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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10
SUPERINTENDENT BIRMINGHAM

HE A YEARS well nigh perfect service which Sup 1 Eugene Birmingham rendered to the police depart fnent is the have Carlyle sad All that leaves behind him is his work Supt Birmingham leaves more fhaIait3is the fortune of most to do
 During the at the head of the police department it's reputation without beish Bridgeport sngularly free from crime. Here no shelter for crooks. Th Birmingham sngularly hunane diplomatic and tender He sought much to punish to prevent it. No accused suffered because Birmingham wished to make If there doubt Birmingham and the first to demand that the doubt should have it's proper weight
 To young distress, and to those who guilty friend, considerate of desirous protecting the future of youth criticism there bemish whatever his reputation policeman.
 came administrations went with their by common valuable and too well loved man And this until within two three years recently politicians power cast envous eyes upon place intrigued to set him outside.
 Sup Birmingham far too strong t6 be victim poters refused eajoed threatened into retire
 harness until the end, doing good work twelve, Saturday. He died suddenly 10 minutes past 12 of the day
 declining disturbed the ntri-
 ng post whole endured the attacks upon knowing that Bridgeport would per him to be svronged
 heuprefefred to die the harness doing his duty faithfully widely mourned, especially by whose he whose interests his that him they had not only chie strong impartial, but friend eonsiderate and knd
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10
BRASS COMPANY
 GETS I2 MORE ACRES ON RIVER
Waterbury Industrial Firm Now Has Large Holdings
 At Stratford.
Especial to The Farnder.)

Stratford, April 10-Additional pur- chases to the already large holdings of the American Brass Go. of Water bury were consummated today when that company acquired from Mrs. Martha Beardsley of New Haven, the last 12 acres of the tract of land be- tween Washington bridge and the railroad bridge. The deed, which was placed on record today contains SIP worth of stamps. The purchase price is believed to be $12,O00. The com pany has now in it's possession 50 acres of waterfront property. It is the intention of the concern to build docks so that coal may be removed from the barges and placed in coal pits to await the shipping of it to the factory in Waterbury.
 Jonathan Godfrey, state tuberculosis commissioner, will be the speaker at the monthly meeting of the Mems club of the Congregat1ona1l church this evening. The meeting will be held at the parish house. His subject will be ''Tuib erculosis.' MT. Godfrey is widely known as 8 student of this 1 subject Luncheon will be serv- ed.
 Friends of MT. and Mrs. Leo W. Dumas of East Broadway. will be grieved to learn of the death of their infant son, Charles who died Satur- day, following brief illness with pneu- monia. The funeral was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Burial was | in St. Nichaels cemetery.
 John F. Peace, of Nichols avenue, a machinist employed atr the Singer I Manufacturing Co, who drank lysol mistaking it for a4Ubott1e of medicine. Saturday afternoon, is recovering at his summer home, Electric avenue, l Walnut Beach. The poison liquid l burned his throat.
 The bottle of 1ysol was placed near l the medicine in the kitchen. It was getting dark and MT. Peace took ! what he thought was the right bot tie. Emetics were at once admins tered by the family and Dr. w. J. H | Fischer of Milford, was summoned.
 The whist and pinoch1e to be given
 by the Evening Star Sewing circle this i evening will be held on the second t;f1oor of the town hall instead of the i Odd Fellows hall, as was first an 4 nounced
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10
MILWAUKEE's FOUNDER.

The first white settler in Milwaukee was Frenchman, Laurent Solomon Juneau, who was inaugurated the first mayor of the Wisconsin metropolis 70 years ago today, April 10, 1846. Mill waukees will celebrate it's centenary two years hence, as it was in ISIS that Juneau established an Indian trading post on the site of the old Indian village of MiIwarcks The set tIement was plated and named Mil waukee by Juneau and Martin in 1885, the first sale of lots taking place in August of that year. In 1888 the population had risen to 700, and in 1s46, when Juneau took the oath of office as Mi1waukee's first mayor, the population was about il 900. Within four years it was a city of 10000, and in 1860, when thousands of German exiles had established themselves in thee iity founded by a Frenchman, the population was 45,246. Since then Milwaukee has grown rapidly, and the population, largely eutonic in descent, is now about 425, 1000. When Milwaukee was incorporated as a city three score and ten years ago Chicago was a place of about the same size. and the two towns were connected only by a wagon road.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10
ozANAM CLUB NOTES.

