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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30
Mill
End
Sale
closes
tonight
Wind-up lots at
special price till
closing hour.

The advertising itself has been factor 1T has been
modest It has been interesting we knew how to
make it. Above ALL it has been truthful truth
helped much this big business of the 3th Mill
End sale.
The Rowland store Of today has grown from small
beginning Established shoe store ia February Of
1887 It is almost % years old. The first advertise
ment Of that shoe store new for advertising
Bridgeport It told absolute truth and some
thing interesting about the merchandise to be bought
the Rowland store
vertising poey Ell the print the news Of the
store and its merchandise
Such events as the Mill End sale are made possible
BY this policy It has built up the store built UP
business built up confidence in the store built up faith
in the advertising.
The first years business done by the Hova1id store
was quite satisfactory But the average increase III the
stores business each year been greater
total amount.
The number Of people in the store force that first
year was The number today is $50 and the average
through the year is 40.
The original store 10 feet wide and 80 feet deep
with storage cellar of the size Its total
square feet was 1890 The of the present store
10000 square acres and over go times that
the store of 1887
This growth, almost remarkable has been due partly
to the store advertising, we believe.
Wilful misrepresentation has never been made Store
news has been given deserved prominence without
gerafion merchandise has been presented
in light than It deserved We been quick
to ourselves Alright. We have aimed always to tell the
truth and our aim has been good.
For the future we shall go right along the same path
way It's the only safe path and for our friends
We can afford to turn aside into the thcets and ans
of exaggeration or of misrepresentation.
We want every person who reads a Rowland aeEvsl
tisement that it tells the truth the whole truth
and nothing but the truth
When every reader does know this, the Rowland al
yertsng will be twice effective and the store
will grow twice as fast
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30
TO BUILD RAILROAD
TO LAKEvlEW HOME
NEW BUILDING SITE

Mayor Wilson today signed a wsdver
permitting the board OF contract ana
supply to buy without competitive
bids, a railroad track equipment to be
used at Lakeview home. The purchase
is to be made from Chapman & Bangs
for $500 Advantage OF quick deliv-
out advertising for bids The railroad
tracks are to be connected with the
tracks of the Remington Arns-U. M.
c. Co. and are expected fosafford bet
Ater facility for getting material on the
ground for the construction of the new
Lakeview home.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30
Prussia Acid In pln.,ts.

1T has been known Tor some time
that various plants belonging to diner
emit families produce free prussic acid.
In these .scyanogenetic7 plants the lar
gest amount Of this acid is produced
by the green leaves and the young
parts. while the root gives little or
none. Animals rarely touch these
plants Light and the assimilation
processes depending upon light exert q
favorable influence on cyanogenegis.
while the absence Of carbon dioxide
greatly diminishes the amount pro-
duced
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30

zaAGaI zltexed into eternal
xk, In this city Jan 20, 1915,
Mss Hs1sn A Bassett, daughter of
tbs laao NlL5ah n and Harriet d.
BaRBstt
BuneEzEf service viii be held IN
Trinity Ghrrch. Broad street, corner
Fairfield avenue on Monday, Feb.
1sts at osrIock p. m. Burial in
Mountain Grove cemetery Please
omit f1osvers asp
(zd--zl1 New York City, jan 29;
1915. Grace As widow of Frank b
Finch, aged 81 years
Friends are invited to attsnd the
funeral from the First Presbyterian
church chapel, State street, Bridge
port, on Monday. Feb /, at II a. m.
Interment Evergreen Cemetery,
New Haven. Conn. a.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30
About
Advertiser

The 34th Mill End Sale is over
It has been a bigger sale than
any of its 80 brothers gone be
fore.
More people have become Mill
Enders.
Men, in particular, have learn
ed how much the Mill End sale IS
worth.
The volume of business has
been larger.
Several reasons have made this
possible. We've presented those
reasons often in the Mill End adj
vertising value variety quality
and loW-price.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30
AL NIGH FIGHT
FAILS TO LOOSEN
SENATE DEAOL0 CK
Continued from Page one

