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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-02
Raises In Rent, Due To
Tax Boosts, Rob Labor
Of NeW-FOund Benefits
Landlords Forced To Increase Rentals Because of
Enormous Demands of City Treasury and
Workers Must Pay Their Share Towards Sup
port of Mismanaged Administration.
Has your rent been raised yet?

This question nearly everybody asking of nearly
everybody ese When the boost in valuation Of dwelling
took place landlords began increase rents The
men by City Auditor Bernard F. Keaing that the tax rate
would have to be 2o mills accelerated the operation of raising
thousands tenants already received notice that they
must from So to $5 month for the homes they
cupy.
added the entire occasoned to them by the rate and
valuation increases of the past three years
The average increase family is estimated as IN the
neighborhood of $36 which takes from Wor1men
Bridgepors population,
part Of the pecunary advantages gained by the recent strikes
and the settlements that from them
In the strike settled the basis of an
short hours but the higher rent makes them off than
they financial amounts ranging from s2 to
$36 and beyond
According 1910, $4,000 odd wage
in Bridgeport including and women earned an average
Of slightly than $500 Some earned great
deal more, and some a great deal less
Among wage among men, were many:
the heads of families widowed otherwise drawing scanty
pay The labor settlement IN many cases gained THESE women
shorter hours but not higher At rate all such
required for rent which in
they not trace to municipal extravagance since they
direct and do not understand the by
which taxes levied and collected
With respect to male workers, have received very
But others got eight hours with ten hours
pay and find their incomes largely diminished
spite wage increases is probable the average in
Bridgeport 20 cents hour and the but
slightly $40 week.
Many receive much more but many receive much less
municipal extravaganza has placed
trying burden thousands of men and women struggling
along market inhch the cost of living is constantly
It was said today that indig
nation enable them to put
bonds taxes but will ignore the fact
that bonding also taxes and means 1t for
long time to
Leading business men, all over the city are the
which has produced unpleasant sit
living be at least low as the cost of living in
They that must be not nominay but
actually high here compared with other cltes IN order that
Bridgeport attain its industrial growth and pros
perity.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-02
CONCEDE nine
HOUR DAY FOR
CRANE WORKERS
Increased Wages Promised
in Bulletins Posted In
Local Plants.
BIG CONCERN JOINS
5O-HOUR WEEK RANKS
Adjustment of Schedule Will
Be Made Feb. %, An
nounces Firm.

The Crane Co. of this city posted
bulletins yesterday announcing that
the 50-hour week will be Instituted
in the two local plants of the COM
ldany. AS soon as conferences
make arrangements, wage adjust
nents will be made, with upward re-
vision.
The 10-hour day has been in force
four days a week at the Crane plant
for long time and the change will
be welcomed. Workmen struck last
summer for shorter hous, but, be-
cause of conditions, the company did
not grant their request.
In labor circles today, it was con-
ceded that the efforts of the Inter
national Mo1ders' Union officials in
this city, who have used tact and skill
in their negotiations, precipitated the
change.
The new schedule Of hours will be
in force Feb. %. AS soon after that as
plans may be completed, the new
of wages will be in force.
A meeting of molders will be held
at O'Clock tomorrow evening in
hall, 172 Willard street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-02
FIRE BOARD TO
PENSION CLERK.
D. CLIFFORD HALL
Commissioners Are Expect
ed to Name Leonard's Can
didate AS His Successor.
HAS BEEN CLERK OF
BOARD FOR II YEARS
Hoseman John Kelly Slated
for Transfer, According
to Report

D. Clifford Hall, fourth assistant
chief and clerk of the fire department
will probably be retired on pension
when the fire board meets tonight.
Chief Hall has been i'll for several
years and since before Christmas has
been unable to attend his duties and
has been obliged to- keep to his home,
in Laurel avenue Mrs. Chris Schread
who has been his assistant for about
18 months is doing the work of the
office.
Mr.. Hall was appointed clerk of the
department in 1902 when the salary
was made $1,000. From that time
until July 16, 1914 he had to go be-
fore the board for election yearly.
Then he was made permanent clerk
and assistant chief The salary now
is $1,70O yearly. His pension If re-
tired will be half of this sum.
A clerk at the Crane Co., the selec-
ton of President John A. Leonard
of the fire board is said to be slated
to succeed him at a salary of $1,000.
Hoseman John Kelly who was inJur-
ed some time ago and has since been
doing watch duty at No. 2 Chemical
house will be transferred to No.
house tonight, according to report.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-02
BERLIN HOPES new NOTE
TO Won BERNSTORFF MAY
end LUSITANIA DISPUTE

