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The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-10-06
sentiment is strong.

The Zig Sandy Valley. in which
MIR. Hughes is TO make Eve speeches,
is seething with Republican senti-
ment, and it is foregone conclusion
that the nominee will be greeted by
, huge crowds at every point.
Arrangements will be maid imue-
diately for the rally in Louisville
Thursday night. Additional seats will
be placed in Phoenix Hill Park and
eyhfy other arrangement which fore
thought can suggest will be made
for handling the enormous crowd
which is certain TO greet Mr.. Hughes
The nominee probably will be The on
Ig.speaker OF the occasion.
Since the opening of the State cam
paign in Lexington last month, when
MIR. Hughes personality and address
made deep impression upon all who
we're able to get within seeing or
hearing distance. the State Campaign
Committee has been inundated with
demans that Mr. Hughes be brought
back to Kentucky for further speech
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-10-06
Return Was Expected.

Several weeks ago Mr. Hughes
promised to pay a return visit, but
the Campaign Committee withheld
tho announcement until it was in a
position TO announce his itinerary
The return of Mr.. Hughes furnish
es additional proof. il any were need
ed, that the national leaders of the
Republican party look upon Ken
lucky as doubtful State in this
years campaign.
Since the opening of the cam
paign, the national organization has
been assigning some of the hest
speakers of the party to this State,
and has promised several additional
orators whose fame is even more
than national. Some of those who
have been assisting in the Kentucky
fight are Senator Warren G. Harding
of Ohio; Halbert p. Gardner, Of
Maine; Congressman Nicholas Long
worth, of Ohio; former Congressman
G. ]. Diekema and Edward Trefz. of
Michigan. and others of equal note.
: Much Interest shown.
The deep interest being shown in
this State by the party's national
leaders, the big crowds which are
greeting the orators now touring the
STATE and the splendid gains shown
by the registration of Tuesday, have
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-10-06

China imports nearly 200,O0O.0OO
gallons of kerosene year.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-10-06
Itcnerary Announced.

The itinerary for the Republican
nominees return visit, as announc-
ed by Chairman Petty. follows: Pike
vile, S a. m; Prestonsburg, 9:45 a.
m. Paintsyillo. lO:40 a. m; Louisa
1890 p. m: Ashland. 1880 p. m.
and Louisville at o'clock that night.
Mr.. Hughes special train will make
the jump from Ashland to Louisville
without stop.
Republican State Headquarters.
following receipt OF definite informa-
ton relative TO Mr.. Hughes timer
airy, las, night began an active cam
paigD of preparation for the return
visit OF the nominee Mr. Petty and
his aides promptly notified. by tele-
phone and telegraph. the county
chairmon and o.her leaders OF the
section thru which Mr.. Hughes Is
to pass. apprising them of the honor
TO be paid them.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1916-10-06
HUGHES TO VISIT
KENTUCKY AGAIN
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE WILL
MAItH SGEUrs or SPEECHES
IN BLUE GRASS STATE.
LOUISVILLE THURSDAY
Sterling Canpaigner VIII Wind Up
IN Falls City-Local Politicians
VIII Hear Address.

Charles r. Hughes Republican
nominee for President. whose ad-
dress q Lexington September drew
the biggest crowd that ever has at
tIpdod a political gathering in this
STAT will return to Kentucky for a
series OF speeches next Thursday. DC
tobor -, 10 was announced last night
by l. r. Petty. chairman Of the Re
publican State Campaign Committee.
Nj. Hughes will enter Kentucky
frlm West Virginia Thursday morn
ing and sweep thru the Valley OF the
Big Sandy River. making speeches
at toe larger cities of that sec
tion
He will conclude his trip with an
address at Phoenix hin Park. in
Louisville, at o'clock Thursday
night
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-30
RICE

The first rice introduced into North America, was at Charleston, s. C.. in 1894. It was planted first in vege- table gardens in that city, and 1t yielded so abundantly that it's culture was successfully attemptedon a larger scale, eventually becoming one of the leading agricultural products of the South In Texas and Louisiana the custom of observing "Rice DAy'' on the last day of September was fnstitu- ted a few years ago. All the numer- ous varieties of cultivated rice origin ated from a wild plant called in India the Newaree. Rice was cultivated in India. China and Japan in ancient times, and in Syria as early as 400 B. c. Rice was first cultivated in Italy, the leading rice-growing coun- try in Europe, at Pisa in 146s. China is supposed to lead the world in rice production by a great margin, but the actual production is unknown. Brit fish India is second among 1he rice growing countries. The rice produc- ton of the United States was 23.649.- 900 bushels in 1914. The national beverage of Japan, sake, is prepared entirely from fermented rice.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-30
READY FOR THE FAIR. Danbury's Big Event Will Offer Fine
 Entertainment.

