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r-6- THE FARRIER: JULY 22, 1913 BRIDGEPORT E VENING FARMER FOUND ED 1790.) Published by The Farmer Pnblisliins Co., 179 Fairfield Ave, Bridgeport. Conn. UNIOjLABEO TUESDAY, JULY 22, 1913. Mr. Voter, Are T Mr. Voter, are you registered for the primaries with the party of your choice '? If you are not registered you are not in a position to effectively express your will as a freeman. The man who does not participate in making nomina itions is driven to a choice between men who have been selected by the voice of others. Early in August the office of the registrars of vot-T-e irrill Via rncn to wfpiTfi rartv registration. If you are a Republican 'Republican list, it ,ougnt to oe. If you are a Democrat and your name is not on the triamnn-rniin list., it Oil silt to be. - Find out if vou are registered on your party list, you are not registered, REGISTER. Help, name the nominees of,;vour party. TITE NEW HAVEN BANK SCARE - The run, on the New Haven Savings Bank seems to Have been without sound reason, one of those unjustifiable ipanics '.which occur from time to time, as the result of minors accidentally, or manciousiy, oissemmatea. It would" -probably be better if deposits' in savings Lbanks were guaranteed by a is used in the West. Cuns wouia oe stoppea, anc panics prevented by this simple system. ' The opposition to the guarantee comes from the nat- i uraT - aversion that most men have to breaking away pfrom habit to do something different, and to the fear of khe established banks that banking competition would be Increased upon the theory that men would then put their smoney in anyfbank, instead of in the one where they put now. ; Capital is "indeed timid., and the owners of capital are .evenimorejbjdCn :. often in the wrong place. . The same geritieman who will put his money in a bank and draw it out upon the slightest rumor, will peace fully buy a share in a fake mine, or a high finance rail road, or a speculative industrial corporation, and watch his investment dwindle, without a single shiver. v Habit is a powerful thing. It binds us all. EVERY MAN HIS OWN ROAD MAKER. - THe rural method of repairing a highway has always been to scrape muck and turf from the side of the road to the center, to-be washed out in the first rain. - No doubt much work like this will be done on those twotdays in August in Missouri, when GovC Major of that state has called on every able bodied male citizen in the rural districts to work , on :who expects to respond to this call would instead con 1viTvnf.fi in cash the value of his two davs' time to some i plan f oriscientific road building, the result would be much 'larger. Gov. .Major's idea might be criticised as a return to ithe pnmitive plan tor road building. In the old days it 'was quite customary to divide a township into a large number of districts, and appoint a highway surveyor for each district. The result was commonly that every one repaired the road near his ments were changed often highway would in a few years plan for distributing favors, But the repairs were or the most amateurish and tran sient character. Nevertheless, much could voluntary effort. , 1 If Missouri's amateur road makers next month, instead" of heaping up mud from the gutter, in the effort to make a showing, will pick out the hollows that are just starting, and draw a little good gravel to fill up these holes, they could save for more expensive repairs later on. An active man in two days could fill up the mud pud dles that are beginning to hollow out in several hundred yards of road. Left t themselves, these holes soon scour out into deep " Thank-vou-marms." A year or two later, it would take hundreds of where it was. SOME NEW HAVEN IMPROVEMENT ', MORE NEEDED. Some tolerable nonsense the New Haven road. Mr. board of directors, which created Mr. Mellen and guided and ubetted-his management, is no evidence whatever that the practice of loading prop ; erties at enormous prices onto the back of the railroad is to cease. On the contrary such evidence as exists shows that the railroad will be separated from its purchases in trolleys and steam boats at bargain rates,' which means that the gentlemen who profited when the stuff was taken over at the top of the market will profit again by taking the stuff back at the bottom of the market. There is no evidence to indicate that the New Haven company intends to get out of Connecticut politics, or even out of the