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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-11
WILSON GAINING STRENGTH DAILY
 IN WISCONSIN
Hughes Milwaukee Address Proved a Very Bitter l.
 Disappointment.

Madison, Wis, Oct. Manifestations in the New York Herald's poll that Wisconsin is leaning strongly towards Wilson were in no sense news here. The Wisconsin State Journal analyses the situation as follows:
 That Hughes is daily losing strength in Wisconsin cannot be de- nied. Time is adding to the strength of the President. A>combination of circumstances has had much to do with the present condition of affairs. The big outstanding fact is that the recent visit of Hughes to the State was a frost. His Milwaukee speech was a disappointment.
 ''The whole Hughes visit was ham, dled in such a way as to provoke op- position instead of support. It was a standpat affair from start to finish. The things that Hughes said in Wisconsin were also arguments that will not do him any good. His eight hour discussion and his view with reference to the tariff maoe no ap- peal to Wisconsin Progressives. The Germans of the State are not Hooking to the Hughes standard in the numbers expected. The story that Roosevelt, in the event of Hughes election, will be made Secretary of State, has done much to rifle the Ger mans The big industrial centres are for Wilson. The entire railroad vote will be for Wilson. The whole trend in Wisconsin today is for Wilson Those in charge of the Hughes cam paign know it. but they are. helpless in their efforts to stop it."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-11
KNOCKING WILL
 LOSE VOTES FOR
 HUGHES IN WEST
Secretary McAdOO Sees Boom erang In Statements Made
 by Candidate.

New York, Oct. 11-Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo called on Chair man Mccormick of the Democratic National Committee today and made a most optimistic report on conditions in the West.
 "I have recently been in Kansas, Nebraska, Mo-, H.. Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky" said he. Everywhere 1 found an extraordinary sentiment for the President. The wonderful pros- perity of the country, the fact that peace has been preserved with honor, and that the calmness, boise, vision, courage and intelligence of the Presi- dent gives assurance of the continua- ton of these happy conditions, is bringing to his support vast numbers of people regardless of party ties.
 ''The West is intensely patriotic, ad- mirably fair in it's judgments, full of the spirit of progress and is not. fooled by the rant and denYnciation of poli- tical orators. There is, in fact very definite resentment Among the masses of the people against the unfair vim dictive and unjust criticism of the President.
 "The western people detest knock ers and the Republican campaign is simply a knocking campaign. The people of the middle West also know that under the name of Hughes there is the secret and insidious control of the Old Guard, who have always run the government, when they have con- trolled it, in the interest of special group who have dominated the fi- nances and business of the country and have consistently disregarded the interests of all the people"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-11
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
CONNECTICUT LEGISLATURE

House of Representatives. A bill in
 troduced by MT. Tracy to repeal the duties son writs returnable before a
 single justice passed the house. Mon
 day afternoon-.A bill introduced by Mr. Tracey providing for the calling | Q judge of probate from an adjoining I district in certain cases therein speci- fled, passed the house.
 A bill introduced by MT. Tracey | providing for the more equal distri- fbution of the school fund among the school districts, so that the school so- cieties by a major vote might distri- lbute to the several school districts in proportion to the number of children and circumstances of the district, was negavtive.
 Messrs. Tracy, D. Burroughs and ! Huntington advocated, and Messrs. InGorth, Robinson, S.. Griswold, Young and T. s. Williams, opposed the pas sage of the bill.
 The advocates contended that the provisions of the bill would enable school societies to distribute to the districts that had many children and very small lists, greater proportion of the money than they were at pres CHl cHtlIlcQ IO Dy ldW, WAlSh WOuAu be more conformable to the intentions , of the legislature, which was to enable poor parents to give their children the first rudiments of education.
 The gentlemen opposed to the bill,
 admitted that the distribution as pro-
 vided by law was unequal, but they contended that if this power was given to the school societies it would pro-
 duce discord and confusion among the
 societies and districts. The last gen. flemen suggested that this bill was |tntended to excite uneasiness in the minds of the people rather than to
 any real good.
 wedesday-Af disposing of some
 business of minor importance the pe- tition of the West Hartford society praying to be incorporated with town
 privileges was taken up, and support
 ed by Messrs. '. Burroughs, J. Rob- anson and E.. Coe-and opposed by >Messrs. Swann; Staples and Sterling;
 and on division was rejected s4 to 7S.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-11
Motorist Fined In
 Common Pleas Court
 For Speeding Auto

