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The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23
WOULD ABOLISH
DISCRIMINATION
NOTICE CUSTOM
Bartlett Introduces Bill to
Ban " No Wanted"
Literature.
(Snecial to The Farmer.l


Hartford, JAN Ex-senator Fred
eric Bartlett of Bridgeport introduced
in the Senate today a drastic measure
designed to prevent the posting Of
signs, or advertising by hotels, bar
against any sect, color or nationality.
According to the bill, no person,
owner or lessee, proprietor manager,
superintendent, agent, or emp1oye or
any place of public accommodation,
resort Of amusement, may publish or
issue any. document, poster, paper,
folder. manuscript, book, notice or
advertisement calculated to discrim-
mate against any sect, creed, class,
denomination or nationality. The
bills provisions would include lodg-
ing, housing, schooling, tuition. or any
accomm odation, right, privilege. or
advantage offered to and enjoyed by
the general public. Inns, taverns,
hotels, restaurants, bath houses, bar
Der shops, theatres, music halls and
public conveyances are described as
accommodations.
The bill, however, would not pre-
vent the proprietor of any such place
from making an answer to a specific
written inquiry as to his feelings on
the matter of admitting any person
to accommodation.
A penalty of from 500 to $500 is
provided for. each offense, the cash
to be paid the offended person, and a
all term of from 80 to so days
The bill was introduced by request.
Such measure is in force in many Of
the states
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23
RIO FORTS HALT DANISH
VESSEL TRYING TO SAIL
after taking SUPPLIES

Rio Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 23.-The
Danish steamer Hammershus was fir
ed on last night by the guns of the
fort in Santa Cruz and halted while
trying to put to sea secretly after re-
ceiving quantity Of provisions and,
according to report, large quantity
Of explosives from the German ships
anchored in the harbor. The Ham
mershus entered the port at 10
o'clock last night and dropped it's
anchor close to the German ships. It
took on board a large number Of cases
and then attempted to leave the har-
Dor.
The movements of the ship were
observed from the fort and it was
signaled to stop. The signals were
ignored until two cannon shots were
fired, when the Hammershus halted
and was boarded by the port police.
The police compelled the steamer to
anchor in the neighborhood of some
Brazilian warships, where it Is KEEP,
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23
SENATOR ASKS GENERAL
DISCUSSION OF WILSON
VIEW OF PEACE PLANS

Washington, Jan. Ex-senator Cum
minis of Iowa submitted a resolution
to the senate today which would de-
vote the senate, beginning next Mon
day, to- a full and free discussion of
the presidents world peace policy,
expressed in his message Of fyester-
day.
All other business would be ex-
cluded until every senator had an .op-
portunity to speak not more than an
hour. Chairman Stone of the for
eign relations committee objected to
immediate consideration, and action
was deferred until tomorrow.
!. The resolution cited that inasmuch
as the presidents address called for
no official legislative action and that
the president had invited free and
frank expression Of opinion for guild
ance in matter involving the in
tegrity of the nation and peace of
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23
M0RER0USE ASKS.
ELIMINATION OF
.P.U. COMMISSION
Stratford Representative
Says It's Enveaoped in
Railroad Atmosphere.
Especial 10 The Farmer.)

Especial 10 The Farmero
Hartford, Jan 23.-Representative
Ivan I. Morehouse, of Stratford, to-
day started to make good his threat
to "put the FNblic Utilities Commits
sion out of business when he intrO>
duced in the House a measure asking
the abolishment Of that body.
Mr. Warehouses; bill would create a
new Public Service Board. to consist
Of five members appointed by the gov
ernor at an annual salary of $4,000.
1t is stipulated in the measure that no
person who has served on any rail-
road commission on similar board is
eligible to appointment as member
of the proposed board.
According to Mr. Morehouse, he
was prompted to introduce the bill
because of the fact that "for a long
time the Public Utilities Commission
in this state has been enveloped in
railroad atmosphere"
Mr. Morehouse presented another
measure asking the creation of a
commission to investigate the propo-
sition of .pensioning widowed moth
ers. The commission would consists
of two senators, three representatives
and four from private life, and $4,000
is provided for contingent expenses.
Another bill by Mr.. Moorehouse
would transfer from the tax commits
sioner to the judge of probate power
of levying penalties upon unassessed
properties of deceased persons.
Mr.. Morehouse also asks law pro-
viding a penalty of $50 or six months
in Jail for persons convicted Of poach-
ing on fruit orchards.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23