Connecticut capitol. Now with office in the citadel of government is the very railroad officer who testified voluntarily before the Interstate Commerce Commission, recently, that he had $100,000 of the money of the New Haven company and that he expended it to influence legislation in Connecticut so zealously and so skilfully that the legislation his employers wanted went through without a dissenting vote. The New Haven situation is improved, but it must improve a great deal more before the ordinary citizen will find anything to make him feel congratulatory. You Registered? and your name is not on th&J If system of insurance such as the highways. If every man own home. If the appoint enough, about every strip of receive some work. As a it worked equitably enough. be done for better roads by dollars to put the road back is now being written about Mellen has resigned, but the .has not resigned. There THE HUMAN PROCESSION Ulysses Simpson Grant, son and namesake of the great general and eighteenth President of the United States, is sixty-one years old to-day, but not too old for love and romance, since he recently played the role of hero in a sentimental pilgrimage. Mr. Grant is a lawyer and has extensive business interests in San Diego, Cal.. where he has resided for the last twenty years.. When U. S. Grant, Jr., was born at Bethel, O., July 22, 1852. his father had done nothing to merit or win par ticular distinction. He had served in the Mexican war, and upon his' return in 1848 married Miss Julia Dent, the daughter of a St. Louis merchant. When U. S. Jr., was in his second year, Capt. Grant retired from the army and followed farming near St. Louis. The future President was a poor agriculturist, and in 1860 he took a clerkship in his father's leather bus. lness at Galena, 111. His salary was very small, and the young Grants knew the pinch of poverty. By the time U. S-, Jr., had entered his 'teens the financial circumstances of the family were much Improved, and at seventeen the lad occupied the posi tion of a President's son a great change for a ' youth who only a. few years before had been a "kid" in a little western village, the son of a poor clerk. He graduated from Har vard in 1874, and two years later re ceived the degree of Lii.D., from Co lumbia and was admitted to the bar. He also served as secretary to his father while the latter was President. Since 1893 he has resided in San Dinego, Cal., and has played a large part in the development of that city. Mr. Grant's first wife was Josephine Chaffee, daughter of United States Senator Jerome B. Chaffee of Colora do. She died some years ago, and Mr. Grant ' was still mourning her loss when he met the heroine of his recent "U. S. and America" romance, Mrs. America Will. The latter was clad in black for her late husband, a Mar ehalltown, la., druggist, when she be came acquainted with the . son of a President on a railroad train that was was carrying her to the hqjne of her mother in San Diego. , Mrs. Will, a lovely woman still in her thirties, en tered into a casual acquaintance with Mr. Grant, and learned that he, too, was bound for San Diego, while the recent bereavement of each served as an additional bond" of interest and sympathy. Upon reaching San Diego the friendship was continued, and rip ened into love, with the. logical result. The Duke of Somerset, who recent ly tecame president of the British Olympic Games Association, will pass his sixty-seventh milestone to-day. He is a strong, powerful man, and has en gaged in travel, exploration and out door eports since his youth. He was a member of the Red River expedi tion in Canada, and won the nick name of Anak because of his extraor dinary strength. At Sault Ste. Marie, on that, expedition, all supplies and effects had to be carried around the rapids, owing to the refusal of the United States to permit British arm ed troops to enter the republic, and Algernon St. Maur, the future Duke( carried "-heavier packs fiian any one else. Since succeeding his father in 1894 the Duke has traveled much in Canada with- his- wife, often roughing it, cooking his own food, and doing all the camp work. The title of Duke of Somerset dates from 1547. The first Duke performed great services for England, and was rewarded by having his head chopped off. The second Duke desired to marry-. 