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per machine manufactured and whether the machine was used in the United States or in foreign countries. The writer remembers, for he was ing Machine Go, how it hurt him to, draw the large checks for quarterly royalty.
 One of the strongest competitors Of the two thread ore shuttle machine was the late James E. A Gibbs, who invented the principle of an eye pointed needle and a revolving looper, but it twas perfected and made prac- tcable by many years of work by the late Charles H. Wilcox, who not only perfected the original Wilcox & Gibbs sewing machine, but was the inventor of the noiseless improve- ment (wouId that typewriters had the same noiseIess attaehment) and the worldwide automatic tension sewing machine upon which he spent 20 years of his life, reyolutionizing the action or control of the sewing ma chine, especially of it's tension, for which invention he receivedt snumer- ous medals and especially the Scott Legacy Medal of the Franklin Insti- tute of Philadelphia
 There were many other sewing ma chimes made between. 1860 and 1880, but most of them have. died a natural death, including three of the ma chimes named after the members of the combine There is not a trace of the Howe sewing machine left in Bridgeport, where it occupied several factory buildings, which are now .oc- cupfed by textile manufacturing eon-s cerns; but of course the statue Of Elias Howe, Jr., in Seaside park keeps in memory the name and fame of the inventor of the basic patent on sew ing machines.
 Grover & Baker. making a double chain stitch, went out of existence years ago. The Wheeler & Wilson company were bought up by the, Sin ger scompany some years ago, al though the name appears on some of the large buildings in Bridgeport, Conn
 In Bridgeport in the~old days the E1ias-Fiowe, JF, Band and the Wheeler & Wilson Band were compet- ftors for musical honors. The latter, if thF writer remembers rightly, is still ina existence, and Grand Army post was named after Elias Howe. Jr
 EDWIN BARRY WILCOX, M. E.
 New Y ork, Sept B.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-21

here, who for long time resided. in Bethel was laid at, rest in the local cemetery, last Tuesday.
 Miss Carolyn Garlick is entertaining an out of town friend.
 Harmony grange held a whist in the town hall last week which was well attended. More of these pleasant af- fairs vii be held later in the season.
 MT. and Mrs. Perry HubbeIl and Miss Vera Hubben were motor guests of MT. and Mrs. Jesse Lewis Sunday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-21
AN ovERBURDENED WIFE

If the work that women do and the pains th.ey suffer could be measured in figures, what a terrible array. they would present. Through girlhood, wifehood and motherhood woman tolls on, often suffering with backache. pains in side, headaches and nervous ness which are tell-tale symptoms of organic derangeIne ents which Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable. Compound made from roots and 5herbs-can un- doubtedly correct. Women who suffer should not give up hope until they have given it a trial.-Adv.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-21
DISTRICT OF FAIRFIELD. s.. COURT OF PROBATE.
Estate of Cordeiia. A. Perry. late

SpLGIIIDGI 9. Estate of Cordelia A. Perry. late of Fairfield in said district, deceased. Said court has limited and allowed six months from the date hereof for the creditors of said Estate to ex- hibit their claims to the executor. Those who neglect to present their accounts, properly attested, within said time, will be debarred a recoy- cry. All persons indebted to said estate are requested to make immedi- ate payment to
 WILBUR J. SOUTHEY, IT S"p Executor.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-21
Capt. C. E. TOOKER

Will Run Daily Except Sunday l
 Leave Port Jefferson 9 300 A. M. Leave Bridgeport. ..... zoo P. M. Single Fare 75c; returning, Round Trip Ticket, $1. Good any time during the season. Children between 5 and 12 years, half fare. Special Excursion TickerS, good to return same day only, from Port Jefferson every Friday, fare soc. Automobile transportation given careful attention For further infor-
 nation address GEO. M.TOOKER.Ag .Agt. Bridgeport or Port Jefferson Time table subject to change without notice
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-09-21
.s7EFAu5soH 7n0. NEW Lmxo

ne an inc f ~ ~ t robl lynarksu une naon thu n t the north the @~ allow @ he ~ ado h words t
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-14
STILL AWAIT DETAILS
ON SINKING OF ANCONA
All Efforts of This Government to
Learn Circumstances With
out Result.
NOTHING OFFICIAL RECEIVED
In Absence OF Information, Washing
ton Officials Realize They Arc I'm
able to Take Any Further Steps.
Fate OF Americans in Doubt.
NOTHING OFFICIAL RECEIVED

