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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-05
Held For Carrying
 Weapon, Declares
 He Had a Right To

Frank Warehouse of Sherwood place. Greenwich, who says he is an ex-army officer. was arrfested at the railroad station this afternoon on the charge of carrying concealed wea- pons.
 Morehouse had been, loading his re- volver according to a man. who conn plained to policemen. At police headquarters Morehouse said he had 8 right to carry a gun because of his former position, and he declared he intends to fight prosecution. He was held under $200 bonds.
 The prisoner also made the. declara- ton that he had heard Bridgeport is
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-05
Girls Committee
 Goes to New York;
 Try to Settle Strike

In final effort to reach a settle ment of the strike at the Grown Cor set Co.,, and obviate the necessity of calling strikes in the George c. Batche11er Co. and the Grown Paper Box Co.,, committee of the Grown strikers went to New York today to confer with Edward F. Russell, own CT of the plant.
 They left here about 10 o'clock and will report back this afternoon A mass meeting of the Crown and Batcheller Co, girls will be held in Odd Fellows Hall tonight.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-05
WEIGH ESTATE SC, ,ooo

William We1ch, for many years su- perintendent of the hot mill of the American Tube & Stamping Co.,, left an estate of $6,OO7.25 according to the inventory filed by the appraisers, Earl R. Lewis and Charles Miller in the probate court today. MT. WeIch had building lots in Acadia avenue and in the West End worth $75S25; cash in banks, $4.979 and an auto mobile valued at $275.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-05
L0CA. HOOPER IN. CRASH WHEN TWO.
 SUFFER IN NJURIE ES. Car Driven B HafTS EImen-
 dorf and Waterbury Motor cycle Collide.

Waterbury, May Miss Elsie Chartrand, 16, and Clifford Larsonl 20. of this city, are in the Waterbury hos pita1 as a result of a head-on collision of as motorcycle on which they were riding and an automobile owned and driven by H. Elmendorf of 15-19 Mid@ dle street, Bridgeport, on the~Hauga- tuck road near Dead Mans curve, shortly before Il o'clock last night. Operators of both vehicles lay the blame for the accident to the other No arrest has been made. Neither Larson nor Miss Chartrand is fatally injured.
 The man evidently referred to in the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-05
snatch is undoubtedlv Harry

above dispatch, is undoubtedly Harry Elmendorf, a roofer, living at Hart mann's stag hotel in Middle street, who has been working upon a church in Newtown. EImendorf left his Iodg- ings "Wednesday night and has not since returned to this city, When last seen here he was driving a low racing car in which two other young men were seated It was supposed that he had gone to Newtown- His absence during last night was noticed by hotel employees because he seldom misses a night in his lodgings
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-05

later. the Lafayette hotel in Middle street Then! for~three years, he man aged the Franklin house, in Union Square.
 When the late George Downing, better known as Doctor Needles, took out John l.. Sullivan as simon Legree," in a tent show of Uncle Tom's Cabin, Burke accompanied the troupe as a treasurer. Then he re- turned to manage the Springfield hotel for BouniOI.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-05

The man evidently referred to in thei
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-05
BALDWIN IMPROVING.

Albert Baldwin of Milford, chemist at the Bridgeport Brass Co.,, is inn proving rapidly at Bridgeport hos pita1, where he is suffering from a fracture of the skull received when he was thrown from the rear plat form of a, passenger train at Seaview and Crescent avenues Monday morn ing
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-05
Fair and Deveraux
 Trials Postponed

It was learned today that the trials of William F. Fair and Jack Dew eraux, already continued twice. have been postponed until the September
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-05