'Arabella, cousin of James I, in consequence of which he had to flee for his life, while Arabella was shut up in the Tower, where she died. - LETTERS TO THE EDITOR IN JUSTICE TO THE GREEKS. Editor Bridgeport Farmer: I see by the Associated Press dis patches that the Greek army is being accused by its- enemies in Europe, es pecially Bulgarian citizens and offi cials, of committing atrocities contra ry to the rules and usages of civilized warfare. I was with the Greek army in the campaign of Bpirus in Decem ber, 1912, and January of 1913, all wit nessed their conduct under all circum stances. The army is properly officer ed by able and humane gentlemen, scrupulonsly considerate of every one. While in Bplrus I saw their treat ment of Turkish prisoners. It was kind, friendly and more than magnan imous. They gave their prisoners the same food their own soldiers were using.- They gave the officers of the Turkish .army their salaries regularly, presuming of course that the Ottoman Government would reimburse them when .peace would finally be declared. I saw thousands of Turkish prisoners at the Island of Corfu, also in the city of Patras, .nd at Phaleron, Greece. They were treated "kindly and were well fed and housed, so I am compell ed to believe these statements eminate, not from truth, but from a malicious and selfish desire to injure and .destroy the fair name and prestige of the Greeks, as soldiers and sailors. I was personally with the Greek army of Epirus directly connected with .the 15th Regiment of Infantry and eight batteries of field artillery. and I consider it only simple justice to this race to let the American peo ple know that these stories are ab surd, unfair and untrue. I watched their conduct of the war and their treatment of prisoners and captured territory closely, they should be applauded and not condemned. The country of Greece is small, it is not over burdened with wealth, . but they have shown great courage and true manhood in their policy of the war. THOMAS S. HUTCHISON. Brigadier-General National Guard of Tennessee, (retired. J (DIES AS RESULT OF FIGHT. Danbury, " July 22 James E. Greeley died in the hospital here today after a brief illness following a fight in which he Is said to have taken part a few days ago. Harvey J. Barrett is under arrest on the charge of assault ing Greeley and the charge against him may be changed from assault with intent to kill to manslaughter. Coroner Phelan of Bridgeport will in vestigate the case. Chains and Fobs. We have a wide range of novel crea tions and beautiful designs in chains and fobs. The workmanship is the very best, the designs unique and the wearing qualities excellent. Come in and look them over, even though you do not intend to purchase. M. J. Buechier, the reliable Jeweler, 48 Fairfield avenue, near Middle street. Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a Word, SCRAP BOOK FOR TO-DAY Hebrews throughout the world will observe the fast of Tammuz to-day, this being the seventeenth day of the month of Tammuz in the Jewish cal endar. This is one of the six fasts observed annually by adherents of Ju daism, all of them being commemora tive of national calamities in the long history of the Jews. Tom Kippur, the day of expiation, which falls this year on October 1th, is the most gen. eral-ly observed of these days of ab stinence, the others, besides the fast of Tammuz, 'being the fasts of Esther, Ab, Gedaliah and Tebet. From the days of Moses the Jews made the day of expiation a day of fasting, and their public fasts after ward became numerous. Abstinence from food and drink, at least in part, for certain days or periods has been imposed by all religious. Among the ancient Egyptians fasting was asso ciated with many religious rites, no tably that to Isis, but "the observance was not compulsory. The early Christian church, influenced by tra ditional Jewish feelings and by the force of habit, commanded occasional fasts, but abstinence did not at first occupy nearly so prominent a. place in Christian ritual as it later attained. The Greeks and Romans had periodi cal fasts, some of which were ordain ed specially for priests and women. "The continually stuffed body cannot see secret things" is still an axiom that meets with general acceptance. Among the Mahometans the entire month of Ramadan is by command of the Prophet observed as a fast with extraordinary rigor, and th ' faithful must abstain from all food and drink from daybreak till dark of each day. Of late years this fast has not been so strictly observed as' in the past, and to this fact many Moslem religious leaders attribute the downfall of Tur key in the recent war with the Balkan states. In the calendar of Christian saints, to-day is set apart for -the veneration of St. Mary Magdalen, "a woman who was a sinner." Covered with shame, this "white slave" came in where Je sus was at meat, and, without a word, bathed His feet with tears, wiped them with the flowing hair which, in her days - of ribaldry, had been her "crowning glory," kissed . them with humility, poured on them the costly unguent prepared for other uses, and as a reward heard from the divine lips the words of absolution. 