WASHINGTON. November l3.-All
ehorts of the United States govern
ment TO learn the circumstances un-
der which the Italian liner Ancona was
sunk. with a loss. II is believed, OF scy-
eral American lives thus far have been
without result. Ambassador Page has
sought information at tho Italian For
eign Ofice and American consuls have
been instructed to gather details, but
on the important points.-whether the
attacking submarine was Austrian or
German and what opportunity was
given passengers to escape-nothing
official hns been received. In the alb
sence Of information officials realize
they are unable to take any fu...her
steps.
Although it was believe at first that
the italian censorship was responsible
for the delays, officials now are COM
ing to believe that the inaccessibility
or those who were rescued, and the
conflicting and incoherent statements
made by them. have caused the Italian
authorities to decide on thorough
investigation before furnishing Am
bassador Page with q report
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-14
Steamer Luck Lost
With All on Board
BcLcOcd TO Haoc Foundercd in
Lake Superior During Storm !,
Of Past Week.

DULUTH. MINI, November l3.-The
steamer Charles a. Luck. until recently
known as the City Of Berlin, has been
lost with all hands. according to !,
report that reached here to-day The
report has not been verified. but G. A.
Tomlinson. who had chartered the
steamer to carry grain from Duluth to
buffalo, said ne feared tho report was
true.
The vessel passed the Sault on her
way TO Duluth last Wednesday. and
SINCE then all sight OF her has been
lost. The conclusion has been reached
by Mr.. Tomlinson that she foundered
In the storm that swept the eastern
END OF Lake Superior this wecls She
had crew of over twenty men. Cap
tain Duncan Buic, one of the oldest
naviGators on the lakes. was in com
mand.
harry Wincman. Jr.. OF Detroit is
the owner. The Luck was built in 1891,
or wooden construction. 29S feet long
and forty-one-f foot beam.
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ESCAPES BRITISH CRUISERS
DnuiSh Steamer Ninlnnd Is Chased
Down Connt. and Reaches Snfcty
mt Norfolk.

NORFOLK. VA. November 10
Chased from New York TO Norfolk by
two British warships. the Danish
steamer Ninland arrived in Hampton
Roads this afternoon. British war
ships attempted to stop the Niuland Off
Sandy Hook yesterday afternoon. but
the captain declined to stop. and, his
vessel being light, put on full steam
for tho Virginia coast
lie stcered close TO the shore and
aided BY thick weather. reached Della
ware Sreakwater last night and
anchored. when dense fog set in
the Vinland slipped down the coast in
side the three mile limit, and arrived
of tho Virginia capes with the pur-
suing warships feeling their way
through tn" fog some distance away
The Ntniand is owned by the same
firm that owns the Hooking. which was
overhaulcd by British cruisers several
days ago and taken TO Halifax.
The battleships Minnesota New York,
Texas. South Carolina and Louisiana
arrived in Hampton Roads to-day. ar
ter sighting. according TO reports
British warships unusually close TO the
three limit OF tho Virginia coast
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EXPLOSIVE NEAR SHIP
Tw" stcks of Tunnelite Found In Hug
gage of Mnn About TO Board Liner
Rendy to Snil for Liverpool.

NEW YORK. November l3.-Two
Sticks or tunuelite. 4 form Of dynamite
used III coal mines. were found to-day
IN the baggage OF man about tc
board the American liner ST. Louis five
minutes before she sailed for Liverpool
The man. who said his name was Abra-
ham Cummings and his nationality
British. was arrested.
Detection OF the dynamite was
brought about By Cummings.s siren
uous objection TO the customary ex-
animation OF baggage. Every bundle
he carried was opened. In package
tied with twine were found the two
sticks Of explosive. each about ten
inches long and an inch and a half in
diameter.
Cummings professed surprise at the
presence OF the explosive. and said that
he had forgotten lie had IL with him
tIc had been n miner, he said, and was
accustomed to carrying tunnelitc He
had no fuse, however. he said, and con-
sequently could not explode tho tun-
nelite. Detectives did not. however
agree with him on this point.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-14
ON 15O-MILE AUTO TRIP
President Wilson. Mrs. Gnlt and Mrs.
Rolling Ent Roadside Picnic Lunch
In Course Of Long Tour.

