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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11
BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT
 OF OUTCOME AS MAINE
 ELECTORS GO TO POLLS

Portland, Me, Sept. 11-voters of Maine to the number of 10000 or more went to the polls today to elect governor, two United States Sena- tors, four representatives to the House of Representatives, state legislature and a state auditor.
 National issues have been brought to the fore and party leaders have brought hundreds of speakers into the state, including former Justice Hughes, former Vice President Fair banks and members of President Will sons cabinet to persuade the voters to line up with or against the nation al executive and the majority in Con- gress.
 Maine, however, is normally Re- publican and the Democratic leaders insisted that something more than a scant Republican victory would be required to constitute a repudiation of the administration while a Demo- cratic plurality, however small. would be accepted by them as an endorse ment.
 Party leaders took a squint at the sky before breakfast and smiled. The heavens were blue, which meant, they figured, a big vote equally desired by both sides.
 The state officers are now Demo cratic and that party has one of the two seats in the United States Senate and one of the seats in the House of Representatives.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11

Quebec, Sept 1.-The span of the worlds greatest bridge collapsed into the St. Lawrence river today with loss of life variously estimated. /,
 The company erecting the structure placed enumber of deaths at upwards of twenty five but H. P Borden member the Quebec bridge commission expressed the opnon only three persons were lost.
 Several hours after the accident happened at 1O30 O. clock special train into Quebec brought twenty who had been injured. /
 Nine years ago similar accident at the spot seventy lives Today ninety carried into the when the 5000 ton being raised from ponoons engineering feat designed to com the S7OOOOOO lever structure for trans continental traffic. fell into the sank 200 feet deep perhaps be recovered
 Contradictory stories told regarding the collapse ponoons had removed and the span being lifted hydraulic jacks when according to of the spectators northern end of the span fell with the breaking of grders
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11
FIRE PERILS IN CHEAP LODGINGS >
 REVEALED TODAY
Bremen See Potential Holo- caust in Water St. Blaze e-
 Order Improvement.

Fire perils in the cheap lodging houses of the city were brought to the attention of fire and police officials this morning when several fire com panies were called out by slight blaze in a lodging house, located at Bank and Water streets. The fire did not amount to much, but Assistant Fire Chief Beardslee and other de- partment officials got an eyeful of menacing conditions.
 The house is conducted by Seop 'Papazian. It is three stories in height, and on each of the upper two floors there are half a dozen rooms In each room are from eight to twelve cots. In couple of the rooms, wooden slabs in even great numbers form the Hops
 Narrow, rickety staircases commun- icate betweei. the upper floors, while the corridors are scarcely wide enough to allow two persons to pass.
 Assistant Chief Beardslee sent out several guests on a hunt for the pro- prietor. The chief wanted to tell him about the propriety of allowing guests to start fires in decrepit stoves-the cause of this mornings excitement. A defective flue sent smoke pouring out the windows as a backdraft fired soot in the stove pipe, and passerby pull ed Box 16.
 Four engine companies, one chem fcal company and two truck compan- les responded to the alarm. Lieut. Wheeler of the police department traffic squad took char1e of the tang led up traffic conditions that followed the arrival of the flock of apparatus.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11
UN|0NS' THREATS
 OF GREAT STRIKE
 IN N. Y. SERIOUS
Leaders Assert That Situa- tion Has Now Reached
 Stage That is Acute.
75O,OOO WORKERS
 MAY GIVE SUPPORT
Subway and Elevated Lines Suffer Further Falling Off
 In Business.

