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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1912
Page
1
Bridgeport records show 1912 construction up more than three million, second only to 1907. Inspector Daniel Rowland notes population near 125000 as dwelling permits rose to 1955 from 1052 in 1911, with 131 board meetings and over 3600 dollars in permit cash. The 1913 report will follow in April.
Staunton Virginia hosts President to be at age 56 visiting his birthplace. Gov Wilson meets Dr Frazer and Mrs Wilson learns of schooldays together. An arranged visit to a paralytic patient and other Staunton residents adds to a day of cordial hospitality.
New London December 28 Henry C Bishop a freight conductor for the New Haven road died in a local hospital from injuries sustained last night while coupling an airbrake He was crushed between cars and suffered the loss of a leg and arm before death A widow and daughter in New Haven survive His former employer was the Eyet Railroad and his father served as a United States deputy New York year statistics report 38264 marriage licenses issued an excess of 2 over prior year
At a Bridgeport Board of Education meeting advocates for a public schools dental clinic argued for youth care citing high decay rates among local pupils. Dr. A C Fones and health officials urged action while architects discussed high school plans and fireproofing. An estimated 7 000 would fund the clinic with four nurses to treat 800 1 000 children.
Local socialist circles urge the Common Council’s ordinance committee to include penalties for the unlicensed possession of concealed weapons. An attached public hearing discussed an annual $5 license with police and officials exempted. police commissioners back the plan and a new ordinance from Mr. Horsefield is promised. The Naugatuck Valley Ice Co distributes memorandum diary gifts to customers.
Hon Zalmon Goodsell outlined with a The Farmer representative the proposed State Street bridge and its impact on congestion from Fairfield avenue to the lower bridge. He argued it would not greatly increase property values and warned citizens to carefully study plans before signing petitions.
In Boston the Eliot Hall blaze forced 150 people to flee in nightwear to fire escapes as a 40 mile gale swept the Back Bay. The Fenway Park building houses conservatory students and opera singers and suffered damage with no injuries reported. In Cambridge a Mead Morrison boiler factory fire caused $100,000 in damage from an incendiary origin, destroying the plant after 1:30 PM.
The Evening Farmer will raise its price to two cents per copy starting January 1. The article notes higher costs across production, ink, stereotype metal, and labor, making the existing one cent price untenable.
The Crane Valve Company distributes about 100000 dollars of earnings as a bonus to 2600 employees with one year of service. Each receives 5 percent of annual salary credited in banks. a note urges thrift and no strings attach. The plan covers about 3000 workers, with 2500 eligible.
London December 28 Dr Daneff head of Bulgarian plenipotentiaries said the peace conference session moved closer to business than before. He expressed hopeful for a satisfactory peace. Turks’ counter proposals remain secret though viewed as slow and traditional. Porte terms reportedly keep European Turkey east of a line from Midia to the Gulf of Saros with Adrianople. autonomous under the Sultan’s suzerainty. an Aegean outlet for Bulgaria. no war indemnity by Turkey.
Robert Hunter will address the Socialist headquarters at Park Theatre building tomorrow at 8 o'clock. His talk titled Lessons of the Recent Campaign will argue for socialism and draw large crowds according to organizers.
State Senator Archibald McNeil Jr. resigns from the Board of Apportionment and Taxation due to business demands. Mayor C B Wilson appoints John Dezso of 317 Hancock Avenue, a retired merchant and Hungarian community leader, to serve until January 1915. Dezso is noted as a national figure in the Benefit Confederation with 150000 members.
Mystic reports a wave of alleged assaults on young girls by local businessmen. Herman Haulish, 65, leaped from a barn window after arrest and died from injuries. Three more men Nathan H Newberry Stephen Duke and Alfred A Baker were bound over to the superior court on multiple counts.
Mrs Agnes Swan Small of Hartford donated 1000 dollars to the South Congregational church Sunday school in memory of her parents Mr and Mrs Samuel Small. The interest will fund the school annually. Deacon L B Silliman announced the gift at the Christmas concert. Paris fashion notes say milder winter spurs fur trends and separate day and night sets.
In Indianapolis 38 of 40 union labor men are found guilty of conspiracy to transport explosives illegally with Buckley of Davenport and Seiffert of Milwaukee freed. Jurors return general verdict after months of trial. sentencing to follow Monday before Judge Albert Anderson.
Mayor C B Wilson announced appointments to municipal boards. Fire Commissioners: Wallace Taylor reappointed. John H Tague to succeed Joseph D Hartigan. Police Commissioners: Wallace H Brown to succeed George M Baldwin. Richard F Murphy to succeed Frederick D Baker.
Police Commissioners Paldwin and Sill supported enlarging the department and adopting a three platoon system at a public hearing. Plan calls for nine lieutenants, more sergeants, a new detective bureau footing, outside chauffeurs, and patrolmen rising to 150, with captains in each precinct. Opposition was minimal, with questions on abolishing the special force and detective bureau staffing.
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