WASHINGTON, November l3.-Presi-
dent Wilson, his fiancee. Mrs. Norman
Gait, and her mother. Mrs. W. II. Boil
ing. to-day ate = roadside picnic lunch
together IN the course of a l50-mile
automobile ride. which took them
through Baltimore. Westminster and
many small towns and villages In
Maryland. They returned after dark,
and dined at the White House.
Soon after leaving Westminster. the
Presidents automobile was run up n
side road. and there the party ate
the luncheon they had taken with them
from the White House. Farmers driv-
ing along the main road nearby no.
uced them and stood up In their
wagons to get better view OF the
picnic party.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-14
ITALIAN RESERVIsTs SAIL
Nearly 1900 Leave on Liner Tnormfna
for Native Country To Join
COlorS.
ISpecial 10 The Tinlcs. Disna,ch-

Special 10 The Times Dispatch
NEW YORK, November l3-Ncarlv
$500 Italian rcscrrists sailed on the
italian liner Taormina to-day. The
Taormna is a sister ship OF the An
coma, which was sunk last week in the
Mediterranean, but the departing re-
servists apparently gave little thought
TO tho fate OF the Ancona
David Mccullough. the aviator. who
has recently been an instructor at the
Cnr,iss school at Hammondsport.
sailed TO join the Italian navy as an
instructor at laramie. The Italian
government Is buying large numbers
OF Curtiss machines. Mccullough re-
Gently won second place in the Curtiss
$4,000 trophy race for continuous
flight.
The Taormina carried fifty cases OF
aeroplane parts for the italian gov
crnmcnt
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CONNECTED STORY
OF SNIY,S DIGS,CHI I,l"IInN \

PARIS. November IA connected
story OF the shelline and torpedoing &
of the Ancona was received bv the
Ilavas News Agency tonight from
FerryvIllc, dated November II. 1t fol-
lows:
Tho Ancona left Messina at S A. M
November i. About 1890 a. NJ No
| vember : she picked up n wireless dis
tress signal from the steamship France,
reading: =. .. s. We are being
shelled.'
The message ended abruptly. with
out the position of the France being
given. The Ancona continued on her
! route an hour afterwards. the sea be-
ing calm and the weather misty.
without any sort of warming the
report OF gun was heard. and shells
simultaneously struck the Ancona for
ward, causing considerable damage
The wireless operator. without an
instant's delay, sent out a distress
signal. with the name of the ship and
her position.
The submarine approached nearer
the Ancona. keeping up a continuous
fire. First the wireless telegraphy ap-
paratua was demolished. and then tho
lifebonts were shot to pieces, num-
ber or passengers being killed or
wounded.
Fifty shots at least were fired until
| the Ancona stopped.
"1'he submarine then hoisted the AUS
trian colors. and hor commander an
nounced that he would allow ten
minutes for all to quit the ship The
unsmashed boats were lowered and
| after the wounded had been placed In
them, tho passengers and crew fol-
lowed. This was going on for half
an hour. when the submarine fred a
torpedo, which struck the Ancona on
the bow. The ship sank gradually. and
disappeared at $3.50 p. NJ. The sub
marine then steamed away.
Toward o'clock the mine layer
Pluton picked up the survivors. who
were rescued close to the place where
the steamer sank"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-14
EXPENSES OF CAMPAIGN
Candidates In Recent Contest for Senn-
torial Nominee In Tennessee
File Their .Accounts

WASHINGTON. November 13-Ex-
pense accounts of candidates in the
recent campaign for senatorial nominee
in Tennessee were filed to-day with
the secretary of the Senate. Senator
Lea has spent s1.3SS.53, of which 1926
was contributed by personal friends
Representative Kenneth in the ex-
pense account showed disbursements OF
s4,9o9.71 and contributions aggregating
S2.S00
Former Governor Malcolm Patterson
testified to expending sl.o52.05 and con-
tributions of Sl,430. The primary cleo
ton will be held on November 81
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-14
JEROME TO BE AMONG
DEFENDANTS LAWYERS
TO INQUIRE INTO TRUTH
OF GORICAH'S CHARGES

