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12 TH"E FARMEB: JANUARY 13, 1917 i r 100-50 20 aken from the Files ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO. v A Spanistt War. , From The Yankee The demands recently made by the Minister, of Spain are, no doubt, the made between that power and Eng--lad. . In this arrangement it is more easy to perceive the hostile spirit which actuates England than It is the object of her. policy. , But the stormy elements are diffusing in our political atmosphere.: Let Americans be careful- that the thunder does not' burst while they are idly, and stupidly gaz ing -on-a-cloud. Let them remem t ber -that" preparation averts danger, and that one year's4 war will cost more - than ten sail of line and twenty fri gates. ... The- American, resources are ample for. her defence, it can be suf ficiently provided for with our pres ent' revenue) ..unless an impolite ,zeal , td redu"5e "6ur" national "dJftbt shall di rect it to less worthy objects. The growing r resources of America - afford a; sufficient , pledge that' the present debt will never become a burden; the speediest way to reduce.it is to avert tffe expenses of another war.. If . however- its Immediate extinction be resolved on,"" let the "resources of the people xsupply; the1 additional means of preparation; they ! never shrink x from burdens imposed by the public necessities. They feel the growing .greatness of heir "country; ' tbey are a'ware; the 'national' policy must as ssiimA ' thaf boldness of 'chaVacter which' .is. suited , to the grand destinies of 6ui country a " country which, before $he- close of the present cen- tury,--will -control - the -destinies of .-, 'mankind. ;;; .' -J . "" 'V, We are not of . opinion that wa,r wil be ;the i immediate result of . these . demands. Spain alone dares .not pro voke an - issue , which will give Inde pendence : to more than half her - pop- ulation, and'.nlne-tenths- of .her, terri fy 'tory. Arid v it is v hardly conceivable that England" is preparing for a new , ' contest -Jwith this country. . ' FIFTY YEARS AGO. . New Stove Store . - J. - W.- Wilmot &- Co. having leasea the- buidirig No. 22 Wall street next to the -Connecticut National building, and entirely reflitted it-with, the pur- pose : of ' carrying on the Stove, Tin, ; Sheet-Iron; Copper Ware and Plumb ' ing -Business, would" inform the citi i " zens of Bridgeport and vicinity, that they are rioW prepared to attend to all ' orders in -the above line with prompt ness, pmd in the best' manner. , We in ! tend to keep at all times a good a sortment of stoves.) tin,, japaned and enameled '"ware and plumbing goods. Among our stoves-may be found- the A'mericari 'Home, National Hot Air, Runner, and. .others, also the merald ' aid ' Comet ' Ranges. . We aft-e the agents of the celebrated Knickerbock- er range. Barred From House , By Wife's Revolver, : - He Procures Divorce - : Declaring his; wife flourished are volver and refused to allow him to enter the house, Edgar Beers of Nor- walk obtained a divorce in the su periorcourt yesterday afternoon from Sarah E. "Beers of Norwalk. He also claimed 'Mrs. Beers hurled profane re marks in. his '.direction, ,A11 this hap pened in October, 1912 and, the cou ple' haven't lived together since. The marriage took place October h; 1883. Mrs. Beers' maiden, name was Sarah Smith..' : t ' .' .. : ' Judge Bennett also granted 'a decree to Helen V. OiConnor of Greenwich, who said her husband deserted her in September, 1908. . At Hhis time they were living in Brooklyn, where O'Con nor held" a politicaJLjosition. He said he" was" tired of the responsibilities of married life and refused to. work any more. Mrs. -O'Connor had to -return to her mother. The parties were mar ried October .9, 1907. John. .Maner of this city was. freed from Margaret Maner of this city. Infidelity was the ground. ' Several witnesses testified they had seen Mrs. Maner and a' male . boarder in a com promising -position:- The parties - in the 'suit "were married February 27, 1902. " V - v. JUDGE OF SUPERIOR COURT SUED BECAUSE , OF AUTOMOBILE CRASH 3uit has been entered against Judge fSardiner Greene, of Norwich, a judge of the superior court . of Connecticut, by Charles J. Mercer, secretary -of the McNeil' " Sons Coal Co., who claims damages aiftounting to $200 forinjurieu alleged -to- have been sustained in- an automobilejaccident. - In. the complaint drawn by : Attor neys La very & Finkelstone - and filed in the city court, it is alleged that the automobile owned , Judge Greene was being -driven west in John street wy the "defendant's chauffeur,' H. H. Hende brand, when it was in collision with Mercer's car being driven north In Courtland street.