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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-09
SUMMARY OF TODAY'S WAR. NEWS

The French advance in Alsace apparently has been checked. Both the French and German of ficiaI statements of today tell of the recaptures by the Germans Of Burnhaupt-Le-Haut, the town south of Sbeinbanh. capture of which by the French was an nounced yesterday.
 In the Argonne violent fight ing is again in progress. In one charge the French lost a number of men as the result of 8 trap set by the Germans who per mitted them to occupy a trench and then blew it up.
 Fighting has been resumed in the Aisne region where the al lies claim to have captured three lines of German trenches, COW ering 600 metres of the front. The German statement, how ever, says that French attacks in this region were repulsed.
 German armies again are str.ik- ing at Warsaw from two different lines. Along the vistlIIa to the west of the Polish capital, heavy fighting has been resumed and at
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-09
HERE'S ONE ON OUR
 STATES ATTORNEY

This is one case where Homer nods. We do not refer to the Homer of ancient days who snote his bloomin' Tyre to sing about fair ladies but we have in mind Homer s. Cummings of Stamford, states attorney for Fair f1eld county and member of the Dem- ocratic National committee.
 He sent a letter to the courthouse addressed to Sheriff Simeon Pease and enclosing a writ which he wished to have served. 'tI do not know who your deputies in Bridgeport are,'' wrote Homer. t'sof I send this writ to you.''
 The states attorney evidently did not know that Sheriff-elect Pease does not take office until June 1. He thought Sheriff William VoIlmer re- tired January 1. It is expected that when Homer visits Bridgeport again he will take the boys at the court house down to The Stratfield and buy a round of butterInilk.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-09
HEIRESS ENTERS HOSPITAL TO BE SURGICAL. NURSE. Girl, 18, Completing School, Resolves to Do Something
 Worth While
FAMILY TAKES SUITE
 AT HOTEL TO BE NEAR
Miss Margaret Preston's People Thoroughly In Ac-.
 cord With Undertaking

Training at St Vincent's Hospital School for Nurses is Miss Margaret Preston, a young girl who has for saken the advantages offered by wealth to take up the exceedingly practical profession of nursing Miss Margar who Is but 1S years old, is one of the youngest prooationers to enter the splendid well known train ing. school She is the daughter of
 Mir. and Mrs. Edward w. Preston, wealthy residents of RoxbuTy, Conn, who in order to be near their daugh- ter, have taken a suite at the Strat- field for the winter. Miss Preston is exceptionally attractive.
 Miss Margaret, with a foresight un- usual for her years, has seen through the silly superflciaIities of life in SO
 ciety and decided to take up some pro
 fession, where she can be of use to her self and the world. Her very conlnendable action is approved of by her family and friends. She is sturdy ing to become surgical nurse, 9 pro- fession in which trained young women are particularly in demand dTl these times of war.
 While of the Episcopal fa5t1l Miss Preston has spent her school life in Joseph $ in Hartford and later at I4au- ration Hall in Milford, from which she was graduated dn June and it was under the gentle influence of the Sis ters that the wealthy young woman s ideals were weaned from society's empty thoughts to useful aims.
 She recently entered the hospital and is training with the class Of pro- fbationers doing all the hand and more often than not, unpleasant work which
 beginnenrs in the, profession. are all
 ways given. She is filed with en- tha1siasm however, at having escaped
 from the bondage of idIeness into the
 freedom of useful work and is eager 1y looking forward to the time when she wih have mastered her profession and. gained her right eto practice z
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-09

 Review Gives
 Much Promise

Bradstreet's review of the business year concludes with a prediction of expanding fba1siness during 1915 in sup plying QUE own vast demands and in Ebecouing heir to much of ESurope,s aost trade.
 The year 1914 was a year of Hquida- Hion. The word moratorium passed out of the dictionary, and became a dact- Past bad management of the New Haven and Rock Island railroads wore discotHagdng to Q hopeful out look The war sbopped cotton exports and cut the price in two. War caused Ahe foreigners to seek cash, and this ksaused them to sell American securi- ties, which led bo the largest export of gold in the history of the country, There were record crops of wheat and other cereals. The average price of commodities was about three per cent. a1eaow 1912 and 1913 prices but higher than the Aprrces for r years before 1s12.
 The number of failures exceeded all records, but the amount of liabilities of the failed concerns was seven per cont below the amount in 1910.
 Three per cent of the failed con Ioflfties Considering that since 1907 H1le total number of concerns has in creased largely, the showing is fndi- eatfve of increased stability in the bus 5ness affairs of the country Decern- a1er broke all records for the number of failures in a single month.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-09
GERMAN

