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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29

German actors have been ordered 70
appear ON the stage clad only In old
clothing, lest they arouse the envy
OF the populace. In America, should
It become necessary. our stage viii
likely economize by wearing as little
as possible
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29

"Where Is the average man Of
small means going to keep his fifty-
dollar bond2" The question has Teen
asked In several parts of the country.
and In some parts has been satlsfac-
torily answered by publicS9irited bank
ers who have offered to undertake the
safe-keeptng of these bonds for their
owners free of cost.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29

Yhe students who have been told
that coal is bottled sunshine" will be
surprised to read that Explorer Mac
milan says the land he has been ovev
in the Arctic region Is filled with coal
for schoolboys don't associate that ter
ritory with sunshine.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29

The theory of a forty.year limit OF
usefulness, mistakenly attributed to
Doctor 0sler, found many supporters.
At present when u man indicates that
be Is willing to work nobody stops TO
ask his age.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29

The Pennsylvania agricultural de-
partment has come forward with IA
plea to save the humble but useful
reproducing hen and to kill her only
when she becomes old and worn out.
For such Is the gratitude of republics.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29

A Nebraska police Judge says that
women are better liars than men. This,
however, is one bit of flattery that
woman will probably not admit.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29

The food controllers dlctum that we
shouldn't be paying the high prices
world sound better II he will just tell
as what other way is open to get what
We must have.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29

A Pennsylvania farmer states that
he obtained SO heads of cabbage from
one stalk. And yet Scent cigars have
gone up to cents.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29

The Stacker who marries In the hope
Of escaping military service is justly
held up to scOrn; but 1t will hardly
do to penalize marriage on the part
of those within the draft ages. The
world must go on much the same as
avpr
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29

CamOufiage achieves Its highest art
In the curl papers Of the gray morn
that become the coiffure of the gilt
terlng evening.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29

That Independent Polish kingdom
seems to have gone into the discard
with the early and honorable German
peace.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29

The alrplane lights will also serve
as convenient beacons for automobile
tourists.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29
The Future of Anglo-American Relations
By Lord NonhcEfe Editor Of the London Times

In the light of this huge coniagration can all -
Of us, both sides of the Atlantic rate at their true
value the rumpery boundary disputes the irrational 4
and manufactured that for long kept -
Great Britain and the United States apart They have
together under the stress of unprece NssY
dened crisis, but crisis that will infaibly if Ns
: i. !: i: !. :. Z. !"
they again fall apart Far beyond anything else, the Mw
peace Of the world depends working union between U.s.
its great demoGaces, and especially between the A w =
United States and the British empire There will A IA -
there will not be 'next time very largely these
declarations succeed fail in shaping their
future policies in But among the self-gov
erning Engshpeakng peoples policy follows opinion 1t is
enough that their respective governments should act
They be buressed by that informed opinion which only
from sympathy just sympathy only spring from knowledge
United States and the British empire learn know
They must be made conscious through all their diversified million
that central unity ideals and instructive ways of looking things
forms government that binds closer than the
of any other two politically separated entities EARTH simutan
campaign Of education in the United States Great Britain and
British empire and in Great Britain the history and daily life
institutions and temper of the American commonwealth would
contribution OF the first merely to their comrade
but their dene hereafter American Ambassador
has made fruitful suggestions the ways and of
campaign may add another 1t is that Britain should all
be represented in the United States by ambassadors of the typ
himself and his predecessor.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29

The hand of fate never slaps a ioafer
on the back.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29
PAID ADVERTISEMENT.
Announcement.

Authorized and inserted by Griff Thomas Hur.
ley, Wis, who Will pay 75c for each insertion.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29

nbe of
the monn CUNT clock inue
sea a
W.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-12-29
Certificate of Nominations.