Continued from Page One
Congress- on March 4 next or with the
&C o1lap$et of the: Democratic deterInlIla-
ton to force it thr ugh As senator
Sn1oot talked Senator's Lodge ana
William Alden smith slept IN the mir
nority cloak room, each armed with
masses of papers and prepared 20
come to h s relief.
The attempt of the maj ority to hold
he Senate in continuous session came
late yesterday evening and was backed
up by the isslan writs for the
arrest of absentees. "A dozen senator's
were reached by the notice while at
dinners or the theatres.
Senator Ashurst. first on the roll
call of the Senate and an importang
hgurs in a parliamentary battle on
that account, spent the night asleep
on a sofa in the Senate chamber. Oc--
casionally, as Senator Smoot talked In
a low tone for the most part, IN order
to save his strength and voice. Demo-
cratic senators interrupted to plague
him to questions. For. hours. however,
they sat in silence whsle he addressed
himself to every fpossibiIity of the
sfippfns- bill, to T. criticism of every
action OF the Defnocratic aeInainistra-
ton and to the discussion OF subjects
that seemed Tar removed from the bill
itself
Once all Democrats except Senator
sirnnions had left the chamber He
hastened to the door OF the majority
cloakroom and his, words were audi a
Bile in the almost empty galleries,
Sonehpdy had better stay out
here he warned his colleagues. ssI' m
the only Democrat on the floor.
group OF Democrats hastened to-
hsir seats. For many hours dur
ing the night Joseph IF. TumuIty, Sec
FeEarv to President wilson. sat
among the DeHocratic Senators listen
- CO. -
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30
All t,,a r,;se.raneal

The youngster was reading news
paper Looking up. he said:
Aldermen are called city fathers.
aren't they, pa r.
Yes, my son.
& 'sWelI. what's the differences between
them and other fathers2s'
The difference Is very similar, As a
general thing the sons run In debt, and
their fathers have to pay, but the city
fathers contract debts and their sons.
have to pay. That's the difference, my
son."-Stray Stories
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30
Kitcnen Ranartaa,.

mrs. Brown was In the kitchen helr
ing Nora, the cook, prepare supper.
'sIt's an old saying" she remarked to
Nora, SHAT too many cooks spoil the
broth What do you thinkF'
Sure. na'am,r the cook replied.
there's nothing to woEry about:
there's only wan cook ers."-1aat4onal
Monthly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30
MAS. MARY p. HrrCHCoCK.

Frank Hitchcock. died this noon at
the home, "a Reservoir avenue, fol-
lowing q few days illness of a compli-
cation Of diseases. She had lived in
bridgeport for many years A daugh-
ter survives. She was about 81 years
old.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30

TRUNKS AND BAGs-we naanufac-
ture and repair. also carry, full
stock of trunks, travelling bags.
leather goods and umbrellas.
Bridgeport Trunk and Bag Co.
Phone 2304-2. l049 Broad St
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30
OFFICIAL. w AR NEWS


(Continued from Page
SIN the Woevre district near F1iery.
the Germans exploded a mine, the OBJ
5ect of which was TO blow up oIlE
trenches A. matter of fact all they
did was to destroy theirs There is
nothing to report from the remainder
OF the 'front.'
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30
Lookinq Ahead,

Practical F'ather-Has that young
man who wants to marry you any
money! Romantic Young Lady
Money! He gave me a cluster dia-
mond ring. Practical Father-Yes, I
know. But has he amy money leftf-
Exchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30
Verified.

ae-And, Judge, she's lost lot Of
believe him, judge. I don't know a
thing about the game. He-That's
right, judge. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30

General George Stone, a notable
figure In the history of California
died at his home in San Francisco.
aged 70.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30

Cort Van Der Linden, Premier and
Minister of the Interior of Holland,
was made member of the Council of
State.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30

A. J. Rodenbaclx, of Rochester, N.
X, was chosen by Governor Whitman
as one of the members of the new
Court of Claims.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30

Northern New York experienced thu
second cold wave of the winter. Their
mometers IN Watertown registering II
degrees below zero.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30

The Mobile & Ohio shops at MUIR
physboro, I1.s will resume operations
on February 2. About 1000 men will
be re=employed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30

General Jofre, the French coma
naander. discharged his war chauf-
feur. BoilIot, the racing driver, for
reckIessness--r :.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30

short circuiting of a dynamo IN an
elevator well at the U, NJ. C.. Co.'S
plant resulted in a lively blaze for a.
Few minutes this morning, an alarm
being sent in from the company s.
private box, No. 43. at 7:40 O'Clock
Chemicals were sufficient, to quench
the blaze.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30
PERsoNAL A1ENTIoN.