New York, Sept, 11.-With the lead CTS of 75o,oOO labor men of Greater New York and vicinity threatening 8 sympathetic strike, traffic on the sub. way and elevated. lines in Manhattan and the Bronx impeded and the sur face systems in those two borough. and Westchester county virtually tie6 up, the general strike situation assum. ed a more serious aspect today.
 Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labcr, declin. ed to discuss the probability of gen. eral strike, but other union leaders asserted that if necessary 5O,00O union men could be called out within six hours.
 Traction officials attribute the fall ing off in service on the subway and elevated roads to the unprecedented increase in traffic caused by the stop page of all the surface lines. Union leaders claimed, however, that the de- lection of employees of the roads was responsible.
 The various individual labor 'organi- cations in New York, Yonkers, Mount Vernon and New Rochelle received the appeal drafted by the central labor bodies last night, requesting sym pathetic strike of all organized wages in their various districts, "in support of the\contention that the street rail- waymen for the right to organize"
 Since the response to this appeal must be decided by vote of members several days must elapse before its eff feet will be known. A central labor committee has been organized, how ever, and daily meetings will be held to direct a sympathetic general strike in case it was called. Opinions were expressed today that most of the un- ions appealed, would defer definite action in the hope that such radical step might be avoided. Labor lead- CTS declare, however, that strikes might be called without delay in trades directly affecting the operation of street cars. such as the longsho horemen who handle coal barges and the en- gineers who work in the powerhouses.
 While the elevated and subway lines continued running today without ap- parent interruption, the strike on the surface lines had spread rapidly. Un- ion officials assert that Il, 500 men are on strike. Not a car wheel turned all day Sunday in Yonkers, Mount Vernon and New Rochelle, and every surface car stopped running last night in Man. haitian and the Bronx also, after these two boroughs had received an ex- tremely limited service during the day.
 The seriousness of the situation has caused citizens to turn for relief to the rnunicina1 goyernment It is eXDected that the public service commission, which has been investigating the strike, will make a report some time today, placing responsibility for the situation and throwing it's official in- fuence into the balance to aid the side whose contention is upheld.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11
BABE SMILES AS \ SHERIFF MAKES
 SERVICE ON HER
Millions Involved in Litiga. tion Which Brings In
 Riverside Infant.

A one-year-o baby was served with papers inAa lawsuit today when Deputy Sheriff Cunningham went to Riverside and found little Helen Green at the Dalatial summer home of her father, Harold Rumsey Green. The legal Language of the papers had no terrors for the baby, who smiled in cherubic ia shion as she grasped the writ in her tiny fist.
 The baby is one of 20 theirs of James Green, who died in St.'Louis in 1914 leaving a million dollar estate. There has been considerable litigation over the estate and two of the heirs, Laura c. Littlebrant and Marian c. Little brant of St. Louis, have brought the present action to have the will set aside on the ground that Green was incompetent.
 Harold Rumsey Green was a son of the estator. As he received a large beQuest from his father, he and his da ushter are named as defendants in the prese mt action.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11
ALGONQUIN TRIBE
 PLANS POW wow
 AT BEHRENS FARM

The annual outing of the Algonquin club will be held at the farm of F. w.. Behrens, Jr., Stepney depot, on We'd nesday. Those who are to attend will leave the club house in automobiles at 12:SO The committee of arrangements is Fritz K c. Weber, w. H. Palmer and City Clerk J. Alex H. Robinson. The Wheeler & Wilson band will fur nish music.
 The golf links have been improved and put in first class condition for the outing and one of the features will be the approach and putting contest open to all members. There will be a base ball game and a trap shooting contest. There will also be a side show with lots of freaks and circus features. Sil- yer cups will be awarded for prizes. The principal event will be the 100 yard dash for which a handsome big silver cup will be offered as prize. A sheep roast and clam chowder will be served at 1:30 by MT. Behrens. The clambake which will be cooked by Ed ward D. Waters will be served at 4:3o in the afternoon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11
SECRET SERVICE
 MEN ACTIVE AS
 WILSON ARRIVES
Keep Back Crowds Anxious To See President at Rail
 road Station.

Exceeding care in guarding Presi- dent Wilson was displayed by secret service men when the train bearing the President and Mrs. Wilson stopped in Bridgeport for a minute and a half this afternoon. The Presidents pri- vate car was attached to the rear end of the second section of the Shore Line express due here at 2:29.
 When the train came into the sra- tion, the Presidents car, Republic" |" stopped on the viaduct above Fair field avenue
 Immediately secret service men ahghted and shooed the crowd back. They said that the platform was too narrow at that point to permit taking an" cha nces with human life.
 The President, dressed in a Palm Beach suit, sat near the last window of the car, chatting with Mrs. Will son.
 He is on his way to New London where his sister is critically i'll.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11
MILLION STOCK FOR HOUSING IS
 GOING RAPIDLY One Manufacturer Pledges Himself to Invest $100,-
 900 In Project. \ SEVERAL MILLIONS
 IN WORK PLANNED Charles C.. Sanford Outlines For The Farmer Scope
 of the Enterprise.

