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- i THE FABMEB: JANUARY 24, 1911 DEMOCRATS WILL CAUCUS ON NEW BOND ISSUE BILL Senate Members to Consider Eemaining Legislative Program. . 1,,-' - - :n ' i ( ' - f H TP am lis .' , . .; - ' '. . . . . . .. THOSE WISHING TO JOIN THE CLASS WILL HAVE ALL h APPLICATIONS IN BY satwmy januaby im Cost Application Fee $5.00 Medical y Examination $1.00 Dues Quarterly $2.50 : . Free Medical Attention iv ; For Yourself and Family Medicinte . at Cost - .... V 1 BEatBERICK In this city, Jan. . 2 3, 1917, Mrs.: Eva Berberlck, ' aged 55 v .' years, v . -V '. .. , v". ' , Friends are "invited to. attend the ' funeral from the. mortuary parlors of Pdlke & Son, 7T3 State street on Thursday, Jaiu 24,. at 2:30 p. m. x Interment Lake, view cemetery. . ' - ' ' " -:: a ; fcARLiCT-T-In this city, ; Wednesday, i Jan. 2 4th, 1917,' Alice Mary, daugh ' ter of Raymond C. and Elizabeth ' Cuddy Carley, aged 9 months, 29 - -. i days. . x '( . : . . ; Friends are Invited to attend' the - i. funeral from the .residence of the parents, No. 146 Wakeley St., on Thursday-Jan. 25th at 2r30 p. ni: , Burial at St, Michael's cemetery. McINTYRE-In 'this city, Jan. 23, : 1917, Adele, wife of Douglas Mc ... Intyre.i ' . . . ' Friends are invited to ' attend the ' ' funeral from the - People's Presby- ."terian church, "Laurel avenue on f Friday, Jan, 26th at 2 -p. m. ' Interment Park cemetery. V A 24 bp -IIljIiS--In this city, Jan. 23, 1917, s v - Josephine L. Perry, widow of David C. Mills. ' - ' Friends are invited to attend the . funeral' at her late home. No. 38 ;' Rose street on Friday, 26th . inst., ' ' i at 2:30 o'clock p. nxf Burial in Lakeview cemetery. ' ' 1 . ' ap FOR SALE Baby carriage; practlcal i.. ly new; cheap If sold at once. Mrs. ). Catherine Baggs, 94 Arch street, city. A22 sp ( FOR SALE- Long Hill 7 room house, 3 acres . of land, $3,200. Watson, .Room 117, Warner Building. ),.:.: . ' ap - FOR SALE: 2. family house, all im provements, Carlton Ave., bargain. ' Watson,; 83 Fairfield Ave. ap WANTED Experienced winder, ; steady work, good pay." The Conn. Web and Buckle Co., Knowlton St. ' A 24 s GERMAN WOMAN wishes position cleaning offices, etc, or housework. Mary Kline,' 178 Osborne St. A 24 bp MY LOW ESTIMATES on your alter ation, repair- or job work . will in terest you. , Rogers the carpenter, 63 Harrison St., Tel. Barnum 5135. y A 24 up FOR SALE 2 family ' double house, all improvements, Norman St., near Laurel Ave, bargain. Watson, Room 117, Warner Building. .- ap : FOR SALE Double house, all im provements, Catherine St., near ' Washington-Ave. Rented $1,020. Watson, Room 117, Warner Build- - ing. . . - . ::v ' Me. lodge lot Yon flJWM(Il)WIF(0)lIM(G may jjmomy FOR FURTHER INFORMATION DISTRICT, DIRECTOR V. CLAIRVOYANT CLAIRVOYANT: Marie Davidson, Ph. D. If sick or perp'lexed consult this V gifted medium af oice. 404 State st. A 24 sp ASHES REMOVED ASHES. New 'Public Dump for Ashes. No. 750 Seaview Avenue, 2nd house from Eagle street. No garbage, papers permitted. W, O. Laughna, 750 Seaview avenue. y A 24 dp HOUSES FOR SALE COWLES ST., -bargain, six 6 room bungalows,, double floors up . and , down ' stairs. " Hardwood trim throughout, all improvements. Six 6 room - bungalows, Hawley Ave. Two" 6 room all year buneralows and V four .extra lots, Fort Trumbull T- - Tir t. i j. . aca.uu. xvx usji. ue seen lu ue appre ciated. . A-l properties. Thomas Mannon, Bronx Hotel. , Phone Bar ' num 5166. s . -' ' A ZV& STORAGE MOORE'S STORAGE WAREHOUSE. Furniture ' and china ' packing; 1 ex i. perienced packers. ."Separate rooms for furniture and pianos. . Barnum 2227. 569 Union Ave. A 24 ai. FRANK MILLER - VS. , Order of Notice. " THE LADIES ,MACHZEK TALMUD TO RAH SOCIETY Et Als. STATE OF ' CONNECTICUT, FAIRFIELD COUNTY, ss., SUPERIOR COURT. Bridgeport,, Jan.y 23, 1917i Upon the complaint, of the said Frank Miller, praying, for reasons therein set forth, f of a foreclosure and possession of a certain piece or parcel of land located in said Bridge port, as described in said complaint, "returnable to the Superior Court in ana ior jbaimeia county, on the first Tuesday of February, A. D., 1917, , It appearing to and" being found by. said Court that the names and adrdesses of the members of the said The Ladies Machzek Talmud Torah Society, a vol untary association, 1 its creditors and assigns, and the names rand addresses of the heirs, representatives, creditors and assigns ,of Adolf Dannenberg and Harris Rahn, both late of said Bridge