WASHINGTON. November 13-The
determine tion of the Federal govern
ment to put q stop to conspiracies to
interfere with American industries and
to ascertain the truth of charges made
by former Austrian Consul Joseph
Goricar and others against the diplo-
| matte representatives OF Austria and
Germany in this country was mani
tested to-day by number of i'm
portant developments.
Baron Hwiedinek. the Austrian charge
d'affaires, called at the state Depart
ment to deny the charges and asked
for advice how to sue Dr. Goricar for
criminal libel. The department de-
clined to assist him.
Baron Zwiedinek then issued a state
ment describing the charges as "vilif-
cations" and accusing DIR. Goricar OF
having solicited hush money.
District Attorney Snowden Marshall,
of New York. conferred with officials
Of the Department OF Justice on the
statutes covering the offenses named
in the charges.
Following the conference 1t was an
nounced that new indictments will be
sought in New York against Robert
Fay. Walter Sholz, Max Breitung and
their associate defendants in bomb plot
cases under chapter IL Of the penal
code. which Is broad enough to in
clude charges Of conspiracy 10 attempt
or commit murder.
ASK GRAND JURY TO RETURN
NEW INDICTMENTS
Mr.. Marshall said no would ask the
grand Jury to return the new. Indict-
ments Immediately after his return to
------ 117o,t IA ~, ssi-,1,- =.
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NO ACTUAL COMPLICATIONS
EXPECTED ny VIENNA

VIENNA. November IL (via London)
No report has been received from the
submarine which sank the Ancona, and
it may be several days before one is
available. Meanwhile. the Austrian n
War office has no details regarding the
incident further than those contained
in the Italian press They point out
that even the reports first admitted
that the Ancona tried to escape and dis
regarded the signals of the suhmn- :
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-14
ORDERS TO POSTMASTERs
Must Refuse to Accept Parcel Post
Packages for Germany, Austria
ard Hungary.

WASHINGTON, November ia
formal order was issued to-day by the
Post-Ofice Department directing post
masters hereafter to refuse to accept
parcel post packages for Germany.
Austria and Hungary. The order was
necessitated by the refusal OF. tho
steamship company which has been
carrying this mall to accept 1t In
future.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-14
Chief Interest in War Operations
Continues to Center Upon Balkans

CfII1F Interest In military opera
~ tions continues to center upon
the balkans. Field Marshal Won
MnckeDsen's forces. lighting their
way step by step from the north.
are gradually eating Into the ground
over which lies the Serbian Iinc of
retrent. The Serbinns. lighting nv
they nre now In the mountnIn re-
Eion. however. Seem 10 he holding
the Invaders to slower prOgrcxs.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-14
GERMAN ADMIRALTY
WITHOUT INFORMATION

BERLIN. November l3.-rhere still
is an absolute absence OF news from
Austrian or German sources regarding
the sinking OF the Ancona. Nothing
has been printed here except dispatches
from foreign sources. The German ad-
miralty asserts it has no information
regarding the case. and has received
none from the Austrian admiralty
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-14
JONES WILL NOT SUPPORT
SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT
Congressman From First District
States His Position to Large
Delegation OF Women.
INVASION OF STATES RIGHTS
Convinced That Nine-Tenths Of Vir-
ginin Women Oppose Movement.
Until They Favor Votes for Their
Sex He VIII Not Advocate Cause.
Especial to The Timcs-Dispatcr

lcptci"i W nc L i1DcS- l)lSDalcn.l
WASHINGTON. November 13.-Con-
srcssman William y. Jones, of Virginia.
chairman of the House Committee on
Insular Affairs. told large delegation
Of women suffragists day that he
cannot support the equal suffrage
amendment to the Federal Constitution.
He said he is convinced that nine
tenths of the Virginia women are op-
posed to the movement for votes Tor
women. and until they favor 1t. he can
not see his way clear to support it,
II would like to sec the Virginia
Legislature submit an amendment to
the State Constitution for equal suf-
fragc." said Mr.. Jones.
That would show the sentiment Of
the people / represent on this question.
As II now stands, ninc-tenths OF the
Virginia women are against it,"
Mr.. Jones's announcement that the
Virginia women SO strongly opposed
votes for women caused a flutter among
the delegation, and half dozen women
jumped to their feet to protest against
the statement.
How many of you are from vir-
Ginia? asked Mr.. Jones smilinglr
WANTS INFORMATION FROM
WOMEN OF HIS DISTRICT
Only two of the twenty-five visitors
claimed Virginia as their home Mr..
Jones then asked il either were from
his district. and they stated they were
not The First District Congressma n
expressed regret that his district was
not represented in the delegation, as
he desired Information from them as
TO what they thought was the senti-
mcnt among their own sex
IF it is once determined that ma :
Jority OF the women want the right to
vote. added Mr.. Jones. they will get
the ballot. But l am not satisfied that
the women of Virginia want to vote.
IL may be true that the western women
desire the ballot. and they have got
IT in many of the Western States But
the conditions in the West and in Vir-
Einia are widely different The Fed
eral Constitution reserves the right of
regulating suffrage to the States The
only time that the Federal government
has ATTEMPTED TO invade The States
rights in this regard was III the ratif-
cation of the fifteenth amendment
giving the negro the ballot In the
minds OF the Southern people at that
time. and at the present time, that was
II disastrous experience. Southern
women at that time opposed the Fed
cral governments invasion into the
right OF states to regulate suffrage
ana have rot seen nor heard ANYTHING
that conrinces me that the Southern
women OF to-day have discarded the
views OF their mothers"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-14