7ater the "white slave" to use the cant phrase of our day stood at the foot of the cross as the representative of the many who had much forgiven. Afterward to her first the resurrected Jesus made himself known, calling her by name. One of the most powerful stories of recent years, "The Woman Who Tried to Be Good," by Edna Ferber, tells of the fate of a present-day Mary Magda len. She lived in "the House with the Closed Shutters, near the freight depot," in a rural town. "You passed her in the street with a surreptitious glance," and "when she passed the drug store corner there would be a snickering among the vacant-eyed loafers idling there." Then sudden ly-she determined to be good, and bought a. little cottage on the princi pal residence sjreetj She saved a bobys life, but even the mother of the infant refused afterward to speak to her. - So she went back to the House with the Closed Shutters. . " 'I knew she -.wouldn't last we said. , .;' '- - 1 - They never do! said we."- The first astronomer to satisfactor ily demonstrate the speed of light was Ole Roemer a-Scandinavian scientist, who read his Immortal paper' on this subject - before the. Academy at Paris 23S years ago to-day, July -22, 1675 Roemer'a calculations and conclu sions have stood .the test of time and subsequent investigations on all im portant, points.' . -Knowledge as to the velocity of 'light was, of -tremendous importance to astronomical science, since it enabled astronomers to accu rately estimate the enormous distan ces with which; their s science- deals. Eoemer found that light traveled at the rate of 186,000 miles in a second The sun, being distant - from earth 92,000,000 miles, flashes light to us in eight minutes and fourteen seconds. Yet the sun is a . near neighbor com pared with the so-called fixed stars', which in reality move -with Inconceiv able velocity, although the most pow erful telescopes will not show that ve locity as anything but rest. : Beyond the outskirts of our insignificant solar system are. other systems, , and beyond them still others, so far as the sight of man, aided by instruments may bridge the ghastly chasm of the infinite. Dis tances beside which the immense line stretching from earth to sun is an in visible pjpint . are now measured by means of Roomer's epochal, discovery as to the velocity of light. - ' - ' SOLOWAY CASE NOT ENDED Conference Between Slade and McGrath In Water bury Significant . Waterbury, July 23 Startling de velopments, which, it is reported, will result in the arrest on conspiracy charges of several of those connected with the recent trial of Morris Solo way for arson, are expected as a re sult of a conference here between At torney Benjamin L. Slade of New Ha ven, of counsel for Solo way, and Prosecuting Attorney John F. McGrath. Neither would divulge any informa tion as to the purpose or result of the conference, but it is reported that Attorney Slade has asked for warrants for several witnesses in the Soloway case. In discussing the case Attorney Slade Btated that Soloway "is the vic tim, of the most dastardly conspiracy ev?r undertaken or hatched in this state." Commission Decides Rate Unreasonable Washington, July 22 The Interstate Commerce Commission, has held that the all-rail freight rate on wheat from Minneapolis to New York city, via Chicago and Lockport, N. Y., was un reasonable to the extent that it ex ceeded the rate contemporaneously In effect on flour 26 cents a hundred pounds. The railroads will be requir ed by Oct so to adjust their tariffs as xo mane liik j;uuiuiisaiuu 0 vuuuu sions effective. , at Bin mm nfi M . PLAN $67,552,400 IN DEBENTURES Special Meeting of New Ha ven Road Stockholders Called to Act on Big Issue New Haven, July 22 At a meeting to be held in the office building of the road in this city on August, 22, the stockholders of the New Haven road will be asked to pass upon a propos ed issue of