The Bridgeport Housing Company, one million dollar corporation recent ly formed to provide homes for thou sands in Bridgeport will extend its financial status far above the mark set, will open it's stock subscriptioHs to the public at an early date, and will accomplish several million dollars worth of building if the present plans, as outlined by Charles G. Sanford, president of the First-Bridgeport Ma tional bank and one of the executive officials of the Housing company are carried out.
 MT. Sanford declared this morning that great financial impetus had been given the concern by local manufac turers who were interested in finding suitable living accommodations for their employees. To such an extent have pledges for stock been made by manufacturers in Bridgeport that a large part of the million dollar sub scription has been taken. One manu- facturer in Bridgeport, whose name was not divulged, today guaranteed to subscribe $100,000 in his own name, according to MT. Sanford.
 Though plans have not been defi- nitely outlined for the financial launching of the corporation, tenta- tive ideas are to issue common stock at par. With $1,0O0,00O in the treas ury, the projects of the company can be begun at once with largely ex- tended credit.
 Several million dollars worth of building is needed in this city," said MT. Sanford. ''It is by no means planned to stop at the million dollar mark. Two or three millions of dol lars will be needed to compete the plans as at present laid down, and there is no question in our minds that we will be able to get all the money we need.
 While Bridgeport factory owners are really those most actively interest ed in furthering the scheme, for it is to their direct benefit that labor be housed, the public is to be declared in. Anybody wishing to subscribe for stock will be accommodated and the arrangements that will be consum- vent any control of the stock by in- dividuals or group of individuals"
 MT. Sanford and Frank c. Blanch- ard, new general manager of the Housing Company, who assumed his office duties this morning refused to make public any selection of proper ties in Bridgeport though it was as- serted that interesting announcements of plans would be made next week.
 A meeting of the executive commit tee was held in the Chamber of Com merce offices today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11
Special Policeman
 Uses Club on Masher

Defying Special Policeman Michael Murphy to arrest him when the officer ordered him to refrain from molesting girls on Linen avenue this afternoon, John Christofol. 45 years old, of Linen avenue was struck on the head with the officers club when he resisted. He was charged with breach of the peace. resisting an officer and using abusive language.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11
CHILD.
 PLAGUE VICTIM,
 DIES IN HOSPITAL

Following an illness of about 30 hours duration with poliomyelitis, Omar Billings Clapp. the six-year old son of Wilson A., and Myrtle Scott Clapp of Monroe, died in Hillside home in this city yesterday.
 The boys father is treasurer of the Clapp Fire Resisting Go. of this city. MT. and Mrs. Clapp have two other children.
 The funeral was held privately this afternoon and burial was on the fam fly esta te in Monroe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11
Two Inch Surfacing, Such As is Laid Here, and a Foundation of Four Inches of Crushed Stone Ought to Be Laid, He Says For 63.A Cents Per Square Yard, Less Than Half What Bridgeport Is Pay ing.