- Blame" for the accident is placed ' upon J Hendebrand. The 'date of the occurrence is given as Oct. 22. .1916. . .'. " .'' 1 Jiide Green will Contest the case, having' retained Attorney D.'L. "Neil of New Haven to defend the action. I CITY EMPLOYE DIES ; AFTER BEING TKEN ILL WORKING IN PARK : . - ; While ; working as usual Thursday for the , city at Seaside park, Lovell .-Hayes; 477 . Broaa street, became , suddenly ill and died before medical .a,id could reach him. ; Medical Ex aminer. Samuel M. Garlick, who view ed the body, gave the cause of death as apbplexy.v Mr. Hayes was born In New Haven. 71 years ago. He was a hat bleacher but had been -unable to worfc at - -that occupation foV a number, of years and so had obtained employment from - the .city. His - widow is his only survivor. -Austria-Hungary has addressed a , note to all the neutrals in the same terms as that , forwarded by Ger- i MJS'WflS YEARS AGO , of The Evening Farmer) Ashore Atlantic City, N. J., A large steamer is ashore on Brigantine shoals, and boats have gone to her assistance. Teeth Extracted A lady of our 'acquaintance .has six of her largest teeth taken out last week four at one sitting, without taking ether or any other preparation to keep herself quiet.v Bravo ? Thfs is a decree of heroism not common in these days, Sage was the operator, and did the business in the most skillful manner. I Small Fire . Hartford, Jan. 12. A slight fire oc curred this afternoon in the United States Hotel, caused by the explosion of a quantity of naptha. TWENTY YEARS AGO. Foresters' Home General Registrar Smith and De puty Chief Ranger John E. Lyddy, two of the committee appointed at the last oresters convention by Past High Chief Ranger A.N H. McCarthy of this city, went to Waterbury . last night to listen to suggestions j from prominent Foresters from all over the state' in relation to the proposed establishment of a Foresters' Home for . aged members of the Order. Many of the suggestions were prac tical, and were taken intoconsidera tion by' the committee, which is'to submit its report at the coming state convention in New London in March. The plan of the State, Home has met with the approval of many Forestersi in different parts of the state and at the convention the indications are that something tangible in the way of pro viding relief for " the needy . Foresters will be clone. , ' Stapleton's Pig Fire Commissioner ..Walter Staple- ton yesterday received from Fireman TTVarilr fallaVian whn is wlntprinp- in the Southern "Pines, South Carolina a red guinea pig that . snorted and grunted to "beat the ban", when it was let loose in this Northern Clime. The commissioner placed the pig on exhibition in his place of business last evening. Elected Lay Members Father O'Brien of the ' f parish, Invited the pew holders of nis parish to meet in the basement of the church after service Sunday to select a committee for the purpose of nam ing lay members of the corporation of the 'church. The committee met last evening at the residence of the pastor and elected P. W. Wren and Edward McCall as the lay members. The other members of the corporation are the pastor of the church, the bishop and the vicar-general of the diocese. (Father O'Brien is now pastor of St. John's church, Stamford.) Socialist Vote In , '; Norway Is Growing .1 i Christiania, Norway, Jan. 13 A sig nificant political upheaval is indicated by the remarkable Socialist gain in the municipal elections in Christiania this month. For the last sixteen years thfe Norwegian capital . has been gov erned by the Conservative party, the aldermanic board, leaving the Conser vatives 7 and the Radicals 5. The Radical members are known to be- ir neconcible to casting their votes for a Conservative mayor and it is there fore pre-determined that the Social ists will forwith elect ne of their re presentatives for mayor. 