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THE FARMER: JANUARY 12, 1914
"THE 'HOME OF GOOD FURNITURE AND FLOOR COVERINGS
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BETWEEN ARCH AND HIGH STREETS
Passenger levator. Service to All Five Floors v -..
10 Per Cent 1o 33. Per:, Cent f
DURING THE JANUARY SALE
: . . . On the Majority of Our .
IF'TLJIRLPJITriLJIEIE:, . ECJGS .
- A.ni3. OltBnes Floor Coverings .
HEATING STORES ETC. V
If yotrwant to make p ositive, worth-while savings, come to Lee 's NOW.
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The January Sale is in full s wing and the values were, never greater. Some of
the prices have been actually cut in half but we guarantee you from one-fifth to
- one-third off on nearly every piece of merchandise in our vast lines of home f ur
,: nishings,. It will be well worth yourwhile to visitjthis store as early as possible.
rRUG QUOTATIONS ADVERTISED LAST2WEEK ARE STILL IN
FORCE. - BEAUTIFUL PATTERNS IN RICH, DURABLE QUALITIES
ARE GOING FAST AT LITTLE PRICES.. , t f'
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TROLLEY LINES
TO BE INCLUDED
IN DISSOLUTION
Big -Traction Men Believed
toBe Waiting .Sale of -New
Haven's Railways " ,
SUBDIVISION OF"" ;-.
BUSINESS PREDICTED
Elliot's Official-Report .Will
Be Made to-Leaders on -
New Xork, Jan. 12 -Howard Elliott,
chalrmaUyOf -the "board f directors of
the New York," New Haven & Hart
ford Railroad, returned from "Wash
ington today --and went into , confer
ence with the road's attorney cn the
eubjectof the agreement reacheQ with
Attorney General McReynolds for the
dissolution and .re-organization of the
New Haven system.
- He at- jonce said, to. tjie ' question of
whether !tfce'igreenje'nt' included1 the
separation of part or all the New Ha
ven's trolley lines:
' "It certainly includes all of them."
Mir. Elliott expects to -be in. daily
conference with the attorneys.! and
uther. of Helals of the rOad until 27hurs;
day when he will present .n official
report on' the dissolutidnplans to the
ere:utive .committee. ' "t :U
The reorganization of the New York,
New Haven & Hartford Railroad Com
pany, arranged in order to prevent: a!
suit for its dissolution tinder the Sher
man anti-trust law, was freely' dis
cussejj, in, Hartford finanJal and lefeal.
circles yesterday . and many interesting-
question were raised as to Just the
manner m which the company would
proceed "to divorce itself from its trol
ley lines- and certain other of its in
terests. ' ' ' . .
A. man well versed in financial mat
ters . expressed the, opinion that -the
company i WQUl d dispose of its trojley
line? in Connecticut to 'one luyer for a
lump srum and ventured a gTiess that
the property, miffht-e .. bought in -by
Stone" fe'Webster, aHouse financed by
J. P. Morgan- & ..Co. : at .lfw Torki
and Lee,. Higg-inson"l& , Oo., of . Boston,
or by the Electric Bond'& Share Com
pany,',of Boston, iwhich . is financed by
the General Electric .Company.
Of course any "big financial concern
may bid for thft-;prHyqiia font, one
of those namedi- 4this man "believed,
were likely 'torastcJUs tlfts sort of
propostion.' ' v.
RESIGNATIONS EXPECTED
It is reported in New Haven" that
several of the directors of the , "New
Haven" road will- hand in their j resig
nations at an early date and that their
places will he filled by men represent
ing,the Pennsylvania -road.. . . : ,
The Connecticut Company , was in
corporated to operate. the electric railways;-
electric- lighting-, gas and water
companies in Connecticut previously
controlled by the Consolidated Rail
way Company- That company was, on
May 31, 1907, "legally- .merged, in the
"New Haven", arid its bonds and those
of its constituent,; .companies ijwere
assumed tiy. the "New llayen."'