Through the incorporation in tcity records of documents in a Warrenite row, in Boston. which has grown out of the at tempt of the Warren Bros. Co. fto discredit certain of the city officials of the Massachusetts city who. insisted that they should not be paid a high price Tor their paving contracts, The Farmer is able, to-day, to give fo its readers, Illuminating in formation provided by an ac- knowledged expert in street pa wing, which has a direct bearing upon the price paid by Bridge \ port for its Warrenite con- tracts. /
 That theWarren Bros.' '-Co. pavement, six inches deep, four inches of crushed stone with two inch surface, of crushed stone and bituminous cement, ought to be laid TOT an actual cost of 63.34 cents a square yard fs one of the interesting decla- rations of the expert. This, compared to Bridgeport's prices, in some instances $1.52 B squareyard, will give the To- gal taxpayers food for serious thought.
 The documents appear of record in fhe city of Boston. The finance com bnission's letter introducing the engin- teer's report are printed in The Far jmer of to-day. Persons who have given heed to the merits of the paving controversy here, will find the facts and figures of the engineer especially applicable to local, conditions.
 Bridgeport has spent, during the King-Wilson regime. many hundreds of thousands of dollars for Warrenite, and Is going to spend much more. Warrenite is bought from the Warren Bros. Co.,, who claim patent rights in 5t, and the specification of "Warrenite" In the calls for bids on the paving at first shut out all competitive bidders. Eut now the administration does not even go through that formality, but implyzawards to the Warren Bros.' Go. the various contracts at it's own fig nres.
 The documents in question follow:
 September z. 1916. Ho the Honorable Mayor and City
 Council,
 Gentlemen:-The Finance Commits eion has from time to time received a barge number of letters and other doc uments from Warren Brothers Com pany, relating to their patented pave hnent f'Bitulithic". Two letters dated June and June 12. 1916, respective 1y, contain personal attacks on the consulting engineer of the Commission. Copies of both of these letters have been forwarded to the City Council and extensively used as advertising matter by Warren Brothers Company.
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11
SPAN OF WORLDS GREATEST BRIDGE
 C0LLAPSES AT QUEBEC; 25 ARE DEAD

Central Portion of New Cantilever Structure Goes Crashing Into St. Lawrence River, Carrying Ninety Workmen With It-Supports Snap With Reports Like Shells Exploding and Mas sive Span Turtles to Depth of 200 Feet in River Bed-Score Injured. and Total Number of Dead is Variously Estimated Similar Ac- cident at Same Place Nine Years Ago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11
GALICIAN DRIVE CHECKED

Berlin, Sept. 11-British attempts to capture the town of Halicz on the Dneister in Garicia, regarded as the key to the defenses of Lemberg from the southeast, have been frustrated by the Teutonic forces. according to to- days official war office announcement, Troops under General Coun Won Both mer brought the Russian efforts to naught, the statement declares.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11
NORWALK SHRINERS TO
 FETE APPROPRIATENESS

Norwalk members of Pyramid Tenn ,p,e patrol, Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine, will entertain Bridgeport mem- bers of the patrol at a clambake on Saturday at Belle Isle. About 30 members Of the patrol will go from here in automobiles.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11
GERMAN LOSSES HEAVY IN MANY
 RAIDS AT NIGHT
Five Times Repulsed By French and Twice By Brit
 ish in New Attacks.

Paris, Sept 11.-Five times last night the Germans attacked positions newly won by the French on the Som- me front The war office announces they were, repulsed each time with heavy loss.
 ~ The official report says the Ger mans employed burning liquid in mak- ing their attacks when fighting oc- cured south of the Somme from Ber- ny to the region south of Chaulnes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11

In 1914, the Progressives cast 1S,- 226 votes for governor. How their vote would split today was a matter of dispute. The variability of the vote in Maine is unusual. The total vote cast in 1880 was greater by G. 900 than the total 34 years later. In 1896, Llwellyn Powers, Republican, was elected governor by a plurality of 4S,246. Two years ago Governor Oakley c. Curtis. Democrat, won by 3,1S9J
 / The polls opened at 6 o'clock and must close not later than p. m. Many of the returns will be slow as some twenty towns and plantations are without teiegraphic communication with the outside. However, the re- suit should be indicated by mid- night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11
MRS. HOWE IS WEAKER.

New London, Sept. 11-Mrs. Annie E. Howe, President Wilson's sister, who is critically i'll here of peritonitis and complications, passed a comfort able night but is growing weaker, ac-
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11
BRITISH ATTACK BULGARS

Paris, Sept. 11.British troops on the front in Greek Macedonia took the off, fensive last night. They crossed the Struma river, the War office announ- ced today, and attacked the Bulgar- ians, who are fighting desperately.
 The British, troops crossed the Stru- ma under fire. Having gained foot ing on the eastern bank at a point northeast of Saloniki, they attacked the villages of Nevolyan and Karaja- beg.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11
BORDER TROOPS VOTING.

