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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25
HURT WHILE AT WORK

Mpp William Dorey, residing in East Bridgeport, a contractor in the wood shop at Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Manufactory, had his arm broken yesterday afternoon. by a stick flying back from saw at which he was at work. The fracture was con- fined to the small bone of the fore arm. and was attended by Dr. Hine- we are glad to learn that MT. Dorey was fnsu@ed in the Travellers In gurance Company, of Providence fR l.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25
DEATH OF CHRIS sToEHR

Christian Stoehr- died at 8 o'clock last evening at his residence, 345 Fair field avenue, aged 37. He was one of the most widely known of the younger residents of German extrac- ton and was a son of the late Chris tan Stoehr, who was for many years proprietor of the Stoehr brewery in East Bridgeport. He was a member of Lessing lodge, I. O. O. F., the B. P. O. E., and several German societies. His mother also survives him
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25
DRILL POLICE RECRUITS.

Police recruits recently appointed and now being drilled under the direc- ton of Lieut.. Garry P. Sanger, were reviewed last night by Police Com missioner John c. Stanley at the High school where practice is held. Their uniforms are expected on Tuesday and there is likelihood that they will march in the Memorial Day parade.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25
WEDDING RINGS

YOUR BRIDE DESERVES THE
 BEST-GIVE IT TO HER
 We carry a complete line of high quality seamless Wedding Rings. cor rect in style, perfect in finish. And don't overlook the many suggestions our stock affodrs in wedding gifts and
 Watches, Si1verware, Cut Glass, Clocks, Jewe1ry of every description, Fountain Pens, Purses, etc.
 Let us show you our line of Dia- monds, noted for their unusual bril- Eancy.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25
BRIDGEPORT " As T WAS
1OO-5O-2 -2O-YEARS AGO
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to organize. Pete Hackett was the first to suggest the idea and it found immediate favor. In few years they will have become ''swelled'' enough to challenge the newspaper men. Be- fore they do this, however, they should remember the grand trimming the scribes gave them in the baseball contests two years ago.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25

The Pullman Go. has set aside 5000 shares of stock for subscription by employees at 155.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25

Elmfra, N. Y, voters have rejected plan for the commission form of government.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25

FOR MEMORIAL DAY.
 JOHN RICK & SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25
LICENSES ISSUED TO-DAY

Michael J. Lee, 50 State street; Jo- seph Michael, 28 Reilly street; T. w. Reddy, 99 Lexington avenue; Henry Taylor, B Wall street; John Kaelin,
 TIP Main street; Edward l.. Weldon,
 90 Atlantic street; James A. McGuin- ness, 49 Walter street, Gustave Ben der, BeWedere hotel; Annie McCar- thy, 2S7 East Main street; H. A. ,Du- pee, (drug) 59 Fairfield avenue; Pe- ter R. Fynbo, 683 Main street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25
FIVE ACRES WORTH $50.

Five acres of land which John T. Bishop owned in Trumbul1 are worth only $50 according to the inventory which the appraisers of his estate filed in the probate court today. The appraisers are George B. Curtis and George H. Edwards. The total es- tate is valued at $1,568.55. Of this amount $51855 is represented by cash in banks and the rest by a mort gage note for $1,0O0.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25

The 1916 racing season will be opened at Belmont Park, N. Y., to- day.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25

Turkey and Rumania. have institut- ed negotiations for a commercial treaty.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25

All machinists, mo1ders, pattern makers and boi1ermakers employed in shops at Mobile, Ala, will get an eight-hour day with nine hours pay.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25
One Hundred Years Ago.
BANK OF THE U. S.
Form of & Proxy