the world, it was the bcunden duty
of the senate to thoroughly consider
the proposals and to advise the presi :
dent regarding them.
:. I'm the present pressure of public
business said Senator Stone, II shall
have to object to setting aside whole
week, for that's what it would take
merely to hear SPEECHES or opinions
regardings the presidents address
made yesterday. Such a thing is
wholly out Of the question at this
time"
Senator Cummins insisted that his
resolution had a right to lie over for
day without reference and said. he
would object to its going to the COM
mittee. Senator Stone then with
drew his motion and the question wilr
come up tomorrow and probably will
precipitate general debate of all the
issues involved.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23
JOHN I. PLANS
A WALLOP FOR
'HEALEY CROWD
Hartford County is Target
For Bill To Be Intro
duced in House.
Especial to The Farmer)

Hartford, Jan. 23-Fairfield coun-
ty Republicans plan tomorrow to take
- fall out of their Hartford county
brethren-one of the results of the
recent Roraback-King row in which
Fairfield county folks came out Sec
ond best.
For many years Hartford county
has enjoyed the benefits of revenues
accommodating from taxes upon stock
holdings in state insurance companies
This revenue. has totaled about half
million dollars a year.
Representative Ivan L. Morehouse
of Stratford will present a bill tomor-
row which would divert this revenue
from the particular county in which
it is paid and would distribute it over
the state. 1t is expected that Mr..
Warehouses; bill will start a regular
row in the ranks of the Republicans.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23
TEUTON FORCES
AGAIN ADVANCE
ALONG DANUBE
Bulgars Hold Russian At
tacks While Germans Push
on In Dobruda.

Berlin, jan %, by wireless, to Say
ville.-The Teutonic troops have rs
sumed their advance in Dobrudja, it
is announced officially to-day. Bull
garian forces crossed the southern
estuary of the Danube near Tultcha
and held the ground against Russian
attacks.
Successful accommodating operations
by German, detachment and the re-
pulse Of a British party which at
tempted to move against the German
lines northwest of Frromelles on the
Franco-Belgian front are announced
in to-day's headquarters statement e.
garding operations in that war aera.
The breaking up of a Russian raid
after advancing troops had entered
the German first line west Of Dvinsk
is announced by army headuarters in
today's statement on developments
along the Russian front.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23
- ~,..
Income h Tax
Is Asked By
G. P. Miller
Bridgeport Member of Tax
Investigating Committee
Would Change Method Of
Assessing Corporations in
State.

Especial to The Farmer,)

Hartford, Jan. 23-In a minority
report filed today Guy P. Miller, OF
Bridgeport "a member of the special
commission Investigating state taxa
ton methods, advocates the institution
OF state income tax. Mr.. Miller s
recommendations accompanied the
majority report, which reached the
Senate today. The other commits
sioners are former Governor Simeon
E. Baldwin and Frank H. Stadtmuel-
Ter. N
Mr.. Miller asks that instead of pay
ing a corporation tax, manufacturers
and mercantile corporations pay to
the towns in which they are located
a tax on realty and other immovable
properties; and to the state an in
come tax, from which would be re-
funded to the towns amounts sufficient
to recompense the municipalities for
revenue lost.
It is pointed out by Mr.. Miller that
boards Of assessors have no way OF
knowing the value Of goods in the pro-
cess of manufacturer. To determine
thee values would require experts, he
says.
The report Of the commission says
the revenue of the state is unneces-
sarily large and recocommmends tha,
the amount to be raised by state tax
be set at $1,00O,O00. The reports asks
increases in exemptions in the matter
Of household goods, Jewelry, etc.
!, It is recommended that no revenue
from liquor license/ be devoted to state
use, and that stocks and bonds of
state, counties or municipalities in the
the state be exempt from taxation.
The report asks that the state in
surance tax laws be amended so that
the tax bill be based on the gross re-
ceipts Of the corporation rather than
upon the stock held by individuals.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23

