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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1913
Page
5
Atlantic City dispatch notes Mrs Elle Guilford known as the Mother Confessor and Boardwalk Suffragist, a famed figure among lovelorn couples. She has been spreading votes for women propaganda to the summer crowd and is now organizing a boardwalk effort.
Four thirteen year old boys were committed to Meriden Reform School for two years with suspended sentences for two others after cutting signal wires disrupting New Haven Railroad express service. A junk dealer, David Lipschitz of 673 Hancock Avenue, was fined ten dollars and ten days in jail, later suspended, for buying the wires. Railroad agents John O'Brien and Thomas McDonagh said home signals were set against trains over two weeks, wire removal traced to boys near Ash Creek.
Eddyville Ky June 87 General May known as General was electrocuted in the state penitentiary for the murder of Mrs Belle Meredith of Clay County after having killed her husband. He had differed over a boundary line and was previously convicted of murder and sentenced for life. May, a former deputy sheriff, survived a brutal shootout and vowed not to die a natural death.
Judge Thomas C. Coughlin of the city court is confined to his home at 469 Stratford Avenue with quinsy sore throat. The condition is not serious and recovery is expected within a few days. Deputy Judge Frank Wilder presided today and will continue next week. Raxmes Want Ads. One Cent a Word.
Poli Players stage Shaw drama Man and Superman at Plaza theatre next week amid censors in Montreal and Toronto and earlier sharp reviews in London and New York. Manager Reichenbach invites local ministers to attend Monday matinee and will withdraw the play if clergy object, mailing seats based on their response.
Washington reports a disturbing incident in Hamel California where a band of Korean fruit pickers were forcibly expelled from the community. Preliminary official estimates indicate the affair will be represented to the Japanese ambassador via the acting Japanese consul general in San Francisco once all facts are advised.
Washington June 27 Senate Democrats press the cloture rule to end long tariff speeches as they aim to finish the Underwood-Simmons tariff bill consideration for a report to the Senate next week. A caucus spent hours on an unfinished paragraph before adjournment.
The measures adopted impose time limits on debate and deny any Senator the right to speak more than once on a subject, aiming to control discussion length and ensure orderly consideration of each item.
Forecast calls for generally fair weather tonight and Saturday with mildly high temperatures. Showers have occurred in the lake region New England and along the gulf and Atlantic coasts while interior areas report pleasant conditions. A slowly eastward moving Rocky Mountain disturbance lowers in intensity with a slight temperature rise in central and eastern districts. Thunder showers are possible this afternoon followed by fair conditions tonight and Saturday.
Gus McKelvey, once a Bridgeport resident now confined in a Hartford sanitarium, escaped the vigilance of attendants yesterday and made a hurried exit from the facility as reports reached officials.
A farmer who had gained local prominence for early automobile exploits was overtaken last night in Meriden and subsequently returned. Officials could not confirm his presence in the city today, and no definite knowledge of his location was secured.
A perfect specimen of an okapi, the only one in the western hemisphere, is on view in the national museum. Found by Sir Harry Johnston in the African Congo region, it was purchased for the London museum. The strait-necked, zebra-striped creature is mounted for permanent display after temporary exhibition.
Unionville Conn June 27 the residence of S B Taylor teller for the Connecticut Trust Co near the social hall of the Connecticut Co burned early today contents lost the house a large commodious one built for two but remodelled by Taylor loss about 5000 with partial insurance Mrs Taylor and children are in Canada Taylor awoke to smoke and escaped through a window the theory is that a burning lane left by Taylor or a cat overturning a lamp caused the fire
Police pursue The Meanest Thief as he attempts to rob a church on Madison Avenue. Authorities intensify efforts today aided by a citywide call for tips from readers of the Warmer Want Ads seeking help locating the culprit or a missing clue.
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