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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
ONLY TWO LIVES BAR WAY FOR ASCENSION OF GERMAN PRINCE
 10 THRONE OF NETHERL LANDS
Potential Slenderness of the Thread Accentuated When Automobile Bearing Wilhel,nna and Princes Juiana,
 Is In Collision, Nearly Causing Death of Both.
The Hague. Netherlands, Nov. 29.-

The Hague, Netherlands, Nov. 29.- Only two lives, those of the reigning Queen and of her seven-year-old daughter, Princess Juliana, bar the
 way in the natural order of things to the accession to the throne of the Netherlands of a German Prince. It is true that, so far as health and age are concerned, those lives may be de- scribed as first class" but the poten- tial slenderness of the thread was il- lustrated not long ago in the Hague
 woods, where the royal automobile carrying Queen Wilhelmina' and the little Princess was the victim of a col lision that might under less fortunate circumstances have cost the lives of both.
 This question of the succession gave Dutchmen some concern before the war, and much more now. Several we'll known public men have drawn public attention to the matter in the last few days, and what looks like a strong agitation, enjoying widespread sympathy, has been started for a re- vision of the Constitution declaring null and void all potential rights of succession of foreign princes, leaving, the choice of a new sovereign, in such an unhoped-for and unexpected cir cumstance as the failure of all direct heirs to the throne, entirely to the States General or Parliament of the country. For every Dutchman, prac- tically without exception, whatever be his sympathies in the present war, would regard the accession of a Ger man prince as 8 calamity, threatening the so dearly cherished independence of the nation.
 In the House of Orange, Holland is blessed with a dynasty bound to Hol- land and Holland alone by such strong ties that no one at home or abroad would dream of suggesting that the council chambers of the Crown are accessible to other than purely Dutch interests. But if that house were left without living issue, the next claimants to the throne would be found among the collateral princely houses of Saxe- -Weimar and Reuss- Kostritz, followed or accompanied by those of Saxe-Meiningen, Hohenzol- Tern, another branch of Reus-Kostritz, Schleswig- -Holstein, Norway, Sahcum- burg-Lippe, Sweden and Welcome and all equally foreign to the Meth erlands. ,,a
 Professor J. A. Van Hamel, a dis tinguished authority on law, declares in the Amsterdammer: ''This game of interests with German royal relations on foreign thrones must teach us that small powers should beware if they do not desire to see, in their highest government circles, foreign aims that might be pernicious to them put in place of their national interests. Is the fact sufficiently reckoned,s with that, according to the present consti- tu,ional regulation of the succession to the throne, the successive princes called to the throne after Princess Ju- liana are all German families, mostly officers in the German army, naturally all attached heart and soul and bound to the German policy? Monarchica1
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29

coupling of this country to another, by prince who could hardly be any thing but an imperial prince-envoy, and who might be admonished from abroad to bear himself Hike a good German of whom, moreover, noth- ing is known here save that he has not the slightest relations with this country, would be a very serious mat ter for the coming times"
 AS regards the exact form that rhe proposed constitutional revision should take, Prof D. P. D. Fabius, yet an- other writer on the subject, argues in favor of simply putting all possible claimants besides Princess Juliana ,ut of court, of binding the country in no way to any house or person outside the offspring of Wilhelmina, ana thus in case of the necessity of occurring leaving the States General, an un- questionably free choice in the matter. On the other hand, Professor H. Louis Israels, a we'll known publicist, wants to take a cue from the American constitution, which itself borrowed so much from Dutch political law, in it's prescription that only a born Ameri- canscan be elected head of the State. We would have the rule laid down that only those who were born and had remained Hollanoers would by right of inheritance succeed to the throne of the Netherlands.
 No sign has yet been made by the government as to whether they would contemplate taking up the matter at tlils juncture. Probably a good deal depends upon the. view entertained at the Royal Pa,ace.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Marriage lice

Marriage licenses have been issued to: F. H. Bennett, 26, bookkeeper, 352 Broad street and Mildred Kingman, 23, Union City; William Bassett, 21, chauffeur, 220 Laurel avenue and Violet Elizabeth Fuhrer, 23, factory worker, 571 Park avenue; William French. 21, plumber, 64.7 Housatonic avenue and Bertha Roberts, IT, clerk, 26 Meadow street; Meyer Kempfner, 21 night manager, Western Union Telegraph Co, 315 Fairfield avenue, and Rosa Philo, 19, 1911 State St.; Fred w. Haffner, 23. steamfitter, 8S 6uggett's Lane and Mary E. Kerwin, z5, same address; Dennis Callahan, 1B. guhmaker, 25 Jetland place and Margaret Augustus, 21. factory work CT, san1e address.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
OLD POST OFFICE SOLD.