IF you make the slightest noise or
yell; I'll shoot mudholes through YOU"
| The effects of the blow on the head
caused Grills' legs to wobble, although
he still clung tenactously to the box
containing the money. He then fell
senseless to- the floor. Taking the
money from the box the men pocketed
| the envelopes, leaving the receptacle
in which it reposed lying in the hall
way.
| A machinist's towel, which is not
used in the factory and which had
been brought to the scene for the ex-
press purpose for which it was used,
was then. thrust into the paymaster's
mouth and tied about his head, eff
fectually gagging him.
Grills recovered his sensibilities in a
few moments, Dazed and hystericals
he ran back into the elevator from
which he had previously emerged and
rode back to, the t. } floor of the fac
tory, instead of going into the de-
partment on the fourth floor where 80
men were working.
The janitor, employed to work
nights, found Grills, running about
through the offices, tears streaming
down his cheeks, the towel black with
dirt, which had evidently been used
by a shop hand or machinist, still
gagging him.
Removing the towel the janitor
summoned help from other depart
ments and called police headquarters.
A squad of policemen went to the
scene and the building was surroun-
ed. Detectives talked with Grills
but it was sometime before they could
obtain any coherent details of the rob-
berry. No one could be found who
saw anyone leaving the building and
every employe was accounted for by
the foremen.
Grills could give no description of
the men and the police have no clue
to the identity of the guilty persons.
Though one of the boldest jobs ever
perpetrated in this city the police
are completely baffed. 1t is thought
by them and officials of the COM
pany that whoever robbed the pay
master was at one time an employe
of the concern and knew exactly the
time he started to pay off and which
floors he visited first.
How they gained entrance is a rnys-
tery and the police are inclined to
think the guilty parties work right
n the factory. The towel which is
different than any supplies the concern
may prove of some value in running
down the robbers. Detectives were
busy today trying@to find ont what
towel supply company owns it.
The workers at the factory do not
quit until o'clock, nearly an hour
after the robbery occurred. AS near
as the police can determine the as
sault took place at 6:15. A careful
watch of employees was kept by the
police as they left the building, but
nothing Of suspicious nature was
noticed
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23
PERsH1NG oUTPosTs RETURN.

Washington, Jan. 23Withdrawal Of
the outposts of Gen. Pershing's force
in Mexico has been ordered by the
war department with the approval Of
President Wilson. There were inti-
nations today that as soon as the
outposts are brought in the move
ment of the main body of troops
toward the border will be begun.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23
ASK PRESIDENT TO
INTERVENE IN GREECE.

Making effective in Bridgeport the
appeal of the Greek Holy Synod to
America, asking that Greece be per-
mitted by the Powers to retain per-
feet neutrality, four hundred Greek
residents of this city yesterday signed
and dispatches to President Wilson
telegram asking his intervention.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23
STATE DAIRYMEN MEET.

Hartford, Jan. 23-The seth an
nral convention Of the Connecticut
Dairymen's association opened in
Unity hall today with about 200 in
attendance. The exhibit of articles
Interest to dairymen is large. FL. w.
Andrews, president OF the association.
presided.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23
TEN CENTS A DAY y
FOR FOOD RESULTS
IN HIS STARVATION

Dover, O., Jan. 23-That David
Hartman, SO years old. is dead to-
day is said by physicians who at
tended him to be the result OF IN
sufficient nourishment.
Hartman, who is said to have
won a prize for an article on how
to live cheaply, increased his daily
allowance for food from to 10
cents day recently when physi-
clans told him he was starving to
death.
He conferred with an under
taker few days ago, arranged
for a basket and other funeral de-
tails as cheaply as possible. He
was foreman of a paint shop in
Dover.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23
PAYS $252,96S TAX.

