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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1914
Page
11
Woman leaves Buckingham Palace area after a weeklong hunger strike during a raid by suffragettes seeking to deliver a petition to King George. Police released the protester as the hunger strike drew public attention to the cause.
An individual identified as DeEs May of Brooklyn was killed in a New Haven railroad incident and died at a local hospital today. Police and investigators awaited further details as routine inquiries continued.
Friends are invited to attend the funeral from his mate residence No. 2 Lee avenue on Thursday May 9th at 6 8008 mm. Interment at St Michael's Cemetery.
Amusement seekers can escape heat and bustle at Poli's Main street venue. A restful atmosphere and comfortable chairs accompany a program of high class vaudeville featuring the most prominent acts from major US theaters. The same film continues today with the Hickman brothers and the amateur act lineup, plus the chorus song by C. E. Faust.
Shaw sisters headline the Plaza Theatre bill with singing, whistling and dancing. Brady and Mahoney deliver 20 minutes of strong comedy. Sanfone and Delile perform daring stunts with music masters VonDell on multiple instruments. Jinks and Mauri offer a snappy singing dancing skit. The program includes The Riot, Our Mutual Girl, The Body in the Trunk, The Somnambulist, and The Legend of Snow White.
In Providence on May 2, 30 aged women were rescued by firemen from a fire at St Elizabeth's home, an Episcopal institution. The quavering voices sang Nearer My God to Thee as victims were carried down ladders, some collapsing. No one was hurt, though the fire caused widespread alarm. the piece notes ensuing sales pitches and local ads amid the scene.
The Barron Financial News reports Balti more & Ohio's April results echo March with over $200,000 gain in net earnings but doubt remains on fully earning the 6 percent dividend in the year. Directors face dividend policy choices, flood-charge contingencies, and surplus use as they plan June actions while flood repairs are cleared. Massachusetts Lighting Cos shows April sales up 3,164 and ten-month gains, serving 29,084 gas and electric customers. Interborough Rapid Transit posts 18.8 percent return, with subway ridership over fifteen million higher than last year, and concerns about future rate cases and Supreme Court decisions affecting revenue.
Labor Commissioner Daugherty of Oklahoma reports to Secretary Wilson requesting aid to obtain 12 000 to 16 000 harvest hands for wheat. Wilson directs state officials in Kansas Nebraska South Dakota North Dakota Iowa Wisconsin Minnesota and Missouri to assess needs. Burleson to cooperate in distributing the circular.
Testimony continues in probate court on William C. Colgan’s petition to remove his conservator Dr Joseph L Panas and restore Colgan’s property rights. Colgan, once ruled incompetent, has an estate of about 15000 dollars and is supported by brother in law Dr William J Ohara and sister Mrs Ohara. Attorneys for the Egans oppose the petition while Patrick Cuddy and Timothy O Rourke testified in Colgan’s favor.
One thousand woolens offer a chance to pick a new summer custom suit. Lyford Bros. East Side and West End advertise savings on white hemp and Milan straw Panamá outfits at E. H. Dillon Co., 1 105 Main Street. Ad. Farmer Want Ads. One Cent a Word.
At Lake Mohonk conference on international arbitration speakers praised mediation by Argentina Brazil and Chile in the Mexican situation and noted progress at Niagara Falls as a hopeful sign. John Baggett Moore of Columbia University called the mediation by the Great Powers a remarkable event in Western Hemisphere relations despite uneven arbitration results in recent years.
New York May 2 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt dismissed critics as insincere remarking that doubting the river’s existence questions their honesty. He spoke after returning from Washington where he lectured to the National Geographic Society and announced Brazil’s previously unexplored river discovery. He planned to stay in town to address a fee suit over his role in the 1903 Pennsylvania coal strike settlement and to visit his Oyster Bay home later.
A Sing Sing prisoner was found guilty of stealing six pounds of cooked meat from the mess room. The court, acting on judges' recommendations, fined him 460 marks and ordered four months added to his minimum sentence. This marks a rare convict court session at Sing Sing.
May 27 report from Tarrytown via Conn indicates Rocke Rockefeller is not physically able to testify to the Interstate Commerce Commission. He says his voice will not permit him to go to the stand and that auditors and bookkeepers should be subpoenaed to answer questions about the New York New Haven Hartford railroad inquiry.
President Wilson oversaw the dedication of a new university in Washington with church leaders and educators present. Bishop Harr Cranston presided as Bishop William McDowell and Bishop William Hamilton delivered remarks. Alfred Harding gave the invocation as singing of the Star Spangled Banner closed the ceremony at the northwest Washington campus.
A boiler explosion on the dredge Iroquois in the Passaic River near Jackson Street bridge in Harrison New Jersey killed Lawrence Skelton with 21 years and seriously burned four others including Captain Carl Johnson who saved crew. Injured named George Carlan George Murray Christopher Shipman. vessel wrecked and damage pegged at 500000.
Washington May 27 Senator Jones of Washington and Senator Ransdell of Louisiana spoke against the canal repeal bill. The final passage vote is not expected before June 10 or June 16. Chamberlain introduced a bill to toll Soo Canal vessels at 10 cents per passenger or freight with 60 percent for ships carrying only passengers and on pleasure craft. Senator Sutherland proposed presidential arbitration with Great Britain for an impartial Panama Canal tribunal. Senator Jones criticized the President. William R Bowlus, a Naval Academy junior, was wounded by a hazed underclassman.
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