.I- being g. Stockho1der in the Bank of the United States, citizen of the United States, actually resident therein. to wit, at in the State and anuoint of - in the State of -, as and for my Attorney and Agent, to vote as my proxy at the nrsr election of Directors, to be holden ln pursuance of the act of Congress en- titled, "An Act to incorporate the n,1nscr4bers to the Bank of the United States according to the number or shares for which I should then be en- titlde to vote, were I then personally. present Witness my hand and seal' this day of -, 1S16-
 Sealed and delivered in the pres
 N. B. The wording of the Proxy should be changed, to meet the cases of Comapnies, Corporations, ana States And the execution of the Proxy should be acknowledged before & Magistrate, who will certify II, un- der hand and seal, in the usual form
 SUSPICION OF PIRACY
 John S Mitchell and William eHitchings, officers of the schooner Romp of Baltimore, have been taken up at Williamsburg, Va, and commit Erted to Jail, under a charge of Piracy The vessel, which mounts SIX 1o lpounders, and has a crew of 5S men, has also been seized
 The Romp sailed from Baltimore
 early in April last, under the com mand7 of Capt Fisk having cleared as an "A Anerfcan merchantmen bound to Buenos Ayres. After getting to sea,
 she proceeded to the latitude of Cad1z while on her voyage out, she visited vessels of different nations, but she took nothing from any other vessels than those of the Spaniards, from which they took by force, specae' watches, plates etc
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25

FLOWERS FOR MEMORIAL DAY
 JOHN RICK & SON.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25

Dennis Daley, who was a member of the St. Joseph's T. B. & L. associa- tons crack baseball team i" 1894, when they won the state ci- R pion- ship, is an expert wheelman, md is found of lengthy runs. The other evening he took a spin to New Haven and back, making the trip in a little over three hours.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-25

Commissioner Daniel M. Rowland is an enthusiastic rider and enjoys his outings immensely. Dan ie1 is a tru2 sportsman and when not on his machine is generally planning g for a hunting or fishing trip.
 Ex-Congressman DeForest is get ting to be quite an expert. He spends most of his spare time on his wheel.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-19
coLLEeE MEN N pUBMc sERwCE.

The Democrats of Arkansas have nominated pr. Charles H. Brough professor of political economy In the University Of Arkansas for Governor and Of course the nomination is equivalent to an election
 This recalls that there is a noticeable tendency throuehou the country to regard educators as parcu lary available for public service which marks de narture in the general trend Of American politics. though it long has been custom in Europe The departure was boosted Of by the election of Wilson to be Governor Of New Jersey and then Pres- dent of the United States. President Wilson further helped along The situation by selecting university president to be the head of the Department of Agri culture in his Cabinet The twice elected Democratic Governor of Michigan. Woodbridge Ferris. was for merly President of the Agricultural college of that State and the Republican Governor of Oregon. James wnhycombe was President of that States agricultural college.
 Before these men were honored with high pot- cal office Seth Low. former President of Columbia University. was elected Mayor of New York. and the present President of Columbia. Dr. Nicholas M But ler is becoming active in Republican politics. It is stated that he expressed desire to be Ambas- sador to Great Britain in the event of Republican success One of the great in national affairs in cleyelands time w. l.. Wilson, of West Virginia, was a former college president.
 A. Bryan for @ dozen years or more President Of the Washington State College Is being urged to be candidate for the Republican nomination for United States Senator from that State and 1t is ad utted that he would give any opponent hard fight for the nomination should he declare his candidacy
 There Is no reason not to look with favor on this new recruiting field for public and there are many reasons why we should welcome it. The daily avoeation of college professor Is public service He becomes accustomed to view all things from the point of one who thinks of the public good first Then in this age of applied science in all lines of human endeavor there is need for 1t in our public service The law of science and the modern American unyer sity is to follow the truth, let it lead waere t may The application of the religion has been sats factory in business and industry. and 1t should be successful in public service
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-19
Io the Yukon prospectOr'
Increase
EXPANSION IN BUILDING OPERATIONS AND AD-
 vANCING PRICES FOR MATERIALS
fcincinnatl EnQuIrer)