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voted
A. D. 1918, of
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-24
Everything From the Crea-
tion of a Tax Commission
ership to More Help For
Town Clerk Schultz In
cluded in G. O. p. Pro
gram.
Common Council May Get
Right to Boost Your Pay
If You're a Deserving
Republican Employe
/ Health Board Bill Offer
ed.
Especial to The Farmer)

Hartford, Jan. 4-There'll
be no trouble at all for any oe-
serving Republican city official
to get his salary raised, if an
amendment to the city charter,
presented in the Senate today,
is passed. All the deserving
official will have to do is to
ask the Republican Common
Council about it, for in that
body will be vested complete
power in the regulation of city
salaries.
Eleven charter amendments,
in Ill, were introduced today.
The abolishing of the board Of
assessors and the creation Of a
tax commissionership was
among the most important.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-24
BROKERS TO AID
LEAK" PR0bERS,
NOBLE DECLARES
Head of New York Stock
Exchange Says All Rec
ords Will be Produced.
DOUBT AS TO TIME
NEEDED FOR WORK
May Require Two or Three
Weeks, Says Member Of
Brokerage House.

New York, JAN 24-The members
of the New York stock exchange who
have been requested by their board
Of governors to make available for
the examination of the rule commit
tee of the house of representatives
the record Of their transactions dur
ing the period when Wall street is
supposed to have received advance
information on the presidents peace
note are not expected by the board
of governors to withhold the infor-
nation. This assurance was given to
the committee by President Noble OF
the exchange at the resumption OF
the leak" inquiry here today.
Mr.. Noble appeared to inform tbs
committee Of the adoption last night
of the resolutions of the board re-
questing the 500 or so brokerage
houses to turn over the desired data
to the chairman of the clearing house
committee for submission to the rule
committees experts, who will examine
them to learn the identity of the OPP
orators who were dealing heavily on
the short side of the stock market
priort to the publication of the peace
note
Sherman L. Whipple, the comEl!t-
tees counsel, wanted to know at the
outset how soon the first responses
might be expected. Mr.. Noble said
copies of the A<resolution had been sent
to- the members this forenoon and that
some replies probably could be expect
ed by tomorrow or the day after.
s'I think they all realize" he said,
'.that speed is desired, and that those
who are going to respond will respond
as quickly as possible"
He knew of none who will assume
the responsibility of not complying
with the request. All, he believed,
will give their cordial assistance to
the committee.
eff any individual members decline
to accede to- the request" remark
ed the attorney .'the task OF finishing
the matter will remain with the COM
The attorney then resumed his ex-
animation of Mr.. Noble on stock mar
ket methods, particularly on Short
sales. Before beginning his testi-
mony Mr. Noble obtained permission
to have his counsel and H. K. Pome-
roy, chairman OF the stock list COM
mittee, at his side.
4. CONTINUED on Page ~
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-24
VACCINATION OF
EVERYONE URGED
BY HEALTH DEPT.
Commissioners Vote to Rec
ommend That Public Be
Innoculated.
POINT TO DANGER OF
SMALLPOX
Two Here Who Have Been
in Contact With Cases
Under Surveillance.

At a meeting of the health board
last night, it was voted to recon-
mend that every person in Bridgeport
who has not been vaccinated, obtain
the treatment at once.
Health Officer w. III. Brown said
this morning:
The recommendation to the pub
lie will be made for several reasons.
Smallpox is spreading in Waterbury
and other places in the state and
cases have been discovered in towns
close to Bridgeport
One OF the most recent cases is in
Fairfield. 1t is known that two
persons in Bridgeport have been in
contact with the case and they are
under close supervision"
DR.. Brown said that no arrange
ments had been made to force the
vaccination of children in the schools.
Not just YETI is the way he put
it.
II have no argument" he said,
with those who oppose vaccination,
up to a certain point. When they
begin to interfere with the public
good, then I believe, it is time to
take action
Changes were made last night in
the regulations for hotels, restaur-
ants, etc. One was that instead Of
requiring running water for washing
DISHES, the department will require
hot running water.
The building commissioners will be
asked to see that plumbers in putting
new work in old houses, live up to the
regulation that requires a filing OF
plans of such changes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-24
PROPOSE BONDS
FOR SEWERAGE
AT STRATF0RD
Officials Seek Legislature S
Permission for 100000
Bond Issue.
Especial to. The Farmer)