A valuable piece of property which is taxed ~on the grand list at $40,000. was sold attpublic auction this after noon for $23, 100. It is known as the old post office. There is a frontage of 59 1-6 feet on State street and 57 feet on Bank street. From street to street it is 104 feet.
 When Auctioneer Prindle ascended the rostrum not many people were present. The bidding was opened by James Staples at $22,000 and he at once increased it by $500 additional. Then it remained for some time until Horace Smith raised it to 22,6O0. That was at once met by MT. Staples who bid $22,700. The bidding was confined eto these two men until it had reached $23,100, when it was knocked down to MT. Staples for that sum. Under the terms of the sale $500 was to be paid down at once and the balance within ten days. The lower floor is leased for term of five years from January 1, at $1.000, the first year, SLIGO the second year, $1,- 200 the third year and $1,500 the next two years.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
Congressman Scully
 Defeated by II Votes

Trenton, N. J., Nov. 29.-The state board of canvassers has officially promulgated figures of the recent elec- tion. Governor-elect Edges majority is 69,647; Butterworth, Socialist-La- bor candidate, boiled 2,334; Kraft, ,So- ciafst. 12,9O0; Vaughan, Prohibition, 5,873 votes.
 The average vote for Presidential electors was: Republican, 268,982; Democratic, 211, ,018; Socialist, 1O,4O5; Prohibition, 3,182; Socialist-Labor. S55.
 For United States senator, Joseph s. Frelinghaysen, Republican, has a majority of 74,696. ~
 Tabu1ation of the Third Congress- iona1 district give the office to Rob- ert Carson, Republican, over Con- gresman Thomas J. Scully, Democrat, by Il votes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
Theatre Owner Under
 Arrest Charged With
 Neglecting Farm Cattle

Hartford, Nov 29.-P: s. McMahon, proprietor of the Hotel Bronson and the Keeney theatre, of New Britain, and the Empire theatre of this city, was arrested in New Britain Monday on complaint of the Connecticut Hu- mane Society, charged with neglect of a number of animals on a farm owned by him in Kensington. He appeared in the Berlin town court yesterday. The case was adjourned one week.
 MT. McMahon was arrested two weeks ago and fined in the same court, pleading guilty to a. charge that his herd. of swine was trespass- ing and damaging property.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
Now Plan Boiler
 Code for Nation

Washington, Nov. 29-The Ameri- can Uniform Boiler Law Society will begin three days conference here Wednesday Dec. 4, to draft legisla- tion for uniform construction and reg ulation of steam boilers. President Wilson, delegates from thirty-four states, and expert mechanical engi- neers will deliver addresses.
 The convention has been called by the Industrial Commission of Ohio with a view to drafting a boiler code for nationwide use, so that a free interchangeabiHty of boilers can be established.
 There is very little legislation to govern the construction of boilers in this country. Massachusetts, Califor- mia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana, Minnesota, and Montana are declared to be the only states which have adequate laws on the subject.
 J. c. Gallery, chief deputy of the Division of Boiler Inspection of the Industrial Commission will preside, and the opening address will be by T. J. Duffy, of the Industrial Com mission of Ohio.
 Edward N. Hurley, of the Federal Trades Commission will speak on Standardization as Effecting Indus trial Efficiency; Prof. R. F. Hut ton, Columbia University on Safety in Boiler Construction; John c. Mo- Cabe, chief Boiler Inspector of the City of Detroit on Steam Boiler In- spection"; Henry Hess, of the Amer ican Society of Mechanical Engineers, on the GA. s. M. S. Boiler Code" and Thomas E. Durban, of Erie, chairman of the American Uniform Boiler so- ciety on a "Plea for Uniform Boiler Specifications.' Former President w. H. Taft has been asked to deliver the closing address of the convention.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
THANKSGIVING DAY SERVICE.