The rise in prices of building materials which IS quite noticeable since last October is amply justified by the immediate and the prospects of future demands
 Throughout the states of Massachusetts, Connecti- cut Rhode Island New York. New ersey' fennsyF vania Ohio Michigan Delaware Wes. Virginia Flor ida and Louisiana new buildings to be seen upon every hand and repairs and extensions of buildings are proceeding upon a scale larger than for any period of the past six years.
 Tn the agricultural districts well as in the in- dustria districts this increased activity Tn building work is observable, and while above we have named states in which such construction s especially notice able and involves values to large amounts 1t can be said with correctness that in every state of the Union there is a decided increase in building operations
 With every week of the spring and summer such operations will become more numerous and ID every class of material from the commonest to the finest will the demand become greater and more urgent
 The rapid advances in steel and iron have caused already the postponng of many enterprises looking to the erection of large edifces in the building or which these materials enter while the difficulty or obtaining deliveries of these metals has also resulted In the delaying giving contracts for construc ton.
 It is well known that Europe is ready to take enor nous quantities of certain grades of lumber and while our lumber and timber dealers are quite desirous or filling such orders at the advanced prices, yet the scarcity of freghters o carry the lumber over the oceans stands as barrier to shipments of millions or feet.
 As in many other commodities while the limitation of ocean facilities continues Co deprive our country Of the greater trade which is offered producers and exporters of the United States yet the home demanus have SO surprisingly developed that the depression Tn building materials which pronounced for the past six years entirely disappeared and producers manufacturers and dealers everywhere rejoicing in tho new growth aud wide expansion of the trade The earlier orders for building materials are now placed the they will cost those who are to build
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-19
MINERS CHANGE
(Dawson News.)

lUuWHOn NtWsJ
 Every mining journal and every mining column of the daily press rings with good to the pros pector for metals used in the trades The stimulus to- the prospector to look for such meals never was greater Never before has there been such prices off Iered and such inducements to get into the hills and bring in every sample of showing the least prom ise of merit Yukon Territory Is Q vast country. It is mneralzed highly in nearly every quarter. Copper now brings a great price Anthony Is more than seven times as vaulable when tie war started. Speter, aluminium and zinc minerals have taken smi- lar leaps.
 Yukon Territory has a fine, large. well equipped assay office where minerals will be assayed free for anyone sending them there. The Yukon are we'll up and tn lead and other prospectors should not over look tine time and the opportunity.
 In some metal products the average advance in price has been 25s per cent The following figures of prices before the and today and the percentage of advance In each speak volumes of encouragement to the Yukon prospector:
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-19
WAR slDELloHrs.

Great Britain's annual income has increased by $S,O0O,OOOOCO since the beginning of the war, says Sir George Paish, the financial authority, and the total now has reached S15,OOO,- OOO,OOO. The nation has nearly sue ceeded in maintaining It's productive power despite the withdrawals of approximately 4,OOO.OOO men from its industries but had called in S2500.- OOO,0OO of its capital from abroad, nearly all, this, however having been used to make fresh loans to foreign countries and colonies. If the allow ance were made for the increase in the country's gold stock the nation would be found to have succeeded in meeting virtually the whole of its war expenditures out of its income. New taxation imposed up to the present time amounts to $1,OOOOOO,- 900. The estimated taxation in the coming year will reach nearly S2,2OO,- 100000. The national debt before the war was S3.S5O,OO0,OOO. It will be S12,OOO 100000 by the end of this March and if the war continued an other year 1t will be not far short of S2O.OOO.OOOOOO.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-19
ENOUGH OF BUREAUS
fFaIrbanks Timesl

The citizens of Flat who have petitioned Secre taries Redfield and Houston withdraw their objec ton to the development board plan of Secretary Lane for the efficient handling of Alaskan federal affairs should receive the support of every section of the Ter ritory We have had enough of the bureau system of control It has been demonstrated, during the years that our affairs have been directed by departmental heads far removed the Territory and unfamiliar with conditions of the North that efficiency is i'm possible under the present system Development IS being retarded and the prosperity of Alaskans jeop ardized by bureaucratic rule We need change and Secretary Lane has pointed out the way to us. The fault will be ours If Congress refuses to grant the desired relief
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-19