Berlin, Feb. BY wireless to Say
vil1e-Instructions have been sent by
the German government to Anbassa-
dor Won Bernstorff at Washington of
such a nature as to give reasonable
hope for a, positive understanding
concerning the Lusitania affair, it was
announced here today.
The announcement, which of a
semi official nature, is said by the
Overseas News Agency to have been
made Gin connection with alarming G
English reports about the nature of
German-American relations" The
text of the statement is given by the
news agency as follows:
cit is true that on Saturday, Jan.
29, a teIegraphic report from the Ger
man ambassador at Washington ar
rived at Berlin, showing that up to
that time it had been impossible to
adjust the Lusttania, case in q, man
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-02
SECRET SERVICE
MEN TO PROBE
FEDEROFF CASE
Man Arrested at Arms Work
Alleged to Have Altered
Naturalization Papers

Theodore Federoff, who claims to
be a native of Kief, Russia, arrested
here late yesterday through the ac-
tivities of United States secret service
agents, will be taken from Hartford
to Washington for further investi-
cation into the alleged alteration of
his naturalization papers disclosed
when he applied to the Remington
Arms plant for employment.
United States Secret Service Agent,
Capt. r. NJ. Davies, and Detective
Frank Cantillion, both at the Arms
plant, examined the application for
naturalization papers of -FederoH
when he applied for a position at the
factory. The papers were sent to
Examiner John M. Church at Boston
and the latter in reply said that the
application presented to the factory
officials was false as the dates and
name of Federoff were not the same
as the original which was filed with
Church.
Federoff gave the name of Heinan,
application which he presented at
the Arms Company employment Of
fee. He has been in this country for
seven years and came here from
Bethlehem, Pa, where he is said to
have taken a prominent part in the
labor movement. He is alleged to
have been active in San Francisco
about five years ago.
Federoff was arrested by Detective
George Fox yesterday afternoon and
he was taken to Hartford this morn
ing by. Henry J. Jentzer, special agent
of the Department of Justice at Wash
ington. Federoff will be taken to
Washington where a further inVestt-
cation will be made.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-02
MOHR CASE
WITNESSES
ARRESTED
Wife and Sister of Spellman,
One of Defendants, Are
Held for Perjury AS Trial
Is Nearing It's Close.

Providence, R. L. Feb. 2-Mrs. Bes-
sic N. SpeIlman, the wife, and Mrs.
Gertrude Daily, sister of Henry H.
Spellman, trial with Mrs. Eliza
beth F. Mohr, and c. Victor Brown,
for the murder of DR.. c. Franklin
Mohr, were arrested today on a
charge of perjury. The women had
testified at the morning session and
had given evidence in support of an
alibi for SpeIInan.
The first intination by the state
that it was preparing to lay founda-
tion for perjury charges came up on
the cross examination of Mrs. Daily,
who denied that in a statement to the
grand jury she had declared she did
not know what time Spe1Iman return
ed home the night of the killing. To-
day she explained that she did know
because she heard him.
William H. Lewis, counsel for
Brown, objected to this line of ques-
tioning, although the court held that
it was proper as it was the only way
by which -tlae state could attempt the
prosecution on such a charge.
Mrs. Spellman testified that on the
night of the murder her husband
with whom she was not living at the
time, came to her mothers home,
where she was stopping, and after get
ting something to eat, went to his sis
ter's home to sleep.
After court adjourned Attorney
General Rice told Attorney Lewis that
he would have warrants issued irnTne-
diately for the arrest of two witnesses
for the defense, unless Mr.. Lewis
agreed to have. the two go on the
stand this afternoon and tell the
truth
I'VE have no statements to with
draw" replied Mr.. Lewis.
Mrs. Spellman and Mrs. Daley, the
- roi1
referred, were later arrested and
taken to police headquarters.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-02
old HIGH SCHOOL
WILL TAKE UPPER
GRADE STUDENTS
Pupils Of Seventh and
Eighth Grades in Four
Schools To Be Removed.

