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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-04
MINE PEOPLES
 PRAISE WILL SON FOREIGN POLICY
 
European Born in Coal Re- gions Strongly Favor
 President

New York, Nov. 4.-"President Will sons foreign policy more than ever is inspiring the foreign born peoples of the coal regions of Pennsylvania to loyalty to the American Government, y yesterday declared c. M. Bergstresser one of the founders of the Wall street Journal and a lifelong Republican.
 MT. Bergstresser has just returned from an automobile tour of the an- thracite regions, where he came into personal contact with thousands of the miners and preached to them the doc- Urine of democracy and progress, as expounded by President Wilson. For the first time in his life, MT. Berg stresser is aligned with the Demo- cratic party-in the present campaign, because of his belief that President Wilson is the one leader who is work ing for. all of the people all of the time, and opposing the self-seeking machin- ations of the special interests. He continued:
 1T find that the men of the coal regions are particularly grateful to President Wilson for keeping this country out of. war, because, had he lieved that civil war in this country must have followed through racial an- tipathies. Nearly every nation of Eu- rope is represented in the anthracite coal regions, and, had this country entered into war, the passions Of these men undoubtedly would have been unloosed. Only by the calm, firm, neutral policy of the President have they been held in check.
 Everywhere in the anthracite re- gions, I found Wilson leaders optimis- tic. They report a large independent following for the President, not only because of his peace policy, but be- cause of the enactment of the eight hour law, and his generally construc- tive legislation for the benefit of all the people. I found many old line Republicans there, who, fearing the war talk of Roosevelt, are leaning to Wilson as a safer proposition than Hughes, with Roosevelt and the big stick behind him. Roosevelt's speech es have left a bad impression in the coal regions.
 Members of the State Democratic Committee inform me that the drift to Wilson in the cities of Pennsylvania is very great They fear, however, that the Democratic vote will not be counted as cast, because the control of the count is in the hands of the Re- publican machine. Meetings of the committee are being held now to de- termine how best to preserve the in tegrity of the ballot in Pennsylvania"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-04

measures applied as penalties shall guarantee to each people the exer- else of it's legitimate activities with out permitting the existence of any aggressive organization for economic conquest.
 Justice requires that the future peace treaty shall provide penalties against the responsible authors of war and punishment to those who wage war in defiance of the law of na- ttons; that states who are aggressors Shall make reparation {proportionate to the enormous damage done; and finally, a system of guarantees which, without infringing the principles enounced above and, notably without having recourse to rorcible annexa- ton, shall safeguard the world against further aggression"
 Finally, the congress, taking note of declarations made by entente statesmen, expresses hope that to give the world an earnest of their de-. signs the allied governments will de- eide to submit all their eventual con- flicts to arbitration and form a fed eration among themselves as the first outline of a future society of nations. welcoming the adhesion of all states. small and great, who remained out side the struggle and who would bind themselves to the conditions of the pact and guarantee the rights of each by the forces of all.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-04
CHILD AT PLAY
 SETS FIRE THAT
 IS FATAL TO }
Mother and Children Trap ped By Flames In
 Tenement.