For driving his automobile at a reckless pace in Fairfield avenue, while he was intoxicated, Thomas Ai- ken was fined $10 and costs by Judge Walsh in the criminal court of com mon pleas yesterday. The costs amounted to s23.11. Following his arrest on July 20 last. Aiken filed a demurrer in the city court but this was overruled.. Thereupon he ap- pealed. He paid the fine today
 The court also imposed fine of $75 on Thomas Perosky, charged with assault. In the city court the ac- cused was fined $1 and costs and sentenced to jail for 60 days.
 The case of Diofa- Jones of Stam- ford, charged with theft from the person, was noIled.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-11
CAMPAIGN FUND LISTS SHOW WILSON TO BE
 POPULAR CANDIDATE

New York, Oct. 11-That President Wilson is essentially the popular can- didate was demonstrated in a substan- tial manner at Democratic National Headquarters today. Henry Morgen- thau, Chairman of the Finance Com mittee, made public a list of the con- tributors to the campaign fund for the day, showing that fifty-five hundred persons had sent in $35,309 to help re- elect the President,
 These contributions catne from every State in the Union. Practically all of the sums contributed ranged from s5 to $1O. The largest sunr> on the list was one of $1,000, and the smallest, $1.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-11
Power Propelled Vehicles.

: Experiments in power propelled ve- hicles date back to ITO, when Joseph Cugnot, . French engineer, built the first automobile. He constructed a steam automobile that hauled two and one-half tons three miles per hour, and this vehicle is still preserved in form of a model in France. In 1902 the first practical steam automobile was built by Richard Trevitluck of England, using a crank shaft for the first time and driving by gears from the engine to the road wheels. In 1921 Julius Grihths of England gave us the first comfortable steam vehicle, the first ve- hicle to have a coach design of body. with seats carried on springs, as we know them today. In 1881 Summers & Ogle of England built three wheel tubular boiler and two cylinder en- zine, which attained a speed of thirty two miles per hour. The first motor vehicle to regularly carry passengers for hire was built by Walter Hancock of England in 1884. The motive pow CT was steam.-New York Times.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-11
The Widows Mite,r

Lord John Russelrs diminutive stat ure earned him other nicknames be- sides the inevitable Johnny" The neatest is the one recorded by Creevey, which was bestowed by some wag upon him when he married the widow of the second Lord Ribblesdale-'the Widows Mite"
 John Russell was a frail and deli cate child from the first; but his phy- siQue cannot have been helped by the hardship of his school days. He had to be taken away from Westminster because he could not stand the flag ging and unwholesome food. And be- fore that came private school at Sun bury, where. as he recalled in later life, he found the mutton fat so in- tolerable that he dropped 1t under the table. But the master, a clergyman. made him sweep it up .or the dusty floor and eat it. dirt and all.-London Chronicle.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-11
TWENTY YEARS AGO
GOLF SATURDAY

The team that the Fairfield County 1Solf club put. up against the team from the Country club Saturday was little bit too strong for the local players, for they took them into camp to the tune of 29 to 15. The Green wich players made amends for their treatment of the Bridgeport players by entertainment. Young Patterson Aafcated George Patterson 12 up, which was the greatest individual vic- tory, end MT. Phelps holds the rec ord at his club. The score Saturday was as follows; Greenwich, Phelps O; Saver, 0; 2. Curtis, 9; Dr. Martin, II; J. NJ. Martin, 3; Cox, 5; J. Curtis, s; total, @.
 Bridgeport Patterson, 12; Pea-sall 3: r. Sanford 0; N. w. Bishop, 0; Ccgswell, o; w. B. Wheeler. 0; Knapp, 0: total, IS.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-11
Ev, of <hs Gun,
61O FAIRFIEID AVENUE

yhis is called the telemeter and is used by all artillerists in sozne shape or other. The telemeter 1s really q tube with two telescopdc lenses, one on each end. The "ob5octives' of the : two lenses are placed inside the in strument and toward the end of the tube. ,Prisms with i've faces act as re- hectors, so that the person booking in has mechanically spread his eyes to the two ends of the tube, with a trs- mendous range of vision.
 Of course the ends are 50 arranged that they may be directed at single object at the same time thus making 1t possible for the observer to sec what would otherwise be beyond the power of the human eye and to know by the angle at which it is viewed the distance away. A
 It requires little practice to use this wonderful instrument, but in a few days the operator ascertains how easily he can determine the precise distance he is from the object he is looking at, and by a quick calculation As directs the pointing of the gun so that it cannot fail to strike at the de- Gred spot.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-11
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
MAJ. BoUDREN's BOYS