Iy met their fntc in Mediterranean
waters. or these. tho british
steamer Den of Crombie. of npproxi-
mntcly 5000 toms. wns the InrSest.
There wns loss of life apparently
when the Italian steamer Firenze
wns sunk on the Egyptian coast, six
DnssrnEcrs md fifteen OF the crew
being reported missing. So fnr ms
learned. no Americans were aboard.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-14
HOLD RAIDS REPORTED
IN ITALIAN STATEMENT

ROME. November IL (via Paris, No
vember l3).-An Italian official state-
ment reads:
reported at the confluence Of the,
stroyed the railroad bridge between
Mori and Seghe, III the upper Calamento,
Valley, 1T the Brento and Cismon tor
rents.
"in the upper Cordevole our often
sivc continues normally.
"on the middle Isonzo we were
heavily engaged yesterday in the
Plava zone and on the heights north
west OF Gorizia. On Monte Cal Vario
the most southern OF these heights, the
enemy attacks. which reached to with
in a few yards of our trenches, were
repulsed by murderous fire Our
troops then delivered counterattacks.
and. pressing the flying enemy. stormed
the trenches. taking seventy prisoners,
four OF whom were officers, the sole
survivors Of 4 company annihilated by
our fire.
ON the Carso plateau the fighting
lasted all day with the greatest vigor.
tween the Cappucio wood and San Mar
progress elsewhere.
The reports OF the different COM
manders agree in emphasizing tho
bravery and the splendid unseIHsh
spirit OF which our troops have given
proof In every circumstance OF this
fierce struggle"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-14

NJ. II. CONFERENCE NORFOLK
S3.4s round trip via c. & o. Tickets sold
November is. IL and 20, Limit November %.
Throe faht trains. Special coaches noon
train. tho lath. -A.EL. 80. s--.E -
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-14

In Southern Serbia. Increasing re-
Histancr by the Serbian forces op-
postnE the BulgnrInns mud the In
crensins activity of tho Franco
British forces give hope "a military
obHerrcrs In the allied capitals TINT
the enreiopinE operations. by whIcI,
the Scrbinns sccmed likely 10 he cut
on from retrcnt, may not after MI
succeed. Allied operations around
the Vnrdnr River nrc reported to he
bringing rcxults helpful TO the Ser
bfnns, particularly In the ncIshbor-
hood of Scles.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-14

In France nnd Belgium. opera
tiOns nre of minor nature. Paris
reporting only artillery activity and
Ercnadc lighting, while Berlin
passes over the Vcntcrn front with
out comment In It's official stnte-
ment.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-14

TcutonIc submarine activity CON
tInues In the Mediterranean. An
nouncemcnts from London OF the
loss of merchant Vessels seldom re-
veni where the sinking took place,
but several steamers reported to-
dny ns>hnring gone down. apparent
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,a.So 20 baltimore, York River Line.
o5ernight trip. Phone. Madison a72.
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Italian attacks on GoriHIn arc con-
tinuins. and. according to Rome,
are making progress, ny nlS0 In the
offensive on the CnrsO front. No
Enins for General Cndorna's forces
nrc conceded by Vienna, however.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-14

From the Germnn side. there In
1nck of reports OF operations on the
cnstern front. The latest PctroSrnd
statement. however. indicated that
the TentOnS were losing ground In
the nciEhb0rhood of ItiEa, md mp
pnrentIy hnd little i'm edintc chance
of forcing their way either to Riga
or DyinHlx
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sPIRTrEL FIGHTING
WITH HAND GRENADEs

PARIS. November I3.--outsids of
some artillery engagements along the
French limo, the French Official report
givon out this afternoon by tho War
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