J6r,552,400 of convertible debentures which may be converted into stock of the road at the rate of one share for eaoh $100 of princi pal of the debentures. Authorization for the issue of 675,624 shares of stcok thus called' for will also be asked at this meeting. Inquiry in New Haven financial cir cles last night showed that the pro posed issue was not anticipated here at the present time. While its exact purpose could not be learned it was Relieved by those "who follow New Haven road financial matters that it was planned mainly to meet issues of notes and other indebtedness falling due by the close of the present fiscal year. The issue proposed is to bear in terest at - six per cent, and will be convertible between the fifth and fif teenth years of issue. They will be 20 year -debentures. .. . It was learned last night that with in the next year the road will have to meet over $55,000,000 In indebtedness now outstanding and payments for work contracted for and the remaind er of the issue, it is figured, is Plan ned for other obligations that may have to toe met and improvements for which the road must find the finances. There : will fall due December . 1 . of this year $40,000,000 in notes issued last year. There will also be due on February 1,. 1914, a $5,000,000 issue of geld 4's of the New York, Ontario and Western. There is $4,500,000 to be paid on the New Haven electrification and $5,000, 000 Is Involved in Massachusetts trol ley finances. In addition on -September 1, there will toe due $600,000 of New Haven Street Railway, and in June, 1P14, $150,000 on the Edgewood avenue line. December 1, 1914, calls for $150, 000 on the Mlddletown' trolleys and July 1, 1914, $75,000 on the Woodmont extension. -r U. OF P. PLANNING TO SPEND MILLIONS SCHEME COJiTEMPXiATES DOU BXJjYG GEOTJXBS AND STADIUM TO EOTJ) 100,000. Philadelphia, July 32. Plana now being considered toy officials of the University of Pennsylvania are expect ed to result in the spending of several million dollars in extension work in closing portions of several streets to traffic If the city assents that a fifty- acre concrete arch will be placed over the tracks 4f the Pennsylvania Rail road nearby and that a huge stadium will be constructed. At present the University grounds occupy 116 acres. If the proposed ex tension is made a hundred acres will be added to them. The property now is Intersected by a number of streets and, although much of the territory southeast of Woodland avenue, near the Schuylkill River, is controlled by the University, a number of streets run through it. In the extension plan It is proposed to have the portions of streets south of Woodland avenue closed to traffic. This would include Thlrtyvthird, Thirty-fourth, Thirty sixth, Spruce, ChanceHor and South streets. Car lines are operated on the first, third and fourth named streets. It is a part of the plan to bridge the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks with a concrete arch. On this arch, which would be fifty acres in extent, tennis courts would be marked out and pro vision made .for other games. This manner of using arches lias been the custom along the Seine in Paris for many years. - It is the hope of those who are fastering the plans for enlargement to convert the depression of the northern end of Woodland Cemetery into a great amphi-theatre capable of seat ing 100,000 persons. This would be one of the largest, if not the largest in the world. A- boulevard along the Schuylkill would lead . to the stadium and street car arrangements will be provided. If the amphitheatre is constructed Franklin Field will be used for minor games. ' . The college graduates will soon be waiting, around to see which of the big interests shall hustle the hardest to get their services. BATHING SUITS One Piece Suits 50c to $2.50 Two Piece Suits 75c to $4.00 WATER WINGS 20c and 35c BATHING SHOES Cork Sole 25c Rubber Sole . '. .50c 25c to 75c BATH SPRAYS 75c to $2.50 The Ailing Rubber Co, 1127-MAIN STREET Syndicate Stores The D. M. Read Co. Established 1857. The Store-Closes every day but Saturday-at 5 o'clock. On Saturdays at g o'clock. A Little Clearance of Stamped Goods for the woman who likes to embroider. In sorting out odd articles to arrange for new fall de signs, quite a collection of stamped linen pieces was gath ered. All of these are quite desirable and in demand daily. Prices are lowered. Utility Bags of brown linen, Royal Society Package, the useful bags one uses for what she likes or needs, nanaicercniers, collars, como Shirt Holders, ;" ; Pipe Racks, V ' Laundry Bags Of attractive flowered cretonne, capacious and useful, worth 50 cts. 35 ready to-use. Brown Linen Table Runners, artistic patterns, Value 1,00. 