Laredo, Tex, Sept. 11-Members of the Second Maine, regiment of Ma tional Guardsmens doing duty along the Mexican border today voted in the elections held in their state.
 The privilege of franchise was ac- corded under a law passed by the state of Maine during the Civil War, authorizing soldiers in the field to vote. The ballots will be sealed and forwarded to the Secretary of State of Maine. Election supervisors consisted of three ranking officers of the regi- ment.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11
THE WEATHER.

New Haven. Sept. 11-Forecast: Fair tonight and Tuesday, slightly warmer Tuesday.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11
DRIVE AGAINST GINCHY

London, Sept. 1.-Two efforts were made yesterday by the Germans to recapture Ginchy, on the Somme front, from the British, but it is announced officially, the attacks were beaten off.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11
MEDIATORS PLAN
 NEW METHOD OF GUARDING BORDER
Gen. Bliss Aids Conferes With Information on
 Mexico Situation.

New London, Conn.,, Sept. 11-The joint commission resumed today it's efforts to find a solution for the problems affecting the boundary. This was the third joint discussion by the six com missioners. Luis Cabrera, chairman of the Mexican representatives, pre- sided
 Since their meeting, three days ago. the American members of the com mission have devoted much time to a study of the. government reports on the various phases of the border prob lem. They entered the meeting today prepared to go into a detailed exam nation of the various plans for bor- der patrol that have been. suggested.
 They are counting also on the per- sonal knowledge of the information which Maj. General Tasker H. Bliss will be able to supply on his arrival from Washington.
 Before the meeting began Secretary Lane expressed confidence that a con- structive plan of action would soon take definite shape. So far there has been nothing done except to form a general idea of the Mexican request that General Pershing's forces be with drawn from Mexico. The basis of the plans for policing the line that has been talked over. however is the re- turn of the American troops to their own territory. insuring that movement as the first step toward establishing a permanent system of protection against border bandits.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11

A Chicago Board of Trade member ship was sold for $5.650. the highest on record.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11
VILLA NOT YET IN SIGHT.

Washington. Sept. 11-All efforts of General Pershing to confirm persist ent rumors that Villa is moving toward the border in northern Mex ico so far have been fruitless. The general made this report today to the war department:
 Reports regarding Villas move ments north have been continuously received through Fl Paso authori- ties. So far these reports cannot be confirmed here, although every possi- ble source of information is being used. Patrols at San Lorenzo from Fl Valle reached Santa Clara canyon and about 30 miles on Chihuahua road. but could hear nothing of Villa or any movement of Villistas. People had heard rumors of Vil1istas at Sa- revo but nothing of any action north of there.">
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-11
WARREN|TE ROW IN BOSTON
 CONFIRMS STAND OF FARMER AGAINST LOCAL PAVING GRAB.

Finance Commissions Con sulting Engineer Discusses at Length the Merits of the Warren Bros. Co.'s Claims to High Prices For Their Products and Gives Actual Cost of Their Much Mooted Patented Pavement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23
100000 for the Right One

be the one original Barley. He says
he distinctly remembers abandoning
his property and the expression he
used at the time. But the younger of
the two disputes this statement.
He says that he is the real Barney's
son, and that his father is dead.
Both Barneys have good proof of
their identity, but each refuses to
acknowledge the other.
If only the elder Indian would re-
mark, wait a minute; do you happen
to have three little freckles on your
left elbow" and the younger would
reply, "Why, yes; how did you
guess?" then the elder could ex-
plain, Because | am your father!'
and they could go off arm in arm
he bank and each draw $l,0OO,0OO.
it would save such a lot of trouble
Congress-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-23

OUR wealthiest Indians are oil
men, and to-day the l60-acre
tract in Oklahoma that was
allotted to one Barney Thlocco of
the Creek Nation is worth $4,000
600. But where is Barney? Who
is he?
Some years ago, when the land
was allotted, its new owner looked
it over, saw that it was exceedingly
rocky and impossible to farm, and de-
parted, after making just one cryptic
observations: Damn
After time prospecting oil
company came that way and struck
oil on the absent Barney's property.
The company proceeded to sink
shafts and market the oil; but the
government was on hand to see
his rightful percentage was banked
the owner. Some days Barney's prop