New York, Nov. 4--In a fire which swept quickly through the six-story brick tenenient at 358 Cherry street early last night, mother and her two small children, trapped in their apartme- on the fourth floor, were burned to death. Fifteen families, in- cluding many children, fled through the smoke-flled halls, escaping the flames by narrow margin.
 The dead are Mrs. Rose Gelb, 25 years old, and her two children, Anna, four years, and Abraham, six months.
 It was about 530 when a group of children in the street set up a cry of fire as smoke began to come from the hallway on the ground floor. Just be- fore the alarm a number of children had been seen running in and out of the hall to gather about several bon fires in the street
 Child's Play Probable Cause
 The police believe that part of a flaming paper torch lighted from a gas jet in the rear ground floor hail. way, by the playing children caused the blaze. The torch had been used to start bonfires in the street.
 About the time the alarm was given Dr. Peter Amsher, a veterinary sur- geon with an office in the neighbor- hood, happened to be passing. He ran into the building and began pounding on the doors on his way upstairs. He helped many families with children to mak their escape.
 On the fourth floor Dr. Amsher found two women and several children running frantically back and forth. He told them to follow him, leading the way to the fire-escape in the rear. On reaching the street the doctor noticed that only one woman and a child had come with him. It is be- lieved Mrs. Gelb and her babies were those left behind, that she ran back to get some valuables and, returning, found her escape cut off. She was found with baby Abraham clasped in her arms when the firemen half an hour later searched the building.
 Flames Follow Stairway.
 The flames, which first attacked the stairs on the ground floor, worked rapidly up through the halls, mush- rooming on the three upper floors and spreading to the loft next door. In the rush through the halls at the first cry of fire, Rosie Loeffler, five years old, stopped long enough to pick up year-old baby who was crying on the stairs. Rosie got the baby safely to the street and turned the infant oyer to a frantic mother.
 A few. minutes after the firemen had taken the bodies of Mrs. Gelb and her children to the Madison Street Police Station the womans husband, Max, a truckman, returned home. When he learned that his wife and babies were dead he collapsed.
 The damage by fire to the tenement and adjoining loft building is esti- mated at S10,O00.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-04
79c a pair These are in black or white and are perfect goods.
The Sn1ith-MurrayCO.

derw hich laborersj can strike when they want to, where they are not ob- liged to labor whether you pay them or not! I like the system which lets a man quit when he wants to, and wish it might prevail everywhere"
 Volume 2, Page 105, in President Lincoln's annual message to Congress of December 8, 1861:
 Labor is prior to, and Independent of capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have exist ed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital and deserves much the higher consideration"
 >(This same paragraph occurs in reply dated March 31, 1864, by Presi- dent Lincoln to a committee from the Workingman's Association of New York. See P. 502, Vol. IT.
 Mr. Wilson, the Democratic party, and the present administration by the enactment of the railroad eight-hour law, the child labor law, the rural credits law, the government shipping law, the workman's compensation law and the good roads law have shown by acts and deeds that they have followed the principles laid down by the great emancipator, Abraham Lincoln, and that during the past four years we have had a government by them in accordance with the principles set forth in MT. Lincoln's immortal Gettysburgh speech of November 19, 1863, namely, a government of the people, by the people and for the people.
 MALCOLM R. McADOO.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-04
AMERICAN EXPORTERS FAVOR
 NAVAL MAIL LINES AND AN
 ADEQUATE MERCHANT MARINE.
American Manufacturers Export Association and the Ex port and Import Merchants of Country Aid in elect ing Wilson, the Great Common Welfare Problem of Peo pie Will Be Solved Says Authority.
(By James L. Cowles President of World Postal League

little later, our National admins trat1on secured the passage of a bill through the House of Representatives appropriating $25,O00,OOO for the naval mail line project and in the winter of 1915 the time arrived when it's endorsement by the Senate would have inaugurated an American mail line service with a million tons of the finest ships of the International Mercantile Marine Company then in the hands of receivers) at a cost of only $25 ton
 Verify, what an opportunity this offered to Messrs Weeks and Lodge to share in carrying their naval mail line project into execution. Instead of following this course, they began filibuster (Mr Hornblower, MT. Weeks old banking partner, was, at the time, I believe, one of the coun- sel of the International Mercantile Marine Company that eventually killed this bill and defeated the gov ernment in it's efforts to place our exporters and importers on an equal ity with all the world as to transport rights and transport privileges, and to inaugurate a Pan-American sys- tenn of naval mail lines that might have put an end forever to interna- tional wars and have given us a United States of the world bound to- gether in the exchange of kindly ser vice.
 If the American Manufacturers Export Association and their friends, exporters and importers, will join on the 7th of November in the re-e1ec- tion of President Wilson, the Con- gressional Commission which is to take up the consideration of our busi- ness of public transportation and transmission, national and interna- tional, on the 20th of November, will decide this great problem, as our common welfare demands
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-04
Rhody Wallace, Old Time St. Louis Star,
 Over 40 Years Old