1 a bad place and he thought he 1 ought to have a gun handy.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-29

becoming Angular ana Jnlly LneFe
were gray streaks in her hair and she
knew quite we'll that whatever beau
ty she had ever possessed was al
ready gone beyond recovery.
Her life had been utterly cramped.
Her bookish learning had never been
modified by contact with the world,
for her father had always been a re-
cluse, and in his last days a fretful
invalid. When she met the drummer
she thought him typical man of
the world.
The acquaintance was a wonder
full thing to her. She. felt guilty in
stealing down to the garden gate
when Dick was coming that way
Thursdays he always appeared in
Bourn End. She invented little ex-
cuses at first to account for her
presence there. Wistfully she
thought how she would like to ask
him in. But she never dared. It was
not only fear of what the neighbors
would say, but fear of what he would
think of her.
1t was odd that the uncOuth drum
mer should exercise so strange a fas-
cination over the old maid, but it was
equally strange that he should find in
her his ideal of womanhood. Two or
three years passed and their init
macy stayed exactly where it was.
Neither dared to increase it or to
venture to speak of the thoughts in
the heart. Dick was becoming bald
eT and stOuter, Elsie more Withered
and lean.
Then came the day when Dick was
amazed to see the house closed and a
big For Sale" sign in front of it.
The town was buzzing with the
news. Miss Elsie's lawyer, who had
had charge of her property, had alb
seconded, taking with him her whole
available fortune.
Miss Elsie had remained secluded
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stood, watching him through her
tearstained lashes. She looked less
beautiful than ever at that moment,
with her redeemed eyelids and her.
disOrdered hair.
tits too bad, ma'am," said Dick.
"Just heard the news, and called to
say how sorry was"
81 suppose it's what they call life, "
answered Miss Elsie.
81 hope, ma'am, you aren't plan
ming to sell the place because Of
that?"
81 certainly am. It's all that I have
left now"
Might I ask your price, ma'am?"
inquired Dick.
Eight thousand dollars" answer
ed Miss Elsie Hstlessly. ut ought to
be more, but the house is very old,
and that's what I'm advised to hold
it for"
Dick thought huTTiedly. He knew
that would mean about three thou
sand cash and mortgage. Dick was
worth about three thousand; he
could arrange the details.
'I'u buy it, he announced.
YOU" gasped Miss Elsie.
Eyes, ma'am. You see, I've had my
eye ON the place for a long time, in
the hopes you might some day sell"
The words struck her like a blow
between the eyes. So that was the
secret of his interest. The vanity Of
her dreams!
81 suppose you can have it, then"
he heard her answer vaguely.
Everything in it as it stands, lock,
stock and baTTel?" asked Dick.
why, 1 guess the furniture's not
worth much, said Miss Elsie. you'll
have to see my brother, Mr.. Van Nu-
gent, at Staples. He has charge Of
the matter"
But if he is willing, you are?" per-
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vagance. Men who, in normal times,
were considered highly paid when earning
from $40 to $3.50 week are
now making twice and three times that
and spending every penny Of IT. :
EARNINGS OF BOYS
BOYS of Is and IS can now make what
was paid to a skilled man in times of
peace, A leading factory owner here
told of one man who. though he was
earning seven pounds, or $50 week, pro
ceeded to strike because he had learned
that one other man in the works was get
ting 10 shillings a week more than ne.
His bluff was called, however, and he is
now looking for a new job.
The wives of the Lincolnshire workers,
like those of the soldiers and sailors, are
having a merry time This remark OF
one of the former, addressed to another
of her class was heard on street cor
Eer. MY men between them prlng IN =
mounds a week" she affirmed, and
really do have hard work to spend it,.
AS to the better halves of the fighting
men. like others all over England, they
are literally having the time of their
lives and, a prominent woman of the
town assured me, are far from wanting
to see their men back. The separation
allowances that some of them get repre-
sent more money than any ever had in
their lives before. especially considering
that they have no man to feed and
clothe. But in spite of this TACT, the
day before their money from the state
is due generally not only finds them pen
niless, but in debt There was no ex-
aggeration whatever about recent draw
ing in a comic paper which represented
one of these women as saying to an
other 81 cts go to the pictures again
tonight. Peace may be upon us at any
ti,,1ap
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Meudon in War Time