3 The G1ee club members will meet this evening in the Secred Heart school. This branch is gaining in in terest among the boys, many new members appearing at each meeting.
 The regular monthly meeting of the club will take place at 8 o'clock Tues day evening. Many, important issues will be brought up, the most import ant, the revision of the constitution and bylaws. The, e,committees~have re- ports to make. That of the athletic committee will interest the boys at this time.
 The members of the club taking part in the operetta that will be given at the Park theatre the early part of May. are requested to- meet Thursday night in the school.
 4 Hugh Dewitt, who has had great success in promoting pool tourna- ments. has promised something big for the boys next week.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10
ADMIRAL FLETCHER.

Henry Prather Fletcher, who re- tired last month as American Ambas- sador to Chile in order to assume the duties of the Mexican embassy, was born in Green Castle, Pa, 43 years ago today, April 10, 1873. MT. Fletcher has represented the United States at Santiago, the capital of the Tong republic" since December, 1909. He was originally appointed minister, but when the United States entered into an agreement with Chile and Ar gentina to raise their diplomatic rep resentatives to anbassadorial rank, N1r.N Fletcher became the head of an embassy, with a consequent increase in salary of from $12.o00 to $17, ,5O0- His departure from Chile was the oc- casion of much regret, and the leading newspapers of the country paid glow ing tributes to his efforts toward in huencing the development of the Pan American spirit.
 The relations between the United States and Chile are now on a per- fect1y friendly basis for the first time
 in many years, and the retiring am
 bassador is entitled to much of the credit for bringing about this amica-
 able understanding. MT. Fletcher is a lawyer by profession. At,the outbreak
 of the Spanish American war he en- listed in Rooseve1t's Rough Riders, and afterwards served with the volun- teer infantry in the Philippines, He began his diplomatic career in 1902 as second, secretary to the American l legation to Cuba. The following year he went to China. ina similar capacity; and in 1905 he was transferred to Lis bon. He returned to Picking in 1907
 as first secretary of legation. and for some time was charge d'affaires. He
 was appointed Chilean minister in l 1909.
 The old hostility of the Chi1eans toward the United States, which had l it's origin in the trenches of a quarter l of a century ago, is now practically l forgotten During the Chilean revolu- l jtion of 1891 the United States cruiser
 Baltimore visited Valparaiso, and a party of sailors on shore leave became
 involved in a. riot with the Chileans
 In the melee several of the tars were
 wounded, and two of them died, while l 36 were arrested by the authorities l There had already been some .ill-feel- I ing between the two governments, and \ this brawl brought the issue to the l verge of war. In the end, however Chile paid an indemnity. The memory l of this affair has never been a pleas ant one to the proud Chileans, and the
 wound has been very slow in healing
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10
BARON VON TREUTLER.

Baron Carl George won Treutler, one of the cIoest of the diplomatic advisers of the Kaiser, is 5S years old today. He has usually accompanied the Emperor on his trips to the bat tie fronts. Some months ago it was rurnored that Baron von Treutler would be sent to Washington to take the place of Count von Bernstorn as German ambassador to the United States. Won Treutler is a native. of Si- Iesia, and is a, scion of an old family of the 1andho1ding. aristocracy. He entered the army in 1878, and in 1885 was admitted to the bar.< He con some time was an officer in a, regi-
 raent commanded by the present Elm
 peror. It was then that the friendship
 commenced which has made von
 TreutIer one of the closest of the Kaiser's associates. Tn 1892 the young
 officer was sent to Brussels as naili- tary attache. Soon afterward he de-
 cided upon a diplomatic career. and,
 leaving the army, entered the foreign
 office. His first post was as charge d'affaires at Copenhagen. Later he was secretary of legation at Tokio, and
 afterward served in similar ca- pacity at Berne. In 1900 he was ap- pointed German minister to Brazil,
 and remained in Rio de Janeiro for seven years. His next post was as minister to Norway, and in 1910 he returned to Tokio as German ambas- sador m 1912 he was appointed Prussian minister to Bavaria, a post he has continued to hold since the war On several occasions Baron von
 Trelltler has been mentioned as the
 probable successor of Chancellor Beth mann -Hollwag. Won Treutler accom- panied the Grown Prince on his visit S3io i nd is T-1147 was responsible for the abrupt ending of the junket because of his belief that the Crown Prince was talking too much.'s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10
ANOTHER NEW HAVEN WRECK