Stratford, Jan. 24-At a meeting
of the sewer committee held last ev-
ening at the town hall a resolution
was drawn up and adopted which will
be given to- Representative Ivan l..
Morehouse who in turn will present
it to the legislature asking that a
committee of three pe appointed and
the auth orization of honda a,=re@-,nting
to 100000 for sewage system. The
appointment Of the committee -:ll be
left to the discretion of the selectmen.
The resolution will be presented
either Thursday or Friday. The MEM
bers Of the sewer committee are Eli
oft w. Peck, Frederick S. Beardsley,
Paul Goodell, Max Fredericks, Sam
uel w. Hubbell, Burton c.. Warner and
M. J. tDahlin
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-24
Nj: ID TO
P|CkETINC Law
IS INTRODUCED
Senate Receives Measure
Designed to Clarity Sec
tion 1896.
Especial to The Farmer.)

Hartford, jan 24.-At the request or
the Molders' union and other labor
organizations and labor leaders, Sen
ator- John O'Connell of Bridgeport to-
day introduced a measure in the SEN
ate designed to amend Section 1896 of
the General Statutes. a law which reg
ulates picketings and other activities
of strikers.
The amendment was drawn up by
Attorney Thomas Cullinan of Bridge
port, who is counsel for the Molders'
union. It has the backing of labor
men throughout the state.
The section is as follows:
Every person who shall threat
en-, or use any means to intimidate
any person to compel such person,
against his will, to do, or abstain
from doing any act which such
person has a legal right to do, or
shall persistently follow such per-
SON in a disorderly manner, or in
iure, or threaten to injure, his
property, with intent to intimidate
him, shall be fined not more than
500, or imprisoned not more than
B six months.
The amendment to this section
reads ''but nothing in this section
contained shalr affect the rights OF
or prohibit any person or persons
whether singly or in concert from
terminating any relations of employ
ment, or from ceasing to perform any
work or labor, or from recommend
Ing, advising, or persuading others
by peaceful means to do so; or from
attendance at any place where any
such person or persons may lawfully
be, for the purpose OF peacefully OBJ
tanning or communicating informa-
tion, or from peacefully persuading
any person or persons to work or to
abstain from working. or from ceas-
ing to patronize or to employ any
party to a dispute concerning terms
or conditions OF employment, or from
advising, persuading,
or trying by peaceful and lawful
means so to do; or from paying or
giving to, or withholding from any
person or persons any strike benefits
or other moneys, or things OF value;
or from peacefully assembling in a
lawful manner and for lawful pur-
poses orrfrom doing any act or thing
which might lawfully be done in the
absence Of such disputes, by any party
thereto, shall any OF the things
specified herein be considered, or
heldito be violations OF any law of
the State Of Connecticut
~ Senator Patrick. B. O'Su1livan of
Derby, minority leader, introduced a
similar measure, and also one provid-
ing a fine OF $1,O0o for any employer
who advertises for help when labor
troubles exist, without specifying that
fact. Another measure he introduced
related to the employment of guards
to do strike duty, and would place
them under the control of the county
sheriff:
The drive to change 1885," as it has
been known to labor men, resulted
from the interpretations that are be-
ing put on the law by judges in Con-
necticut, whereby labor feels it has
been, undu1y restrained Many SEN
ators and representatives. have prom
ised the State Federation OF Labor to
support the measure.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-24
Corpses Are Frozen
to Deck of Warship

London, Jan. Especial dispatches
from Holland give stories Of the bat
ties between German and British de-
stroyers in the North Sea but the de-
tails, which one some points are con-
flictfng, are mostly and avowedly de-
rived from hearsay and not substan-
tiated. 1t seems certain, however
that the main engagement began
about 2 o'clock in the morning and
lasted until about a. m.
1t was fought in intense darkness,
while the severe cold can be judged
from the fact that eight corpses ON
the V-69, the German flagship, were
so frozen to the deck when the boat
arrived in Ymuiden that they had to
be hewn- free with axes.
Virtually all the details of actual
damage to the ships refer to the V-69,
which it is said, was rammed by a.
British ship after being seriously bat
tered. The correspondents report
gossip that seven to 10 German ves-
,seIs were sunk, but there is nothing
confirmatory in regard to this. Ac-
cording to one version, the Germans
started from Helgoland with the in
tention of raiding the British coast,
but were driven pack toward Flanders,
where some took refuge in Zeebrugge.
1t is confirmed that Commander
Boehm on the V-69 is alive and, ac-
cording to one report, uninjured. It
is said that he superintended the re-
moval of the destroyer, as an exami-
nation Of the ship proved the impos-
sibility of repairing her within "a
hours. This. of course, implies an in
tention to intern, but nothing official,
is obtainable in regard to this. A
number of survivors of the sunken
British vessel have arrived on the
Dutch coast.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-24
POLICE BAFFLED
BY ROBBERY AT
BULLARD'S SHOP
Score of Detectives Fail to
Unearth Clue to Men Who
Got Payroll.