A new military post to be known az : Bort Bayard, has been established south. and in the vicinity of the town :. of Pinos Altos and the Santa Rica ] copper mines. in New Mexico. The ! object of this post is to protect the ! people of that section against the !-hostilities of the Apaches and other l Indians and to aid in the develop ID eft of that rich mineral and agn- | cultural portion of New Mexico. The { post will be garrisoned by companies { B. and E.. United States Fifth Infan- i! try and Company M. United States Third Cavalry. These soldiers were a part of the ' many regiments which Nthe late Ma 1or Thomas Boudren of this city train- and drilled for the service. The little
 battalion mentioned above, operating ] in a territory more than ten times as Large as Connecticut, two months la
 ter, quickly and quietly suppressed five Indian uprisings in as many parts of the state. rounded up more than 100 Mexican reEenade horse and cat tie thieves.
 by, Conn, then called Birmingham, was the son of the Civil war post master of that place and the com pany mentioned above. He was a classmate of Gen. George A. Custer and like him sent to the war from West Point year before he should
 have graduated.
 Thousands of miles of wilderness and desert, rohmed by savage beasts and more savage men were apportion- ! ed to the captain and his little band to police. He and his z''hoss back' ksoldiers patrol1ed that section so we'll that during their five-years stay there
 1t was the /most peaceful territory in all the great southwest Capt. Elmer son though a West Point graduate, ] was a pupil and admirer of Major
 Boudren, who was volunteer and
 self taught soldier.
 Capt. Emerson was post adjutant
 at Fort Bayard during his stay there
 and he was the. hero in Gen. Charles
 Kings story of Fort Frayne." At the
 funeral of Gen. U. s. Grant, the horse he was ridink suffered an attack of lwhat is known as blind staggers." |"
 It fell with him, injuring him so that
 he died about two months later.
 He is buried in Arlington cemetery.
 The methods he carried out for effec- Etually patrolling the vast territory of New Mexico with a small force of well
 trained and loyal fighting men, have
 since been successfully copied by the kTexas rangers and the rangers of Ari- Exona and New Mexico as well as. the
 Northwest mounted, police in Canada.
 The system this latter force still uses
 is identical with that which Major
 Boudren had mapped out and which lCapt. Emerson used. In fact the
 amounted police patrol by cavalrymen as laid out by the late Major Boudren
 has been copied into the tactics book
 of almost every army En the world. Major Boudren, however, never
 wrote his ideas into tactics book
 and like many other originators he is lnot given credit for plans he evolved.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-11
HIT BY AUTO, SHE SUES.

To recover damages for injuries re- ceived when she was struck by an au- tomobile, Catherine Mullen of Green wich, has brought suit in the common pleas court against Elizabeth F. Emery and Gordon Nichols of Greenwich. She says the defendants machine struck her as she was crossing the street. A fracture of her thigh and other in- juries of a permanent character are alleged to have resulted from the col lision. The action calls for $1,o0o damages.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-11
Inder.smsnt Guaranteed.

"Of course you have an echo somI where around the place." said Miss Cayene.
 "A number of them," replied the ho- tel man. Shall direct you to themr'
 T don't want one for myself There. h . man in the party who insists on being absolutely agreed with every nme he says a word."-Washinxon Star.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-11
NO PRESENT EQUALS
 JEWEI,RY

It always comes back to this, You want your gifts first of all to please and then to>be as practical and last ing as they may. What is there that carries with it the spell of a piece of well chosen jewelry even though it be inexpensive? T WHAT REALLY LASTS so LONG OR IS USED ON so MANY OCCASIONS?
 Our stock includes Diamonds, Watches, Jewelry of every description, Cut Glass, Clocks, Toilet, Manicuring and Shaving Sets, Silverware, etc. YOU WILL FIND OUR PRICES AS
 INTERESTING AS OUR STOCK
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-11
City Purchases Plot |. In East Bridgeport

Deeds have been recorded at the town clerks office transferring the property at Alice and Beers streets from the Bridgeport Land & Title Co. and Earl Naramore( to the City of Bridgeport. Part of the property will be used for public playground. Another part eventually may be used as site for school, an addition to Shelton school. The price for the land was s5,500.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-11
HAsEBAIL IN NEW HAVEN

