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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-10
OUR NEWTQWN
NEWS LETTER
Especial to The Farmer)

Newtown, March 1o-The regular
meeting of Pootatuck grange will
take place next Tuesday evening at
g. The Worthy Lecturer has arrang-
ed an excellent program. run at
tendance of members is desired.
The lecture by Rev, T. j. Lee
scheduled for Thursday night at the
library was postponed until next Mon
day evening, March 10, owing to in
clement weather.
At a session of the Probate Court,
March 8, John w. Hayes of Sandy
Hook was appointed administrator of
the estate of Bernard F. Donlon, son
of Mrs John Don1on, of Sandy Hook,
John NJ. Otis of Bridgeport was nam
ed administrator of the estate of his
mother, the late Mrs. Mary J. Otis.
Mrs. Charles H Payne yesterday
returned from a sojourn in Bridge
port, and occupies her home on Day
ton street.
Miss Adaline. Hurd went to st.
Mary's hospital. Waterbury, Monday.
staff, and DR.. J. F. Murnford of New
town performed an operation success
fully for her. Her parents Mr.. and
Mrs A E.. Brinton accompanied the
patient on the trip and spent the day
with her She is reported as improv-
ing fast.
Mrs W. H. Thicket of Suffield re-
turned Wednesday, after a pleasant
visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Gustave Carl
son of West avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. .Philander E. Abbott
of Bridgeport expect to open their
summer home about April l.
Mrs. Julia Robert of Bridgeport
has been nursing her mother, Mrs.
Hence Hook of Botsford Hill for the
past three weeks. She was suffering
from severe attack OF rne grip
The moving pictures at the town
hall will be omitted during the Len
ten season.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-10
WESTPORT JUSTICE
FINES BRIDGEPORT
DRIVER FOR CRUELTY
Especial to The Farmer.l

Westport March 10.-Judge Joseph
G. Hyatt fined Tony Carnavale of
Bridgeport $50 and costs yesterday on
the charge of cruelty to animals,
drunkenness and breach of the peace.
He was unable to pay the fine and was
remanded to the county Jail, Bridge
port.
Carnava1e came over from Bridge
port yesterday with a. horse and buggy
and stopepd at several places for re-
freshments Upon reaching Westport
he raced his horse in the streets and
whipped it numerically, it is alleged.
Constable Harry A. Kirk who was
passing stopped sCarnavale and placed
him under arrest.
Spain is reported to have ordered
the seizure of all wheat stock in the
country
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-10

patched to the livery stable 90 Try to
discover what had happened The liv-
eryman. made 10 understand that be
had omitted to send a carriage 70 her
house. acknowledged that an the
blame rested on him and apOlGgized ia
manly fashion. but when they suggest
ed that he should proceed to remedy
the delay he failed TO see the point.
'eWhatIl be the use o fetchin' Fer
now9' he argued 'srhe service n be-
,arf over."-London Globe.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-10

1t is the appearances that an the
scene, and we pause not to ask Of
what realities they are the proxies
When the actor OF Athens moved an
hearts as he clasped the burial urn and
burst into broken sobs how few then
knew that it held the ashes OF his sonI
-Bulwer-Lytton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-10
rhnsn WHO BID.

In all situations of life into which /
have looked L have found mankind d.
vided into two grand parties, those
who ride and those who are ridden.
The great struggle in life seems to be
which shall keep In the saddle This,
it appears to me, is the fundamental
principle of politics, whether in great
or little life.-From 1.-THE Young Man
Of Great Expectations" by Washing
tom Irving.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-10
CAUGHT.

Herbert, you weren't listening to
what / said.''
"'Er-what makes you think thar.
darling?"
81 asked you If you could let me have
500, and you smiled and said, Yes,
dearest Life.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-10

space a large part OF the energy re-
ceived from the sun-a fact that in it
self is enough to account for cOnsid-
cradle difference in temperature.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-10
vERDUN LOSSES CAUSE RIOTS.

Amsterdam, March 1O-The TeIe-
giraffe states that it has received re-
ports of serious rioting in Cologne on
Tuesday last in consequence of heavy
losses of German troops in the battle
of sVerdum
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-10
WELCOME LUSTY TWINS IN
LIBERTY STREET HOME

Mr.. and Mrs Frank Sharon of 28
Liberty street are the. parents of twin
boys born last night. The babies
weighed eight pounds each and both
they and their mother are doing well.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-10

Wife-Have you shut up everything
for the night? Husband CmeeElyl-
I'm sorry to say, dear, that 1 haven't
New York Sun
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-10
Too Late.