Efforts of score of detectives to
find a tangible clue, which would lead
to a disclosure OF the identities and
the apprehension Of the men who
robbed the paymaster, John l.. Grflls,
of the Bullard Machine Tool Co., yes
terday morning Of the night forces
payroll totaling about $4,000, have been
unsuccessful.
The police and the management of
the concern are satisfied the robbers
who blackjacked the paymaster were
at one time employed by the company
or are at present members Of the
force. It was learned that
the amount carried by the paymaster
yesterday was one of the smallest
payrolls he has ever had in his pos
session. The payroll lists which he
carries range from $1,000 to 10000.
The management has implicit conf
dence in Grills, who is suffering from
shock and the effect Of being struck
smashing blow on the head with a
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-24
WOODS
FOR UNCL0THED )
DEMENTED man
Hillside Home Occupant
Escaped in Snowstorn, and
Is Believed Dead.

Braving, the binding snowstorm OF
last Sunday, barefoot and destitute of
every vestige of clothing except a
blanket which he removed from the
cot on which he slept and wrapped
around his body, Charles ". Nor
ton, fled from Hillside home, and { is
believed to have died Of exposure in
the woods Of Nichols or Trumbull.
A posse Of about 25 men, attendants
and inmates Of the institute beat the
woods yesterday in an effort to find
some trace Of Norton, but their hunt
proved futile. The quest was resumed
today Norton is an elderly, man and
his physical condition at the time of
his commitment to the home-the
day before his escape-was very poor.
It is thought he could not long sur
vive the rigors Of the elements.
Norton managed to obtain a piece
Of wire with which he picked the
lock Of the door OF the room where
he was confined. He wrapped him.
self in a blanket. neglecting to put on
his shoes or stockings and eluding
attendants, fled into the OPEN 1t is
thought he directed hts course past
the Remington Aims Ammunition re-
servation and thence into the woods.
He was arrested last week. He
had hired room in an Elm street
lodging house and painted sign in
red letters on his room windows
which read Morton Constructed Co."
He failed to pay his rent and was
elected after he had contracted with
the Hadley Furniture Co. to purchase
a large amount Of waste paper. He
had hired two men ito wrap up the
paper at the concern, but after re-
moving one load Norton disappeared
In court his sanity was questioned
and Judge Frank Wilder ordered him
sent to the Lakeview Home for OBJ
servation. Although he has been a
familiar figure about the streets of
Bridgeport for several years nothing
ia known Of his relatives or friends.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-24
CUSTAVE 1MOLL
GETS NOTHING
: FROM 0THER
Both Son and Mrs. Stadler,
a Daughter, Cut Off With
out Cent.