eTN HE QUICKEST WAY to get service Haven
 and safety it's passenger trains, ationalize lines Constitutional disease has beyond the of enterprise indeed suffering patient Ultimately business England get naionaze all the railroad When these lines taken by govern will be service good as the post gives swift safe and open to a terms. England enough drawbacks including distance from materials continually suffering broken private man of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10

voters If they interested enough to to the polls and will beaten. If the stay at home the bends will win.
 It is probably to repeat that Mayor Wilson the city rate, if he permitted to issue permitted to do and the tax gone up to mills this imposed upon largely valuations Taxpayers have been obliged and such of them rent dwellings have charged More bonds taxes mean have learned it by this ime.t
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10
THE BONDING ELECTION

e-E~H HE BONDING ELECTION will held Saturday Every
 citizen should cast his ballot, provided he has subject Behind political office in Bridgeport It wants the money, and badly Political machines travel best when they funds and machine s determined go
 The citizens may be that every the conroA those who business with it. those hold places it will asked to it. but will and the bonds of large vote Of this kind; machine vote to sput them over.
 citizens honestly bonds purposes will
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10

Prof. Harry de Forest Smith of Ann herst college was elected president of the Classical Association of New Eng land at the annual meeting at Provi- dence. R. l. 4
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10
BRIEF NEWS NOTES.

All classes of the British people have expressed their approval of the new budget. which makes the. annual rev- enue twice what it was before the war.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10
STREET RAILWAY TAX UPHELD

Washington, April 1O@The supreme court today dismissed the appeal of the St. Louis Street Railway lines from the decision of the Missouri courts, which upheld the ordinance by which the city of St. Louis collects a tax of one mill on each street railway passen- ger The city will realize about $3,- 900, 900 fn back taxes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10

vernon G. Green of shearness. a Quaker, who claims to be a descendant of William Penn, was refused 5exemp7 ton from military service in the Brit ish army.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10

i Bringing a record number of passen- gers, 1,878. the Italian liner Giuseppe Verdi arrived at New York from Italy. She carried two rapid fire guns at the stern.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10

Carrying 500 officers and men from Atlantic coast artillery posts. the army Fitzpatrick sailed for the Panama canal from the Brooklyn Navy yard.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10

Carranza authorities at Casas Gran des have seized all stocks of corn held by merchants there for sale to the American forces
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10

One hundred workmen of the Uni- ted States Light & Heating Co, at Mi agara Falls, N. Y, went on strike for more pay. The company is making shrapnel fer the allies.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10

Five hundred shellmakers of the Westinghouse Electric & Manufactur- ing Go. at Pittsburgh went on strike for increased pay.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10
Small Silver. Novelties
that will serve for prizes or Easter Remembrances

candesticks Queen Anne models, for desk dressing
 table, 65 cts and $41o Small Candlestics for use in sealing letters, 25 cts Electric Candlestcs equipped ready for attaching ~ $25O Tall Fud vases 75 cts, $1.OOand $1. %
 65 cts Individual Casters, 3 insets, $2OO Relish Dishes insets, $zOO
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10
New English Porcelain.

Several charming reproductions of anti have recently come in, among them: Old Blue Lowestoft border very white smooth
 paste, border narrow and delicately lined Ming Pattern, quaintly lowered with fat
 jugs, and bowls that are a temptation to the china lover,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10
LOOK! LOOK!

We have just the bicycles you want i'll our assortment of wheels.
 Prices $22.5 to $25. .OO
 They are easy running, easy to keep. clean and no complicated parts to get out of order.
 Theysare dependable too absolutely so.
 Large line of assesories for the wheel.
 Guaranteed tires. United States, Goodyear and Good rich.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10

armer Want Ads. one Cent word.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10
Children's Easter FIandkerchiefs

Little corner designs colors that will be pleasing to little folk:
 Butterflies | Boughs
 Lassies -S
 Sunbonnet Maids cts
 Donkeys
 Rabbits and Chickens a Dainty all white Handkerchefs with embroidery tiny Armenian edges, 70 cts Fancy Rox with T4a1ldkerhciefs 25 35 and 50 cts hoOr
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-04-10
Three Dinner Sets offered at Reductions to make room for new patterns

Pink floral pattern with gold rims, design
 appropriated from Haviland and very
 dainty Gold and black border, very effective and
 quite classic. It looks like a very expen-
 sive set, and is in fact 8 reproduction, Pink Garland design, a graceful festoon bor-
 der, always in style, always attractive, housewife whose china closets are depleted
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
Handy With Gun.