First Presbyterian church, State street and Myrtle avenue. Rev. John MacLaren Richardson. pastor. Organ prelude, Triumphal March, J. c. Marks; choir hymn, Come Ye Thank full People, Coco; chorus, Praise Ye
 the Father, Charles GounOd; Offertory, Largo, Handel; chorus, Prayer of Thanksgiving. Old Folksong; organ Postlude, Allegro Pompose, Vincent;
 Mrs. Judith Landberg Flather, so- prano; Mrs. Florence Legere Hayes, contralto; MT. Lewis c. Fenton. tenor;
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
HINCKs SUCCEEDS BoLANDE.

At meeting of the executive board of the Chamber of Commerce the an-r nual statement of finances was ap-E proved. William T. Hincks was eIectEs ed director to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Frank w. Bolande. Several new members were aded to the organization and plans for an extensive membership campaign were discussed.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
CURIOUS ACCIDENT.

The following new and curious ac- cident (says the Plattsburg Repubh- canD occurred in this village few days past. A jug of water corked tight had been set in large stove to warm where it was forgotten. It soon became heated and exploded with great violence--the stove was demol- ished and almost all the persons in the room were knocked down and some of them severely injured.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
GENEROUS ACT.

The action of Rev. John Gill; rector of St. Luke's church, in volunteering his services to the Board of Charities to attend the funeral services of the poor, meets with the warmest appro- bation of the citizens of Bridgeport. Many of the poor had been buried at the. town farm without prayer or ceremony of any kind.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
NEW STORE.

The subscriber is now opening and offering for sale at the store adjoin- ing Samuel Burr & Son and last oc- .cupied by Daniel Burritt, general assortment of dry goods and grocer ies, and as they have been purchased for cash he can afford them as low as any in this borough, from which circumstances he ventures to solicit the patronage of his friends, and the public in general.
 :, BURR H. BETTS,
 Rridgen0rt
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
YOUR CHRISTMAS
 SOLVED
Here Is Where Your Money Will Buy More and Better Christmas Gifts
 at Buechler'S

The gift assortment Is complete. All goods for Christmas are here and sure to come later.
 THIS MAKES AN OPPORTUNE
 TIME NOW FOR YOU TO
 ADE ADVANTAGEOUS
 Everything that's good in diamonds, watches, jewelry, toilet and manicur- ing sets, shaving sets. silverware, cut glass, clocks, umbrellas, silver novel; ties, etc, you will find here at prices that will meet with your approval
 A small deposit will reserve any ar ticle for future delivery.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
BOYS FATHER TO PAY.

Through the carelessness of some boy throwing stones in the public streets, one of the large plate glass windows of Freyler's real estate ex- change was broken recently. MT. Freyler's loss for the advertising on the window which was showy and ex- pensive will be made good by the boys father
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
DOLLAR REWARD FOR AXE

Lost-In Trumbull (Nichols Farm) and formerly advertised in this paper; no reward being offered it is hoped the present reward will induce, the fin0er to return the new axe to the subscriber or to the office of the Farmer.
 SETH HALL,
 Fafrfiald
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
MT. J. Austin MacConnell, assisted by
 ham. the rector, the reason for such
CHAUFFEURS PLAN N
 BIG OPEN MEETINGS.

The Connecticut Chauffeurs' asso- citation is making plans for a masr meeting to be held during the next week at the association quarters, 617 State street. The Bridgeport branch expects to be the largest in the srase.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
New Levy On Belgium

Paris, Nov. 29-The German au- thorities have issued a decree impos- ing a further payment of ten million francs a month on Belgium, according to a Havas despatch from Havre. This is additional to the existing levy of 48O,OOO,00O francs.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
PRICE OF COAL

[ New York, Nov. 27-Regular monthly sale of coal today: 10000 tons sold-lump s3.65 to $4; grate, $4.75 to $5.20; egg, $4.90 to $5; stove, $5 to s$5.85;< chestnut, $4.S0 3-8; steamer $4.50 to $5isper ton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
ADVERTISEMENT.

MT. George w. Lovejoy is the agent for very convenient Bridgeport made article, designed for the instantane- ous silver plating of copper, brass, bronze, etc. It is made of pure silver and apparently does its work quickly and we'll.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
RESURRECTION.