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 itoderickJ. Wallace, long one of the greatest shortstops in the game, pass es his forty-second milestone to-day, as he was born Nov. 4. 1874. He Is 3 few months younger than Honus Wagner, but older than Napoleon La joie. and he broke into the big show before either of those ancients
 I. was in 1895 that the Skinny Scot first displayed his wares in the main works of balldom. Bobby's first uni- form had Cleveland emblazoned on It's buzzum, the Ohio metropolis then being represented in the National League. Among his playmates in Cleveland were "Cy" Young, who was then really young; Griffith. Burkett, the Tebeau brothers, McAleer. Socka- lexis, and other players of wide fame
 Wallace was with the St. Louis Browns from the time the Milwaukee American League franchise was trans ferred to the Mound City in 1902 up till last year. when he secured his re- lease in order that he might accept a job as umpire in Ban Johnson's lea que. Bobby played a return engage n1ent in the Missouri metropolis last summer, when he resigned his berth as reserve umpire and Joined the Fielder Jones outfit to take the place temporarily of Ernie Johnson, who had strained his shoulder.
 While Wallace is through as a p1av- CT in the big brush, he has a lot Of baseball wisdom in his nodd1e that ought to make him a valuable man. ager. Team work designed to achieve one run run at time is the Scotch mans idea of playing ball. The whole effort of a club should be to pound away at the weakest spot in the enemy's arrnor and this is usually the pitcher. Wallace has always been a believer in the great value of study ing the weaknesses of the players of opposing clubs. During his long ex- perience in the major circuits he has developed his knowledge of the men, )ta1 workings of enemy players to an a1- most uncanny point,
 To get across at least one fun in the first inning is about half the battle, in Bobby's opinion. A tWnFieF who has seen & man cross the plate in the first inning is likely to have lot of the confidence ooze out of him, aoeaFding to Bobby's diagnosis. And although there are exceptions te the yuie- pitchers whom nothing can fase-the close observer of ball games knows
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-04
LINCOLN ON LABOR
the Editor of the Farmer:

To the Editor of the Farmer:
 The President, both in respect to his policy of not entering into a war with Mexico and the railroad eight hour law, is being bitterly assailed by Candidate Hughes, the Republican party and the interest now dominat- ing it and it's candidate, and by req son of such is placed on the defen- sive. I suggest that you quote MT. Lincoln on labor in his speeches, let ters and addresses both before and after becoming President. MT. Hughes, ostentatiously visited the tomb of MT. Lincoln, the martyred President, a few days ago, but has not yet quoted him on this subject, nor will he quote him because he and his party have departed entirely from the principles of Abraham Lin- coin, the great founder of the Re- publican party.
 Until 1915 there were no pub1ica- tions giving the complete speeches, state papers, letters, etc., of Abraham Lincoln, and the Republican party was exceedingly fond of quoting speeches and letters alleged to have been made or written by him. We fortunately now have in two volumes published in 1915 by the New York Century Company Abraham Lincoln's S complete works containing his speeches, letters and state papers, edited by John G. Nicolay, Lincoln's Secretary, and John May, and copy righted by these gentlemen by auth ority given to them by MT. Robert T. Lincoln. Among these speeches, let ters and writings I find the following on labor, which I am sure if you will publish will be of interest to your readers:
 ''In the early days of our race the Almighty said to the first of our race, Tn the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread and since then, if we except the light and the air of heaven, no good has been or can be enjoyed by us without having first cost labor, And inasmuch as most good things are produced by labor, it follows that all such things of right belong to those whose labor has pro- duced them. But it has so happen ed, in all ages of the world, that some labored, and others have without labor enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits. This is wrong, and should not continue. To secure to each ldUOTeI tue WHOlo pIOOuCl OI HIS labor, or as nearly as possible, is worthy object of any good govern ment"
 Volume 1, page 615, in speech de- livered by Abraham Lincoln at Hart ford, Conn.,, March 5, 1860:
 "Mr. Lincoln then took up the Mas sachusetts shoemakers' strike, treat ing it in a humorous and philosophi- cal manner, and exposed to ridicule the foolish pretense of Senator Douglas, that the strike arose from this unfortunate sectional warfare MT. Lincoln thanked God that we have a system of labor where there can be a strike. Whatever the pres sure, there is point where the work man may stop"
 Volume 1, Page 625, in a speech delivered by Abraham Lincoln at New Haven, Conn.,, March 6, 1860:
 Another specimen of this bush shoe strike. Now be it understood that I de not pretend to know all about this matter I am merely going to speculate a little about some of it's phases, and at the outset I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails in New England un-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-04
CALIFORNIA; BIG.
 PROGRESSIVE HEAD PREDICTS WILSON