After the guests had waited for half
an hour in a Berkshire church for the
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-10

Wages of the employees of the Read
ing Transit & Light CO. have been ad-
vanced one cent an hour, to "A cents.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-10

Asserting that they could not find it
compatible with their sense of duty to
remain in congress unless they could
conscientfously support the president
in his dealings with foreign affairs,
Representa- tive Robert N. Page, Demo-
crat, of North Carolina and Represen-
tative Isaac r. Sherwood, Democrat,
of Ohio, announced their Intentions of
not seeking re-election. Mr.. Page is
q. brother of Walter H. Page, an1bas-
sador to Great Britain. General Sher-
wood, who won his title flor gallant
and meritorious service in the Union
army, is eighty years Old
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-03-10

SPECIAL SUPPEsRS SERVED FROM
$50 to $3.50
Washington Journal., 1916-08-04

GGte SraHffmrter nmb &nadunrit,
rein nnb nnberfGlidt, SIT babem BET
8aglers,
532 Center mnS Is Nisss Marft.
Washington Journal., 1916-08-04
GanSSmaunihaftIide nuO llutcritiib'
INNS : Gercine.

NFUF
Gcrcin gnScu. 8eri. ma 9. Mitt.
nod /. Wt. in 922 Go. 9lDc. N.s@.
GGois Geinbort, SefretGr. 531 2te
ctr. &C.
&creiu gaBcrn. 8cri. ont +. MON.
tog /. Di. in 922 go. 9(be. ge.-gS.
Sbeo. 2cdcrt, SefretGr, 1910 SIa.
Nbc. &c.
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itiienngSOcrein. 6ron5 Gont Sefre.
tar, 1884 %. Ctr. R.-g9. 9eri.
am 3. 0ienstog /. w. in 922 go.
gLpe. 3..8.
Dentid : MmcrifaniIdcr llntcr.
fittings : gereiu. Gic. 8ieaano,
SetretGr, S24 Cite ctr. S.-g8. Eel.
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tag /. D3. IN 705 Siebente ctr. R.sg8.
30. SdneiOer, SefretGr, sol Union
SobinGs 9onf 9uiIoinQ.
SclcnOarmltGOter llntcritiitunas.
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M%1eininger, SetretGr, 81 9la. gtpe.,
y. W. Serl. am 3. Wtittmob /. SIC.
in 922 ga. g[De. 3..8.
S6iuG6iIdcr Granfcn : llnterItiib-
%nngebcrein. Miiduel 0iet, Sefretar.
629 $ StruBc SIC. &erl. am 1.
DienStog I. NC. in Scr. 705 Sicbente
ctr. SIC.
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s. ScfrctGr: 8m. Stliermonn.
II GDeltnut Ctr, Sofoma 8arf, DC.
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Siebeute Str. R.-8.
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nenlann, 234 O}opple Str, Safomo
Bdrf, 8. s. &eri. am A. W2ittmoh /.
w. III 922 $50. gfDc. g. So.
9cnti6cr lIntcrItitnnas : gnnS,
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500 $ StroBe 3.-@. gerl. am 4.
l.. 0f. in 922 ga. glbe. &C..
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9iItritt 40. Sefretdr sSobn Mei.
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q. SO.
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tor; 5rib @eB, 112 4tc Str. sc.
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in 922 $50. Qbe. W.-8. Saul 8odls
i6miot, SefretGr, t07 6iinfte Ctr.
g5or0oIt.
Washington Journal., 1916-08-04

@ai6inston SGneerbnn6, SIR. 3i4
G.Strobe H.-8. hilbert 2epper, @rG.
liOent; 81. @roaner, SefretGr, 3i4 6
Str. N.-B. ". @ulnprc6t 0irigent.
Sin9ltunOe jeoen Mittlpo6 g(6eno.
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SGneerbnub 9amemOcrcin. 8eri.
anl 2. Mittmo6 /. Sc, o6enos s ll9r,
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Washington Journal., 1916-08-04
Seutider Gcntral &cr6anO i'm 81,
thrift columbia.