Last Friday evening about five
ed that might have caused consider
able trouble. D. S. TapscOtt had been
to the Badham Coal Office for a load
of coal and as they were out Mr..
Badham told him to go get a bucket
and pick up some at the scale house.
AS he was STOPPING over getting his
coal stray bullet passed his way
and broke quite a hole in the east
window of the r. G. Gray blacksmith
shop. Mr.. Gray was working at his
spoke machine and the broken glass
showered around him. His son Evan
was working at a bench nearlv in
front of the window, but fortunately
neither was hit. On looking over the
situation afterward and getting q
line on where Mr.. TapscOtt was, II
he had been standing up. it would
have hit and possibly injured him
severely.
We have heard several stories OF
story is that some boys were shoot.
ing with a rifle and the bullet went
wild, as shooting had been heard at
different times during the afternoon.
Considerable complaint has been
made about boys shooting In the
south end of town and along the rail-
road track. We hardly think this
shot was fired Intentionally, but the
practice of the boys shooting in town
should be discouraged or stopped be.
fore someone gets hurt.-Lamon1
Chronicle.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
1916 CROP LIGHT BUT VALUE
GREAT
Worth $213,OOO,GOO More Than Av.
erage of Last 10 Years,
Saws Chappel,

The value of Iowa's staple crops
this year is the greatest in the his
tory of the state, according. to the
crop report of the Iowa weather and
cron service issued Dec. 18th by Sec
ton Director Chapel.
The estimated value Is .$597 ,lt5,-
SIS, which is $2l3,s3G351 greater
than the average of the last ten years
and $1SS,S9S,770 greater than the
value of the 1915 crop. The report
does not take into consideration
livestock, poultry or dairy, products.
On account of lack of rain in June,
July and August the average and to-
tai yields were not so great as IN
''Corn-Cool weather during May
and June retarded the early growth
of corn, but this was balanced by
the excessive heat in July and
August. The lack Of moisture dur
ing the early period resulted in IN
many barren stalks M;+ and 1mpe ndec}1 !,
amount of rainfall during JUL =
August the yield would have - i
five to ten bushels more per acre.
The weather during October. and
November was exceptionally favor
able for drying out and gathering
the +S crop S 80 per 6 cent Of Wf ha
planted Id ate ' tsis year r. was s,$1s,5oo
acres, and the average yield was
35.3 bushels per acre, making the
total yield 346,l93,2OO bushels.
The average price at the nearest
station on Dec. l was 81 cents, and
the total value, $2S0,416,500.
"Oats-The o estimated 8 ma ed area III ha r.
yield, 81 bushels; total weld, 1884,.
I31,v0O bushels; aggregate value at
49 cents per bushei, $50 ,224,l.v
Spring Wheat-Area harvested
142,990 acres; average yield II;
bushels per acre; total yield, 1921
2Sy bushels; PRICE oi ger q, bushel
si;"S Winter ter W6eat,The heavy slice.
and ice storm in February corious-
Nv damaged winter wheat and com
pletely ruined many. fields. result,
ing in a great loss Of acreage. The
area harvested was 44S,945; aver.
age yield per acre, l1.5 bushels;
total yield, 7s5s,9oo b bush e| eyer Eyer
s nsfue prs;cfG2 , 2i ii9S per o0sne 'o'A
"Barley--Average yield pc. acre
30.7 bushels; total yield, o6,099,s3t
total value. S., ABS, s27.
"Rye-Average yield, 22.S bush
els per acre; total yield, 1.27o,Sts.
! value $1,461,17S.
"Flax seed-Average yield. 10.t
bushels; total yield, 56,O15 bushels;
total value at $2.O6 per bushel
s115,390..
Timothy Secd-Area harvested
312,10O acres; average yield,
bushels; total yield. l,4o4,Sl'
bushels; total value, at $2.1S pc
bustel, $3,O61,485.
Glover Seed-Area harvested
| 57,766 acres; average yield, ,,
value at 1929 per bushel, $SsS,35G
Potatoes yield was great
reduced by the drought in July
August and September. The aver
age yield being 42.3 bushels; are
harvested. 1$d,S9o acres; tota
31.75; total value S7,oO3,30O.
Hay (Tame)-Averagc yield
1.8 tons per acre; total yield; 3,
929,72O tons; average price, $500
total value $53,361,48O.
Ebay (Wild) Average yield, T.
tons; total yield. 724,S77 tons
ayerage, price, 1888; total value
~ ifalfa-Area, 154,sso acres
average yield, IA tons; total yield
6S8,047 tons;. average price
SILL; total value, $S,057,030.'
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
The Wisdom Tooth.