Nine OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES IN Cartoons
Magazine.
Meudon. the gay Meudon of trysts and
moonlight promenades, has been trans
formed into military camp. The station
platform is crowded with uniformed SOL,
diers of all branches; men on Through
in their suits of faded blue like dirty
water, showing with pride holes torn in
their coats by rifle balls, convalescents
wearing the old red pantaloons, used only
by those behind the fighting line, often
with one leg folded up; zouaves whose
baggy trousers, formerly blood-red, have
now changed to an earthly color; Belgians
in long brown coats, who never smile,
and British Tommies. spick and span, as
if they had just stepped from band
box The women, in passing, glance at the
war crosses and smile.
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be disabled or killed during the war
and that the average charge to the
state will be IS per week per man.
This would mean a pension bill for
England of about s250,000,000 a year.
diminishing yearly and disappearing in
about so years A casualty list of one
in five killed or disabled in any war
is, of course, absurd, and the average
pension is also far above the real fig
ure. More conservative calculators
place the pension bill at about half
this figure, but that also is pure
guess.
1t may be mentioned that Canada
has set an excellent example to the
mother country by announcing a well
thought out and generous pension
scheme. The totally disabled private
soldier of the Canadian army will re-
ceive a flat rate pension of $3.50 a
year and the rates rise with rank. A
brigadier general will receive pen
sion for total disablement of $1,000.
Eighty per cent of these rates will be
paid for the loss Of one hand and foot,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-17
FACTORY WORKERS
OF ENGLAND MAKE
UNHEARD OF WAGE
1t Is Said That Some Earn
More Than Their Wives
Can Easily Spend

Lincoln, England, August 26.-Passing
through this beautiful and famous cathe-
dral town which the American tourist of
ante-bellum days found wrapped in a
befittingly episcopalian calm, the traveller
of today discovers it literally humnling
with war activities of many kinds Lin
coin, with it's population of some $1,000,
is a manufacturing place whose many
factories specialize, in peace times in the
making of agricultural implements and
machinery of every description. Now nine
out of every 10 of them are devoted to
turning out war material instead, shells
and cartridges, aeroplane and submarine
engines, and the monster tractors" with
their caterpillar tread, for transporting
big guns, which are one of the many
American inventions that are figuring
prominently in the war. There is a large
military hospital here, too, and the won-
en- of the leisure classes are devoting
themselves to nursing, to making hospital
necessaries. to looking after the fighting
mems dependents. and a dozen other
kinds of war work.
Here, as everywhere, one hears tales of
the unexampled prosperity of the work.
ing classes, and for their unbrdled extra
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with her needles has that amount de-
Quoted from her allowance, while men
who are in receipt of insurance money
or allowances from trade unions or
friendly societies have their pension
reduced by so much. Even a compass
sionate allowance from a former en-
ployer is taken into account in fixing
the pension to which man or his de-
pendants are entitled.
The greatest difficulty is in dealing
with the middle class soldier who was
earning a fair income before the war.
Take the case of a professional man,
for instance, was earned $4,000 a year
and spent it all on the maintenance
of his family, and the education of his
children. If he is totally disabled he
receives flat rate pension of $6.25
a week and, at the best, supplementary
grants which will bring his income up
to $500 year. This spells the most
AFFECT poverty for him and means that
his children will lose the chance in life
which they might have had in their faith
er ad not been disabled fighting for
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-09-17
ENGLAND AVOIDING
PENSION MISTAKES
MADE IN AMERICA
Government Is Niggardly in
Payment of Disabled Sol
diers as Compared With
This Country