On June 30, lDb9," it absorbed the
Colizmbia TJ-action-.Company a,ndi - on
February -28,' 1910,- l0Ught :and att
sorbed . , substantially- all the street
railway properties.; in . the state, ; in
March, 1910, the Housatonic Power
Coirnpany took -over all- the. gas,, water
and electric light Interests ownedrby
the company- far thisf state. t : v- y.r .
' SUHSIDIARY COMPANIES
The capital stoclc ' authorized ( hy
directors) . and i Outstanding . is $40,
.000,000, and is aJl owned. by the i'New
liacren' road: In 1910 a dividend of
1 per cent, was paidand in-1912 the
dividend twas 3 per cent. ' ' ,,.
I The New England Bteanship Com
pany, incorporated : in 1912, . acquired
the steamers operated formerly -1y the
New. England Navigation Company
and -the following., properties; axe now
operated!--' f-'iV-:-:. 'cs.i;'.;!-
Fall River line, "between New York,
Newport and Fall River, . Norwich -line,
between New York .and New London;
New Haven line, between New York
and -New Haven; Bridgeport line,- 'be
tween j New ' York ' and' Bridgeport;
Provlderfce and New Bedford; Providence"-Block;
. Island - line,' ': . between
Providence . Newport ' and - Block
Island; New London-Bloci: Island. line,
between Norwich,iNe london, JVatch
Hill ahoy Block Island, i ". . ". . -
; Miss Etvangeline Booths bead of the
Salvation Army in America, visited at
Sing Sing prison and was introduced
to 800 convicts. ;.(
Mrs. Sarah A; Ijamhdin of PhHadel
phia, died in churchtrom heart failure
is thei congregation was singing-' the
opening hymn. - : ' v ' i ' ' ;
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$16 ; ' CtrSTOM ' STJTT SALE
. .'- East Side -and . West End .
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Jait. 10". Two of the
Mexican gunboats are lying -off here,
ready to, proceed to an threatened
coast town at once, THBy took- part
in the defense of Tampico and Tux
pan recently. In case ; of injury to
these craft, so important to' the Huer
ta cause, they can be repalreii in" the
Vera Croa. drydock; The news .that
the United States will send still more
.warships and marines here has caused
touch comment.
WtkUaKd-K MfYiCAH 6UN6SSTS di VERA CRUZ
O. PRY uOCK ui VERA CRUZ -
Congress Is Back On Its
Job Of Public tegislatirig
Many Bills And Problems Are Ready
For Consideration Of Lower;
- House Of Congress
Washington, "Jan. 12 Congress', got
back, to work again today after a
holiday play spell. ' In the. House,
promptly at noon, Speaker Clark drop
ped His gavel, and a -similar scene
was enacted in the Senate with- Vice
President Marshall in the chair. Fresh?
from a vacatfbn which followed.: nine
months of tariff and currency, mem
bers of both .Houses . returned refresh
ed and ready for work at a new point
in tfte Democratic administration. .
. For the first time since' President
Wilson ordered the special session lajat
April, Congress "was without -the over
shadowing r influence.' of -any single
dominant issue cnch as tariff or cur
rency reform, to be fought out th the
exclusion jof other business. ,
As a , result, the work Of the: next
few ; months in national -, legisdative
halls is expected;, j to -s cover ., a wide
range of subjects. Anti-trust legis
lation remains v an important factor
in President Wilson's legislative pro
gram, that must be considered by
Congress, but it will, not; .displace,
other important legislation,: as , it . did
the bills for tariff and currency rer
visions. - ' :- s - , '-. '
- Four general subjects : will ? embrace
much of the work; of.' the Senate ' and
house during . the . coming months.
They ; are: . , ': . ' .
Control of he . trusts . and mohopo-.
lies, I Including ', legislation ;, to prevent
told . storage, manipulation,. unfair1
price cutting, and other abuses: di
rectly affecting retail,, business. '
! and -that- brOject is expected "to vie
with trust questions, in- the atten
tion, that will vbte given to it by the
udminsfcra'ti,on. , The' n report of the
Rural Credit Commission 'which toured
Europe last year, has been carefully
scanned n4'.when -legislation- is- taken
up it probably will be along: concerted
lines; such as characterized action on
the ..general currency ; ill. ':;..;
- Rural . credits and other ' legislation
directly affecting r farmers -1 and . land
owners,- - such as good I road .improve
ment -.and federal aid to vocational
and agricultural education...