New York, Nov. 4.-Rudolph Spreckels, of San Francisco, lead ing Progressive who financed the San Francisco Graft prosecution, sent the following telegram to Chairman Me- Cormick of the Democratic National Committee to-day:
 "The Progressive party's destruc- tion by it's selfseeking leaders will strengthen the sincere and unselhsh voters of that party in their deter imitation to destroy the power of privilege, represented by the present management of the Republican party, by supporting President Will son. Progressive Republicans who joined the Progressive party in 1912 must realize that they cannot advance
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-04
FRANCE THANKS
 AMERICANS FOR
 MERCY SERVICES
Carroll Riggs and Owen Ke- nan Are Mentioned
 In War Report.

Paris, Nov. 4-Drivers of the American Field Ambulances continue to receive citations and letters of ap- preciation for their work. Chief Sur geon Guiba1 of a division operating at Verdun writes:
 'sAt the moment when an unexpect- ed order of departure deprives the 129th Division of American Sanitary Section No. 3, the Divisional Surgeon desires to express to all its members his deepest thanks.
 ''Since Apri1e 25, 1916, the section has followed the Division to the vari- ous points on the front where it has been in action, at Lay St. Christophe, in the dangerous sector of Thiaumont at Verdun, and at Bois-le- Petre.
 ''The American volunteers have everywhere shown an unforgettab1e example of devotion.
 ''They carry away with them the gratitude of our wounded, the ad- miration of all those who have seen them at work and the regrets caused by their departure.
 ''They leave behind them an ex- ample which it will be sufficient to recall when in another Verdun their successors will be called upon to show the courage and self-abnegation so necessary in the accomplishment of their mission
 General Blondin, commanding an- other division at Verdun, wrote on September 25 to Sub-Lieutenant Rodocanachi, of American Section No. 2:
 T wish to express to you my con- gratulations for the unwearied activ- ity, the devotion and the fearless con- tempt of danger shown by the drivers of American Sanitary Section No. g. under your command since their ar rival at the Division and particularly in the course of the days and nights from September Is to 20.
 ''The American drivers have shown themselves worthy sons of the great and generous nation for the eman- cipation of which our ancestors shed their blood.
 ''I cite to the order of the Division Drivers Carroll Riggs and Owen Ken an, and would ask you to kindly transmit to all your drivers my con- gratulations and thanks
 "(Signed) BLONDIN."
 General Blondin also mentions Riggs and Kenan in general orders for their courage and devotion. Car roll Riggs is from Washington, D. C., and graduate of Yale university Owen Kenan is from Kenansville, N. C., and was graduated from the Uni- versity of North Carolina.
 Stanley Dell of Princeton, N, J., and of Princeton university, has been cited in orders for his coolness, ener- gy and disregard of danger as an automobile ambulance driver in Sec ton No. 4, attached to Division GA, and especially for having brought, at a great personal risk, a non-commis- stoned officer to a surgical dressing station whose injuries were So bad that, had he not had immediate at tention, he would have died.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-04