Capt. Bowers from Peurto Cabel- To. states there has been an insur- rection at the Island of Margaretta, which, however, was quelled previous to his sailing.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29

Thanksgiving services will be ob- served at the A. M E. Zion church, Broad and Gregory streets, 10:45 Thursday. Rev. William H. Eley, the pastor, will take as a subject, Mrs. Caroline O. Herschel and Thanks giving.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
Which initiates against brisk trade
ICE ON HUDS0N

On the Highlands of the Hudson snow is six, inches deep and ice form ed half an inch in New York last night.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
THE MARKET.

New. York, Nov. 26-In beef cattle the market shows no improvement. The Poultry market is overstocked,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29

What they call milk at New York has rig to 12 cents a quart and ,housekeepers are indignant beyond measure
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-11-29
OFFER BIG PRIZE

Two hundred dollars has been offer ed as prize for the trot which will be held tomorrow between Cracker boy and Rocket. Mile heats will be run, the best three in five.
Belding banner., 1916-07-05

1t was announced last Tuesday
from Washington that boys of 18
and over would be enlisted on their
own initiative and without the par
ents' consent. The order came in
a bulletin received at all the recruit
ing stations in Michigan.
Heretofore no male person under
the age af 21 could be enlisted with
out consent of parent or guardian.
During the enlisting period in Ionia
several parents We're called upon to
sign this agreement before the boys
of younger years would be enlisted.
Under the new war department or
der the youth can defy the parent
indisposed to grant permission. The
department may also enlist boys be-
tweem 16 and 18 with the consent
Of parents. There is general lean
ing of the war department for young
er men. The younger man is said
to be more enthusiastic, and responds
more quickly to military training and
can be moulded like the vine more
quickly and more satisfactorily into
the perfect soldier.
Belding banner., 1916-07-05
CARRANZA is OBDURATE

The release of the twenty-three
American soldiers captured at Car
rial raised the hopes as to the course
of Carranza which were dashed to
earth by the memorandum published
by the Mexican War Office. Although
it was a formal reply to the last
American note and such a reply is be-
ing delayed in a manner that might
be called insolent, in view of the acute
situation and our urgent request of
last Sunday, it deals with Secretary
Lansing's complaints seriatim. 1t
does not arise to the dignity Of a state
paper and it is especially lacking in
the courtesy which has characterized
Mexican official communications of
the past. When it is not false it is
uuibbling. A note of impudence runs
through it all. In fact, it is impos-
sible to assume that it was written
for us or for the outside world; it
was obviously designed for home con-
sumption. Carranza, as has been sus-
pected all along, is playing to the
Mexican galleries to hold his position.
His natural obstinacy is bad enough,
but it is no longer tempered by judg-
ment. He is openly playing to the
prejudices of Mexicans, doubtless
knowing that there are ambitious men
ready to seize the reins of government
and the taxing power which is worth
while, with the oil properties in opera
ton, the moment he yields to the hat
ed gringos.
The crux of the situation is that
Mr.. Lansing has called the order en-
forced by Gen. Trevino an act of de-
liberate hostility. Carranza has not
disavowed this order or put another
construction on it. Argument as to
the ability of the de facto government
to prevent further border raids and
to protect the lives and property of
Americans in Mexico is aside from
the specific question as to what Car
rama is to do about the act of war
committed against Capt. Boyd's
troops. Until that is disposed of. we
cannot discuss the general situation
Sending the captured soldiers back IS
not enough.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
Belding banner., 1916-07-05
Contagious CheerfuIness

The man with the grace of genuine
cheerfulness is popular among all
classes. The newsboy watches for
him. Things have gone wrong. He
has lost his pennies, or the boy at the
other corner is getting most of the
trade. The man with the smile
comes along. at will be better to-
morrow, sonny" Why, the world is
fine place, after all! Hopefully the
boy begins to call his papers.
In a roomful of people there is con-
straint. They are not congenial. Per-
haps they have no interests in COM
mon. One after another they lapse
into silence. The hostess is in de-
spair. The evening win turn out to
be total failure!
A radiant face appears in the door
way. Immediately there is a change.
An all around Misunderstanding takes
place. 1t is as though the current of
cheerfulness had passed from the gen.
ial hand to other hands, from the sun
ny face to other faces, from the cheer
full heart to other hearts, charging
all with life and beauty. Constraint
is gone, the guests assume easier pos
itions, tongues are loosened, and jov-
Belding banner., 1916-07-05
New NeMspaper Conscience