Strengthening the national .'defense,
through, measures such as the "volun
teer army bill,' already .passed .by
the-House; the . Hay bill to create a
new aviation division of the . army;
the . Padgett bill to put ' the naval
militia-on a war footing; the Hob son
bill foisa counsel of national defense;
and - ithe general administration -pro-grorri
for a wo battleship addition
to thB navy. ':- ' -. r .-
Passage of the annual appropriation
bills, carrying more than, $1,000,000,000
for support' of the government, and
containing many, itetms of geierad
legislation that must be.' fought oyer
in the House and Senate. .-- - - .
r Aside from these . general , subjects,
congress will take up early in . the ses
sion - the settlement of labor prob
lems Of far-reaching importance.
members of both houses have announc
ed--' their plans x to . call for. federal
investigation ; of the ; - strike. In , the
alumet copper, region, and the ; for
cible removal, from Michisran - of
Charles H. Moyer, president ' of the
'Western Federation of Miners. , -
While many House leaders oppose the
undertaking of -a special investiga
tion, It is expected the Senate may
be more disposed, to authorize an in
vestigation similar to . that which it
conducted last summer into the coal
strike in West Virginia." i
Government ownership : of railrapds.
as proposed . In : the : Alaskan railway
bills, . will be r forced upon', the atten
tion of members of i, both bodies as
soon as they take up work. In each
branch, a bill to authorize the gov
ernment . to build railroads ... in the
northern territory" has received the
endorsement of a committee, ..and has
placed hefore Congress -'.;' as "un
finished business," where it must be
taken up without delay. While the
principle of government ownership,
even -: as -j applied - to - Alaskan roads.
has many opponents among; the lead
ers of both Houses, some leaders ex
pected that a bill authorising t!h
proposed development will be - passed
after a short debate. . - "-
" With the prospects of a ; hard con
gressional campaign next summer and
fall, the Democratic forces are anxious
to add' ; the rural cred'ijt . laws, .and
several effectiv (trust statutes, ", to" th
record of " legislation ,!with . which they
can go ", before - the voters. From - the
outset of work, leaders in both Houses
will attempt to guide, legislation so
that appropriation bills can be com
pleted early in the sprihg, and other
time o permit " an early adjournment.
Opposiftion to the ' o-called1 "'flea
man's bill" regulating the labor of
sailors, has become so pronounced in
the House that a hard fight promises
to face that . measure before it can be
pased. j The bill pased , the Senate last
fall, and .an . effort, -will be made to
bring it .up . in . the House for action
at an early date. .1
Woman's suffrage will also give
both branches of Corugress - a; busy
time Advocates of a constitutional
amendment pemlitting Women :to vote
have massed : their forces Ih Wash
ington, and are preparing for a "con
certed, attack on Senate and House,
aided oy many senators arid repres
entatives who' favor general suffrage
and who. will ' advocate some ' positive
action by: Congress-.' endorsing It. . '-
The scope of trust legislation will
probably not be fully outlined -for
several - weeks, v Recent developments
in financial - and commercial , circles
have "-convinced leaders" in both houses
tha effective ."legislation -to correct al
leged abuses can be passed without
seriously; - disturbing - business: . condi
tions. -'" -' . , .: j': . '. " --i' ' ' '
The ' President and,, his legal ad
visors will collaborate with the com-?
mittees of Senate and : House , on ef
fective bills that will reachs some of
the -more important .phases of the
trust : problem without requiring a
revolution of "corporation methods.
Congress has taken up the problem
of .national defense with : unusual ac
tivity since December 1.' .The; immin
ence of a crisis in this country's rela
tions with Mexico has made more ap
parent . the weakness of the military'
system of the country; and important
steps, have already been i made to
ward strengthening the power -of , the.