Miss Margaret Stokes of 1156
Park avenue 1notored to Norfolk this
afternoon with a party of friends.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30

Chicago dealers shipped two car
Canada.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30
Envious..

sYour wife is very fond of dumb ami
mails,
Eyes, replied Mr. Meekton s.some-
times most wish had never learned
to talk'.-W Washington Star.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30

University are serving in the British
army.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30

A receiver was% appoint at Mont
gomery, Ala, for w v. Bell. said to
be the largest cotton plant in Ala
banna
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30

J. H Elwood. Greens Farms, has
asked the police to locate three
blades for a fodder cutter that were
stolen from his wagon Thursday. He
had just had them sharpened
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30
BRIEF ITEMS OF
LOCAL INTEREST

DR. Maurice Greeusfefn. LOT
Benham avenue, has reported to the
police that, while he was away on
his wedding trip, some one entered
his garage, presumably with a key,
and stole his gas-light tank. two I'M
ner tubes and all of his automobile
tools
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30

LEGAL NoIIcE-Ail pledges up to
number 1905 dated before Aug.
Isf, 1914, are for sale 1880, 49,
SIS. July 5115.853s July 80; 49,
&zS. 1888. July rs 1878 July
27; 15,71s. July rs; 1863. July
~. 1914 Ghas a. Peck IS Middle
ST.. City. asp
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30

Arthur Hotchkiss, Madison, came
to Bridgeport today to see the sights,
saw them and now occupies cell at
police headquarters charged with in
toncation and breach Of the peace.
He was arrested in a Fairfield ave-
nHe photographic studio, where he
was causing 81 disturbances after Iaav-
ing his picture taken. The pictures
IRE .flepartTaezlt slrgeons.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30

II ron ARE LOOKING for some
thing good to eat, step IN Caasidy's
where you see 1t cooked. Cassid y:
Lunch Bread St APP
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30

DEs Gsal. Pez uxaan Minister Of
Be4zlen AzkszEyk who resigned was
I.@NnM DzEeanll. beokher OF Augusta
EEHnAa1n
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30
Henry 8. Marschalk of 1852 STRAIT.

Henry @. Marschalk of 1862 STRAIT
ford avenue, today served notice on
the city clerk through Attorneys
Hubbard & Hall of his intention to
claim damages from the city. About
q s15 on the evening Of Wednesday,
Jan ~. Marscha1k claims he fell on
an icy sidewalk near the coal yard Of
Ira Gregory Co. and shattered his
left knee cap. He has been in the
hospital ever since AIarseha1k is
e1npIeEed by the New England Nayi-
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent = Word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-01-30

street. Avenue ana Cannon sts
The Ordway new era., 1915-04-09
BABY. Mother Shields Father.

Denver.-A man, who said he was
John Moreau Of Golden. visited Mrs.
r. Gordon at the county hospital, and
later told the police he was the uncle
of the woman, who is in critical con-
dition after giving birth to her child
alone at the Belvedere hotel. She
later deserted the infant, walked to
the rooms Of former employer. then
engaged room at s21 Broadway, and
afterward was rushed to the hospital
in an ambulance. The child died. The
woman. whose 1Raiden name is said
to be Alice Souroy, stoically refuses
to give. the police any information
concerning the father Of her dead
child. The ordeal she experienced
alone in the room at the Belvedere
hotel has caused the physicians to
fear for her life.
The Ordway new era., 1915-04-09
JIG. HALEY SURRENDERs
TIRED OF popeINe, NE CON.
FEssEs in PUEBLO.
Lawyer, Who was Pal Of Bandit and
Son Of Standard OIL Man, Had
Only One Cent Of Loot Left.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Pueblo. Colo.-John c. Haley, claim
ing to be a partner OF Henry Starr.
the bank robber in Jail at Tulsa for
the bold daylight robbery OF $500,
gave himself up to the police here.
He declares that he Is wanted at
Tulsa for a bank robbery but did not
participate In the affair OF the goth ult-
Haley says his real name is John
Attleberg and that his father is man
ager for the Standard OIL Company At
Tulsa Another alias he has gone un-
der is John Parlemont. He convinced
the police of the authenticity of his
story. He formerly was an oil land
attorney In Oklahoma and Texas, he
said.
II nm tired OF dodging officers" he
told Night Captain Charles Baty when
arrested In a saloon from which he
had telephoned to police headquar-
ters. II want TO go back and take
my medicine. I'm dead broke, down
md out"
Haley was well dressed but had only
one cent. He declared he had en-
Sds5eu III u uuLupeT VI pohh ioooe'ASS
with Starr.
+ Attleberg, or Haley, says that he
served two years in the Texas state
penitentiary for embezzlement and
turing that time. in 1909. was shot
.hree times in an attempted escape.
His two convict companions in the
break were killed.
After his sentence expired, he says,
ae went to Denver and for two years
was employed in the Denver Rio
Srande general office in the Equitable
building, during which time he
handled much money.
He shows many evidences OF cul-
ture and says that he is graduate
of the University OF Texas. Though
ais law practice was well established,
he says. he got started on the down
ward path through indulgence In
liquor.
The Ordway new era., 1915-04-09
p...I.on No. Guilty, Say. Jury.