Berlin, Jan. 9.-(By wireless to Lon don. )-T11e following official comrnuni- cation was given out today at army headquarters:
 ssOn the western front there have been heavy rains which seemed more like cloudbursts than anything else. Thunder was heard all day yesterday. The Lys at some places has overhowed it's banks.
 Several attacks of the enemy to the northeast Of soissons were beaten off with severe losses to the French. A French attack also near Perthes, north of Chalons. was repulsed with severe losses to the enemy.
 'In the eastern section of the Ar gonne our troops successfully stormed French positions and took ], 200 pris- oners and some mine throweTs and a bronze mortar A Lorraine battalion and Hessian Landwehr particularly dfsting guished themselves in this hghts One of OUT advanced trenches which we at the time were occupying. near Flirey, was occupied by the French and, at once blown up. All of the French occupants were killed.
 Both west and. south of Sennheim (Cernay) there is nothing interesting to report. The French have been driven out of Burnhaupt-L -Hauf and thetrenches there into their old posi- tions.
 sfsorne 1so prisoners fell into our hands here On the eastern front bad weather continues. The number of prisonere taken since the 7th of Jan5 uary by us was 2,0002'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-09
TWIN SlST FRS, 82, CELEBRATE; ONE IS
 BRIDE OF SO YEARS
Many Friends Send Felicita- tions to Three octagenar-
 ians On Anniversaries

A unique anniversary was quietly comm ernorated yesterday in Greenfield when Mrs. Hosnaer D. Dowd and MEss. Sarah M Seymour attained their S2nd birthdays AIgs. Dowd and Mrs. Sey- mour were the twin daughters of Or Iando and Laura, B. Nichols and were born in Greenfield Hill on January g, 1888. Before their marriages they were the Misses Mary F. and Sarah NE Nichols.
 married but came back to the town of their birth some years ago and are now spending their lives, as they be- gan them, together Both enjoy req sonatly good heaHh considering their advanced age The celebration yes 3erday was very quietly carried out lest the excitem4nt be too great for the geIderly ladies. They received many letters and cards of congratll- Iation also many telephone calls from friends wishing them "many happy returns of the day
 The 6Oth aniversanry of the wedding of MT. and Mrs. Doyvd was likewise quietly celebrated on New Years eve. Ten years ago they held a. large re- lception in honor Of +hefr 50th wedding anniversary but it was feared that the strain of such festivities would be too great for them this year so they quiet Iy remembered their friends with pie tures of themselves taken together. MT and Mrs Dowd have spent the last 1 30 years of their life in Greenfield EIilI, where MT. DoHd has a. large farm. He has always lived the out of door life of a. farmer His S3rd bire1day will be celebrated the last day of March.
 MT. and Mrs. Dov7d have one daugh- ter. Miss Lara A. Dowd, who lives with them.
 The twin sisters and Mir. Dowd have ye1dz fleF l of either of their families They are lan bright and happy and are much loved by their great number of friends
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-09
BRIDGEPORTER'S
 WIFE AND FOUR
 CHILDREN LOST
Family Perishes Under Guns of Austrian Advance
 Were to Come Here

Frank sidlosky, a driver in the em- ploy of J. A. Merson. dealer in scrap iron at the corner of Kossuth and Sterling streets, yesterday learned that his wife and four children had been killed in Russia.
 Sidlosky with his family consisting g of 8; wife and four children lived near Sandomir, in Russian Poland. He was 8 tilIer of the soil, but when condi- tions became bad some four or five years ago he decided to enigrate to this country.
 Coming to Bridgeport he began to work as a driver. Though not pro- gressing well at first. he secured em ployment later with Merson. where he has been for two years He had saved enough money to send for his family and was figuring on having them with him in March or April, when he yesterday received a ietterf from a relative in Poland announcing that his wife and children were dead They were killed as a result of the shslling of Russian town by the ad- NAncinE Austrian troops.
 sx T Though his wife was in a hcspitaI at the time. where she had been a patient about two months and the children were in another section Of the town, so severe was the bernbard- ment that few escaped alive.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-09
COLLECTOR SMITH
 WANTS$3,O 900 MORE
Hasn't Decided Whether He Will Also Have Assistant
 Collector for Poll Tax