President and-, the executive branches
of the government, to cope with, sud
den emergencies.. ,..,V ,;
President Wilson's influence is strong
ly behind -the. plan for- a., system of
rural hanks and credit associations ;,
; The volunteer, army bill,: which pass
ed the; House- and is favorably regard-;
ed In tthe Senate,, would .provide effec
tive machinery for the raising of vol
unteer, forces in any emergency.. ' : The
Hay aviation bill, which has the en
dorsement of the House Military Af
fairs committee, and of -the War De
partment, would ': create an '-aviation
branch of -the army -capable of ban d -11ns
at least- 24 aeroplanes', - and of
training efficient fon6es of air fighters;
These, and other bills wjlt- be given,
unusual prominence during the bal
ance of this session: of Congress. ....
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.'Diplomatic relations with , Nicaragua
and other Central American "countries
may give- further trouble to th Sen
ate? ' The .first Nicaraguan treaty out
lined by Secretary Bryan did not meet
with he. approval of the. Senate com
mittee, on . Foreign Relations," because
of the protectorate ;it would Jiave es
tabiished over the southern republic.
The project, is to be taken up again
duTiiJg the coming months- and it Is
expected- that a general policy toward
Central American countries will be
outlined by the Senate, President Wil
son and Secretary Bryan.
GULFPORT'S ATTITUDE
PLEASES PRESIDENT
On Boara President Wilson's Special
Train, - West Point, tSa,, . Jan. 12
President Wilson , today journeyed
homeward, ready to take up govern
mental problems with renewed vigor.
He looked physically refreshed by his
vacation of nearly three weeks at Pass
Christian, Mies., and appeared "in bet
ter health than at " any time since his
Inauguration. .
The President told other members
of his party that he might go to; the
gulf coast again - for a ;winter vaca
tion. He said his desire for isolation
was courteously observed there.
London. Formpr A mTa n rlr,- Prvpa
who has been created a peer, 'has tak
en the- title "Vieeount flrvpp TitYt-
mount," which is in the county of La-
narie ....
MISS SHAY IN IIOSPITATj
Miss ' Dorothy Shay, daughter of
Mrs. Delia Shay, 453 State street is
Confined In the Bridgeport ' hospital
suffering from an affection of the
mouth. Although it was at first fear
ed that necrosis of the bone .had de
veloped, X-ray photographs have been
taken and It now hoped that an oper
ation will not be necessary .--
Hugh J. Reilly and David Broderick;
New York contractors, were indicted
in Havana on a charge of "malicious
dissimulation'"1 and swindling.
John tCrknchanko, murderer "of H.
M. Arnold, manager of the branch of
the Bank of Montreal ' at Winnipeg,
Man., escaped from jail in that city, :
Investigation of the charges against
Federal" Judge Emery H " Speer by. a
sub-committee of - the House, at Ma
con, Ga., is to- take place this week.-
Bread
and i
. Good
Butter
After all, there's no conAinatioi o.f
i foods better than bread and good butter,
j Good butter, mind you t Poor butter is
worse than none at alL Get
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fREAMERY
BUTTER
Mt your dealer i today. Try it on a piece of bread. .
You will then realize that because of its delicious,
rich, cre'am-tfke flavor and because it goes to you
in the prfJteetinfj package without ever having been
touched by human hands -we. have distributed
14,000,000 pounds of it in two years. 1 It costs no
more than the nameless kind. Buy Gold Medal "
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union cc Douglass
New Haven Providence
SprlnSfield -Hartford
Worcester
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"The Progressive Store"
1138 to 1144 Main St., from Main to Middle Ct3.
AS IT CONTINUES
I The January '
Clearance Sale
GROWS GREATER IN EVERY SENSE
The values and attendance, the buying and the
satisfaction oit all sides all increase as this sale con
tinues and more persons become acquainted with it
and its rare opportunities.
,v ' , If you have hot attended, you are missing money
saving that is important and that will come in
;mighty handy.