In her will offered for probate to.
day, Mrs. Theresa A. Moll, the eccen
trio nonagenarian, who died recently
at her home in Arlington, divides he1
estate between her daughters, Mrs
Theresa Ober1y and Mrs. Lille Thorpe
cuts off her sons, Gustave A. MOL OF
this city and Adolph Mon Of Chi
cago, without a penny, and makes nc
mention of her other daughter, Mrs
August Stadtler Of this city. i
The will was written by AttorneS
Jacob B. Klein Of the law firm o1
DeForest & Klein, in hand as legible
as copper plate and is clear and di-
rect in it's provisions. It was drawn
and executed on August 2, 1897, and
was witnessed by the late Alexander
Leverty, Jacob B. Klein and Robert
e. DeForest. It has been in the safe
of the firm for 20 years. The pro
duction of the will today came as q
surprise and bears out the statements
of Mrs. Thorpe and Mrs. Oberly thai
such a document had long existed.
Mrs Moll says that her bequests to
her daughters are made freely and
without solicitation and in considera-
ton of love and affection for them,
rather than for my other children"
The will is drawn in case there are
"any defects in the conveyance in
July, 1897, of real estate to her daugh-
ters and also to confirm and ratify
a bill of sale Of all furniture and
in July, 1897. Also the conveyance
land in Stratford.
Gustave Moll is cut off because he
made marriage his mother consider
ed unwise and she does not want any
Of her property to go. to his wife or
children. Adolph is cut off because
he left his mother and would not as
sist her on the farm and she thinks
he is able to look out for himself. No
mention of Mrs. Stadtler is made.
Mrs. Moll directs her daughter, Lille,
to pay IS each Christmas and each
March 6, to Lille Moll, daughter of
her deceased son. George. u
She also directs her daughter Lii
lie always to read the religious pa
pers she has been accustomed to read
and to give annually 500 in support
Of the religious projects or charities
to which she contributed. She di-
rects that Lille see that Gustave A.
Moll is never in want.
Judge Miller has set no date for
the hearing on the admission of the
will to probate but when the date is
arranged he will call another judge
to hear the matter because of II
years probate court litigation between
the daughters and Gustave Moll.
Further litigation is expected At
torney Klein pointed out today that
the will was drawn five years before
there was any question ns to Mrs.
Molrs mental condition and signed
by her in firm strong hnrd."
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-24
Fairfield Concern Where
Long Strike Was in Pro
gress Awarded Damages
of 5000 in Action Against
Machinists' Local and La
Dor Men.
Judge Bennett Says Law
May Be Interpreted That
Threatening Tone of Voice
or Gathering Crowd
Around One Is Intimida-
tion.


A verdict for $4,000 damages
against the International Association
of Machinists, local No. 80, Business
Agent George J. Bowen, Peter j.
Coleman and William Seemar was
given by a jury in the superior court
this afternoon in the suit brought
against the union by the Max AIMS
Machine Co. of Fairfield The jury
deliberated less than an hour before
returning with a verdict.
Attorney Hugh J. Lavery, of counsel
for the union, said it had not yet
been decided whether an appeal
would be taken. The verdict was a
bitter disappointment to the defend
ants who had hoped from the trend
Of the testimony and Judge Benefits
charge that the jury would not award
the ANS Co. more than nominal dam
ages if any. Although the full amount
of damages originally asked was
$1,000 the company subsequently
amended the complaint so that the
total amount when the case went to
the jury was $7,995.
Arguments were heard yesterday
afternoon and this morning Judge
Bennett made his charge. He ex-
planned the law in regard to 1nt1m1-
dation. The judge said the strikers
had a legal right to picket in a law
full manner. They could tell a man
there was a strike at the factory and
AK him not to work there>but could
not threaten him or strike him if he
refused to listen to. their argume nts.
Judge Bennett said threatening tone
ofvoice could sometimes be construed
as intimidation or the presence of
crowd Of pickets about one or two men
when they were being told of a
strike being in operation.
The AIMS Co. claimed to have lost
orders by the acts Of the strikers in
1915 and said the strikers by threats
and intimidation prevented the COM
pany from getting it's full quota of
employees, thereby hampering thet op-
Grafton of the plant. The strikers
denied making threats or using vio-
lence y
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-24
Would Give Common
Council Sweeping
Control Of Jitneurs
Especial to. The Farmer)

Hartford, Jan. 24.-Sweeping DOW
ers in the regulation of jitneys are
vested in thu common council under
measure j-tSoduced trday bv Rep
resentative r. n. Blakeslee Of Bridge
port. The b'll would require bond
of the jitneurs, the amount of which
is to be determined by capacity and
route of the vehicle.
Mr.. Blakeslee also introduced. for
the Fairfield County Fish & Game as
soc alton, bills providing a penalty for
Justification of name or age in taking
out hunters licenses; and limiting the
number of rrev squirrels to be taken
in the open seq son to six fe- >>na day
or 80 for the season.