Next week Tax Collector Howard J, Smith will send out the personal tax bills for 1914. The tax is due Feb, 1.@ Collector Smith has a new bill, with a stub on one end. which will be retained by the collector and a receipt which the payee may have. Miss Jessie Buckley and Miss Ina. Hull will make out the bills. The collector says he has not decided whether he will appoint a special collector to aid in the work The collector did not in clude the cost of extra clerk hire in his requisition to the board of appor- tionment.
 The present personal tax collectors received $5,290 last year including their salaries at $1,450 each. Col Iector Smith will ask for between $2,- 800 and $3,OOO for extra clerk hjre. /
 It has been runored that while the Republican party does not care to re- peal the personal tax law. it will not be very strict in it's enforcement, and that all over the state. wherever pos sib1e, personal tax collectors will be removed in favor of the regular col lectOrS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-09
CAUGHT IN WHEAT RISE, N. Y. BROKER
 COMMITS SUICIDE


 New York, Jan 9.-G. F. Stringer, Jr., junior member of the stock 5ex- change firm of Stringer 6 Company, shot himself and died instantly in his office shortly after the suspension of the firm was announced today on the floor of the stock exchange.
 Go the sensational rise in wheat within the past few days was attrib- Decker, tits counsel Mr. Decker said that stringer & Company had been sbadly caught on the short side' of the market and had failed for about $16O,Oo0s
 The firm of stringer & Company was organized May 23, 1912. It con sisted Of G. F. Stringer, Sr., and his son Of the same name.
 A few minutes before the opening of the stock exchange today Stringer. Jr., left his own office and entered that of the Guanajuato Development company in which the firm of Stringer & Company had an interest. When the exchange opened the failure was announced. Not long afterwards the body of MT. Stringer was found lying. on the floor under 8 desk in the de- velopment company's office, with a revolver a few feet away. He had shot himself in the mouth.
 The firm did a commission business of small proportions. For some years past it had been interested in Mexican property, especially mining eornpa- nies. The unsettled political condi- tions in Mexico, it was said, embar- rassed the firm financially.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-09
CANDIDATES IN SCRAMBLE FOR UTILITIES BOARD Terms of Commissioner The odore B. Ford of Bridge
 port Expires July 1 APPOINTMENT WILL
 BE FOR SIX YEARS Total Salary for Term Is $50, 900 Two New Haven
 Candidates

Republicans throughout the State are casting longing eyes on the $5, ,00o job held by Theodore B, Ford, of Bridgeport as a member of the Pub lie Utilities commission. Mir Ford $ term expires July |, and as the ap- pointnent of his successor will be for a term Of six years, the office makes one of the choicest p1unas within the gift of the Republican administration.
 MT. Ford was appointed as a Dem ocrat. There Is little doubt that a. re- appointment will be denied him. My term ends on July. 1,' he said, T am that date''
 Candidates are cropping out in, all corners Of the State. the attractive ness of $3O,OOo in salary, besides e1- pensis, being especially appealing. Whether Repub blicans will select an engineer for the job is problematicaL. None has appeared a candidate.
 Some time ago. it was reported that Judge Fillmore s. Banks was looking for the job. The judge says. how ever. that he doesn't want the place.
 New Haven has a couple of candi- dates, to date. One is Former AL derman Amos Barnes, who was de- feated. for a state senatorship by Ste phen Whitney. Democrat, in the last election. MT. Barnes is a wealthy business man and has dabb1ed in poli- tics for some years in New Haven.
 Another New Haven candidate is said to be Attorney A. C. Graves.
 The appointment to the comniss on is made on recomm endation of the governor by the General Assembly. Confirmation must be made by both houses
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-09
.PEASE ANNOUNCES
 BE THEl DEPUTY AND JAlLER FOR DANBURY

f-
 Frederick Hubbard was announced as the selection for deputy sheriff for Bethel by County Sheriff elect Sim con Pease this morning. Hubbard has been active in Republican politics for years in Bethel and had the endorse ment of the town committee.
 It was also announced that David P.r Wright has been named as jaiIer in Danbury and and Charles H. Har- rison getss the berth of janitor of fhe Danbury, court house. Both men are Danbury residents and have the back ing of Republicans leaders in that city
 The Sheriff f-elect refused to say anything about the. appointment Of deputies for this city. It is reported that the Republican town committee has not yet been able. to agree on the men. Thomas J. CunninRham ia said to be sure of a place but the others are not decided upon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-09
FRENCH