'FROM AMONG THE MANY BARGAINS WE DI
5 RECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THESE
? : TWO FUR COAT SPECIALS
$50 BROWN MARMOT
COATS
' 45, 48 and. SO Inch IenjrUisrnar
' an teed Skinner satin lining. Spe
cial at
$50 BLACK PONY :
COATS- :
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, ' 45, 48 and SO inch Iengtbs,gaar
. anteed Skinner satin lining. Spe
i cial at - '- '; :-:'.'-""' ''
$29.
CORRUPT LOBBY
mm GET OUT
f 0FHE G;0.P.
State Attorney Stiles Judson
H Outlines Purpose of Re- .
! . 'publicans to Clean'-' 1-
::.: 'U -:.:7 HOUSC- ' : .. c . ' :.
"The Republican party .Will have to
bp '. .reorganized jand. the corrtrpt. el
flsh. lobbyists who have dominated its
policies in the state must Ibe divorced
from its management." ; . .
' In this language, reported in . The
Teiegrram, State- Attorney Stiles Ju-d-fso-TL,
. announces-. his attitude toward
Republican policies, his . first political
utterance since his return from a va
cation in California,:' ..
Mr. Judson anticipates a meeting of
Republican; leaders, . early in . .the
spring, who will meet to consider a
reorganization of .'their . party, with the
view of cleaning; their party of. lobby
management. , -. . . -
"A. year ago' last fall," said Mr. Jud
son, "under the management of Henry
Roraback, John T. King, 'Bob'Eaton
and other unfaithful leaders, the O. ,0.
P. received one. of the worst lickings
it "has had .for; many years. . Thous
ands of Republicans voted the Pro
gressive ticket while others were glad
to vote for Governor Simeon -33.; Bald
win. ' -. . '
i "Iet me say right here that Gover
nor Baldwin is one of the best execu
tives the state has ever had. His at
titude toward the PuWio Utilities bill
when I was fighting for this measure
in the interests of the people was
most commendable and through his
declaration of the constitutionality of
the bill I-was able to pilot the measure
through the Senate in spite of the
lobby opposition."," ; : i.
SEVEN IN, FAMILY
FROZEN TO DEATH
Jauer, Prussian Silesia. Ger., Jan. 1 2
A Russian family comprliiin? seven
persons who had been employed in
the vicinity of this town, were frozen
to death while tramping back to Rus
sia in a snowstorm to save the r
road fare.
THE WEATHER FORECAST
General.
.' A. disturbance of considerable energy
is now passing out the St. Lawrence
valley. . It has caused during the last
12 hours high winds with consider
able snow in the eastern portion of
the lake region and the northern por
tion of New 3Sngland.
It- is followed .by "an extended area
of high pressure which is producing a
severe cold wave In the western and
central districts. : Temperatures from
to 20 below zero were reported
from the upper Mississippi valleys and
freezing temperatures extend as ;far
south' as 'southern Georgia. '
Warnings of high winds were or
dered yesterday along the New Eng
land oast and are continued today.
,;".'.;' New Haven.
Forecast: Generally fair and colder
tonight arid Tuesday. ..
State.
Much colder and generally fair to
night and Tuesday; cold ;wave west
portion, high southwest to west winds.
Sun rises tomorrow
Sun seta today . . .
High water-. i . .
Moon rises '.',' . . . '. -Iiow
' water . ...... .
. 7:17 a. m.
4:4 p, in.
10:54 a. m.
. 5:15 p. m.
5:00 p. m.
, -: THE i ntETTIKST PAC3S -and
the most beautiful hands are
often disfigured by an unsightly wart.
It can easily be. removed in a few days
without pain by using Cyrus Wart
Remover. JTor sale only at The Cyrus
Pharmacy, 253 Fairfield avenue and
lit Cannon street.
CliBANKAerr. BKHT HAN SOAI
Guaranteed not to Injure the skin.
Instantly removes Stove Polish.' Rust.
Grease.' Ink, Faint and Dirt. , For the
hand or clothing. Large can 10 cents.