To relieve congestion in schools of
the city, the board of education will
utilize the old High school building
for eighth and seventh grade work
after Feb. IA. After January, 1917,
the building will be used for pre-vo-
cationaI work entirely.
schools Nos. L. 8. 6 and 5 will
be relieved when the new Bridgeport
High school building is opened" said
Samuel ]. S1awson, superintendent of
schools this morning. ''The eighth
grades, the seventh in some cases,
will be transferred. This will give
full time to the pupils of those
schools. The eight grades will be
maintained as before in the four
schools mentioned.
1--WE will continue this arrange
ments for the rest of = the year. By
that time we probably will have made
arrangements for using the school for
pre-vocationaI work"
The schools involved are Prospect,
City Normal, Washington and Maple
wood. Pupils in the upper grades
there, are on part time. The classes
will be- so divided that, between the
high school building and the grade
schools, all the pupils will receive full
time instruction.
About 800 boys and girls will be
transferred to the High school build
ing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-02

ner satisfactory to both sides by
friendly verbal exchanges of views. On
Tuesday, instructions were transmit
ted by telegraph to the German Am
bassador which gives reasonable hope
for positive understanding"
Washington, Feb. 2-At the Ger
man embassy it was stated today that
Count Won Bernstorff had received
no instructions from Berlin and that
if such instructions had been cabled
by the foreign office on Feb. 1 they
would not be expected here much be-
fore tom
None of the embassy officials would
venture an opinion as to what the
instructions referred to as giving
reasonable hope for a positive 1un-
derstanding, although they express
ed the hope that they would be satis-
factory to the United States
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-02
MISS SOMERSET,
B.H. S. TEACHER,
is DEAD AT 58
Delayed Operation Results
Fatally to Woman Who
Served City Well.
THOUSANDS MOURN
FORMER PRECEPTOR
Last Days Clouded By Re
port That Man Was To
Have Her Place.

After a life of service to the city of
Bridgeport which was concluded last
Friday, Margaret Faith Somerset, one
of the best known and best loved edu-
Gators of this vicinity, died at ST. Vim
s cents hospital. New York city, at
o'clock this morning For 50 years she
had been one ofsthe most versatile and
accomplished instructors in the en-
ploy of the city and during this period
. had 7 helped prepare thousands of
young men and women for life. ALL of
these counted her as friend and all
feel a deep personal loss at her death.
Although she had been i'll for some
time, Miss Somerset continued at her
work until the close of the session on
Friday. On Saturday she journeyed
to New York for a long needed opera
ton which was performed on Mon
day. The strain was too severe and
the end came this morning.
While friends who knew of her
plans to undergo the operation, en-
couraged her, Miss Somerset herself
told them that she did not expect to
survive it and before leaving, made
suggestions to q teach and great per-
sonaI friends at the High school con-
cerning arrangements for her funeral.
ranEementS will not be made until
after the arrival late this afternoon,
of her brother, DR.. William Somerset,
of New York, it is said that her wish
that she be buried from Trinity Epis-
copa1 church with the full service of
that denomination will be carried out
For several years she had been an
active communicate of this church
and at the time of her death was sec
retary of it's Women's Auxiliary
The last few days Of Miss Somer-
sets life were c1ouded. Realizing the
necessity of undergoing surgical treat
ment, she made application to Super
fntendenf Sam1IelF II S1aws0T1 of the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-02

Washington, Feb. 2-Secre@
tary Lansing said today that.
the state department had yet.
made no decision of it's attitude
toward the British liner Appam,
which yesterday entered
Hampton Roads with a Ger
man prize crew. Rear Admiral
Beatty, commanding the Nor.
folk Navy Yard, has reported
that Lieut.. Berg claims the ship
is a prize of war. The German,
embassy has not yet determin-
ed whether it will claim the
Appam as an auxiliary cruiser
or prize.
If the Appam finally is held
to- be a prize, the Prussian-
American treaty of 1928 is more
likely to govern the case than
is The Hague convention. This
would mean that the Appam
would be turned over to her
captors, and in that case some
German officials expressed the
view that the prize crew, rather
than let her fall back into the
hands of, the British, as would
seem inevitable if she left port,
might take the ship to the three
mile limit and sink her.
In case she is held to have
become a German auxiliary she
will have the choice of Ieav-
ing, after a certain time for
supplies or repairs, or intern
ing for the war as have the
Prinz Eitel Friedrich and Kron
Prinz Wilhelm.
Officials point out that the case OF
British collier Farm, captured by the
German cruiser Karlsruhe, renamed
the Odenwald and finally interned in
San Juan, Porto Rico, might be re-
garded as a somewhat similar case.
The British authorities contended the
should be turned back to the
British officers in the status of
prize, but the American governments
held she had taken on the character
of an auxiliary and she was interned..
The original Prussian-American
treaty of 1899 provided:
1.-THE vessels of war, public and pri-
vate, of both parties shall carry freely
they please the vessels
and effects taken from their enemies
without being obliged to pay any du-
ties, charges or fees to officers of ad-
of the customs, or any others;
nor shall such prizes be arrested.
searched or put under legal process
when they come to and enter the
ports of the other party, but may
freely be carried out again at any
time by their captors to the places 4eX-
pressed in their commissions which
the commanding officer OF such vessel
SHALL be obliged to shop. But, con-
formally to the, treaties existing be-
tween the United States and Great
Britain no vessel that shall have made
j. prize upon British subjects shall
nave a right to shelter in the ports OF
he United States, but if forced there
n by tempest or any other danger OF
accident of the sea, they shah be
obliged to depart as soon as posi-
,le.''
This latter provision would have
Continued on page p
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-02
TURk RkISR
Rim G.
SUICIDE