49,
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3. &i5e. GrGi. Sobu 9(It;
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5. &i5e &r0i. Gurl &. Braun;
Scfret6r. @uitob Bender;
S6obnleiiter; Carl @omucI.
5obncntrGgcr: Soc g8onorod.
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int o8oibinoton SGnger6umo, 3t4
6 Str. &c. .Q8.
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SGngerbun0, 314 6 StroBe g. ".
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@ StroBc H..O.
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Str. R..8.
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2. Sonntog I'M g6oiien6Ous.
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Washington Journal., 1916-08-04

Die bcitcn inlanSii6en nnb
nnslGn6iiden 8eine nnS gifSre
liefert ansfalieflid fir Sami-
lienbeOurf bas grofe anO reidJ-
baltige Eager BON Gbriitian fam-
Der, 900 7te StraFe N..8.
Washington Journal., 1916-08-04

A 9cntIde Srcimanrcr 2Ose,
MA arminins, Scr. 20, S.A.A.M.
wv loom S6neioer, Sefret1r.
sol Union Sobings 8onf Building.
Geri. am /. uno 3. 9ienstag /. 80.
in Nelien Malonic Sempel.
Washington Journal., 1916-08-04

@crmauia OiGuucrdOr, 922 ga.
g(be. u n. @rGi. Sobu 9ieif; &C.
fretGr Martin 5diGiuQ, 1857 %. q.
glbe &..@. Dirigent: Chill q. Gbri.
ltioni &eri ON (. DounerStog t0t.
Singltun0c ic0en @onncr$tug obeno.
Washington Journal., 1916-08-04
4ereins~ und 4Ogen~ calender

Die Screen setretdre io oebeteu, Inns feS BON Observation-Disclosures
ioue bon gorGGnoen in ibreu geretuen 9crht gu oebeu, umO i'm. mir
Pets beltrebt, ioIhe an geenetcr Steue ouiyuuebmeu.
Grei8 fr sic SuIcrhou Der arte So per Sabr.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-29
ARIZONA WANTS
4 STATE PRIZE
Commercial Secretaries Are
Boosting Plans For Ex-
hibit at Farm Congress.

John F. Myers, secretary Of tie Tue
son Ariz- chamber Of commerce, has
written TO the FL Paso chamber Of com
merce that the publicity men OF that
state. backed by governor Hunt. intend
making strenuous effort TO take the
state prize at the International Farm
congress and Soil Products exposition,
TO be held here early in October.
1T is our plan" says Mr. Myers, ito
collect exhibits from all parts OF Ari-
IONA. We are going to do this in the
biggest possible way. Following the
suggestion OF your chamber. We are
also preparing to make the best items
in this exhibit a permanent exhibit
TO remain in your hall and can assure
Won that the kind offer OF your body to
allow this is greatly appreciated by
the members Of the Arizona state board
OF trade, which recently met in
Phoenix"
Arizona has already won the massive
silver cup offered yearly by the Soil
Products exposition for the largest.
best and most comprehensive exhibit
from any state, the trophy having been
captured at Wichita kas, in 1914 At
Denver. last october, Kansas won the
Arizona. with her three distinct eli
matte zones, has an unusual opportu-
nifty to collect and exhibit in FL Paso,
this fall. a most comprehensive and in
structive line OF productions
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-29

