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the terms of the land owners. From
this vicious principle flow the social
problems which have their genesis
in the inequitable distribution 4 of
wealth and power. -n-
Single Takers are the abolitionists
of our day. Their object of attack,
the private monopoly Of our planet, is
the great cause of wage slavery. It's
victims, instead of being black, like
the slaves of yOre, comprise hundreds
of thousands of our own white fell
low citizens. Weller, 1929 Mace
donia st. ,r
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MODERN ARouITIoNIsTs.-

WODEHIN HPOLl IlOINlS Or uu-
ny thing, only the Single Takers seem
to have taken the hint about brew
ity. Does a house thaVe to fall upon
the rest of the forum. writer's?
Speaking of brevity, here is the
principle which actuates Single
Takers: Civilization, at the present
time, sanctions, both legally and
morally, absolute private land own
ership. They regard this as mon,
strous crime against humanity, worse
than chattel slavery. For, if some are
allowed to absolutely own the earth,
others, not so fortunate, are denied
the right to live unless they accept
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-23

victims, instead of being black, like
the slaves of yOre, comprise hundreds
of thousands of our own white fell
low citizens. Weller, 1929 Mace
donia st. -e
CAR MEMS PAY.-The movement
to increase the earnings of street car
men and to create a fund for such
employees payable from the portion of
the earnings of the street car COM
panies which goes to the city of Chi
cago is nothing more than an effort
to do said employees simple justice.
The street car employees are in one
sense servants of the city of Chicago
as well as employees of the various
transportation companies because the
money which they collect is divided
between the city and the respective
companies. -s7.
If their salaries are increased and
if a pension fund lis created this will
be not only a matter of Justice, but a
prudent precaution which will ulti-
mately result to the benefit of the
taxpayers because while it will enable
the street car men to live in deeency,
it will also prevent their becoming
dependent upon the public in latter
years. ae
Besides it would only take a. small
amount from fund that would final
ly reach the treasury of a corpora
ton if not diverted to the benefit Of
such employees. 1t would resultin an
immediate benefit to the business
men of our city because such en-
ployes would have more money with
which to pay for and purchase the
comforts and necessities of life. A
great boom to business prosperity
would also result from the increase
of salaries Of the men in question:
All public-spirited men should be
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alize this, then woe to the peace Of
mind of the capitalists of this cOun-
try, or any other country, Complete
organization, however, is impossible
without education, and the proper
method to pursue at this time is to
educate the masses. It is too bad
(for you), in view of this fact, that
our president has seen fit to veto the
migration bill, as the new illiterates
coming in will add to your burden in
trying to. educate them. Education
toward organization can be affected
by a series of lectures supported by
the organized labor bodies of this
country, and even if the expense is
rather large at the outset will it not
be cheaper in the long run? This
competition among the workers will
get them nothing because big bust
ness alone benefits by it. It is the
same as a body of men sitting down
to a game of craps Each is playing
and praying to beat the other, but
the house (big business) neither
plays nor prays, but ''pinches" its
nickels every time some one loses or
wins, and should the game continue
long enough, no matter how much
money the game started with, the
house would inevitably have every
cent of it.
Would like to see this in print, as
1 think it will furnish good food for
thought to some Of your readers who
are interested in organization.-Bar-
ney Rogers, 1851 OgdSn aV.
MODERN ABoEITIoNISTS.-Fun-.
ny thing, only the Single Takers seem
to have taken the hint about brew
ity. Does a house thaVe to fall upon
the rest of the forum. writer's?
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FIGHT ON THEIR HANDS
If the Automatic phone seizure
question is shelyed till next fall by
the council committee the La Sale
st. gang that is trying to protect
Og. ATmoUr's dollars and make a fool
of the city will find in existence apub-
lie ownership league ready to give it
the scrap of its life.
The league will be organized at
convention to be held in Musicians
hall, 175 Washington St, Sunday,
Aug. %. Its immediate object will
be to help the city secure it's rights
in the Automatic phone deal
Having failed to live up to its
franchise agreements, the phone
company should now be the property
of the city. The public ownership
league is going to see if it cannot aid
the city in getting what belongs
to it.
There will be branch organizations
in every ward. The whole fight at the
start will be on the auto phone ques-
ton. Later other issues will be taken
up, but first the league will try to see
if the city cannot get the auto phone,
enlarge its service until it is strong
enough to break the strangulation
grasp of the Chicago Telephone Co.,
which is holding up the people of
Chicago on every phone call.
Rep. Frank Buchanan, Raymond
Robbins, Margaret Haley and Aid.
John c. Kennedy will speak at the
meeting. There will be delegates
from every union local in the city and
other organizations, notably the
Penny Phone league will help out.
The move was indorsed Sunday
by the Chicago Federation of Labor.
which yesterday sent letters to all
affiliated locals asking them to have
representatives there.
Mo CTOP
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Max MAJ FAcE NO CHARGES