October to are dates that spell large things in the county, state and city life, for the Danbury Fair holds forth then. Thousands of people have this event on their date-book and look forward to it with high an ticipation.
 It is always a top-notcher in it's auto show, race events, bench and horticultural exhibits and agricultural, livestock and machinery displays.
 There never is dearth of amuse- ments and the displays that interest and instruct afford food for years thought and. progress. People of all ages and from all walks of life, find ample material for their edification.
 Entries of the 1916 event have poured in and despite similar affairs the same week, Secretary G. M. Run dle has been kept busy filing desirable entries that crown all classes.
 Spaces on the plaza will all be oc- cupied by enterprises that will add dash and go to this feature of the Fair. Popular bands in concerts, grand stand attractions of highest merit and everything and everyone primed to please. promise that the Fair will live up to its aim of adding to the joys of the autumnal season.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-30
TWENTY YEARS AGO
MASON FALLS 80 FEET.

The life of a bricklayer is not al- ways pleasant one, as Moses Will jams, who lives at 615 Seaview avenue and who has worked at the trade ever since he was boy, learned today. He has met with many accidents but never before did he come so close to death as he did this morning. As it is he is at the A1mshouse suffering with a broken leg and other injuries. Williams was at work on the chimney of the Ashcroft Co., near the plush shop in East Bridgeport He was about 80 feet from the ground at work on a narrow staging, a plank about two feet in width While bending over Williams turned on the plank He made frantic grab al the brick work on which he was en- gagged but could not save himself. Doubled up like a roll of cloth he fell to the ground He was found lying on the sand with his right leg doubled under his body He was unconscious and at first glance it vas feared that he was dead
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-30

crop, and the immense fruit crop o1 California
 'In 1915 the three principal frui, crops of Missouri, apples, peaches and pears, had a farm value of over $15,00o,000; the same crops in Kan sas were worth nearly $9,000,Oo0; in Iowa, $s,S0o,Oo0 and in Nebraska nearly $4,00o,Oo0. This does not take into account early small fruits, grapes or melons A 25 per cent loss on these values would have been small in the case of a railroad strike.
 'oThe certain losses which would have fallen on the growers in these districts alone would have totalled many millions The disorganization of markets which would have follow ed a strike would have been felt dis astrously in every item of this years farm production.
 T wish," said MT. Odel1, ''that the farmers of the country could realize that it is Woodrow sWiison who saved them from this incalculable loss. and that Charles B. Hughes, who as Gov ernor of New York vetoes practically all appropriations that were yttally needed for rural interests, is con- demning President Wilson for pre- venting a nationwide industrial pam ic and ruin of the farmers market"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-30
ONE HUNDRED YEARS ACC.
WOLF HUNT.

ChambeEsburg, Pa.-On Tuesday
 Ast as two men were going along a ey>road about one mile north of this place. one ofi them having a gun in tended to shoot squirrels. the other a snan of color called Bill Butler, was Acn horseback. They were alarmed at seeing within. less than 30 paces, an enormous wolf, standing in an offens- Eve attitude with eyes sparkling fire A1e that had the gun, levelled it and it mapped twice but the intrepid Butler Hnding there was no dependence to be placed In the gun, resolved to make "a charge with a determination to have dts scalp or die in the attempt-the wolf thought proper to retreat and Butler pursued with all speed and left the other man behind-thAw being open, he frequently came up lwith 1t, his object being to ride it down and by that means to weaken 1t till he might light down for a club and kill it: pursuing it on till it pass ed before his door through Robert smiths meadow close by teh town where Smiths boys, at work In the held. Joined the pursuit but could not come up.with it till Butler retarded its lspeed by,h his endeavors to ride over it. NJ crossed Mr. Smiths fields and woods during which time he fre- uuent1y came up with it but when the other boys were coming up it made off In this way they ran it fairly down so that when attempting to jump a fence one of the boys caught 1t by the tail and pulled it back, and with their club they put an end to its life as we'll as to the hunt after running it two miles Itwas aremarkably large she wolf. and appeared much taller than the largest dog, but very poor Then Bnt1er carried it home and in sFinning It found several grains of shot But Ter s1id it ,bit his mare but showed no disposdti on to bite his dog. The reason tS they.kepf always a proper distance. Re has received an order from the county treasury for SS, a premium allowed by the state His iIytrepidity ranks him with General Butler and his famous wolf hunt
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-30
PROFESSOR RYAN TO
 / GIVE LECTURE HERE

