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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-15
School Boys of That State
Are Being Trained By
Thousands.
OBJECT LESSON FOR us.
State Authorities Are Co
operating And Nation
a Will Help Too.

Herewith is the first story In a Sc
rIes Of articles setting forth the
way in which Wyoming 10 already
practicina the famous "Swlss mill
tary system" for national defense.
Editor. At
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-02-15
The Weather

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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
E. P. BILLIARD INSTITUTES NEW
 WAGE SYSTEM
No Maximum To Be Placed on Amount Capable Man
 May Earn at Any Job.
PLAN TO KEEP GOOD
 EMPLOYES WITH FIRM
Head of Concern Believes Arrangement Will Work
 For Efficiency.

In the belief that the longer em- pIoyes are with the company, the more is the chance that they will become of great value to the com pany, the Bullard Machine Tool Go. has instituted a wage plan that is expected to be a great success.
 No maximum will be placed on the wages that may be earned by good men, according to the statement of the company, which follows:
 Skill and proficiency are the actual foundations of low costs of production-not a low hourly wage rate.
 Skill at the machinists' trade may De acquired by years of application in any of a thousand shops, but pro- nclency in the construction of a highly specialized product, like ours can be attained only by long associa- ton with that product, through which may be developed a knowledge of its workings and an appreciation of the exacting requirements of the con- structfon of the various details which enter into it.
 The longer a man is with us the better is his work because of his de- Velopment in skill and his greater knowledge of te special needs in the building of our machines and, in the nnaI analysis, that mans work costs less, even though his hourly wage be considered high, because eff it's super for quality and the greater efficiency with which it has been produced.
 H'|Our Maxi-Pay Wage Plan has been developed from these basic facts. It recognizes the value of skill and pro- f1ciency and provides suitable reward for their attainment. It presents high mark for the good man to aim at and opens the doors o1 opportunity for advancement to all in our employ even to those who are now unskilled.
 By close personal study of the fn- dividua1s in our. organization, and careful checking of their records, B. F. BuIIard, Jr. our president, in con-. ference with the shop executives and fofemen has grouped the men in six distinct classes, foUk of which cover the mechanics, one the apprentices. and one the non-mechanial and un- skilled members of our force. Future advancements will be made the sub- feet of equally careful and fair con- sideration.
 ssIn Class A, from which will be recruited our future shop executives and Iforemen, are grouped the sub foremen and leaders in charge of working gangs of mechanics The maximum wage rate is limited only by ability, proficiency and occupation while a high minimum of 55 cents per hour has been set.
 etClass A, comprised of mechanics of highest skill, forms the basis or promotion to Class A and. like 1t,
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
.DOOLAN A HERO
 AS HIS HORSES
 CAUSE RUNAWAY
Team Affrighted Starts Carriage Horse and Two
 Women Are Injured.

Mary Imhoff. aged IS years and her mother, Margaret Imhoff of HulPs Farms, were injured in a double rum away on Middle street this morning in which Patrick Doo1an, 135 East ave nue, a truckman was both the culprit and the hero-
 Doo1an had left his double team un- hitched. The team walked away and col1ided with a runabout driven by Mrs. Imhoff, whose horse took fright and dashed down Middle street to- wards Gold street beyond control. At the corner of Gold street the run about was upset throwing woman and child upon the sidewalk. Doolan who happened to be in advance of the women's runaway horse stepped into the street and stopped it. The Im- hoffs were treated for cuts and bruises and general shock at the emergency hospital. Doolan was arrested charged with violation of the city ordinances. The women later drove to their home.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
MRS. BUDLONC'S ALIMONY CHECKS
 TOO INFREQUENT T
Graphophone Go. Manager Must Explain Why Heart
 Balm Payments Stopped.