Bigamy, as well as embezzlement,
may be charged against Max Palen-
ske, who gave himself up to federal
authorities yesterday and confessed g
taking thousands from the Drovers' q
National bank while working as as
sistant cashier Josephine G.. TObin,
phone operator in the Corn Exchange
National bank, also visited federal
authorities.
According to story told Hinton
G. Claybaugh, credited to her, she 3
was married to him at Windsor, On
taria, Feb. %, in the belief that he ,
was divorced. She will go before the
federal grand jury to tell Of the court :
ship which lasted six years,
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COUNTY BOARD FINANCE BODY
SAYS NIX ON JUDGES RAISE
The finance committee of the coun-
ty board yesterday blue penciled the
judges payroll to prevent them from
drawing their first pay with the
$4,000 increase passed by the legis-
latuTe after the recent election. Moth
ing was said regarding the action of
the committee at the regular meeting
Of the board. The judges are expected
to fight for their pay through the
courts.
They now draw down $4,000
year, which is double the salary of
a municipal court judge and $4,000
more than the salary Of a federal
court judge.
Attorneys claim that the constitu-
ton of the state forbids the salary of
Judge being raised while he is in
Office. COuny Clerk Sweitzer obig-
ingly held up the. certificate of the
election until the law providing the
salary increase went into effect.
Up to yesterday the judges thought
they had their increase in pay
cinched. The county commissioners
who have opposed the increase from .
the beginning say the judges are get :
ting a large enough salary now. Sew
eral yelled hints as to the probability :
of a conspiracy among the judges to
obtain the increase were made at the z
meeting yesterday. Z
MAX MAY FACE TWO CHARGES. .
D;o,r,,,r oc ,rroTI ,1 ,,,,L, - 800
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NO STOP

She-No, Jack, 1 fear we could new
er be happy. You know always want
my own way in everything.
Jack-Well, you could 90 on want
ing it after we are married,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-03-03
WASHINGTON is
ENCOURAGED AT
DEVELO OPMENTS

washington. March s-Adninistra-
ton officials were manifestly encour-
aged today by the unofficial accounts
of the German note. While unomeial
reports from London on Great Brit
aims attitude on the same subject have
so far been indefinite, officials here
take the view that the German note
may have some Influence. on it. They
hold to the view that the position of
the United States is absolutely in &C
cord with international law although
they realize that Great Britain has
taken a very advanced stand in her
latest note.
Representative Metz. who is in
communication with users of dye
Stunts in the United States, said at
the White House today that there was
practically no supply of dye stuffs on
hand in the United States at present
and only a few days supply in pros
pect. American textile mills are pFac-
tically dependent on German dye
StUffS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-03-03
THIEVES CAUSE
OF MYSTERIOUS
LIGUORI DEATH
Coroner Phelan Solves Puz
zle Attending Stamford
Railroad Fatality
REMOVAL OF BONDS
DIVERTED CURRENT
The Deadly Shock Passed
Through Passenger AS Re
suit of Disarrangement

Vandals who loosened the copper
rail bonds on the Goenbrook section
of the New Haven Railroad system
with the intent to seal them and
sell them were the cause of the
death of Edmun Liguori, aged "a,
who was Killed January 12, when an
electric current passed through his
body after he took hold of q railroad
train ssgrab-iron,'' to board the car.
according to the finding of Coroner
J. J. Phe1an, made this morning.
Several weeks investigation with
expert testimony has caused Coroner
Phelan to arrive at the conclusion
that intended theft of copper bonds
is indirectly responsible for tn cas-
founding and tragic death Of Liguori.
who was killed instantly as he at
tempted to board a train at the, Glen
brook railroad station
According to the finding, the loos-
ening of the fastentngs caused an
electric current to be diverted seither
into the railroad station platform or
the m eta1 in the car.
Coroner Phelan makes the an
nounceInent in his report that accf-
dents similar to that will be avoided
in the future, because of an aerial
safety device that has been installed
by the railroad.
The coroner's finding follows:
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GIRL, NEGLECTED E.
|. LIKE vOGEL Chill /,
IS CRITICALLY Ill
Fol1owing Operation From
Adenoids, Child Is Found
In Pitiable Plight