London, August 26.-Fifty-one years
after the Civil war, the United States
is paying nearly $4,000, 900 a year in pen
sions to about 100000 people, many of
whom never had anything but the most
remote connection with the war Eng
land is trying today to avoid a repetition
of the American pensions scandal, and
in doing so is building up little pen
sions scandal of her own by running
to the opposite extreme
RECORD NOT GOOD
Englands record for the treatment of
her broken soldiers in her former wars
is not good one. The official attitude
was that as little as possible should be
paid, and the old scale pensions were
hardly ever sufficient to support life
Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of vet
Grams of the Crimean war, to quote Eng
lands latest war of any magnitude, died
in the workhouse. Veterans of the Ma
poleonic wars begged their bread from
door to door. Even veterans OF the
South African war were reduced to the
direst poverty. When the great Euro
pean war began the nation in a burst of
patriotic generosity declared that this
should never happen again. and that the
soldier who risked his life for the defense
of his country should be assured of
comfortable existence, while the depend
ents of those who fell should be gener-
ously cared for. Parliament, under the
joint pressure of the labor party and the
patriotic men of all parties set up q
scale which was fairly generous COM
pared with the old standards and for a
time it seemed that the question had been
settled.
The new scale would have been all
right II the new army had been like
the old, composed of men drawn from
the working class, and generally from
the lower ranks of it at that whose
standard of comfort was fixed by their
experience in the army, where they were
better off than they ever had any hope TO
be in civil life. But the new army is
nation in arms 1t truly contains
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or both feet one leg to the hip;
80 per cent for other injuries, and so
on down the scale. Totally helpless
men up to and including the rank of
lieutenant will receive $3.50 a year
extra for attendance, while widows I'M
til they remarry will receive so per
cent of the disability pensions and
orphans Sl2 a month each.
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THEORY OF SCHEME GOOD


On the face of it this is an excellent
scheme and properly managed it ought
to have met all difficulties, but it got up
against the official mind which still per-
sisted in regarding the common soldier
as a pauper and treating him as such.
The treasury officials in particular took
the perfectly laudable view that every
effort must be made to protect the pub
lie purse, but instead of protecting it
by setting up state system of strict in
vestigation into all pension claims, they
proposed that this investigation should
be done by voluntary effort and that
a good part of the money for the pay
ment of supplemental pensions should
also be supplied by voluntary effort. Nov
voluntary effort is mere euphemism for
charity and charity of the most offensive
sort, administered by fussy and well
meaning old ladies of both sexes, VINO
feel it their duty to pry into the af-
fairs of the recipients of the relief they
administer. This scheme would probably
have gone through had it not been for
the strong protest of some of the great
municipalities of England and Scotland,
which had raised funds of their own FOR
local relief, and which refused to have
anything to do with any scheme which
was tainted with charity. The lord
mayors of Liverpool and Birmingham, in
particular, led the public protest and,
with the aid of the labor members OF
Parliament, they secured from Parlia-
ment a supplemental grant of s30000,o00
for the additional pensions. The treasury
officials admitted that this was not
enough and that it was estimated that
81, 500, 900 more would be needed, but sol
far they have refused to go beyond the
$50 900, 600 mark. The matter is still I'M
settled, but the officials persist in their
defense of the charity scheme
Their utter inability to appreciate the
feelings of the recipients was shown a
few days ago in the House of Commons
when Mr.. Hayes Fisher, M. P, parlla-
under secretary to the treasury,
declared that he did not see the diff
ference between living on money extorted
from the public by taxation and money
given voluntarily.
OTHER FEATURES
other features which are causing
much criticism are the regulations for
the grant of supplementary pensions.
1t is stated that the object is to bring
the income of the recipients up to two
thirds of their pre-war income, but that
in no case must that income exceed
$40 a week. Thus a widow who man
ages to earn dollar or SO week |
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his country OF course, it is hard to see
how determinations of this kind could
be made, but it has been suggested that
at any rate some provision might be
made for continuing the education Of
the children. Then it must be remem-
bered that If the man has a small
income from his savings or if he is
able to do any work at ALL his pension
will be "docked' correspondingly
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dukes son and cooks son. and what
means comfort to the soldier of the old
army spells acute poverty and distress
to the majority of the soldiers of the
new force. To meet this condition a sys-
tenn was suggested of supplemental grants
in addition to the fiat rate pensions. The
object of these supplemental grants was
to enable the disabled soldier or the
dependents of the dead soldier to MAIN
tain something like the standard of liv-
ing and especially of education for the
children, which they might reasonably
have expected had the breadwnner been
able to return to his old position in
civil
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ESTIMATE UNCERTAIN

1t is impossible to secure any off
cial estimate of the amount which
England will have to pay for pensions
when the war Is over. Such an esti-
mate would involve an official calcu-
lation of our total casualties, which
might conceivably be of value to. the
enemy Various unofficial estimates
have been made, but they vary SO
widely and are so lacking in any real
basis of calculation that it would be
useless to quote them One of the most
popular and. 1T may be added, most
is that million men will
Evening journal., 1916-04-20
CHEVROLET CANE TO
U. S. AS MECHANICIAN
Famed as an Engineering
and Also as Race
Driver