Denver.-Clayton Pattison was ac
quilted of the charge of numbering
Robert E. showalter. The jury had
been out all night. The verdict was
returned to. Judge Perry In chambers
not even Mrs. Pattison being present
to hear the words which freed her hus-
band. Patt.son shot Showalter March
9, when he found him in room with
Margaret Pattison, his fifty-year-old
wife, in Curtis street rooming house.
Mrs. Pattison confessed long intimacy
with Showalter. wealthy old farmer
living near Trinidad.
The Ordway new era., 1915-04-09
rhre. Die in Gale Along Atlantic.

New York.-New York and virtually
the entire Atlantic seaboard were in
the grip of miniature blizzard the
day Lefore Easter. Snow, thick, wet
and sticky, driven by northeast gale
which at times attained velocity Of
sixty miles an hour. held up. transat-
lantic sailings, caused craft off the
coast to scurry for shelter, damaged
telephone and telegraph wires, de-
layed interurban and suburban
trains, and crippled transportation on
the surface road and elevated lines.
From Richmond, Va. came the first
report of deaths due to the storm,
three men having been killed by an
electric wire blown down.
The Ordway new era., 1915-04-09
.STATECAPITAL
NEWS
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Y. 8. TO FIX RAIL VALUES.
Information Secured by Experts VIII
Be Used in Deciding Rates and

Taxes. .ii.... 4
Denver.-Word has been received
by the Colorado Public Utilities Com
mission that the Interstate Com
merce Commission soon Is to send q
corps OF expert engineers and statis-
ticians to Colorado to undertake an
exhaustive study OF the railroads OF
the state for the purpose Of definitely
fixing the physical valuation of all
such properties.
This work Is to be done In every
state Of the union, that the Interstate
Commission may have an absolute
check upon the investments of the
several companies operating trans.
continental or Interstate common car.
riers and SO have basis for fixing
reasonable rate. charges and tariffs
between all common points of the ma
ton.
When completed. copies Of the re-
port OF these experts will be sub
mitted to the governor of each state
and to state railroad or public utili-
ties commissions where such bodies
exist, to permit objections to be
raised within three months thereafter
and before the records finally are ac-
cepted as accurate and authentic.
Notification OF this purpose has
been given each state. including Colo
RADIO. to permit each state to employ
or delegate. II it sees fit, civil engi-
neer or other expert to be present and
assist in the work Of valuation within
the boundaries Of that state.
The Ordway new era., 1915-04-09
W. 3. slauahter Freed on Bond.

Pueblo.-w. B. Slaughter, president
of the defunct Mercantile National
Bank of Pueblo, was released from the
county jail on a $4,000 bond signed
by the United States Fidelity and
Guarantee Company of Baltimore.
This same company will pay an indem.
nifty to the city of $4,000 for city de-
posits in the bank when its doors were
closed. Slaughter said that he would
remain In Pueblo and assist in straight
enfng the affairs of the bank. Pros
poets seem bright for immediate set
tlement. ti5
The Ordway new era., 1915-04-09
Guard kills Convict at Canon city.

Canon City.-Roy Owens. thirty-one.
a convict employed on street work,
died here from wounds received in a
fight with Prison Guard w. W. Ire
land, when Owens violated his parole
as a prisoner of the penitentiary here.
Ovens, In a statement made to Ward
en- lyman and other officials few
hours before his death. exonerated
Guard Ireland from blame for shoot
ing him. Owens was serving term
of from two to six years upon convic-
tion in Pueblo June 6, 1913, for con
spiracy to rob.
The Ordway new era., 1915-04-09
senate Acts on Capitol Levy Bin.