The report sent back the University of Wash ington by Dr. Meisnest, who lately visited and care fully inspected the public schools of both Juneau and Douglas will go far toward establishing the future standing of these educational institutions Apparently the learned gentleman much pleased with what he saw on his visit and especially he pleased with the schools of both towns and there is glarng possibility that both schools will be placed on the accredited list of the University he represents which will be a mighty advantage to pupils from the high schools here who wish to enter the Seattle institu- tion.-( (Douglas Island News)
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-19
DEvELOPMENT IN FULL swINa

wth the opening of Spring. tho disappearance of the snow before the constantly increasing hours of sunshine Alaska mines and fisheries are resumins activities. building operations everywhere are being prosecuted plans for development here and there are being put into operation and the people are getting m outlook upon what certainly will be the greatest wear in the material development of this Territory While the cost of living and doing business has n' creased in the North so has the price of many of the prodnets of the Territory The gold and copper out put of the Territory being increased, there will be more eanneries in operation Farmers will plant more acres and receive better prices and more farms will be settled upon than ever before
 Not only are the steamers that play the North Pacific bringing back the hordes who visit Alaska during the summer time and those who have been visiting outside but they bringing new settlers Tor city and country who henceSorth will ally themselves with Alaska and become part and parcel of the great Northland
 The development Of Alaska is in full swing and never have we had clearer conception of that cir constance than is afforded with the opening Of Spring in this year Of 1916.
 Speaking Of a phase Of this development the All Alaska Review says:
 Towards the end og March arrivals
 in the region served directly by the govern.
 nent railroad showed a sudden awakening of
 the desire to settle permanently. Previously
 they came to look around with view to To-
 eating In the future but now they come to
 make their homes apparently. The season Of
 doubt is disappearing with the snow. This
 is particularly true of Seward. the town in
 which this review Is published at present
 Hitherto very little work has been done on
 the railroad "out" of Seward most of the at
 tention of the commission having been deyot-
 cd Co ths road out of Anchorage, but the
 granting of the emergency fund of two mil
 lion dollars part Of which will be spent on
 inc Alaska Northern railroad has revived the interest in Seward itself Indeed. as this is-
 sue goes to press the outlook for Seward looks
 brighter than ever before. Around Anchorage the doubt created for a moment by the labor trouble has given way to more intense opti- rnisn than ever since Secretary Lane hit on the expedient Of having a Commission adjust The differences. The feeling is general that the creation of this Comisson will make wage arrangements permanent and not patch work to break up from time Co time"
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-19
AN INDICATION

One of the things that indicate that Delegate wckersham has introduced his Statehood bill for poll tica effect rather than in the hope of securing its passage is the provision that Alaska shall fave four Representatives in Congress At the present time the rno is one Congressman to about 25OOOo pOpula tion wickersham would have the people of Alaska have representation equal to that of State of from s75OOo to 1I25ooO of course the wickersham bri gade if 1t talks true to form. will howl that this sort of criticism means that those who It do not want large delegation in Congress for Alaska. and that therefore wickersham should be reelected. How ever. understanding men and women can see the cat
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-19

For the only office that was involved in city wido contest In the recent Chicago election the Demo cratic nominee won by plurality Of 2l4ss and his opponent was popular man who supported by all Republican factions. year ago the Republican nominee for Mayor received plurality of 14747l.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-19

Little Delaware has entered fayOrite son in the Republican Presidential race In the person of T. Cole man du Pont. one of the famous powder making fam ily He would probably favor Preparedness with big "P."
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-19

1T wickersham is nominated at the Seward conven- tion; and if Shackeford supports him with solid dele gation: and f. Shack and Wick work harmonious after ward-there will still be 'steen hundred guys in the Territory who win claim there has been combination. Phooeyi-( (Valdez Prospector
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-19

We suppose Colonel Roosevelt loves this country as much as could be expected, considering the mum Der of liars scoundrels and around malefactOrs h9 regards 1t to contain
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-19