- rs -
Another serious case resulting from
the removal OF adenoids from q II
wears old girl, similar in many respects
- that Of Annie vogel, recently in-
vastfgated by the coroner, has been
reDorted by the charities and health
boards for investigation by the Con-
necttcut Humane society.
d The case is that of Lizzie Wargo,
residing with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Wargo. 461 Railroad avenue,
who on February was 4operated up.
on at the emergency hospital and 1s
alleged later to have been 50 neglected
by her parents that infection has ex-
tended both outwards and inwards azTl-
til her condition is critical.
OfaciaIs Of the health, charities and
state humane departments ailege the
erossest neglect upon the part of the
parents, and have uncovered moral
and hygienic conditions in the home
that are amazing. Tt is further claim
ed that upon discovery of the condf-
tlon Of the girl the authorities were
refused admittance to the home that
they might treat the girl.
Lizzie Wargo was brought to the
emergency hospital by her parents on
February z, where under a paysi clan
and trained nurse the operation was
performed. The physician advised the
mother who said that she was not
11fis1A1esiIA1J well oAAs - say tAlo S4sS
doctor attend the case MIS-. sWargo
replied, I'VE do not want city char
ity. -
Several days ago the case was re-
ported by fne schooI nurse VINO mad
occasion 70 go 20 the mousse lnspec-
Tor l1l1noars was sent TO yaeEVsL mousse
which Is 1n#poor repa1r.sde found the
girl In bed with running sore ex-
tending from the throat and far up
the cheek. There was not a chair in
the house and but little clothing upon
the backs OF four children. The
father and mother We're both at work
and q fifteen year old boy was left in
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-03-03

A pine box containing a body
marked merely with mo. 49," is on
the way this afternon to Waterbury
from Philadelphia. In waterbury, at
6 Glen street. Franklin H Potter,
aged 80, Civil war veteran and his
aged wife. parents of the girl whose
body is consigned to their home, are
stricken and in danger of succumbing
from grief They are being comfort
ed by her husband, Harry g. Hall, a
tailoring estab b1ishment3 emp1oye, him
self nearly prostrated and in feeble
health.
They are the relatives of Edna Pot
ter Hall, whose body was found Mon
day night in the Windsor hotel, Phil
ade1phia, where she was shot to death
and Charles st. Clair, lover, killed
himself In the same room.
In this city, in Philadelphia and in
Waterbury today a tale of a. marvellous
influence over men and a deadly in
fatuation that followed in her wake,
was pieced together At the same
time it became known that a proph-
ecy, made Edna Potter s years ago
by a, soothsayer, whose words she be-
liexed with implicit faith, has been
yindicated and thesfortune te11er's as
sertion: you will have i'll luck in
love affairs" has been borne out by
the strange end of the girl and one of
her lovers.
Four years ago exactly, from the
day of her death. Edna Potter, a. hand
some, attractive, fashionably dressed
and winning girl, gave up her posi-
ton as assistant forewoman in the
brassiere department Of Warner
Brothers factory in Bridgeport She
passed out Of the minds of her fellow
employees then but today her memory
was recalled with vividness.
Edna Potter lived in this city three
T7a ri Of Vu1i ri sI1n hno oY,f7-
ing at SOL Main street, with the family
of Bernard Fl, Skelly, in the apart
netns over the office Of the Bridgeport
Gas Light company. She had trouble
there, that was among the first Of ad-
ventures rivalling those of De Ma,u-
PEASANTS heroines. caused by a fatal
attraction she had for men.
Edna was the daughter of a respect
able and well known family in the
South End Of Waterbury. She received
a common school education and at the
age of 18 years she became attracted
nnonopolized her attention and of
these, Harry Hail., an insurance man
and Hubert Nickerson, a composer,
were among the most ardent.
She left home at IS, however, for
the stage and spent many months
! travelling in a musical comedy troup
She was the idol of her parents
made douibIy so by the grief that had
nearly broken their hearts when a
son, William, ran away from home
after deserting wife. Her, act
caused them further grief.
When she returned to Waterbury
| Nickerson was an importunate lover
and she agreed to marry him. They
were married in Boston and they
| *joined a musical comedy show
While travelling in Canada, Hall. still
infatuated. wrote letters continuous
| 1y to Mrs. Nickerson and so frequent
| did they become that her husband
j became Jealous. They quarreled
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Official
VIEWS OF
Worlds w ar
FRENCH