port, deceased, defendants In said ac tion, are unknown to said plaintiff, or where they or any of them reside, other than as stated in said -complaint, Therefore Ordered, -That notice of the pendency of said complaint be given by publishing this order in the Bridgeport Evening Farmer, a news paper printed in said Bridgeport, three . times successively, commenc ing on or before the 25th day of Jan uary, 1917. By the Court, MICHAEL J. FLANAGAN, Assistant Clerkof the Superior Jourt for Fairfield County. v- A 24 s to Mm Benefits $7.00 Weekly Sick Benefit $100.00 Death Benefit ') CALL ON v. Marine Officer Who Was Nominated For Navy Medical Head DR..CRRY-T. GRAYSON Floods resulting from a heavy rain on top of a three-inch snow have caused considerable damage in north West Virginia. " Eighteen persons were killed in the collapse in Caimnca, 70 miles souths east of Douglas, Ariz. - The Northern Illonois Utilities Co. will build a power plant at Dixon, 111., at a cost of about $300,000. NOTICE Regular meeting of the Bridgeport Central Labor Union, Wednesday ev ening, Jan. 24th, 1917. All delegates arelreauested to be present as there will be election and installation of officers. Per JOHN RAUSCHER, Sec. a . ' CONCERT AND IiKCTURE at the Park Theatre SUNDAY EVENING, ; JAN. 28 Rev. James McDermott, O. VM. I. "Faith, Fatherland and Freedom" Auspices Division No. 1, A. O. H. Admission 50c, ;7fec and $1.00 Reserved Seate at Hartigan's,' Fairfield Avenue A 24 s Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a Word. 4 3rd Floor Washington, Jan. 24 Democrats of both branches of congress will hold separate caucuses tomorrow night, the senate to consider its steering com mittee's tentative draft of a legisla tive program" for the rsfct of the ses sion and the house to act on the new administration revenue bill. V The steering committee will rec ommend that action be taken on these executive proposals: Railroad labor restriction, corrupt practices, authorization for collective foreign selling agencies, mineral land conser vation, flood control and a few other general measures. - This program is sure to meet op position in caucus and may be alter ed. Two of the proposals,' railroad labor and corrupt practices, may fail of enactment, it is feared. Th rail road legislation was to be considered today by the senate commerce com mittee. , The new revenue bill, framed by a sub-committee of the house com mittee on ways and means and ap proved by the majority members pro vides, among-other things, for $331, 000,000 in bond ,'ssuesto meet the needs of the army and navy, for rais ing of about $220,000,000 by an 8 per cent, tax on ' excess profits of corpor ations and copartnerships, and an in crease in inheritance - taxes to raise $22,000,000. Authority to issue cer tificates of indebtedness up to $300, 000,000 and to increase the income tax, if necessary', is vested in the sec retary of the treasury Driver Whose Car Hit Boy Is Held Fred Brown, of 527 Fairfield avenue, was held in bonds of $1,000, by Judge Frank Wilder in the city court this morning for a hearing February 3, on a charge 'of reckless driving. Brown was the operator of the aiuto which struck William Clark, seven years, of 279 William street, in Noble avenue near the Barnum schooll, about one o'clock yesterday afternoon. The Clark boy was "on his way to school when he, was struck by the ma chine and thrown with such violence to. the street-that he suffered a frac ture of the skull. At the Bridgeport hospital to which he was removed by Dr. S. I. Aranki, his condition is re ported as critical. Man Wno Swallowed Sulphuric Acid Dies Efforts of two men to end their lives yesterday resulted ''in the death this morning at the Bridgeport hos pital pf Louis Pasuth, 45 years , of Hollister avenue, ' Stratford, and it is hourly expected that Charles En gleniah, 71 years;' of Seaside avenue, will die. ' :- -'- -"-'f:r : After eating" his lunch in the works of the Challenge Cutlery Co.'s plant, Pasuth yesterday afternoon drank a quantity of sulphuric acid. He lived only through the night, dying at 6:30 this morning. Engleman, "aged and weary of life, tried to end it all by locking the doors of his room and turning open both gas Jets. He probably will die. , OBITUARY s ALICE MARY CARLEY. Alice Mary, the nine months' old daughter of Raymond and Elizabeth Cuddy Carley," died last night at the hoifie 'of her parents, 146 Wakeley street following a bVief illness with pneumonia. GENEVA B. JAYNES. The funeral of Geneva B. King, wife