New Haven. Oct. 11.-A plan is un- foot to ttsnsfer an Eastern league tcam to this city next season. A num- lbcr of prominent business men are at <he head of the movement. and have
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-11
A DANGER

De man dat worries foh fear he's doin' too much work" said Uncle Eb- en, 'is mighty liable to keep wantin' mo an mo time off to do his worryin' in. n."-Exchangei
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-11
OUR LANGUAGE

What made Bilson go up in the air?" He claims he was thrown down."
 Boston Transcript.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-11
Concerning ldeaIs,

VohceFhIn0l JdeaIo. "So you are engaged?" "Yes, auntie."
 And are you satisfied with k ideals, my dearY' Well. can hardly be otherwise auntie. dear. He says am one Of them. "-Exchange.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-11
Stays.

In 1914 stays were introduced ,nto so umes or gentlemen to keep the uousier straight and confine the waist
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-11
BRIDGEPORT As T WAS
 1OOI5O-20-YEARS AGO (Taken from the Files of The Evening Farmer)
1OO-5O- YEARS AGO
approached Manager Tom Rnrns z

approached Manager Tom Burns of the Springfields, relative to the as- stunning the management of the new nine. The leaders favor the transfer or the Torontos to this city, the re- serve players of the Pittsburghs The scheme will be brought to a head at once. Manager 'Barnie of the Hart rords Is said to be in favor of it, and to be working to secure the franchise or the Scrantons of the Eastern lea que with view of transferring that nine to Hartford, making two Connec- ticut cities in the Eastern league the coming year.
 PERSONAL
 MT. and Mrs. James McGovern have returned from their wedding trip to the South and will go housekeeping at 119 Nichols street.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-11
The Only On. Lsekiro.

Why are you so sure there Is nd. such thing as fourth dimension !" k ' Because" replied the discourared fat man. If thers was "A hazo sss'
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-10-11

Faulty business letters handicap ef- ficiency. Investigate the Pace stan dardized course in Applied Business English at the. Y. M. c. A. "tf
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-29
!. Pittsburgh

Epi,llFTsBURGH, March 29.-There
was Ia great deal of favorable gossip
current on the floor Of the exchange
ifBreference to Columbia Gas, which
may may not have had some intlu'
enceS q Encouragement In this mar
kets {. all events the stock was IN
mofe8or less demand throughout the
day and at the close there had been
4,190 shares dealt in within a range
sbfSffom 16N to 1875. T he market IN
fhts Nstock, however, has neither
strengthening nor vitalizing effect
upon tho other issues in the same
EroIp. most OF which were weak and
dull An exception in thiss respect
yasfIone Star Gas, which cid at on
advance OF liz for92 to the extent
ofS1iO shares, and Ohio Fuel Cupply
sSellinR for 215 shares at 4035. gain
o. ashalf q point. Pure OH common
Einsa som ewhat Indifferent market, act
edsunder pressure and sold off small
Fraction, while Pittsburgh OIL and Gas
twas Eunchanged and sold at the uni
form price of 8A.
~ The trading In the glass shares was
comparatively limited. OF the Amor
ican Window Glass Machine stocks
the common fell of quarter. The
Trading OF some small lots of the pre-.
ferred left this issue unchanged at.
the close, but Pittsburgh Plate Glass
declined a dollar on sales of so shares.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-29
Prosperous Year For
VI the Havana Hotels

HAVANA, March 21-(Correspond-
ence Associated Press)-The tourist
season now drawing to close has
been by far the most prosperous that
Havana has ever seen, the number
OF visitors from the United States ex-
ceedtng by thousands that of any pre-
yious wear and taxing to their utmost
capacity the steamship lines from
New York, Key West and New Or
leans. This has been due in part to
the attractions Of the fine racing track
lnaugurated last year at Muriano I'M
der favorable weather conditions. but
in the main to the closing OF all the
European resorts and the serious in
reference of traffic with the other
West Indian Islands due to the with
drawal of the German and British
tourist steamers
During the height OF the rush south
ward all the hotels in, Havana were
SO crowded that many. visitors were
compelled to find shelter for the night
aboard the ships on which they arriv-
ed, This has given rise to the long
discussed project Of the erection in Ha-
yana OF at-least one tourist hotel OF
magnificent proportions and OF Vari-
GUS other plans to increase the at
fractions .of the city. Several excel
lent hotel sites are available but it
would hardly be possible to complete
a building by the beginning Of next
year and fears are expressed that II
the war should come to a conclusion
the rush OF tourist traffic to the south
would instantly set Europeward and
so continue for years to come.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-29
.l.C;i.oluErl,tNeWiliy!s!
Deeds Filed.