London. Feb. 2-The suicide O
Yussof Izzedin, heir apparent to tho
Turkish throne is reported in a des
patch received by Reuters Telegram
Company from Constantinople by wa!
of Berlin. The message says th
Crown Prince ended his life by cut
ting arteries in his palace at sever
o'clock yesterday morning nl-healtl
is given as the reason
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-02
SURVIVOR ADMITS
HE OWNED PISTOL
IN AUTO TRAGEDY

Buffalo, N. Y, Feb. 2-John Ed
ward Teiper, detained in connection
with the Orchard Park tragedy, ad-
mits the ownership of the revolver
found 75 feet from the automobile in
the Orchard Park road, according to
announcement by District Attorney
Dudley at noon today. He said he
bought the weapon. ten days ago but
at first denied ownership. The ad-
mission came after the ownership
had been traced.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-02
Can't Place Blame
For Lynching of Five

Leesburg, Ca, Feb. 2-The Lee
County Grand Judy announced here
last night that it's investigation into
the lynching of five negroes near here
Jan. 20 had proved futile. In it's
presentments, the jury condemned the
lynching.
The negroes who were taken from
Jail and hanged had been held as
suspects in the killing of Sheriff Me-
rill of Lee county.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-02
TWO KILLED, MANY
HURT AS BOILERS
In SHOP EXPLODE

New Brunswick, N. J., Feb. 2-Two
men, employees, were killed and sew
eral others injured by a boiler expIo-
sion followed by fire which Destroy
ed the plant of the Howe Rubber Co.
in Northern New Brunswick township
today.
The property loss was estimated at
between $4,000 and 100000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-02
THIRTEEN DEAD IN WRECK.

p Paris, Feb --latest reports of the
wreck of the Calais Express yesterday
at the ST. Denis Railway Station near
Paris, show that there were 13 dead
and 46 injured. Nine of the dead were
women. Among the injured is
Mademoise11e Ellis Level, Red Cross
nurse.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-02
SENATE REJECTS
AMENDMENT TO
PHILIPPINE BILL

Washington, Feb. 2.-The Senate re-
jected today, 90 to 16, an amendment
by Senator Cummings to the Philip
pine bill which would give the people
of the islands their independence only
after they had voted in favor of being
freed from United States control
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-02
ANOTHER THRONG TO
DEMAND TAX RELIEF

Again the office of the board OF
relief was besieged today with prop
erty owners who desired to appeal
from the assessm ents levied against
them.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-02
THE WEATHER

For Connecticut:-SnoW and S1eet
tonight and Thursday: fresh and
northeast and east winds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-02
BRITISH REPLY TO
U. S. PROTEST SOON

London, Feb. 2-Great Britain's re-
ply to the American note on the Brit
ish blockade is expected within ten
days.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-02
ONLY $50 PAY TAXES

About $50 men had paid their per-
sona1 taxes up to noon today. There
are nearly $4,000 persons liable for
the tax.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-02
Prize CREW MAY SCUTTLE
LINER APPAM TO PREVENT
her RECAPTURE BY BRITISH

State Department May Ac-
cept Commanders View
That Ship Is Prize and
Turn Her Back to Captors,
Who May Sink Her Off
Capes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-02

German Embassy Official
Visits Lieut.. Berg-Ves-
sci Carried Treasure In
Boullion-Release of Pas
sengers to Be Taken Up
Today.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1916-05-05

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