Assistant Manager Herbert A. Bud long of. the American Graphophonel ? Go, will appear in the common pleas court next Tuesday and explain why he stopped payments of alimOny to his first wife, Charlotte A. BUdlong, formerly of this city but now of Washington, D. c. She claims $500 heart balm is due and unpaid Bud long claims the plaintiff violated an agreement whereby she promised to withdraw a judgment she had obtain ed against him.
 At the time she obtained a divorce. about six years ago, Mrs. Budlong was awarded $2,000 alimony. Instead of paying the lump sum BudIong agreed in writing to pay the plaintiff $75 al month for the remainder. of her life. He thought she was in bad health and would not live long. Since that time Mrs. Budlong has received over $6.OOO and is showing no signs of going into a decline. Budlong has filed a. coun-= ter claim asking for the return of all alimony in excess of S2,OOo. Judge Scott will hear the evidence.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
MILLION PEOPLE
 SEE PARADE FOR
 ''PREP PAREDNESS''
Nearly 15o,OO0 Persons March in Vast Spectacle
 in New York.

New York, May 13.-New York turned out today to witness it's great est preparedness parade in Wnlcn 145, 900 marched. It was estimated tnat a million people looked on
 Twenty thousand women are in the pageant Workers in two hundred oc- equations, lawyers and other profess sional men, city officials and city en1- ployes and ten thousand members Of the national guard in uniform ana thousands of veterans or the spanIsn I1,Is war compose the long column The lawyers are led by 20 justices of the supreme court.
 The hcarchers were divided into 64 divisions. The hour set for the start was 10:30 a. n., and 1t IS expected that the last division will not reacn the disbanding point until 10:3O o'clock tonight.
 Demands for place in the parade so greatly exceeded the time and space that the promoters were compelled to reject 6O,000 applications. Beginning Manhattan Island, the divisions fell 1n line at intervals all the way up lower Broadway, Centre and Lafayette streets and Fifth avenue, nearly to the reviewing stand erected at Mad ison Square.
 thousands of spectators, Major General Leonard wood, Rear Admiral Ma thanie1 B. Usher, comnnandant of the New York Navy and Mayor Mitchell reviewed the parade.
 The main body of narchers was composed of employees in shops and stores. In addition, divisions were composed of representatives of the theatre and allied arts, engineers, ar chftects, clergymen, bankers and bro- kers, physicians and surgeons, and public schools.
 oh. CTS, stenogra phers art students, girls from the department stores, the Amer jean Women's Leage for Self-Defense and the Woman's Preparedness Bat talion and representatives of various trades organizations.
 The anti-preparedness bodies such as the Woman's Peace Party and tho Socialists endeavored of offset the pre- paredness spirit by circulating pamph- lets among the spectators.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
CROSSLEY, FACING MANY SUITS, GOES OUT OF BUSINESS Real Estate Operator Dis poses of Interests to Land
 and Title Go. CONSIDERATIONS IN
 DEAL KEPT SECRET Clerk Says Employer Will Return Soon to Straight
 en Out Affairs.

James Harry Cross1ey,/ prominent real estate and insurance man, whose affairs have recently become seriously involved. has disposed of his insurance business. to the Bridgeport Land & Title Co. This firm has taken the agencies of the firms MT. Crossley for merly represented and in the future will look after the interests of MT. CrossIey's clients.
 The transaction took place several days ago. Officials of the Bridgeport Land 6 Title Go. admitted the trans fer today, but would not say how much was paid for this part of MT. Crossley's business.
 MT. Crossley has offices in the Se- cur1ty building, bus It is some time since he has been in them on any week day. Raymond W. Case, clerk and bookkeeper for MT. Cross1ey, said York, but was expected to return to this city on Sunday.
 Deputy Sheriff Thomas Cunning ham has papers in an action for $1O,- 900 damages in a suit brought by liar vey & Lewis, Hartford opticians. The sheriff will serve these papers on MT. Crossley if he can find him on any week day. The papers cannot be served on Sunday.
 The suit is in connection with the purchase of the property in which Da- vid Cotter'S saloon in Main street IS located and in which transaction MT CtTossley acted as broker.
 A keeper is in charge of the office furniture in the Security building of- fees attachment having been made in a. .S1O. 900 suit brought by the Bridge t3ort Brass Co., MT. Case, however said that MT. Cross1ey would probably be in the city tomorrow and make some arrangements to stralghten out his involved affairs.
 Besides the papers which Sherlh Cunningham has to serve there are la awsuits for s16,0O0 damages pending against Mr Cross1ey.. The first suit was brought by Alderman Robert N Blakeslee to recover $1 300 on a note which MT. Cross1ey gave him ana which he failed to make good. EQu1Iy in the property at 704-7o6-724-72s-73 and 736 Hancock avenue, 7S4 F'alrnelo avenue. at Waterman court ana at Connecticut and Ho1Hster avenues was attached in this suit.
 This same property has been at- tached in a $5.O00 suit brought by Ar. thur Iieberum The latter claims he loaned MT. Crossley that amount, talk ing as security a mortgage on prop erty which MT. Cross1ey had bought as broker for the Bridgeport Brass co but which he did not own. In connec- tion with this same transaction the Brass company has also brought suit for $1O,o0o and attached the property.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
BURNS FROM OIL PROVE FATAL TO
 MRS. COTTRELL
Ogden Street Woman Was Stricken With Attack
 While Carrying Lamp.