detective or official who viii cali IeI
your passports. and If you resenl III
action he viii order you or anu -
you that all that country IS pIl ej1st
rroperty. of course. the idea Is tnat
you might be an agitator OH a .1-i-.g
Union walking delegate or somelnlIll5
OF that kind. Actually you -
think YOU were IN Russia histeau "a
under the Star and Stripes
Cntfremen Control Whole Counuess
.sWhole counties in the state aIs
fast going into the hanos OF q -, -
cattlemen, and the end IS not YET ~
mexico has an area as large as al
Of the New England states put 70
a,ether. with New YORK ana Ne" -.
sey thrown in, and OF TINS N@st q, 80 i,.
Counting Spanish land grants, ran
rad grants, forest reserve scrip To-
lions. and these sales OF slate iaIlos,
about tvo-thirds Of IT IS alreauy sO--o
1-aq+ as 10 make the state look HhS
a set of European prlnclpaltles m
stead of a state OF the union o. -
T-nffed states The state mas an ~ sc
OF 7S.00o,00O acres ano al IL, - 1o-e FOR.
90 coo. 600 acres is gone, anu 5O4-e ~
ever from the people
Attorneys and Lobbyists hule-
aft il any wonder that Mr. Ely elle
myself and many oIheIs ate .o--eei
o1fr voices in All endeaVor 70 10Y
things before IL is entirely 100 ~
There is bound 10 be ana lhSre 49, -
~ he be an uprising Of the people OF rev
,oent into their own hands, ana reies
-sfe the attorneys and Lobbyists OF
fbe big interests that are throttllng
our new state TO the rear, and snow
tbeu M as the disreputables they
are. for any attorney who viii LOBBY
in a legislative assembly to enable
his client to unfairly dodge his Just
taxes is disreputable, and II the bar
associations did their duty he would
be disbarred.
L. :. Constitution Set Aside.
Another point ! did not mention is.
The 18th amendment to the constitu-
ton of the United States is a dead
letter in New Mexico. for lack OF q
primary law. II provides for the cleo
tion of L. S. senator's by the people
instead OF by the legislatures, but in
New Mexico unless a person secures
the mob nomination from a mob
convention Of hand picked agents %
the bosses. he cannot even be a can
didate- The voter in New Mexico
must vote for the hand picked eandi-
date Of one or the other Of the old
parties (Which means the boss named
Candidate) or not vote at all, and
there you are. We need help TO
straighten out things in this state
Our people are all right, but their
means Of propaganda and publicity Is
limited, and the interests take criminal
advantage Of conditions"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-29
How You May Throw
Away Your Glasses

The statement is made that thou
sands wear eyeglasses who do not
really need them II You are one Of
these unfortunates. then these glasses
may be running your eyes instead Of
helping them Thousands who wear
these windows" may prove for them
selves that they can dispense with
glasses II they will get the following
prescription filled at once: Co TO
Kelly & Pollard's drugstore and get
a bottle Of DIPLOMA: fin a two-ounce
bottle with warm water and drop IN
one Optona tablet. With this harm
less liquid solution battle the eyes two
to four times daily, and you are likely
to be astonished at the results right
from the start. Many who have been
told that they have astigmat ism, eve
strain, cataract. sore eyelids, weak
eyes, conJuucuvitis and other eye
disorders, report wonderful benefits
from the use Of this prescription.
Get this prescription filled and use
II; you may so strengthen your eyes
that glasses VIII not be necessary.
Thousands who are blind. or nearly
so. or VINO wear glasses might never
have required them II they had cared
for their eyes in time Save your
eyes before II is too late, DO not be-
come one OF these victims of NEGLECT.
every few years they must be changed
TO fit the eYer-increasing weakened
condition so better see if you can, like
many others. get clear, healthy. strong
magnetic eyes through the prescrfption
here giVen.-Adv-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-29
GERMAN STUDENTS REVIVE
OPPOSITION TO, FOREIGNERS

Berlin. Germany, Nay 2g.-Ihe old
opposition 10 the unrestricted admit
lance OF foreigners to the German uni
veIsities has sprung up. in new form.
in a movement for the exclusion from
university privileges after the war Of
all that is non German.
The new movement is directed
against foreigners generally Appar-
emily IL originated among German stu
dents who considered IL an injustice to
themselves 10 allow lecture rooms and
laboratories 10 be overcrowded with
foreigners
The students at several universities
have already adopted resolutions. not
demanding the total exclusion Of for
eigners. but the relegatiOn Of them 20 a
secondary position in the enjoyment OF
university privileges. Tt is demanded,
in particular. that no foreign student
shall select a seat for any course OF
lectures. or a position at laboratory
tables. before all the Germans have
made their selections.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-29
PRIVATE HILLEY
TAKES OWN LIFE
Infantryman, Disappointed
in Love, Fires a Bullet
Into His Breast.