The following deeds were yesterday
fled with County Clerk "A. g. Martin
for recording:
Arthur Claughes and wife to w. H.
Hammer, parcel of land In the Fair
mont Development company's addition
to the city OF Fafrmont. Consideration
S137.
william Cain ct AL, to James B. g.
Kennedy, parcel of land on Big Paw
Paw creek in Paw Paw district. Con-
sideration $500.
Wood Lawn Cemetery company to
Elizabeth c. Durrett, plot of ground
In the above mentioned cemetery. Con;
sideration $3.50.
WAS Cook and wife to Thomas c.
Michael, parcel of land In the vii
liage OF Barrackvtlle. Consideration.
May Radcliffe and husband to Pearl
M, Baker, a parcel OF land on Tever-
baugh creek in Lincoln district. Con-
sideration $3.50.
The following birth and death GER
tiacates were yesterday filed with
County Clerk A. G. Martin for re-
Births: DR.. "A. H. Motfatt, eight; DR..
A. 80. Peters, two. Deaths, DR.. Mott
att one; DR.. J. H. Boulware, one.
trustees NAMED.
M. j. Lantz was named trustee for
II r. Snider an insolvent debtor.
Bond Of $500 given.
Clarence D. Robinson was named
trustee for the Valley River. Sand com;
pany, corporation insolved' Bond
~ S1h mn furnished
Guardian Named.
e. B. Carskadon was named guard
ian of Byron M. West, infant heir of
the late Melvin West. Bond OF $1,ooO
furnished.
Executor Named.
F. M. Efaw was named executor OF
the last will OF the late Jesse Price.
Bond OF $4,000 furnished.
| Committee Named.
Allison S. Fleming was named com
mittee for Dorsey M. Adams an in
sane person. Bond of $25 given
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-03-29
villa WAS MOI ON
AMERICAN SOIL u:
F D Boy Who Was In
Columbus Fight Writes
About 1t.

George n. Richardson, Of 442 Mon.
roe street has received a letter from
his son, George, who, as q deputy sher-
~ Of Luna county, New Mexico, par
ticipated IN the running battle which
followed the Villa raid on Columbus.
The writer Of the letter was long q
resident Of this city. He went from
here to eDnyer and subsequently 70
Bl Paso and Columbus. The letter
which is a graphic hrst:hand account
Of the raid of the Mexican bandits, 10
as follows: ].
the big fight In Columbus, New Mex q
leo. between Villa and the U. s. troops2
Wen, your big baby boy was in that
feht and never got. a scratch. God!
II was awful. Nineteen Americans
KILLED, part OF them burned and over
200 of Villas men killed and wound
ed.
eve we're attacked at 4:15 O'Clock
Thursday morning OF the NTH OF TINS
month. No one knew that they Were
in the town until we heard their war
cry Of 'viva!l Viva! Mexico! and II
was a blood.curd1ing yell.
Lots Of his men were YacKle II
dams. The u. s. troops numbered III
tie over 200 men and their guns anu
ammunition were all locked up. !ney
put up a great fight after they did get
them.
this is only small town, but Tor one
thin-some of the Indians set hre 20
the town and then we could see 10
shoot them down and We sure did.
rather enjoyed it-really, did, loV-
ed to sec those dirty devils fa1L
villa did not come into the town put
stafd close to the line. You see' we
are only two miles from the interna-
ton line, His right-hand man com
handed the troops and brought them
In the raid. He was General Lopez,
who killed the IS Americans down IN
Mexico last month. He was killed
here. ar
1 took OF his body, SO you can nave
a remembrance Of the awful hight i
got lots Of money from them but It Is
no good. tits Villa money. $50 show
it to your friends and put itN on ex-
hibition there SO they all can see It.
It cana of of General Lopez. Villas
right-hand man, the most murderous
man In Mexico.
"Now, dad, I am a deputy sheriff OF
this county and am at the present
time guarding prisoners that were
wounded in the big fight; some In
dams, some Mexicans. So don't wor'
~ about me. will be all o. K.
1.-THE U. S. troops have gone into
Mexico, 5000 of them SO H Is sure
on down here now.
"Well, the doctor just came in to see
the prisoners. so viii have to help
him. Bye, bye, for this time and ans
wer real soon as love to hear from
you real often as ever and always.
"Your loving son,
y.aN JACK.
"Give my regards to all the friends"