Paris, March 3-The official COM
nunication from the War Office this
afternoon follows:
There is nothing of Importance to
add to last nights communication In
Champagne we hold the entire first
line of German trenches from a. point
northwest of Perthes to north of
Beausejour, and at several points we
have progressed beyond this line
sNThe progress at various points
which was reported yesterday is con-
f1rmed. This progress has been
maintained everywhere.
There has been cannonading in
the Argonne.
.on the rest of the front there is
nothing to report
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-03-03
IVES GIRLS DEATH
MAY NOT HAVE BEEN
CAUSED BY SUICIDE

Coroner J. J. Phelan held a hear
ing yesterday afternoon on the death
of Minnie Ives, who was found dead
in a a gas-dl1ed room early this week
and he had made his finding that it
was an accidental death.
According to the finding, there was
defect in the connection between the
gas stove and the. gas burner in the
room and gas escaped. Whether it
was caused by defect or by the acct
dental act of the woman, could not
be determined.
Frank Baird, chauffeur, testified
that he was engaged for marriage to
the girl and he intended to be welded
soon. He said he knew nothing to
cause her to kill hersIf.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-03-03
MRS. ANGLE AIDS
HER LAWYERS IN
SELECTING JURY

> =
= No. Bruce HI. Weller, pat
. tern-maker, of Stratford.
No. 2-Leonard A. HawIey, far
mer, of Trumbu1l.
No. sEdward Egan. farmer,
of Newtown.
= No. A.-Waleman ID. Wheeler.
farmer. of Easton.
No. 5-James f. Hartley, fac
tory foreman, of Bridgeport.
= No. 6-John *. Gault, truck
man, of Westport.
No. 7-NFichae1 F. Keating. far
mer, of Newtovn.
NO. 8-NEark NJ. Nagel, market
man, of Bridgeport.
No. 9Byron Eddy, retired
manufacturer, of Fairfield.
No. 1O-Benjanlin L. Toqne, re-
tired manufacturr, OF Westport.
No. 11-John H. Cobb, mason
contractor, of Fairfield.
NO. Harry A L,ounsbury, a
- farnnero OF Redding.
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.INDlCT MENTS IN
DYNAMITERS' CASE

New York, March 3.-The grand jury
today began to consider the cases OF
Frank Abarno and Charles Carbone,
accused of plotting a dynamite war
against churches and men ofwwea1th
who were arrested yesterday after the
police had foiled an attempt to ex-
p1ode two bombs in ST. Patricks ca
the1ra1. The district attorney said he
would ask for the indictment of the
men under a section of the penal law
providing a maximum penalty of 25
years in the penitentiary should they
be convicted
Emilio Poligani. the young detective
who under the name of Frank Baldo,
it is alleged, was taken into the conf
dence Of the anarchists, was the prin-
cipal witness summoned to appear be-
fore the grand jury. The connecting
links in his story were to be supplied
by other detectives and the two
bombs.
Within two hours after the jury
went into session indictments were
handed down against Abarno and Car
bone charging them with placing a
lighted bomb in a public place in vio-
Iation Of a section OF the penal code.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-03-03
TRAINMEN CALLED
AS WITNESSES I'M
SO, 1000 LAWSUIT

Employees of the New Haven rail-
road were the principal witnesses
called this morning in the civil su-
perior court when the $4,000 suit
brought by Edwin A. Beers Of West
port against the railroad company
was resumed before Judge Webb and
a jury.
Edward w Hall, a freight brake
man, testified that on March rs, 1914.
when Beers was thrown from a
freight car he was unloading the Wit
ness notified the men in the wagon
standing by the car to move He
told them the switch engine was
about to strike the car. The wit
ness didn't see Beers and didn't know
he was in the car.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1915-03-03
Hosts Of Advocates of Equal
Suffrage In House Cham
Der for Hearing Bridge
port Women Prominent.
Miss DeForest Lead Bridge
port Anti'sAMrs. Hep
burn Marshals Many Ad-
vocates Of Votes for
Women.
Especial to The Farmer)