of Frank B. Jaynes, was largely at tended from her late home, 76 Ells worth street at 2 o'clock this after noon. Rev. Henry C. - Woodruff, pas tor of the-Black Rock Congregation al church, conducted the services. Burial was in "Lakeview cemetery. ' . HELEN R. TERRY! TAYLOR. , . The . funeral, of Helen R. Perry, widow of Frank Taylor, was ; held from the Burroughs' home, Fairfield avenue and Ellsworth street, at 2 o'clock today. Rev. Stephen Fish Sherman, Jr., rector- of St. John's Episcopal church, conducted the ser vices. Burial was in Mountain Grove cemetery. ' ' GABRIEL OASTELLI. , The funeral of Gabriel Castelli was largely attended from his late home, 319 1 Harral avenue, at 9:30 this morning and a half hour later from the Holy Rosary church, where the requiem mass was sung by Rev. Mi chael Keating. A delegation was pres ent from the Woodmen of the World. Burial was Jn St. Michael's ceme tery. . .. ADELS McINTYRE. Adele, wife of Douglas . Mclntyre, died yesterday at", her home, 885 Broad street. Mrs. Mclntyre was born in New . York state but had, re sided in Bridgeport a great many years. She. was a member of the People's Presbyterian church, where the funeral will be held on Friday, and belonged to Pride of ' Bridgeport council, Daughters of America.. She is survived jy her husband and a son, Albert. EMiA M. RANDAIjIj. Services over the body of Ella M. Hicks, wife of Arthur E. Randall, were held at 8 o'clock this morning at Mrs. Randall's late home in Post road, Fairfield. Rev. W. H. Holman, pastor of the Southport Congrega tional church, conducted the services. The body was taken on the 9:30 train to Springfield, Vt., where the funeral will be held tomorrow from the home jf her sister, Mrs. Ida Pope. Burial will be in the family plot in Spring field. Franz Bopp, former German Con sul-General at San Francisco, must serve two years in prison and pay a $10,000 fine for violation of American uutrality, Free The final days for giving .extra Trousers Free are here. This week and next ends the largest sale we have conducted in 18 years which speaks well for the growing appreciation of men for .this tailoring event. v SUITS OVERCOATS v 45$7202528 TAJLOBCD TO MCASUDt Getting with'Jeach Suit or Overcoat an additional pai r of fine, cut-to-measure $5 Trousers is so ge nuine an .attraction as to , have en ticed great numbers of men away from the attractive fitting of ready- mades to the becoming, gentlemanly fit of our thoroughly good tailoring. Try tailoring the next time you buy. the fitting will be far superior, the cost will not be higher. 1134 MAIN STREET 1 ' Gentleman of Leisure" Jailed for Ham Theft Charles Fagan, a Water street "gen tleman of leisure," ... as he describes himself to the police, felt hungry. yes terday afternoon. He -walked, into the Public Market, in State street, picked1 up a 10 pound, ham and when- no one was looking put it under his coat and walked out of the store. . . ' An inquisitive policeman stopped Fagan and arrested' him. Judge Frank Wilder this morning arranged for Fa gan to earn his living for 60 days in the county jail and pay a fine of $1 and court costs. " " ' Brokers Will Help Leak Investigators ' . (Continued from Page One) Representative Chiperfield of Illi nois, injected , some pyrotechnics into the inquiry today by criticising Whip ple's methods of examining Noble. ' In the' bourse of Whipple's examina tion of . Noble regarding the retiring of securities from the market the at torney and the witness failed to agree on interpretation of a "pool." Whip ple then asked Noble whether he, had not had one thing in mind and said another, Noble started to reply when Chiperfleld interrupted, v - . , "Mr, Chairman, he thundered, "I don't think the statement of the wit ness ought to be Impugned." . . Whipple, seemingly disturbed, paus ed a moment and . .then addressed Chairman , Henry : and ttye witness. x "If I impugned the statement of the witness I certainly did not' intend to," he said.. "Do yov think . I impugned the witness, Mr: Chairman 7 "I want.it In the record," Mr. Chip erfleld declared--emphaticaHy,. "that I want to object. I want to say that now so some day I can make comment which I desire to make. , As an -individual member of. this -'committee I am going. to follow certain lines with out regard to counsel or the rest . of the committee." V v x ( Chairman Henry explained tnat he did not think Mr. Whipple intended to impugn the statement of the witness. Mr. Whipple responded that if it was thought