11 . The growth of the Socialist vote all over Norway has 'been marked in re cent years. since suffrage was extend ed to every man and woman over twentyfive years of age. Sin the last state ejection, a year ago the Social ists mustered 40 per cent of the vot ers. One of the reasons for the re cent gains has. been the high cost of living, and many of the middle class people whose wages have not increas ed proportionately have gone over to the Socialist platform, - which would have the government take charge of trade in the most necessary -articles, such as food and fuel by means of Municipal stores where everything would be sold at cost. Something has already been done along these lines, in the matter of imports of flour and sugar and the sale of fuel, potatoes, milk and fish; but the Socialists scheme would carry the government help much further, even to building dwellings for the" poor and v middle class workers,, who are suffering for want of houses, or from the exhorbi tant rent now charaged for even the poorest kind of rooms. ' The Prairie Oil & Gas Co. advanced the . price of Mid-Continent ' oil 10 cents a barrel to $1.70. GIRLS! WOMEN! TAKE CASCARETS IF CONSTIPATED ' - They liven youn liver and bowels and clear, your : ' complexion. Don't stay headachy, bilious with breath bad and stomach sour. , ' Get a 10-cent box now. Tonight sure! Take Cascarets and enjoy the nicest, gentest liver and bowel cleansing you ever experienced. Cascarets will liven ?our liver and clean your thirty feet of bowels with out griping. You will wake up feeling grand. Your head wll be clear, breath right, tongue clean, stomach sweet, eyes bright, step elastic and complex ion rosy they're wonderful. Get a 10-cent box now at any drug store. Mothers can safely give a whole Cas caret to children any time when cross, feverish, bilious, tongue coated or con- I stifiaied. they axe harmlwu. Husband's "Dry" Views May Bar Mrs. Bryan's Address to Suffragists AmAw " - ' Lfa. ' amp - ' : v' '' , ' ' " It was reported f rem Kansas City that Mrs. William J. Bryan, who had been asked to address the Wisconsin Equal Suffrage convention in. Madison on Jan. 17, might be requested not to fill ' the engagement. v Some of the Wisconsin suffragists expressed . a de sire to have the invitation to Mrs. Bryan .withdrawn because her husband Js to deliver prohibition, addresses in Wisconsin a month after the suffrage convention. They asserted their be lief that it would not be " well to "tie up the suffrage cause with the pro hibition cause.' Women temperance workers who are also suffragists how ever, were determined that the invita tion to Mrs. Bryan should not be with drawn. 1 OLIVET CHURCH TO GIVE HAXDEIS MESSIAH - on Sunday; evening The unique rendering of Handel's Messiah recently given in the Univer salist church of this city will be re peated in the Olivet church,- Main street and North avenue. ' u Music, art and religion are the three great words of life. "These words are combined In Handel's Oratorio repro duction as given by-Rev. V. H. Rose, of Newark, N. J. The lecture is ilus trated by beautiful ' . colored slides while th'e tflitir render, the more im portant musical numbers. The Uni versalist church was fils.l to capacity Christmas night and at the irsj:it -e quest cfc the peoplo of the North: End Olivet church has repev3.1 rhe torio. The church is open at 7:30 o'clock. No seats reserved." The pub lic cordially invited. . , , PREVENTABLE FIRES . A recent report of the National Fire Underwriters Board shows that 26 per cent." of fires start from purely pre ventable causes, while 41 per cent, are from partly preventable reasons. There a'nv a few regulation types of fools who ghould learn better. Prom inent among them : are those who throw, lighted matches into waste bas kets and refuse boxes. . Presumably they do it not to litter up the floor, with the result that the whole village is littered up . by ashes. Cheap '.construction of houses no doubt leads to many fires. With proper building of chimneys, flues, and smoke pipes, even an overheated stove or furnace need not set wood afire. But where hot .pipes . rest on wood, it is" a pretty sure thing that that 'house 1 wiil never rot or blow down. Its . life-wil be ended before it shows any signs of age; '' Every preventable fire is a