69 Valine 1.25 89 Stamped White, Linens Center Pieces, two sizes, 22 and 24 inches, very at tractive designs that do not require a deal of work, some for braiding, outlining and some for French work, were 50 cts, now 29 and 39 Linen Squares, 12-inch, to adapt with" filet or crochef lace, were 15 cts, now 10. Hemstitched Squares, 30 inches, were 69 cts, now . ..... t.irg::?.: Arf Section, Third Floor. in 1 -1 i-.i 1 him . Black Velvet Bvibbons Never out of fashion. A touch of sombre jBlack Velvet on the filmiest, of summer frocks is always ef fective. A good quality of Velvet is essential. This week there is offered a line of Black Velvet Ribbon, five numbers, from number 9, used for collar bands, to num ber 69, for the incroyable little girdles and sashes. - At 25, 29, 39, 49 and 69 cts. -. . , . -At the Ribbon Section, please examine. Fads in Summer Jewelry. Genuine Coral Beads, white delicately flecked with pink, and also plain white, long necklaces, $2.95. Monocles, with ribbon . attached, 50 cts. Sautoir Ribbon Necklaces, for watches and monocles, 25 cts up. ' -r-"'' , Crystal Hatpins, small ones, beautiful cut, 25 cts. Handbags of White Kid or White Moire Antique to carry with .white gowns, Travelers' Slippers of soft kid, for stateroom or pull man use. They fold into a small pocket for packing. The D. TA. Pvead Company. 1072 Main St. DEPARTMENT STORE, 89 Fairfield Ato. "THB STORE TO FTJTD SCARCK AKTICIjES . AND TUB STORES THAI PAIS THE CAR JFAJtH COUPON GOOD Wednesday, JULY 23 BOYS' TWO PIECE BATHING SUITS WITH COUPON 19c Or Separate Jersey -or Trunks 10c BLAMES C. N. G. SURGEONS Company G Man Claims In oculation Caused Ty phoid Fever "Waterbury, July 2a John ITolan, a member of Company S, Second Infan try, C. N. G., baa been critically ill with typhoid fever, which he claims is the result, of being inoculated with anti-typhoid serum, by the National Guard surgeons. The latter admit having- vaccinated Nolan, but say that by no possibility could the inoccula tions have caused the disease. In fact they do not think that Nolan really has typhoid fever, though his own pbpslclan says that he has. BOY SCOUTS BACK FROM TRAMP TO GATSKILLS Pulling their supply wagon bebind them ten members of Troop 3, Boy Scouts of America,- known as the "Catskills or Bust" contingent, trudged their way back Into Bridge port yesterday afternoon. The youths led by Harvey C. "Went, physical di rector in the public schools, did not do the "busting". They made the trip to the famous New York moun talnp- enjoyed the : time of their lives and brush, etc. Values 35 cts, Values 50 cts, Values 75 cts Values 5 0 cts. at 29 at 35 at 50 at 35 VVith all materials $1.00 in fashionable models $1.00 ''different sizes i; and colors. Leather Goods Section. These Bathing Suit3 are ridiculously cheap right in the midst of the BATHING SEASOIT Men's Suits,36c, 50c and ZZz Special lot large sizes I.Ien's I Suits OA; and returned in fine fettle. Tire youths left Bridgeport no Ju!y 1. Camps were pitched at "Westport, Dan.hu ry, Brewster, N. Y., BtormviTie, Poughkeepsie, Rhlnecllffe, Kingston, Aahokan and finally Woodland "Valley whee camp was made for five day. The return trip was started July 15. Part of this trip was made by steamor down the Hudson to Pelham bay, the home of Ernest Thompson Sston. Darien was made Saturday nis:ht winding up with home yesterday. The boys who made the trip includ ed Alex Leverty, Cliff Appleton, Ea .-! Potter, Harry Carter, Robert Mtst'si, Ralph Wooster, Harrington Mad'lc . Lanse Reynolds, William Tilton, Cy ril McKeever, and "William Cody. Th latter two when camp broke made tn return trip by rail. $8,000 FIRE DESTROYS BXQ STJPPX.Y OF- MI UK. Danbury, July 22 Fire in the II Hi Plain creamery four miles west at hero on the Western division of thq Now York, New Haven & Hartf .-wr-l railroad yesterday afternoon, dli t. 000 damage. About 2S0 cans of ru'l. ready to be shipped to Xew Y'j-. were destroyed and In addition a'it 2,000 quarts of milk. The creamry was owned by the Mutual Milk S; Cream company of New York. Tr5 fire reached a string of freight can. It probably started from a locomotive spark. Now that watermelons are comi into the market, the doctors may 1 for soma hurry calla.