he had impugned Mr. Noble he would apologize. "I want to say that I, for one, am impressed with the spirit of co-operation of these gentlemen," was Chiper fleld's closing comment. " Whipple then said he didSnot desire NEW ONE ,35 ; The United States batttleship Mis sissippi, launched Jan. 25 at Newport News, Va., will be . even a larger ship than the Pennsylvania, the new flag ship of the Atlantic fleet. She will have . for sister ships the Idaho and New Mexico. The old Mississippi and Idaho were sold to Greece a few years ago. The Mississippi's dimensions are as follows: Length over all, 624 feet. Beam, extreme, 97 feet 2 inches. Draft, 28 feet 6 inches. Displacement, 32,000 tons. Horsepower, 32,000. Speed," 21 knots. ' She will have powerful armament, consisting of the following suns: . BATTLESHIP Wo-4xw-frrxrv x nr& nssfftf-. &-j?-y-"- f.TWTy'.' JfTv;"- NEXT TO DORSEN'S 1108 MAIN ST. Special Sale of Evening Dresses at$10.00 Also Another tot of Waists at !-jfr- ; 5..- i We are showing a New Spring to examine the witness further. Most of the direct testimony of Mr. Noble was in regard to securities with drawn from the list. He admitted that "short" dealing in narrowly held stocks was dangerous because of the inability of speculators to borrow it. Before Noble was excused Represen tative Bennett wanted to . know whether Bethlehem Steel was not an example of a narrowly held stock of the kind that was dangerous for out of town speculators to deal in because of the difficulty in always , making, prompt deliveries. . ; "I have read in the newspapers, said Bennet, "that Charles M. Schwab controls 60 per cent, of the stock and that only 40 per cent, is on the mar ket. Would you jall that stock nar rowly held?" "Yes, but there, is always plenty In circulation,", said the witness,', adding that he did not think Bethlehem a good example. ' '. ' . Samuel F, ' Streit, chairman of the stock exchange clearing house, was then recalled and examined on tile de tails of the exchange machinery. . MISSISSIPPI WILL OF THE WORLD'S US.S. MISSISSiPPt Twelve 14-inch 'breechloadlng rifles. Twenty-two 5 -inch breechloadlng rifles. ' Four 3-inch anti-aircrafts guns. Four submerged torpedo tubes. The fourteen inch guns are mount ed in four turrets, three in each tur ret. The weight of metal thrown at a broadside of the twelve 14-Inch guns Is approximately 17,000 pounds, and the amount of powder used in each broadside is 4,800 pounds. ' The ship will be driven by four pro pellers, one on each of four shafts. Nine boilers of standard type will furnish steam for the six min tur bines. These turbines are of the Cur tis type, and four of the six weigh approximately 160 tons a a ph. In. tlx ' n'"' im - iff Open Evenings smart collection of Merchandise, -c. . To the surprise of the committee, Streit, contrary to the opinion ,given by PresideiA Noble that, the first re sponses from' the brokerage houses might be expected in a day ortw, de- ' clared that the data, could not be fur nished . inside of two weeks and -hat some of the larger houses could not do it in a month. ' ." Streit said that his own firm had only from 125 to 150 accounts, but that as his books were kept the. status of each account in the form required by the committee could, not be ;pro-( vided in less than two weeks, without miiine in extra accountants. ' J "There are .not. enough, expert .ac- every house," he asserted. . .. , V - Some houses he said, had as many as 1,000 accounts. - . - ; , 4 The witness was then taken in, hand, WhiDDle. who Anally " got ; him to concede that some of the. information, wanted could be producea more quicK ly than he had anticipated. . . -"I venture to "think," concluded the attorney, "that the length' of time can be ,reduced by efficient ; help on the part pf the committee's expert". BE : MIGHTIEST SHIPS building of these turbines. ;approxi- mately half a million . packing? pieces are separately Installed one at a time. These blades, if placed end to . end. would cover thirty-eight and a half, miles. . . The only fuel on board ship will be oil. No coal will be burned. This battleship, if it could be trans ported to a city . street, would cover more than three blocks, filling the thoroughfare Completely from side td side to the roofs of five story build ings,' with the military masts towering 100 -feet still farther in the air, or if stood on end alongside the Washing ton monument with stern on the ground the bow would tower sixty nine feet above the top of that monu- ... ' a - 4 V