Topeka. Kan, Jan. ga check for
$252,96S from the Charles w. Hark-
ness estate, New York. is in the hands
of the treasurer to-day. The money
was collected as inheritance tax
through the state tax commission and
is the largest ever collected in Kan
sas from one estate.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23
PLAN BEACH DOCK.
Especial to The Farmer.)

Hartford Jan. 23-A bill introduce
ed in the legislature today seeks per-
mission for the erection Of dock at
Fairfield beach. The project has sub
stantial backing. 1t will be an adjunct
to the Fairfield pavilion property.
Such a dock would permit the landing
Of yacht tenders and small boats and
would greatly increase the popularity
of the resort -
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23
Want to License
Dental Hygienists
Especial to The Farmer)

Hartford, Jan. 23-By request,
r.. A. Bartlett introduced a bill in the
Senate today regulating the practice
of dental hygienists. Under the pro-
visions of this bill they would be re-
quired to register and procure a liz
cense by July 1, 1917.
Senator Chew introduced a bill to
Increase the directorate of the Boys
club from 20 to 36. This is in line
with the policy of the directors to
Nfnplify the work of the club.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23
CALLS WILSON LOBBYIST.

Washington, Jan. % - President
Wilson's plan to visit the capitol fire.
qrenty, urging action on his legisla-
tive program, was attacked today by
Senator Jones. Republican. who de-
clared it indicated a course of "sys-
tematic lobbying" by the President
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23
BULLARD CO.'S PAYMASTER
GAGGED AND
ROBBED OF SMALL FORTUNE,

0esperadoes Get $4,000 After Knocking John L.
Grills, Factory Official, Unconscious While
Mechanics Work on, Undsturbed-
Dirty Towel in Victims Mouth to Stifle Alarm,
Then Disappear With 100 Envelopes Contain
ing Wages of the Company's Employees
Behind Stairway at a. M, and Rush at Grills
as He Leaves ElevatOr-POlice Believe Some.
one Who Worked in Plant Did Job.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23
SO KILLED IN EXPLOSION.

Lont1on. JAN 23-The casualties to
l6ate in last Friday nights explosion
+. were officially announced today to
comprise 50 killed, II seriously In
jilred and 328 slightly hurt. This, it
is said, is believed to comprise the
complete list.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23
DANISH STEAMER SUNK

London, Jan. 23-The Danish
steamer Klampenborg, of 1,785 tons
gross, has been sunk, according to an
announcement today at Lloyds The
Klampenborg was built in Newcastle
in 1889.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23
GERMANS LOSE TWO AERos.

Paris, Jan. 23.-There was rather
violent cannonading between the Disc
and the Aisne last night, the war Of
flee announced to-day. Else where
along the front in France quiet pre-
vailed. In aerial fights two German
machines were brought down by
French aviatorS
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23
WOULD LICENSE ANGLERS.
Especial to The Farmer

Hartford, Jan. 23-Representativ
Ivan L. Morehouse of Stratford, to-
day introduced a bill in the House
requiring that any person to fish in
any body of water above tidewater
shall take out a license, the money
so raised to be used for fish propaga-
ton. The bill is favored by the Fair
field County Fish and Game associa-
ton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23
FOURTEEN HORSES
BURNED TO Death
IN STABLE BLAZE
Animals Owned by Susman & Feuer, Wholesalers Sue
cumb to Smoke and Fire AS Flames Break Out Early
Today-Men, Women and Children Driven Into
Street, Poorly Clad in Another Blaze Which Was
& Started in Tenement by Lighted Match.

Fourteen horses met DEATH two dying
than score men, women, girls and children driven
bareooted clad only in their nighcothes into the rgd amo
the street. narrowly DEATH result
fires toda
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23

Half a million women are engaged
in the production of munitions in
Great Britain.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23