Mrs, Nettfe Knight Cottre11 of 1134 Ogden street extension, who suffered an attack of heart failure while carry ing a lighted kerosene lamp to her bedroom, April II, died in the Bridge port hospital this morning as a result of the burns received when she drop ped the lamp and her clothes caught fire. Mrs. CottrelPs 13-year-oId daugh- ter went to her aid, but the woman was severely burned. It was not at first thought, however, that the burns would prove fatal.
 Mrs. CottreL was born in Germany 54 years ago, but resided in Bridge port for long time. She was the wife of Edwin Dwight Cottrel1 and is survived by her husband, a daughter, Ethel, and a son, Earle Cottre1l.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
CRUEL BOARDER BEAT CHILL LDREN.
 THEY C0MPLA AIN
Away from Home Two Days, One With Broken Rib,
 They Fear Blows.

What the police declare to be one of the most heartless cases of child neglect. and brutality that has yet come to their attention in this city was uncovered by the finding Of Charles and Joseph Broughan, aged nine and five years respectively, in a waste paper box of the Adams Ex- press Go. this morning after three days absence from their home
 As a result of the exposure that fol- lowed their being brought to police headquarters, John F. Harty, boarder in the home of Mrs. Margaret Brou- police upon a charge of assault upon minor children, and Captain John Re- gan was compelled to take strenuous measures to Keep the prisoner from being roughly handled by auditors of the children's story at headquarters
 Both children have been found, to have been unmercifuIIy beaten Charles suffered a broken rib at the hands of the boarder, who is defended for his acts by Mrs. Broughan. a. car cleaner, employed by the New Haven road. The boys are in the hands of Mrs. Isaac Burgess, probation of fcer and the emergency surgeons who will treat them
 According to their story they have suffered terrible beatings and have been compelled to run away before Since Wednesday morning they have roamed the streets, with only a few sandwiches begged from restaurants for their sustenance. They have slept in the big waste paper box of the Adams Express Co, where they were found this morning.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13

with respect to a class of persons who are abnormal the commission says:
 'sIn every community are a group of degenerate or ssexually insane per sons of both sexes who make prey of society and who stop at nothing to gratify their unnatural l1usts. We recommend that such. persons be treated as abnormal and anti-sooiaI members of society, and their cases disposed of by the courts in accord ance with the law after diagnosis and recommendation of the pyschopathic board, which we hereafter recom- mend.''
 The conclusions of the commission are summed in the following pages:
 We have tried to steer clear of the sentimental view that the wrong of sex relations can be definitely placed on one sex only. that the one sex is cuIpable and that the other is vic- tirnized- All thorough investigation has shown this to be totally untrue.
 We have faced the problem of the vice of the city with open minds Be- cause we had definite investigation to make and workable recommenda- tions to form, we have kept vigorously to the one problem of commercialized vice and it's crop of evils
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
Selling Carranza's
 Cash, He's Arrested
 For Breach of Peace

Benjamin Cohen who gave his ad- dress as AZ Delaney street, New York city, was fined $2 in the city court today for selling Carranza Mex ican paper money on Water street. Yesterday Cohen had bundles OH one peso notes recently issued in New York by the de facto government of Mexico which he was retailing at from three to five cents each He was arrested by Special Officer Wargo on a charge of breach of the peace. The officer said the crowd around Cohen was obstructing traffic and Cohen would not move when told to do SO
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
FREIGHT EMBARGO TICHTENED HERE;.
 NO RELIEF SEEN
All Less Than Carload Con signments Come Under
 New Orders.

