree of outspoken frankness and uninterrupted accord. The most significant results are as fol- lows:
 A canvass of the various mems or ganizations resulted very clearly in the decision that there was not the slightest obstacle to union in any of these. The committee suggesting that the board of deacons in both churches resign, the united church then to elect -deacons, an equal number being chosen from the menbership of each of thes~two bodies uniting.
 "Regarding the women's organiza+ tfons the committee felt there was no
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13
Atlantic Seaboard
 Covered With Snow
 Except a Few Spots

washingfsn. Dec. s1s-The. Atlantic neaboard from Virginia to Canada, the upper Ohio and Mississippi val 1eys. and the Great Lakes region, were snow ceyered today except in ise- lated spots. Over most of that area snow was still falling, with indica- tf0ns that it would continue tonight Hi the middle Atlantic states, the Great Lakes region, northern New ork and New England. Elsewhere aast of the Mississippi, the forecast zas for fair weather.
 The eastern storm center was nov- Ing nortl1ward today off fFle Virginia E@ bes. Colder weather for the lake Bl0u wA@ forecast
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13
ALLEGED PLOTTERS
 PLEAD NOT GUILTY
 TO LATER CHARGES

New York; Dec. 1s.-Max Breitung. pr. Herbert Kfenz1e, Eng1ebert Bro11k- hurst, Robert Fay and Walter -Scholz, recently re-indicted in connection wit alleged activities to destroy munit1on shops of the allies, pleaded not guilty today when arraigned before Judge Mayer in the Federal district court. The original bail of S2o,00o was con tinued but the defendants. Fay anu scholz who were unable to give bail, were remanded to jail
 Counsel for Bronlxhorst and Dr. Kienz1e asked the court to set a time to hear a motion for the appointment of a commission to go abroad and take testinn ony in the prisoners behalf The court said he would entertain such a motion some time during the next five days.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13
Skidding Auto Mows
 Down Posts on Site
 of Saturday Accident

An auto truck owned by sederho1m,s bakery sktdded on the hill approach- ing Washington Bridge from the east this morning, and moved down three posts. It brought up against the rail- ing Of the bridge
 The accident occurred in the same place where Cafr's auto truck went over the bank into the river, Saturday afternoon. When the machine skid, ded, it cut down one iron and two wooden posts, and was stopped as ii leaned against the railing of the bridge Had the impact been 8 little stronger the car would have tunlbIea into the river The driver was l1n-. hurt. ThA earAwas tow@I to this city where few repairs were made.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13
PITTSBURGH STRIKE
 HOLDS UP WORK ON
 ALLlES' M UNI IONS

Pittsburgh, Dec. 1s-Many thou- sands of dollars worth of war nnuni- tions and other contracts were tied up here today by the strike of iron mou1ders and core makers which af- fected between 50 and TO foundries and has spread to about 1,50O men. At the office of the Manufacturers asso- citation it was said that founrymen were expected to meet late today to go over the situation.
 While the strike to the present af- fects mouIders and core makers, em- ployes said that suspension of the foundrfes for week would seriously cripple mills in other branches of the steel industry. The Mesta Machine Go. and the United Sengfneering & Foundry Co. are the largest plants af- fected.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13

It denies taking men otlt of munf- ton plants for the purpose Of cr1p- bling their manufactures.
 It admits that some manufactur- CTS fare creating positions to help the eause.'s :
 Hans Liebau, consulting engineer and architect of 136 Liberty street. New York. issues the statement The statement foIloWs3
 am taking pleasure to show a lit tie of the work that the Labor In formation and Relief Bureau is doing, in outlining below:
 T. Peculiar conditions led to. the establishment Of thesLabor nforna- ton Bureau
 ?. Methods pursued to meet the problems
 Results accomplished so far.
 ta) The war1 material industries have grownt to Assnme huge dinen-. sions Many concerns. originally commercial enterprises pure and sim pie. have turned into veritable arsen- als and large numbers of their en- ployes, of whatever nationality they may be, are forced to work under the painful sense of helping to slay their fellow creatures in the most deadly strife that ever occurred on earth.
 The worst hit of course are Ger mans and Austro-Hungaffans as in their case they not only have to face the conscientious and moral conflict or possibly killing indirectly their own. kfth and kin. but they arc threatened by heavy p11nishnaenf for treason, ac-s cordang to the laws Of their countries whenever they should return to the Land of their birth.
 AS natural consequenc6 many srn- D1oyeS of the war material industries have laid down work repulsive to their feelings, ana many more are wavering
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13
ADMINISTRATION ADMITS. TO STATE OFFICIAL FAILURE TO
 BUILD ENOUGH SCHOOL HOUSES.