Unrequited love is believed to haFe
been the cause Of the suicide OF private
Lownie Hnley, company +, zSd IN
fantry. whose body was found IN the
hail OF the first floor OF the county
courthouse Saturday night at lv''V
o'clock by comrades, who heard the shot
that ended his life. Near the body
As CALLER Colts automatic pistol OF
the model corried by soldiers OF the reg
ular army was found. A letter WrltleI %
his firneds by Hilley was found IN NJ
breast pocket and was later Destroy gu
by the commander in charge OF me
troops at the courthouse.
Letter Says Girl Quit Him.
The letter. as far as known, read:
Dear Friends: am going up town anu
1 may not come back Tell my con-
paDy commander TO send me nome TIE
best way that he can. and also notiLL
my parents. The girl that loved
canned me Please notify my sweet
heart"
A part of the letter. which was dated
Nay %. was unintelligible and the
name of the young woman whose ad-
dress is Greenwood. South Carolina
could not be learned Hilley accorulns
to friends in his company, was a natlNe
Of Greenwood, where the body VIII De
Bullet Severed Main Artery.
Hilley was removed to the emergency
hospital shortly after he was Iouna'
and efforts were made 10 save MS IKE
by DR.. G. B. Calnan. police surgeon Ine
bullet had entered the left shoulder,
Just above the heart. and had severed
one Of the main arteries. He lived over
an hour after the shooting occurred,
but was unable 10 give any particulars
of it The letter addressed to his FRIEND
and other papers found in pocket
were turned over to the commander or
the troops OF the courthouse
Body TO Be Sent Home
The body OF private Hilley will be
shipped 70 Greenwood. s. c. for burial,
by the Peak Undertaking company
this afternoon. Brief funeral services
will be held at the chapel, SOS Texas
street. this afternoon at four o'clock
The remains viii be escorted to the
Union station by company Z. headed Dy
the regimental band
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-29
RICHMOND OFFICERS COME
FOR NEGRO, ARCHIE WILLIAMS

Police chief Charles II. walker OF
Richmond. Cal. accompanied by deputy
sheriff r KiIkpstricls. arrived IN FL
Paso Sunday morning bearing war
rant for Archie Williams. alias COM
modore" Turner. VINO IS wanted IN Call
fornia on a charge Of assault TO muir
der. The two officers left FL PasO Sun
day night for Austin. where they viii
obtain the necessary papers for the ex-
tradition OF Williams. who was arrested
in Il Paso several days ago by city de-
tectives as he was entering the federal
building.
According to chief walker Williams
is charged with the wounding OF an Of
ficer Of the Richmond police force
about four months ago. and has already
served two terms in the California state
penitentiary- The negro viii also be
tried on several charges OF burglary,
as il Is alleged he figured in the theft
OF large quantities OF valuable goods
in a number Of Richmond homes
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-29

4 LBUQUERQUEs \. n. Nay "a
n Bernard s. Rodey. former
\ - territorial delegate from New
Mexico to congress, today expressed
his satisfaction that The FL Paso
Herald is devoting so much attention
at this time to political matters in his
state. and incidentally Invested him
self Of few political sentiments OF
his own
The declaration Of Ralph c. Ely.
state Republican chairman. in The
aersld, was the occasion for Judge
scooey remarks = am glad that you
are giving publicity 10 such state
ments Of conditions in our state" ne
aald Our own newspapers are not
strong enough OF numerous enough to
slEe extensive publicity to the facts
relating to conditions in this state.
snq 50 an glad TO see you come in
Many Escape Taxes.
Mr. Ely, in his interview. Of
necesslty. could not give you more
tnan a rev Of the facts. He merely
touched on the tax situation when he
showed that the Phelps Dodge outfit
escaped taxation on nearly fifty mill
non dollars worth of property The
1acts regarding matters Of taxation in
Few Mexico may be briefly sum-
MARRIED as loIloWs-
The state now returns for taxation
but 505 millions OF dollars worth OF
property when anyone who knows
anything about the property held in
private ownership in the state knows
that IL amounts to at least one billion
dollars So you see that less than one
third is returned for taxation Nat
urslly II ii all was taxed the tax rate
could be less than one-third OF what it
is now.
Corporations Dodge Taxes.
1T is a well known fact that more
than one hundred million dollars
worth Of privately owned coal lands
and coal mining plants escape all tax
alton in this state Moreover. the
Phelps-Dodge people are not the only
big corporation that dodge their taxes;
there are some half dozen others
equally delinquent
The attorneys OF several big cor
pOratious in New Mexico form COM
binatiOns with the machine politicians
and in that way manage TO keep the
state backward For instance few
people realize that these interests
put over on New Mexico one Of the
most reactionary constitutions TO be
found among all the states.
Tt Is less progressive than the