Manufactured by Wm. R. Winn. 44
Stratford avenue..
' ' 6CALP SPECIALIST
Special Treatment for .Oily Hair-
':'' " Manicuring
HARRIET E. SHERWOOH
41S Security Building.
111 Main Bt. Phone 1171. H
Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a Word.
Storm "Warnings Fly
. Along Atlantic Coast
Washington, Jan. 12 The flri.
winter weather of the new year art 1
the first cold snap of the winter w
in evidence over the country general
ly today. The cold wave was centnl
this morning over Minnesota, and a! -vanclng
eastward. . Very low trxn-i "
tures. prevailed everywhere eaat or t r,--
Rocky fountains except In the north
eastern part of the country. A read
ing of 80 degrees below zero was re
corded at White River, Can.
The low temperatures are pre!lcte'i
to continue in the upper lake region,
the Ohio valley and in the soujrs,
where frost tonight will be felt est tr
south as Miami, Fla. The cold v
is expected to advance eastward rj
Idly, reaching the Atlantic coast bv
Tuesday morning. '
Generally fair weather is predicts!
but storm warnings are displayed on
the Atlantic coast from Hatteras t .
Eastport, M. and on the I'etmltla
coast from San Francisco northward.
'Cold wave warnings have been Is
sued, for the northern part of II. ao.
and Indiana,! the . lower Michiaran,
northwestern Ohio, West Virginia.
New York, except the extreme
portions, the north and west port! or, a
of Pennsylvania and western Nevf
England. t
HAJTDEXJkiAJf SMITH
In Chicago, Illinois, yesterday ?
ternoon at 5 o'clock, Abe Haudelmari.
well known here in both bueins ni l
social circles and connected with t t.
Max Gordon & Sons Co., dealers in
metal 'on Housatonic avenne, wt
married to Miss Itta Smith, dangh-
ter of Mr. and Mra. M. J. Smith. 1 1 i t
Indian avenue in the Windy City, Th
ceremony was performed by a notvi
western divine of the Jewish fairh
and after a brief honeymoon the pa.tr
will return to this city where th'-
will be temporarily at home to thi.
friends at the Hotel atratfleld.
DOUBLE BIRTHDAY
CELKBRATIO V
Through the connivance of fri' ii .
an unexpected meeting of two r,t
Bridgeport's most popular yo;i
women was accomplished at the ho it!
of an unsuspecting friend on Ilax"!
wood avenue, in celebration of t.h r
birthdays. Both Miss Isabelle Thnm u
son, of 1602 Iraniptan avenue aad i! '
Gussie Bechleln, 395 James St cele
brated their natal anniversaries. T'
former was Invited to be prewnt .
the Hazelwood avenue residence nrt
came unsuspectingly. Miss Bcht;n
had made previous engagement an-l
It was necessary for her friend '.r,
forcibly persuade her to accompany
them. Though , she attempted to es
cape through a rear 'dorir of the hou'
she was captured TSnd rtrn1.
Among those present ir JHJfmn
Frank Casey, Fred Berger, Minn Rita.
Hall, Miss Emma Reddy, Miss C.'arr i-
Mitchell and other JotjrnaHntic an J
professional friends. An elaborate
musical program was consammat"J,
prior to the proverbial birthday-ca k
cutting.
BRIEF ITEMS OF
LOCAL IXTKRES'I
- John J. O'Xeil and the polke a r
looking for thr man respormfb!! t'f
shying a rock through a plate gin
window in the former's saloon at ."ft
East Main street, Saturday, a;i
wrecking a show case snd rai - -damage
estimated at about 3f. rr
believes that' the rock wa hir !
from a passing freight trsin by 'no'-rr,
or tramp who had been refused a fr:
drink earlier in the day.
' Observations made at PetT F
fa's home, 37 Church street, by !-.
J. H. Flnnegan, emergency amte.t "
surgeon, last week when Peter m n
transferred to the Bridgeport fimtt.fi
suffering from a -uimonary h" -rhage
has resulted in a rpport o t ,
health board "and an iirest: :-ir :r
being made.

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