The wisdom tooth is a bright at
tempt on the part of nature to be
funny with man. Nature is constant
ly springing little jokes OF this char,
acter, such as the double-headed
calf and three-legged hen, but
she committed a thoughtless and in
human act.
No good reason has ever been adj
vanced why the wisdom tooth should
be allowed to live and litter up the
human mouth. 1t is one. of the most
ing a seat in the nineteenth row Of
bite into anything except the cheek
of the wearer. One of the most dis
appointing experiences a hungry
man can have is to aim his teeth at
a porterhouse steak three inches
thick and have his wisdom teeth
ly. good cheek. Science has long
asked why nature did not locate the
wisdom tooth nearer the main trav-
eled road, instead of hanging it off
to one side. where nothing but the
inquisitive forefinger of the dentist
can get at it.
The wisdom tooth does not come
with the rest of the set, but sits
back and waits until the mouth has
been completely filled with cavity
stricken molars, when it crowds into
the end seat without any regard for
the comfort Of those next to it.. A
great many people do not cut their
wisdom teeth until they get mar
ried, Which teaches us that marriage
should not be entered into lightly.
Nobody is in favor of the wisdom
tooth except members of the dental
profession who find It more profit
able than buying laughing gas at 80
cents per 1000 feet and feeding it to
the patient for 50 per square yard.
It requires more acrobatic ability to
fill a cavity in wisdom tooth than
it does to dodge an action for breach
of promise, hence our leading den
tai schools require their graduates to
take lessons Of some homeless con-
tortiOniHt.
The wisdom tooth is like some hui
man voices which are roaming up
and down seeking whom they may
destroy. It should be extricated as
soon as It gets noisy.-Howard
hann.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21

II you or your family are 80 afaict:,
ed all and see me. Consultation and
examination costs you nothing.
treat successfully the cases l under
take and accept no fee from those
that cannot be successfully treated
I have a special treatment for dis
eases Of men which I would like to
explain in person.
Piles, Fistula and Fissure treated
successfully without the use OF the
knife or detention from business.
Address DR.. F. NJ. Trimmer, 76d
Oakland Blvd, Chicago, ILL.,, or Knox
vile, Iowa.
Having been bothered with piles
and nervousness for IS years and
getting no relief consulted and took
DR.. Trimmer's treatment. can now
say after year of hard work am
sound and we'll.
Z lSigned) w. p. Elston
Van Vert. Iowa
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
Stiff, Sore Muscles Relieved.

Cramped muscles or soreness fol-
lowing a cold or case of grippe are
eased and relieved by an applicat ton
Of Sloan's Liniment. Does not stain
the skin or clog the-pores like mussy
ointments or plasters and penetrates
your muscles after exercise, drive out
the pains and aches of rheumatism,
neuralgia. lumbago, strains, sprains,
and bruises with Sloan's Linimenr.
Get q bottle today. At all drug
gists, &c.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21

For Sale-On the Stone farm, 61a
miles northwest of Leon, AZ miles
northeast Of Decatur. native lumber
Of all kinds, fence posts, split or
sawed and stove wood. w. w. Full
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21

"A bald headed man ought not to
be q solo singer. 1885,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
OLD LADY
FEELING fine
After Taking Four Bottles OF
Cardui, The Woman's Tonic.

Golden, nl.-"Having used Cardui,
the woman's tonic, in my family, for .
number Of years." writes Mrs. Kate
Metz, Of this town, "and always with
such good results, I feel it my duty to
write you about it, 50 that you may
publish my letter.
Ny mother is living with me, and
she u 81 years old. For the last three
OF four years, she has been troubled .
great deal with cramping spells, and
for days at . time, she would have
severe headache.
She read Of how much Cardui has
helped other women who were sick
and ailing, and decided to give it .
trial. She began taking it three times
. day, and since then has been getting
along simply fine.
Mother only used four bottles Of
Cardm, but she is no longer troubled
with the severe headaches, and her
stomach is so much stronger that she
can eat most anything.
We both feel that any lady who Is
not strong and well, would be greatly
benefited by the use Of Cardui."
Try Card-u-i NcBs