needless tax on the community, wich we all pay through our insurance bills. , MEXICO DISCOUNTS DOLLAR. "Mexico City,' Jan. 13 Mexico is one place where the American dollar is at a discount. This discount granges from 10 to . AV per cent., according to locality. This has been caused by the scarcity of .Mexican gold and sil ver coins andj the fact that certain taxes and rents, and the-wages of em ployes must now, according to decree be paid in Mexican coin.' ."Hidalgos" or Mexican gold ten peso coins in Mexico City now sell for $5.50 and in some of the remote states the price has reached Tas high as. $7.50, while they used to; sell for $4.90. Probably' the reason why men's clothing styles won't change much this soring is that. the men obstinatelv and perversely refuse to pay more for new fashions that aren't any better. FUNERAi; DESIGNS AND . BOUQUETS , - JOHN ?ECK A SOW 10 to 25 Reduction Sale on our entire stock of WATCHES, JEWELRY, DIAMONDS, CUT GLASS, SILVERWARE, Etc. Take advantage of this sale and save monev WOMAN AUTHOR TO GIVE ADDRESS FOR CHAUTAUQUANS Mrs. Christine Frederick Will Talk On Matters of Interest to Women. One of the new features of the Chautauqua program for the mid winter assembly at the Casino, Feb. 12 to 16 inclusive, will be a talk by Mrs. Christine Frederick, well known as a contributor to magazines for women and particularly the Ladies Home Journal. Mrs. Frederick, will come Tuesday afternoon Feb. 13, at 2:30 oclock, and her talk 'will be up6n "Woman, Home Making, and Civic Housekeeping." ' Her well known stand in the interests and for the wel fare of women will make this talK an exceedingly interesting one as well as instructive. Every woman in the city will . want to, hear her. The Chautauqua program for the coming assembly is now practically completed, and plans have, been made for 13 lectures, concerts, or entertain ments, including some world famous men and some of the est singers and entertainers in the country. One of the speakers will be Rev. Henry R Rose of Newark, N. J., a brother of Rev. W. W. Rose of the Church of the Redeemer 'of this city, and a lecturer who has secured practically a per manent place upon the program of the parent Chautauqua in New York. Dr. Rose's lecture will be unique in many respects and will combine art, music: and eloquence, with the use of the wonderful aux-eto-phone, a sound producing instrument different from all others and of a volume sufficient to more than fill the largest- assembly hall in the city. The aux-eto-phone produces its sound through metal vo cal chords operated by compressed air, and all metallic and' mechanical ef fect is done away with. Operated, as it is, in 'the dark in connection with the stereopticon the illusion' of hear ing the actual singers or entertainers is practically perfect. A varied pro gram of music, including some grand opera with the singers at their best, will be a part of the entertainment of the evening. The pictures used by Dr. Rose are especially made for his lectures and combine rare beauty of color and fi delity of subject with accuracy in fit ting the subject under consideration, and with the music of the aux-eto-phone produce an entertainment pleasing to every one. Dr. Rose will be heard "Tuesday evening, Feb. 13. Pledge $3,500 For New Home for S. A. A campaign for raising S30.000 to build a modern and scientific plant to replace the much appreciated, but di lapitated building how occupying the lot at - 30 Elm street, was started Wednesday and is daily increasing its, momentum. ' " ; . Already $3,500 has been'pledged and It is expected by next Saturday that sufficient funds will, have been raised to warrant the submitting of the plans tof contractors for. 1 bids, .and building operation begun" very soon., The. 