Because the city of Bridgeport has failed to provide school houses enough the state board of education finds that all the children in the city, of school age, have not the chance to get a common school @ducation.
 Further i1npresstng on the minds of the members of the admfnistration of the inaqrfty that pernheated their taking the one mill tax for schools and putting half of it in patented bavernent, Charles D. Hine, secretary 0R the state board of education has provided the Bridgeport authorities with a list of all the children who cannot get into a school here.
 There are no scfoolhouses-n
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13

room for them. is the ansewer he re- ceived when he asked: Why ?''
 Shamelessly admitting that there is no room here. the officials remember with some Icompunction that despite the protestations of citizens that they'll pay all they can for school houses, directly, the money they gave was diverted to other purposes and the city has gone into debt for the few schoolhouses it has built lately.
 In number of ,instances, Secre- -tary Hfne found, the children be- longed to families of immigrants late fly arrived and their names were re- ported to the state board by the i'm migration authorities in New York
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13

now makes for the laws Of nations and hunaanitys We notice that Presi- dent Wilson makes no inquirys as to the ownership of the submarine It is probable thai all these outrages are engineered from Berlin but per- haps MT. Wilson is too discreet to venture an inquiry % Now that the American government is compelled to charge both Austria and Germany with inhuman. barbarous conduct, it iss too much to hope <they will cease their efforts to make this country ra lax it's sea grip ?''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13
THEATRE RowDIEs FINED.

For lighting a match in the gallery of the Strand gallery during last even ing's performance of the movies a fine of S2 and costs was placed upon Will liam Freeman of 95 Commercial street, when arraigned before Judge Wilder in city court today.
 For refusing to take his hat off during the performance at the same theatre last evening a fine of $5 was imposed on Louis Carrano of 145 Lex ington avenue. an enlploye of the Pos tai Telegraph Go. Both offenders paid the fines imposed
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13
Bale of >Shoddy In Mattress actory
 Starts a Blaze

Sparks from the picking machine. caused by friction, at the Bridgeport Mattress factory at g Washington avenue, caused a fire to start in a ba @ of shoddy about e:20 this morning and an alarm was rung in from box No. 326 at East Washington and Heusa- tonic avenues. The fire was extin- guished by the use of chemicals and damage to the building is estimated at s75 while damages to stock will ap- proxlmate $1ee.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13
BuIqars Nearfnq Greco

Saloniki, Greece, Dec. 13- The newspaper L'opinion as serts that Bulgarian troops are preparing to cross the Greek frontier and that Greek troops are moving toward the threat -ened point, apparently with the object of disputing a Bulgarian invasion.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13
HRrr4sH Y1EWloF NoTE.

London. Dec 13-The evening Standard. reviewing the American note on the Ancona ease. is unwilling to believe -stIat America is prepared to exact a proper penalty for the Outrage. It adds.
 4 The note is firm and definite; yet in view of the fact that previous worse outrages ended in smoke, the public will prefer to wait before aI- plaudfng the heroic stand Washington
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13

Because of the ntin1aons that veshgatons that been conducted, the Relief office building this Nsgz
 Through Felix Lauter Capitol who here the organization statement calling
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13

Berlin, Dec. 13-The French and British have been entirely expelled from Macedonia terri tory, it is officially announced today by German army head quarters,s the advancing army under General Fodoroff, oc-- cupying Doiran and Gievgei. It is declared that two British divisions were nearly wiped out during the advance.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13
AUSTRIAN CHARGE IN
 CONFERENCE AT STATE
 DEPT. ON ANC0NA NOTE

Washington, 13-Barons Swiedinek charge of embassy had conference with Secretary today Secretary Lansing said general subject discussed He declined answer questions
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13
POSTAL SAVINGS FOR BRIDCEPO ORT NEARLY TRIPLED Percentage of Growth Here is Second Only to That in
 New York City. BROOKLYN IS NEXT
 IN FEDERAL REPORT Report of Burleson Indi- cates Sweeping Changes
 in R. F. D.

Startling growth of the Postal Saw fngs bank deposits in the United States is shown in the annual report of the Post Office <. Departn ent. Bridgeport's increase for the last fiscal year is second only to one city, and that New York; the largest. in the country s~ &
 The phenomenal increase at the Bridgeport post office is figured by the Post Office Department at 1883 per cent, showing. that the local deposits were almost {trip1ed in one year
 New York's increase is 1924 per cent. The six leading cities in the or der given by the Post Office Depart
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13
ANGL O-FRENCH EXPEDITION IN MACEDONIA FAILS AS INVADING
 ARMY SUFFERS TERRIFIC LOSSES

Two Whole Divisions Prac- , tically Annihilated Before Territory is Cleared of Forces of the Allies Bull gars Menace Greek Bor- der.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13
THE WEATHER

Snow or rain tonight. Tuesday partly cloudy Increasing east. shift ing to northwest winds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13

Greek Army Ready to Meet Invaders, Should They Cross Frontier Situation in Athens Grows Acute and Determined. Stand is Expected. } t5
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-12-13
LABOR BUREAU DENIES
 INTERFERING WITH THE
 MANUFACTURE OF ARMS

Felix Lauter, Local Rep resentative of German
 and Austro- Hungarian Labor, Information and Relief Bureau, Refutes Assertion That 1t Is Conducted to Cripple Munition Makers.