Denver.-Governor Carlson scored
in his program of legislative economy
when the Senate took the bill reduc.
ing the levy of the State Board of
Capitol Managers out of the hands of
its finance committee and passed it
on second reading. The measure
slashes the boards appropriation from
5000 900 to $4,000 a year. 1t had been
referred to the Senate committee and
was considered virtually dead. when
the Senate unexpectedly brought It
out. The vote was 10 to 16.
The Ordway new era., 1915-04-09

''N7'S'" ->"~SPapeF mon news Service.
London. April s. The British
steamer City Of Bremen, OF Dublin,
has been sunk by u German subma-
rine off Wolf Rock in the English
Channel about fifteen miles south of
Lands End, Cornwall. Four mem.
bers of the crew of the steamer were
drowned. Twelve survivors arrived at
Penzance. Available shipping records
do not contain the name OF the
steamer City OF Bremen OF Dublin.
Reuter- dispatch from Stockholm
says the German steamer Crete Hem.
soth struck a mine In the Baltic Sea
and sunk. and that twenty-five mem
bers of her crew were drowned. The
Crete Hemsoth was a vessel OF 1,554
tons. She was engaged in traffic be-
tween Sweden and Germany.
A dispatch from Malmo, Sweden,
says Reuters Copenhagen correspond
ent. asserts that two German coast
Ing steamers during the last few days
have struck floating mines and sunk
in the Baltic Sea in immediate prox-
unity to the route between Trelleborg
and Sassnitz, with which points traf-
tic has been temporarily suspended.
The crews of the steamers were
saved.
The sinking of the Turkish arm
ored cruiser Medjidieh is reported
from Petrograd to Reuters Telegram
Company. A sem:official communica-
ton from Sebastopol to Petrograd
awe that tho Nyadiidioh CT rpclr n NINA
near the Russian coast and went
down. The Medjidieh was member
of the Turkish Black Sea fleet which
has attacked Russian ports on several
occasions and sunk Russian vessels.
stubborn battles are still being
fought for the passes In the Carpa-
THAN mountains, but elsewhere COM
parative calm appears to prevail. The
Austrians, In their official message
had been forced to retreat in the Bes-
kid mountains, while later they
claimed to have repulsed many Rus
sian attacks and to have taken more
than : 600 prisoners.
Serbia demands punishment Of Bull.
garian irregulars who raided frontier
and captured important posts before
they were finally driven away.
Prince ven Buelow continues ef.
forts for peace, despite fact that Italy
refused offer to let Switzerland hold
territory in question until after war
and then turn 1t over to her.
Is The Germans have made slight
advance on the User front. where
they have taken a village from the
Belgians, but II is not believed that
any big attempts will be made In this
region, as floods which can be brought
about at any time by opening sluices
offer an impenetrable barrier to a
general advance.
Fighting also continues in the for
est Of La Petre, which has been the
scene Of a long and isanguinary battle.
The question OF the prohibition OF
alcoholic liquors for the period Of the
war was discussed from the pulpits
throughout the country. the preachers
urging that the example of the King
and the Cabinet ministers should be
followed and that the use Of alcohol-
les should be voluntarily given up.
The Ordway new era., 1915-04-09
c,. and Electric Rate schedules.

Denver.-At the meeting of the
State Public Utilities Commission
regulations for the filing and publica-
ton Of rate schedules of all gas and
electric corporations over which the
commission has authority were issued.
The orders cover all gas and electric
corporations Of both private and lnu-
nicipal ownership. Jurisdiction over
municipal corporations and utilities
in Charter" cities, such as Denver.
also is assumed, according to the or
der, until court decisions to the con-
trary are handed down. - tl4.s
The Ordway new era., 1915-04-09
MEXICAN Badly Cut at Monument.

Colorado Springs.-Gabin Truz, q
Mexican, walked barefoot mile and
o half into Monument, and dropped un-
conscious on the porch of friends
home. When revived, he said a Mex
lean with whom he was walking to
Denver. had cut him with n razor
while he slept. He was badly cut on
the face and neck.