At their Annual Meeting at the Biltmore yesterday the American Manufacturers Export Association declared that:
 'An adequate American Merchant Marine is necessary adjunct to the substantial expansion of our foreign trade and indispensable for the man. ming and operation of our naval ves- sells during armed conflicts"
 In 1909, realizing the need of system of international postal trans ports to meet the growing demands of our international commerce, ex- ports and imports I strove to bring about a meeting tf the leading men and women of the world at Berne, Switzerland, the home of the Inter national Postal Union, on the 4th of July, 1910, to consider the project but the prevailing American creed, America sufficient for herself, blocked the scheme.
 With the completion of the Pana- ma Canal, however, it became evident that something must be done in this direction and I therefore hailed with delight the passage of a resolution through the United State Senate in April 1914, under the leadership of Senators Weeks and Lodge of Mas Sachusetts, asking the Secretary of the Navy for information as to naval cruisers and transports that might be used in the inauguration of a sys- tenn of naval mail lines for the trans port of mail natter passengers and general freight between the United States and South America. Secretary -.~T- IL osition, but his report disclosing the fact that we had no vessels in the navy that could be successfully adapt ed to such a splendid service led the senate to drop its further considera- ton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-04
OLD FOLKS NEED ''CASCARETS" FOR
 LIVER, BOWELS
Salts, calomel, pills act on bow els like pepper acts in
 NOStrils.
Enjoy life! Don't stay bilious, sick, headachy and
 constipated.
Get a 1o-cent box now,

Most old people must give to the bowels some regular help, else they suffer from constipation. The condi- ton is perfectly natural. It is just as natural as it is for old people to walk slowly. For age is never Sc ac- tive as youth. The muscles are less elastic. And the bowels are muscles
 So all old people need Cascarets, one might as well refuse to aid weak eyes with glasses as to neglect this gentle aid to weak bowels, The bow els must be kept active, This is inn Portant at all ages, but never SC much as at fifty,
 . Age is not time for harsh physics. Youth may occasionally whip the bowels into activity. But 8 lash can't be used every day. What the bow els of the old need is gentle and natural tonic. One that can be con- stantly used without harm. The en1v such tonic is Casearets, and they cost only 10 cents per box at any drug store. They work while you sleep.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-04

Bridgeport people will be interest ed to learn of the new distinction, won by the automobiles built in this city by the Locomobile Company of Amer ica. The company has just been mo- tified by the International Jury of Awards of the Panama-Pacific Ex- position that it has been awarded the Gold Medal and diploma of the Ex- position. These honors were confer red upon the company for it's exhibi- tion of Bridgeport-buil motor cars.
 The Locomobile Company introduc-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-04
British and French
 Mail to U. $. Held Up

New York, Nov. 4.-No mail from England or France had been delivered here this week owing to the action of the British postal authorities in plac- ing the mail on the Cunard line steam CT Carpathia, one of the slowest steam ships on the Atlantic passenger ser- vice. The Carpathia left Liverpool Oc- tober 25 and is due here today. The last mail to arrive came on the White Star liner Celtic week ago today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-04

ed to America the European practice of custom coach design and Nbuild- ing. This innovation has made it pos sible for owners to have built to their order, bodies in which are incorpor- ated the special features in which they are interested. The award of the Gold Medal of the Exposition is an authoritative commendation of the ex- cellence, individuality and distinction of the automobile built in Bridgeport by the Locomobile Company of America
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-04
ADVENTISTS SPEND MILLIONS.

headquarters of the Seventh Dad Ad- ventists at Tacoma Park, a suburb, announced today that in the last year the church had spent $5,066,000 for medical and educational institutions and church buildings, $3,045,000 for evangelical purposes and $2,174,00O for gospel literature. The 17,438 new members received set a record for growth of the denomination, 174 new congregations were organized, making the total of 3,876 churches.
 Captain Aired W. Bjornstad, U. s. A., has been assigned as professor of military science at Harvard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-04
AERO RAID KILLS TWO.

Rome. Nov. 4-Three Austrian air. ships have dropped bombs on the town of Vieste in the province Of Foggia, on the Adriatic, killing two civilians and wounding four others but causing no material damage. says an official announcement today.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-04

that Bobby speaks truth in this par ticular. It is just human nature that a reverse at the very beginning of any endeavor affects us a lot worse than one that comes later in the game. af- ter few successes have been scored
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-04

their principles by voting for the candidate of the reactionary con trolled Republican convention. I pre- dict an overwhelming victory for President Wilson on November 7''