Paris, Jan. e-The French war of flee this afternoon gave out the fol- lowing official announcement:
 gro the south of Ypres we have damaged the trenches of the enemy and reduced to silence the mine throwers of the Germans.
 ssIn the region of Arras and in the vicinity of Arniens there have been artillery engagements resulting ad- vantageously for our batteries.
 s.In the region of Soupir we yes terday morning occupied very bril- Iiantly Hill 1892 Three times during the day the enemy; delivered heavy counter-attacks. They were repulsed Our gain is represented by three lines of German trenches along a point of 500 metres. The enemy not hay ing been able to recapture that which they had lost, bombarded Soissons and set fire to the palace of Justice.
 ssIFo the south of Laon and of Gre onne our artillery demolished a camp of hnts covering some machine guns
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-09
WEALTHY MERIDEN MANUFACTURES IS
 SUDDENLY STRICKEN

Meriden, Conn, Jan. s-NTathaniel l.. Hubbard, president of the Brad ley & Hubbard Manufacturing Co., one of the city's largest industries suf- fered an apoleptic stroke while being driven from his home to the soffice today The coachnan raced his horses home but MT. Bradley was un- conscious.
 somewhat so that he had regained consciousness by noon but his con dition is regarded as very serious. MT Bradley is S5 years of age and long has been among the foremost fig ures in the business life of this com nunity.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-09
RESIDENT SAYS
 6. .. P. IS SHORT OF NEW IDEAS
Attacks Senate Minority for Opposition to Ship Pur-
 chase Bill
THINKS REPUBLICANS ARE DEFYING NATION.
Democratic Party Is Party of Progress, He Tells
 Huge Audience

Indianapolis, Jan. 9.--Before an audi ence that hailed him as the President of 1916, woodrow Hilson delivered in Tornlinson Hall yesterday speech that will probably be recorded as one Of his greatest public efforts.
 In his address the President review ed his party achievem ents during its two years in power, and fofecasted it's programme for the remainder of his administration. He evoked great en- fhusiasrn as he vindicafed his Mexican with his fervent prayer, in his perora- ton, that in the near future the Unit ed States might serve the cause Of peace in Europe. W
 The climax of acclaim. however at tended the Presidents decla ration: : .s.There may come a. time. when the American people will have to judge whether [ know what am talking about.
 This phrase attended his castigation of the Republican minority in the Sen ate, and the company of z5,0005 leaped from it's seats with cheers fol. The next Presid ant of the United States.
 Folloming reference to the signi7- canoe of ssJacl1son Days and express ing the hope that Repu blicans present might feel the compelling Influence of the dav,1 the President continued:
 The trouble with the RepupI1can $ Party is that it has not had a new idea for thirty years. am not speak ing as a politician; am speaking as a. historian. I have looked for new ideas in the records, and I have not found any proceeding from the Re publican ranks.
 New Ideas Not Carried Out.
 They have had lea ders from time to time who suggested new Ideas. but they never did anythfng to carry them out [ suppose there was no harm in their talking, provided they could not do anything therefore, when it was necessary to say that we have. talked about things long enough which 1t was necessary to do, and the time had come to de them. it was indispensable that a Democrat should be elected President.
 T would not speak with disrespect Of the Republican party. I always speak with great respect for the past The past was necessary to the present, and was sure prediction of the fu- dsture The Republican party is still q covert and refuge for those who are afraid; for those who want to consult their grandfathers about every thing.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-09
MASON BADLY HURT
 WHEN HORSE BOLTS
 AT PASSING AUTO