Louis Chevrolet came to the United
States in 1908. to ride as mechanician
with Victor Hemery. Chevrolet stayed
and today has name that is known
almost as well as that of Henry Ford,
Tor he is not only race driver of
unusual ability and courage, but his
engineering genius has been mmor-
ialized in car bearing his name.
Chevrolet wears goggles. but not on
his ewes. They only serve to hold his
cap tightly on his head. His speed
squint" is famed the world over, and
IS expected to serve him we'll in the
Sixth International Sweepstakes race
for the 300-mile distance to be held
on the indianapolis Motor Speedway
on May 30.
Evening journal., 1916-04-20
BALANCED Tires
Shows A SUCCESS
Public is Given Opportunity
to Learn Just What
Word Means

During the present week, everyone
interested in automobile tires has an
ouuortunity to study at first hand the
complete line of United States Bal
anced' Tires.
A movement set on foot by the deal
ers who sell these tires to hold sim
ultaneous shows, in order that the
motoring public may be given a def
mite opportunity to find out exactly
what is meant by Balanced" was
successful.
The concerns selling United States
Tires explained exactly what Bal
anced" means. and how the perfect
balance between fabric. carcass and
rubber tread, adds to the life OF the
tire.
This nationwide movement to hold
tire shows is a pretty good proof of
how dealers feel toward United States
Evening journal., 1916-04-20
MOTOR VEHICLES IN
BUSINESS OF TODAY
By w. H. MetcaIf, Secretary of the Motor Truck
Association of Philadelphia.
SECOND ARTICLE.

greater need OF enterprising methods
than the big firm whose volume of
trade and prestige alone would in
many instances suffice TO carry it
along The truck is one OF these
methods by which the bigger firm
holds its supremacy. and constantly
extends the area or its operations. To
let the big firm hold the advantage is
a blunder.
Looking at the matter strictly from
the economy viewpoint from the
angle OF the smaller firm that has to
watch every dollar, it must also be
borne in mind that except for the in
terest on the money invested in its
purchase. the motor truck costs only
when il works. It's consumption OF
gasoline or electricity represents
mileage in the interest Of its owner.
Unlike horses. it does not in slack
times consume fodder II eats when
it works. and then only
The truck by reason of its ability
10 go the distances. TO make time. to
guarantee deliveries on a fixed sched
ue. to advertise the name of the
firm. to fll rush orders. to give
door-to-door delivery in all extremes
OF weather. is a business getter.
Hence the merchant investigating
delivery mediums should weigh care
fully the possibility of new trade to
follow the truck purchase. II there
should be such a prospect, the addi
tOnal cost is nothing. any more than
he need worry about the $4,000 salary
OF the salesman who can produce $780,
600 worth Of new business.
Nor need the merchant fret in ad-
vance about the imagined difficulty of
keeping the truck in running cOndi-
ton He needs no garage, nor repair
man, for in the service station OF the
company that sold him the truck he
can get all this. sometimes at a lesser
proportionate cost if he had a fleet,
and maintained his own repair plant
At the station is full line OF parts,
permitting speedy repairs: there are
emergency cars that can be obtained
should a machine go wrong. and an
expert force is already ready to per-
form necessary work to keep the We
hicle right.
Thus the successful action Of the
car is permanently underwritten. in
lstances show surprising results.
A furniture firm that bought one
truck had to get four to take care OF
the new business developed.
Many teamsters hesitatingly made
the experiment with one. and now
have more work than three can attend
TO.
Several groceries experimental
with one. and now operate two or
three.
A caterer started with one, and had
to go to three
Dyors and laundries. plumbers and
hardware men. florists. butchers,
brewers. jewellers. fish dealers. milk
companies. etc, haye all had the same
experiences.
In fact nearly every installation
grows. The start with one leads to
more. In this fact is found the proof
OF the statement with which this arti-