Dr. John A. Ryan. professor of soci- | ology and economies at the Catholic University, will come to Bridgeport. Tuesday, October 10, to lecture under the auspices of the Catholic Charitable
 bureau. The subject of his address
 will be "The Church and Social Ques- tions.". Dr. Ryan enjoys a nation-
 wide reputation as an authority in the field of social service. He ranks as one of the foremost economists His
 work. "A Living Wage" is familiar to
 all students of the subject. He is a
 great champion of minimum wage
 boards and has written numerous ar
 ticles on the subject. His most recent
 work, ''The Distribution of Wealth." is
 now in the hands of the publishers.
 For the last three years he has been a professor of sociology at the. Cath ollie University, Washington. Before
 that he was a professor at the sem mary at St Paul, Minn. He is a mem-
 Der of the executive committee of the
 National Conference of Charities and Correction for 1917, which will meet in Pittsburgh next May. For a num- Der of years he has been contributing editor to the Survey, setting forth the point of view of the Catholic church on all social questions.
 In January, 1917, there will be launched in the literary world new periodical, "The Catholic Charities Monthly" of which pr. Ryan will be the editor. To this new work he will give his time and talent free. He is untiring in his zeal for the promo tion of social justice and always lends himself willingly to charitable pur- poses.
 This lecture will be the opening of a series to be given under the auspices of the Catholic Charitable Bureau. The other lecturers are pr. William J.Ker- by, Washington ,''The Social Mission of Charity;% Rev. Frederic Siedenburg, naed of the College of Sociology, Loyo- | la University, Chicago, Social Health and Hygiene;" Dr. James F. Hagerty, | dean of College of Commerce of Jour- nalism, Ohio State University, "Juve- nile Delinquency" and Edward F. Me- Sweeney of Boston, on Immigration" All are men of exceptional ability and talent. The proceeds from the lec- lures will be devoted to charity.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-30
|CLAIM AGAIN MADE THAT BILLBOARD LAW OF CONNECTICUT WON'T STAND
 ACID TEST OF CONST|TUTIONALITY,
Advertising Concern Asks United States Court to Issue Injunction Against Statute Enacted at Last Session of General Assembly Application Grows From Re cent Action Against Hartford Men.

Hartford. Sept. 30.-For the pur- ] pose of testing the constitutionality
 Of the so-called billboard license law
 berore the United States supreme
 court the Hartford Poster Advertising | company. by it's vice-president, Rob- ert P. Brinker, has brought an action
 in the United States district court against Secretary of State Charles D. Burnes, Superintendent of State Po- lice Thomas F. Egan. and States At torney Hugh M. Alcorn, asking that chapter 314 of the public acts of 1915 be declared unconstitutional, null and void, and that the secretary of state, chief of the state police and the states attorney and all officers of the state or municipalities be restrained and en- joined from in any way or manner at tempting to enforce the provisions of the act.
 Benedict M. Holden, attorney for the Hartford Poster Advertising company, went to New Haven to-day to appear before Judge Edwin s. Thomas in the United States district court to ask for an order that the defendants nam ed should show cause before the court why an order should not be made re- straining and enjoining them from en- forcing the provisions of the act or bringing any prosecutions under it.
 The vital part of the bill board license laws says no person, firm or corporation shall display any adver- tisement containing more than four square feet upon real property other than the property upon which the goods advertised are manufactured or offered for sale, or upon which the goods advertised is carried on in whole Or in part, until such person, firm or corporation shall secure from the secretary a license to display such ad- vertisement. The fee is one cent per square foot. Fine of $30 and inn prisonment of thirty days are provid- ed as penalties for violation of the act
 Under this statute several Hartford business men were fined in the East Hartford town court for billboard ad- vertising in that town, and their ca ses appealed to the superior court In the meantime a Fairfield county merchant carried his case on appeal to the criminal court of common pleas in Fairfield county on a demurrer to the states complaint. The demur- Ter was sustained, and then the state to the supreme court of er- TOTS, which set aside the judgment of the court of common pleas and sent the case back for trial Following this decision the Hartford men were before the superior court in this city ten days ago and on please n61o contendre were fined small One of the accused, Myron
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-30

Katten, pleaded not guilty, and at | that time, MT. Holden, his counsel, agreed with the states attorney and the court on a plan of procedure to get the question before the United States court for determination of the constitutionality of the law.
 In the complaint of the Hartford Poster Advertising company it is set up that States Attorney Alcorn has now pending in the superior court for Hartford county a criminal prosecu- ton against Manager and Vice Presi- dent Brinker of the company. The complaint in the main says that the business of the company would be ruined by an enforcement of the law, and that the company. which has an investment of $1O,000, would be obliged to break its contracts and leases made before the law went into effect August 1, 1915.
 Among the reasons given why the act is unconstitutional is that the H. cense fees fixed by the statute are op- pressive, unconscionable, confiscatory, and deprive the plaintiff of its prop erty without due process of law. An other reason given is that the owner
 