'advisory v board will take up. the campaign at . its , luncheon Tuesday and at that time will take further ac tion on plans fo raising the balance of the money. As already announced, Col. A. Gif ford will address the members of the board , and doubtless will' have some very interesting suggestions to offer. Col. Gifford is . the oldest officer in point of Salvation Army service in the United States, and has had H long, creditable career within its ranks. He is an interesting, forcible speaker. One of the trophies of Salvation Army en deavor will relate his experience.which is but a duplication of thousands who like Ifmself has-been attracted to a higher and nobler life through the successful methods of the Salvation Army. ....... This man began his downward ca reer when a lad, of 13 years and from petty thefts, penny pitching and other things of similar character drifted to the greater evils of drink, drugs, and thievery on a larger scale; 'cloudy in intellect, emaciated in body, and de praved in spirit this human scavengo was gathered up the the Salvation Army and transformed' into -a new being. ; The cloud has gone from the intelli gence; the, once sin abused body has grown strong; the base spirit been regenerated and instead of society be ing subjected to his cursing rt now receives his blessing. WHAT THE PATIENT HAD. A medical student asked a . famous surgeon. "What did you operate on that man for?" "Two hundred dol lars," replied the surgeon. "Yes, I know that," said the-studen "I-mean what did the man have?" 'Two hun dred dollars," replied the surgeon. SWISS BIRTH RATE FALLS. Lausanne, . Switzerland, Jan. 13 The Gazette says that the population pf Switzerland' has decreased as one consequence of the war. According to the paper, both : marriages and births are much fewer, a fact that it attributes ' to the increased cost of living. . HayesFishG 629 Water Strefet WILL HAVE ON HAND FOR THE SEASON FAMOUSfCAPE COD OYS TERS, GARDNER BAY OYSTERS AND LYNN HAVEN BAY OYSTEBS TEL. BARNUM 412, 413, 269 NO BRANCH MARKET Gee, fellers! jENo school today and good skating on every pond! IMav not be another chance as good this winter Hits for the skates and all the supplies - American Hardware Stores have everything HWinslow's skates best in the world, in every size and style ITPrice range, 50 cents to $6.00 HHockey supplies Lyon & Grumman.' Retail Division AMERICAN HARDWARE STORES ' (Incorporated) FAIRFIEIiD AVE. AND MIDDLE ST. SOCIAL AND PERSONAL A large audience greeted Mrs. Royal A. Bristol, entertainer and im personator, at her appearance last evening at the Universalist church under the auspices of the Gutchess college. The proceeds will be devoted to the American Children's Army of Relief. Mrs! Bristol's program was cleverly, and entertainingly given. Charles Ferrett accompanied Mrs. Bristol's numbers as well as ' Miss Lydia Meyers who assisted on the vio lin and Miss Lottie Weltner, wh6 ren dered a group of songs. Miss Cath erine. Conley ended-the program with a piano solo. Miss Dorothy C. Lyons of 285 Con gress street was hostess for a meet ing .of the Bridgeport center, Drama League of America, at. her home this afternoon., The afternoon was de voted to the discussion of the reading cincles which will be started in dif f erent parts of the city. Each circle will be led by a member of the league and a play will be chosen by these making up the circle to be read and discussed. Membership in the league is open to anyone in the city inter ested in the subject. Mr. and Mrs. J. Monson Tomlinson of 447 Norman street, ha3 issued in vitations for a large dance which will be held in the ball room of the Brooklawn Country club on Jan. 25. Ladies' night , at the Bridgeport minstrel club rooms in Stratford ave nue, , provoked many impromptu songs and specialties from, Vhe male contingent present. Dancing was the main event of the evening and about 100 persons thronged the rooms.. BABY COLIC A THING OF THE PAST 1 1 . American Mothers Have Be come Wise, ; Mothers can end baby colic and up set stomachs by a few doses of Mrs. winsiow s Booming Syrup. it is a positive help to indigestion, prevents sas and settles the little one's stom ach as nothing else can do. You can easily see the baby's condition speed Hy Improve for where before was pain and distress, soon all is smiles. good nature and restfulness. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup is made for children only, hot a grain of "8bpe" or a drdp 6f alcohol, the form ula right on the bottle. It cannot .do a particle of harm and it always does a lot of good; even the leading physi cians prescribe it with success where all other remedies have failed. It sure is a panacea for the babies. Mrs. Winslow's Sothing Syrup is used and' recommended by thousands of mothers who have given it the hardest tests and are all loud in praise of the one preparation .they can bank on for sure results. ; Get? a bottle today mother; jomhe ranks and reduce the "Cblie Percent age," give baby a chanee . and the whole family will have peace once again. Sold under guarantee by good druggists ' everywhere. For sale in Bridgeport by Hindle's Drug Stores. Adv. TONIGHT 5 LARGE GRAPE LARGE NAVEL ORANGES 27c dozen SPECIAL LOW PRICES ON BEEF, PORK, LAMB, MUTTON AND POULTRY. BRIDGEPORT PuMeiatey'iBiraBM-ti STATE & BANK STS. PHONES. C XMAS GUTS TO PLEASE EVERYBODY. For young or Id; full of merit and fair in price. The assortment consists of Bibles, Lea th ev Goods, Tourists' Cases, Manicure Sets, Hand Bags, Jewel Box es, Music Dolls, Address Books, Holiday Pencil Sets, Fancy Novelties, Camera Albums. Braso Goods, Desk Sets, Brass Book Racks, Guest Books, Ash Trays, Motor Trip Albums, Toy Books, Cards, Tags and Seals, Fancy Calendars and Calendar Pads, Games, Mirrors, Diaries, Dolls, Writing Paper In Attractive Boxes, Cigar Cases, Autograph Albums, Paper Dp lis, Decorated Crepe Paper, Lunch Sets and Napkins, Telephone Indexes, Ink Stands, Prayer Books and Hymnals, and a splendid assortment of Christmas Cards and Booklets. . POSTOFFICE NEWS STORE 11 Postnffin ArraHa i nnlv short TtlotAiirat frnm Hfnln Ktwnt Vti nnnA AN AID TO HEALTH PURE WATER HIGHLAND SPRING WATER healthful. !nvt?ora finer drink which Is absolutely nneontalmnated by impurities of any kind and bm pae dth most rigid testa Bottled Daily -Delivered Daily HIGHLAND SPRING WATER CO. 'Phone 987 646 WARREN STREET, THE ELECTMC SHOP . ' at . .; ; . ; COR. BROAD AND CANNON ST. Indispensable in every electri cally lighted home but particularly in homes Where' there are children, invalids , '" or aged folks. V ' An Electric Pad combines all , the advantages and none of the dis advantaged of the hot watet bottle. Clean, i pliable, always ready nothing to fill-n-noth-ing,to spill. r , I - v With reasonable care, an Elec- trie Heating Pad will outlast many; hot water bottles. Its instantaneous service in iust one emergency may be worth many .. - . , i . .- times its low first cost. THE UNITED ILLUMINATING CO. TELEPHONE BARNUM 821, Discuss New Date For Closing Fiscal Year The public utilities commission and representatives of some of the public service corporations of the state hew conference yesterday on the ques tion of changing the time ' f or the closing of the fiscal year for the filing of annual reports. Under the present lajf the fiscal year ends on June 30. The interstate commerce commission has changed the date for the closing of the fiscal i-ear for firms doing busi ness of an interstate nature to Dec. 30 arl the public utilities commis-' eion decided to sound the state' jcor- porations on the question. No oppo sition developed and it is expected the commission will order the fiscal year date changed. Among those at the hearings were John A. McArthur of the Hartford City Gas Light Co; Walter S." Wilmot, representing the Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. the Westport Water Co. and the Shelton Water Co.; F. M. Travis, rep resenting the Winsted Gas Light Co.; T. H. Nettleton, of the NewHaven Gas Co; J. E. Lynch, secretary xf the j Hartford Electric Light Co; C. L. 1 Campbell. : of the Seymour Electric FRUIT FOR ......25c E; MAIN ST. Y Am Eaecilnc Hcattimg Pad Co.;,F. B. Adams, of the United Il luminating Co. of New Haven arid 1 Bridgeport; E. B. Baker, Jr., of th Southern New England Telephone Co.; J. M. Tomlinson, vice president ,of the, New Haven road; I. A. May, of . the Connecticut Co., and ' A. E. She -man of the Shore Line Trolley CO.VI SOCIALISTS SEEK PEACE. London, Jan. 13 The Scandinavian Socialist organization has received a telegram from American . Socialists asking its assistance In calling an in ternational peace conference at the Hague for "June 3, according to a Co penhagen dispatdh to the Exchange Telegraph Co. The Copenhagen Social DemoRraten says that there are good prospects j that the three Scandinavian , countries : will support-; American effort in this direction ' ; RUSSIAN SHIP SUNK. London, Jan. 13 Lloyds announces that the Russian sailing vessel Ruby (a three masted bark of 942 tons, 1 a of rpnnrfoil . JSAilinir ffAm HsrlAM Nov. 19, for Fleetwood') ha beeon sualc . . ' ; : (