THE WEATHER
Fair tonight; Wednesday increas.
Inx cl0udiness, warmer.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23

under surveillance pending an investi-
cation.
STRANGE STEAMER SIGHTED.
Santo Domingo, Jan. 23-The Amer
lean steamer Marine, trading between
Santo Domingo and Porto Rico, which
arrived here yesterday afternoon from
Ponce, reported having sighted a sus-
picious steamer. The strange vessel
was seen in the vicinity of Vieques
island, otherwise known as Crab
island, about 13 miles east of Porto
Rico. The American Atlantic fleet
passed here yesterday.
GERARD PRESENTS INQUIRY.
Berlin, Jan. %, via London
United States Ambassador Gerard
made formal inquiry yesterday at the
foeign office as to whether any Amer
leans were among the neutral pris-
oners of war on board the Yarrow-
dale.
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-01-23

under surveillance pending an investi.
cation.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-01-24

picture, 1.-THE FdshermanS Sweet.
heart" interpreted by Lars Petersen
and Miss Peterson, was fine, and they
sang my Dear" after stepping from
the picture. Miss Olson as 1.-THE God
dess Of the Nile" sang Goodbye,
Sweet Day." and "A Perfect Day."
The specially song and dance put
on by Mr.. Gardner and Emma Boyd,
entitled 1.-THE BARRIERS Balr' made a
big hit with the audience, as did the
same kind of a number introduced in
the second act by MIR. Gardner, Miss
Cole and Edna Magnuson.
AS the floats passed the window of
the palace in Venice, Miss Cole sang
Love. Here is My Heart" A grand
finale of three numbers by the chorus
brought the play to an end.
The drills OF the sprites and fairies
together with the dances and songs
by the Tambo and Sunbonnet girls
were the subject of much favorable
comment in the audience.
AS a director, Miss Cole showed
herself to be a wonder, In the man
ner in which she not only drilled the
characters in the speaking parts, bu
also the way she brought the fairies
sprites and tambo girls to such a de
gree of perfection in the short space
of four days.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-01-24

take-felt that if l had then and there
made war to the knife, and the knife
to the hilt, against the whole system
of fraud and cruelty embodied in the
hospital service, l should have saved
many more lives in the end. Even
while talked to the head of that nest
Of corruption, and listened to his in
ane platitudes about my duty as an
inmate of a hospital to report abuses
to him, and 'the regular way of pro-
ceeding," did want to hurl the gaunt-
let of an irregular defiance into his
plausible face, but the pleading eyes
in Campbell held me; l could not let
those men die, and die they must if l
must leave them.
Nobody denied the truth of my
statements about Douglas Hospital,
and I never learned that any one OBJ
jected to the facts or their continu-
which gave offense.
This letter made me an object of
dread. Folks never knew what I
might see or say next; and there soon
arose another trouble about my living
claimed that it was an infringement
on her authority. Then again, there
were others who could not see why
there should be but one female nurse
in Campbell. DR.. Baxter, by admitting
me, had abandoned his ground, &C.
knowledged that men alone could not
manage first-class hospital; and
having discovered his mistake, was
bound to rectify it by admitting a
corps of lady nurses. He was bonn
barded by Miss Dix's official power,
pestered by the persistent appeals of
volunteers; sneered and scoffed at and
worried, until he fell back on his old
position, and promptly dismissed me
so soon as my patients were out of
danger. He was always courteous to
me as visitor, and has my lasting
gratitude and respect for breaking his
rules and bearing the persecution he
did, that l might do the work I did,
and could not have done without his
effective and generous cooperation.
The proportion of thigh stumps
saved, was the test of a hospitals sue
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-01-24
Annual Meeting Of Club.

Annual Meeting Of Club.
The annual election of officers of
the Cosmos Club was held last Sun
day afternoon in the club rooms. The
result of the baNoting was as follows:
Edward Pennington, reelected
president.
Fred Smith, elected vice president.
George Lundquist, reelected secre-
tary.
Walter Haines, reelected treasurer
The following were chosen to serve
on the Board of Directors for the en-.
suing year: Albert Anderson, Gerhard
Lien, John P. Hildahl, DR.. A. w. Odell
and Herbert Hengstler.
The report of the treasurer showed
the club to be in excellent financial
condition, the receipts from the New
Year dance and the play given last
Friday evening, leaving nice bal.
ance in the treasury.
The next dance the club is to give
will be held at the Masonic Temple
on the evening of Valentines day, the
18th of February.