New Haven, May 13-The following statement on the embargo was given out at the offices of the New Haven Railroad today:
 s'The embargo committee of the eastern freight accumulation confer ence has placed an embargo on all less than carload freight except perishables and food for human consumption, or iginating at stations on the New Ha- ven and Central New England Rail- ways, when destined to or to be trans ferred at Bridgeport, New Haven, Wa terbury, Plainville, Conn.,, and Provi- dence, R. I. This embargo is neces- sitated by the accumulation of freight at these points. It becomes effective midnight, Saturday, May 13.
 ''The embargo against these con- signees, who have been having difh- culty unloading their shipments promptly but who have since taken away all freight placed for them, has been lifted.''
 L. B. Nickerson, local freight agent for the New Haven road, said today that the first embargo order was made necessary by accumulation of freight due to strikes of the freight handlers. He said the present accumulation of freight and consequent embargo is due to the difficulty in securing freight handlers and the ineff1ciency of those employed. He said the company is making an effort to induce Iaborers to accept employment by arranging lodging house for them and seeing to it that they obtain proper rest and have food and housing conditions. He would not attempt to predict how long the embargo will last but said the same conditions exist at all railroad centers in the country.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13

So far as our own city Is concerned we have discovered that it is a mani fold -physio1ogic medical. economic, social, recreationa1, educa- tiona1, social hygiene, legal. moral and religious. Our recommendations, therefore, follow in the order of the facts of the problem.
 The Physiological Facts
 There are standards of public de- cency and health which make the sex life subject to a multitude of restric- tions and regulations. As these are the slow growth of centuries and rep resent the sense of self-respect and self -preervation of all civilized com munities, they cannot be ignored by any modern group without peril to it's health and future The laws of the state define the period of marriage and intercourse; forbid cohabitation the marriage bond; furnish penalties for fornication and adultery: and particularly guard against all per- and bestiality- It Is these alterations of the instinct against which society must fight constantly.
 We find that the provocatives in our city of unnatural, immoral, and un- healthfu1 sex-1ife are degeneracy, nor bidity, and calculated stimulation
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
FALLS 2 STORIES
 INTO CELLAR, SHE
 ESCAPES UNHURT
Plunge Through Porch Brings No Serious Injury
 to Church St. Woman.

Mrs. KinseI1a Grasso, living on the second floor of the tenement at 173 Church street, fell two stories as a balcony gave way beneath her weight this morning. Superficial examination by an emergency surgeon disclosed that she was not externally injured and the woman, who was conscious, refused to be taken to hospital.
 Mrs. Grasso, who is a heavy woman, was leaning over the rear porch rail- ing, engaged in hanging out clothes when the rail gave way. She was precipitated to cement courtyard two stories below and landed in a sit ting posture. Dr. J. F, Canavan, who was called with the emergency ambu- lance. said that examination failed to disclose external injuries though in ternal complications may ensue.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
GRADY, HIT BY
 MINISTER'S CAR, DIES OF INJURY
Police Hold Demonstrator Instead of Clergyman Driv-
 CT, For Manslaughter.

As a. result of the death in St. Vim cint's hospital this morning of George Grady, of 525 Water street, who was knocked down and run over by an automobile at water street and Fair field avenue last Monday, Tor Falken- dahl, an ehpIoye of the Blue Ribbon Garage, is held today by the police upon a technical charge of man slaughter though he was not the driv- CT of the car that struck Grady.
 FalkendahI, however, owned the H- cense for the car that was being dem onstrated to Rev. Henry Faversham of Monroe, who was driving. The law is said to make the licensed driver of such cars responsible for the acts of his pupil.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13