New Newspaper conscience
The idea is growing fast that the
newspaper should not send into the
home an invitation to the boys and
girls thereof to visit this or that
snake hole, to tank up and otherwise
debauch themselves.
The notion is becoming rampant
that the newspaper should not be a
strumpet, placing its columns on the
market for any old thing that can
command the price.
If there is any reason why. man
should not become a solicitor for a
rendezvous of vice, the same reasons
should prevent newspaper from
playing the same game.
This thing of printing sermon in
one column, a liquor advertisement
in another Kelley cure announce
ment, patent medicine dope testi-
monial, and then publish a lot of
moralization on the editorial page is
a policy that has brought untold dis
grace upon the publishing business.
The new newspaper conscience
which taboos these things and which
caters to the better side. of human
kind is spreading with gratifying
rapidity.
And the influence of newspapers is
correspondingly growing by leaps
and bounds.
Belding banner., 1916-07-05
HUGHES AND ROOSEVELT

Mr.. Hughes has satisfied the bulk
of the Progressive party management,
including Mr.. Roosevelt, that his posi-
tion on the domestic and foreign
affairs of the United States entities
him to the support Of the men who
left the Republican party in 1912.
The issue before the Progressives
was "Hughes or Wilson" Although
the Progressive vote in nearly all
states has fallen away in three years
and has indicated disintregation, it is
probable that in a national election,
If Roosevelt had been a candidate,
it would have returned to something
like its 1912 figure. That would
have meant the election of Wilson.
again a minority president.
If Hughes, when given the oppor-
tunity to speak, had revealed himself
as the type obnoxious to Progressive
principals, the third party might
have had reason for deciding that the
fight had to be kept up even if Wilson
were its result.
We think that the continuance of
an ante-bellum sort of national ad-
ministration would have been a stiff
price to pay for any correction of
abuses in the Republican party, and
Belding banner., 1916-07-05
AMERICAN INTERvENTION
Just at this time, when the flower

just at JnlS Time, Wnen the HoWeT VI
American manhood is Offering itself
as a sacrifice in war, word comes
from the Philippines that the Moros,
the most warlike tribe in the islands,
have forsworn war and settled down
to the pursuits of peace. Head hunt
ing and tribal strife have given place
to agriculture and where oncethe mar
tial chief was busy hurling bolos at
his enemy he is now seen at no more
hostile occupation than turing the
stubborn glebe. .4.ls
There, too, as in other places, base
ball has introduced its civilizing in
fluence, and instead of welding the
barong the Moro has learned to use
the bat, and the bleachers do not even
express their dissatisfaction with the
umpire by hurting pop bottles at him
at least not yet. On the bloodsoak-
ed island of Jolo there has been es-
tablished an agricultural college, and
the day is not distant, we hope, when
its students will rival those of Illinois
and Iowa with their exhibits of corn
and potatoes.
Belding banner., 1916-07-05
COLONEL ROOsEyELT,s ARMY

In Mexico, if a defeated aspirant
for the Presidency were to start in
TO recruit an army Of 10000 men, we
suppose he would be declared an out
law and shot at sunrise if he could bo
caught. Our ways are not Mexican
ways. The forms of our understand
ing are different. Colonel Roosevelt,
at Oyster Bay, is said to have dropped
everything else to give his attention
to the recruiting idea; and of all the
millions who distrust his politics no.
body, from President Wilson down,
doubts his loyalty or his public spirit.
From individuals and from organi-
cations in all part of the country, it is
said, responses are coming in. A force
of clerks has been employed to handle
the letters. Innumerable offerst Of
equipment or money to pay for equip
ment are received. Shoes, clothing,
auto trucks, saddles and harness, field
telephones, armored' aeroplanes are
being promised. The grip of Colonel
Roosevelt on the imaginations of vast
numbers of Americans stands out
strong. 1t would not be made strong
er by creating him major general.A =
Brooklyn Eagle.