Admiral Von Tirpitz is the real father of the German navy He saw a powerful fleet was a necessity, and educated the German people to 1t, using moving pictures and organiz- ing excursion trips to seaports for people of the interior His long ten ure of office got him the name of "Tirpitz the Eternal" His fright fulness" policy follows in letter to the War office which from the fol- lowing typical extracts:
 "A war cannot be confined to com batants. It must be directed to the destruction of the enemy's intellec- tual and material resources
 "Sparing of life and property can only be permitted so far as the ob- ject of war shows
 No consideration of humanity can interfere with its (war's) one great object"
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-19
Classified Advertisements
MONEY LOANED

on personal property. diamonds, jew elry. notes and bonds All business strictly confidential. J. Plant, broker
 and jeweir. Front St. s-1-tf
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-19

A Boston Globe Berlin dispatch says that the resignation of Admiral von Tirpitz is to be regarded as an affair of internal politics. conserva- tives and national liberals, who have been in open opposition to the i'm. perial chancellor almost since the outset of the waS suspecting that be did not share their views regard ing the extent to which the fruits of war should be garnered. have seized upon occasion to start cam- paign in parliament against the chan cellor. The organizations of "big business" such, as his big six indus trial leagues. which are behind the campaign to force imperial chancel- lor's hand on the annexation Ques- ton. are showering the admiral with telegrams of condolence Change in ministry will not involve any abandonment of modification Of the submarine campaign against com merce.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-19

A Geneva dispatch says it is iu- mored that the German crown pricne is no longer in command at Verdun; that Field Marshals von Hindenburg and von Mackensen have arrived there and that von Hindenburg has assumed command
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-19

We refuse to believe that Roosevelt, Root and Lodge talked preparedness Perkins not there. and George and his checkbook always have to be present when preparedness Is discussed-(New York World.)
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-19

Having spent brief time in refurbishing his reputation champion prize fighter Jess Willard will now his principal occupation Of cashing in all over the country Chicago Herald)
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-19

The price of a cake of soap in Mexico has ad yaneed to 50 cents, but so far no excitement is re ported among the natives
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-19
PUBLIC sTENoeRAPHER.

Juneau's Public stenographer- Mrs. E. c. Hazelton. 421 Goldstein Bldg Phone 444 Notary public. Only ex elusive private stenographic office in town. "
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-19

In a Boston Globe dispatch from Paris Herbert Corey quotes French soldier as relating how the French and Germans in the front trenches listen to each others talk ten feet way. By and by the conversation starts between the two sides. It usu' ally begins with insults and boasts and shades down to @ degree of animity. We have Q morning mar ket. We stand up on the firing plat form and trade food until every one along the line is satisfied" It, how ever, reaches the ears of higher of flcers that a Frenchman had played cards on a wager in front Of the trenches and the Frenchman had been courtmartialed and shot.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-19
DUNK DEALER
SANITARY PLUMBING

God bless the old chief of police, he wants to see the city clean and sanitary and do too. have been preparing whole army of we'll built ash and garbage cans, any size. small as as French 12 in. sun, and big as German 4S-inch howitzer. Now it's up to you, Mir. and Mrs. Citizen to make your home town nice and clean. Get your order in today, tomorrow it might cost you e dollar more.
 SANITARY PLUMBING co.
 243 willoughby Ave, Phone l4s
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-19

A neutral correspondent who re; turned shortly from Germany to Switzerland asserts that intense un- popular unrest exists in Bavaria, AL sace-Lorraine Wesphalia, Wurtem- burg and other parts of the German empire. He says:
 Tn Bavaria the most serious gen eral discontent prevails. Processions containing thousands of women and men, march the streets in a protest against sending untrained men under l9 years of age to the front Lat terly the rioting became so serious that the troops were called out. But the soldiers refused to fire on the populace and mutiny broke out in certain battallons Hunderos of sol diers had to be executed to prevent the mutiny from spreading.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-04-19

Plainly enough Colonel Roosevelt is going to keep his hat of the ring until he is certain that no one will kick t around.- lPhiladelpha Pressl