 property if he may not permit his barns and out-buildings to be painted in such manner as he sees fit. and dis play thereon such advertisements as he may see fit, which advertisements are not nuisance per SC or detri- mental to public morals or the safe ty of the general public.
 Also that the owner of real prop erty is deprived of his property and the use of his property if he cannot make contracts for the use of the same freely and without intervention of the state authorities if the use is a lawful one, and one which it is not necessary to regulate. It is claimed that the act as a regulatory measure is null and void because 1t practically compels the secretary of state to issue licenses to everybody at any place where application is made and fee is paid, and after the license is issued, the license authority has no control over the business or it's operation.
 The last reason set up is that the statute is void and of no effect be- cause in it's operation it is an attempt to impose a license fee or tax upon manufacturers and merchants who are inhabitants of other states for at- tempting to sell their goods or adver- tise their goods in the state of Con- necticut and taxes interstate com merce. It is claimed the act is in contravention of the fourteenth to the constitution of the United States and in excess of the power of the legislature of the state of Connecticut.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-30
NO PRESENT EQUALS
 JEWEIRY

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?
 WHAT REALLY LASTS so LONG OR IS USED ON so MANY OCCASIONS?
 Our stock includes Diamonds, Watches, Jewe1ry 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., 1916-09-30
PRESBYTERY TO 3 HOLD MEETING
 IN NBR|DCEPORT
Connecticut Valley Church / es Will Send Delegates
 to Convention Here.

The Connecticut Valley Presbytery will convene Monday evening at the First Presbyterian church. Churches that will send delegates to this meet- ing are in New Haven, Darien, Stam- ford, Greenwich, Thompsonville. Hol- yoke, Hartford and Springfield.
 The opening night will be one of general interest to the churches of the city. George Dewey, the man who has developed the Mems Bible classes of Philadelphia until they show mem- bership o1 between fifty and sixty thousand, will be the speaker. The orgAnized bible class is a compara- lively new institution to New England and for that reason MT. Dewey feels that there is a very large field in tho of the-interest of both men and women in this aspect of church life.
 MT. Dewey has already been in touch with several New England cities. Boston. Worcester and Stam- ofrd. He will devote the entire month of November to New York city. This meeting begins at 7:45 and all inter- ested in the sub5etc are invited to tho service.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-30
THE IMPORTANCE OF LORRAINE

One of the greatest blows which
 could be struck at Germany in this
 war would be the capture of the iron
 mining district in Lorraine, which
 produces about 80 per cent. of all the
 iron ore produced by German, mines.
 Conversely, one of the aims of Ger
 many in the war is doubtless to obtain
 possession of the rich mines of France
 across the border from German Lor- raine. The French mines of Briey
 were overlooked by Bismarck because in 1871 they could not be profitably operated. A few years later the dis covery of new processes for dephos-
 phorizing pig iron gave to the Briey mines an even greaer value than those in Lorraine. The importance of the latter iron field can be understood when it is considered that, during the year preceding the war, 21,135,0 900 tons of iron ore were mined in Lor- raine. out of a total of 2S, ,607, ,000 tons produced in the entire empire. The
 great iron mines of the Germans in Lorraine are in a narrow stretch of country some twenty miles long and from three to five miles in breadth, lying between the Franco-Luxemburg frontier and the River Orne. In this district German engineers have built some of their most formidable defen- sive works, for 1t is realized that the loss of these iron mines would prac- tically seal the fate of Germany. To hold the Lorraine iron mines and the territory taken from the French which contains iron is one of the great ob- jects of the German strategy, and it explains much in their military tac- tics which otherwise seems unintel- ligible. It has been pointed out by a German authority that were the mining operations in. Lorraine to re- ceive any setback the war would be half lost thereby" This is rather au than an exaggeration, for it is likely that the loss of that narrow sector in Lorraine would prove to be the final blow to German hopes, since iron is one of the absolute ne- cessities of warfare.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-30
SPECIAL SATURDAY
 EVENING MEETINGS

The second of a series of fall and winter services under the auspices of the Converts club, will be held at the Christian Union, 24 Bank street, to- night at eight o'clock.
 The Rev. Douglass H. Pierce. pas tor of the Memorial Baptist church will be the speaker, and will take as his subject, 'The Old, Old Story" Solos will be given by Miss Fox and anyone desirous of hearing a. rousing gospel message should make 1t Q point to be present.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-09-30
FEATHERED OCCUPANTS
 OUSTED.

The long promised and much need ed rain on the feathered occupants of the southern end of the courthouse commenced in good earnest this morning. The workmen are now weaving a wire net over the opening under the projection of the roof, which will effectualIy exclude the hitherto undisturbed inmates and be a cause of great thankfulness on the part of those who have occasion to visit that locality.