The report Bridgeport Vice Commission body creat ed Mayor Wilson, Potter of the Russell Sage Foundation expose conditions here en to the public today
 contains thorough going consideration of the phenom social e with number of recommendations for conditions
 shown conclusvely that the cabarets and dance halls liquor prolific of evil The abolition O the private dining is advised.
 that the department stores and industrial estab Bridgeport not primarily the of social vice.
 Many given regarding presence ofdseases immortality appears that the cost of treating charity afflicted with these diseases during months 4Od x
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
WORKMAN, CARRIED THROUGH COAL CHUTE, LIVES DESPITE
 BURIAL UNDER TONS OF FUEL

coal-car bottom he was precipitated into the hopper with the coal His right leg caught in the narrow hopper aperture and part of the coal slid by him.
 At the risk of their own lives six men jumped into the pit and NshoveIed until they struck Isockwood's head They kept it free until the coal could be sifted past his body. He was then resuscitated by pr. J. F. Canavan of the emergency staff and transferred to St. Vincent's hospital. He will live.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13

Shot through a coal hopper, far above the ground and covered by four tons of soft coal, Arthur Lockwood. of 2277 Main street. though having suf- fered fractured left leg, is alive in St. Vincent's hospital.
 It is due to the quick sl1ove1Iing of half a dozen fellow 1aborers. according to witnesses, that Lockwood was not suffocated. He was working on the high trestIe from which coal was be- ing poured into a big bin
 Through the sudden opening of a
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13

The conference report represents compromise between the original Sen ate plan of 25O,OOO and the House proposal of 5000.
 The conferees have adopted the es- sentials of the Senate army plan. This provides machinery with which the regular army may easily be expanded in time of war to approximately 254,- 900 men. The Senate volunteer army plan has been discarded. In it's place has been substituted a section
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13

giving the effect of law to the PIatts- burg plan of instruction.
 The Lodge amendment providing that those who undergo such fnstruc- tion shall have all expenses paid by the government has been agreed to.
 The report authorizes the construc- ton of a nitrate plant along the lines of the amendment adopted by the House. It provides an appropriation of $20, 100000 for this plant and leaves the selection of a site to the Presi- dent. N
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
LUsIrANIA SUIT BROUGHT

Boston, May 13-The loss of Henry J. Salt, who went down with the Cum ard liner Lusitania, was the basis of a suit for $50O,oOO filed in the Fed eral court today. The suit is brought by Mrs. F. E. Salt, of Needham, the widow, against the Cunard Steamship Co. Ltd.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
Clara Kellogg, Prima Donna, is Dead at "A

New Hartford. Conn, May 13- Clara Louise Kellogg, who was a prima donna of the American Oper- atic stage prior to her marriage to Carl StracFhouse in 1882, died at her home, Elpstone, this noon after a years illness
 She was born in SunlterviIle, $. C., on July 31. 1s42. Mrs. Strackhouse suffered from cancer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
Recruiting State Troops

Columbus, N. M., May 13--Mo- bilization of the one thousand men of. the New Mexican national guard was completed here with the arrival early, today of additional companies, in cluding a battery of artillery Re cruiting to bring the men to war strength is progressing rapidly throughout the state, according to re- ports to H. T. Herring, adjutant gen eraI.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
FATE OF THOUSANDS UNKNOWN

Berlin, May 13@The Chronicle, of the Christian world, a religious week Iy, says that during the second Rus sian invasion of East Prussia, 15,OOO women, children and old men were carried off to Russia and that the fate of most Of them is unknown. says the Overseas News Agency.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
Funston Returns Tonight

San Antonio, May 13-Two com panies of coast artillery reached here today and pitched camp at Fort Sam Houston, near the militia encamp- ment. Major General Funston will reach headquarters tonight after an absence of more than two weeks, ne cessitated by the conference at E1 Paso with General Obregon.
 Marathon, Tex, May 1s-one com
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13

Washington May 13-A regular army of 100000 a strength capable of to agreed today by House and Senate conee the reorganization bi first of the big national defense
 
 report to both branches of Congress Poon no4iFoo
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13

from San Antonio. Tex, today. Part of it will gov south to ssoin Col siIbey' a xpeditionarys feEs swh iEe the re- nnainder will help garrison Marathon. Col Sibley expects to have direct communication between BoquEIIas. and Marathon by Sunday night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-13
GREEK ISLAND IN DISORDER.

Athens, May 1S-Renewed disor- ders on the Greek island of samois, off the west coast of Asia Minor, have assumed a serious aspect. The government is taking vigorous meas ures to meet the situation.