Hartford, March 3-The ssVotes
for Women army swooped down on
the capitol this afternoon. In the
House chamber, the hosts of equal
suffrage were marshalled for a hear
ing on a proposed constitutional
amendment that would eliminate the
word male from that section rela-
tive to qualifications of voters.
The House chamber was crowded
with spectators and speakers. Mrs.
Thomas N. Hepburn marshalled the
suffrage forces and conducted their
side Of the hearing.
In the audience was a Bridgeport
delegation consisting of Mrs Samuel
G. Shaw, whose husband introduced
the proposed amendment; Louise
Gould, Mrs w. e. See1ey, Mrs. Frank
Seeley, Mrs J. G. Kingsbury, Mrs. H.
L. Lewis, Mrs. s. T. Davis and Mrs.
Benjamin Hart. 1t
An anti suffrage delegation from
Bridgeport headed by Miss Marion
DeForest, helped swell the group OF
spectators.
Continued on Page -
American steel & Wire Co. ad.
vanoed the price of galvanized wirs
products to So a ton.
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AUSTRIAN WARSHIPS
lombard ANTIVARI:
SINK ROYAL YACHT
Summary
OF THE
w ar News

A Russian victory OF import
ance in the war with Turkey is
made known IN a dispatch from
Tidis, Transcaucasia- A Rus
sian army advanced from Batum.
on the Black Sea, into Turkish
territory, cut off the Turkish
army's communications to Con-
stantinople and isolated large
districts of Turkish territory.
The Turkish troops opposed the
advancing army stubbornly, but
the Russians, who had the as
sistanee of warships. are said to
have driven them back step by
step.
Russia's campaign in the
north has developed no new fea.-
lures. Although Petrograd
says that the Russians are ev-
erywhere on the offensive, this
movement apparently is not
pressed with vdgor. except in a
few districts. Today's report
says that several attempts Of the
pelled.5
Active operations in France
are still confined principally to
the strip of the front in the
Champagne region. The French
War Office announces that a
long stretch of German first line
positions is now under control Of
the Allies, but the Berlin mill
tary chiefs repeat their assertion
that the French have been re-
pulsed and compelled to retire to
their own positions. At one
point in the Vosges, Berlin an
nounces. the Germans have
made an advances of five miles
IN the last few days.
The AEontenegrin minister in
London was advised that an
Austrian squadron had bonn
barded the Montenegrin port OF
{ Antivari, inhicting considerable
damage.
An Austro- German submarine
squadron composed Of six sub
marines and several torpedo
boats has left the Austrian naval
base of Pola, on the Adriatie,
presumably to strike at the An
gIo-French fleet at the Darda-
neIles Athens dispatches say
that nir1e battleships of the Al
lied feet have advanced to the
narrowest part of the sDardan-
eIIes, bon1barding Turkish for
tifications and troops and land
ing a force which scattered a
Turkish garrison. Tt is proba-
bic, however, that these dis
patches refer to operations on
Monday, before the attack on the
sDardaneI1es was interrupted by
a storm, as was announced by the
British Admiralty.
italy continues military pre-
parations. having taken up in
Parliament legislation for in
creasfng the strength of the.
army. The minister of war an
nounced that all classes were
asking to enter the army.
A German corresp ondent on
the Galfcian front te1egraphs to
Berlin that the Russians have
not won a single complete sue
cess in their efforts to regain
their lost positions on the crest
of the Carpathians. Heavy
fighting continues in the snow,
the Russians making desperate
efforts to ward off the danger of
an encirc1ing movement.
;. German opinion, as reflected
in the Berlin press, is divided in
regard to the American note to
Germany and Great Britain.
Some newspapers share the view
of the government that the note
is an indication of the disinter-
ested friendliness of the United
States. Other commentors,
I however, suggest that the note
was inspired by regard for Amer
lean business interests
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AUsTRO-GERMAN FLEET
OF SUBNTARINE ES OFF
FOR THE DARDANELiLFs

Geneva, March s.A heet consist
ing of six Austro-Germ submarines
accompanied by several torpedo boats
and torpedo boat destroyers, left Pola1
the Austrian naval base, at dawn yes
terday for the Dardane11es, according
to the Telegram. which bases its re7
port on what it characterizes as 1nfor-
nation received from a reliable source
from Trieste by way of Innesbruclz-
The fleet is said to have been last re-
ported off Corfu.