 Paul Svihra a member of the we'll known firm of masons, jSvihra & Son, residing at 594 Beechmont> venue, was painfully injured this morning on N orth Main street as horse which he was driving became frightened at an automobile and boIted. After a wild dash of several blocks the vehicle was carried to the sidewalk and becoming entangled in a post the horse began kicking violently, many of the blows striking the driver who was caught in the seat and could not escape until the horse broke loose.
 In a seni-unconscious condition ff1e e was taken to the home of William K. Mix, 3265 Main street. where pr. Deery of the St. Vincent's hospital was sum moned and rendered temporary treat ment. The patient was later trans ferred to his home, where it is said that besides possible internal injury he has received severe Iacerations about the legs. The horse was later caught and led to the stables of the owners. The wagon was partly de- molished.
 Several other men whose names could not be ascertained today were in the conveyance when the runaway occurred but were able to jump from the rear without injury.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-09

the same time a new attack has been launched from the north. The Petrograd war office describ- ed the fighting as more and more desperate,i and admits that the Germans made advances at many points but states that subsequently they were driven back again
 Coineident with the Russian sweep through the Austrian prov ince of Bukowirla, plans are under way in the adjacent country Of R1mania for mobilization of the army. Unofficial advtces state unat the entrance of Rumania, into the war is expected.
 A Geneva report says that an Austrian army has been trapped in GaIicia by the Russians who by an unexpected movement caught the A1strians at a. disadvantage on difficult ground and placed them in precarious position There was, no continuation, however, of this report.
 In contrast with the heavy fight ing in the east the armies in the west. so far as was revealed, re- mained comparatively inactive
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-09
RUSSIAN

Petrograd Jan s-An official comz rlunication given out by the general stan says:
 On the. left bank of the vistuIa front at the villages of soukF1a, Me tairie and Mleghely, the fighting has assumed a character more and more desperate. The Germans. notwfth. standing the great losses they have sustained, continue obstinate attacks at different points.
 Tn many places the enemy succeed ed in occupying provisionally certain of our advanced trenches but our wig orous counter-attacl1s, followed ordi- narily by bayonet charges compelled the Germans ito let go their hold. Thus in the region of Metairie and Moghely on Jan z we drove away the enemv who rushed our advanced trenches capturing seven officers and more than one hundred men.
 'tIn Bukowina, we occupied on Jan. Kimpolung Gin Bukowina near the Hungarian harborl after an advance and fighting lasting eight days. Our troops during this fighting covered more than 120 vonsts (about 80 nailes) and finally crossed the mountain chain Hungary. During these operations we captured more than 1000 Austrians and also took rich spells of war.
 On the Black Sea on Jan. 5. our torpedo boats discovered a Turkish cruiser of the Medjidieh type. followed by a transport, sailing east and ap- preaching Synope, on the north coast of Asia Minor. Seeing themselves, pursued. the Turkish vessels turned west and we followed and sank the transport. The cruiser escaped-p
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-09
BRAVE FIREMAN WILL PAY FOR
 OWN CLOTHING

Driver John Halstead of No. 6 E,n- zine company, did not ask the fire com mmissioners to rein purse him for clothing injured when he stopped a runaway horse. Chief Mooney says Halstead saw the runaway, caught the reins in an effort to stop it and was thrown and dragged more than 50 feet His best uniform was ruined and he suffered injuries which con fined him to his home for four days Halstead was entitled to his four days off just at this time. so did not report i'll. Chief Mooney thinks the news papers did Ha1stead- an injustice. since no remuneration for torn clothes was asked by the driver of No. g.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-01-09
NEW SOCIETY ASKS
 STATE TO ABOLISH
 THE DEATH PENALTY

New York. Jan e-Announcenent was made. today of the incorporation here of an organization of well known men and women having as it's object the abolition of the death penalty in New York state.
 The new orga1li zation is incorporated under the name of the Anti-capitaI Punishment society. It's officers, just elected, are George Foster Peabody, president; Jacob H. Schiff, Bishop Das- vid H. Greer, Rabbi stephen S.. Wise, Mrs. H. Fsairchild Osborne, Rabbi Ja.- cob Goldstein and Thomas Mott Os- borne, warden of Sing Sing, prison vice. presidents; Miss Joanna GIeed Strange, secretary.
 s,The society," reads an announce real effort to persuade the present 'legislatur to modify the law. slib- stituting life Imprisonment for capi- taI I5unishmelnt.,